June 13 2007

Last Meeting
June 13, 2007

Reporter – Greg Downs

President Molly called the meeting to order. Chris Joye provided the invocation, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Lyn Richards delivered Health & Happiness.

A rundown on our June 6th Summer Social/barbecue at Pine Island was given.

At our May 30th meeting, Glen Landry, Executive Director of the Irmo Little League had mentioned the need to recruit $500 sponsorships for the League’s Challenger Program. At the beginning of meeting, we held just over $250 toward such a sponsorship. A special bucket was then passed around for donations.

Joel Collins introduced our guest speaker, Gregg Morton, President of Southeastern Division of AT&T. Gregg graduated Clemson University in 1978. He opened by giving an update on his daughter, Katie.

Gregg recently spent time in Washington, DC office for AT&T. Gregg’s message partially entailed the recent merger of BellSouth and AT&T. He also described the many competitors now in the communications industry and the upcoming product lines in television, internet and telephone. Gregg spoke about the conflict involving “Net Neutrality” and the idea of government vs. private management of the internet. Gregg’s assistant, Henrietta Baskins, helped him in his presentation.

By end of meeting, our goal to raise a full $500 for sponsorship for Challenger Program was met and surpassed!

President Molly adjourned meeting.