Bulletin for week of May 7-13, 2010

 Presient Steve Sabins (center) with Linda Palmer and speaker Derek Marquis, 

Managing Director of BYU Broadcasting

2009-2010 Rotary Theme: Moral Literacy for Youth and Adults
   
Upcoming Luncheon Programs and Club Events

May 20: Larry Duffin, BYU Director of Special Events, speaking about growing safety concerns in major public assembly facilities
May 27: Jan Scharman, BYU VP of Student Life
June 3: Paul Glause on the future of downtown Provo
June 17: Dr. Alina Fong speaking on UVRMC’s NeuroRehab program.
June 10: David Bayles on the Boys and Girls Club of Utah Valley
June 24: Alan Heath from the LDS Church on Family History activity
July 1: New officer inductions

Report of the Provo Rotary Club meeting held May 6, 2010

The Rotary luncheon was held at the Provo Marriott Hotel. President Steve Sabins conducted the meeting. Ron Roberts accompanied and Steve Tolley lead the singing of the Anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance. John Lewis offered an invocation.

Guests:
    •Cathy Bledsoe of the Provo School District, guest of Greg Hudnall
    •Elizabeth Beesley, guest of Nathan Beesley
    •Wayne Barney, guest of Steve Densley
Andy Anderson spoke about several upcoming athletic events at UVU and invited all Rotarians to participate.

The annual Girls Night social event for all Rotarians and their families will be held Tuesday evening, May 25 with a 5:30 dinner at the Provo Downtown Marriott Hotel followed by a walk to the Covey Center for a performance of the Wasatch Chorale. Each Rotarian and one guest are invited at no charge. Additional guests will be billed extra on the Rotarian’s quarterly statement.

President Steve Sabins announced that the district has a large number of points which can be used to match donations made to the Rotary International Foundation. This will be of particular interest to those who are not yet Paul Harris Fellows, or who wish to give a Paul Harris Fellowship to a family member or other loved one. A Paul Harris Fellowship is usually awarded for a $1,000 donation. In this case, the donation amount would be lowered to $500 and the matching points would complete the requirement for a Fellowship. See Stan Miller for more information. More than 85% of Provo Rotarians are now Paul Harris Fellows.

President Steve Sabins announced that the club’s board of directors has made a change in the amount of voluntary assessments made to the club’s charitable foundation. Since the foundation was formed a few years ago, the voluntary assessment has been $6 per quarter. In order to raise additional funds so this community foundation can do more good, the amount has been raised to $25 per quarter ($100 per year). More than 2/3 of those in attendance ratified this action. He emphasized that this does not change the complexion of the voluntary donations made during the weekly sergeant-at-arms fun activity.

Birthdays were celebrated for those with May birthdays: Stephen R. Covey, John Curtis, Kristen Forbush, Gary Herbert, Jack May, Jill Moon, and Ron Vigoren.

Linda Palmer introduced Derek Marquis, Managing Director of BYU Broadcasting. He oversees the operations of KBYU Television, BYU Television, BYU Television International, KBYU-FM Classical 89, BYU Radio and several Web sites that deliver content internationally. BYU Television is now ten years old. It is broadcast into fifty million homes in the US and is also offered on 500 cable systems worldwide. All of these operations will soon be consolidated into one building which is currently under construction east of the Marriott Center in the Bean Museum parking lot. Their new tag line is “See the good in the world.” Derek showed several video clips and told about new programming which will begin soon.

Local, Community Projects

Provo Rotary Club Charitable Golf Tournament - June 21, 2010 Riverside Country Club
We are beginning the planning for our annual golf tournament that benefits children’s charities.
We will again be teaming with the America’s Freedom Festival at Provo to make our event a
part of the month-long activities of the Festival. Contact Linda Palmer, Committee Chair, for
more information or if you desire to be involved in some way. linda.palmer@byu.edu.

District Conference is in St. George this year on May 13-15, and is called Rendezvous at the
Confluence. We encourage all Provo Rotarians to support our District Leadership, your own
hedonistic tendencies (vacation in St. George), and to increase your knowledge about Rotary to
plan for and attend this conference.

Provo Rotary Club is teaming with Provo City to be involved in providing needed amenities for
a public park in Provo. Stay tuned as more information is divulged on which park and what kind
of assistance we will provide. Our Club leadership is also proactive in discussions with the City
on the future needs of a proposed new city recreation center.

Rotaract - Is still planning a concert to raise the majority of the needed funds for their
humanitarian project benefitting Kenyan school children. This large-scale project will donate all
net proceeds to the Koins for Kenya Project which builds schools and clean water wells for
children in Kenya. Our Club’s support is vital during the fund raising portion of the project. We
will be assisting with prepayments for performers and venues, advertising, and organizing
activities. This project is being pushed back to later in the year.