89 years of "Service Above Self"
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Lisa Miller, was the guest speaker at our regular meeting recently. Her topic of discussion was on Cryptocurrency. She has given us permission to post her article/paper on our website.
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Lisa Miller and Raul Castillo after the presentation of her article at our meetingA Ripple in Time: Early Cryptocurrency Adopters Earn Advantages
By Lisa Miller, Esq. (C) 2019 Lisa Miller, Esq.
Up to $6 billion by 2020, and up to $20 billion by 2030, are the widely expected revenues for blockchain technology companies.[1] The expected expansion of blockchain technology, and the cryptocurrencies that rely on it (for example, Ripple, Bitcoin, Ethereum), could transform how lawyers accomplish basic tasks. The long-term influence could be similar to the Internet.
Cryptocurrencies, as widely vetted digital stores of value, are considered almost-invulnerable. And they offer attractive efficiencies and economic advantages. Together, these makes digital currency competitive with recognized fiat currencies[1] (“fiat” money is currency that lacks intrinsic value, but which is declared “legal tender” by a government; the US dollar is fiat currency) as a medium of exchange.
Despite the fact that it offers protocols that allow anonymous, direct peer-to-peer transactions via the Internet, blockchain technology minimizes the need for relationships of trust among parties to transactions.[1] No third party (bank, escrow company) is necessarily in the mix when individuals engage via blockchain’s system. Cryptocurrency can eliminate notaries, brokers, and other layers of administration that are designed to enhance trust. This saves money on common law firm expenses.
When parties digitally transfer value among accounts on the blockchain, they place their trust in the underlying technology, but not in any individuals or businesses, to enable the transfer, ensure sender authenticity, and ensure currency validity. This direct, peer-to-peer interaction, without transactional friction resulting from third-party participation, nurtures the revolution around cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency is a high-tech fiscal work-around.
[1] 2030 Projection of Blockchain Technology Market, published online at Autonomous Next on February 24, 2017; found online at: https://next.autonomous.com/insights/2030-projection-of-blockchain-technology-market
[1] “Fiat money” is currency that lacks intrinsic value, but which is declared legal tender by a government. It is considered valid currency solely by government declaration: fiat money is not backed by any commodity (for example, gold or silver). Fiat currency is paper money and coins backed only by the faith of the holder of the currency. The US dollar is fiat money (found on-line at Investing Answers at: https://investinganswers.com/financial-dictionary/economics/fiat-money-1790).
[1] According to blockchain engineer Preethi Kasireddy, describing blockchain as “trustless” is inaccurate. Rather, blockchains minimize the amount of trust required from users by distributing responsibility among numerous participants (published Feb 3, 2018 on Medium.com, found online at: https://medium.com/@preethikasireddy/eli5-what-do-we-mean-by-blockchains-are-trustless-aa420635d5f6).
As blockchain technology gains more stability, new business methods for smaller law firms will evolve. These new approaches will incorporate cryptocurrency as a way to offer greater value to clients and harden competitive advantage in a crowded market. But blockchain is a raw technology; existing infrastructure is struggling to support it.
The GVNR club Held it's annual "Service Service Above Self" event on Thursday April 25, 2019. The event was held at the popular and beautiful Odyssey Restaurant located at 15600 Odyssey Drive, Granada Hills, California, United States.
Below is a picture from the event.
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Our annual "Service Above Self" event will take place on April 25, 2019 at the Odyssey Restaurant, located at 15600 Odyssey Drive, Granada Hills, CA. Event starts from 6:00PM - 9:15PM. For your information, there are great items listed for the live auction and you will not be disappointed. Looking forward to see everyone at the event. Mark your calendar please.
list of honorees for this years event
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Bret Ferrante was formally induction into the Greater Van Nuys Rotary Club last week. Bret is a Financial Planner with Black Card Circle here in Los Angeles, California. On behalf of the Board of Directors of GVNR and the Club, Congratulations.
(PDG) Les Grossman, Persident Elect Catherine Ibrahim and Bret Ferrante after the induction
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Chellie Campbell was the guest speaker at our meeting last week. In addition to other things she talked about, was peoples beliefs about money. According to her, "much of what is passed along about money is negative, therefore, we need to reprogram our minds with positive beliefs about money". She encourages people to repeat positive statements each day. Below are some of the positive statements if repeated daily, can change peoples consciousness about prosperity. Below are some of her prosperity affirmations.
