[Dilworthian] Sept. 18 issue

Thu Sep 17 08:17:33 PDT 2009

The Dilworthian

September 18, 2009

 Board Approves Change in Nominating Panel

The Club’s Board of Directors approved changing the nominating committee for
officers and directors to include the current President and the President
Elect with the three Immediate Past Presidents.   The club’s bylaws will be
reviewed and submitted to the membership for approval.

Secretary Kay May reported at the Sept. 14 directors meeting that Eric Jones
will be installed as a member at this week’s meeting Sept. 18.  She also
reported that the club currently has five prospective members.  They are
A.J. Thomas, Stan Luther, Avis Granger, Dale Dorsey and Mary Sherrill.
Current membership stands at 63.

Ed King presented the treasurer’s report for Joy Rucker, with the following
points noted:

*	Total Operating Revenues are $11,028 YTD which are 20% of annual
budget
*	Total Operating Expenses are $11,665 YTD which are 21.4% of annual
budget
*	Total Charitable Revenue YTD is $3,174 for 11.46% of annual budget

The Board approved the August Treasurer’s report. 

Other reports included:

·         Ralph Lovejoy has  assumed the role as head of Club Administration

·         Fund Raising – The date for the Restaurant night event is now
November 4, 2009.

·         Membership – Joe Smith / Fenton Erwin 

o    Sign in sheets at the Sergeant at Arms table are to capture visitors’
names and Emails.   Joe Smith sends a follow up letter from this list.  This
is also to be used to recognize members who bring guests & visitors.

o    Ron Skufca is identifying businesses in the area for potential member
prospects

o    Fenton discussed plans for creating competition among members 

o    Fenton also has a group looking at the price of the raffle ticket
prices

o    Ed King sent a list of members who missed the past two meetings.  Board
is encouraged to follow up with members who have missed meetings. 

·         Ron Melvin reported:

o    The Service Committee consisting of Ron Melvin, John Barringer and
Dewey Jenkins met and provided a prioritized list of groups to fund for
2010.  The amount for each will be requested in Feb 2010. 

§  Group 1 

§  World Community Service

§  Crisis Assistance Ministry

§  Habitat for Humanity

§  Samaritan House

Group 2 

·         Flight of Honor

·         U.S.O.

·         Goodwill

·         Salvation Army

o    We are moving forward with establishing an Interact Club.  He is
meeting with teachers at Garinger High School to discuss this.

o    He is looking into another Adopt-A-Street day for the club.

It was noted that the Rotary Foundation Banquet is November 16, 2009.  A
motion was made for the club to pay for members who attend the Banquet for
the first time and the Board approved. 

Kay May proposed that our Club participate in the Youth Exchange Club as an
Outbound Sponsor Club.   Our Club responsibilities are as follows

o   Meet with Karen Steffans our District’s Youth Exchange Representative
and the student 

o   Provide a same sex counselor that will stay in contact with the student
while she/he is abroad

o   Give the club an update periodically on the student’s activities while
abroad

o   When the student returns, schedule a presentation to the club by the
student

o   As an Outbound Sponsor, we do not have any financial responsibility or
expense.  

o   Ron Melvin made the motion for our Club to be an Outbound Sponsor for a
Youth Exchange Student.  Dale Harrold seconded and the board approved.

Ed King reported that he has the perfect attendance list.  He will provide
this to Dale and Kay.  Kay will order the pins and when these are here, we
will schedule the perfect attendance pin presentations at an upcoming
meeting. 

Corey Wilhelm reported that the Club’s next monthly social is scheduled for
Thursday Oct 8th at Kay May’s home.   This social is to honor our new
members.  

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Lara Printz, (left) Program Manager, and Beverly Grant, Executive Director
of International House, spoke at the Sept. 11 Meeting.

Numbers Show Charlotte Is International City

Beverly Grant, Executive Director of International House, cited hard numbers
to show the extent to which Charlotte has become an international city.
Below are some of the numbers.

Approximately 12% of Mecklenburg County's population was born outside of the
US. 

69% entered the U.S. later than 1990

·         54% are from Latin America

·         23% are from Asia

·         11% are from Africa

·         10% are from Europe

–     Charlotte’s foreign born population grew 53% to 104,789 between
2000-2005

–     750+ foreign-owned companies from 46 countries provide nearly 45,000
jobs

–     Over 300 multicultural clubs, and religious organizations and 11
International Chambers of Commerce and business organizations.

