2009-10 Rotary International theme: The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands.

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

Today's meeting
11:45 a.m. – Chickasaw Country Club – Program: Jay Myers, Founder/CEO Inter-Active Solutions --Keep Swinging
Program coordinator: Laura House

Jay B. Myers is the Founder/CEO of Interactive Solutions, Inc. (ISI), a Memphis based firm that specializes in video conferencing, distance learning, telemedicine and audio-visual sales and support. His first book, Keep Swinging- An Entrepreneur's Story of Overcoming Adversity and Achieving Small Business Success, was published in October 2007.

Myers started ISI in 1996 and in the past 11 years has built it into a $14 million company with 40 employees and offices in Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Birmingham, Ala. and Jackson, Miss.

Keep Swinging is “a wonderful inspirational read about the challenges of building your own business and the importance of values, character, leadership, and family. You quickly learn that business is much more than just making money."

Future meetings
07/17/09: 11:45 a.m. – Chickasaw Country Club – Program: Welcome Mike Moffatt, District 6800 Governor
07/24/09: 11:45 a.m. – Chickasaw Country Club – Program: Steve Stewart, Home Instead Senior Care Program coordinator: Laura House
07/31/09: 11:45 a.m. – Chickasaw Country Club – Program: Pam Awsumb, Living Waters project
Program coordinator: Karen Shea

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.
Hey, Mr. Augustine – a message from Vinh, one of our club's scholarship recipients in 2008

Hey Mr. Augustine, it's Vinh. I just want to shoot you an email on how things have been since it's been a while. I've been back from school for nearly a month now, but the summer so far has been a bore---especially I've become indisposed to go anywhere during the daytime due this crazy heat. Has it always been like this during the summers? I really can't remember.

Oh, also the jobless factor is also a cause of my boredom. I went to the Oak Court Mall a couple of days ago and applied to some places; now just waiting for a phone call (haha). But with that aside, it's been really relaxing without classes. I was planning to take some summer classes but decided against it because it's probably too late to sign up and I probably should take this time to recuperate for next fall.

Freshmen year was great; I'm really loving and missing the campus right now (and the reasonable cool weather). The last quarter, Spring, was not so great though...I really struggled with Gen Chem. 122 and Math 151 (Calc.). The "good" news is that I "passed" Chem, albeit it was a C. The bad news is that I totally bombed Math 151, and I will have to retake it next quarter. However, my overall GPA for the freshmen year is a 3.081, so I did pretty solid. The bright side to this is that OSU has a "Freshmen forgiveness" system; that means if I retake 151 and pass, my previous fail grade would be replaced my new grade and that would overall raise my GPA.

Oh, I also have what you might find good news. Due my never-ending stress with Chemistry, I'm switching ---or am in the process of switching---my major to Business, specializing in International Business and aiming to minor in Spanish and, if possible, Music. I have to take three pre-Business courses before I can officially switch, which should be no later than the end of my sophomore year.

Sorry for the long essay! Hope you're doing well and I''m game for pretty much any Rotary events coming up if I can make it to them.

Vinh

PS. OSU has a new email system now. You can still send emails to nguyen.839@osu.edu and they will be forwarded to this one. But I think they will officially discontinue the @osu.edu sometime in the future. The new one is nguyen.839@buckeyemail.osu.edu

Club members celebrating July birthdays
07/11: Al Hollingsworth (Clay & Holley Ins. Co.)
07/16: Jerry Daws (Banking – retired)
07/18: John Shepherd (Insurance)

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
Rotary Club of Memphis Sunrise – 7:30 a.m., Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar
West Memphis, Noon, Southland Greyhound Park
TUESDAY
Collierville – Noon, Ridgeway Country Club
Memphis– Noon, University Club
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, First Regional Library (NW side adjacent to the Square) – catered lunch
Holly Springs – Noon, Annie's Restaurant, 198 N. Memphis Street. Phone 662-658-2825.
Marion, Arkansas – Noon, The Cedars, 200 Washington Ave.
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.

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 *