People love to give me money, I am rich and wonderful, I am now earning a great big income doing what satisfies me, My affirmations work for me, whether I believe they will or not, I am a money magnet, I am a big winner, all my dues are paid in full something wonderful is happening to me, and many more. For more on Chellie Campbell, visit her at www.chellie.com
Chellie Campbell author and motivational speaker/teacher
Our annual Christmas Lives event took place on December 18, 2018. This year, we have over 50 families at the event. Gifts were given to children (some as many as 4 kids) in a family. As usual, we had Santa present and kids and their families got the opportunity to take pictures with Santa. We had a total guest of over 300. In N Out Burger truck was on site to give out Burgers to everyone. DJ Bobby provided great music and Stephenie was on hand to provide great Christmas Carol. Everyone had a great time. Here are some pictures from the event.
Family Picture with Santa
Kids at the event
In N Out Burger Truck was also on site
Mrs. Rosemary Ritch was on hand to volunteer at the event as always
from L to R Peter, Les, Javier, Dave, Catherine and Barbara
Congratulations to Recipients of GVNR Club Scholarship through the LAVC Foundation for 2018/2019 school year.
Club Executives with two recipients
Club Executives with another award winner
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Our District Governor, Joe Vasquez visited our club earlier this month. Governor Vasquez joined us during our Board of Directors’ meeting and was given a full report about the current status of the club. Each director gave a brief report about their various avenue of service. At the end of their report, DG Vasquez gave us some advice/guidelines on how to move the club forward.
Raul Castillo be awarded his Paul Harris fellow Pin by Executive Aide Nora MacLeilan
At the general meeting, he took the time to induct our newest Paul Harris Fellow member. President Raul Castillo was inducted and welcomed into the Paul Harris Fellowship by the DG. DG Vasquez took us down memory lane on how he came into rotary and is still very proud to be a rotarian. He spoke briefly about rotary in general and district 5280 in particular. He spoke about the great work rotary is doing around the world with regards to humanitarian projects and peace building around the world. (full video will be posted later).
The DG also recognize and presented to Wynne Ritch, an award for his hard work in putting together our club's "Service Above Self" event for the last three years.
Evecutive Aide Nora presenting Wynne with his sevice above self pin
In honor of the DG, Rotarian Michael Camorlinga and owner of Lulu’s Restaurant, created a special menu for our DG. Named Sloppy Jeo Vasquez Sandwich. It’s a mixture of Southern flavors combined with lean seasoned ground beef and topped with fresh avocado. Served with sweet potato fries.
Sloppy Joe Vasquez Sandwich by Lulu's Restaurant
Rotarian Michael Camorlina presenting DG Joe Vasquez a certificate of the authentic "Sloppy Joe Vasquez Sandwich"
DG and Executive Aide Nora digging into "Sloppy Joe Sandwich"
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Greater Van Nuys Rotary Club partnered again this year with the Laborers’ Local 300 Union to award scholarships to children of union members in Los Angeles. This year over 50 young adults received scholarship to attend various universities/colleges throughout the country. In the words of Sergio Rascon, “this annual event is important to all of us because it expresses our commitment to a brighter future for our sons and daughters. Through education, these beautiful young women and men will gain the power to shape the world in ways we can only imagine”.
Greater Van Nuys Rotary is happy to contribute this year again to making this possible. Our club is a service club established in 1825, and has been serving the communities of Van Nuys, Pacoima, San Fernando, Mission Hills, Chatsworth, Reseda, Panorama City, North Hills, Lake Balboa, Arleta, Sylmar, and Lakeview Terrace.
Greater Van Nuys Rotary Club salutes the scholars of Laborers’ Local 300.
Below are pictures from the event.
Michael Parenteau President GVNR presenting a check to Sergio Rascon Business Manager Local 300
Dr. Zoriada Grossman giving a speech during the presentation ceremony
Members of GVNR Club at the Award Dinner
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Rotaract Panel Presentation - Moderator: Olayinka Hakeem Babalola, RI Director-elect
2018 International Convention in Toronto - General session 2.
Rebecca Fry, Rotaract Club of Sydney City, NSW, Australia
Raquel D'Garay-Juncal, Rotary E-club of Silicon Valley, USA
Muhammad Talha Mushtaq, Rotaract Club of Jhang Saddar, Pakistan
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Ian H. S. Riseley, President's Closing Remarks, closing ceremony at the 2018 Rotary Convention in Toronto
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HRH Princess Anne Addresses Rotarians at the 2018 Rotary Convention in Toronto
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Barry Rassin, RI President-elect
Closing ceremony at the 2018 Rotary Convention in Toronto
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2018-2019 Rotary International President's Theme
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Dr. Renee Michelle Gordon was a guest speaker at our regular meeting held recently. Dr. Renee is a renowned author and has written several books as well as being an international speaker. Some of her books include; Five Simple Steps to Attract Your Soulmate Within 90 Days, Finding your Love at Last, and is currently working on her next book, Finding Your Love at Last Duets, Five Simple Steps to Creating harmony and Love in Your Marriage due out later in 2018.
