Newsletter - Archive  Mar 23, 2009

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Tennessee's First Breakfast Club - Randy Shults - President 2008-09 Rotary Club No. 3878 - Oak Ridge, Tennessee - District 6780 VOTED DISTRICT 6780 BEST ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER - 2007-2008
Volume 29 - No. 38	Karen Bridgeman - Breakfast Bytes Editor	March 23, 2009

PARTICIPATION  MATTERS
Total members 7/1/08	137
New members this mo.	0
(New members YTD)	6
Resignations this mo.	0
(Resignations YTD)	8
Current Membership	135
Average Monthly attendance/participation w/make-ups to date	79.8%
Average YTD w/make-ups posted to date	85%
Club Goal (w/make-ups)	82%
MAKEUPS If you don't see your make-up posted, please send an email to attendance@orbrc.org.   Make-ups posted between 03/18/2009 - 03/23/2009: Jim Bradbury, Bonnie Carroll, Nancy Donsbach, Kathy Edwards, Ken Green, Kathy McNeilly, Ruby Miller, Louise Mixon, Pat Powell, Ray Smith, Lit Lunch; Stuart Clark, Marcia Slagle, Stuart Clark, Courtney Henry, EClub one; Ben Redmond, Oak Ridge Rotary (noon); Fred Barry, Sunset Rotary; Ben Andrews, Jim Bradbury, Karen Bridgeman, Linda Brown, Todd Butz, Kelly Callison, Lynn Cardwell, Tom Clary, Charles Crowe, Larry Dipboye, Nancy Donsbach, Leigha Edwards, Larry Garner, Judi Gray, Ken Green, Parker Hardy, David Harris, Courtney Henry, Martha Hobson, Freda Hopper, Pat Imperato, Myron Iwanski, Frank Jamison, Emily Jernigan, Tony Lester, Sherry Livengood, Dave McCoy, Kathy McMillan, Kathy McNeilly, Ruby Miller, Louise Mixon, Margaret Morrow, Veronica O'Hearn, Faye Orick, Jim Palmer, Bob Poe, Pat Powell, Lou Rabinowitz, Jim Rushton, Ray Smith, Bear Stephenson, Wayne Stevenson, Robin Textor, Charlotte Textor, John Wheeler, Christina Young, Jerry Young, 16th annual Lit Lunch; Jim Cape, Judi Gray, Emily Jernigan, Tom Lakers, Dave McCoy, Mike Morris, Roger Olson, Pat Postma, Lou Rabinowitz, John Wheeler, Fellowship Committee. LAST MEETING* March 18, 2009 ATTENDANCE CREDIT: 83 (*Includes 2 Leave of Absence)   VISITING ROTARIANS Charlie Jernigan, Tom Hilton (Oak Ridge Rotary Club)    ROTARIANS' GUESTS Andy Boyer (Tom Lakers), Katy Wolfe Zahn (Jerry and Christina Young), Brennan Roorda and Dave Hobson (Martha Moore Hobson)   SPEAKER/PROGRAM Wayne Stevenson: ORAU's Efforts in Math and Science Education     www.rotary.org/endpolio

Lucky bidders at the Lit Lunch auction shared dinner
with author Robert Hicks Thursday evening at Burchfield's
at the DoubleTree Hotel. From left are ORBRC members Emily
Jernigan and Todd Butz, author Hicks, and
past president Linda Brown.

LITERACY LUNCHEON SUCCESS   NYTimes Best-Selling Author Robert Hicks filled the ORHS Food Court at Noon last Thursday!   Thanks to all whose hard work supported this effort to raise funds for the fight against illiteracy, especially Louise Mixon, Pat Powell, and Ken Green (next year's chair).   Larry Dipboye's invocation used words from Lincoln and captured much of what so many of us feel:   As we gather to share, not only this meal of friendship but the challenge of universal literacy, may God bless both the passing moment of pleasant conversation and the multiple lifetimes of human accomplishment extended through this event to our neighbors.   Our thoughts turn to Abraham Lincoln, whom Sidney Mead called, "the spiritual center of American history," whose legendary knowledge of the Bible began with learning to read in an Indiana log schoolhouse.   Who declared, "I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it."   Who decried political claims of divine favor and confessed, "my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side."   Who prayed, "that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."   Who invoked on this nation a benediction that continues to challenge our sense of responsibility:  "With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds."

 

DUES STATEMENTS EMAILED   Treasurer Robert Weir emailed statements for the next round of dues weekend before last. If you did not receive yours, please let us know.   Note that dues are DUE May 1 for the 2009-10 Rotary year. $500 pays your dues for the full year; $260 pays six-months' worth and your next invoice will be mailed September 15 (with a due date of November 1).

ANNUAL TRASH BASH

SATURDAY!

Meet at the pavillion near the playground and parking lot at 9 a.m. (close to China Palace/Rowing Shelter)

Linda Brown will lead our riverbank cleanup project along the shores of Melton Lake.

This long-term club project, started umpteen years ago, is a great time for fellowship and is open to family members and members of our newly chartered Robertsville Middle School YouthAct Club. Click here to contact us for more details. 

The President requests your attention ...

ORBRC President Randy sent an email Monday night to all voting members of the club, asking for consideration of a request from our district governor.

Simply put, the question is: Should District 6780 apply to participate as a pilot district in a new way of managing grants from The Rotary Foundation? You also can click this link http://www.rotary.org/en/Pages/ridefault.aspx to read more on the Rotary International website.

According to DG Carol, who will be our speaker this week, 44 districts across the world have already applied for the 100 spots in the Future Vision Plan pilot project, with 175-200 applications expected before the May 15 deadline.

