July 5, 2018 Be Involved, Be Engaged, Celebrate Rotary. Changing of the Club Leadership

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1 July 5, 2018 Be Involved, Be Engaged, Celebrate Rotary.. July 6 No meeting due to July 4 holiday July 13 Bo King, Staff Attorney with the Federal Defender Program July 20 Brad Alexander, McGuire Woods Consulting Due to the July 4 holiday, there will not be a Decatur Rotary meeting. We wish everyone a safe and relaxing time! Join us on July 13 for Bo King, staff attorney with the Federal Defender Program at the regularly scheduled lunch meeting! Changing of the Club Leadership catered by Oakhurst Market This week at Rotary we celebrated club leadership and welcomed the incoming president and board.

2 Decatur Rotary Club Officers President: Betty Willis President-elect: Dan DeWoskin Past President: Amy Nash Secretary: Doug Robinson First, we heard from Zoe Stephens, a rising sophomore at Decatur High School, who is sponsored by our club to participate in the Rotary International exchange program and will live in Japan for a year beginning late summer. She will be living with a family in a town 30 miles north of Tokyo. She gave a presentation about her family, home, and social activities. She is excited to go and very grateful to the club for the opportunity. Her dad, Robert Stephens, was also present. Betty Willis officially passed the gavel to new club president, Dan DeWoskin. Before passing the mantle, Betty thanked by name all the people who played a volunteer role in supporting the club over her year of leadership. Betty thanked the club for the tremendous honor of serving in this capacity. Treasurer: Chet Burge Sergeant-at- Arms: Ryan Florence The Four-Way Test In everything that we think, say or do: Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? Dan officially accepted the gavel and presented Betty with the "coveted past-president name badge" and thanked Betty for her service. Dan thanked and recognized his new board members Ash Gupta, Harl Pike, Terence Johnson and Joe Kusmik. Dan encouraged members to "mix it up" this year and sit at different tables. He gave a short and humorous presentation on "Things You Don't Know About Me." Dan is originally from Chicago, an avid Cubs and Bruce Springsteen fan, and apparently loves pranks. He once thought it would be nice to mow his neighbor's lawn but decided instead to just mow his first name in big cursive letters. Dan looks forward to a great year of Rotary. In closing, he wished everyone a happy July 4 holiday and shared the advice he shares with his son every day, "Do something good for someone."

3 For more information visit our website. Check our club's calendar District 6900 Website Invocation Linda Harris Guests Mary Moore, guest of Betty Willis Arnov Gupta, guest of Ash Gupta Meeting Place Old Courthouse Downtown Decatur 101 E. Court Square Meeting Time Every Friday 12:15 to 1:30 pm Our Club #4132, District #6900. Mailing Address Decatur Rotary Club PO Box 845 Decatur, GA Dues & Donations $320 quarterly dues $700 annual donation Zoe Stephens, guest of the club Kelly Brewer, guest of the club Alex Merritt, guest of the club Haylee Cochran, guest of Brendan Smith Visiting Rotarians Lorri Christopher, District 6900 Assistant Governor Announcements No meeting next week (July 6) due to the 4th of July holiday! Save the date for the July Thirsty Thursday Social on July 12. Location TBD! Newsletter Submissions Deadline is Monday at noon. Send your news to Adrienne Vinson Waddey

4 DONATING TO THE DECATUR ROTARY FOUNDATION JUST GOT EASIER! We now have a PayPal account and a custom link for people to donate with a credit or debit card: Chet Burge asked members to be on the lookout for quarterly dues invoices. He announced that the club will remove the three percent credit card fee from online payments to encourage more members to pay their dues on time. CLICK HERE to set up an account and donate today! Questions? Contact Carl Seville Arnov Gupta, guest of Ash Gupta, Robert Stephens, and Zoe Stephens, Rotary International student. Guests before the meeting.

5 Harl Pike and Tom Adams chat before the meeting. Connect with the Decatur Rotary Club on Social Media! Acknowledgements Thank you to reporter Tim Moore, photographer Bedros Sharian III, editor and director Adrienne Vinson Waddey and graphic designer Marcia Lampe. Great job! Sincerely, The Rotary Bulletin Committee Decatur Rotary Club Directions: Old Courthouse on the Square