2008-09 Rotary International theme: Make Dreams Real

We are Rotary club #3931.
Visit our web site: www.memphiscentralrotaryclub.org

Reminder: Today’s meeting will be held at 11:45 a.m. at the RACQUET CLUB,
5111 Sanderlin Avenue

Today’s meeting
01/23 – 11:45 a.m. – RACQUET CLUB, 5111 Sanderlin Avenue Program: Fireside Chat #2
Leader: Club President Jack Robinson

Annual Fire Side Chat – it’s important for you to be there!

11:45 a.m. –This week’s meeting to be held at the Racquet Club, 5111 Sanderlin (between Mendenhall and White Station Road). Program: Fireside Chats.

Directions from Poplar & Mendenhall – turn North off Poplar on to Mendenhall. Turn right (east) next traffic light on to Sanderlin. The Racquet Club is on the right past strip mall.

Directions from Poplar & White Station – turn North off Poplar on to White Station. Turn left at the next traffic light on to Sanderlin. The Racquet Club is on the left past Lexington Condominiums.

Future meetings
02/06/09 – 11:45 a.m. – Chickasaw Country Club Program: June West, Memphis Heritage Foundation – Memphis Past and Present Program coordinator: Jerry Daws
02/13/09 – 11:45 a.m. – Chickasaw Country Club Program: Tim Bolding Program coordinator: Ray Darby
02/20/09 – 11:45 a.m. – Chickasaw Country Club Program: Tonya Crider Program coordinator: Karen Shea
02/27/09 – 11:45 a.m. – Chickasaw Country Club Program: Janice Johnson Traywick – The Rotary Foundation’s EndPolioNow campaign Program coordinator: Dick Wieland
03/06/09 - 11:45 a.m. – Chickasaw Country Club Program: Joe Birch, news personality, WMC-TV 5 – “Taking Back Our Neighborhoods” Program coordinator: Laura House

Note: All meeting information is provided to the newsletter editor by the Program Committee. We believe our meetings listings are current and as accurate as we have been made aware. Please contact Jean Patterson, newsletter editor, if you have update/corrections for the future meetings section.

Club members celebrating January birthdays
01/09: John May (Dixon Hughes PLLC)
01/17: Leroy Dahler (Avionics Specialist, Inc.)
01/19: Dick Wieland (retired from FAA)
01/28: Jim Vanderburg (Honorary member)
01/31: Daniel Augustine (FedEx Services)
01/31: Gordon Wilson (Keep Tennessee Beautiful)
Last week’s meeting
President Jack Robinson welcomed us to the 1,581^th meeting of our club. Harvey Marcom gave the invocation and led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Because we were meeting off-site at the Racquet Club, as we are doing one more time this week, we did not have our club badges on hand, Carlton Smith was unable to sell raffle tickets for Floyd’s Fund and our sgt. at arms, Daniel Augustine, did not have the Wheel to spin. However, we expect all these activities and more to resume when we return to Chickasaw Country Club for our meeting on February 6^th.

The program of the day was the first of two annual Fireside Chat meetings for 2009. This was an extremely important meeting because we discussed the future direction for our club. Serious numbers and statistics were shown on hand-outs that 23 active members of the club took home for review and more discussion at Fireside Chat #2 scheduled to take place at the Racquet Club on Friday, January 30^th. We urge all active members to be at this meeting!

Items for discussion at the January 30^th Fireside Chat include conducting an in-depth look at three options for our club:

(1) do nothing – continue on the status quo path

(2) address important issues confronting our club, analyze what we face, perhaps change our expectations for what we can accomplish as a group of 31 active members now compared to 60 active members 10-15 years ago

(3) possible merger with another club (in the opinion of the majority of members who attended the 01/23/09 meeting, this appears to be either a no option or a last-ditch option at this time)

Rick James, John May and Jack Robinson were members of the committee that compiled information and statistics for our review at the Fireside Chats and we thank them for performing this task.

John Shepherd moved and Tom Michael seconded the motion, that the next committee that will be formed to review all options be considered the “committee as a whole” which means that the committee will be comprised of all active members.

Club meetings in the surrounding area
For the convenience of our members we’ve provided a list of nearby club meeting sites where we can make up our misses. Please save this list for future reference.
MONDAY
No meetings close to the Memphis area.
TUESDAY
Collierville – Noon, Ridgeway Country Club
Memphis– Noon, Cook Convention Center
Olive Branch – Noon, Olive Branch Country Club, Germantown Road
Oxford– Noon, Oxford University Club, 300 North Lamar
WEDNESDAY
Germantown-- Noon, Germantown Country Club, 1780 Kimbrough
Hernando – Noon, Windy City Grille (NW side of Square)
Holly Springs – Noon, Annie’s Restaurant, 198 N. Memphis Street. Phone 662-658-2825.
Memphis East – Noon, Racquet Club, 5111 Sanderlin Dr.
Robinsonville -- 8 am, Tunica National Golf & Tennis facility, Highway 61 & Casino Strip Blvd.
THURSDAY
Bartlett/Cordova – Noon, Colonial Country Club, 2736 Countrywood Pky, Cordova
Southaven – Noon, Boiling Point Restaurant, 55 Church Rd. (near Civic Center)
Tunica – Noon, Women's Club Building, corner of River and School Streets
FRIDAY
Senatobia – 12:15 p.m., Northwest Junior College campus, Haraway Center

Are you unable to make up in person at a nearby Rotary club location? Then you may wish to consider going on-line to make up your missed meeting(s) at Rotary’s e-club one. It’s very easy to do and the variety of program topics allows you to learn a lot about other Rotary club projects worldwide in addition to business subjects and critical needs.
Make-up meetings at your convenience, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Spending 30 minutes on the website constitutes an on-line Rotary meeting. It is mandatory that your visit MUST be 30 minutes or more. Visit www.rotaryeclubone.org today!

Our mailing address

Memphis Central Rotary Club
P.O. Box 772296
Memphis TN 38177

Your individual Rotary membership number is printed on your copy of the Rotarian magazine.
Or contact our club secretary to find out your number before corresponding with Rotary International

Our mailing address

Memphis Central Rotary Club
P.O. Box 772296
Memphis TN 38177

Your individual Rotary membership number is printed on your copy of the Rotarian magazine.
Or contact our club secretary to find out your number before corresponding with Rotary International.

Our mailing address

Honorary members of the club*
John Bennett 853-3460 *
Henry Francis 754-3405 *
Floyd McDaniel 327-2013 *
Chester Perry 685-0972*
Tidwell Semmes 767-5752 *
Henry Springer 757-9005*
Jim Vandenburg 735-7003 *