–     14% of Charlotte residents speak a language other than English at home

–     10,000 students in the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools are from 102
countries

–     720 international students attend UNCC from 50 countries

–     6,480 international students attend CPCC enrolled from 160 countries

DilWorth Noting

Club Begins Coat Drive for Crisis Assistance

Please bring gently used or new coats and jackets for Crisis Assistance
Ministry.  This is an annual effort by our club and the donations are needed
by October 15.  We need coats and jackets for all sizes and ages. 

Come to Airport to Welcome Home World War II Veterans from Their Flight of
Honor 

Rotary District 7680’s second Flight of Honor for World War II veterans. 

Come to Charlotte Douglas International Airport Zone D on the ticket level
at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, to welcome the veterans back home after a day
in D.C. visiting the World War II Memorial and other sites of interest to
the veterans.  Wear your Rotary shirts and hats and bring family members
with you so we have a large crowd to welcome them home.

News about Members

Gus Psomadakis saw his surgeon Thursday a.m. and was told that everything
looks good.  Gus said he is feeling much better and is progressing well.  He
hopes to be back at Rotary soon.

Programs

Sept. 18         “Charlotte: Toll Roads & Traffic” – Steve Smith, Dr.
Traffic for 

The Charlotte Observer.  

Sept. 25         “The U.S. Postal Service” – Charlotte Postmaster Tom Kelly
and 

Leslie Frick of the Charlotte Regional Post Office.

Oct. 2              “Ten Environmental Issues Facing the Charlotte Region”
-- Bruce 

                        Henderson, Charlotte Observer environmental
reporter. 

Oct. 9              Emily C. Anderson

Oct. 16            Rotary Foundation Program by Dewey Jenkins, Chair of the
club’s Rotary 

                        Foundation Committee

Oct. 23            “Childhood Obesity and School Food” – Angela Calamia,
Charlotte-

                        Mecklenburg Schools nutritionist

Oct. 30            “Barter: The Hows and Whys” – Bill Bailey

Nov. 6 `           “The Alta Cayma Project” 

Coming Events

Sept. 19        Rotary District 7680’s second Flight of Honor for World War
II veterans. 

Come to Charlotte Douglas International Airport Zone D on the ticket level
at 8 p.m. Saturday to welcome the veterans back home after a day in D.C.
visiting the World War II Memorial and other sites of interest to the
veterans.  Wear your Rotary shirts and hats and bring family members with
you so we have a large crowd to welcome them home.

Sept. 21        The 10th Golf Classic Benefitting Bethlehem Center, which
our member, 

William McDonald, heads as executive director.  The tournament will be held
on the Raintree Country Club golf course.

Sept. 29         Annual Mecklenburg County joint Rotary Luncheon at the
Blake Hotel.  

Jim Brinkley, Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Global Private
Client Group, will be the guest speaker

Oct. 15            Coat and Jacket Drive for Crisis Assistance Ministry
ends.

Oct. 17            The Rotary Club of Lake Norman – Huntersville’s 11th
Annual Wine 

                        Spectacular at 7 p.m. in Northstone Country Club now
offering 

                        ONLINE TICKETS
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pz3mu4mIJS55ZPMLgyZ-0iskGRz90dEJ_m4jTRSfbOA6nAQKBO9sGPi01WRXgAjZRyHKjPP4o5Px
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XkVAQ==> .  The USO of NC, Charlotte Center is the beneficiary

 of the Champagne Diamond Reverse Raffle.

Oct. 19            First Annual Ballantyne Rotary Golf Tournament at the TPC
at Piper Glen 

                        Country Club.  Registration is 9-10 a.m.

Nov. 16          Rotary Foundation Banquet at the Embassy Suites Hotel in
Concord.

Jan. 30           Mid-Year Assembly – Time and place to be announced.

Service Opportunities

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Donate gently used and new coats and jackets to Crisis
AssistanceMinistry.Bring coats and jackets to meetings through Oct. 15.

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
<http://www.rotarydistrict7680.org/> www.rotarydistrict7680.org and
<http://www.rotary.org/> 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,
<mailto:thekings at carolina.rr.com> 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 on 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 Café, 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., 

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