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Russell Hampton
National Awards Services Inc.
ClubRunner
Speakers
Sep 04, 2018
Noah Barbieri - Millsaps College
Rhodes Scholar
Sep 11, 2018
Dana Larkin
Growing Up Knowing
Sep 18, 2018
Mike Pepper, Ex. Dir.
MS Road Builders Assn.
Sep 25, 2018
Denise Marsters, CEO
The McCoy House for Sober Living
Oct 02, 2018
Major Robert Lyles - Salvation Army
Salvation Army
Oct 09, 2018
Drew Snyder, ED Div. of Medicaid
Medicaid
Oct 16, 2018
Allen Godfrey. ED MS Gaming Comm.
MS Gaming
Oct 23, 2018
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World Polio Day
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Bill Osborne
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Executives & Directors
President
Anna Powers
 
Vice President
Greg Campbell
 
Secretary
Lee Carney
 
Treasurer
Uriel Pineda
 
Immediate Past President
Witt Ruffin
 
Director
Jeff Adcock
 
Director
Luther Munford
 
Director
Suman Das
 
Director
Steven O'Neill
 
Director
Matt Monsour
 
Executive Secretary
Don Roberts
 

 

Prayer. Eternal God, we bow humbly before you in ackowledgement of your goodness to us in so many ways. We are awed by the mystery of your being, by all that is supernatural and spiritual. But we are impressed, as well, by your relevant presence revealed to us in the course of daily life.  When we are tempted to rely on our own knowledge, ability, and wisdom, prod us to trust the sufficiency of your grace and the credibility of your promises.

We thank you for the food prepared for us, for the fellowship we anticipate around these tables, and for the awareness of our continual blessings. Amen.

Club Announcements:

Birthdays and Anniversaries:

Birthdays:
  • Stanley Simpson                     September 7
  • Uriel Pineda                            September 9
  • Bob Potesky                            September 9
Wedding Anniversaries:
  • Clinton & Lois Smith       September 7
Membership Anniversaries:
  • Ann Somers             18 years, September 05
  • John Sewell               5 years, September 10
Social Media.Want to keep up with the service activities and members of the Rotary Club of North Jackson? Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter (@RotaryNorth) and Instagram (rotarynorthjackson)
 
 
Rotary Foundation Thought. This week’s Rotary Foundation Thought is about making a Major Gift to the
Annual Programs Fund of The Rotary Foundation.

Tom and Fran Bayless of Ohio are passionate about Rotary and support the Foundation in many ways. Tom made his wife, Fran, a Paul Harris Fellow to celebrate the birth of their first child. Their children became Paul Harris Fellows on special birthdays. Following open heart surgery, Tom and Fran decided to became major donors to the Foundation in celebration of her recovery. Said Fran, Anything we can do, we should do. . . Where does your backyard end?”

Our investment in time, talent and financial resources are an investment in making the world a safer and healthier place for our children and grandchildren.

 

 
  • Billy Brumfield House. The Rotary Club of North Jackson is serving supper once a month at The Billy Brumfield House, a Stewpot Community Services ministry. Our club serves on the 1st  Tuesday of each month. Interested members need to meet @ Baker Donelson located at the corner of Eastover Drive and the I-55 North Frontage Road @ 5:15 PM and then travel together to Billy Brumfield. Also, if you are interested in sponsoring a month, the est. cost is $180 for the food. Mike Dawkins is project chair and can be reached @ 601-351-2428 or mdawkins@bakerdonelson.com.
     
  • Between the Lions. Please remember to sign up for Between the Lions. During the school year, we read weekly to pre-Kindergarteners at William Walton Elementary School on Bailey Ave. It is a wonderful experience! The children are truly information sponges and very willing learners. Contact Jenny Price (662) 213-1294 for more information. Our reading for the 2017-2018 school year is complete, but please sign up for 2018-2019.
     
  • Member Care Committee reminder: for anyone who needs assistance getting to a meeting, please call Luther
    Munford at (601) 985-4418.
     
