This Week at Rotary Dates to Remember

February 21, 2011
W EEK LY UPDAT E OF T HE GR EE NSBORO ROTA RY CLUB
This Week at Rotary
Dates to Remember
Wednesday, February 23
Dates in Blue are regular Rotary meetings
NO LUNCHEON MEETING
“Almost Out of Winter”
CLUB SOCIAL
FEBRUARY 23
No Luncheon Meeting
Club Social, 6:00-8:00 PM
Undercurrent, 327 Battleground Avenue
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Undercurrent Restaurant
327 Battleground Avenue
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MARCH 2
Dennis Slagle, Volvo Trucks
MARCH 9
No Board Meeting – Moved to March 16
The club will hold an “Almost Out of
Winter” party on Wednesday, February 23, from
6:00 to 8:00PM at Undercurrent Restaurant at
327 Battleground Avenue. We’ll have the run of
the entire dining room and bar to socialize and
enjoy a variety of heavy hors d’oeuvres from one
of Greensboro’s finest restaurants. Wine, beer,
and nonalcoholic drinks will be served. There
will be plenty of seating, but also enough room
to move around and catch up with your fellow
members.
There is no cost to Rotarians for enjoying this
event, and guests/spouses are warmly invited at
a cost of only $15 per guest.
Parking will not be a problem. In the event all
spots next to the restaurant are taken, please
park across the street – FOR FREE – at the Sun
Trust building parking lot.
This event will be in lieu of the regular
luncheon meeting for that week.
MARCH 9
After-work Networking at Carruthers and Roth
(NO Luncheon Meeting)
D. J. O’Brien and Elizabeth Brantley are the
organizers of this event and they look forward to
seeing you Wednesday evening at Undercurrent.
MAY 25
Greensboro Rotary
Annual Fellowship Day/Night
MARCH 16
Board of Directors Meeting, 11:30 AM
MARCH 16
Jon Wells, Angel Flight
Meeting in The Terrace at the Coliseum
MARCH 23
NO MEETING:
We will meet for Shadow Day on March 24.
MARCH 24
Shadow Day
12 Noon, Koury Convention Center
MARCH 30
Regular Luncheon Meeting
in The Terrace at the Coliseum
MARCH 31–APRIL 3
District 7690 Conference, Wilmington, NC
Greensboro Rotary
on the MOVE!
Please Read This!
On March 16th, we will
have our first meeting in our
new meeting room at the
Coliseum – The Terrace. The
Terrace is part of the renovations that have been going on
at the Coliseum for the past
several months. The meeting
room will be located in the
area in front of the old entrance
to the Atrium and parking will
remain the same.
YOUR Rotary
Attendance Counts!
Winter weather did a
number on our attendance last
month. Our January attendance
was 59.8% versus 68.2% in
January 2010. We are still
ahead of last year’s attendance
overall, so make a point to
come to our regular luncheon
meetings and social events so
YOU will count!
Thanks to Judy Peters who
keeps up with all these numbers
for us!
The Four-Way Test
The Four-Way Test was conceived in 1932 by Herbert J. Taylor,
a member of the Rotary Club of Chicago who served as the 195455 president of Rotary International. Having
been assigned the task of saving a company
from bankruptcy, Taylor developed the test
as an ethical guide to follow in all business
matters. The company’s survival was
credited to this simple philosophy.
Adopted by Rotary International in 1934,
The Four-Way Test remains an essential
standard against which Rotarians measure
ethical behavior. The test has been translated into dozens of
languages and promoted by Rotarians worldwide.
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THE FOUR-WAY TEST
Of the things we think, say or do:
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Call for a Special Greensboro
Rotary Volunteer!
We need a Rotarian to join David Blackman in working with
the Rotary Interact Club at Grimsley High School. The group is up
and running but will benefit from the advice, support, and
encouragement of volunteers from our club. David has experience
in working with similar groups from his YMCA background.
Contact President Ken (krk@crlaw.com) if you are interested.
This is a special group of young people and you’ll enjoy
working with them and with David.
