Jan 21 2009

Dori Enderle and President Eddie

Former President Beetle with birthday hat and Family


Reporter Notes: Kevin Meetze / 1/21/09

Announcements:

1. Judy Johnson announced Bowling Tournament Sat Feb 28
2. Jim Wellman asked members to turn in community service forms
3. Update your email with Eddie if you are not getting meeting notices
4. District Conference will be March 19-22 here in Columbia (no meeting that week)

Guest Speaker / Ms. Dori Enderle

• Rod Funderburk introduced our speaker as our clubs ambassadorial scholarship recipient
• Ms. Enderlee is a native Texan and is in her fifth year at USC
• She enjoys dancing, teaching dance, and is a member of the USC dance team
• She volunteers with other USC students to help children in the Waverly Community
• She plans on attending graduate school and would like to work for the State Department in the Foreign Service.
• She spent 2 ½ months in China and Taiwan.
• Along with the people and history she especially loved the food.
• She explained that Taiwan is a democratic country but it is considered by China as a Province. In her view the citizens were satisfied with the political situation and understood that economically they had to maintain good ties with China.
• She lived and studied in Taipei which has many modern western influences.
• Regarding language, the people speak many different dialects which were very confusing. Also the business people adopt a western name related to their business. Some examples were her Rotary contact, Mr. Lawyer, and some others like Mr. Electronics.
• She concluded her presentation by teaching our club how to say “hello” (Ni Hao), “America” (Mei Guo), “Rotary” (Fu Lun), and “Thank You” (Xie Xie)

Natascha Mattich and John Adair