From gunter4283 at bellsouth.net Tue Dec 1 15:00:08 2009 From: gunter4283 at bellsouth.net (Lamar Gunter) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 18:00:08 -0500 Subject: [Dilworthian] Dec. 4 issue Message-ID: <000001ca72da$07a71d70$16f55850$@net> The Dilworthian December 4, 2009 Dave Miller Reports on Coat Drive, Other Support for Crisis Assistance Fellow Rotarians, Our club has been good to Crisis Assistance Ministry over many years. You have provided financial donations as well as created an opportunity for many of you to volunteer on a Tuesday evening. Many have individually supported us financially. Others have donated clothing, household items or furniture and appliances to help those we are privileged to serve. One of the other projects that has been very successful for the past five years is the winter coat drive. This year under the leadership of Kate Richards you have gone the extra mile. I did not get an exact count but I do know that Lee Wensil did a special drive in various offices and collected 100 coats. Based on that and the fact that many others of you supported this drive, I would estimate the number must have approached 200. On behalf of those that will be recipients of your generosity, I say thanks. Dave Miller DilWorth Noting Adopt-a-Street Cleanup Scheduled Dec. 12 Another cleanup of East Boulevard is scheduled Dec. 12th at 8;30 a.m. Participants in the cleanup will meet at the corner of Camden and West Boulevard right in front of the Law Offices of John Markey (right on the corner) at 8:30 am sharp. Coffee, juice and biscuits will be provided. Jeff Morgart asks that you bring work gloves. He said the last cleanup in August was done in one hour. The cleanup goes on rain or shine. Jeff asks that you please come out and support your Rotary and your Rotary projects. Any questions? Please email or call Jeff.jeffm at atcombts.com or 704 400 0651 Past President Bob Dixon Passes Away J. Robert (Bob) Dixon, President of Dilworth Rotary Club 1969-70, passed away Saturday, Nov. 21, at his home in Blowing Rock. He was an employee of the J. P. Stevens & Company for 38 years. He was a member of Myers Park United Methodist Church and Blowing Rock Methodist Church. Memorial contributions may be made to Blowing Rock Methodist Church, P. O. Box 352, Blowing Rock, NC 28605. News about Members Happy Birthday J. B. Meanor, Dec. 6 Programs Dec. 4 ?Books for Christmas? -- Sally Brewster and Frazer Dobson of Park Road Books. This may be a good program for guests. It seems to be well received each year. Coming Events Dec 8 STAR meeting at breakfast 7:15 a.m. at Pike?s Restaurant. Please let Brad Goforth know if you plan to attend. His number 704-527-1130 Dec. 14 Board of Directors meets at 5:15 p.m. in the offices of Self-Help, 926 Elizabeth Avenue, Suite 302. All members are welcome to attend any board meeting Dec. 25 & Jan. 1 No Meetings Jan. 30 Mid-Year Assembly ? Time and place to be announced. Feb. 13 Rotary Leadership Institute, Mooresville, Courses I, II and III Service Opportunities 339222417 at 28062007-0F2F Weekly at Meetings: International Projects - ? Participate in the weekly lottery. Half the proceeds go to benefit our International projects. ? CART - Donate your loose change to the Alzheimer's research project by tossing it into the blue bucket at the check-in table. Have News for The Dilworthian Have news for The Dilworthian? Deadline is each Tuesday at 9 p.m. Call Lamar Gunter, 704/525-0569 or e-mail to Lamar at gunter4283 at bellsouth.net Dilworth Rotary's Web site is a valuable source of information on committee chairs, upcoming programs and events, projects and other club matters. Other important Rotary links on the Web are www.rotarydistrict7680.org and www.rotary.org, the Rotary International Web site. Please report changes of e-mail address by using the "contact us" feature on the Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Web site. Please report changes of postal mailing address to Tricia King, assistant secretary-treasurer, thekings at carolina.rr.com, or P. O. Box 471211, Charlotte, NC, 28247-1211. Make-Up Opportunities All makeups should be mailed to Tricia King, Dilworth Rotary, Post Office Box 471211, Charlotte, NC 28247-1211. Club projects and committee meetings count as make-ups. All meetings listed below are at 12:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. MONDAY Charlotte North - Byron's South End, 101 W. Worthington Ave. Matthews - The Senior Center, 1050 DeVore Lane, Matthews, NC 28105 Charlotte Top-of-the-Week - 7:30 a.m., Dunhhill Hotel, 237 North Tryon, uptown. Charlotte South - Zebra Restaurant at 4521 Sharon Road in SouthPark. TUESDAY Charlotte ? Crowne Plaza, 201 S. McDowell St. Charlotte University City - 7:30 a.m., University Hilton, 8629 J. M. Keynes Dr. WEDNESDAY Charlotte West - Carolina Golf and Country Club, 2415 Old Steele Creek Rd. North Mecklenburg - 12:15 p.m. - Peninsula Country Club, Hwy 73, W. Jetton Rd., Cornelius Charlotte SouthPark - 7:30 a.m. Marriott SouthPark Hotel, 2200 Rexford Rd. THURSDAY Charlotte East - Red Rocks Caf?, 4223 Providence Rd. Lake Norman-Huntersville - 7:30 a.m. NorthStone Country Club, 15801 Northstone Rd. Waxhaw-Weddington - 7:30 a.m. in Rippington's Restaurant in Waxhaw. Mint Hill - 7:30 am at Pine Lake Country Club, Mint Hill FRIDAY Mecklenburg County-South - 7:30 a.m., Raintree Country Club, 8600 Raintree Lane Ballantyne Rotary ? Piper Glen County Club, 4300 Piper Glen Dr., -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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As of today I have the following cheerful volunteers who have agreed: Christmas Kay May Dancin Dave Miller Ed (I could pass for a young Santa) King Merry Ron Melvin David "I love mistletoe" Hogkins (unless new grandbaby comes along) And a couple of tentative maybes from some other Rotarians. Please come out and support your Rotary and the projects of your Rotary this Saturday at 8:30. Thank you in advance for helping out. You are welcome to call or email me with any questions. Jeff Morgart jeffm at atcombts.com 704 400 0651 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gunter4283 at bellsouth.net Thu Dec 10 15:41:31 2009 From: gunter4283 at bellsouth.net (Lamar Gunter) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:41:31 -0500 Subject: [Dilworthian] Dec. 11 issue Message-ID: <003201ca79f2$4d75e920$e861bb60$@net> The Dilworthian December 11, 2009 East Boulevard Litter Cleanup Tomorrow The cleanup on our adopted street, East Boulevard, will begin this Saturday, Dec.12 at 8:30 am. We will meet (RAIN OR SHINE, HOT OR COLD) at the corner of West Blvd and Camden right next to the Law Offices of John Markey. Jeff Morgart will have the safety vests, trash bags and some spare work gloves (BRING YOUR OWN WORK GLOVES IF YOU HAVE THEM JUST IN CASE) ready to pick up the street and make Dilworth look good for the Holiday Season. Jeff said, ?It should take no more than 1-1.5 hours to do the work. Juice, coffee and biscuits will be provided.? ?As of today I have the following cheerful volunteers who have agreed: ?Christmas Kay May, Dancin? Dave Miller, Ed (I could pass for a young Santa) King, Merry Ron Melvin, David ?I love mistletoe? Hodgkins (unless new grandbaby comes along), and a couple of tentative maybes from some other Rotarians. ?Please come out and support your Rotary and the projects of your Rotary this Saturday at 8:30. ?Thank you in advance for helping out. You are welcome to call or email me with any questions. Jeff Morgart, jeffm at atcombts.com, 704 400 0651.? DilWorth Noting Bring Guests Contest Results through Nov. 20 Paul Whitfield?s Team #1 has brought 7 guests through Nov. 20 Rosemary Hill?s Team #2 has brought 3 guests. Ron Skufca?s Team #3 has brought 7 guests and is tied with Team #1. Paul Whitfield of Team #1 has brought 4 guests and is leading all individual team members. http://echo4.bluehornet.com/cimages/ce0c87abddabd30a721ef6a64d296232/C10Mont realLogo.JPGJoin us for An International Experience at the 101st annual RI Convention 20-23 June 2010 ? Montr?al, Canada Explore this city known for its art, architecture, superb restaurants, and joie de vivre! Arrive early or stay late to enjoy the festivals taking place just before and after the convention as well as the host events and tours. Get inspired by stellar speakers: * Greg Mortenson, co-founder and executive director, Central Asia Institute and bestselling co-author of Three Cups of Tea ? Monday, 21 June * Jo Luck, president and CEO, Heifer International ? Tuesday, 22 June * Bob Mazzuca, chief Scout executive, Boy Scouts of America ? Wednesday, 23 June Exchange