Volume 7, Issue 31 District 6860 Club # 51965 April 23, 2009

The Rotary Rocket

Rotary Club of Madison ▪ P .O. Box 856 ▪ Madison, AL 35758 www.madisonalrotary.org

"There are just as many new things to be done as ever there were. Rotary must continue to pioneer or be left in the rear of progress." - Paul Harris, 1947

2008-2009 Officers

President: Alex Luttrell President Elect: Elizabeth Houssain President Nominee: Dennis Sanders Past President: Jeff Jones Secretary: Jerry Vickers Treasurer: John Possel Club Service: Steve Croomes International Service: Steve Baum Community Service: Amy Thompson Vocational Service: Tim Malueg Sergeant-At-Arms: Gene Pfeiffer

Today’s Speakers: 2009 GSE Team from Sao Paulo, Brazil

Luciana Thesin Flavio E.F. Barros Audrey Yumi Otsuka

Poliana Bellan Edson Malissi

Mini-Rotarian of the Year!

In lieu of birthday gifts this year Emma Houssain decided to donate money to a

non-profit organization.

She chose CAJA (Court Appointed Juve-nile Advocates) and last week presented Shirley Ingram, Director of CAJA, with

$390!

In addition to her presidential duties next year, Emma’s mom Elizabeth will be teaching parenting to those of us who

missed this class!

A Note From President-Elect Elizabeth Houssain

Madison Rotarians, I appreciate all of the great Community Service ideas that you’ve sent in so far. For those of you who have not had a chance to

respond there’s still time to send them in!

I plan to bring your ideas and suggestions to the board meeting in May, so keep your project ideas coming…...remember,

“The Future of Rotary is in your Hands!”

Rotarians In Action Page 2 The Rotary Rocket Volume7, Issue 31

Club Calendar

Is it the truth? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

WEEKLY CLUB & MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS Club Breakfast Meetings: Thursday, 7 AM Radisson, Madison April is Magazine Month April 30th: Guest of Debbie Overcash May is Club Service Month May 7th: Report of Club Service Committees - Steve Croomes May 14th: Guest of Jim McKee May 21st: Guest of Emily McIntosh Next Board Meeting: 11:30 Wednesday May 6th, 2009 at

Dynetics. All members are welcome to attend. It counts as a makeup!

Missed A Meeting? Do an online make-up meeting at

www.rotaryeclubone.org!

Cynthia Achorn John Allen

Steve Baum Donna Berger Craig Brennan Jason Canale

Steve Croomes Pat Cross

Paula Cushman Carla Daily Eric Demirjian

Bill Drake Bob Driggers * Boyd Edmiston

Paul Finley (Honorary) Martin Folgmann * Shrail Heinrich Henry Hobbs

Elizabeth Houssain Marc Jacobson Karen Jernigan

Jeff Jones Gary Khodanian

Ron Klein Gail LeCroy * Alex Luttrell * Tim Malueg Jim McKee

Emily McIntosh

Karen Morris Shelia Nash-Stevenson *

Debbie Overcash Sandy Patel

Tommy Parker* Gene Pfeiffer John Possel Carol Rives

Dennis Sanders Janice Schuckman

Art Shaw Larry Smith Teresa Smith Amy Thompson Jerry Vickers Barry Wilson

Charlie Wingard

Paul Harris Fellows * Charter Member

Members 2008 - 2009

UPCOMING EVENTS

DISTRICT 6860 ASSEMBLY: May 7th (Next Year’s Board) DISTRICT 6860 CONFERENCE: May 8-9 in Birmingham (Any Rotarian) MILES MONTGOMERY MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNEY: May 30th at Sunset Landing

2009 RELAY FOR LIFE

Thank you Eric for coordinating our team again

this year, Steve Croomes for the Shrimp Boil, and all of our Family of Rotary participants. Rotarian Parrots came in first place, raising $3570 for the

American Cancer Society and Steve’s Shrimp Boil won the honors as the best food at the

event! Eric had the highest total for our team with $605 in donations!