1 -See you at the Westin! 2 - Speaker for 01-24
3 - Welcome New Members
4 - 2023 Board Members
5 - Upcoming Events
6 - Discover Rotary
7 - Member News
8 - Trivia
9 - Member Birthdays
10 - Missed any recent meetings?
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1.Join us tomorrow as we hear from Mayor Knox White. Mayor White has served on City Council since 1983 and as mayor since December 1995. A native of Greenville, Mayor White is a graduate of Christ Church Episcopal School and Greenville High School and attended Wake Forest University and the University of South Carolina Law School. He is a partner in the law firm of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, where he heads the firm’s immigration and customs practices.
2 - Join us on 01/24 as we hear from District Govenor Joyce Morin
Joyce joined the Lancaster Rotary Club in 2011, served as club president 2013 – 2014, and became Assistant Governor for Area 7 in 2018. She is a RLI graduate, multiple Paul Harris Fellow and a Major Donor. Rotarian of the Year 2015 – 2016. Joyce originally joined the Rotary family in 1994 as a charter member of Brattleboro Sunrise Rotary (VT), where she also served as club president.
Joyce holds a B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts. She worked in the insurance industry for 35 years in both company and agency settings. Joyce worked on many community projects and has served on various civic boards through the years.
After being widowed, she moved to South Carolina in 2008 to be closer to family. Joyce acted as Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity for Lancaster County until retirement and now enjoys promoting Rotary ideals, reading, gardening, and sports of all kinds.
She is a member of First United Methodist Church where she currently serves on the Board of Trustees. Joyce lives with her history professor brother Richard and enjoys living within easy driving distance to her son Geoffrey and his wife Heather.
Ravi Sastry joins us from Cantey Tech Consulting & is sponsored by Terry Weaver
Cynthia Flynn joins us from ECounty Bank and is sponsored by Catherine Pelicano
Welcome Ravi & Cynthia.
4 - Board Members
At our recent Holiday Social, Ramona Farrell, as acting Nominating Committee chair shared the Board members for the upcoming opening positions that were voted on by the Nominating Committe. A vote motion was then made by the Club members present and all were approved. Please join us in welcoming to the Board, beginning next Rotary year:
Lisa Minnick, Treasurer
Kristine Braswell-Amin, Secretary
Michael Evans, BOD
Tavia Gaddy, BOD
Jeremy Hart, BOD
Andrea Kuhfuss, BOD
Bryan Little, BOD
5 - Don't miss our great upcoming meetings & time to network with your fellow Rotarians!
Jan 16 Health & Happiness at California Dreaming 5-7P - RSVP required REGISTER HERE.
Jan 19-Coffee & Conversation at Grateful Brew. No need to RSVP. Just bring $ for your drink of choice & readiness to connect.
Jan 24-Join us at the Westin for a visit from Joyce Morin, District Governor. REGISTER HERE.
Use the links above to register. (We don't require registration for lunch meetings, but it's appreciated.)
6 - Discover Rotary
Discover Rotary is available on 1/17 via Zoom at 5:30PM
and on 1/24 at 11AM prior to the lunch at the Westin.
Please email member news to Ryan Thackray: ryan.thackray@tnc.org
8 - Trivia
What does Rotary celebrate in the month of February?
A. Youth Services
B. Peace & Resolution
C. Cupid
D.Groundhogs Answer in the next newsletter.
Last newsletter trivia: How many Christmas movies did Hallmark release this year?
Hallmark released 40 new Christmas movies for 2022. We hope that everyone was able to have time to enjoy at least one over the holidays and have returned well-rested and ready to continue Service Above Self.
9 - Member Birthdays
Lucas Asper 01/10 lucas.asper@odnss.com
Scott Stephens 01/10 sstephens102@hotmail.com
Gray Geddie 01/13 gray.geddie@odnss.com
Dee Kivett 01/15 deekivett@bellsouth.net
John Kent 01/16 JohnClarkKent@REALTOR.com
Matt Shouse 01/17 mshouse@lshomes.com
Charles Warne 01/18 charleswarne11@gmail.com
Joel Jones 01/20 joelj@re-wa.org
Lucy Henry 01/21 lucy.henry@firstsuneap.com
10 - Missed any of our recent meetings?
All lunch meetings have been recorded and can be found on our YouTube channel. Click here to view any of them. After viewing, email Jeniand she will input your attendance.