ideas and make friends with other Rotarians at breakout sessions, RI luncheons, and House of Friendship exhibitions. The convention venues are conveniently located near dozens of hotels with prearranged Rotary room blocks. All plenary sessions will be held at the Bell Centre Arena; the House of Friendship, breakout sessions, and RI luncheons will take place at the Palais des congr?s de Montr?al. Register online by 15 December to receive special pricing. Rotary International Meetings Division One Rotary Center 1560 Sherman Ave. Evanston, IL 60201, USA Email: RI.Registration at rotary.org News about Members Happy Birthday Happy Anniversary J. B. Meanor, Dec. 6 Janet and Gary Barrett, Dec. 18 Rosemary Hill, Dec. 19 Vivian and Tom Philson, Dec. 19 Justin Bice, Dec. 19 Renee and Dewey Jenkins, Dec. 20 Evan Webster, Dec. 25 Jan and David Kirkpatrick, Dec. 27 Gary Toothman, Dec. 31 Coming Events Dec. 14 Board of Directors meets at 5:15 p.m. in the offices of Self-Help, 926 Elizabeth Avenue, Suite 302. All members are welcome to attend any board meeting Dec. 25 & Jan. 1 No Meetings Jan. 30 Mid-Year Assembly ? Time and place to be announced. Feb. 13 Rotary Leadership Institute, Mooresville, Courses I, II and III Service Opportunities 339222417 at 28062007-0F2F Weekly at Meetings: International Projects - ? Participate in the weekly lottery. Half the proceeds go to benefit our International projects. ? CART - Donate your loose change to the Alzheimer's research project by tossing it into the blue bucket at the check-in table. Have News for The Dilworthian Have news for The Dilworthian? Deadline is each Tuesday at 9 p.m. Call Lamar Gunter, 704/525-0569 or e-mail to Lamar at gunter4283 at bellsouth.net Dilworth Rotary's Web site is a valuable source of information on committee chairs, upcoming programs and events, projects and other club matters. Other important Rotary links on the Web are www.rotarydistrict7680.org and www.rotary.org, the Rotary International Web site. Please report changes of e-mail address by using the "contact us" feature on the Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Web site. Please report changes of postal mailing address to Tricia King, assistant secretary-treasurer, thekings at carolina.rr.com, or P. O. Box 471211, Charlotte, NC, 28247-1211. Make-Up Opportunities All makeups should be mailed to Tricia King, Dilworth Rotary, Post Office Box 471211, Charlotte, NC 28247-1211. Club projects and committee meetings count as make-ups. All meetings listed below are at 12:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. MONDAY Charlotte North - Byron's South End, 101 W. Worthington Ave. Matthews - The Senior Center, 1050 DeVore Lane, Matthews, NC 28105 Charlotte Top-of-the-Week - 7:30 a.m., Dunhhill Hotel, 237 North Tryon, uptown. Charlotte South - Zebra Restaurant at 4521 Sharon Road in SouthPark. TUESDAY Charlotte ? Crowne Plaza, 201 S. McDowell St. Charlotte University City - 7:30 a.m., University Hilton, 8629 J. M. Keynes Dr. WEDNESDAY Charlotte West - Carolina Golf and Country Club, 2415 Old Steele Creek Rd. North Mecklenburg - 12:15 p.m. - Peninsula Country Club, Hwy 73, W. Jetton Rd., Cornelius Charlotte SouthPark - 7:30 a.m. Marriott SouthPark Hotel, 2200 Rexford Rd. THURSDAY Charlotte East - Red Rocks Caf?, 4223 Providence Rd. Lake Norman-Huntersville - 7:30 a.m. NorthStone Country Club, 15801 Northstone Rd. Waxhaw-Weddington - 7:30 a.m. in Rippington's Restaurant in Waxhaw. Mint Hill - 7:30 am at Pine Lake Country Club, Mint Hill FRIDAY Mecklenburg County-South - 7:30 a.m., Raintree Country Club, 8600 Raintree Lane Ballantyne Rotary ? Piper Glen County Club, 4300 Piper Glen Dr., -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 30795 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 965 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From gunter4283 at bellsouth.net Thu Dec 17 12:01:06 2009 From: gunter4283 at bellsouth.net (Lamar Gunter) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:01:06 -0500 Subject: [Dilworthian] Dec. 18 issue Message-ID: <000001ca7f53$ab9a9c10$02cfd430$@net> The Dilworthian December 18, 2009 William MacDonald to Be Inducted Into Membership at Dec. 18 Meeting Secretary Kay May reported that William MacDonald will be inducted into the club at the Dec. 18 meeting. Other excerpts from the Dec. 