April 1, 2009

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

STRATFORD: - Meets Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at Forsyth Country Club
April 02: Chris Murphy Chief Operating Officer and Strategic Manager for AFIRM “A Behind the
Scenes Look at the Wake Forest Armed Forces Institute for Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM)”
April 09: NO MEETING –Easter Week
April 16: Meeting at Kimberley Park Elementary Gym – Students will give a performance from their Spring Musical
April 21: Allison Slaby, curator at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, will be speaking about the current “American Impressions” exhibit at the museum.

WINSTON-SALEM ROTARY: - Meets Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at Benton Convention Center
April 07: Judy Saint Sing, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Forsyth County, “Mentoring our Children”
April 14: TBA
April 21: MEETING HELD IN HEARN BALLROOM @ MARRIOTT - David Park, VP of Real Estate for Novant“Real Estate and Construction Growth in North Carolina”
April 28: Gene Conti, Secretary of Transportation for North Carolina

REYNOLDA ROTARY: - Meets Fridays at 12:30 p.m. Assembly Room of the LJV Coliseum
April 03: GSE Team from India
April 10: NO MEETING
April 17: Dr. Nathan Hatch, President of Wake Forest University
April 24: Leigh Summerville McMillan, writer for the Winston-Salem Journal,
“My life as a writer and the wonderful new world of print-on-demand publishing.”

CLEMMONS: - Meets Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. at the Village Inn – Clemmons
April 01: Classification Talks
April 08: Bryan Stames, “Winners Never Cheat”
April 15: John Stewart, “Clemmons Rotary History”
April 22: Jerry Webb
April 29: Dr. Nathan Hatch, “Wake Forest University”

WESTERN FORSYTH: - Meets Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at Big Shotz Tavern in Clemmons
April 07: Andrew Rodgers Executive Director of RiverRun International Film Festival –
Plans for the 2009 RiverRun Film Festival
April 21: Ron and Priscilla Zambor - Topic will be their trip to Southeast Asia

DATES TO REMEMBER:
April 23-26 – District Conference at the Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort
May 28 – Spring Social

CONGRATULATIONS:

ANNOUNCEMENTS, NEWS & INFORMATION………………

Propose a NEW Member:
Get all the information you need by going to the following link:
www.stratfordrotary.org/members/index.html

Invocation Schedule:
Apr. 02- Shari Covitz
Apr. 09- NO MEETING
Apr. 16- Gordon Spaugh
Apr. 23- Lee Strange
Apr. 30- Larry McGee

PROGRAMS

March 19, 2009: What’s New at PTI?

Kevin J. Baker PE, Assistant Airport Director, joined the Authority in January 2008. He served previously as a Vice President of the Michael Baker Corporation, a 5,000 person international consulting firm. In that role, Mr. Baker has served as a consultant to the Authority for the last 10 years, leading major airport development programs. Mr. Baker is a 1990 Graduate of Lehigh University, with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He is a registered Professional Civil Engineer in North Carolina. He also has course work toward Masters in Business Administration from Robert Morris College. Mr. Baker's industry involvement includes the American Association of Airport Executives (AAE), Airport Consultants Council (ACC, Airports Council International (ACI) and the North Carolina Aviation Association (NCAA). Mr. Baker has been involved in numerous community, civic and other activities, including serving on the Board of Trustees of the Natural Science Center of Greensboro; the Board of Directors of the Michael Baker Federal Credit Union; the Board of Directors of the Michael Baker ESOP Committee; Chair of a Boy Scouts of America Explorer Post; and has led YMCA and Boy Scout fund-raising committees.

Marketing Director: Stephanie Freeman

Piedmont International Airport is financially independent and receives no tax money from the area. Parking is its biggest revenue producer to the tune of $27.6 million with $12 million in expense. Executive parking is $2500/yr. Valet parking is also available. Bond revenues equal $154 million and they receive grants from the FAA and the NCDOT Trust Fund.

