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The Rotary Club of Alamance

Club # 6090, District 7690, Piedmont, NC

Chartered March 31, 1981

 

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.

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Program: Chuck Bingenheimer, Align Global Consulting

chuck bingenheimerChuck 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

Rotary Celebrates India's First Polio Free Year

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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

fundraising goal

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