Rotary Bulletin
October 20, 2014
Meeting Minutes
President Jerry opened the meeting and called on Tim Owings who led the pledge and invocation. John Sebby introduced the guests and visiting Rotarians and Butch Whiddon welcomed the Interact Guests. President Jerry reminded everyone that we are celebrating Vocational Service Month and provided a shout out to the members who played in the golf tournament to support the Boy Scouts of America.
President Jerry gave thanks to last week's Club Cart Challenger, Charles Stewart who helped us raise $179.61 for the fund. The Club CART Challenger for the meeting is Tom Kiernan and the Outside Challenger is SunTrust Bank.
President Jerry made the following announcements/presentations:
- Thanked Connie Melear for hosting new members at a party at her house.
- Announced the "Costumes and Cocktails" Reverse Raffle Fundraiser.
- Reminded all to not forget the opportunity to write a check to the Wounded Warriors.
- Mentioned that Aline Lemis, the Georgia Rotary Student, needs a ride to Atlanta on November 7th.
A Member Moment was provided by Aimee Hall who provided an overview of "Safe Homes of Augusta".
Connie Melear introduced new member Erin Armstrong and Ed Presnell introduced new member Thomas Denlinger.
Robert Osborne introduced the guest speaker, Dr. Harris Pastides, the President of the University of South Carolina. President Pastides started his presentation by recognizing the outstanding commitment and service of the Osborne family, in particular Robert's Grandfather, to USC. President Pastides went on to detail some of the challenges that are facing college presidents today relating to college affordability in economic declines. He stated that State appropriations for the College, approximately $93 million, has dropped to 6th place in funding. The #1 funding source is Out-of-State tuition. Other funding sources include regular tuition, grants, auxiliary, and philanthropy. President Pastides provided some areas that can keep colleges affordable, which include:
- Encouraging every student to complete college on-time or less.
- Encourage student to not change majors as often as the average is 3 times.
- To remind students that they should know beforehand that a job with their major will be waiting for them.
President Pastides provided an overview of the new Darla Moore School of Business building recently built on campus. He described the new facility as a "World Class Building". As concerns athletics, President Pastides stated how proud he was for the College to be part of the SEC and how there is great use of the new SEC Network. He stated that athletics as the College benefits in funding of around $8 million per year. President Pastides concluded by stating his pride in being a Rotarian and Paul Harris Fellow and all that Rotary encompasses.
President Jerry stated that next week's speaker will be Neil Gordon from Buzz on Biz. He reminded that there will be a Board Meeting tomorrow morning.
The meeting was adjourned following the recital of the Four-Way Test.
Upcoming Meeting Topics
10/27/14 TBD
11/3/14 Batt Humphreys, Entreprenuer and Author
Cart
CART Blue buckets
Club Challenger: Tom Kiernan
Outside Challenger: SunTrust Bank
Total
$93.69
$93.69
$100.00
$287.38
Club Guests
Guest
Harris Pastides
Les Perry
DJ Anderson
Alan Barker
Ian Mercier
Stuart Baker
Mike Oates
Jonathan Kemp
Guest Of
Chancellor of the Univ. of South Carolina
Robert Osborne
Betty Carter
Betty Carter
Jim Osborne
Gould Hagler
Russ Morgan
Bill Kemp
Visiting Rotarians
Name
John Davis
Club
Chicago Rotary Club
Richmond County Interact Club
McCall Chambers
Caroline Haynes
Meeting Makeup
Aimee Hall 10-09-14 Augusta West Rotary
Jita Morrison 10-02-14 North Augusta Rotary
Jeanette Cummings 10-07-14 Augusta South
Jim Puryear 10-01-14 Augusta South
Darlene Price 10-20-14 On Line Make Up
The following will receive a make up for attending the October Rotary Board of Directors Meeting held on October 21, 2014.
Billy Franke
John Whitwell
Scott Williams
Tony Lever
Jennifer Pennington
Dee Beaird
Scott Kelly
Kevin Grogan
Ed Presnell
Absentees
Forester Adams
Brad Means
Christine Miller Betts
Ned Murray
Kathleen Bogolea
Susan Parr
Steve Bogolea
Jeff Partl
Trex Bolick
Jennifer Pennington
Marilyn Bowcutt
Jonathan Powell
Greg Deloach
Darlene Price
Judy Downie
Susan Rice
Mieko DiSano
Curt Roberts
Bob Evans
Stan Shepherd
Jeff Flowers
Jeff Spears
George Hall
Walter Sprouse
Rick Hall
Max Stachura
Randy Hatcher
Kevin Steffes
Steve Hobbs
Thom Tuckey
David Hogg
Kevin Wade
Chris James
Phil Wahl
Tony Lever
Frank Ward
Leland Malchow
Barry White
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member
Steven Bogolea
Dee Bruker
Greg Capers
Mieko Di Sano
Rick Hall
Randy Hatcher
Steve Hobbs
Bill Kemp
Rob McKenzie
Jeff Partl
Lee Smith
Frank Stanton
Years
1
31
13
2
5
12
8
59
8
12
46
4
October Birthdays
Jim Becton, MD,
Eddie Booth, Jr.
George Bradley
Carl Brown, Jr.
Charles Coleman
Bob Crumrine
Betty Dyches
Kevin Grogan
Jason Haddox
Jim Hawkins
Rick Herring
Tom Kiernan
Sam Maguire
Carolyn Maund
Chris McKinney
Sue Parr
Jerry Rogers
Billy Schafer
Frank Stanton
Dave Steele
Kevin Wade
Phil Wahl
Barry White
Date
08
14
22
24
14
15
11
04
01
22
18
17
06
22
18
20
15
14
02
06
18
23
12
