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United Nations Association of the United States of America

Tampa Bay Chapter
7833 Second Avenue South, St Petersburg FL 33707
Tel: 727-345-4280 E-mail: pyingsts@verizon.net
Web Site: http://unatampabay.org
“Working Together for Peace, Freedom and Justice”

Volume XXXI, No.4 May 2007

Regular Monthly Meeting

Date: Saturday, May 26, 2007 Time: 11:45
Location: . St. Petersburg College EpiCenter - 13805 58 St. N. Largo FL 33760
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right. EpiCenter 13805 North located on right hand side.
From St. Petersburg I-275 North, take Exit 30 (Largo-Roosevelt Blvd.) Route 686 to
Ulmerton Rd.(Route 688) Left on Ulmerton to 58th St. Turn Right and EpiCenter 13805 N right side.
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PROGRAM

The Topic this month, presented by Dr. Carl Kuttler will be:

“Russia — a Personal Perspective”

Dr. Kuttler has been president of St. Petersburg College, formerly St. Petersburg Junior College, since 1978. He is a native of St. Pe-
tersburg, a graduate of St. Petersburg High School, St. Petersburg Junior College (A.A.), Florida State University (B.S., Management)
and Stetson University College of Law (Juris Doctorate).

Over the years he has received numerous awards and recognitions. In 1998, he was named the outstanding
community college president in the USA by the national Association of Community College Trustees. In 2002,
he was named the outstanding college president in Florida by the Florida Association of Community Colleges’
Hall of Fame. Honor students (Phi Theta Kappa members) of community colleges internationally have presented
him with their highest award and the St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus chapter of Phi Theta Kappa has been design-
ated the most distinguished in the world – for an unprecedented five times.

Dr. Kuttler was co-chairman of the Pinellas County Millennium Celebration and chairman of the 100 /300 anni-
versary celebrations of St. Petersburg, Florida, and St. Petersburg, Russia. He was honored by the President of
Russia with a gold medal of service for this effort. In May 2003, President Putin of the Russian Federation invited him to participate
in an International Law panel of 25 leaders, along with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac.
In 2004 he was named Honorary Consul to the Russian Federation.

Dr. Kuttler led St. Petersburg College into a new era as a four-year school offering baccalaureate degrees, the first community college
in Florida to be given such a privilege. SPC now offers 15 bachelor’s degrees

Dr. Kuttler’s presidency is perhaps best known for the successful business partnerships he has formed. Among the most recent are:
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Events: Board Mtg at 10:15 AM on day of Regular Monthly Meetings at 11:45 AM to 2 PM.
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From the PRESIDENT'S Desk…..
What a wonderful month April has been! It started
off as a busy month even though we did not hold our
Regular Monthly meeting. The Ambassador's Luncheon
on April 4th was planned with only three weeks of prepa-
rations, and gathered a full house of Diplomats, CEO's and
various Tampa Bay global leaders. This was done in honor
of the Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations who was
our keynote speaker. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce
of Tampa Bay served as a Co-sponsor along with the High
Consulate of Canada.
Soon after, on Apr. 20, the Florida Div of the
UNA-USA held their Annual Convention in Sarasota.
Each year one of the chapters in Florida hosts the Conven-
tion. Tampa Bay last hosted it in 2002 when it was held at
the Eckerd College Conference Center. Guess what? They
have singled out Tampa Bay to host the Convention again
in 2008. On Apr 28, our Board accepted the challenge of
holding this great event.
On Apr. 28, our Tampa Bay Chapter Board of Di-
rectors took a major step in working on and adopting
amended By-Laws. These have now been sent to New
York for approval. After that, the last step is for the By-
Laws to be submitted to a Tampa Bay Membership meet-
ing for approval. This will put the Board in a better posi-
tion to operate as a team and better manage the activities
of the Chapter and move forward at a grander scale.
As for our upcoming monthly meetings, the next
meeting, May 26, will again be held at the St Petersburg
College EpiCenter in east Largo/north St Petersburg. For
those who attended in March, I think you'll agree that it's
an excellent meeting place with outstanding media facili-
ties. It will easily accommodate 100 people at table set-
tings. The problem is that we need that size attendance to
be able to afford a place like that. I'd like to encourage all
of you to take advantage of the outstanding programs and
support the events by bringing others with you. Make your
reservations early and make them now!
Just recently, we built a new committee structure
with people from various international and professional
backgrounds. Also, our dynamic membership list consists
of people from various international backgrounds, there-
fore, we hope to have more of our members involved in
planning and running the Chapter. Programs, Hospitality,
and Facilities; Education; Membership; Advocacy and
Government Relations; Communications: Newsletter, Pub-
lic Relations, and Web Site; and Young Professionals for
International Cooperation …these are areas where you
could participate. Where do you wish to get involved?
Contact me at pyingst@verizon.net and I'll put you in
touch.
--- Paul Yingst
TAMPA BAY CHAPTER MEMBERSHIPS
New Members (5): Mr. Abdul Guice, Ms. Susan Gulcse,
Ms. Rebecca Gross- Tieder, Mr. William Tieder, and
Mr. Corey Lilbrun
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KUTTLER (cont’d from page 1)
• Construction of the EpiCenter with Pinellas County, a
$32 million, high-tech facility that offers economic, work-
force and community development resources for the region
and the state.
• New joint-use libraries with the cities of St. Petersburg
and Seminole. The dual-purpose facilities, built on college
property, are used by city residents and college faculty and
students. The joint-use libraries save taxpayers millions of
dollars by reducing the need for two libraries within the
same geographical area.
• New nursing programs to relieve the nursing shortage
in the Tampa Bay area offered in conjunction with area
hospital corporations including Bay Care and HCA.
• A partnership with the University of Florida that
brought a College of Pharmacy and a Dental School to
SPC’s Seminole Campus.
• Construction of the Leepa-Rattner Museum on the
Tarpon Springs Campus of SPC. The museum and its con-
tents were the result of a $21-million donation from Alan
and Isabelle Leepa.
The construction of the new SPC Downtown Center in the
heart of St. Petersburg. The college and the Florida Inter-
national Museum share space in the new building. Dr. Kut-
tler worked with FIM on several previous projects includ-
ing bringing the John F. Kennedy Exhibit to FIM as well
as two Russian exhibits during the 100-300 birthday cele-
brations of the two St. Petersburgs.
In February 2006, Dr. Kuttler was inducted into the Tampa
Bay Business Hall of Fame.
In 1982, Dr. Kuttler and a college trustee attended a national
meeting where Dr. Paul Ylvisaker, then Dean of Harvard’s
Graduate School of Education, challenged them to include Ap-
plied Ethics in the SPC curriculum. As a result, and with the
encouragement of all the SPC trustees, the College developed
and approved a required Ethics course. More than 75,000 stu-
dents have successfully completed the course. SPC also pub-
lished Ethics Applied, a textbook now in its fourth edition that is
used by a number of other colleges. In 2004, Dr. Kuttler and
Harvard University were co-hosts at an Information Technology
seminar for government leaders at the Seminole Campus of SPC.
In 1992, Dr. Kuttler received the prestigious Liberty Bell Award
from the American Bar Association through the St. Petersburg
Bar Association. He is co-editor of a book, 1001 Exemplary
Practices in America’s Two-Year Colleges (McGraw-Hill,
1994), a compilation of the best ideas used by American com-
munity colleges at that time.