14 board meeting: Secretary?s Report ? ? Resignations ? none ? Leave of Absence ?Glenn Hines has requested to be reinstated after the first of the year. The board approved his reinstatement ? Current membership now stands at 64. ? Prospective members: No update this month ? prior month prospects included: o Don Haston requested an application ? however due to his companies cut back, this is on hold o Phillip Kuhn ? guest of Paul Whitfield o Clark Caldwell guest of Jeff Morgart o Tom Atkinson guest of Kay May and our RYE student?s Father o Avis Granger, Mary Sherrill are still interested but have had work conflicts lately o Stan Luther and Dale Dorsey have not responded to our follow up ? November Minutes were approved. Treasurer?s Report ? Joy Rucker presented the Dilworth Charities treasurer?s report. ? $1,000 was paid from Dilworth Charities to Alto Cayma fund ? A check for $200 from one of the restaurants was written to Dilworth C that should have been for the Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary ? Kate Richards will follow up with Dewey Jenkins to get this transferred. ? The treasurer?s report for the Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary club was not available. ? Dale Harrold made a proposal to continue the Member Sponsorship program (meals for members) through the end of March. The Board approved the continuation of this program. Old Business / Committee Reports ? Fund Raising ? Kate Richards reported the following: o The next fund raising event is scheduled for Feb 26, 2010 o We will not have a regular meeting that day o The theme is a Beach Party in February o Members will be asked to sell tickets to this event which will include ? Food with a Cash Bar ? Beach Music with dancing ? Casino Night ? Silent Auction o Proposal was for the tickets to cover the food, 1 drink and (?) chips for games o Kate is working with Extravaganza, referred by Jeff Morgart to assist with the Casino games o Price for the tickets TBD o Kate will provide a list of roles needed to be filled before and during this event. This will be shared with the members at an upcoming meeting to get volunteers to assist with this event. o Some of the roles include: ? PRIOR to the event: ? Someone to solicit donations for the Silent Auction ? Music coordinator ? Publicity ? Ticket Sales ? Casino Games ? Prizes for Games ? DURING the event ? Games coordinators (i.e. Black Jack dealers) o Dale Harrold made a motion that the Board approve this concept for our next fundraiser, Joy Rucker seconded the motion and the Board approved it. ? Membership ? Joe Smith o Joe reported that we have had 19 guests since the campaign began. o Paul Whitfield leads with 4 guests o Campaign ends Feb 27. o It was suggested that we invite all guests to the Fund Raiser event on Feb 26. ? Service ? Robert Thomas o Robert Thomas reported that he has not heard back from Garinger High School about establishing an Interact Club. o Robert also reported that he and Kay May interviewed two potential Rotary Youth Exchange Students for our club to sponsor as outbound students. ? Janey Atkinson ? Myers Park Student ? Kay May is her counselor from our club. ? Amit Parikh ? Student ? Ranjit Rawley is his counselor. o Both were outstanding candidates for this program and were approved to be considered for the next level of approval. o The next step for this is that the Ohio Erie district level RYE selection committee will meet and determine if they are approved. The students will be notified by the 3rd week in December of their selection status. ? Adopt-A-Street ? David Hodgkins reported that 7 members participated in the East Blvd clean up on Saturday Dec 11. o The group, led by Jeff Morgart included Ed King, David Hodgkins, Romelle Scharnberg, Tom Chaltas, Kay May and Howard Castleman. ? Salvation Army Bell Ringing ? It was noted that we still need volunteers to ring the bell on Saturday Dec 18. ? Dilworth Quarterly ? David Hodgkins shared the latest article he wrote for this publication highlighting the Club?s activities in Peru. o David continues to provide excellent articles for this quarterly publication ? Nominating Committee ? Ranjit Rawlley reported that the club will announce the next year?s proposed officers at the Dec 18 meeting. ? David Hodgkins will reorder Dilworth Rotary Coffee mugs to