Meeting Report from March 26, 2002

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March 26, 2002
By SUZANNE FETSCHER

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     President Jim called the meeting to order and asked that Doug Booth introduce our guests and visitors. One guest was Sam Barger, a Wake Forest University student and Rotary Scholarship participant.
     President Jim then asked Tom Norwood to bring us Health and Happiness. Tom told us a story about a religious dog that converted from Baptist to Pentecostal.
     Martin Welton introduced new member Randy Minter and Alan Barnhardt introduced new member Henry Lafferty.
     For our song, Harley Dickson gave us numerous renditions of new words to the Rotary song, some of which cleverly suggested that we do away with our singing. Undeterred, we chose our favorite version by clapping, clanking glasses, and other noise-making:

Ro-Ro-Rotary
Charlotte is the best
Every member strives to serve,
And live the Four-Way-Test

     Bobby Chesney led us in the invocation. Except for the speakers, the only other person at the head table was Douglas Boyd.
     President Jim reminded us of the district meeting in Boone, N.C., May 3, 4, and 5. Details are available from Sandy Osborne at the Rotary office.
     President Jim called on Tony Marciano to introduce our speakers who told us how they got where they're at. (The spell check has a hard time with that sentence.)
     Lee Tabor is a native of Flat Rock, N.C., where she was a neighbor of Carl Sandburg. She spent her high school and college years in Columbia, S.C. Her banking career started in Columbia and moved to Charleston, where she met her husband and our fellow Rotarian John.
     She moved to Charlotte and worked here with Bank of America and Advanta Mortgage. She is now president of US Mortgage Group, Inc., a small, family-owned residential mortgage company. She has an especially good boss, herself.
     Lee and John have two children, John Paul and Allie.
     Cynthia Carlson was born in Annapolis, Maryland, the daughter of a Naval officer. She came to Charlotte in 1978 and made it her home. In 1983 Cynthia and Queens College formed a joint venture partnership called Queens Compute, a technology training business. She credited Billy Wireman for taking a chance on her, especially since she had no business or technology background.
     Since that founding, Cynthia and her partner, Dan Campbell, purchased the business interests of the college and renamed it Carlson Compute. She and Dan now operate Campbell/Carlson, a retained executive search firm.
     John Snyder is a native of Thomasville, N.C., and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, following a long line of Chapel Hill graduates in his family. He is married to Mary Beth and they are the parents of three sons. They have lived in Charlotte since 1987.
     John works with South Trust Bank. His business background is in equipment leasing.
     John has a long history in Rotary. He is a Paul Harris Fellow and a past president of Dilworth Rotary. He is active in numerous civic organizations and his church.
     Erik Lindborg is a native of Orlando, Florida, but calls Charlotte his home. He is married to Shannon and they have two daughters, Katy Rose and Gracyn, who claim a major part of his life.
     He is the director of external affairs for BellSouth in the Charlotte metropolitan area. His background includes a first job as a singing bartender. He claims no singing talent then or now.
     Erik is very active in a number of civic organizations in town.

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A NOTE FROM AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLAR JUSTIN PERKINSON ...

"I just wanted to let you know that I made it safely to Buenos Aires and that things are going well. I met my Rotary host, Hugo Luppo, the other day, and he seems very nice and eager to help me out in any way he can. His e-mail address is LuppoHugo@aol.com, but I have to forewarn you that he doesn't speak English. His daughter does, however, and perhaps she could translate an e-mail from you.

I've located an apartment in a very nice, safe location, right near the center of everything. My first day at the University del Salvador is Wednesday, so we'll see how that goes. I'm holding my own with the language, although the Argentine accent sounds a lot different than all other Spanish I've been exposed to in the past.

I'll keep you posted sobre las cosas por aca en la Argentina. Please send my continual thanks to your Club! Chao! Justin"

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OBJECT OF ROTARY

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;

FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

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DID YOU KNOW?

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is a worldwide Rotary program that awards and recognizes students for demonstrating leadership qualities within their respective schools and/or communities. The week-long camp is an opportunity for students to interact with one another and engage in a variety of team building and problem solving activities. Students should be rising juniors or seniors and be nominated by their high school guidance counselors. The June 9-14, 2002, camp will be held on the campus of Gardner Webb University. Sponsorship fee is $300 and checks should be payable to Rotary District 7680. Registration deadline is April 30, 2002. For further information, contact Sandy in the Rotary office.

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