July 7 2010

ROTARY CLUB OF LAKE MURRAY/IRMO

Minutes to meeting 7-7-10

President Judy Johnson called the meeting to order and the meeting was opened with prayer by John Adair.  Three guests were introduced, Marshall, Sarah Bickler and Kelly Payne brought a guest.  Health and Happiness was delivered by Lyman Whitehead.

President Judy brought attention to the article about our club in the Irmo News.  Announcements were the visit by the District Governor on August Forth, and a possible evening cruise on Lake Murray the evening before that.

A meeting of the board at Panera at 7:30 am on Thursday was announced.

Rotary Leadership Institute is here in Columbia.

This was club assembly day.  President Judy reminded us that this is not a breakfast club but a service club.  Bill Danielson has offered to try to find ways to get past club presidents more involved.  The officers and club members with supporting roles were introduced and then the meeting broke up into committees for brainstorming about ways to do more service.

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.

June 16 2010

Subject: Meeting Minutes

Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo

Meeting Minutes

June 16, 2010

The meeting of June 16 was called to order by President (only two more weeks!) Ginny Barr.

President Ginny then called on Rev. Jim Gadsden who delivered an inspiring and heart-warming invocation which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance given in unison by the Club.

President Ginny then called on Darren Bouknight to introduce our guests including the CEO of the Beetle Bailey household, his wife Debra. 

Health and Happiness was delivered eloquently by Jacqueline as she told us about "Honey, what's for dinner?"  If you weren't there you should call her to hear it.  She then asked if there were any Happy Dollars and HD's were volunteered by Joel Collins, Stan Bugner, Beetle, Skey Caskey, Rev. Gadsden, Larry Stohs, and Jacqueline herself as she told us she was happy because her Dad's surgery had gone well.

President Ginny announced the dates of the next two Rotary Board Meetings, the first one on this coming Friday, the last meeting of the past year's board, and the second one the following Thursday, the first meeting of next year's board.  She then announced that our Club had sent flowers to the home of John Hanson in honor of the newest family addition to their household.

President Ginny then called on Beetle to come forward with Melissa Hulon, where Melissa was inducted into the Club and then announced as the newest Rotarian.

President Ginny then called on Kevin Meetze to introduce Michael Davis with Boys Farm, near Newberry, SC.  Michael told us he and his wife had originally come to Boys Farm to be house parents, living in one of the cottages with 6-8 boys.  Their boys and all of the other boys living in the other cottages are taught values of family and friends, discipline and love, teamwork, manners, hard work, education, caring for our environment and animals, and respect for themselves and others -- while emphasizing a close relationship with God.

Michael then called on Kevin to come up and share his personal experiences with Boys Farm.  Five years ago Kevin and his family decided to get involved at Boys Farm and is currently helping coordinate the construction of what is called The Pond House, a modest house that will allow parents of the boys to visit and have a place to stay on campus.

At the end of the presentation, our member John Adair volunteered to give them a piano when The Pond House is completed.

The meeting was adjourned.

Reporter - Larry Stohs 

May 19 2010

Minutes, 19 May

The meeting convened at 7:45 after 15 minutes of social time.  Thirty members and one guest were in attendance.   President Ginny gaveled the meeting into session, followed by a prayer and The Pledge of Allegiance.  The first order of business was Health and Happiness by Jacqueline, which included the announcement of birthdays (Jeff and Mike, the same day!) and the anniversaries (Baldir, take note!).  A joke from Larry Stohs was delivered by Jacqueline.

During Happy Dollars, Joel Collins read a letter from his 98 year old uncle and the club got an update on the status of JoAnne Whitehead’s hospitalization.  Members confirmed that a process for getting flowers to her was in place.

A past Rotary scholarship recipient thanked the club for her scholarship as she recounted her success at Clemson.

The visit by Bernie Riedel and the presentation of Paul Harris Fellow pins was announced for the following week.

Harold Crawford did a classification talk. 