give as gifts for our weekly speakers ? David Hodgkins made a motion to give Rachael our server from Byron?s Catering a Christmas gift of $100 for her great service this year. Ranjit Rawlley seconded the motion. The Board approved. This will be presented to Rachel at the Friday Dec 18 meeting. The meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m. Submitted by Kay May; Secretary ? Next Meeting is scheduled for January 11, 2010 , 5:15p.m. at Self Help Org. 926 Elizabeth Ave. Suite 302. DilWorth Noting photo Jeff Elder did a great job of explaining what the social media Facebook and Twitter are all about and how they are used by individuals and by businesses. He said that Facebook is a much larger company than Twitter with many more employees. It also has much smaller profit margin. He recently was at Stanford University where he was studying social media with a small group of other journalists. News about Members Happy Birthday Happy Anniversary Rosemary Hill, Dec. 19 Janet and Gary Barrett, Dec. 18 Justin Bice, Dec. 19 Vivian and Tom Philson, Dec. 19 Evan Webster, Dec. 25 Renee and Dewey Jenkins, Dec. 20 Gary Toothman, Dec. 31 Jan and David Kirkpatrick, Dec. 27 Nick Bowen, Jan. 2 044 Sarah Jane Hodgkins, the fourth grandchild and first granddaughter of David and Donna Hodgkins, was born December 08, 2009 to Michelle and Tim Hodgkins in Raleigh. She was 6 Lbs. 7 Oz. and 20-1/2? long at birth. Program Dec. 18 ?Thoughts on Christmas? ? The Rev. Harold Bales Coming Events Dec. 25 & Jan. 1 No Meetings Jan. 14 Board of Directors meets at 5:15 p.m. in the offices of Self-Help, 926 Elizabeth Avenue, Suite 302. All members are welcome to attend any board meeting Jan. 30 Mid-Year Assembly ? Time and place to be announced. Feb. 13 Rotary Leadership Institute, Mooresville, Courses I, II and III Feb 26 Club Fund Raiser - ?Beach Party in February? Service Opportunities 339222417 at 28062007-0F2F Weekly at Meetings: International Projects - ? Participate in the weekly lottery. Half the proceeds go to benefit our International projects. ? CART - Donate your loose change to the Alzheimer's research project by ???????????tossing it into the blue bucket at the check-in table. Have News for The Dilworthian Have news for The Dilworthian? Deadline is each Tuesday at 9 p.m. Call Lamar Gunter, 704/525-0569 or e-mail to Lamar at gunter4283 at bellsouth.net Dilworth Rotary's Web site is a valuable source of information on committee chairs, upcoming programs and events, projects and other club matters. Other important Rotary links on the Web are www.rotarydistrict7680.org and www.rotary.org, the Rotary International Web site. Please report changes of e-mail address by using the "contact us" feature on the Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Web site. Please report changes of postal mailing address to Tricia King, assistant secretary-treasurer, thekings at carolina.rr.com, or P. O. Box 471211, Charlotte, NC, 28247-1211. Make-Up Opportunities All makeups should be mailed to Tricia King, Dilworth Rotary, Post Office Box 471211, Charlotte, NC 28247-1211. Club projects and committee meetings count as make-ups. All meetings listed below are at 12:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. MONDAY Charlotte North - Byron's South End, 101 W. Worthington Ave. Matthews - The Senior Center, 1050 DeVore Lane, Matthews, NC 28105 Charlotte Top-of-the-Week - 7:30 a.m., Dunhhill Hotel, 237 North Tryon, uptown. Charlotte South - Zebra Restaurant at 4521 Sharon Road in SouthPark. TUESDAY Charlotte ? Crowne Plaza, 201 S. McDowell St. Charlotte University City - 7:30 a.m., University Hilton, 8629 J. M. Keynes Dr. WEDNESDAY Charlotte West - Carolina Golf and Country Club, 2415 Old Steele Creek Rd. North Mecklenburg - 12:15 p.m. - Peninsula Country Club, Hwy 73, W. Jetton Rd., Cornelius Charlotte SouthPark - 7:30 a.m. Marriott SouthPark Hotel, 2200 Rexford Rd. THURSDAY Charlotte East - Red Rocks Caf?, 4223 Providence Rd. Lake Norman-Huntersville - 7:30 a.m. NorthStone Country Club, 15801 Northstone Rd. Waxhaw-Weddington - 7:30 a.m. in Rippington's Restaurant in Waxhaw. Mint Hill - 7:30 am at Pine Lake Country Club, Mint Hill FRIDAY Mecklenburg County-South - 7:30 a.m., Raintree Country Club, 8600 Raintree Lane Ballantyne Rotary ? Piper Glen County Club, 4300 Piper Glen