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Volume 65, Number 8
February, 2009
 Also: The Topeka Rotary Club is now on the popular Facebook social network 
 
Rotary on the Web
Rotary InternationalWebsite
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www.rotary.org
Rotary District 5710Website
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www.rotary5710.org
Rotary Club Website
 — 
www.downtowntopekarotary.org
Rotary InternationalFoundation
 — 
www.rotary.org/foundation
Twitter
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www.twitter.com/topekarotary
The Editor’s Blog
 
ast year, we ran our first ―Technology‖ issue of
the Rotopeka. It was designed to demonstratesome of the many things we were doing in our club using technology to advance the mission of our club. Without realizing it at the time, we were travel-ing the same path as Rotary International.
I’ve written several times about how the internet is
an extremely valuable tool and we as Rotariansneed to embrace and join the efforts of those who
blazed the trails for us. The term ―early adapter‖ is
used to describe those people who are out in fronton technology. A few weeks ago, with a group oftechnology mindedTopekans, we con-cluded that wewere past the timefor early adapting.The time is now for us as Rotarians tobecome a worldleader, not in justwhat we have traditionally done to serve the charity needs of theworld, We need to lead in a way that provides the greatest oppor-tunity for us to share our message to the world.This month, the Topeka Rotary Club launched a page on the popu-lar and rapidly growing social networking website, Facebook. Morethan a dozen members have already joined us and we would like
to invite you to join us too. You’ll be receiving an email invitation tocreate a Facebook page and to join the group. If you don’t wantto join us, you certainly don’t have to. But I think it will be worth your 
time.My goal is to help create the most technologically advanced Ro-tary Club in the world. But the reason is because as we becomebetter connected with both our club members and membersaround the world, we enable the mission of Rotary to spread with it.Each connection we make, we are growing the network of Rotary.
I’ve been very impressed with the direction RI has taken in the past
two years and I am committed to following their lead.I hope you will take the opportunity to join us.
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Topeka Rotary Club Members Connect through Facebook 
y now, you probably atleast have heard ofFacebook. If not, or If
you aren’t sure exactly what it
is that has drawn hundreds ofmillions of users, Facebook isthe popular social networkingprogram that allows friends toconnect with others online inan interactive format.In the last few months, Face-book has transformed from atool used by the more techsavy to the mainstream. Andwith that, comes new ways toutilize the opportunities to con-nect with people.The Topeka Rotary Club has joined Facebook and uses it asa more interactive website which accompa-nies the traditionalwww.downtowntopekarotary.org webpage.Club members can not only download andview much of the same information on the cur-rent website, but can contribute their owncontent, including photos, comments.
―I have found that Facebook is a fun way to
find old friends and discover new ones with
similar interests,‖ says Roger Viola, one of theclub’s online members. ―It's a great way for 
people with common interests, for exampleRotary, Visioning, or KU basketball, to stay con-nected. It's a quick and easy way to communi-cate electronically with friends and a greatway to share photographs. It's easy to use and
not just for the younger generation.‖
 Fifteen members have joined us on the group,but there are other club members that are us-ing Facebook.With the Facebook group, the Topeka RotaryClub will continue to broadcast its live video asit has been for the past eight months, offeringclub members an opportunity to watch theentire program live or any time after using thearchive feature. With Facebook, we can alsoupload a much higher quality video after theprogram.If you are a Facebook user, please join us. Justsearch for Downtown Topeka Rotary Club or 
look for the link on the club’s website. If not
consider creating a Facebook account toconnect with Rotary.Once you done that, send us a message andlet us know how Facebook is enhancing your 
Rotary experience. We’ll share other mem-ber’s thoughts and ideas and help you be-
come more Facebook fluent so you too cantake advantage of this new world of socialnetworking and what Rotary has to offer with
15 members of the Topeka Rotary Club have joined the TopekaRotary Club on its new Facebook page.
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By Greg Hill
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