President Ginny introduced the speaker, Chuck McKay.  Chuck’s presentation focused on marketing, and the differences between transactional shoppers and relational shoppers. Transactional client are in search of the best price and drive many interactions by sellers.  Relational shoppers seek the best service and value long term associations.  Each of these types of buyers need different advertising strategies…the appeal to one type will not necessarily appeal to the other type.  So it is important for merchants to understand their market and clients as they do advertising.

President Ginny ended the meeting promptly at 8:30.

Jay Seward, Sec elect

May 5 2010

Minutes for Rotary Club of Lake Murray/Irmo May 5, 2010 meeting.






The meeting was opened by President Ginny Barr. The invocation was given by Lyn Richards. There were three visitors announced, and Jacqueline Kleyenenberg gave a health and happiness segment.



George Staples made a presentation of four new Rotary banners from clubs near Durban, South Africa. Patty Cavanaugh was recognized for her service in keeping up our banners and creating new ones.



The speaker was Tommy Windsor, who is the Vice Chairman of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority, who spoke on issues surrounding the current public transportation in the midlands.



The meeting was adjourned by president Ginny Barr at 8:30 AM



Lyn Richards, reporter

April 28 2010

Hi Bill!

 

 

Jay Seward opened the meeting and discussed the success of the bike rally. He asked all Rotarians to take the time and capture their thoughts in a survey. Ginny Barr announced that Rotary would be participating in the Lake Murray Cruise, on the Spirit of Lake Murray, Friday at 6, tickets are $39.50. Several Rotarians were recognized for their acts of service in the club: Bob Berry, Ray Hunt, Michael Cromer, Chris King, Blount Shepard, Marylou Stinson, Rod Funderburk, Kevin Meetze, Jeff Baldwin, Carey Hite and Barry Johns. The recipients were awarded a Tour De Lake frame for their involvement in planning the bike race. Ginny gave special “Wizard of Oz” awards for acts of service in preparation of the Tour De Lake event. Jay Seward (Tin Man) received the “heart of gold” award, Darren Bouknight (The Lion) received the “courage” award, Rod Funderburk  (Scarecrow) received the Intellectual Brains award and Jeff Baldwin (The Oz) received the “Dedication” award.

The keynote speaker was Ms. Sue Williams, Chief Executive Officer, of The Children’s Trust of South Carolina. The Mission of her organization is to prevent child abuse and neglect by promoting healthy, nurturing relationships between children and adults. The organizations vision is that every child will grow up in a safe, loving and stable family. The Children’s Trust of South Carolina will lead the state in building public will and momentum to realize this vision. The overall well-being of children in our state ranks 45^th in the nation according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2009 Kids Count Report. A child is born into poverty every 50 minutes and more than 12,000 of children in South Carolina are confirmed as abused or neglected. Statistics reveal that more than 5,000 children are in foster care and a grandparent is raising 53,788 children. For more information, visit www.scchildren.org. Feel free to contact Sue Williams at 803-744-4023 swilliams@scschildren.org.

Kelly Payne

March 31 2010

The meeting "Club Assembly" on March 31

 

Invocation was delivered by Mr. Jeff Baldwin followed by Health Happiness by Ms. Jacqueline Kleyenenberg.

 

Mr. Jay Seward then detailed on "Belk Sale" cards for fundraising.

 

President Ginny Barr then thanked Ms. Chris King for the display poster with pictures of Rotray events.

 

Mr. John Adair and Mr. Rodney Funderburg complemented president Ginny Barr for her being the keynote speaker in the opening session, and her performance at the District Meeting.

 

Mr. Joe Collins then donated Mr. Arnold Palmer picture for auction for fundrasing.

 

Many members, including president Ginny Barr, then mentioned Carolina Ale House for its "heavy lifting" contribution in agreeing to provide 150 boxed lunches for the bikers in the upcoming "Tour de lake" event.

 

Mr. Jeff Baldwin then reminded everyone that April 21 will be the final meeting before the Tour de Lake event.

 

The meeting was adjourned by president Ginny Barr at 8:30 AM.

 

Respectfully submitted by,

Reporter

Balbir S. Minhas

March 17 2010

This week our Rotary club met at D.J.J.

Mellvin Bowers: opened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance.

