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GROUND BREAKING FOR 'MY FRIEND'S HOUSE' <LINK>
is scheduled for 10 am on Tuesday, September 18th at 6525 Independence. <MAP
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NO PROGRAM TODAY. President Richard called for a Club Assembly
to report on the machinations for Oktoberfest coming up soon. There is no
Program Chairperson. No programs are scheduled, although there are rumors
that the next two meetings are covered.
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VISITING ROTARIAN, introduced by Secretary
Chris Roach, was Tino "The Taco Tweeker" Trujillo [Restaurants] from the
Plano Rotary Club. Tino was the Governor's representative who
helped form our club in 2000 and he is an Honorary Member of our Club as
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LUCKY GUESTS WERE Michelle Robbins, an EDS <LINK>
Technical Manager and the guest of Joyce Baumbach and Robert Posner, a
minister from the Collin Creek Church <LINK>
and the guest of Judy Jackson. |
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SPECIAL GUEST was Anna Konarzewska from
Garwolin, Poland <LINK>
who is in Civil Safety Engineering. She was the guest of Bill
Peterson, Regional FEMA Director, who had a fine moment with ROTOPIG Jr.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: District Conference is
Oct 19-21 down in Richardson. Officers, Directors and new members need
to attend. There will be a Rotary EXPO both at the State Fair <LINK>,
September 28th-October 21st. If you man the booth to give out
Rotary information and take donations, you can get free tickets to the
Fair for you and your family. |
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PRESIDENT RICHARD continues to be oblivious to
and unconcerned about the fate of the missing ROTOPIG. |
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| "DUNK THE JUDGE", our own John Payton, at PESH
on Friday, September 28th. |
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GEORGE ELKING announced that the first meeting
for the Thanksgiving Special at Poor Richard's Cafe <LINK>
on November 22nd will be today at 9am at Poor Richard's Cafe after
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ABSENT WERE Matt Brown, Kevin Cain, David Daniels, Reeves
Davis, Steve Dippel, Ray Hopper, Ken Lambert, Bud McBrayer, Bill Moore, John
Payton and John Roach.
DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL SERVICES COLIN LIGHT asked for help
tomorrow to finish up repacking the books going to South Africa.
Faithful workers showed up as usual but were out of boxes. President
Richard was presented with a book from the pile entitled: "If I am in
Charge Here: Why is Everyone Laughing?" <LINK>
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STEVE BLAIR reminded us that the Hendrix Academy Golf Tournament
sponsored by the Plano Rotary Club was on Monday the 10th. Teams
have been formed but there is still room and time for last minute golfers.
BRENDA ROGERS was recognized for donating 12 bottles of wine to
the Oktoberfest auction.
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OKTOBERFEST WEEKLY MEETINGS have been moved to
Wednesday night at 5:30 pm at the Bavarian Grill. |
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POOR RICHARD took exception to an article in
the paper that said he was the oldest restauranteur in Plano. That
honor goes to Tino Trujillo. Richard has the oldest restaurant in Plano.
He was fined for trivial minutia. |
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PR PERSON SHARON LEWIS pointed out some of the
excellent publicity we are receiving for Oktoberfest especially that in
the Plano Profile <LINK>.
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SECRETARY CHRIS gave us some quotes in honor of Labor Day.
Steve Martin said: "All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an
honest day's work." Your Mom and Dad might have said: "The best way to
appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one." |
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JOYCE BAUMBACH reported that dinner ticket
sales for Oktoberfest were about halfway there. It's time to bring in
your sales with the stubs filled out. Same for the raffle tickets.
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RICHARD [RESTAURANTS] & JUDY [AUCTION CHAIRMAN] passed out a list of
650 Restaurants in Plano and urged us to ask them for gift certificates.
Honorary Member Hunter Hanks immediately volunteered to recommend his
favorite eating place.
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| SGT-AT-ARMS DOUG CARGO, who also does the work
assignments for Oktoberfest, says to sign up and get your request in for
what work you want to do [be it cook or bottle washer], or he will
arbitrarily assign you to a job. |
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS met at 8:15 am after the
regular meeting. Present were Richard Biggers, Rick Chron, Joyce
Baumbach, Pat Hite, Doug Ray, Rod Hogan, Chris Roach, Randy Plumlee,
Colin Light, Sharon Lewis, and Terry Dobbins. |
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Failing to show up were Vocational Director Warner Richeson, Club
Administration Director Scott Villines and Sgt-at-Arms Doug Cargo as
well as the unfilled positions of Club Service Director and Club
Projects Director.Tourists were George Elking, George Elwell,
Bob Warren, Bill Peterson, Anna Konarzewska, Richard Butterly, Richard
Wells, Juergen Mahneke, Judy Jackson, Steve Blair and David Marks.
After all was said and done, more was said, than done, especially
about next years 4th of July Parade.
Nothing was done about filling the two empty Directorships on the
Board or finding ROTOPIG. PP Rod Hogan has agreed to become Foundation
Director. Membership stands at 49 plus two proposals. The
treasurer reported that some money had come in, some money had gone out
and there was some left over in every account. There is a lot of work
going on in the Community Service area: Oktoberfest in October,
Thanksgiving Dinner for the less fortunate in November and Christmas
Cops, Toys for Tots and Angel Tree in December.
Proposed for membership and approved for publication were Michelle
Robbins [Data Processing] and Robert Posner [Soul Processing]. Michelle
works for EDS <LINK>
and is sponsored by Joyce Baumbach. Robert is the Pastor at Collin Creek
Church <LINK> and is
sponsored by Judy Jackson.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Richard Biggers
President Elect: Randy Plumlee
Vice President: Doug Ray
Secretary: Chris Roach
Treasurer: Pat Hite
Director-Club Service: ?
Director-Vocational: Warner Richeson
Director-International: Colin Light
Director-Community: Rick Chron
Director-Foundation:
Rod Hogan
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
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