Club Meeting on 08/05/2009

 

Robert called the meeting to order with 11 members present and 3 guests:  John Pipkin, Marietta Schelweister from Greifswald, Germany, and Walter Ellis, senior pastor at Ascension Episcopal Church.   Five of our scholarship students were present as well.  Welcome.
 
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Marietta Schelweister
 
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Rev. Walter Ellis
 
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John and Linda Pipkin
 
 
MEMBERSHIP MOMENT:
 
George enlightened us regarding the invocation and pledge of allegiance.  Though a custom in many clubs, the invocation is not a requirement and is usually non-denominational as there are in Rotary, many nations, creeds, and religious beliefs.  Silent invocations are also the norm in many clubs.  Thanks George.
 
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • There will be a District 5890 membership meeting at Northshore High School this Saturday.  Craig, Sarah, and Robert will be attending.  Please contact Craig for details.
  • August 15th is the SAVE Alief Health fair.  Our club is responsible for parking.  Please call  Craig to sign up.
  • Robert announced that the board of directors voted last week to allow Travis LaGrone to be an honorary member of our club.  We hope that he will decide to be an active member of our club in the near future.  Welcome, Travis.
  • Robert asked that we check out our new and updated web site: www.westchaserotary.org.  Thanks Robert for your work with our web site.
  • NEXT WEEK:  The District Governor will visit our club.  Please be in attendance and bring a prospective member.
 
 
SPECIAL PRESENTATION:
Sarah & Walter
Past President Sarah Donaho presented a Paul Harris Fellowship to Walter Ellis, senior pastor at Ascension Episcopal Church for his kind and generous help with our recent fundraiser.  The Reverend Ellis is also a past president of the League City Rotary Club.






 
 
PROGRAM:
 
Updates from 5 of our scholarship students:
 
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El Love is a senior at U of H.  He has been an intern at Houston CBS this summer.










 
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Liang Shi is attending UT Austin and is majoring in advertising and photo journalism.  She spent the summer in Beijing, and Shanghai, China.
 










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Jesse Yang is a senior at Rice and is majoring in architecture.  He and fellow students are designing a house that is completely dependent on solar energy.  He just returned from a mission trip to Merida, Mexico.










Khurram Kabiruddin
Khurram Kabiruddin is attending UT Austin.  In addition to his course work he is a mentor to incoming students.
Pablo Silboldi 2
Pablo Siboldi is one of our newest scholarship students.  He will be attending the U of H in the fall and majoring in education.
 











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Each of these students receives $500 per semester over a four year period for their education.   Good luck and study hard.
 
 
MEMBERS ABSENT:
 
Susie, Dee, Travis, and Margaret.  We missed you.
 
 
WISDOM:

  • The highest form of success...comes...to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.  Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US. President.
  • Strategic advantage lies in the leverage of knowledge.  Robert Buckman, leadership coach.
 
 
BOARD MEETING:
  • Robert reminded us that our Wings Over Houston project is a mere 2 1/2 months away.  We will need 35 to 40 adults each day on October 31, and November 1 to park cars.  That will be about 3 adults per member.  Please start planning for this activity.
  • Sarah will assist Jason with the Rotary Foundation details.
  • Robert discussed new guidelines for our scholarship students.
  • Garry discussed our water project in Jaipur City, India.  Due to a lack of compliance (below 70%) by District 3050 (includes Jaipur Pink City Rotary Club) with world reporting for previous projects, The Rotary Foundation and District 5890 has withdrawn funding for this project.  The board voted to approve the funding of one project and travel and expense funds for Jatin.
  • Garry will check with Bill Davis at the District to see if this violates any Rotary rules, regulations or procedures.