Tempe Rio Salado Rotary Club Minutes for November 8, 2012
MILITARY APPRECIATION BREAKFAST
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ATTENDEES: Ben, Dona, Jack, Kent, Don, Tim, Norma, Geoff, Corey, Pattie, Larry, and Pat GUESTS: Val Castilllo (prospective TRS member), Abbey Pellino (ASU Rotaract Secretary), Jake Yardley (ASU Rotaract), AG Gary Johnson (Tempe South)
OUR HONORED MILITARY: Col. Michael B. Mahoney, AZARNG Inspector General, LTC Bill Waddington, G3 (Operations), LTC Roland Gonzalez, G4 (Logistics), SGT Todd Russ, G1 (Personnel/Administration), Sgt. Edward E. Balaban, AZARNG Community Relations Manager/Public Affairs Specialist, Lt. Col. Lynda C. Lovell, Public Affairs Officer, Capt. Holly Brauer, Deputy Public Affairs Officer,
1) President Ben opened the meeting at 7:00 AM 2) President Ben welcomed everyone to our Military Appreciation Breakfast. SGT Ed Balaban was thanked for his continued support for our quarterly meetings to honor our military for their service and sacrifice. 3) INTRODUCTIONS: All of our guests introduced themselves and told us a little about themselves. Hearing the life stories of our military guests is a wonderful experience. We are humbled by their service and learning about the challenges they have faced and overcome. We are impressed with the future academic and vocational goals they have set for themselves.
4) GSE: We formerly announced that Capt. Holly Brauer of the Arizona Air National Guard has been selected as a team member on the upcoming District 5510 Group Study Exchange (GSE) trip. She will be representing Tempe Rio Salado and Camelback Crossroads Rotary Club during a month-long visit to Bangladesh in mid-January 2013. SGT Balaban was very excited about Holly’s participation on the GSE team and discussed ideas he had about media coverage of the trip.
5) Corey extracted Happy Dollars from all those willing to part with their money. 6) BUSINESS: ASU Rotaract will be sending two of their members to the North American Rotaract Conference in Washington D.C. Abbey is asking each of their sponsoring Rotary Clubs to help underwrite the cost of the trip by contributing $110. Pat made a motion that Tempe Rio Salado contributes $110 to ASU Rotaract to help cover the cost of their participation in the Conference. Larry seconded the motion. The group agreed and the motion was passed unanimously. (NOTE: Larry happily pointed out that Pat made a mistake when he originally presented his motion. Pat said it was a “National” Conference. Abby corrected him that it was not a national conference but rather a “North American” Conference, with Clubs from Canada also participating. Larry said the Pat was corrected by a “young college student less than half his age.” REBUTTAL: Pat quickly pointed out that Larry was WRONG. The student was less than one third his age, not half his age, as Larry said.)
7) Meeting adjourned at 8:10 PM.
Our GSE team members: Captain Holly Brauer (Bangladesh 2013) and Larry Horton (Australia 2011)
Pictures from today’s meeting
LTC Roland Gonzalez and LTC Bill Waddington visit with Jack Buckles
Val Castillo, Jack Buckles, Geoff Pashkowski, and Tim Lidster listen to LTC Roland Gonzalez
SGT Ed Balaban, Val, Jack, Geoff, and LTC Bill Waddington.
Don and Norma Kelley, Col. Michael B. Mahoney, Ben Eubank, Larry Horton, and SGT Todd Russ listen to Captain Holly Brauer’s presentation.
Don Kelley, Col. Michael B. Mahoney, Larry Horton, Captain Holly Brauer, and Abbey Pellino listen to SGT Todd Russ’ presentation
We totally enjoyed hearing about Lt. Col. Lynda C. Lovell’s experiences as a foreign exchange student
Val Castillo, Patrick de Haan, and Captain Holly Brauer discuss Rotary service projects.
Val Castillo, SGT Todd Russ, Captain Holly Brauer, LTC Bill Waddington, Ben Eubank (seated), Jake Yardley, Abbey Pellino, AG Gary Johnson, Col. Michael B. Mahoney, Lt. Col. Lynda C. Lovell, and LTC Roland Gonzalez.
Tempe Rio Salado’s
ABC’s of Rotary
Part 2 of 25
4. THE OFFICIAL ROTARY FLAG An official flag was formally adopted by Rotary International at the 1929 Convention in Dallas, Texas. The Rotary flag consists of a white field with the official wheel emblem emblazoned in gold in the center of the field. The four depressed spaces on the rim of the Rotary wheel are colored royal blue. The words "Rotary" and "International" printed at the top and bottom depressions on the wheel rim are also gold. The shaft in the hub and the keyway of the wheel are white. The first official Rotary flag reportedly was flown in Kansas City, Missouri, in January 1915. In 1922, a small Rotary flag was carried over the South Pole by Admiral Richard Byrd, a member of the Winchester, Virginia, Rotary Club. Four years later, the admiral carried a Rotary flag in his expedition to the North Pole. Some Rotary clubs use the official Rotary flag as a banner at club meetings. In these instances it is appropriate to print the words "Rotary Club" above the wheel symbol, and the name of the city, state or nation below the emblem. The Rotary flag is always prominently displayed at the World Headquarters as well as at all conventions and official events of Rotary International.
5. ROTARY’S WHEEL EMBLEM A wheel has been the symbol of Rotary since our earliest days. The first design was made by Chicago Rotarian Montague Bear, an engraver who drew a simple wagon wheel, with a few lines to show dust and motion. The wheel was said to illustrate "Civilization and Movement." Most of the early clubs had some form of wagon wheel on their publications and letterheads. Finally, in 1922, it was decided that all Rotary clubs should adopt a single design as the exclusive emblem of Rotarians. Thus, in 1923, the present gear wheel, with 24 cogs and six spokes was adopted by the "Rotary International Association." A group of engineers advised that the geared wheel was mechanically unsound and would not work without a "keyway" in the center of the gear to attach it to a power shaft. So, in 1923 the keyway was added and the design which we now know was formally adopted as the official Rotary International emblem.
6. SOME ROTARY FIRSTS • • • • • • • • • •
The first Rotary club meeting was in Chicago, Illinois, on February 23, 1905. The first regular luncheon meetings were at the Oakland, California, Club chartered in 1909. The first Rotary convention was in Chicago in 1910. The first Rotary club outside of the United States was chartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1910. The first Rotary club outside of North America was chartered in Dublin, Ireland, in 1911. The first Rotary club in a non-English-speaking country was in Havana, Cuba, in 1916. The first Rotary club in South America was chartered in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1918. The first Rotary club in Asia was chartered in Manila, Philippines, in 1919. The first Rotary club in Africa was chartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1921. The first Rotary club in Australia was chartered in Melbourne in 1921.
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POSTSCRIPT: After the meeting, Corey, Jack, and Ben stayed to help pack-up all of the gear and clean the room. While they were busy, Holly and Larry visited with Chuck Norris. It’s a little known fact that Chuck shows up at all of our meetings to help read the weekly Chuck Norris Facts.