Wednesday, September 23, 2009

September 23 2009

Good morning. This morning's attendance was down because only 38 folks were present (including guests). Special Thanks to Nathan Ballentine who arranged for Darren Norris, VP of SORD International , to be our speaker this morning. Next week remember we will be meeting at Alodia's for breakfast and a discussion on what it takes to run a restaurant. Thanks Maria Hargrave for arranging this off-site program as part of our vocational efforts. Remember that Alodia's is on Route 6 in the Publix Shopping Center (corner of Irmo Drive and Route 6).
Upcoming programs include:
October 7: Major Allen Herritage, US Air Forces speaking from the Iraq Embassy ( Ben Herritage)
October 14 Beth Padgett, Community Mediation Center
October 21 John Exkstrom- HAITI Mission Trip (Kelly Payne)
October 28 Georgia Doran, Director of Career Education, USC Moore School of Business (Patty Cavanaugh)
As you can see I am getting temendous help from our membership in finding great speakers. Please do your part by being present and bring prospective members whenever you can.

Judy Johnson

Thursday, September 17, 2009

September 16, 2009

Minutes from 9/16/09 Rotary Meeting

President Ginny Barr opened the September 16, 2009 meeting, and called on
Maria Hargrove for the invocation. Lyman Whitehead did health and
happiness and happy dollars.

Announcements were made about upcoming meetings at Alodias' Italian
Restaurant, and the Air Ambulance facility behind BiLo. Board meeting
will be Friday at Panera Bread.

Carey Hite was recognized for his work establishing a new web page for our
club. Web address: www.irmorotary.com

Jim Wellman informed those members working at the Okra Strut when they
needed to be at their post on Friday September 25th.

The speaker for the day was Mike Briggs the CEO of SC Central Alliance.
This agency is composed of 12 counties around the midlands along with the
City of Columbia. This alliance does market research, site development,
and economic impact analysis for industry and since 1994 has seen 7.5 billion
dollars invested in this area with the creation of 47,000 jobs. For 2009,
102 million dollars has been invested with 863 new jobs created.