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When a lawyer named Paul Harris, a coal dealer, a mining engineer, and a merchant tailor first met in l905 in Chicago, they gave birth to Rotary and, by the nature of their diverse occupations, to the association’s most distinctive feature – the classification principle. Upon joining Rotary, you were lent a classification by the Board of Directors to reflect your occupation or primary source of income. By limiting active membership by classifications, each club becomes a cross-section of the business and professional life of the community it serves. Also, the classification principle makes sure that no one profession or business becomes the dominant force within the club.Classification talk background

 

Emma chairs Rotary District 7780’s International Service Committee and hosts the monthly DISC Cafe which profiles several on-going or recently-completed international service projects. She will speak clubs in our District that are, or have been involved with international service projects. 

 

American lobsters are an iconic species, forming one of the most valuable fisheries in the United States. The rapid collapse of lobster populations in the southern part of their range has been attributed to warming water and an emerging infectious disease called epizootic shell disease. This has raised concerns about the future of lobster in the Gulf of Maine, where seawater temperatures are rising more rapidly than in 99% of the oceans.

Dr. Maya Groner is a senior research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. She is researching the interactions between warming seawater temperatures, the timing of the lobster molt, and disease in southern New England and using these data to understand disease risk for lobster in the Gulf of Maine.

Katie is a connector and convener of people, resources and opportunities. She is focused on building partnerships, public relations, employee engagement, strategy, and event planning. Katie works directly with and for entrepreneurs and startups, and is helping to further develop the interactive infrastructure of Maine’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.