Blastoff July 26, 2010
Kathy Dooley,
Editor
July 19, 2010 Club
Meeting Review
President David
Coney, his first
officiating, kicked off the July 19th meeting with a
mental scavenger hunt describing one of the Club members and
asked those in attendance to guess who it might be.
Needless to say, we've got folks with a very impressive list
of Rotary accomplishments. You'll have to make the
meeting to see who gets "scavengered" next. President
Coney also reported that, thanks to last year's fabulous fund
raising efforts, the Club has a proposed budget of $106,371
for the year.
Melissa Beach
and Kim Woodard
, representing
the Noah's Landing Foundation, announced that the Foundation
is partnering with Extreme Home Makeover on another area
project. The Foundation has been asked to raise $50,000
to pay for such items as air conditioners, doors and
windows. The project is expected to be significantly
different than prior Makeover projects, and will focus on more
than one family in the community. More details will be
available July 25th.
Phil
Sandlin
introduced Houston
Police Department (HPD) Community Liaison
Officer Randy Derr
. Officer Derr has served HPD for 31
years, 26 of which have been in Clear Lake. The
Clear Lake substation is responsible for a district that is
bounded by Airport Boulevard on the north and NASA Road One to
the south. Officer Derr reported that the biggest
problem in the general Bay Area has been car burglaries.
It is also one of the most preventable crimes. He
explained the difference between a robbery and a burglary,
provided tips for personal safety and handling a robbery, and
for office and home security. Officer Derr answered a
wide range of questions from the membership, and was presented
with a thank you gift by President Coney in appreciation of
his time.
Announcements
included the August 14th Pancake Breakfast to raise funds for
the Space Center Rotary Endowment Foundation, and the August
14th Membership Seminar to be conducted by Past President Jon
McKinnie.
Roger Donnelly
,
Fellowship Chair, announced
that the next family fellowship is scheduled for 6 pm on
August 5th at Putt Putt Fun House. The event is hosted
by Jim Saxe, and is free of charge, so be sure to bring the
kids, grandkids, neighbors kids...even the big kids!
37th Shrimporee Planning
Well Under Way
by Jerrold
Dewease
The
Shrimporee Planning Committee has met 3 times out of a
possible 12 meetings. The primary efforts have been
confirming the committee chairs, seeking to fill those not
available, and resolving lessons learned from the last
Shrimporee. The Planning Committee has issued new
guidelines for sponsorship and the silent auction. The
minimium for a sponsorship is $1000. Nine sponsors have
already made commitments. The Committee decided to form
teams similar to last year's and maintained the cost of a meal
at $15.
Mike
Dennard is the Shrimporee Chair and Marilyn Musial is the
cochair. They encourage all the new members to take an
active role working at the event. It is a great way to
get to know other club members and also to contribute to the
community through the Club's major fund raiser. Over
$75,000 net was raised last year. Review the committee
listing and see where you may want to work. The event is
October 16 at Clear Lake Park, Seabrook, Texas. The
Shrimporee 2010 Home Page contains all the infomation about the
Shirmporee including the notes from the meeting.