  • Thinking of Proposing a New Member?
    1. First, discuss with Classification Committee (Paul Miller) He will provide a membership application, check classification availability and discuss occupational qualifications.
      1. Paul Miller / 601-956-2223  pomiller3@gmail.com
  • Rotary Membership Occupational Qualifications
    Applicant should be one of the following:
  • A corporate officer
  • A Professional (Attorney, CPA, Physician. Engineer,
    Architect, etc) A Proprietor
  • An Agent of a reputable company
  • A Manager or Supervisor of a department or section
    of a business
  • Rotarians, don't forget to like the club's Facebook page to stay up to date on the latest happenings. Search us out at Rotary Club of North Jackson or click the link: 
 
“Service above self; they profit most who serve best.”
P. O. Box  9528,    Jackson, MS    39286-9528
www.northjacksonrotary.org
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By Dinesh Gajeelee, Rotary Club of Haute Rive, Mauritius

One of the ongoing challenges in Rotary is maintaining a heal-thy level of membership. My club of Haute Rive is no exception. We started the club in 2014 with 20 members, and despite the fact that we have gained new members since then, we’ve also lost a few. So much so that membership fell to just 18 as of 1 July 2017. Fortunately, our leadership team was proactive and began forming a plan to address the situation.

  1.  As club president, some of the responsibility fell upon me to understand the situation. It was clear we couldn’t approach recruit-ment the same way we had been from the beginning, asking mem-bers to suggest their friends and business partners. We needed a more defined and deliberate strategy. I began looking into many different options, and we decided to pursue a couple of different strategies.
  2. We opened our meetings to guests from the community by delib-erately organizing talks on topics that would interest non-members, like the environment, our laws and constitution, and current events. These gave people a no-risk opportunity to attend a Rotary meeting while giving us an occasion to share with them what we do. This proved to be successful beyond our expectations, and at the same time, enhanced the image of Rotary in our community.
  3.  After much research, we also decided to pursue a satellite club. This required considerable planning and explanation because there were many Rotarians in our district who did not know what these are — a group of members connected to the main club who meet at a separate time and location. But after much discussion and an exten-sive amount of info sharing, we had an enthusiastic group of people, and we formed a core team with the help of a Rotaract club we sponsor. As of June, we had organized the first satellite club in our district.

With these strategies, and the hard work and determination of our members, we ended the year with a 100 percent increase in membership, and five more prospective members visiting our club.

A club’s health is, of course, not just a question of numbers. But having more members does help create enthusiasm and in-crease participation in projects and events.

In this journey, we developed quite a few tools that helped us implement our plan, including some slideshow presentations, answers to frequently asked question, and more, that we would be happy to share with any interested clubs. If you are willing to address your situation, and put in the time and research, it is possible to achieve a 100 percent membership increase.

Editor’s note: This is the last in a series of posts celebrating Membership Month. Satellite clubs allow some of the members of a club to meet at a different time and location, while officially remaining members of the main club. If membership in the satellite grows sufficiently, it can break off and charter as a new club. Learn more about satellite clubs and find more membership resources. 

 

 
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Ole MIss Athletic Director Speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on Aug 30, 2018
 

Ross Bjork, Athletic Director for the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the club’s August 28, 2018, meeting. He described the enthusiasm at the university about the coming sports seasons and the impact new coaches in Football, Men’s Basketball and Women’s Basketball is having on the university and on the student-athletes. He reported that in spite of the NCAA sanctions on the football program, the athletes are skilled and enthusiastic about the upcoming season. He reminded us that Ole Miss has appealed the sanctions handed down by the NCAA, that the appeal was heard July 18, 2018, and that the results of that appeal are expected 6 to 8 weeks after the appeal or about mid-September or within the next month.

 

Mr. Bjork discussed several issues facing college athletics, especially the legalization of sports betting. He said that the Athletic Department has two sports psychologists on staff and that student-athletes have been made aware of the problems associated with sports betting. Per Mr. Bjork, there have always been problems of sports betting people inducing student-athletes to affect the outcome of contests, but now the problem is expected to become more severe.

 

Mr. Bjork distributed a card containing the 2018-2019 Athletic Department budget and the Vision, Purpose and Core Values of the Department. Those are as follow:

VISION STATEMENT

The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at The University of Mississippi will strive to be the number
one academic and athletics program through the strong emphasis of core values and the opportunity to
experience athletic pursuits at the highest level.

PURPOSE

The ultimate purpose of the Ole Miss Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is to develop students to their
fullest potential through athletics.