Rotary District 7690 Conference 2011
The Hilton Riverside Wilmington Hotel
Wilmington, North Carolina
Thursday, March 31, 2011 – Sunday, April 3, 2011
For more information about the conference, go to
http://www.rotary7690.org/DistrictConference/DistrictConference.shtm.
Putting the “Fun” in Fundraising!
The Mt. Jackson-Edinburg Rotary Club in northwestern Virginia has taken a light-hearted approach to
fundraising for serious causes. The club is sponsoring a special fundraiser (see picture) in cooperation with
businesses in the area. The club is
working toward eliminating hunger,
illiteracy, and crippling diseases such
as polio in this country and abroad.
The club asks that everyone in the
club – and the community – keep a
lookout for the large flock of pink
flamingos, greet the business owner
and put a donation in the Rotary
collection jar.
As the club says, “Thinking happy
thoughts and helping others will help
the last days of winter go by quickly,
so before you know it… Spring will be
here!!”
HT to AF for passing along this
story.
Newsletter Deadlines
Want/need to get information
in our newsletter?
Deadlines are one week
before publication:
i.e., the deadline for the February 28
issue is today, February 21.
Send information to Betsy Farmer,
newsletter editor,
at FarmCons@aol.com,
fax: 370-9007,
telephone: 333-9086.
Birthday Congratulations
February 23 – David Grimes
Jim Legette
February 24 – Pat Danahy
February 26 – Lori Haddock
February 27 – Kevin Guthrie
Membership Anniversaries
February 25, 1987 – Sticky Burch
February 25, 2009 – Gary Burger
February 26, 1986 – Tom Glascock
February 26, 2003 – Bruce Beuchler
MAKEUP MEETINGS
You can conveniently make up attendance at any of these nearby clubs:
DAY
TIME PLACE
Monday
12:00pm Furnitureland – String & Splinter Club
*12:30pm Crescent – Greensboro Regional Realtors
Association Building, 23 Oak Branch Drive
* 7:00am Airport Rotary – Cardinal Country Club
Tuesday
12:00pm Triad – String & Splinter Club, High Point
12:15pm Alamance – Ramada Inn, Burlington
12:15pm Lexington – YMCA
12:15pm Eden – Meadow Greens Country Club
*12:30pm Guilford – Starmount Country Club
12:30pm Winston-Salem – Benton Convention Center
6:00pm Jamestown – Jamestown United Methodist Church
* 6:30pm Southern Guilford New Generation – Taste of Thai
Wednesday
7:00am Kernersville – First Christian Church, 1130 N. Main St.
* 7:30am East Greensboro – Bennett College
12:00pm Randolph (Asheboro) – AVS Banquet Center
12:05pm Thomasville – Women’s Club
*12:30pm Greensboro – Coliseum Atrium Room
(also known as the Blue Room)
Thursday
Friday
* 7:00am
12:00pm
12:30pm
6:30pm
7:15am
12:00pm
*12:30pm
12:30pm
Family of Rotary
Please let Trip Brown know
of any Rotarian
or Rotarian family news,
illnesses, special needs, etc.
You can reach Trip at
541-5500,
tripbrown@bipinc.com.
Gate City – O. Henry Hotel
High Point – High Point Country Club
Winston-Salem Stratford – Forsyth Country Club
Liberty – Reitzel Center
Oak Hollow – Tex and Shirley’s (High Point)
Asheboro – AVS Banquet Center
Summit – Starmount Country Club
Winston-Salem Reynolda – Winston Room
of LJVM Coliseum
* RECIPROCITY ON MEALS
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ROTARY CLUB
OF GREENSBORO
meets at 12:30 PM on Wednesdays
in the Coliseum Atrium Room
(also known as the Blue Room)
Ken Keller, President
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Anne Fragola, Executive Secretary
afragola@greensbororotary.org / 292-4806
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Betsy Farmer, Newsletter Editor
FarmCons@aol.com
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Walter Faison, Photographer
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THE PIEDMONT ROTARIAN
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http://www.rotary7690.org/7690-District-Directory.shtm
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(PhilMorris@Rotary7690.org)
NEW MEMBER APPLICATION
http://www.rotary7690.org/Forms/Membership-254en.pdf
Be sure to visit the District 7690 website at http://www.Rotary7690.org.