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U.S. Risks $1 Billion in Debt to UN Peacekeeping
Warning that the United States risks being
$1 billion in debt to the United Nations for interna-
tional peacekeeping efforts, the Better World Cam-
paign announced on May 1 the launch of its new
web-based campaign to engage Americans and en-
courage the U.S. government to pay its full and fair
share of these crucial missions in Fiscal Year 2008.
The United States currently owes over $500
million to the UN peacekeeping account; and the
Administration’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget request
under-funds this account by an additional $500 mil-
lion. This means that unless Congress acts soon,
U.S. shortfalls in UN peacekeeping dues will grow
to over $1 billion. Www.PriceOfPeace.org hosts an
online petition asking Congress to fully fund UN
peacekeeping efforts. This petition will be delivered
to Members of Congress in the coming weeks.
“UN peacekeeping is a great value for the
United States—it promotes global political and eco-
nomic stability, and is a key means of ensuring that
no one country must shoulder all of the costs and
risks in promoting our shared security,” said Timo-
thy E. Wirth, President of the United Nations Foun-
dation, a sister organization to the Better World
Campaign. “Simply put, fully funding UN peace-
keeping is in U.S. national security interests. And
who better to send this message to Congress than
the American people,” he said.
“Although the United States has repeatedly
called and voted for renewed or expanded UN
peacekeeping efforts in countries like Sudan, Leba-
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non, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Haiti,
Congress and the Administration are short-
changing these very efforts by letting UN peace-
keeping bills go unpaid,” said Deborah Derrick, Ex-
ecutive Director of The Better World Campaign, an
organization dedicated to strengthening the rela-
tionship between the United States and the United
Nations. She added: “At a time when the United
States is calling on the UN to increase its peacekeep-
ing operations, it is crucial that Congress address
this major shortfall in the FY 2008 appropriations
process and begin formulating a plan to pay back
our debt and keep our promise to the international
community.”
UN peacekeeping has received favorable
ratings from the highest levels of the U.S. govern-
ment and from other respected sources. A U.S. Gov-
ernment Accountability Office report found UN
peacekeeping to be eight times less expensive than
funding a comparable U.S. force. The White House
Office of Management and Budget rated U.S. contri-
butions to UN peacekeeping with three stars—its
highest rating—judging it to be “effective, achieving
its stated goals, and contributing to U.S. objectives.”
Finally, a 2005 RAND report found that UN peace-
keeping operations have a high rate of success.
The PriceOfPeace.org campaign was initi-
ated by The Better World Campaign and is sup-
ported by the the UNA-USA and a growing list of
NGOs. You are encouraged to go to
www.PriceofPeace.org now and sign the petition.
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progress. Regional and international cooperation in support of Iraq must be
The Hon. Maurice Williams, Advisor
one of our top priorities. Without it, the reach of the violence may know no
boundaries, and the people of Iraq will know no peace,”
Secretary-General Ban Si-moon at the meeting on Iraq in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
May 4, 2007