| The Four-Way Test:
In everything that 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?
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| Announcements |
Rotary
Networking ResourcesDistrict 6900 has
created this resource to help Rotarians in our
district find employment. To find out more
visit the district web site and
look for Career Networking. Decatur Rotary
is now on Facebook. Check out the page for
updates and become a fan. View the Decatur Rotary Facebook
Page here.
NEW!! Link to the most recent
District 6900 Newsletter:
District Newsletter
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| Guests & Visitors |
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Todd
Speed gave
the
invocation.
Doug
Torbush
introduced
the visiting Rotarians.
Our
Guests included:
Su Myat, Agnes Scott College Rotary student
and her friend Shein Ei Cho from Yangon, China,
guests of Betty Spiker
Our Visiting
Rotarians included:
Doug
Eidson, Buckhead Club
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| Speakers
At A Glance
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NO MEETING on January 14 due to
snow and ice.
January 14, 2011: James B. Langford
January 21, 2011:
Tom Salyers
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Officers of the Decatur
Rotary Club:
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| President:
C.J. Becker
President-Elect:
Jason Conn
Past President:
Bryan
Downs
Secretary:
Betty
Spiker
Treasurer:
John
Bennett
Sergeant-at-Arms: Doug Torbush
District Governor:
Casey
Farmer
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| Birthdays! |
January 2:
Raiford
Hodges
January 4:
Kathryn
Johnson
January 4:
Bill Mealor
January 6:
Mark Hastings
January 7:
James
Jarboe
January 9:
Wes Dodd
January
16:
Fred Boykin
January
19:
Alan Dishman
January
19:
Pete Pfeiffer
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As this is our first bulletin of 2011,
everyone at WebXperts hopes you had
a Happy New Year and enoyed (or are still
enjoying) "The Blizzard of 2010"!
Please
note that this Friday's Rotary meeting has been
cancelled...
Don't
forget to please visit our website at decatur-rotary.org where
you can update your contact information, view
videos from past Rotary meetings and find out who
our upcoming speakers are. Don't forget to join
our LinkedIn Group and Facebook Page as
well!
Elliott Augustine & Andrea
Greengard |
| President's
Corner
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President C.J. called the meeting
to order
President
CJ made the following
announcements:
President
CJ inducted two new members into the Club:
Al
Adams, who is a Past-President of the
Dunwoody Sunset Club; and, Charlie
Bell, who had a private practice in the
Decatur area for over 22 years.
Su
Myat thanked the members of the Club for
their Christmas gift which she used during her
holiday travels.
President
CJ noted that the Candler
brothers had arranged another successful
1st Thursday event at The Square Pub.
President CJ said she was glad that recuperating
Club member Joe Kusmik had
attended.
President
CJ announce that the next 1st Thursday event would
be on the 2nd Thursday of February (2/11/11) at
the Planetarium at Agnes Scott
College.
There will
be a Club Board Meeting on Friday January 21st not
on January 14th as was announced.
Mark Burnette
announced that the club would be participating in
the MLK Service Project to do home repair and
maintenance for seniors. Mark stated that
there would be multiple shifts available over the
January 15th-17th weekend. Scott
Thompson and Bill Mealor
are the house captains and it was stressed by
President CJ that very little
real construction skills are needed. More
information and information on
participating can be
found below:
The
Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Project
seeks
to directly assist low-income Decatur senior
citizens homeowners to safely and comfortably
remain in their homes by providing house
maintenance and repair. The MLK, Jr. Service
project began in 2002 and was initiated by the
Decatur Preservation Alliance (DPA) under the
leadership of Robert Soens. The DPA board
recognized an unmet need in the community - that
of fixed- and low-income senior citizens who were
unable to maintain their homes and were facing
ever-increasing property tax burdens.
By collaborating with
community, church and youth groups, local
government agencies, businesses and residents, DPA
raises the funds and brings together hundreds of
volunteers to work on house repair projects during
the MLK, Jr. holiday weekend.
That will be January 15, 16,
and 17 in 2011.
What
is the role of Decatur Rotary in regards to The
Martin Luther King, Jr. Service
Project?Decatur
Rotary has pledged funds to support the project.
In addition, Rotarians are encouraged to volunteer
to work on one of the houses, which will be
co-captained by Scott Thompson
and Bill Mealor. Mark
Burnette hopes to have
10-15
volunteers from Decatur Rotary. Contact
Mark via email at mburnette@decatur-law.com or see
him at Rotary on an upcming Friday if you
would like more information or would like to sign
up to help.
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Tom Beatty: Witness To
War
 President C.J. Becker
President introduced our
speaker,Tom Beatty.
Tom introduced
the Club to
a
project that has been his
avocation
since launching the Witness to War Foundation in
2002. The purpose of the Witness to War project is
to record the stories and memories of war veterans
so that their history can be told to future
generations in a format that will provide an
understanding of the time, place and events as
experienced in combat situations.
Relying
on volunteers, as well as publicity through news
reports
and television stories, and word of mouth, these
stories have been recorded in order to preserve
the history of the foxhole point of view, as well
as to honor the veterans and educate the family
members, students, the public and future
generations about their experiences.
The
Witness to War Foundation provides free DVDs of
the interviews to participating veterans and their
families and to teachers and schools. In addition
to the interviews the site has saved
correspondence, photos and documents.
Tom
showed the Club several interviews with various
veterans that allowed us a peek into the real life
situations they faced as combat troops.
Speaker Photo: Tom Beatty
On behalf
of our speaker, the book "A Company of Heroes:
Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers
and the Legacy They Left Us" by Marcus
Brotherton was donated to the DeKalb County
Library System.
The
meeting was then adjourned.
Reported
by Peggy Merriss
Photography
by Mark
Burnette
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'Round the
Room...
 Members chat with
President CJ and our speaker, Tom Beatty before
the meeting.
Members chat with Su
Myat
Members chat after the
meeting |
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Sincerely,
The Rotary
Bulletin Committee
Decatur Rotary Club
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