Club Meeting on 09/02/2009


Robert called the meeting to order with 13 members present and 4 guests: Jamie Walsh, who is in the health insurance business; Andre Butler with Hitachi Consulting; Gloria Lucas with Essence of a Lady Inc.; and JoAnn Ajayi-Scott, also with Essence of a Lady, Inc.  Welcome.

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Jamie Walsh
 
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Gloria Lucas
 
JoAnn Scott 090209
JoAnn Ajayi-Scott
 
Andre Butler 090209
Andre Butler
 
 
ROTARY/MEMBERSHIP MOMENT:
 
George discussed the importance of being a sponsor of a new member to a Rotary club.  All members of any Rotary Club must be invited by a current member.  A potential member should be invited to a club meeting several times.  He or she gets to know the current members, becomes acquainted with Rotary and Rotary's goals, and decides if Rotary is an organization in which he or she would like to participate.  After proposal and acceptance the new member should be quickly involved and become an active participant in the workings of the club.  Thanks, George.
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
 
  • Robert reminded us that our Wings Over Houston parking project is coming up shortly on October 31, and November 1 at Ellington Field.  We will need 40 people per day.  The Blue Angels will perform.
  • Craig recommended that we sponsor a table at the Chamber of Commerce Veteran's Day Luncheon in November.
  • Sam announced that there will be a blood drive at the YMCA at 7850 Howell-Sugarland Road September 26.  Call Sam at 281-495 9100 to sign up.
 

PROGRAM:
 
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Craig introduced  Rand Wall, CLU,ChFC, RHU, Chairman and Founding Partner of Lone Star Health Plans, LTD. 

Rand discussed 10 surprising facts about American health care: 1)  Americans have better survival rates that Europeans for common cancers, 2)  Americans have lower cancer mortality rates than Canadians , 3) Americans have better access to treatment for chronic diseases than patients in other developed countries, 4) Americans have better access to preventative cancer screening than Canadians,
5) Lower income Americans are in better health than comparable Canadians, 6)  Americans spend less time waiting for care than patients in Canada and the U.K.
Rand Wall 090209
7)  People in countries with more government control of health care are highly dissatisfied and believe reform is needed. 8)  Americans are more satisfied with the care they receive than Canadians. 9)  Americans have much better access to important new technologies like medical imaging than patients in Canada or the U.K. 10)  Americans are responsible for the vast majority of all health care innovations. 

Very informative program.  Thanks Craig.  Rand's web site is www.RandWall.com.
 
 
MEMBERS MISSING:
 
Travis, Susie.  We missed you.
 

WISDOM:
 
  • Resolve to perform what you ought; perform  without fail what you resolve.  Benjamin Franklin, statesman
  • All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.  Pearl S. Buck, novelist