Attendance, October 11, 2007
Bruno, Dawson, Fox, Hall, Klaas, Lewis, Libka, McKinsey, Mitchell, Murphy, Sanchez, Smith, Sykes, Williams, Wilson, G. Woll, J. Woll, Wood, Wright  (Corrections to last weeks (10/4/07) attendance:  Wright was present, Yarbrough was not)

Guests:  Marcel Davis (PLCCA), Lungili Childress (Davis), Arlean Ireland (Sanchez)

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Speakers

How nice it was to hear from our District leadership.  Art Davis, the District Governor, joined by Bob Giles, the Assistant District Governor, complemented us on how well we are doing in supporting so many causes.  He encouraged everyone to participate in the Rotary Foundation and explained how one can become a Paul Harris Fellow within a year contributing as little as $83.27 per month.  Governor Davis also encouraged everyone to wear your pins, request an application for a license plate, and participate in this years District Conference.   He is requesting that everyone participate in finding new members by shouting out Rotary and all that it represents.  If you would like more information on any of the subjects Governor Davis touched on, please visit the District website at http://www.rotary6450.org/pages/default.asp

Club Business

We are getting closer to print….If you haven’t seen Jim Mitchell with your ad for our placemats, please do so soon.  

We are getting closer.....Saturday, November 3^rd is the date for our Annual Auction.  As a reminder, every member is responsible for $100.00 (10 tickets) in ticket sales and $100.00 in donations.  See Gary Woll for additional Contribution Forms.  Remember this is the one major event of the year. The success of this event is directly related to our charitable giving and with recent state budget cuts our local organizations will need additional support.  Please get all ticket money and especially donations in by October 25^th so that final details can be completed. 

Just a friendly reminder that 2nd quarter membership dues are now due.  Please see John Lewis if you have any questions. 

Reminders

The next board meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at the home of Chuck & Jewel Laabs here in Maywood.  Please RSVP to Chuck at charles.laabs@cuchicago.edu so that they can plan accordingly.

Save the date: Thursday, October 25^th.   Kaboom will be in need of 100 volunteers to help build a playground at Central Park here in Maywood.  Please visit their site at www.kaboom.org for more information.  This project is one that President Dawson hopes all members participate in.  It will be an exciting day for the children and for Maywood.

Careers in the Classroom time is here again!!  On November 8^th volunteer to give presentations on your classification.  Presentations will be given to student at Proviso East High School so let the future leaders of our world hear why your profession appealed to you and how you feel they could benefit from doing the same.  Please contact Bonnie Libka at brlibka@yahoo.com to schedule your visit.

Program for October 18, 2007

Larry Rassin of Aetna Plywood will be here to give us a rundown on his business and let us know how this newer Maywood location is helping him grow.

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Program for October 25, 2007

Program for November 1, 2007

Program for November 8, 2007

Program for November 15, 2007

Program for November 22, 2007

Etcetera…

This week in history…… October 15, 1966     Huey Newton and Bobby Seale formed the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Oakland, California. Its revolutionary agenda, and the fact that it was armed, prompted FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover to refer to it as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the United States."

To read the Panthers’ Ten Point Platform and Program as well as many other interesting things please visit http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

Murphy, Editor