Demarkes Mankin & Carl Arnett had some encouraging remarks.

Andy Broughton praised the Rotary for being involved with D.J.J.

Traves Lawrence introduced the following three speakers:

1. Ovantavia Coe graduated from D.J.J. He was in the interact club when in D.J.J. He is currently enrolled at S.C.State.

2. Police Chief Davis  (Rotarian & police chief of Orangeburg SC) discussed problems of young men leaving D.J.J. and the need for good mentors for these released juveniles.

 

3. Gerry Adjer  ( Deputy director of D.J.J.) –Thanked Rotary for our involvement.

Ginny Bar closed meeting.

March 24, 2010

-Rotary was opened by Bob Berry, who provided our invocation. –

 Jacquelyn had everyone I stitches by sharing a story about sex and egg timers!!!

- If you see Barry Johns or Bill Coplan, wish them a happy Birthday.

-Reid Danielson informed us that the Billing will now be coming by e-mail so don’t hit DELETE on Rotary e-mails uniti you open and print. 

- Ginny reminded us to bring Rotary Magazines for DJJ

-A check was presented to Samantha from Children’s Chance for $200.00 for their School Supply Drive

-Jeff Allen gave his classification talk

Guest Speaker, David Wright-

David shared with the group his very personal story about colon cancer and his daughters’ current battle with Colon Cancer.  He has become a very active advocate for colon cancer screening and education on how preventable this disease can be if screenings are done regularly.      

Theresa B. Miley

March 10 2010

Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo
Meeting Minutes
March 10, 2010

The meeting of March 10, 2010 was called to order by President Ginny Barr.

President Ginny recognized Stan Bugner who led the invocation, after which the Pledge of Allegiance was given by the body of the Club.

President Ginny recognized Kevin Meetze who advised the Club that he was working on a cabin where visiting parents could stay at the Boys Farm in Newberry, SC.  He was seeking support and construction assistance, both financially and manual labor.

President Ginny commented on the article in our current Rotarian Magazine regarding our Club's work with DJJ.  She requested that, once read, members donate their magazines to DJJ Interact Club members.  She also advised that our next meeting will be held at DJJ.

President Ginny turned the meeting over to Marylou Stinson who recognized the Teachers of the Year for Lexington/Richland School District V.  Stan Bugner then introduced guest speaker, Dr. Jim Rex, SC Superintendent of Schools.

Superintendent Rex provided a current update on our schools throughout South Carolina.  He touched on items that he classified as best of times and worst of times.  While he commented on the progress that had been made, Dr. Rex indicated that there was much more work to be done.  He commended our Club for the annual recognition of the Teachers of the Year in our school district.

The meeting was adjourned.

Reporter - Carl Manheim

Feb 17 2009

MINUTES FOR 02/17/10 MEETING

- The meeting was called to order by President Ginny Barr.   Lynn Campbell offered our morning prayer.  Guests were introduced.

- Health and Happiness by Jacqueline Kleynenberg.

- Judy Johnson reminded us of the Pins for Polio to be held on February 27.  Sponsorships still needed.

- Adopt a Highway this Saturday, 02/20, at 8:00 AM at Blount Shepard’s office, 3547 Dreher Shoals Road. 

- Eddie Robinson introduced our speaker – Eddie O’Cain.   Mr. O’Cain is with the Humane Society – Cruelty Investigation Division.  He deals with animal rescues.   His job is to educate animal owners,  seize and prosecute when necessary.  He also sponsors spay and neuter clinics.  Cruelty Investigation Division is a non-profit and runs off donations from the community.  His division receives no government funds.

- After a question and answer period, meeting was adjourned

Feb 10, 2010

The Rotary Club of Lake Murray - Irmo

Meeting Minutes:  February 10, 2010

President Ginny Barr called meeting to order.

Patty Cavanaugh gave the invocation.

John Hanson introduced the two guests,  Mellissa Hulon  & Bob Milhouse

Lyman Whitehead entertained us with his comments on Health and Happiness. He also collected Happy Dollars from members.

Announcements:

-          Update on Bill Kopelman, good test results.

-          Jim Wellman Update on Meals on Wheels.

