Monday, March 12, 2007
Club Hub
March 7, 2007
Calendar:
March 13 Board Meeting
March 14 Robert King former Black Panther
March 21 Texas Medical Center Largest in the world, Bruce LaBoone
March 31 11th Street clean up, 10:30, celebration to follow Waller Creek Park
Loot Boot:
Carleton Turner will be on Florida vacation for the next couple of meetings. Lawrence Taylor has a new walk up Chocolate Lab at his ranch named Coco. Bill Bedner praised Bucko the herding dog for his great ability with sheep. Suzanne Madeley let us know to bring money to buy pralines from our next speaker former Black Panther who learned to make pralines in prison. David Uribe is grateful to be back from in Texas after visiting the State of New York. Phyllis Sharp thanked Bill Bedner for buying her a biscuit.
Announcements:
David Uribe asked everyone to sign a card that Phyllis Sharp brought for Fred White and his son in law who was injured and is in the hospital in Germany. He was injured by an IED in Iraq. Happy hour is today at Dog and Duck on Guadalupe at 17th. Those attending will decide the details of the next happy hour. Board meeting will be March 13. Keep Austin Beautiful 11th Street clean up will be March 31, 10:30, celebration to follow at Waller Creek Park. Karen Rima has sold 34/150 tickets for the April 11 fund raiser at Austin Playhouse. All members are asked to buy four $25.
Speaker Highlights:
Andrew Menter shared his knowledge of insurance and college students. Less than 3% of university campuses accept insurance in their health centers. None of the junior colleges have health centers. The health centers are funded by line item fees. One result is the lack of availability of health care. The centers are opened from 9-5 Monday through Friday with health care provided by doctors and nurse practitioners These providers are not accountable to review by outside provider. Lab tests generally need to be paid by students since they are not coded to insurance codes. There is a need for preventative care: one third of freshmen are on antidepressants and the number one teat run on students are for sexually transmitted diseases. Studies show capuses could actually make money for the health center by accepting insurance. There is resistance to change. Many more interesting points were made by Andrew Menter. Thank you Phyllis for inviting an interesting speaker.
LEAD THE WAY
March 7, 2007
Calendar:
March 13 Board Meeting
March 14 Robert King former Black Panther
March 21 Texas Medical Center Largest in the world, Bruce LaBoone
March 31 11th Street clean up, 10:30, celebration to follow Waller Creek Park
Loot Boot:
Carleton Turner will be on Florida vacation for the next couple of meetings. Lawrence Taylor has a new walk up Chocolate Lab at his ranch named Coco. Bill Bedner praised Bucko the herding dog for his great ability with sheep. Suzanne Madeley let us know to bring money to buy pralines from our next speaker former Black Panther who learned to make pralines in prison. David Uribe is grateful to be back from in Texas after visiting the State of New York. Phyllis Sharp thanked Bill Bedner for buying her a biscuit.
Announcements:
David Uribe asked everyone to sign a card that Phyllis Sharp brought for Fred White and his son in law who was injured and is in the hospital in Germany. He was injured by an IED in Iraq. Happy hour is today at Dog and Duck on Guadalupe at 17th. Those attending will decide the details of the next happy hour. Board meeting will be March 13. Keep Austin Beautiful 11th Street clean up will be March 31, 10:30, celebration to follow at Waller Creek Park. Karen Rima has sold 34/150 tickets for the April 11 fund raiser at Austin Playhouse. All members are asked to buy four $25.
Speaker Highlights:
Andrew Menter shared his knowledge of insurance and college students. Less than 3% of university campuses accept insurance in their health centers. None of the junior colleges have health centers. The health centers are funded by line item fees. One result is the lack of availability of health care. The centers are opened from 9-5 Monday through Friday with health care provided by doctors and nurse practitioners These providers are not accountable to review by outside provider. Lab tests generally need to be paid by students since they are not coded to insurance codes. There is a need for preventative care: one third of freshmen are on antidepressants and the number one teat run on students are for sexually transmitted diseases. Studies show capuses could actually make money for the health center by accepting insurance. There is resistance to change. Many more interesting points were made by Andrew Menter. Thank you Phyllis for inviting an interesting speaker.
LEAD THE WAY
Monday, March 05, 2007
Club Hub
February 28, 2007
Calendar:
February 28 Let Ben know your tee shirt size for 11th Street Clean up. He will order before the event.
