The Board of Directors met 12 times in regular sessions and one called meeting.  Actions and decisions by the Board are recorded in the minutes.  The avenues of service and the committees chairs can be viewed by clicking on committees. Billy R. Smith was the Club’s Parliamentarian, and maintained and interpreted the Club’s Constitution and By-Laws. 

The Club’s membership at the end of the Rotary year was 114 members and 3 honorary members. The Club's roster as of December 2006  can be viewed by clicking on Club Roster.

Over $82,000, the largest amount given to-date, was given to service projects and The Rotary International Foundation during the Rotary year. A comprehensive financial overview is provided by clicking on the Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2007; and Profit and Loss Statement for the Profit and Loss statement from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.  The administrative and service budgets can be viewed by clicking on budget.

There were 43 (out of possible 45) colored issues of the Club’s newsletters, Blastoff, which can be located.  The newsletters contained a variety of interesting items such as the essence of many of the Club’s programs with write-ups and pictures; future programs; make-up opportunities; Shrimporee and Springoree information; vitas about Club members; general information about the Club, District, and Rotary International; and promoting fundraisers sponsors and promoting worth while events.  Sharon Bloomfield was the editor until August 28th at which time Billy Smith became the editor.  Bob Mitchell was the photographer.  Photos were taken for most events and programs and used in the Blastoff.  The Blastoff was published each week on the web page for the convenience the members who were away and cannot make the Club meeting.

This was the 7th year that another major fundraiser was held in addition to the Shrimporee.  The Springoree, chaired by Mike Hesse, was held on March 29 at Bulter’s Court Yard in League City, Texas.  Tim Kropp won the raffle prize, an Omega wristwatch provided by Ben Bridge Jeweler courtesy of Travis Vermeer.  It was a successful and fun event raising $38,480 with expenses of $13,011 leaving a net of $25,469 (re: Springoree Financial Statement 2007 ).  View ticket and sponsor logos.   The 33rd Shrimporee, chaired by Dick Gregg, III, was held on October 28, 2006 at the Clear Lake Park, in Seabrook, Texas.   It turned out to be a great event yielding $67,834 income with $13,834 expenses leaving a net of $54,000 (re: preliminary Shrimporee Financial Statement 2006 ).  The 33rd Shrimporee poster can be seen by clicking on 2006 Shrimporee Poster and flyer by clicking on 2006 Shrimporee Flyer.   However the total amount entered into the financial record was $77,600   This brings the total amount made from the fund raisers since the first recorded fund raiser in 1968 is estimated to be $1,117,459.

Robert Matthew received $1000 and Aman Grewal received $500 as winners of the 18th annual Clear Creek Independent School District Drug Essay Scholarship.  Belinda Skloss  chaired the Drug Awareness Committee.   The Scholarship Committee, also chaired by Belinda Skloss, awarded six $1,000 (raised from $500) scholarships to students in the Clear Creek Independent School District.  The recipients were Courtney Bloomfield of Clear Brook High School, Evan Sweeney of Clear Brook High School, Amanda Trueblood of Clear View High School, Amanda McCutcheon of Clear View High School, David Hoffman of Clear Lake High School, and Avni Moody of Clear Lake High School.  Pictures of the scholars can be viewed by clicking Scholarship Winners 2006-07 Pictures.   Additional pictures are in the February 5, 2007 Blastoff.

The Teacher of the Year Committee under the leadership of Peter Wuenschel selected six teachers, Karen Davis, Leda Smith, Shelley Villareal, Dr. Earl Dredge, Sarah Zacaro, and Dana Zoch in the primary and secondary schools of the Clear Creek Independent School District for Distinguished Service awards.  From this group, Dana Zoch and Karen Davis were honored as “Teacher of the Year”.  The teachers of the year received $500.00 each and the others $300.00 each.  Pictures of the winners can be viewed in the May 14, 2007  Blastoff.  This was the 17th year for the Excellence in Education program.

The Excellence in Public Service committee under the leadership of Phi Sandlin selected six officers, Israel Chapa, Brian Berlin, T. J. Gonzales, Gregg Warfield, David Richardson, and Ray Cook for the Distinguished Officer Award. Each received $300.00.  From this group, Israel Chapa was awarded the “Officer of the Year” and received an additional $700.00.  Pictures of the winners can be viewed in the June 18, 2007 Blastoff.  This was the 15th year for the Excellence in Law Enforcement program.

Space Center Rotary Club, the Galveston County Health District, and Interfaith Caring Ministries worked together in an outreach community program (Blane Community Immunization Grant 375) offering nursing, nursing assistance and immunization serum to both pre-schooled and school aged children up to 18 years of age who were under immunized due to either a lack of funding and/or parental awareness to the importance of age appropriate immunization.  Interfaith Caring Ministries provided the location site for the immunization clinic in addition to developing promotional material and conducting public service announcements.  The Interfaith Caring Ministries location attracted families who were need for food pantry and overall special needs assistance.  The Club’s members participated with community outreach announcing immunization events to local establishments and provided service duties at five immunization events assisting the Galveston County Health District nurses, clinical screening personnel and Interfaith Caring Ministries staff with facilitating immunization administration.  Children were provided school supplies and goodies during this event.  A detail report by Jennifer Keller can be viewed by clicking on Blane Grant 375 Report. Pictures of the Club giving a $2000 in matching grant money ($1000 from the Club) to Interfaith Caring Ministries is shown in the August 7, 2006 Blastoff (NA).  The fourth immunization event and an immunization flier can be viewed also.

