The Friendly Breakfast Club

This Week's Speaker: Alec Smythe, District Governor Elect

Alec is the principle at Team Forte, a strategy and marketing consulting firm based in Atlanta.

After graduating from Harvard College in 1973 with a degree in economics, Alec joined Citibank, spending 19 years there and rising to Senior Vice President for Product Management in the U.S. Consumer Bank. In 1992 he relocated to Atlanta where he worked in management at Prudential Bank and Equifax. From 2000 to 2002, he founded and led CollectionsX, an Internet startup. In 2002, he established Team Forte, where he provides strategic assistance and execution support for a variety of clients.

Alec joined the Rotary Club of Buckhead in December, 2002. He has served his club as Program Chair, Public Image Chair, Webmaster, Photography Chair, GRSP Host Family, Board Member, Buckhead Rotary Foundation Trustee, Treasurer, Secretary, President Elect, and President. For District 6900 he has served as Technology Chair and Strategic Planning Chair. He is a Major Donor and Bequest Society Member with the Rotary Foundation, a Will Watt Fellow with the GRSP Foundation and a Tom Slaughter Fellow and an Otis Jackson Fellow with the Buckhead Rotary Foundation.

He and his wife Donna, a Rotarian in the Roswell Club, live in East Cobb. They have three grown daughters and one grandson.

No meeting next week!

Friendly reminder that there will be NO meeting next week (June 9th) due to the International Rotary Convention!

Trivia Challenge

RCD Trivia Question of the Week:

Email eleni.bafas@gmail.com with the correct answer! The FIRST to email me with the CORRECT answer will have the automatic opportunity to draw a card for a chance to win the Laws of Life drawing during this week's meeting!

The correct answer and trivia winner will be announced during the meeting. This new trivia challenge will continue each week, so be sure to keep checking the bulletin for the latest trivia question.

Thank you to everyone who made this trivia challenge possible, including Dottie Toney, Bill Mulkey and Tina Philpot, and for YOU for participating! We hope that you enjoy the challenge and learn more about Rotary and our Club in the process!

RCD Award Winning Club!

The following awards, organized by category determined by club size, were announced at the recent District Conference in recognition of our club:

Governor Citation Award -- Rotary Club of Dunwoody
District Service Award -- Jackie Cuthbert

Winner -- Category III
Best Club
Best Membership Retention
Best Foundation Total Giving
Best International Service Project
Best Youth Service Project
Best Yearbook/Scrapbook

Runner Up -- Category III
Best Club Administration
Best Fund Raiser Project
Best Foundation Per Capita Giving
Best Community Service Project
Best Bulletin