As president and founder of Love at Last, Dr. Renee Michelle Gordon believes, “We help singles and couples build strong relationships by teaching them to first know and love themselves in order to have the best life possible”. Further, her passion is to first help people find their perfect match as well as helping couples rediscover their love and spark in a harmonious way that impacts the quality to the rest of their work and personal lives.
WHAT IS LOVE:
According to Dr. Renee, LOVE is everything, Love is open to possibilities, Love is everlasting; Love is the everlasting center of being here on earth; Love is beautiful; Love is kind; Love is whatever you want it to be. We all have the capacity to love. However, we must start by loving ourselves first.
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April 21, 2018 was 'Rotary Day of Service'. The GVN Rotary club embarked on a project to renovate and paint two classrooms at the
Salvation Army Valley Corps building located at 14917 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys, CA.
Below are pictures of rotarians hard at work.
The team ready to work
Dr. Zoraida and Catherine geared up and ready
Les and Dr. Zoraida measuring slates to to repair the ceiling
Richard and Barbara in action
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Please watch this video on "THE HISTORY OF ROTARY CLUB INTERNATIONAL"
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This video depicts the beginning of the eradication of polio in the world. Ruth, herself a polio victim and wife of late William Bill Frank, PDG (District 5260) 1973-74 Rotary year. This video was done by the Greater San Fernando Rotary Club, which today is Greater Van Nuys Rotary, after the merger of two other clubs. I am sharing this video with everyone so that members of our club can be knowledgeable about why we as rotarians, are so bend on the eradication of polio from the face of the earth.
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President - elect Barry Rassin has announced his vision for rotary moving forward. The theme for 2018-19 is "Rotary members to Be the Inspiration". Please read his full address or watch video of his speech:
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This year's GVN Rotary Luncheon was held on Thursday December 14, 2017 at the 94th Aero Squadron restaurant in Van Nuys and we had the beautiful Chalet de Clay room as our seating location.
Chalet de Clay room
Approximately 23 members, spouses and guest were in attendance and each received a raffle ticket for a chance at an assortment of gifts.
Rotary president-elect Sam F Awori dies unexpectedly on July 13, 2017 due to complications after surgery. Sam was a devoted member of the Rotary Cub of Kampala, Uganda, for more than 38 years. In his own words during his nomination last year, he said "Rotary has become a way of life for me with the intrinsic value and core belief in mutual responsibility and concern for one another as a cornerstone. I feel immense satisfaction knowing that through rotary, I've helped someone live better".
Sam Owori's term would have began on July 1, 2018 as the 108th President of Rotary International.
To Rotarians around the world, president Ian Risely said "in this difficult time, I ask you all to keep his wife Norah, the Owori family, and Sam's millions of friends around the world in your thoughts. Sam was a special person in so many ways, and his unexpected death is a huge loss to Rotary, his community, and the world" Risely said.
Rotary International is making arrangements to celebrate Sam's life. More information will be made available soon.
Ashton Kutcher, philanthropist and actor, was one of the numerous speakers at the Rotary International Convention this year in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, whose main goal was to speak to convention goers and the world at large about the menace of human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of children. During a Panel discussion, he expressed his sadness about this global menace.
Kutcher is the Co-Founder of THORN: Digital Defenders of Children. During his speech at the Rotary Convention, Kutcher in his own words confessed: “As a young man coming up in the public school system in the United States, I thought slavery was done, a thing of the past. When I realized this was happening even right here in Atlanta, a hotbed for trafficking as a travel hub, I was floored and set out to learn as much as I could about it.”
He further stressed that vulnerability and poverty often acts as catalysts for human trafficking and sexual slavery of children. In the United States, most children who ends up in the ‘system’ have no one in their lives to love them. They are the ones who are most vulnerable to this menace.
Thorn is dedicated mainly to preventing sexual exploitation and eliminating child pornography and the conditions that cause it specifically on the internet. Thorn has a high tech lab which it uses to combat this global menace. Thorn targets the internet because it plays a significant role in promoting child pornography as well as the sexual slavery of children on a global scale.
Other members of the panel included Gary Hauhen, Bob Corker and Rebecca Bender, who herself is a survivor of human trafficking.
Learn more about how Rotary, in partnership with Thorn and millions of Rotarians worldwide, are working to fight this global menace.
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Highlights from Rotary International Convention
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