July 1 2009 - New Officer Induction

President Eddie with Rotarian of the Year Judy Johnson
Ginny Barr your new Club President

Darren Bouknight shows the new Database

Joel Collins accepts Rotary Benefactor Award for his wife Rhonda and himself.

John Adair, Rotarian of the Year

Your 2010 Club Board of Directors

Your retiring 2009 Board

President Eddie with your New Club President, Ginnie Barr (Eyes Closed)

Minutes for Irmo-Lake Murray Rotary Meeting Wednesday July 1, 2009

The First meeting of the 2009-20108Rotary year began with the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
Next Joel Collins was awarded the Rotary Benefactor Award for both himself and his wife.
President Eddie Robinson then discussed the Goals that were achieved during his term for 2007-2009.These included: Student mentoring with Nursery Road Elementary, Many Ambassador and Cultural scholarships awarded, Presidential and Governor Citations awarded, Silver Literacy Citation, 6 Paul Harris Fellows, 9 new members inducted, many projects with the Dutch Fork Interact club to name a few. President Eddie thanked the club for all of the members’ support throughout the year, specifically the Board Members. Each Board Member for the 08-09 year was announced: Public Relations Director was John Adair , Foundation was Patty Cavanaugh, Fundraising and Social Events was Emilee Keene, Long Range Planning was Larry Stohs, Service Projects was Jim Wellman and Club Administration was Dr. Judy Johnson. Officers for the 08-09 year were also announced and thanked with a nice Rotary memento Mug. The Board members were, Past President-Beetle Bailey, Treasurer – Jeanette Coulter , Seargent-at-arms – John Hanson, Secretary – Ben Heritage , President Elect – Ginny Barr. District Governor, George McConnell thanked the board members for their service.
President Eddie then recognized some Rotariians that were of special note for th e08-09 year: Lynn Campbell for his work with the Rotarian Magazine, Chris King for organizing the minutes, Lyman Whitehead for the Health and Happiness reports each week. Rotarian of the year for 08-09 was announced and we were honored with the news that we had Co-Rotarians of the year ; John Adiar and Judy Johnson were honored for all of their hard work with Rotary in the 08-09 year.
At this time President Eddie turned the meeting over to the new President Ginny Barr. There was a resounding standing ovation to honor and thank Eddie Robinson for a great year as president and Eddie was presented with e pin and nice Rotary Clock/plaque as a token of our thanks for his hard work.
President Ginny Barr then announced and inducted the new Board Members for the 09-10 year. Judy Johnson is the new President Elect, Jeanette Coulter is Vice President, Larry Stohs is Secretary, Seargent-at-arms is Darren Bouknight, Immediate Past President is Eddie Robinson and Bylaws/Insurance is Jeff Allen.
President Ginny Barr then discussed her plans for the 09-10 year and went over the Committees and committee members for the New Year. President Barr will work to have each Rotary Member as an active participant in one or more Committees. The club will have Club Meeting each Quarter for the Committees to work and plan their prospective activities for the year.
Darren Bouknight then come to the front and performed a brief introduction to the Rotary 7770 Database.
The meeting was called to a close.