opting out, or opting in?

Dear Friends,

At our recent convention, the decision was made to allow members who wish to do so to elect to receive their Ohio Kiwanis Magazine in electronic format only. The attached form is printed in the latest Ohio Kiwanis Magazine. If you could just bring this to the attention of your clubs and members at your next division council meeting, it would be very much appreciated.

Dave Whiteman
District Secretary
Ohio District of Kiwanis International

(click on image to print "opt-out" form)

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Kiwanis at Cats: Blogs and The Cleansweep

We are all at CATS using our Kiwanis blog--you can edit anything--stay tuned for more details of the clean sweep 05/12/2007.

Above is the handbill:

Blogging for Kiwanians

This is a brief outline of my talk being delivered to the Kiwanis Club of South East Cleveland at noon on May 2, 2007.

I. Our beginnings--Business Week 05/02/2007 issue on how "Blogs will change your business"--

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_18/b3931001_mz001.htm

I didn't know what they were, but I knew that in Gloria's political campaign, we had to have one.

II. Our SE Kiwanis presence: http://southeastkiwanis.blogspot.com--we are in a rarefied atmosphere still, at this point--very few Kiwanis blogs across the country--try a Google search for "Kiwanis blog" and see what you get--

III. How things work, so that you can be a contrubuting collaborator, too--I send an invitation--you accept--you may have to open a Google or Gmail account, but just follow the instructions--if the acceptance registers, your name appears with the others in the right sidebar--start by commenting--then try posting your own original material--then try links--then try uploading an image--don't forget the labels, or tags

IV. Questions, comments, ideas

the Swiss and weapons per capita

Yesterday, I mentioned how the Swiss who serve militia duty are issued an assault rifle which many of them keep in their home, and how Switzerland is one of the safest places in the world even though it has more firearms per capita than just about any other place in the world. I got this tidbit from the book Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt, on page 131. (I had misattributed this to James Surowiecki and The Wisdom of Crowds, which I read about the same time.)

All this was as a followup to Elmer's wanting us all to be sure to read Feagler's Wednesday piece on punks and guns and the Fleet area (I don't want to call it Slavic Village any more.). In case you missed it, you can read it here.