March 7 College Health Care and Insurance
March 13 Board Meeting
March 14 Robert King former Black Panther
March 21 Texas Medical Center Largest in the World Bruce LaBoone
March 31 11th Street Clean up 10:30
Loot Boot:
Suzanne Madeley son is 29 today or maybe not. He was born February 29. Tim Flynn missed the last two weeks. He was pleased to see his badge was not retired and still in the box. Camille Miller was pleased to see that Paul Colbert was our speaker. She has been invited by her daughter to hear her defend her honor’s paper. When she was in Memphis she truly enjoyed the southern style of biscuits and gravy. Fred White just wanted to acknowledge that life is busy. Ben Ford announced that March 31 is our last Keep Austin Beautiful 11th Street clean up. Everyone needs to let him know their tee shirt size so he can order before event. Lawence Taylor wanted us to know last night’s news reported that an 89 year old woman in a wheelchair has been trapped for 90 days in her apartment because the elevator needed repair. Lawrence has received 89 emails so far and has no jurisdiction.
Announcements:
David Uribe went to the Foundation Dinner. President of Rotary International Robert Boyd gave a great speech. Even though the club is a 100% sustaining club it was not recognized. David will investigate. Karen Rima had tickets for the Austin Playhouse Fundraiser. Each member is asked to buy four $25 tickets. Phyllis Sharp and Lawrence Taylor will man the bar. Burgers served at 6:15.
Speaker Highlight:
Paul Colbert was House Chairman Budget Committee on Education for 8 of the 12 years he served in the House. School finance portion of HB72 (’84), Senate Bill 1 (’90), and school finance formulas (’99) clearly have his handprint. Money gets schools better teachers and better supplies which produces less blue collar workers. In the 21th century there are fewer jobs for those kids who are not educated. One stressor on the system is that the state is now required to educate the kids with disabilities and minorities. This is relative a new funding issue. From 1996 to 2006 the amount of dollars per student spend by the state did not increase. This put an increased burden on the local districts which caused higher taxes on property. When the caps were reached, then the districts were forced to reduce programs like art and increase the ratio of students to teacher. These few comments were just part of a very interesting talk. The club thanks Phyllis for inviting an encaging speaker.
LEAD THE WAY
February 28, 2007
Calendar:
February 28 Let Ben know your tee shirt size for 11th Street Clean up. He will order before the event.
March 7 College Health Care and Insurance
March 13 Board Meeting
March 14 Robert King former Black Panther
March 21 Texas Medical Center Largest in the World Bruce LaBoone
March 31 11th Street Clean up 10:30
Loot Boot:
Suzanne Madeley son is 29 today or maybe not. He was born February 29. Tim Flynn missed the last two weeks. He was pleased to see his badge was not retired and still in the box. Camille Miller was pleased to see that Paul Colbert was our speaker. She has been invited by her daughter to hear her defend her honor’s paper. When she was in Memphis she truly enjoyed the southern style of biscuits and gravy. Fred White just wanted to acknowledge that life is busy. Ben Ford announced that March 31 is our last Keep Austin Beautiful 11th Street clean up. Everyone needs to let him know their tee shirt size so he can order before event. Lawence Taylor wanted us to know last night’s news reported that an 89 year old woman in a wheelchair has been trapped for 90 days in her apartment because the elevator needed repair. Lawrence has received 89 emails so far and has no jurisdiction.
Announcements:
David Uribe went to the Foundation Dinner. President of Rotary International Robert Boyd gave a great speech. Even though the club is a 100% sustaining club it was not recognized. David will investigate. Karen Rima had tickets for the Austin Playhouse Fundraiser. Each member is asked to buy four $25 tickets. Phyllis Sharp and Lawrence Taylor will man the bar. Burgers served at 6:15.
Speaker Highlight:
Paul Colbert was House Chairman Budget Committee on Education for 8 of the 12 years he served in the House. School finance portion of HB72 (’84), Senate Bill 1 (’90), and school finance formulas (’99) clearly have his handprint. Money gets schools better teachers and better supplies which produces less blue collar workers. In the 21th century there are fewer jobs for those kids who are not educated. One stressor on the system is that the state is now required to educate the kids with disabilities and minorities. This is relative a new funding issue. From 1996 to 2006 the amount of dollars per student spend by the state did not increase. This put an increased burden on the local districts which caused higher taxes on property. When the caps were reached, then the districts were forced to reduce programs like art and increase the ratio of students to teacher. These few comments were just part of a very interesting talk. The club thanks Phyllis for inviting an encaging speaker.
LEAD THE WAY