Dr., -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 12763 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Prospective members: No update this month ? prior month prospects included: o Don Haston requested an application ? however due to his companies cut back, this is on hold o Phillip Kuhn ? guest of Paul Whitfield o Clark Caldwell guest of Jeff Morgart o Tom Atkinson guest of Kay May and our RYE student?s Father o Avis Granger, Mary Sherrill are still interested but have had work conflicts lately o Stan Luther and Dale Dorsey have not responded to our follow up ? November Minutes were approved. Treasurer?s Report ? Joy Rucker presented the Dilworth Charities treasurer?s report. ? $1,000 was paid from Dilworth Charities to Alto Cayma fund ? A check for $200 from one of the restaurants was written to Dilworth C that should have been for the Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary ? Kate Richards will follow up with Dewey Jenkins to get this transferred. ? The treasurer?s report for the Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary club was not available. ? Dale Harrold made a proposal to continue the Member Sponsorship program (meals for members) through the end of March. The Board approved the continuation of this program. Old Business / Committee Reports ? Fund Raising ? Kate Richards reported the following: o The next fund raising event is scheduled for Feb 26, 2010 o We will not have a regular meeting that day o The theme is a Beach Party in February o Members will be asked to sell tickets to this event which will include ? Food with a Cash Bar ? Beach Music with dancing ? Casino Night ? Silent Auction o Proposal was for the tickets to cover the food, 1 drink and (?) chips for games o Kate is working with Extravaganza, referred by Jeff Morgart to assist with the Casino games o Price for the tickets TBD o Kate will provide a list of roles needed to be filled before and during this event. This will be shared with the members at an upcoming meeting to get volunteers to assist with this event. o Some of the roles include: ? PRIOR to the event: ? Someone to solicit donations for the Silent Auction ? Music coordinator ? Publicity ? Ticket Sales ? Casino Games ? Prizes for Games ? DURING the event ? Games coordinators (i.e. Black Jack dealers) o Dale Harrold made a motion that the Board approve this concept for our next fundraiser, Joy Rucker seconded the motion and the Board approved it. ? Membership ? Joe Smith o Joe reported that we have had 19 guests since the campaign began. o Paul Whitfield leads with 4 guests o Campaign ends Feb 27. o It was suggested that we invite all guests to the Fund Raiser event on Feb 26. ? Service ? Robert Thomas o Robert Thomas reported that he has not heard back from Garinger High School about establishing an Interact Club. o Robert also reported that he and Kay May interviewed two potential Rotary Youth Exchange Students for our club to sponsor as outbound students. ? Janey Atkinson ? Myers Park Student ? Kay May is her counselor from our club. ? Amit Parikh ? Student ? Ranjit Rawley is his counselor. o Both were outstanding candidates for this program and were approved to be considered for the next level of approval. o The next step for this is that the Ohio Erie district level RYE selection committee will meet and determine if they are approved. The students will be notified by the 3rdweek in December of their selection status. ? Adopt-A-Street ? David Hodgkins reported that 7 members participated in the East Blvd clean up on Saturday Dec 11. o The group, led by Jeff Morgart included Ed King, David Hodgkins, Romelle Scharnberg, Tom Chaltas, Kay May and Howard Castleman. ? Salvation Army Bell Ringing ? It was noted that we still need volunteers to ring the bell on Saturday Dec 18. ? Dilworth Quarterly ? David Hodgkins shared the latest article he wrote for this publication highlighting the Club?s activities in Peru. o David continues to provide excellent articles for this quarterly publication ? Nominating Committee ? Ranjit Rawlley reported that the club will announce the next year?s proposed officers at the Dec 18 meeting. ? David Hodgkins will reorder Dilworth Rotary Coffee mugs to give as gifts for our weekly speakers ? David Hodgkins made a motion to give Rachael our server from Byron?s Catering a