DISTRICT 5810

LANO SUNRISE ROTARY

"THEY PROFIT MOST WHO SERVE BEST"

Chartered February 23, 2000 Roving Reporter:          Sharon Lewis Assistant Reporter            Kevin Cain Photographer:               Bill Neukranz

Rotary International

County of Collin

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VOL 8 NO 17

SUNRISE @ 6:17  SUNSET @ 8:34    Cloudy  73 °F

June 8, 2007

PRAYER
Ken Lambert

 

PLEDGE
Doug Ray


 

4-WAY TEST
Steve Dippel


 

JOKE
Richard Butterly

 

RAMONE AND RENE took care of providing the breakfast while President-Elect Richard "Already Behind" Biggers gave us an ugly preview of his upcoming administration.

GUESTS AND VISITING ROTARIANS were introduced by Acting Secretary Pat Hite, who was fined severely for mangling names. Visiting Rotarians were Fred Bemenderfer [Land Surveyor] from Plano West Rotary Club, John R. Bourgeois [Financial Advisor] from Plano Metro Rotary Club and Happy Franklin [ Financial Planning] from the Preston Center Rotary Club. Lucky Guests were  Leslie Cain, guest of and wife to Kevin Cain and Danny Morris, guest of and neighbor to Shep Stahel.

ABSENT WERE Doug Bicknell, Steve Blair, Rick Chron, George Elwell, Rod Hogan, Judy Jackson, Skip Jenkins, Glenn Justice, Colin Light, Juergen Mahneke, Bud McBrayer, David McCall, John Payton, Randy Plumlee, John Roach, Brenda Rogers, Greg Rushin, Jim Stroup, Richard Wells And Jane Wynn.

SGT-AT-ARMS DOUG CARGO collected two- bit fines.  Acting President Rod and Visiting Rotarian Fred talked about RYLA camp, which was winding up today.

TEE TOTALING SOMMELIER Warner Richeson collected a bottle of "JARHEAD RED" which is made by Marines, for Marines and sold only to Marines [or their families]. This will be a big Auction Item at Oktoberfest.

BLOOD DRIVE CHAIRTHING TOM RODGERS  reminded us of the  blood drive on the three Collin County Community College Campuses on June 26.  The Battle of the Badges Blood drive will have a float in the 4th of July Parade and the blood lines are drawn between the Police and Fire Departments on July 12, 13, 14.

HAPPY FRANKLIN, from the District 5810 Membership Action Team, notified us that she would be with us only for one more meeting and that next year we would have Harry Polly to contend with. She presented sponsor pins to some members, who have proposed new members that joined Rotary, but she completely missed President-Elect/Acting President Richard Biggers. ROTOPIG is looking forward to her visit next week.  Ken Lambert wanted to know if you had to give the pin back if the member you sponsored had already dropped out.

TREASURER CHRIS ROACH noted that there were some members, who still had not paid their dues for this quarter and already the 3rd quarter [Jul-Aug-Sep] is fast approaching. He's going to send out emails to the miscreants and was fined for not being more diligent in collecting our just due.

DISTRICT BLOOD CHAIRTHING GEORGE ELKING finally got a word in edgewise after being suppressed by the Acting President during  Tom Rodgers bloody presentation.  George noted that Huffines Auto Dealerships <LINK> is having a blood drive on June 26th and next year he hopes to incorporate it into the District Blood Drive.

ROTOPIG COLLECTED FINES from the unprecedented President Elect Richard Biggers for being "Behind Already" and from Kevin Cain for taking more than 6 years to bring his wife to a meeting.

POLITELY  LEAVING EARLY were Pat Hite at 7:49am  and Reeves Davis at 7:51 am.

TODAY'S PROGRAM, introduced by Joyce Baumbach, was Kelley Stone, Director of Homeland Security in Collin County <LINK>.  He was assisted by Dr. Bob Johnson. The Fusion System Mission is  "get the right data, to the right people, at the right time, while protecting the individual rights of all citizens." As is our custom, a book was donated to the Nellie McCall Library at the David B. McCall Elementary school in the name of the speaker and duly signed by him.  The Book was "Hurricane City" by Sara Weeks.

CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS: President:                      Rod Hogan President- Elect:           Richard Biggers Vice President:             Joyce Baumbach Secretary:                     Randy Plumlee Treasurer:                     Chris Roach Director-Club Service: Scott Villines Director-Vocational:     Pat Hite Director-International:  Colin Light Director-Community:    Rick Chron Past President:              Richard Butterly Sgt-At-Arms:                 Doug Cargo

INCOMING BOARD OF DIRECTORS: President:                            Richard Biggers President Elect:                  Randy Plumlee Vice President:                   Doug Ray Secretary:                           Chris Roach Treasurer:                           Pat Hite Director-Club Service:         Doug Bicknell Director-Vocational:            Warner Richeson Director-International:        Colin Light Director-Community:           Rick Chron Director-Foundation:           Skip Jenkins Director-Membership:         Joyce Baumbach Director-Public Relations:   Sharon Lewis  Director-Club Admin.:          Scott Villines Director-Bulletin Editor:      Terry Dobbins Director-Club Projects:        ? Past President:                     Rod Hogan Sgt-At Arms:                         Doug Cargo

AN EXCUSED MEMBER'S ABSENCE does not count against the club's monthly attendance record, but it does count against the member.  If you miss and don't make up, you DON'T  have perfect attendance.  This is a benefit for older members with health problems.

Club Constitution: Article 8, Section 3 Excused Absences. A member’s absence shall be excused if

Section 4 RI Officers’ Absences.A member’s absence shall be excused if the member is a current officer of RI.
Section 5 Attendance Records. Any member whose absences are excused under the provisions of sections 3 or 4 of this article shall not be included in the membership figure used to compute this club’s attendance nor shall such absences or attendances be used for that purpose.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:  
Fri, June  8 -           Kelley Stone, Director of Homeland Security in Collin County.
Fri, June 15 -          Chris Milner, Assistant DA in Collin County, Mortgage Fraud in Collin County.
Sun-Wed, Jun 17-20 RI Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. <LINK>
Fri, June 22 -          Mary Cathcart, from  Heifer International, solving World Hunger.<LINK>
Thu, June 28 -       Installation of Officers at Tino's Too at 6 pm.
Fri, Jun 29 -           Meeting Moved to the night before.
Wed, July 4 -       Rotary float in parade.
Fri, July  6 -          ?
Fri, July 13 -         ?
Fri, July 20 -         ?
Fri, July 27 -         ?