"The Trustees believe the Future Vision Plan simplifies Foundation programs and administration, aligns outcomes with the mission of the Foundation, increases ownership at the local level, and provides necessary funding and resources to achieve the goals of our Foundation," Mark Maloney, Future Vision Committee member and past RI director, told regional Rotary Foundation coordinators (RRFCs) March 9 during an annual training meeting in Chicago.

The Future Vision pilot, which will begin 1 July 2010, is a three-year test of a new grant structure. Districts have until 15 May to apply online to be part of the pilot.

To simplify the grant-making process, the plan offers only two types of grants: Rotary Foundation District Grants and Rotary Foundation Global Grants. District grants, modeled after the existing District Simplified Grants, are block grants made to districts for up to 50 percent of their District Designated Fund and can be used for a wide variety of activities. Global grants support larger, international projects with sustainable, high-impact outcomes in one of the six areas of focus.

Click on the links above or go back to that Monday night email for more details -- we'll vote Wednesday on whether to support our distict's application to be part of the pilot project.

DISTRICT CONFERENCE ...

COMING TO AN EVENT CENTER NEAR YOU April 17 and 18

Remember how much fun we had a last year's district conference when our own Robin Textor was District Governor? Well, this year we don't have nearly as many responsibilities AND the conference in Sevierville is MUCH closer to home!

Join with Rotarians from the 65 clubs across our district to celebrate the ways we've made dreams real.

The club will reimburse the full $25 registration fee for any club members who attend the conference, and the program promises to be interesting. Guest speakers include Rotary International President's Representative and former RI President Bill Boyd of New Zealand; PolioPlus Manager Carol Pandak; WBIR-TV's Bill Williams; and David Dotson, president of the Dollywood Foundation. Children will sing and dance. Awards will be given and adult beverages will be consumed. Not all at the same time.

Also-Our-Own Henry Perry will perform in the Saturday night talent show, as will the aforementioned Robin Textor, dignified former governor of our august district (in a somewhat less dignified manner, if rumors are to be believed).

April 17 and 18 will be here before you know it. Click here for a quick trip to the District Website for more information.

It's a mystery ...

The Fellowship Committee is planning SOMETHING for Thursday, April 23, from 5-7 p.m.

Details will follow, perhaps! Save the date ...

     ORBRC MEETINGS AFTER THE MEETINGS  

(the other clubs' speakers, and other ORBRC business)

The board of directors will NOT meet after the Wednesday meeting.

ORBRC meeting information, including upcoming speakers, is listed at the bottom of this newsletter (after the Celebrations) and also can be seen in the club website calendar. More information on our neighboring clubs' programs follows.

THE Oak Ridge Rotary Club's upcoming speakers (click here for a link to the ORRC website):

• Thursday, March 26 ... Donna Sullivan, Owner, Hot Bagel Company: Bike Ride from Pittsburgh to Washington, DC, for cancer research
• Thursday, April 2 ... TBA

The Sunset Rotary Club's upcoming speakers (click here for a link to the Sunset Club website):

• Monday, March 30 ... TBA

MEMBERSHIP ANNIVERSARIES

DATE                         MEMBER                          SPONSOR March  1, 1987 Charles Crowe Wayne McLaughlin March  1, 1990 Jo Ann Garrett Dan Robbins March  1, 1987 Joe Lenhard Daves Coffey & McCoy March  1, 1985 Nat Revis Herman Postma March  5, 1997 Parker Hardy Jim Campbell March  12, 1997 Karen Bridgeman Tami Carroll March  13, 2002 Christina Young Glenn Zahn March  13, 2002 Jerry Young Glenn Zahn March  19, 2008 Pat Imperato Linda Brown March  21, 2007 Theresa Venable Karen Bridgeman March  28, 2005 Nancy Donsbach Ray Smith

SPOUSES/PARTNERS BIRTHDAYS

DATE             MEMBER       SPOUSE/PARTNER  March  3 Dub Shults Sue March  7 Brian Buuck Joanne March  8 Rich Esposito Janie March  8 Kathy McMillan William March  9 Ray Smith Fanny March  11 Leigha Edwards Blake March  19 Charlotte Textor Robin March  24 Gretchen Longcoy Larry March  27 Ruby Miller Horace March  27 Brenda Thornburgh Tom March  28 Theresa Venable Dennis March  30 Mike Baker Kandice March  30 David Olsen Kathy

MEMBER BIRTHDAYS

DATE                MEMBER  March  1 John Iacovino March  3 Bear Stephenson March  4 Stuart Clark March  7 Tami Carroll March  14 Gene Caldwell March  16 Mike Coffey March  19 Robin Textor March  22 Dave McCoy March  26 Clark Meredith March  29 Pete Peterson March  30 Martha Hobson

UPCOMING EVENTS FEBRUARY IS WORLD UNDERSTANDING MONTH
Click here to check out more information on our club's website calendar
March 25	District Governor Carol LaRue - Making Dreams Real Board meets with DG after club meeting
March 27-29	PE Charles Crowe, PDG Robin Textor, District Communications Chair Karen Bridgeman to Multi-District Presidents-Elect Training Seminar in Nashville
March 28	Umpteenth Annual Trash Bash - Melton Lake riverbank cleanup
April 6	Reservations due for Chattanooga meeting April 9 (see below). Click here to contact us to reserve your spot and make carpool arrangements.
April 9	Rotary International President D.K. Lee at Chattanooga Rotary Club - noon - Chattanooga Convention Center (reservations due by April 6 - see above).
APRIL 17-18	Our annual District Conference is set for April 17-18 at the new events center in Sevierville. Registration information available by clicking here. We are going to celebrate all that has happened this Rotary year to MAKE DREAMS REAL!
APRIL 23	The Fellowship Committee is making plans ... save the date!