October 9, 2008
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
STRATFORD: - Meets Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at Forsyth Country Club
Oct. 16: Phil Archer, Director of Public Programs, Reynolda House
Oct. 23: Meeting at Kimberly Park Elementary. Students to give program.
Oct. 30: Bret Marchant, Manager of Technology and Economic Development for the WS Chamber of Commerce, will talk about the Chamber's customized market research
WINSTON-SALEM ROTARY:- Meets Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at Benton Convention Center
Oct. 14: Ronny Bell, PhD, MS, director, Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health
Oct. 21: Richard Childress, Dr. J. Wayne Meredith, Chief of Surgery, WFUBMC, and
Richard Budd, Co-Chair,CIPT, “WFUBC and the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma”
Oct. 28: TBA
REYNOLDA ROTARY: - Meets Fridays at 12:30 p.m. Assembly Room of the LJV Coliseum
Oct. 17: John Morgan, former Chief Strategist for the U.S. Navy, “A Conversation about
the New Global System”
Oct. 24: TBA
Oct. 31: TBA
CLEMMONS: - Meets Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. at the Village Inn – Clemmons
Oct. 15: Rep. Virginia Foxx
Oct. 22: Mr. Rodney Huggins, “The Rotary Foundation”
Oct. 29: 5th Wednesday Social
DATES TO REMEMBER:
November 6 – Foundation Banquet at High Point Country Club
November 20 - Board Meeting 11:45 to 12:30
ANNOUNCEMENTS, NEWS & INFORMATION………………
Notes From the Board Meeting, Thursday, October 9, 2008: Resignation from Amy Egleston was accepted; Financial report was approved; Susan Raymer gave report on projects at Kimberly park; Kevin Fussell brought us up to date on the water filtration project; Gerry Malmo said that a new secretary has been hired; and a new member has been proposed. Check your mailed or emailed bulletin for details
CONGRATULATIONS:
Happy Birthday: : |
Club Anniversaries: Tom Ogburn 10-01 21 Years Steve Phelps 10-03 17 Years Morris Friedman 10-18 7 Years Shari Covitz 10-22 16 Years Charlie Chatham 10-26 19 Years Bob Coil 10-31 6 Years Peggy Low 11-01 9 Years Nancy Johnston 11-03 3 Years Jennifer Foster 11-09 13 Years Paul Puryear 11-09 8 Years Carl Deaton 11-12 16 Years Randy Skidmore 11-21 23 Years Susan Kennedy 11-29 18 Years John Shields 11-29 7 Years Betty Wade 11-30 19 Years |
October 2 – Our speaker today was Bob Vaughn. Mr. Vaughn talked today about this transition from a former executive at Krispy Kreme to being an entrepreneur. He walked us through the process of deciding to leave your corporate job to owning your own business. He decided that he wanted to control his own time, make his own decisions and make a difference in other people’s lives, but he didn’t know what he wanted to do. After research, being taken in by shysters, and taking to many, many people, he decided on kitchen and bath designs.
October 9 – Les Merritt, State Auditor, brought us greeting from Raleigh. As the State Auditor, he is the taxpayers watchdog. He is proud of what he does. He audits the Revenue Office and the DOT. He said that these are interesting times and lots of things have been happening. Government needs to prioritize. Government does many things well but it tries to do too many things. They need to put money where it’s needed. They need to plan, set goals and stick to it. Government can’t hide the bottom line, not like big business.
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?