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July 10, 2001 |
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The July 10, 2001, meeting of the Rotary Club of Charlotte was
called to order by President Jim. Tigger Alexander introduced
guests and visiting Rotarians and received a banner from a visiting husband and wife team
of Rotarians from Florida. Kip Kiser presented the health and happiness report. Kip
admitted to a number of reasons for not being able to provide any happiness and decided to
concentrate on health. In that regard, he reported that Price Gwynn had broken an
ankle at the beach. Kip could not say which beach or which ankle, although he did imply
that it was Price's own ankle. President Jim led the Pledge of Allegiance and used his presidential authority to implement the wishes of the head table that IPP Don Steger not be allowed to prove his lack of ability to lead a song. We were instead treated to a piano rendition of "Exodus" played by Thomas Moore. Good choice, prez. Mary-Stuart Brooks gave the invocation followed by Tom Robertson's introduction of John Snyder as our newest member. Tom noted that John was somewhat unique as a new member as he was already wearing a Rotary past president's pin. John had previously been a member and president of the Rotary Club of Dilworth. President Jim then announced that we would all soon be receiving a letter from John Belk encouraging contributions to the earthquake relief effort for Arequipa, Peru, one of Charlotte's Sister Cities. He also reported that the Club projects committee would be considering a proposal for a Club contribution to that effort. President Jim drew our attention to the tent cards on our tables announcing the "Dine out for Kids" event on July 17th, in which numerous local restaurants will donate a percentage of that day's receipts to the Communities in Schools program. Communities in Schools is run by Rotarian Cynthia Marshall. Watch for the list of participating restaurants in the "Charlotte Observer." David Anderson and Mary-Stuart Brooks reported on their attendance at the Rotary International (RI) Convention in San Antonio. They reported on the spectacle of the convention, with 24,000 registrants and additional "virtual attendees" — those attending by live Internet connection. They also reported on RI plans for the next year and the partnerships between RI and agencies such as UNICEF and World Health Organization and partnerships between individual clubs in different countries. Mary-Stuart's suggestion was: "If you get the chance to go, GO." David and Mary-Stuart presented President Jim with the booty from the trip, including two copies of "Frank Talk" by RI president Frank Devlin, a Rotary necktie, a banner, and a "Texas Posse" certificate. President Jim introduced the head table, which included Anthony Fox, Doug Boyd, Mary-Stuart Brooks, Tom Burgess, Robert Freeman and IPP Don Steger, who introduced Patrick Clark as the speaker. Ms. dark is the AT&T Tribal Manager — a program to "Reach Out" to all Native American tribes in North America, including Canada and Mexico. She is also the chair of the Metrolina Native American Association and the vice chair of the Mecklenburg Civil Service Commission. As a new graduate of Pembroke State University (now UNC-Pembroke) she taught music in upstate New York before returning to North Carolina to help a sick aunt in Charlotte. She has now been in Charlotte for 20 years, 13 of which were spent in the City of Charlotte finance and utilities departments. Ms. dark gave many very interesting facts about Native Americans in North Carolina. For example, with 150,000 Native Americans, North Carolina has the fifth largest number of Native American citizens among the states. One of the North Carolina tribes of Native Americans is the fifth largest of the tribes in the United States. There are three tribes in North Carolina that are recognized by both the state and federal governments and seven more that are recognized only by the state. There are three more tribes that are non-recognized by their own choice, believing that achieving recognition would require compromising their historic cultures. There are 7,000 members of the Mecklenburg Native American Association (including Rotarian Bert Voswinkel). Ms. dark mentioned several ways in which the Native American cultures are not understood or are misunderstood, including some historical inaccuracies. She stated that North Carolina textbooks are being rewritten to reflect the history of Native Americans in North Carolina more accurately. She also announced that the Mecklenburg Native American Association has workshops every Saturday that are open to everyone. Ms. dark talked about the needs of the Mecklenburg Native American Association and about her dream for raising the profile of the Native American cultures in North Carolina. She stated that the association needs a permanent home— a meeting place and a place to share the Native American cultures with the population. She solicited any help the Club or its members could provide. She also talked about her dream of organizing a Native American Pow Wow in Charlotte in 2002. She described what she hoped for by comparison to the annual Pow Wow in Albuquerque, NM, in which from 50,000 to 300,000 Native Americans and others participate in a week of wonderful food, dancing, and cultural expression. With time running out, Ms. dark reversed the Club tradition with speakers and she presented a beautiful Native American pottery pot to President Jim. The meeting was then adjourned. * * * |
New Member
Joined 1988 Real Estate, Residential Management Alien Tate Company Gary A. Scott is general
sales manager of the Alien Tate Company. He is responsible for the residential sales of
the eighteen-office Charlotte-region real estate firm. Before joining the Alien Tate
Company in August 1998, Gary was general manager of Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate in
Wilmington, Del., where he served that role for five years. In Wilmington, Gary was active
in the Board of Realtors, Chamber of Commerce, United Way, Junior Achievement, Special
Olympics, and Wilmington Friends School. * * * POWELL'S
Ned Fox
is retiring after 25 years as headmaster at Charlotte Latin School. "Neighbors,"
a supplement of the "Observer," carried two pictures of Ned and a lengthy
article. Ned plans to move to the mountains and become a consultant on private school
education. * * * |
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