Thanks to all who came to our first meeting of the year last Thursday! We had a great turnout in a beautiful new space and it was wonderful to see so many new faces! We hope to see you all again and look forward to meeting many more of you as the year goes on.

As discussed, we have many opportunities for you to get involved in the coming weeks.  Please visit our Service Projects page for details and the latest information.

SAVE THE DATE! Saturday, November 7th is Rotary International Day at the UN (http://www.riunday.org). We will hold our annual fundraiser to benefit the CCNY Chapter of Engineers Without Borders from 5-7pm that night at World Bar, directly across the street from the UN. We need your help with promotions for this event (designing flyers/postcards, networking, etc) and obtaining sponsors to donate gifts for our raffle. Please contact nfdolan@gmail.com if you want to help!!! More info to come soon!

Thank you all for your suggestions regarding upcoming meeting topics and activities. We have put together a form for you to indicate your preferences as we plan the rest of our year. Please click HERE to tell us what you want to see!

Our next meeting is Thursday, October 1st at the Ronald McDonald House (405 E 73rd St b/w 1st and York Ave). Claudia Maffettone will present on BluMail, a global email, education, networking, jobs, entrepreneurship and activism portal for millions who will be coming online in developing countries.  Established as an alliance of NGO, private sector and United Nations organizations, BluMail seeks to be viewed as an alternative to Hotmail, Yahoo and other free email portals so that we may educate and inspire when users check their email through the BluPortal. (www.BluMail.org)

Ms. Maffettone is the Youth Program Coordinator at the WFUNA office in New York.  She has a Bachelors degree in International Relations and Diplomacy. Claudia has been a member of MSOI, the Italian UNYA, for six years. She took part in several Italian Model UN Conferences, and represented MSOI at seminars and youth exchanges in the frame of the European Youth in Action Program. As a board member of MSOI, she organized projects and workshops at the national level with permanent missions, institutions and NGOs on topics related to the UN, international affairs, and multilateral cooperation. Claudia is a member of the Making Commitments Matter Initiative, and has been on the board of other international youth associations such as the YMCA and the Youth Synergy Network. As a Youth Program Coordinator at WFUNA, Claudia has been the liaison person with the UN Youth Associations around the world and the youth section of WFUNA, has promoted youth projects and initiatives at WFUNA and at the UN, and has represented WFUNA at the Commisson for Social Development. The speech can be found at: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/documents/csocd47_wfuna_statement.pdf