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January 29, 2002 |
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| President Jim Woodward began the
meeting of the Rotary Club of Charlotte by recognizing Claire Erb, who has resigned
as our Club's Executive Secretary, for her years of service. He called her to the podium
to present a gift from the Club and the members present gave her a standing ovation. Martin Waters introduced six guests and two visiting Rotarians. As part of his Health and Happiness report, Henry Bostic, Executive Director of the Alzheimer's Association for the Piedmont Region, talked about memory problems, which he said aren't serious until "you can't remember that you can't remember." He had information sheets on the tables to describe the work of the Alzheimer's Association and to give signs of the disease and of caregiver stress. After the Pledge of Allegiance and a rousing rendition of "76 Trombones" led by David Erdman, Tony Marciano offered an invocation. Tom Robertson reminded the Club of the need for volunteers for construction of the Rotary Habitat house, and encouraged members to sign up to work on a Friday or Saturday in March or April. President Jim introduced the members sitting at the head table: John Shell, Theresa Evans, Tony Marciano, Jesse Hite, Mike Parrott, and Russell Ranson. Rex Welton introduced three new members, and President Jim welcomed them to the Club and gave them committee assignments. Selena Rogers is the executive director of the NC Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and has been in Charlotte since 1992. Pam Dittloff moved from Chicago in July 2000 to join Bank of America as senior vice president and relationship manager with the Private Bank group. Hank Heidenreich, who has lived in Charlotte most of his life, is a corporate coach and founder of Partners for Performance, which helps CEOs find balance and satisfaction in their lives. We welcome these new members and look forward to getting to know and working with them! Russell Ranson introduced Dan DiMicco, vice chairman, president, and CEO of Nucor Corporation, the largest domestic producer of steel, with sales of over $4.5 billion. Dan holds a BS degree from Brown University and an MS degree in Metallurgy and Materials Science from the University of Pennsylvania. He began his career with Republic Steel in Cleveland, and joined Nucor Steel in 1982 as plant metallurgist and manager of quality control in Plymouth, Utah. He moved to Charlotte in September of 1999, when he was promoted to executive vice president. A year later, at age 50, Dan was named president and CEO, and in June of 2001, was named vice chairman, succeeding Ken Iverson. Dan showed his "shirt sleeve" style of management by taking off his jacket and tie and opening his collar before presenting a program about Nucor's success in a tough business. He gave a number of details about Nucor's business and the legacy of Ken Iverson. Nucor, in business for 35 years, is headquartered in Charlotte, but its 26 divisions are located throughout the United States, with only one in North Carolina — a new plate division in the northeast part of our state. Nucor has the largest and most diversified product line in the business, capturing 60 percent of the market share, and is the largest recycler of steel in the U.S. Nucor has demonstrated strong market leadership with a goal of taking care of its customers, whom Dan defined as three groups: the employees, the shareholders, and those who buy and use Nucor's products. He distinguished between "taking care of" and "satisfying" customers and described Nucor's team approach to doing business. Nucor is a non-union company and fosters teamwork with a "lean and flat" management system and an active production bonus and employee benefit program. Employees enjoy many unique benefits, including weekly production bonuses, employee tuition reimbursements, and educational scholarships for all employees' children and spouses. Nucor's "share the pain" and "no layoff" policies mean that the last people to feel the effects of business downturns are the employees on the floor, with pay cuts and bonus freezes starting at the top. Nucor's notable strengths are its people, diversified product mix, financial stability, and focus on long-term relationships. The company has been responsible for many technological innovations and is seeking ways to optimize existing operations while becoming more aggressive in pursuing acquisitions of other steel products and companies and becoming more actively involved in international trade issues. Vowing to continue Nucor's success and reputation as a market leader in the steel industry, Dan closed his presentation with a quote from one of the world's best known philosophers, Yoda, who gave Luke Skywalker the following advice: "Do or do not—there is NO trying!" * * * |
New Member
2002 Men's Apparel, Retail H. Stockton Arnie Webb was reared in eastern North Carolina (LaGrange and Morehead City) and coastal South Carolina (Myrtle Beach). After attending Woodberry Forest School, he graduated from the University of South Carolina. It was during his college days that he began his career in the men's apparel industry. Since then he has been involved in all facets of that industry—manufacturing, wholesale, and retail. A principal with H. Stockton, Arnie opened the first H. Stockton unit outside of Atlanta in uptown Charlotte this past spring. Arnie has been a member of Kiwanis, the Lion's Club, and Rotary, as well as a two-term member of Carteret County Chamber of Commerce. He was also director of the Earle W. Webb, Jr. Library and Civic Center. A lifelong loyal member of Sigma Chi fraternity, Arnie is an avid golfer, hunter, and fisherman. He and his wife Janeen have two sons, Everett Arnold Webb III and William Dennison Webb, and two grandchildren, Rett and Ansley. Welcome to Charlotte Rotary, Arnie. * * * |
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