June 30 2010

 Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary Club Minutes—June 30, 2010 

Rotary Club President Ginny Barr presided over her last meeting as Club President on June 30, 2010 and a number of presentations and awards were made at the meeting.

Jim Wellman was recognized for his birthday followed by Lynn Richards, who requested volunteers to provide the invocations at club meetings.  Joel Collins presented Maria Hargrave with the Paul Harris Fellow award.

A classification talk was delivered by Kevin Meetze, who was raised in Irmo , attended the Citadel and served in the U.S. Army before returning to the Irmo area.  He and his wife have twins and he volunteers time to coach baseball.  Beetle Bailey presented a banner from the Atlantic City Rotary Club, which he recently visited.

President Ginny acknowledged the Seven Oaks Park personnel for hosting the Rotary meetings and presented a check for $1,000 from the club to support senior programs provided by the Recreation Center.    She also provided plant seedlings for all members in attendance and then recognized all of the officers and club directors for this year.  She noted a number of accomplishments for the year, including development of a leadership program, a database and web site, improvements and modifications in billing procedures, providing support for a South African orphanage, the polio plus program($3,000),  $1,000 for the Haiti Rebuild program,  funding for the  Babcock Center, and the YMCA triathlon.  There were 17 new Paul Harris fellows this year, and the club has 100% of its members as sustaining members to support the Paul Harris Foundation.  The club continued to support the Interact Club and a video was produced by the DJJ Interact Club.  Three members had perfect attendance for over 15 years —Lyman Whitehead, Jeanette Coulter, and Lynn Campbell.

President Ginny presented Jim Wellman with an apron acknowledging his “grillmaster status” as the premier outdoor chef, the Club’s leadership award was presented to Jeff Baldwin, who coordinated the Tour de Lake event, which raised $3,500 and involved 90% of the club membership.   The Rotarian of the Year award was presented to Rod Funderburk, the 10^th president of the club, who will also be the assistant District Governor next year.

Rod administered the oath of office for incoming President Judy Johnson.   President Judy then recognized the officers and the club directors for the new year.  The new officers include vice president Larry Stohs, president elect Jeanette Coulter, secretary Jay Seward, treasurer Reid Danielson, Sergeant At Arms Darren Bouknight, Immediate past president Ginny Barr, and By-Laws and Insurance Jeff Allen.  The new club directors are Rod Funderburk, administration, Jacqueline Kleynenberg, public relations, Michael Cromer, membership, Ginny Barr, foundation, Bentley Murrell, fund raising, Jim Wellman, club service, Chris King, small gifts and grants committee.