-          Judy Johnson gave an update on “Pins for Polio” Going well.

-          Irmo ROTC update.  They will be marching for 24 hrs to raise money for the Honor Flight on 4/10

-           Blount Shepard gave an update on Adopt A Highway pickup on Feb. 13 at 8:00am starting at Shepard & Associates.

-          Larry Stohs gave update on Paul Harris Fellow points program to try to have club become 100% PH Fellows.

-          Eddie Robinson updated members with handouts on “Shuckin’ on The Shoal” Feb 28.

-          Ginny Bar gave brief over view about Tour De Lake to be held on April 24, 2010. Had members break out into small groups to discuss ideas and questions with reference to the bike rally.

Ginny Barr Closed the Meeting. 

Feb 3 2010

Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo

Minutes of 2-3-10 meeting

President Ginny Barr called the meeting to order.    Barry Johns gave the invocation.    “Health and Happiness” was led by Jacqueline Kleynenberg.   Rotarian Jeanette Coulter and her husband, Jerry will be celebrating their 30^th wedding anniversary this week and Chris Spearman and his wife will also be celebrating their anniversary.   John Lafond, District representative, recognized Ben Herritage for becoming a member of the Bequest Society for his generous donation to the Permanent Fund.  Maria Hargrave gave her classification speech.

  Judy Johnson reminded members of the upcoming “Pins for Polio” tournament scheduled for Saturday, February 27 from 2-5 at Anchor Lanes.  Team sponsors and bowlers are needed and 100% member participation is being requested.  Brochures for the “Tour de Lake” Bicycle rally were distributed along with sponsor forms.  Team leaders of the “tour de Lake” were asked to stay for a meeting immediately following this morning’s meeting.

Representative Nathan Ballentine introduced the guest speaker.  Mary Louise Resch, Government Relations and grant Specialist from Harvest Hope Food Bank gave an excellent presentation.  Her organization serves 20 counties in South Carolina and is the largest Food Bank in SC.  In 2009 the Harvest Hope Food Bank served 725,567 families in need which was a 76% increase since 2008.  This number represented 3,158,487 individuals which was also a 144% increase compared to last year.

Judy Johnson, President elect

Reporter

Post Rally Clean-up

Post Rally Gathering Group

Web Site Administration Cell

Publicity Cell Committee

Finance Cell Committee

Legal Cell Committee

Racecourse Cell Committee

Sponsorship Cell Committee

Coordination Group Committee

Rally Day Management Committee

Jan 13 2010

The meeting was opened by President Ginny
Health and Happiness - Beetle Bailey celebrates a birthday..............isn't he always celebrating something?
Joke of the day included a limp duck and a veterinarian.
Blount Sheppard - Next road clean up is Feb 13th.
Meals on Wheels - sign up to volunteer.
Board Meeting - this Friday at Panera Bread
Our new Secretary unveiled - Jay Seward
Classification Talk - Bill Brooks
Bike Rally Project - Jeff Baldwin separated us into our groups to prepare for the upcoming bike rally.
Meeting Adjourned

Jan 6 2010

Lake Murray –Irmo Rotary Club Meeting Report for January 6, 2010

The Meeting was called to order by President Ginny Barr promptly at 7:30 AM. The invocation was offered by John Adair. The day’s speaker, Dr. Kay Shaw, was introduced by President Barr. Dr.Shaw’s subject was “Personal Pathways” , a systematic approach to affording guidance to public school students in selecting a course of study which aligns with their vocational interests. She provided interesting insights into how the students can be guided in their course of study to obtain the maximum benefit of their education in preparing them for vocations that they indicate an interest and Aptitude in. Dr. Shaw explained the “Personal Pathways” approach to guiding students in their course of studies so that their education facilitates their preparation for pursuit of their vocational interests and help them achieve professional capabilities that align with their Inherent interests and inclinations. Student records of career interests were shown for some 16 career areas. The top areas for the past two years were Health Sciences, the Arts and Science, Technology and Engineering.

Using this systematic approach to student guidance is a means of giving students an individualized approach to graduation plans that matches their interests and capabilities.