Christmas gift of $100 for her great service this year. Ranjit Rawlley seconded the motion. The Board approved. This will be presented to Rachel at the Friday Dec 18 meeting. The meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m. Submitted by Kay May; Secretary ? Next Meeting is scheduled for January 11, 2010 , 5:15p.m. at Self Help Org. 926 Elizabeth Ave. Suite 302. DilWorth Noting Jeff Elder did a great job of explaining what the social media Facebook and Twitter are all about and how they are used by individuals and by businesses. He said that Facebook is a much larger company than Twitter with many more employees. It also has much smaller profit margin. He recently was at Stanford University where he was studying social media with a small group of other journalists. News about Members Happy Birthday Happy Anniversary Rosemary Hill, Dec. 19 Janet and Gary Barrett, Dec. 18 Justin Bice, Dec. 19 Vivian and Tom Philson, Dec. 19 Evan Webster, Dec. 25 Renee and Dewey Jenkins, Dec. 20 Gary Toothman, Dec. 31 Jan and David Kirkpatrick, Dec. 27 Nick Bowen, Jan. 2 Sarah Jane Hodgkins, the fourth grandchild and first granddaughter of David and Donna Hodgkins, was born December 08, 2009 to Michelle and Tim Hodgkins in Raleigh. She was 6 Lbs. 7 Oz. and 20-1/2? long at birth. Program Dec. 18 ?Thoughts on Christmas? ? The Rev. Harold Bales Coming Events Dec. 25 & Jan. 1 No Meetings Jan. 14 Board of Directors meets at 5:15 p.m. in the offices of Self-Help, 926 Elizabeth Avenue, Suite 302. All members are welcome to attend any board meeting Jan. 30 Mid-Year Assembly ? Time and place to be announced. Feb. 13 Rotary Leadership Institute, Mooresville, Courses I, II and III Feb 26 Club Fund Raiser - ?Beach Party in February? Service Opportunities Weekly at Meetings: International Projects - ? Participate in the weekly lottery. Half the proceeds go to benefit our International projects. ? CART - Donate your loose change to the Alzheimer's research project by ???????????tossing it into the blue bucket at the check-in table. Have News for The Dilworthian Have news for The Dilworthian? Deadline is each Tuesday at 9 p.m. Call Lamar Gunter, 704/525-0569 or e-mail to Lamar at gunter4283 at bellsouth.net Dilworth Rotary's Web site is a valuable source of information on committee chairs, upcoming programs and events, projects and other club matters. Other important Rotary links on the Web are www.rotarydistrict7680.org and www.rotary.org, the Rotary International Web site. Please report changes of e-mail address by using the "contact us" feature on the Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Web site. Please report changes of postal mailing address to Tricia King, assistant secretary-treasurer, thekings at carolina.rr.com, or P. O. Box 471211, Charlotte, NC, 28247-1211. Make-Up Opportunities All makeups should be mailed to Tricia King, Dilworth Rotary, Post Office Box 471211, Charlotte, NC 28247-1211. Club projects and committee meetings count as make-ups. All meetings listed below are at 12:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. MONDAY Charlotte North - Byron's South End, 101 W. Worthington Ave. Matthews - The Senior Center, 1050 DeVore Lane, Matthews, NC 28105 Charlotte Top-of-the-Week - 7:30 a.m., Dunhhill Hotel, 237 North Tryon, uptown. Charlotte South - Zebra Restaurant at 4521 Sharon Road in SouthPark. TUESDAY Charlotte ? Crowne Plaza, 201 S. McDowell St. Charlotte University City - 7:30 a.m., University Hilton, 8629 J. M. Keynes Dr. WEDNESDAY Charlotte West - Carolina Golf and Country Club, 2415 Old Steele Creek Rd. North Mecklenburg - 12:15 p.m. - Peninsula Country Club, Hwy 73, W. Jetton Rd., Cornelius Charlotte SouthPark - 7:30 a.m. Marriott SouthPark Hotel, 2200 Rexford Rd. THURSDAY Charlotte East - Red Rocks Caf?, 4223 Providence Rd. Lake Norman-Huntersville - 7:30 a.m. NorthStone Country Club, 15801 Northstone Rd. Waxhaw-Weddington - 7:30 a.m. in Rippington's Restaurant in Waxhaw. Mint Hill - 7:30 am at Pine Lake Country Club, Mint Hill FRIDAY Mecklenburg County-South - 7:30 a.m., Raintree Country Club, 8600 Raintree Lane Ballantyne Rotary ? Piper Glen County Club, 4300 Piper Glen Dr., -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 31514 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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