Directors
Lon Clements
Charles Hardwick
Cap Landolt
Don Robison
Aaron Schein
Billy Smith
John Watson
Bill Weseman
Walt Wicker


Rotary Club of Space Center named
District 589 Best Club

The history file contained 18 regular and 2 special Board meeting minutes, 3 pieces of correspondence, a bounded document (Club Assembly Report) which contained plans and goals, the budget,a membership roster, and the avenues of service committee members and a Shrimporee report. The Club continued to meet at the Holiday Inn. Fourteen of the Club's former presidents were on the roster. A former District 589 Governor, Floyd Boze 1981-1982, and a charter member, Vince Lipovsky, attended the weekly club meetings. Richard Allen, Frank Morgan, Bev Steadman, and Charles Whynot were on the roster.

The July 1, 1985 Blastoff  had an article by President Hartman reflecting his tenure.
"Based on an interview with Past President Charles Hartman and his comments to the membership at the last meeting, this seemed to be what was on his mind as he wound up his term. "Fifty two weeks seemed like a lot of time before it happened. Now it seems like there was never enough time to do all the good things that were in mind. Nevertheless, with the help of a good set of officers and directors and club members that went all out to produce a Shrimporee that broke all records, we did get things done. Out of the $34,000 plus that was raised, we contributed to such international causes as: funds to support underprivileged students in Famgusta, Cypress; the Ethiopian Relief Fund; American Field Service for foreign exchange students; and increased our Rotary International contribution by naming 11 Paul Harris Fellows. That support was in addition to the local support given to such "regulars" as the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Senior Citizens, college scholarships for local high school students--and more. And during all this we managed to raise our membership from 144 at the start of the year to 158 by year end, nearly making our goal of 160."

The Club's Board agreed to sponsor, with St. John's Hospital, a new and exciting program for free medical care to special cases of worldwide victims of disasters and congenital problems. That program will be explained more in the near future. We are also pursuing what appear to be promising possibilities for a major role in a Senior Citizens Center visualized for the Clear Lake area.

Charles stressed the privilege he considered it to be to represent the members of Space Center Rotary. And he gave this advice: Members, especially newer members (22 in the last 6 months), should realize that the more you participate in Rotary, the more you will come to know what an outstanding organization Rotary is. It is a normal experience that not until you work, do you really feel a part of Rotary. He urges your personal support and active involvement on the projects on which new president Bob Wren will be leading us.——Let's do it.

There were 22 newsletters, Blastoff, out of   a possible, 48, assuming that one was issued every Club meeting day. The Club Programs and Special Events listing contained 36 programs. The newsletters were of various colors, legal size, and printed on both sides and for the first time included photographs.

The budget dated July 15, 1985 (actuals for 1984-85) stated that $30,031 was donated to service projects. There was a bounded, mostly typed report, prepared by Don Robison, General Chairman of the Shrimporee, title" Shrimporee 84 " that contains much information about the fund raiser. There was a summary report in front which provides a good overview of the activities. There were reports from the committees, meal tickets, the poster with the Shrimp logo that has been used since it first appeared in 1976 and probably was used beginning in 1974, and a financial statement which showed a net income of $34,868. The report noted that there were 2,943 served. The event was held at the Clear Lake Park Seabrook, Texas for the first time.  The amount of monies made from the fund raisers since the first recorded fund raiser in 1968 was $190,733

An application for an international project under the Health, Hunger, and Humanity Program of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International contained the following description. "To provide plastic surgery and other associated medical needs to persons with congenital deformities or injuries that are the result of disaster. The program is to be international in scope and is intended for persons who do not have access to this type of medical treatment because of inability to pay, geographic unavailability of facilities or unavailability of medical expertise. St. John Hospital will provide all medical services at no charge. Space Center Rotary Club will provide all transportation, housing for patients." President Hartman signed the application on June 26, 1985.

There was a well prepared bounded and typed 1984-85 Plans and Goal "Blue Book" used for the Club Assembly dated August 6, 1984. The Plans and Goals were not put in the archives because all the information is plans and goals and there is no documentation of the corresponding accomplishments at the end of the year.

There was an evaluation of the Club's plans and goals from District Governor Hollingsworth stating that the Club was almost a model Rotary Club in regard to Rotary Information, Rotary Knowledge, and activities in all lanes of service.

Board action on June 4, 1985 dropped the title of "Rotary Anns" for the Rotary wives to "My Rotary Wife."

Board meeting minutes June 18, 1985 provides a summary of the more salient activities for the club year as follows. "Charles Hartman reported on the activities of three special committees. First, negotiations are progressing with the county commissioner, Jim Fonteno, about the amount of money involvement the Space Center club would have to commit to the project (Note by Historian 2009: community center at the Clear Lake Park, Seabrook, Texas). Second, though the proposed St. John's Hospital Rotary project is still in very early planning stages, much excitement is being generated by the hospital staff and Rotarians working on it. Support for the project at the R.I. level was reported by Bob Wren when he attended the International Convention. Al Jowid and Ray Khoury enlisted Rotary wives' support at their monthly luncheon meeting in June. The regular meeting on July 29th will be about this project. Third, Charles reported on the continuing development of plans for an Aerospace awards dinner similar to the Houston club's Lombardy dinner, with a target date for the first one to be held in March '87." (Historian 2009:the beginning of The Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Foundation is described in Special Occasions and Recognitions.  This write up was taken from the 2003 RNASA Program and a write up by Bob Wren, one of the founders of the Foundation, give excellent insight into the creation of this most prestigious event).

The June 4, 1985 minutes of the Board meeting contained the approval to change the name of "Rotary Anns" to "My Rotary Wife".

On September 5, 1984 the pavilion in Clear Lake Park was dedicated to C. D. "Cap" Landolt (second photo) and became the home of the Shrimporee. (Note: Bob Montgomery, Club member, tells how the design of the pavilion and kitchen came about in 2010).

Seven members from the Club, led by President-Elect Bob Wren, attended the Rotary District 589 Assembly for incoming club officers and directors for the Rotary year 85/86. More information in May 20, 1985 Blastoff.

The membership was 156 members according to the November 4, 1985  Plans and Objectives. The only Club Roster is dated November 1, 1984.  The average attendance for the Club for 11 months was 81.71%.