July 29 2009

Report of Wednesday's Rotary meeting:

The Rotary program was a planning session for the club's various committees. There was no speaker.

We had Rotary quests of Fred Medway and Bentley Murrell from 5pts. We had Ashley Gilfillan with Nathan Ballentine, Carmine Keene with Emilie Keene and Jacquelyn Kleynenberg with Larry Stohs.

Respectively submitted,

John Adair, reporter for 7/29/09

July 22, 2009

July 15, 2009

The Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo
Weekly Meeting Minutes
July 15, 2009


Breakfast and fellowship began at 7:30 a.m.
Business meeting called to order by President Ginny at 7:45 a.m.
Pledge of allegiance was recited
Invocation was provided by Lyman White head
The following items are mentioned:
+ Rod Funderburk introduced his guest, Emily Stanek, a current Rotary Scholar.
+ Joel Collins introduced his grandchildren, Abby and Dean, who were his guests for the morning.
+ Jeff Baldwin and Bill Daniels disclosed they were celebrating birthdays.
+ Judy Johnson and John Adair were recognized as our Club’s Rotarians of the year. A story about
Their award appeared in the July 9 issue of the Irmo News paper with pictures of them and then
President, Dr. Eddie Robinson.


Guest Speaker- Our speaker was Eddie Edelstein, an Australian who is a retired Military officer. He also
Had experience as a Department of Foreign Affairs officer and a breeder of Clydesdale
Horses. Mr. Edelstein gave an interesting talk about the geography and history of
Australia.
The meeting was adjourned by President Ginny at 8:30 a.m.

July 8, 2009

The Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo
Weekly Meeting Minutes
July 8, 2009

Breakfast and fellowship began at 7:30 a.m.

Business meeting called to order by President Ginny at 7:45 a.m.
Pledge of Allegiance was recited
Invocation was provided by Lyn Richards
Guests were introduced by “fill-in” Sergeant-at-Arms, John Hanson
Health & Happiness was provided by Zeke Riddle

The following Club announcements were made:
• Maria Hargrove sent around a sigh-up sheet for future classification speeches.
• Lyn Richards sent around a sign-up sheet for members willing to serve by providing an invocation for upcoming weekly meetings.
• President Ginny encouraged members to respond to the email survey sent out by Jay Seward via email asking for input into our fund raising efforts this coming year.
• President Ginny congratulated 3 club members for being recognized in the news; Theresa Miley received the Chairman’s Circle award from State Farm Insurance, Zeke Riddle started a new career with ERA Wilder Realty, and Chief Brian Buck’s Explorer Post 800 won Best Overall Post at the SC Association of Law Enforcement Explorers annual competition.
• President Ginny announced a new “job description” for our weekly meeting reporter. Reporters will now focus on reporting club announcements and business. Guest speakers need only be noted by name and topic. Weekly minutes may be written in a simple bullet format, rather than a narrative format. The goal is to make the job easier and less time involved. All members will be asked to serve as reporter, other than a few senior members who will exempt. Ginny volunteered to be the first reporter for the year. Next week, we will start at the top of the alphabet and work through the club.
• The Club presented RI Cultural Scholar Courtney Gibson with a $500 check as a contribution toward a service project she has started for the community in which she will be living in Ecuador. The funds will be used to equip the community library. Courtney has also collected books and supplies. She leaves for Ecuador in just a couple of weeks.
• Lyman Whitehead provided members with a classification speech.

Guest Speaker – Judy Johnson introduced our guest speaker, Dr. B.J. Simons. Dr. Simmons presented a very timely and informative program titled “H1N1; What’s in it for me?”

The meeting was adjourned by President Ginny at 8:30 a.m.

July 1 2009 - New Officer Induction

President Eddie with Rotarian of the Year Judy Johnson
Ginny Barr your new Club President

Darren Bouknight shows the new Database

Joel Collins accepts Rotary Benefactor Award for his wife Rhonda and himself.

John Adair, Rotarian of the Year

Your 2010 Club Board of Directors

Your retiring 2009 Board

President Eddie with your New Club President, Ginnie Barr (Eyes Closed)

Minutes for Irmo-Lake Murray Rotary Meeting Wednesday July 1, 2009

The First meeting of the 2009-20108Rotary year began with the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
Next Joel Collins was awarded the Rotary Benefactor Award for both himself and his wife.
President Eddie Robinson then discussed the Goals that were achieved during his term for 2007-2009.These included: Student mentoring with Nursery Road Elementary, Many Ambassador and Cultural scholarships awarded, Presidential and Governor Citations awarded, Silver Literacy Citation, 6 Paul Harris Fellows, 9 new members inducted, many projects with the Dutch Fork Interact club to name a few. President Eddie thanked the club for all of the members’ support throughout the year, specifically the Board Members. Each Board Member for the 08-09 year was announced: Public Relations Director was John Adair , Foundation was Patty Cavanaugh, Fundraising and Social Events was Emilee Keene, Long Range Planning was Larry Stohs, Service Projects was Jim Wellman and Club Administration was Dr. Judy Johnson. Officers for the 08-09 year were also announced and thanked with a nice Rotary memento Mug. The Board members were, Past President-Beetle Bailey, Treasurer – Jeanette Coulter , Seargent-at-arms – John Hanson, Secretary – Ben Heritage , President Elect – Ginny Barr. District Governor, George McConnell thanked the board members for their service.
President Eddie then recognized some Rotariians that were of special note for th e08-09 year: Lynn Campbell for his work with the Rotarian Magazine, Chris King for organizing the minutes, Lyman Whitehead for the Health and Happiness reports each week. Rotarian of the year for 08-09 was announced and we were honored with the news that we had Co-Rotarians of the year ; John Adiar and Judy Johnson were honored for all of their hard work with Rotary in the 08-09 year.
At this time President Eddie turned the meeting over to the new President Ginny Barr. There was a resounding standing ovation to honor and thank Eddie Robinson for a great year as president and Eddie was presented with e pin and nice Rotary Clock/plaque as a token of our thanks for his hard work.
President Ginny Barr then announced and inducted the new Board Members for the 09-10 year. Judy Johnson is the new President Elect, Jeanette Coulter is Vice President, Larry Stohs is Secretary, Seargent-at-arms is Darren Bouknight, Immediate Past President is Eddie Robinson and Bylaws/Insurance is Jeff Allen.
President Ginny Barr then discussed her plans for the 09-10 year and went over the Committees and committee members for the New Year. President Barr will work to have each Rotary Member as an active participant in one or more Committees. The club will have Club Meeting each Quarter for the Committees to work and plan their prospective activities for the year.
Darren Bouknight then come to the front and performed a brief introduction to the Rotary 7770 Database.
The meeting was called to a close.