June 26, 2008

UPCOMING PROGRAMS...

STRATFORD: - Meets Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at Forsyth Country Club
July 10: Downtown Baseball”, Steve DeLay, Executive Vice President of Mandalay Baseball Properties
July 17: Classification Talks
July 24: “My Cousin is a Saint – Really!” Justin Cantanoso, whose “day job” is Executive Editor of the Triad Business Journal talks about his new book, “My Cousin the Saint: A Search for Faith, Family and Miracles”
July 31: President Ellen Coble will present her ideas and goals for 2008-2009
Aug. 7: Senator James T. Broyhill, “An Insider’s Look at the U.S. Capitol; Stories you have seldom heard about”
Aug. 14: District Governor Charles Allen
Aug. 21: Penni Bradshaw of Contangy Brooks & Smith, “Challenges of Immigration”
Aug. 28: TBA

WINSTON-SALEM ROTARY: - Meets Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Benton Convention
Jul. 8: Elizabeth Quick, Incoming Rotary President, “President’s Message”
Jul. 15: William B. Applegate, M.D., Interim President & Dean, WFU Health Sciences

REYNOLDA: - Meets Fridays at 12:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the LJV Coliseum
July 11: Bret Marchant of the Winston-Salem Chamber, “The Chamber’s Research Center: Facts and Figures for Your Business”
July 18: Classification Talks
July 25: Leslie Winner from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Aug. 1: District Governor Charles Allen

CLEMMONS: -Meets Tuesdays at 7:00 a.m. at the Village Inn - Clemmons
July 9: Steve DeLay, “Progress on the New Ball Stadium”
July 16: Classification talks
July 22: Club Assembly, 6:30 pm
July 30: TBA
Aug. 6: Purple Daze
Aug. 13: District Governor Charles Allen
Aug. 20: Don Timmons, “School Kids Chronicles”
Aug. 27: Classification Talks

DATES TO REMEMBER:
August 14 – District Governor Charles Allen Visits

ANNOUNCEMENTS, NEWS & INFORMATION................

JUNE 26 BOARD MEETING MINUTES…All committees were represented and provided a report for the new year. Rachel Barron has programs on track. Margaret will be mailing a letter and a schedule to every member. Susan Raymer reported that she has already been working with Kimberly Park’s new Principal making plans for the new school year. She has already had members volunteer to participate in the programs at the school. Susan and her committee is looking into new ways to help the school. Tom Battle reported that scholarships went well this year but we need more PR. President Ellen wants Membership to be a priority this year. Membership Chairman Kelly Woodruff discussed ideas to better recruit, orient, and retain members. Patty Mead, Foundation Chair Person will educate the members better on where our money goes and why it is important to contribute to the Benevolence Fund. We have found a replacement for Margaret and she will start working with her.

The Board approved one candidate for membership in Stratford Rotary: Please check your mailed or emailed bulletin for information.

CONGRATULATIONS:

Happy Birthday: Club Anniversaries:

Programs……

June 19 – President Jeff Clark thanked everyone who helped make this year a great one. We stepped up to the plate with Kimberly Park and created a great partnership. We had great programs and a fantastic Holiday Social at the home of Linda and Dave Combs. After his words to the Club, Jeff passed the gavel to President Elect Ellen Coble. After receiving the gavel, Ellen presented Jeff with his Past President’s pin and an engraved desk box.

We also had Sylvia Oberle, Director Habitat for Humanity, speak to us today. She talked about how Habitat began in 1976. It came to Winston-Salem in 1985 and since that time Habitat just started its 270th house. The organization in rooted in Christian Principals, and has volunteers of all faiths. Contrary to what some people think, families do not get the house free, it is a partnership with the family and they have a 20 year mortgage. Habitat works with the families to educate them and help them to become successful homeowners and citizens. Ms. Oberle’s talk today was very fitting. She talked about the plans to start revitalizing the neighborhood around Kimberly Park Elementary School. Together, Stratford Rotary and Habitat can make a difference in that community.


June 26 – Dr. Larry Coble spoke to us today. Dr. Coble does leadership training workshops. He calls his program “Six Dimensions of Leadership”. The six dimensions are: 1.) Relationships and Trust (set a good example): admit mistakes, admit you don’t know everything, seek out feedback, small acts of kindness over time, and predictability. 2.) Effective Communication: keep ideas simple, address “their” needs, return phone calls within 24 hours, non verbal communication is 60%, the power is in listening! 3.) Decision Making: most effective decision makers make the “least decisions”, stay ahead of issues, make decisions that make the greatest return. 4.) Life Balance: constructive productivity/ destructive productivity. 5.) Reflection on Practice. 6.) Change; deal with people first/ change second. Thank you Larry for a great message

ROTARY FOUR WAY TEST:

Of the things we thing, say, and do…
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?