ROTARY REMINDER ROTARY CLUB OF AUSTIN PRESIDENT Harold Ingersoll PRESIDENT ELECT Dale Lowe PAST PRESIDENT Todd Smith VICE PRESIDENTS Club Service Ann Graham Community Service Mary Reynolds Global Service Ellen Hunt Membership Service Elvin Pool Vocational Service Richard Payton THE ROTARY FOUNDATION Michael Portman SECRETARY/TREASURER Mary Bird Bowman SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Bill Koen EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Jennifer Olsen FUTURE PROGRAMS 6/28 Changing of the Guard Program 7/5 NEW ROTARY YEAR...Mike O Krent, Listening Skills & Keeping Life Stories Alive 7/12 Hank Perret, Central Texas Food Bank MEETINGS AND EVENTS 6/21 RCA Rotary Connect Committee Meeting, Sumners Meeting Hall (St. David s), 11:00 a.m. 6/21 RCA Executive Committee Meeting, Vestry Room (St. David s), 1:30 p.m. C L U B N O. 6 3. D I S T R I C T 5 8 7 0. A U S T I N, T X. V O L U M E 5 3, I S S U E 4 9 J U N E 2 1, 2 0 1 6 ROTARY CLUB OF AUSTIN S ANNUAL WRAP-UP/RECAP AND AWARDS PROGRAM This Tuesday, June 21st, we ll be celebrating many achievements we ve accomplished, as a Club, during the past year. We ll be hearing about successes in all five of the Avenues of Service: Club Service (Vice President Ann Graham), Community Service (Vice President Mary Reynolds), Global Service (Vice President Ellen Hunt), Membership Service (Vice President Elvin Pool) and Vocational Service (Vice President Richard Payton). President Harold will also be recognizing individual Club members for their service over the past year and will be presenting awards to some who have gone above and beyond. Please join us to hear the good news and congratulate ourselves for a FANTASTIC 2015-2016 year! 6/26 DG Installation Luncheon (for Bruce Golden)/RCA Changing of the Guard Party, Horseshoe Bay Resort, 11:30 a.m. RSVP ON DISTRICT WEBSITE 6/30 RCA North Breakfast Cluster Meeting, Waterloo Ice House (on Burnet), 7:00 The Rotary Club of Austin meets most Tuesdays, from 11:30-1:00, in Sumners Hall at St. David s Episcopal Church (301 E. 8th Street)
ROTARY REMINDER (6/21/16) PAGE 2 RECAP FROM LAST WEEK S PROGRAM PDG Sherri Muniz Rotary Programs in India June 14, 2016 by Past President John Braun President Harold Ingersoll called the June 14th meeting to order. Tracy Warren led the pledges and District Governor Elect and Past President Bruce Golden gave the invocation. Maddie Kadas led us in saying The Four Way Test. Andrew Mondi greeted each member and guest as they arrived and Daryl Benkendorfer introduced the guests and visitors. President Harold introduced Jeff Lambert as our newest member. His sponsor is Michael Portman. Welcome, Jeff! Charles Doty gave an update on the upcoming wine tasting this Friday night at his house. If you d like to host a wine tasting in the upcoming year just let Charles know. Pauline Gubbels was in the Member Spotlight; and Stephanie Perkins was awarded her first Paul Harris Fellowship. Congratulations, Stephanie! Michael Portman led today s Thank Goodness Basket, and we heard from: John Braun, Don Grillo, Sherry Workman, Mike O Krent, Sara Pantin, Ronney Reynolds, Allison Allen, Tom Howard and Bill Baker. Ann Graham introduced our speaker, PDG Sherri Muniz. She presented a talk on Rotary programs in India. Sheri and her husband have visited India 12 times on Rotary projects. Highlights of Sherri s presentation included: India has now been polio free since 2011 and this is a direct result of the Rotary commitment to eradicate polio from the planet. India has a multitude of problems in sanitation, basic literacy and disabilities of polio survivors. There are 135,000 Rotarians in clubs all over India and they are attacking problems and finding solutions as only Rotarians can do. India is the third largest donor nation to The Rotary Foundation. Current Rotary projects include a sewing program to aid widows without work skills, basic schooling for extremely poor children, tricycles for victims of polio to allow mobility for school and employment and a factory producing artificial limbs. These are but a few of the practical programs that Rotary has in India. Our next program is the annual wrap-up and awards ceremony. President Harold adjourned the meeting.
ROTARY REMINDER (6/21/16) PAGE 3 SOCIAL CIRCLE UPDATE Sunday, June 26 RCA Changing of the Guard/DG Installation Luncheon for Bruce Golden at Horseshoe Bay Resort at 11:30 a.m. RSVP on our Rotary District website www.rotarydistrict5870.org Thursday, June 30 RCA North Breakfast Cluster Meeting at Waterloo Ice House (on Burnet Road) at 7:00 a.m. IN RECOGNITION FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR CLUB We d like to take a moment to recognize and thank the hard working members of our Hospitality Committee who helped us before last week s meeting (on June 14, 2016). Daryl Benkendorfer, Myron Burse, Bill Davies, Rich Fikani and Andrew Mondi Thank you all for your service! If you d like to assist the Hospitality Committee at any of our weekly luncheons, please contact Bill Davies (or Jennifer Olsen). PROSPECTIVE MEMBER (OPEN REVIEW PERIOD) Per the request of the Board of Directors, all prospective/transferring members will now be posted in the Rotary Reminder (newsletter) for an open review period by all members. We ve received the following Proposed Member Application for consideration: Dr. Grant Glauser is sponsored by Pauline Gubbels Please notify Elvin Pool, Membership Committee Chair, if you have anything you d like to share about Grant.
ROTARY REMINDER (6/21/16) PAGE 4 ROTARY BIRTHDAYS The following people are celebrating their birthdays this week: Kenton Heinze (June 19th) Tracy Warren (June 20th) Steve Grauberger (June 20th) Reggie Nisbett (June 23rd) Charles Doty (June 24th) Elvin Pool (June 25th) Please join us in wishing them a VERY happy birthday! CONGRATULATIONS...
ROTARY REMINDER (6/21/16) PAGE 5 SUPPORTERS OF THE ROTARY REMINDER (PAGE 1) ROTARY CLUB OF AUSTIN: 301 E. 8TH STREET, AUSTIN, TX 78701 PHONE: (512) 462-1333 WWW.ROTARY-AUSTIN.ORG E-MAIL: OFFICE@ROTARY-AUSTIN.ORG
ROTARY REMINDER (6/21/16) PAGE 6 SUPPORTERS OF THE ROTARY REMINDER (PAGE 2) ROTARY CLUB OF AUSTIN: 301 E. 8TH STREET, AUSTIN, TX 78701 PHONE: (512) 462-1333 WWW.ROTARY-AUSTIN.ORG E-MAIL: OFFICE@ROTARY-AUSTIN.ORG