CORE VALUES

Academic Excellence
Integrity
Social Responsibility
Student-Athlete Welfare
University Integration
Community Engagement
Competitive Excellence

 

The budget for the Athletic Department is $117 million, with the largest sources of revenues being what is called SEC Revenue at about $33.6 million, Annual Fund revenue of $20.6 million, Football Ticket sales of $19.3 million

 

We thank Mr. Bjork for his presentation, for his commitment and service to the University of Mississippi, and we wish him success in the athletic activities of the University. He is pictured below prior to his speech with Club member Matt Monsour who introduced him and while speaking.

 
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University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Director speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on Aug 23, 2018
Mr. Jon Gilbert, Director of Athletics for the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the club’s August 21, 2018, meeting. He is shown in the accompanying photo prior to his speech with club member and Past President Charles Lindsay who introduced him.
 

Mr. Gilbert emphasized that USM is nationally competitive in several of the sports in which it competes, specifically, football, men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women's track & field in spite of an athletic budget that is less than 25% of the budget of the larger competitors. He also stressed that 216 of USM’s 350 student-athletes achieved a 3.0-grade point average (B) or higher in the 2017-2018 school year.

 

USM participates athletically in Conference USA. USM Baseball player, Nick Sandlin, was named as Conference USA’s Male Athlete of the year in addition to achieving a 3.91 GPA as a Construction Engineering Technology major.

 

Mr. Gilbert also discussed three issues facing the NCAA, including the number and type of scholarships universities can give to student-athletes in various sports, betting on collegiate athletic contests, and Grant-in-Aid Antitrust Litigation that could change the way that college athletes are compensated.

 

Prior to joining USM in 2017, Mr. Gilbert was Executive Sr. Associate Athletic Director at the University of Tennessee and prior to that Associate Athletic Director the University of Alabama. He is a graduate of Lenoir Rhyne College in North Carolina and received an MS in Sports Administration from Eastern Kentucky University. He (second from right) is shown in the following photo with Club President Anna Powers (right), club Immediate Past President Witt Ruffin (second from the left) and Charles Lindsay (left). We welcome Mr. Gilbert to MS and thank him for what he is doing for USM, particularly the student-athletes.

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MSU Athletic Director Speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on Aug 15, 2018
 
 
John Cohen, Mississippi State University Athletic Director, spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the Club’s August 14, 2018, meeting. The purpose of the speech was to update the Club on the status of the MSU Athletic Department. In the first photo, Mr. Cohen (right) is shown with Bo Hemphill, Deputy A.D. for Development, prior to his presentation. Mr. Cohen was also accompanied by Rob Jenkins, Associate A.D. for Development.
 
Mr. Cohen discussed the new facilities the Athletic Department has for its sports, including, the new Dudy Noble Baseball complex, the new Templeton Athletic Academic Center,  new football Game Day facilities, and the various sports in which the university has teams. He also emphasized that in the just-completed academic year, the MSU student-athletes had a school record cumulative GPA of 3.08 while four teams finished in the top ten nationally of their respective sports, Women’s Basketball (2), Baseball (3), Men’s Tennis (5), and Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (10). Additionally, MSU was the only school in the nation to win a bowl game, reach the NCAA final four, and the College World Series. 2017-2018 was the first time since 1996 that multiple sports won an SEC championship; Women’s Basketball and Men’s Tennis.
 
We thank Mr. Cohen for his presentation and for his commitment to and success at MSU. He is shown in the following photos with Club President Anna Powers and with club member Dr. Mark Kennedy.
 
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MS Economic Council CEO Speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson
Posted by Bill Osborne on Aug 09, 2018
 

Scott Waller, President & CEO, Mississippi Economic Council (MEC) spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the club’s August 7, 2018 meeting. The MEC is the Chamber of Commerce for the State of Mississippi. The main purpose of his speech was to discuss impediments to the economic growth of the state, which he described as infrastructure needs and the education of its citizens to fill the jobs that continue to be available. He pointed out that by 2020, two years from now, 65% of all jobs will require postsecondary education and to quote: ”we must connect the dots and use postsecondary education and training to help create a qualified. and prepared workforce ready to fuel Mississippi’s economy.” Further, he said that Mississippi’s high school graduation rates are improving. They have gone from 71.1% in 2012 to 83% in 2016. Still not good enough, but improving nonetheless. Kindergarten reading readiness scores have likewise improved from 54% in 2015 to 65% in 2017 giving further hope for improved graduation rates in the future.

 

Mr. Waller is shown during his talk in the first accompanying photo and following his talk with Club President Anna Powers (left) and Club member Jon Turner (right). We thank him for his talk and for his service to the State.