It all began almost one hundred fifteen years ago on February 23, 1905 in the windy city of Chicago. At that time the Chicago Rotary Club’s constitution had two objects. The first was the “promotion of the business interests of its members” and the second was the “concept of friendship.”
Paul Harris had the idea that friendship and business might mix and result in more business. In that era, most large cities like Chicago were in grips of growing business and industry, with fierce competition. Such slogans as “Cutthroat Competition”, “Let the Buyer Beware”, “Dog Eat Dog” and “The Public be Damned” were popular in the lives of giants in industry. Competitors were the enemy -- just making money was the goal. It was in this atmosphere that Paul Harris began to wonder if one person from each business or profession could actual work together in a non-competitive atmosphere. This is how classification came into existence. If they were not rivals or competitors, they could work together to help each other improve their business and income. Through the idea of friendship and business combined-the idea of Rotary evolved.
T.A, Warren a British Rotarian who became RI President in 1945-46 made this statement in an earlier book on history of Great Britain: “The only unique feature of Rotary is vocational service; everything else that we do is repeated by some other organizations.”
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We have a new member to approve that is being sponsored by Todd Dougherty and that is Charles Waltz.
Charles works at Collin College with both Todd and Mark. If you have any questions about Charles, please ask Todd and if you have any comments regarding his membership in the club, please direct them to Secretary Chuck.
Ken Carley joined the City of McKinney as Director of the McKinney National Airport in February 2018.
Carley brings more than 25 years of aviation management experience to the role. Since 2016, he worked as the Assistant Director of Aviation and Operations for the Metropolitan Airport Authority which operates the Quad City International Airport in Rock Island County, Illinois. Prior to his time in Illinois, Carley was the Director of the Ohio University Airport in Athens, Ohio for 12 years.
Carley received his Bachelor of Science degree in aviation from Ohio State University and Master of Business Administration degree from Ohio University.
Come to the meeting and meet Ken bring a guest
Happy New Year may you be blessed with good health, prosperity, and happiness in the coming year.
Service Above Self
Birthdays & Anniversaries For January 2023
Birthdays:
Tracy pounders - 1-4-61
Steve Mitas - 1-6-69
Trevor Minyard - 1-12-20
Anniversaries:
Chris & Jamie Rothe - 1-3-03
Sy & Phil Shahid 1-6-79
Please make note of the following!
The next Board meeting is on Tuesday, January 17th, 2023, beginning at 6:01PM. If you have not sent in your report to Chuck, please do so by Monday, 10-17-2022.
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Happy New Year may you be blessed with good health, prosperity, and happiness in the coming year.
Birthdays:
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We are looking for suggestions for speakers, please let Bobbi or Staci know if you have some ideas.
