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ANNIVERSARIES
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| President | Tina Philpot |
| President-Elect | Rick Otness |
| Secretary | Cathie Brumfield |
| Treasurer | Larry Domenico |
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:
Name at least 3 of the awards that RCD was awarded at the recent District Conference.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!
URGENT! Volunteers needed to avoid Cancellation of Projects for 2017-2018
Five legacy programs/projects are scheduled to be suspended (i.e. be given a Parking Lot status) and will therefore not occur during the 2017-2018 Rotary year, unless someone steps forward by Monday (June 5th). The 2017-2018 Board is having an organizational meeting on the 6th of June, and plans for which activities will be scheduled for 2017-2018 year will be decided at that meeting. If you have a strong desire to see any of these projects occur, you should consider stepping forward now.
Program/Activity | ~ Month | ~Hours | Typical Per week |
4th of July (Hot Dogs/ parade) | June/July | N/A | |
Special Olympics | Oct/Nov | N/A | |
Bulletin Editor | All year | 50 hours | 1 hour |
Photo/video Editor | All year | 12 hours | 15 minutes |
Sunshine Coordinator | All year | 20 hours | 30 min. |
Without someone willing to lead these activities they will be cancelled.
On a more positive note this past week 4 members stepped up as leaders for the following projects, each of which will now happen during 2017-2018:
Member | Program/activity |
Fred Brandt | Membership Development |
Roy Ethridge | Table Placards |
Jim Riticher | Junior Achievement |
Roy Wise | USO |
Awards & Installation
Save the Dave - RSVP
You and a guest are cordially invited
to the 2016-2017
Annual Awards & Installation Dinner
of
The Rotary Club of Dunwoody
A Southern Barbecue Buffet
on Sunday, June 25, 2017
Cocktails at 6 PM with
Buffet at 6:30 PM
at
The Dunwoody Country Club
1600 Dunwoody Club Drive
Dunwoody, GA 30350
sdoowrm@gmail.com 678-296-2295
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
Atlanta Rotaract
Do you know a young professional (ages 21-30) that:
- Wants to make their community and the world a better place?
- Desires to expand their circle friends at home or aboard?
- Seeks to develop their leadership skills and explore career opportunities?
This could be your child, your grandchild, your neighbor, your co-worker or employee. The Rotaract Club of Atlanta would welcome an opportunity to have them visit one of our meetings.
For more info, please visit www.atlantarotaract.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Meetup.
Dunwoody Rotary members are always invited to attend Rotaract events and meetings! Please visit www.atlantarotaract.com for information on upcoming meetings and events, including the time and place.
Missed Meeting Make-Up Information
Make-Up a Missed Meeting <> Visit an E-Club!!!
Please help the Rotary Club of Dunwoody lead District 6900 in attendance average!
Rotary International has approved the request of 27 clubs to form with virtual or electronic locations. A visit to one of these E-CLUBS may satisfy a club member's make-up
http://makeup.rotaryeclubofthesouth.org/
http://www.rotaryeclubsouthwest.org
http://www.rotaryeclub7890.org
http://www.rotaryeclub3310.org/index.asp
http://www.rotary-eclubd3450.org/en/
http://www.rotaryeclubzante.gr (Greek and English)
FOR A LIST OF OTHER ONLINE SITES:
www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/eclub_...
From the desk of the Newsletter Editor
Send your Newsletter submission to rcdnewsletter@yahoo.com
Our Club's Weekly Newsletter typically consists of:
- Speaker bio
- New Member Name(s)
- Featured article(s) (regarding events, service projects, or on-going topics general club administrative items, etc..).
- Foundation initiatives or other topics of interest to Members and with value for our Club archives.
- Announcements (seeking volunteers, advertising service projects, etc.)
- For Your Calendar (Club and other activities we encourage members and/or their spouses to attend, including Family of Rotary events
- Member News (birthdays, anniversaries, accomplishments, Caring Hands)
Please keep in mind key components to include with your submission:
- Title of your article
- Description of the activity
- Dates, Time, Location, deadline, etc... (especially for upcoming events)
- Key Points of Contact Information and/or a link to reference website for details
- Names and/or headcount of Rotarians (and others) participating,
- The reaction of those benefiting and the numbers of those benefiting.
- Picture(s)
Please also tell me the number of weeks would you like the article published.
Finally, the deadline for articles to run in the current week are Mondays by 5 p.m.
If you have any questions feel free to ask.
Thank you!
Eleni