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"The Friendly Breakfast Club"
Newsletter


March 9, 2022


Meetings

March is Water and Sanitation Month

3/11 Regular Meeting - Bob Buschman, Associate Director, Fiscal Research Center, GSU
3/18 No Meeting - Join us for Wine Fellowship on Thursday night
4/1 Regular Meeting - Maro Innocent-Otolo
4/1 Regular Meeting

Our Rotary Family
BIRTHDAYS

3/7 Jackie Cuthbert
3/8 Louise Barden
3/8 Dabney Daniel
3/8 Ken Levy
3/9 Pat McMahon
3/12 Pavittar Safir
3/20 Anne Glenn
3/22 John Mills

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

3/13 Laura Kann (24)
3/19 Jennie Springer (14)

Rotary Online

https://dunwoodyrotary.org
https://rotary6900.org/
https://rotary.org/

ROTARY CLUB OF
Dunwoody


Fridays, 7:15 am
Le Méridien Atlanta Perimeter
111 Perimeter Center West
Atlanta, GA , GA 30346 FacebookTwitterInstagram

LEADERSHIP

President Carter Stout
President-Elect Jennifer Shumway
Immediate PP Ardy Bastien
Treasurer Cathie Brumfield
Secretary Louise Barden
Membership Brian Harper
Foundation Jennie Stipick
Public Image Jackie Cuthbert

This Week's Speaker
Bob Buschman, Fiscal Research Center, Georgia State University

Join us today as we welcome Bob Buschman, the associate director of the Fiscal Research Center (FRC) at Georgia State University's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies.  You may join in person at LeMeridien or via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86202979419. Note that we will be meeting again in a new place at LeMeridien - the Grand Salon on the Lobby Level.

Bob is FRC’s key contact for fiscal note analyses of proposed Georgia revenue legislation as well as tax incentive evaluations and the state's tax expenditure report. His research interests include corporate and personal taxation, growth and equity effects of tax reform, state and local fiscal policy, and other topics. Prior to joining the Andrew Young School, Bob worked for several years in corporate banking and corporate financial management.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Duke University, an MBA in finance from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, and a master’s degree and doctorate in economics from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.

Golf Tournament Update
Three Ways to Help This Week!

We are making progress on our first annual golf tournament - May 16, 2022 at St. Marlo Country Club, and with your help, we can ensure it is a big success. How?

  • Sponsors: We are looking for goody bag and dinner sponsors - as well as one platinum, three gold and eight-hole sponsors. You may also be an individual contributor at the $100 or $250 level. Please let Rick Woods know if you can help and/or visit the website.  
  • Auction Items: We're planning an auction at the tournament - and looking for vacation/get-away properties that could be auctioned off for a long weekend. Jack Sparks is leading the charge on these items.
  • Promote the Tournament: We have cards on the table every Friday that you can share with anyone interested in golf or a sponsorship. The QR code will take them straight to our golf tournament site.

Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the  Alzheimer’s Association of Georgia - The Longest Day Program and other community projects.

Service Opportunities
All Our Gardens are Calling!

It's a rare Saturday where you have two opportunities to serve that involve fresh air and gardens! This Saturday, March 12, you may choose to join Ranger Fred at Bounds Gardens for our regular clean-up ... 9:00 am at the traffic island across from the Dunwoody Library. Or, you may join Cathie Brumfield at the Dunwoody Nature Center at 9:00 am to help in the old growth forest. If you're planning on the Nature Center, please go to their website and register - we normally work from about 9 - noon.

Hope to see you in the gardens this weekend!

Rotary Means Business
Consider a Great Networking Opportunity - Tuesday March 5

If you are looking for an informal social setting to meet new people, share ideas, network and learn from fellow Rotarians who are leaders in their field, consider the Rotary Means Business Fellowship. This District 6900 Vocation group focuses on supporting Rotarians and their colleagues in all professions. The next meeting is this coming Tuesday, March 15, at Pure Taqueria - Brookhaven Location: 3589 Durden Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30319 at 6:30 pm.

Fellowship Opportunity
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the Dunwoody Wine Fellowship

Celebrate a magical St. Patrick's Day at Ed and Judy Holliday's home, as the Dunwoody Wine Fellowship and Thirsty Thursday join forces for March. Festivities begin at 6:00 pm at 315 Cannady Court, in Sandy Springs. Bring wine and/or an appetizer to share.

Please RSVP on our website (follow this link or open to the calendar and click on the March 17 link) so that Ed and Judy know how many people to expect. If you have questions, you may contact Ed at 678-404-5626.

GRSP Leadership Weekend
Thanks to All of You!

The GRSP Leadership weekend was a great success! We had 35 students for the weekend ... and our focus was on having fun while providing inspiration to do good in the world. We couldn't have achieved what we did this weekend without so many of you - and the more than 500 hours you invested in all the weekend's activities. A special thanks to Ron and Louise Barden for leading our efforts, to Very Rev. P. Richard Game, Rector of St. Patrick's Episcopal Church for an amazing venue, and to the Rotary Clubs of Atlanta Metro, Buckhead, Gainesville and North Atlanta, as well as the Rotaract Club of Atlanta! [more]

Club Calendar
See What's Happening Soon!

Here's a way to keep up with all that's happening with the Rotary Club of Dunwoody. If you would like to add an event - or add a story to the bulletin, send an email to Jackie Cuthbert at cuthbert@mindspring.com by Tuesday evening.

Mar. 11

Bob Buschman, Associate Director, Fiscal Research Center, GSU

Mar. 12

Save the Forest, Free the Ferns – Dunwoody Nature Center Volunteers – 9:00 am

Bounds Garden Cleanup – 9:00 am

Mar. 15

Board Meeting via Zoom – 7:30 am

Mar. 15

Rotary Means Business, Pure Taqueria, Brookhaven, 6:30 pm

Mar. 17

Thirsty Thursday Joins Up with Dunwoody Wine Fellowship for St. Patrick’s Day - Ed and Judy Holliday's home, 6:00 pm

Mar. 18

No Dunwoody meeting – Join us for Thirsty Thursday/Wine Fellowship

Mar. 25

No Dunwoody Meeting – DeKalb Rotary Council Breakfast at Smoke Rise Country Club – 7:30 am

Apr. 1

Regular Meeting: GRSP Student Maro Innocent-Otolo

Apr. 8

Regular Meeting: To be announced

Apr. 14

Thirsty Thursday: Location to be announced

Apr. 15

No Dunwoody meeting: Join us for Thirsty Thursday!

Apr. 28-May 1

District Conference, SanDestin ... register now!

Apr. 29

No meeting, District Conferences

May 6-8

Dunwoody Arts Festival, Dunwoody Village – service opportunities available to help artists set up Friday/Saturday and host RCD booth Sat/Sun - ask Kathy Brandt how you can help

May 16

Our inaugural "Fore the Memories" Golf Tournament ... ask Bob O'Brien how you can help!



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