Monday, May 17, 2010

All Clubs Meeting welcome GSE Team




Thanks to the Red Rock Rotary Club for hosting and inviting us to share in the All Clubs Breakfast meeting on May 13th to meet the GSE Team and learn of the members, their vocations, their families and their culture.


Below, thanks to John Johnson in my absence, are some details of the group.
Each GSE Team member provided a personal Power Point presentation introducing us to their families, their places of employment, their personal interests, passions, hobbies or avocations.
Albertina Seillant, an English teacher, was the first presenter. She shared her passion for saving the Earth, it’s natural resources such as forests and water, with statistics that were impressive and educational.
One of the teachers, Maria Belen Garay and vice principal of her school, mentioned her school has over 1000 students and the staff of 40 teachers have access to only 2 computers.
Ann Marina Petrovic, the Team Leader has been President of her Rotary Club and is a recent graduate of Ancient Chinese Medicine, teaches Tai Chi, designs jewelry and is very active with several of her club’s projects.
Gustavo De Luca is a biomedical engineer and university professor. He works mostly with cancer research.
Lawyers Ana Maria Acchitte and Grima Machado described the type of law they practice and were delighted to be in Utah to experience snow for the first time.
All members commented on the beauty of Dixie and the friendly and kind people here. After the meeting, Brad Christensen Hurricane Elementary School Principal said all GSE members were taking a field trip of his school and then touring Zion Park.
And after this meeting our guys trooped off to deliver dictionarys.
More on that later.
May 20th, Pat Dalpiaz will tell us about the work of PAWS! See you then!
Marla

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A Brief History of Dixie Sunrise Rotary

  • The first meeting of the provisional club was held May 9, 1996 at the Hampton Inn in St. George. There were 4 attendees: Gerald C. Harrison, Chapin Burks, David Prink and T. Robert Cochran.
  • The second meeting was held at the Hampton Inn with 3 attendees: Gerald C. Harrison, Chapin Burks and T. Robert Cochran. (What were they thinking?)
  • Subsequently, attendance grew until there were 25 attendees, and Rotary International issued the club’s charter on September 5, 1996, four days short of four months after the first meeting.
  • Charter Members were:

Bryan “Chuck” Barton, Chris Jones, Annette Basso, Jill Jones, Gregory F. Basso, Peggy Lynch, James L. Brownell, Fay McFadden,Chapin Burks, James G. Mersman, T. Robert Cochran, Rick A. Parker, Rick Evans, David J. Prink, Christine Evans-Burks, Evan J. Racker, Darrin Hallman, Sean Ray, Gerald C. Harrison, Lynn R. Spafford, Brad Hasty, Nate Staheli, Kerry K. Hepworth, David B. Turner, John L. Johnson

  • Founding Officers and Directors were:

Gerald C. Harrison President, Chapin Burks President-Elect, T. Robert Cochran Secretary/Treasurer, David J. Prink Club Service Dir, Christine Evans-Burks Community Service Dir, Bryan “Chuck” Barton International Service Dir, Kerry K. Hepworth Vocational Service Dir

  • Presidents:
      • 1996-1997 Gerald C Harrison
      • 1997-1998 Chapin Burks
      • 1998-1999 David J Prink
      • 1999-2000 Gregory F Basso
      • 2000-2001 Vardell H Curtis
      • 2001-2002 Paul R Gooch O.D.
      • 2002-2003 Rhys Weaver
      • 2003-2004 Margaret S Shakespeare
      • 2004-2005 Rocky E Neal
      • 2005-2006 Todd Watts
      • 2006-2007 Joseph Christopher
      • 2007-2008 Joseph H Bowcutt III
      • 2008-2009 Paul Gooch
      • 2009-2010 Marla Shelby-Drabner
      • 2010-2012 Jeff Wilcox

  • Member Census at Rotary Year-End (June 30):

1997: 27, 1998: 48, 1999: 50, 2000: 45, 2001: 58, 2002: 66, 2003: 57 All-time High: 72, 2004: 59, 2005: 43, 2006: 43, 2007: 41

  • Attendance by Rotary Year:

1996-1997: 72.09%, 1997-1998: 75.78%, 1998-1999: 78.06%, 1999-2000: 70.09%, 2000-2001: 72.38%, 2001-2002: 71.51%, 2002-2003: 73.05%, 2003-2004: 73.40%, 2004-2005:, 2005-2006: 60.31%, 2006:2007: 60.62%