Susan “Suzi” C. Howe was inaugurated Governor for District 5890 on June 3, 2006 for Rotary Year 2006-07.  The Club hosted Governor Howe’s inauguration at the Space Center Houston in Houston, Texas.  Pam Culpepper chaired the inauguration committee.  Suzi was the President of the Club for the Rotary Year 2001-02.  She is the third member of the Club to be governor of District 5890.  Floyd D. Boze was district governor in Rotary Year 1981-82 and Billy D. Weseman 1993-94.

The Space Center Rotary Club Endowment Foundation gave $10,000 designated for the Perry Family YMCA fulfilling the Club’s commitment of $25,000 over five years two years earlier.

The Club donated $2,500, as part of a $25,000 pledge by District 5890, to Casa do los Ninos Barbara Bush project – a state of the art literacy center that will be part of major expansion for the Community Family Center for the East End in Houston.

The Club made a $5,000 donation to support the work at the Guerrero Surgery and Education Center in Guerrero, Mexico.  This amount was also given last year by the Club.  Johnny White and his wife Sharon made a trip to the Center earlier in 2007.  They said that it was a life changing experience, visions were corrected and blind eyes opened.  The people were so grateful for the workers who volunteered their time and talents to help them.  Johnny did a variety of jobs from truck driver, carpenter, to pharmacist.  Several pictures about the trip is shown in the April 9, 2007 Blastoff.

The Club established a partnership with the JSC chapter of Engineers Without Borders to fund third-world water projects and continued to support water projects in Bolivia coordinated by Stan Galanski, see December 4, 2006 Blastoff.  View a slide presentation on the Bolivia Water Project  given November 24, 2008.  Also support for the Katrina projects through donations to the Pass Christian Rotary Club and the Habitat for Humanity continued.

The Club successfully won a first-ever, joint grant with the Armand Bayou Nature Center from the United Way to build nature trails for the blind thanks to outreach efforts by Mike Cornett.  

The Club attained 100 Paul Harris Fellow status, achieved by only 2% of mostly smaller clubs, in April of 2007.  David Coney and Jerrold Dewease received the Rotary Foundation Service Award for their contribution to this accomplishment.   Pat Doughty was awarded the Rotary Foundation Service Award for her work as counselor for Ambassadorial Scholar, Eun Hye Kong, from South Korea.  The Club was the host club for Ms. Kong, who pursued graduate studies in architecture at the University of Houston.  There was one Ambassadorial Scholarship applicant, Roxanne Radi, a freshman at Johns Hopkins University but she failed to win a scholarship.  She decided not to apply the next year but pursue the scholarship in the Rotary club in the district where she attended college. Hilmar Zeissig received the Rotary International Service Award for serving 10 years as International Chairman of Rotary District 5890 and was asked by District Governor Elect Jeff Tallas to continue as Co-Chairman for 2007-08. He was also the Discovery Grant Team Leader to Thailand, the District 5890 International Service  Chairman, and received the Rotary Foundation District 5890 Service Award.

Sara Malmstrom, foreign exchange student from Taby, Sweden, began school at Clear Lake High School in the fall of 2006.  Pictures of and write up on Sara can be seen in the August 14 (NA) and 21 (NA), and April 17 2006 Blastoffs.  Exchange student, Julie Davis, sent by the Club to Chamical, La Rioja, Argentina (population 5,000) for a year (January 2006 to January 2007), shared her experiences with the Club as shown in the March 19, 2007 Blastoff.  She had become so proficient in Spanish that she had difficulty with English.  Also shown in the Blastoff is foreign exchange student Maria De Campo whose tenure had been completed.  She is taking a Texas flag back to France.  Hallie Brant was out bound to Sweden and Melanie Mallory to Brazil.  Summer 2006 short term out bounds were Alysia McKay and Hannah Smitherman.  This is the 22nd year the Club  participated in the international student exchange program.

The Earth Angels of Clear Lake High School sent a thank you letter to the Club for its support for their participation in the Global Enterprise Challenge.  The letter noted "We are excited to report that Team USA captured the first place prize.  This is the first time that a team from the United States has won the competition, and we sincerely thank you for the support you provided to make it possible for our team to attend the competition."
 
The Club added 49  Paul Harris Fellows bringing the total to 332 since the first recorded Paul Harris Fellow in 1973 and gave $23,620 to The Rotary Foundation resulting in a total of $307,082 since 1964.  There were 3 Paul Harris Society Members, 3 Major Donors, 33 sustaining members, and 27 Benefactors (Sustaining members and benefactors based on information received from The Rotary Foundation in March 2007).  The Club celebrated becoming a 100% Paul Harris Club on April 23, 2007.  It also raised over $28,000 of new money for the Rotary International Foundation, the largest amount in District 5890.

The 98th Rotary International Convention was held June 17-20, 2007  in Salt Lake City, UT, USA.  President Elect Dick  Gregg III of Rotary of Space Center, Houston attended.  Go with President Atwater and his wife Vivian to the Rotary International Convention in Copenhagen, Denmark June 11-14, 2006 in a  photo presentation.

District 5890 Conference was held April 26-29, 2007 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. There were eleven attendees from Rotary of Space Center (Houston) plus spouses, Sara Malmstrom, an international exchange student from Sweden, and Eun Hye, an Ambassadorial Scholar from South Korea.   Rotary of Space Center (Houston) received the Governor's Cup for outstanding support to District Governor Howe.  See photo gallery of the conference.

The Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Foundation presented Eugene F. "Gene" Kranz with the 2007 National Space Trophy at the 21st annual gala event held on April 20, 2007 at Space Center Houston in Houston, Texas.  Proceeds of the event went to benefit the High School Aerospace Scholars program held at Johnson Space Center for the 8th year.  The front cover of the 2007 Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Program can be viewed by clicking on 2007 RNASA Program.

President Atwater approved the history for Rotary year 2006-07 and it was placed in archives August 2010.