Robert called the meeting to order with 12 members present and 3 guests. Our visitors were Andre Butler is with Hitachi Consulting, Jason Ogden with Van Kampen Investments, and Sarfaraz Ali Kermallione, one of our scholarship students. Welcome.
Andre Butler
Jason Ogden
Sarfaraz Ali Kermalli
ROTARY MOMENT:
George discussed the Standard Rotary Constitution which was adopted for all Rotary Clubs in 1922. Administration, attendance, dues, and membership rules are set up in the by-laws. Go to www.rotary.org for more details. Thanks George.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Robert reminded us that our Wings Over Houston parking project is coming up October 31, and November 1, 2009. We need 40 people per day.
- Robert presented Safaraz with a scholarship check for this semester. Safaraz is a junior in pre-med at the U of Texas.
- Dee announced that she has secured a $20,000 grant from Shell Oil for math and science in Alief ISD. Good work Dee.
- Robert announced that we will have a board meeting next week after our regular meeting.
PROGRAM:
Rabbi Segal was with Beth Yeshurun Congregation for 31 years. He talked about his book: “ Two Roads to God: The Moses Road and the Jesus Road.”
Highlights of scripture from his program included:
- “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to harvest...”
- “Remember what you have, not what you have lost.”
- We are admonished to “forgive so that you will be forgiven by God: For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly father will forgive you: but if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
- “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.”
This was an interesting and enlightening program.
MEMBERS MISSING:
Travis, Jason, and Margaret We missed you.
WISDOM:
- Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. Carl Sandburg
- People who do things that count never stop to count them. Annon.
HUMOR:
A guy walked into his friend’s office and found him sitting at his desk looking very depressed.
“Hey, what’s up with you?” he asked.
“Oh, it’s my wife,” the man replied. “She insisted on hiring my new secretary.”
“That doesn’t sound so bad,” said his friend. “Is she blonde or brunette?”
“Neither,” he said sadly. “He’s bald.”
