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Meeting Minutes for Monday, June 7, 2010
Dave Steele led the pledge and invocation.

President Bob congratulated the ASU Mens Golf Team on their Division I Championship and we celebrated with a standing ovation.

Brad Means delivered the Sunshine Report.

Jim Puryear acknowledged the late Barbara Botts tremendous efforts towards the CART fund and all the contributions she made during her life on behalf of Alzheimers research, The Augusta Rotary Club and the CSRA in general.

Billy Franke introduced new member Tony Lever.

Joyce Jones introduced our speaker Terry Elam, president of Augusta Tech. Terry gave a brief history of Augusta Tech over the past ten years noting particularly:
  • Augusta Tech has served over 65,000 people in the past ten years.

  • They have had 13,000 graduates.

  • There has been a significant increase in the number of women in the workforce as well as
  • certifications for employees in many fields where none were required before.
  • The school now has a Columbia County campus located in Grovetown.

  • The Augusta campus has made numerous additions and renovations.

As to the present and future, President Elam noted the school has and continues to add more programs particularly in the fields of energy and healthcare.
  • Augusta Tech has a new nursing program.

  • They are adding more core curriculum classes.

  • The school is converting from a quarter to a semester system.


President Bob ended with the Four Way Test.
CART Upcoming Programs
Contributions:
$173.32
June 14th - Paul Simon- TEE Center
Challenger: Jim Puryear
$173.32
June 21st - Year in Review
Total $346.64
June 28th - Passing of Gavel
In Memory of Barbara Botts:
Mrs. D. Ackerman, Sumter, SC
$500.00 July 5th - No Meeting ( 4th of July)
Club Guests Member Makeups
Guest Member

Sarah Kaplan
Brian Nozolino
Brian Coursey
Sam Means
Barbara Noland

Steven Kaplan
Jim Osborne
George Hall
Brad Means
Club

Tom Kiernan Orchid Island, FL 06/02/10
Ed Presnell Online 05/24/10
Ed Presnell Online 05/24/10
David Booker Online 05/25/10
Darryl Leech Online 05/25/10
Rick Herring Online 06/01/10
Dee Bruker Online 06/07/10

Visiting Rotarian Club

Charlie Meyer

Augusta West
Interact Club

 

Absentees
Forester Adams
Greg Baker
Bill Bloodworth
Trex Bolick
David Booker
George Bradley
Carl Brown
David Burton
Greg Capers
Paul Dainer
Greg DeLoach
Rob Dennis
Neal Dickert
Allan Downen
Patrick Duckworth
Alan English
Bryan Ginn
LaVerne Gold

Jack Hall
Helen Hendee
Rebekah Henry
Steve Hobbs
Greg Hodges
Colette Hughes
Kam Kyzer
Steve Marbert
Todd Mason
Rob McKenzie
Connie Melear
Marc Miller
Erick Montgomery
Quincy Murphy
Ned Murray
Andrew Newton
Carlisle Overstreet
Bob Parham


Russ Reams
Mark Reeves
Susan Rice
Richard Rogers
Jeff Schwab
Charles Shaefer
Himanshu Singh
George Sleister
Dennis Sodomka
Walt Sprouse
Max Stachura
Kevin Steffes
Daniel Stewart
Sheila Thomas
Mike Toomey
Haskell Toporek
Ray Walters
Curt Young

District No. 6920 • Club No. 4189
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