The airport is comprised of over 4000 acres. The runway numbers correspond to compass readings and there is a left and right side to each. There are 25 gates, and 50 companies with 4500 employees. Timco provides heavy overhauls on airplanes and uses 4 hangers. Cessna’s maintenance facility is the 2nd or 3rd largest. Comair has regional jet facilities there as does Atlantic Aero. The Tom Davis Aviation School is at the airport and the Weather Bureau maintains a balloon watching station.

One of the brightest spots is Honda Jet. Honda Jet started its R&D in 2003-2004 and began construction in 2007. It is a $60 million operation where they employ 400+ people with an avg. salary of $72,000. Each jet fetches $4 million.

Fed-X began its Mid Atlantic Hub in 1998. It is a $300 million facility with both full and part-time workers. The start date is set for June 1 and will ramp up to larger numbers this fall. They are more of a trucking facility at an airport than vice-versa. Honda Jet encompasses 170 acres with a 450,000 sq. ft. building full of conveyors. The runway that Honda Jet uses is a public runway, initiated by them, and measures 9000 x 150 ft.

Air traffic changes direction in the evening from a daytime pattern of L-R to a nighttime pattern of R-L. The winds are calmer at night and allow for this. That reversal use of the runway allowed planners to buffer only one end for noise pollution saving the public the inconvenience of having jets landing and taking off in two directions overhead.

The total market for PTI includes 3.2 million people. There are 68 daily departures with 17 destinations. You can fly Allegiant Air to St. Petersburg/Clearwater for $49 each way. Saturday trips to Orlando are served from Sanford. For flight and fare information for all airlines log on to www.flypti.com .

March 26, 2009: Rence Callahan, Vice President
Walter, Robbs, Callahan & Pierce Architects, Winston-Salem
One of three managing partners, Callahan, 57, studied at UVA and UNC Charlotte. Favorite Project: Winston-Salem’s downtown transportation center. Why he’s a green designer: “I traveled to Alaska a couple of years ago and visited a glacier on the Kenai Peninsula. It was thought-provoking to see it today and see pictures of where it was 50 years ago and how quickly it’s melting.” (2008 Business NC)

Rence spoke to us about LEED Certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and Green building practices. He has built the BB&T, Chamber and Transportation Center buildings as well as Tar Branch and Traders Row. His company was also involved with the App. State Solarium and Student Union, Wachovia Lending Center, Humane Society in Boone, Modern Electric in Yadkinville and he used passive solar techniques to add an addition to his own home.

In building Traders Row, he strived to keep the cost per sq.ft. down and managed to build it at $142/sq.ft. The top two floors are residential condominiums and LEED Certification requires buildings to be non-smoking. It was felt that asking owners not to smoke was prohibitive so only the first two floors that hold office space will be up for final review for LEED Certification. Traders Row was built with energy, atmosphere, water, materials and resources in keeping with Green building techniques. Materials used produce no off-gassing to keep indoor environments free from the harmful chemicals used in traditional building methods. Final review will take 6 months to a year.

We learned several interesting facts concerning energy consumption. Manhattan Island has the most efficient use of energy and materials and Wyoming has the least! Pittsburgh is the leader in the Green-LEED movement and has built its Convention Center to be LEED certified with the largest urban project next door. Pittsburgh is rated #1 in quality of life. Bombay is the most polluted city and our own Cranberry Glades National Forest is drying up due to global warming.

Suburban sprawl is the largest detriment to the green movement. Obesity rates are higher in areas of suburban sprawl. Rence would like to see more enthusiasm for Green projects. Our own downtown would be a great place to continue the movement. Winston-Salem is 67th in being shovel-ready for the stimulus package. Using natural gas for public transportation and continuing the plan for the streetcar from WSSU to Baptist Hospital are two things already in the planning stages ready to come to fruition.

For more information on LEED visit their website at: www.usgbc.org