News
January 24th Meeting
President Mac Williams opened the meeting. Pete Beck gave the invocation
and led the club in the pledge of allegiance to our flag. Stuart
Sioussat introduced his guest, Dawn Daniel, who is the Director of
Advancement at Blessed Sacrament School. She is a prospective member.
Louis Hannah was visiting from the Garner Rotary Club.
Happy Clams
and Other Announcements
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Debbie Porch gave an update on the upcoming Valentines Dinner and Silent Auction. The details are below. She mentioned that Marie Janssen of Blink of an Eye Photography will be on hand to take pictures. Marie has also donated a one-hour photo shoot that will be auctioned. Dick O'Donnell has provided a golf outing for the auction, too. This is going to be good.
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Mac Williams mentioned that Alamance Magazine will be doing an article on Rotary, with specific mention of our club, thanks to the creativity and hard work of Katie Dukeshire.
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Ben Abzug was congratulated for being recently named the GM for the Burlington Royals.
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Mac also encouraged members to consider going to the upcoming District Conference in Charleston, SC.
Program: Chuck Bingenheimer, Align Global Consulting
Chuck
Stedman was responsible for today's program. Chuck was born at an early
age, which through him a little behind. He attended Williams High School
and UNC-Chapel Hill. After putting in a six-year stint in the Marine
Corps Reserves, he earned his law degree at the University of Tennessee
and afterward worked at the US Attorney's office in Knoxville for four
years. He then returned to Alamance County and began his law practice,
which is multi-faceted. During the past year, four of his cases went to
the NC Supreme Court. In one of those, he was privileged to argue his
case before the justices.
Charles G. (Chuck) Bingenheimer was our guest speaker. He recently joined Align Global Consulting as the Managing Director/Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bingenheimer is also a graduate of UNC and is a CPA. He was most recently part of Kingsdown and helped them expand their business overseas. While doing that he realized that many companies need quite a bit of help in that area. After meeting Sean King, the president and founder of Align Global Consulting, he agreed to partner with him in such a business venture. The goal is to be part of the overall team employed by companies who are expanding and doing business overseas. They do not attempt to replace the existing legal and accounting services that businesses currently employ. Rather, they offer their unique abilities to help navigate the complex world of doing business globally. Since the US is pricing itself out of the market by having the highest corporate taxes in the world, more and more companies are going overseas in some capacity. Align Global Consulting can offer assistance in a much more cost effective manner than some of the larger firms. Some areas of expertise are the following:
Global Expansion Implementation
Global Structuring
Global Business Transactions
International Tax Planning
Intellectual Property Issues
Transfer Pricing
Card Pool
Betty Andrews held the winning ticket and drew for the Ace of Diamonds, with no success. She selected the Queen of Diamonds instead, but, since this wasn't horseshoes, close doesn't count. David Moore expressed how sorry he was that she failed in her quest. The pot continues to grow!
The meeting
concluded with a recitation of Rotary's Four Way Test led by
President Mac.
Valentines Dinner and Silent Auction
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, February 14th, 2012, 6pm – 9pm
LOCATION: The Cutting Board
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Cash Bar will be available.
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Sit down dinner
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Our club will pay for each Rotarian to attend. We will then pay $40.00 for our spouse or guest to attend, plus we will also donate 1 auction item. CHALLENGE………If a member brings 2 couples outside of Rotary, the member’s spouse attends the event for FREE!
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Please see Debbie Porch to pay for guests by February 7th .
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ALL auction items plus your donation form must be received by February 7th, so they can be catalogued. Please bring your auction item to our Rotary meeting on Tuesdays or call Debbie Porch at 336-707-7466, and she will be happy to pick them up.
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This is a fundraiser; so, the more people who attend, the more funds we will likely raise for local scholarships.
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Silent Auction purchases will be made with cash or check only! No credit cards please.
Rotary Celebrates India's First Polio Free Year
Rotary club members worldwide are cautiously celebrating a major milestone in the global effort to eradicate polio. India, until recently an epicenter of the wild poliovirus, has gone one year without recording a new case of the crippling, sometimes fatal, disease. (Read more.)
Rotary clubs worldwide meet US$200 million fundraising challenge
Rotary International has succeeded in meeting the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s US$200 million match in funding for polio eradication, raising more than $202.6 million as of 17 January.
“We’ll celebrate this milestone, but it doesn’t mean that we’ll stop raising money or spreading the word about polio eradication,” Rotary Foundation Trustee John F. Germ told Rotary leaders at the International Assembly in San Diego, California, USA. “We can’t stop until our entire world is certified as polio-free.” (Read more.)
Club Related Dates
District and Club Business
2nd Tuesday of Each Month - For officers and committee chairs, 11am until Noon.
February 14 - Sweetheart Dinner at the Cutting Board from 6-9 p.m. in lieu of our regular lunch meeting. Rotarians from area clubs are invited, as are Rotaract Club members, friends, and colleagues. The cost will be $40 per person for those who are not members of our club, and we will have a silent auction.
Birthdays and Anniversaries
| Jan | Birthdays | Jan | Wedding Anniversaries |
| 14 | Debbie Porch | None This Month | |
| 15 | Ben Abzug | ||
| 17 | Tom Manning | ||
| 20 | Carolyn Rhode | ||
| 24 | Betty Morgan | ||
Upcoming Programs
| Jan | Program Responsibilities | Feb | Program Responsibilities | Mar | Program Responsibilities |
| 3 |
Tom Manning: Dr. Lillie Cox, Superintendent of the Alamance-Burlington School System |
7 | Greg Westcott: | 6 |
Joseph Williams: Joseph will report on NDI and Feed the Hunger Programs |
| 10 |
Sang Ho Lee: Sister Cities Program - Guests from Gwacheon City, S. Korea |
14 |
No Lunch Meeting: Valentines Dinner at the Cutting Board |
13 | Mac Williams: |
| 17 |
Philip Smith: Joel Kaczmarek, Sandler Training |
21 |
Stuart Sioussat: Steve Bryce, General Manager of the Burlington Royals |
20 |
Ed Woodall: Mick Mixon, Voice of the Carolina Panthers |
| 24 | Chuck
Stedman: Chuck Bingenheimer, Align Global Consulting |
28 | Dennis Williams: | 27 | Ben Abzug: |
| 31 | Club Assembly |