Bulletin 2023-12-07 (Dec. 04, 2023)

Dr. Royce Hanson, former Chair Montgomery County Planning Board and Chair Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission is the Guest Speaker on December 7, 2023

Dr. Royce Hanson is the co-author of Nation’s Metropolis The Economy, Politics, and Development of the Washington Region that describes how the national capital region functions as a metropolitan political economy. Its authors distinguish aspects of the Washington region that reflect its characteristics as a national capital from those common to most other metropolitan regions and to other capitals. To do so, they employ an interdisciplinary approach that draws from economics, political science, sociology, geography, and history.
Royce Hanson and Harold Wolman focus on four major themes: the federal government as the region’s basic industry and its role in economic, physical, and political development; race as a core force in the development of the metropolis; the mismatch of the governance and economy of the national capital region; and the conundrum of achieving fully democratic governance for Washington, DC. Critical regional issues and policy problems are analyzed in the context of these themes, including poverty, inequality, education, housing, transportation, water supply, and governance. The authors conclude that the institutions and practices that accrued over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are inadequate for dealing effectively with the issues confronting the city and the region in the twenty-first. The accumulation of problems arising from the unique role of the federal

government and the persistent problem of racial inequality has been compounded by failure to resolve the conundrum of governance for the District of Columbia. They recommend rethinking the governance of the entire region.
While many books are concerned with the city of Washington, DC, Nation’s Metropolis is the only book focused on the development and political economy of the metropolitan region as a whole. It will engage readers interested in the national capital, metropolitan development more generally, and the growing comparative literature on national capitals.

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Rotary Club Social at Bretton Woods on November 30, 2023

Dictionary Project: Last Three Schools Scheduled for 2023

Posted by Alan Grant

Please take a look at the last 3 schools scheduled for the month of December:

12.07.23 - Fields Rd at 9:30

12.14.23 - Potomac at 9:45

12.19.23 - Bells Mills at 10:15

If anyone would like to join Mr. Grant please let me know and I will add you to my schedule.

Thank you so much,

Dalmara. (admin@grantlaw.net)

Great Speakers Coming to P-B Rotary in December...Invite a Guest!

Lisa Summers, President and Co-Founder of "Healing Politics" Described Her Organization Dedicated to Encouraging Those in the Nursing Profession to Run for Elected Office at the Rotary Club Meeting on October 5, 2023

Rotary Club Social at Bretton Woods Recreation Center on September 28, 2023

Rotary Club Meeting on September 21, 2023, at Lakewood Country Club

Gerald Krell, President, Auteur Productions, and his son Adam presented plans and video for a documentary about the founder of Wolf Trap, Catherine Filene Shouse, at the Rotary Club meeting on September 7, 2023

Rotary Club Social at Bretton Woods Recreation Center on August 31, 2023

Rotary Club of Arbroath, Scotland, thanked P-B Rotary for the donation

Posted by Nabil Bedewi on Sep 04, 2023

Last Thursday (8/31) I arrived in Arbroath just in time for attending the club's meeting. So I took the opportunity to give them our Club's generous donation of 3,000 GBP. The attached picture is the handoff of the cash to Danny Gentles, their club's president. The members in the room were genuinely surprised at the amount and greatly appreciative of the good that will come from it.

Thank you again for your generosity!

Regards,

Nabil

Nabil has just astonished and delighted us with your incredibly generous donation of £3000. The money will be deposited into our charitable trust account tomorrow and we will carefully consider how to use the money to best effect. We already have a number of requests for funding but we prefer to balance our giving between reacting to requests and identifying the local organisations that are best placed to meet the many needs of our community in Arbroath. I will certainly be in touch with you to confirm how that is to be achieved.

Again, many many thanks. We will ensure that the money makes a difference.

Yours in Rotary

Danny Gentles

President The Rotary Club of Arbroath

District Governor Delores Edwards Harding made her official visit on August 17, 2023

Welcome District Governor Delores Edwards Harding and her husband James to the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club.

The Rotary International theme this year is "Create Hope in the World."

Nabil Bedewi gave an update on "Believe in Belize" at the Rotary Club meeting on August 10, 2023

President Jake Matysek awarded Rotary Foundation pins to Nabil Bedewi and Todd Nitkin thanking them for their generosity.

The 43rd Anniversary of the Chartering of the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club was celebrated on August 3, 2023

New Rotary Year Club Assembly on July 6, 2023, discussed plans for 2023-2024

Social at Bretton Woods on June 29, 2023, Wrapped Up the 2022-23 Rotary Year

Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies brought an update on immigration at the Rotary Club meeting on May 18, 2023

Graciela Mestroni from Buenos Aires, Argentina, gave a talk on "What Happened to Argentina?" at the Rotary Club meeting on May 4, 2023

President Jake with Guest Speaker Graciela Mestroni.

[L-R] Dessie Moxley, Koo Yuen, Chinyere Amaefule and Graciela Mestroni. Graciela is a long-time friend of Nancy Mason who introduced her to the club.

Thank You to the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club for Participating in the Dictionary Project

Posted by Alan Grant

"Alan, Thank you for giving so much of your time to organize and implement the Dictionary Project again this year. Your dedication to improve literacy where you live has had a profound impact on the children in your community. Your kindness and support show what community service looks like. Please let me know how we can implement your ideas to include more people. You are always welcome to visit our office when your travels bring you to South Carolina. Sincerely, Mary French, The Dictionary Project Director"

Dictionary Project Facts

To date, more than 35,617,000 children have received a dictionary thanks to the generosity of Dictionary Project sponsors. Over 3,770 Rotary Clubs, 65 Rotary Districts and 14 Rotaract Clubs have participated in The Dictionary Project. Rotarians have given over 18,360,000 dictionaries since 2002. Dictionary Projects provide dictionaries to students in all 50 states and over 40 countries.