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Monday, December 17, 2007

Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Club Hub
December 12, 2007

Attendance:
18 members-64.3%
Total Members: 28

Prayer-Carolyn Beynon
Pledge-Jerry Conn
Four-Way Test-Ben Ford

Visiting Rotarians: Doug Danforth-West Lake Club
Other Visitors: Bill Miller-Guest of Camille Miller

Speaker: Ron Cartlidge

Calendar:December 19-Harvey Kronberg
December 26-No Meeting Due to Christmas Holiday
January 2, 2008-No Meeting Due to New Year Holiday
January 8-Board Meeting
January 9-Terry Young
January 16-Club Assembly
January 23-Tom Fleming

Loot Boot:
Camille gave for her daughter’s safe trip and for our speaker and her husband. Scott gave for the Ronald McDonald team. Tim gave for missing last week’s meeting. Fred gave for the new Ronald McDonald list.

Announcements:
The Ronald McDonald House will be moving to a new location. Fred will keep us up to date on that situation. Phyllis collected auction items and reminded everyone to get started bringing them.

Speaker Highlights: Speaker was introduced by Camille. The speaker, Ron Cartlidge is a retired teacher in the Austin ISD and is a magician of note. He gave a great talk about Eric Weiss, otherwise known as Houdini. While many known of Houdini’s magical prowess, few know that he too was an aviator and actor. The UT Ransom Museum has quite a Houdini collection of artifacts. Mr. Cartlidge has written a book about Eric Weiss.

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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Club Hub
December 5, 2007

Attendance:
16 members-57.1%
Total Members: 28

Prayer-Lee Couch
Pledge-carolyn Beynon
Four-Way Test-Karen Rima

Visiting Rotarians: Jim Strickland-West Lake Club
Other Visitors: Charmagne Coston-Guest of Phyllis Sharp

Speaker: Ann Dee Thierry

Calendar:
December 19-Harvey Kronberg
December 26-No Meeting Due to Christmas Holiday
January 2, 2008-No Meeting Due to New Year Holiday
January 8-Board Meeting
January 9-Terry Young
January 16-Club Assembly
January 23-Tom Fleming

Loot Boot:
Jerry Conn did the loot boot today. Scott gave for the membership issues he discussed and for Ronald McDonald tomorrow. Fred gave for the Ronald McDonald House. Lawrence gave for his granddaughter and her pink cowgirl boots. Camille gave for her daughter looking for 4th grade reading books and for the Christmas Holidays. Phyllis gave looking for a RYLA chairman and the fund raiser silent auction items. Lee gave for his hunting dog and Karen for St Nicholas day in Holland.

Announcements:
Lawrence announced the need for speakers in January 2008. A roster went around for members to update. The next 11th Street cleanup will be in February 2008. Carleton announced there’d be no Happy Hour after the Ronald McDonald House this week. Andrew and Carleton will take up the money for the theater tickets and members are encouraged to get their money in asap. The troopers chili meal will be sometime in January 2008. Phyllis will make arrangements for gift certificates for the cafeteria staff.

Speaker Highlights: Speaker was introduced by Suzann Madeley. The speaker, Anne Dee Thierry spoke at length about her experiences in Bali and the good work she and her organization do for the people in Bali. They help with vitamins and milk among other things. They helped bring water and school books as well. She will be returning to Bali in January 2008. She and her organization sell jewelry to help raise funds for the Bali project.

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