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April 12, 2010 at HACC Wildwood Center Room 241 Speaker: Dr. Edna Baehre, President HACC. Greeter: Charlie McNutt |
Corporate Member Birthdays: April 12 at HACC Wildwood Center April 19 Youth Community Development Team April 26 at 333 Market Street May 3 at Harriburg University 12th flooor For complete programming go to our website: hbgrotary.org and click on calendar. International News
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PROGRAM: Dr. Edna V. Baehre was appointed the sixth president of Harrisburg Area Community College in July 1997, having served in senior executive capacities at community colleges in Illinois and New York State since 1983. Born in post-war West Germany, she is a 1971 graduate of Paedagogische Hochschule, Heidelberg, West Germany, and she holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Baehre is fluent in three languages (German, English and French). Due to her doctoral studies she also was able to read and understand Persian, and in her youth in Germany studied six years of Latin. At HACC, Dr. Baehre manages a $152-million budget and a full- and part-time staff of about 2,000. With more than 22,000 undergraduate students and an additional 50,000 enrolled in a variety of non-credit training and enrichment programs, HACC has a service area encompassing eight counties of south-central Pennsylvania. The College operates five full-service regional campuses at Harrisburg, Gettysburg, Lancaster and Lebanon, and York, and a virtual campus. Due to community demand, Dr. Baehre pursued an expansion of HACC's presence in Midtown, Harrisburg, where a 130,000-square-foot facility opened in August 2007. During her tenure Dr. Baehre has led the development and implementation of three successive strategic plans for the College, and she is currently overseeing implementation of its first facilities master plan. In recent years she has been successful in raising millions of dollars for capital and endowment projects. Among her accomplishments at HACC are the institution of an Enrollment Management program that has become a national model, and the introduction of Appreciative Inquiry as a group problem-solving technique that likewise has earned national acclaim. Dr. Baehre currently holds gubernatorial appointments including the Pennsylvania State Workforce Investment Board. She is a director of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and is a member of the Presidents Academy Executive Committee of the American Association of Community Colleges. Dr. Baehre is Chair of the Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges. Locally, she is also a director of the Pinnacle Health System and the Harristown Development Corporation. NEWS AND NOTES: • April 12th meeting at Wildwood Center at HACC needs RSVP. • Congratulations to Chad Barger and his wife on the birth of their son, Chase Everett Barger • ROSTER INFORMATION SHEETS: Please return with any updated information and your committee selections for 2010-11. • The Fellowship Committee invites all members and their guests to attend our “Nine and Dine” events in 2010. Once a month, at a different venue each month, we will play nine holes of golf and have a chance to grab a bite to eat and a cold drink. In order to plan ahead and accommodate attendance every month we ask that you sign up either for the golf and dine package or either golf only or dine only. In other words there will be a sign up sheet each month. (You certainly can play golf with a preplanned group or ask to be grouped by the host of each event.) This is not a fundraiser for the club-it is a fellowship event-but you will need to budget to pay the announced fees for the golf and food. You will also receive a make up for attendance! Our first Nine and Dine is Tuesday April 27th at the Armitage Golf Course and Caddy Shack Restaurant. The package to play, ride a cart and get a $10 voucher for the restaurant that night is $21.99. (The golf and ride only option is $15 and the Dine- only option is ala carte from the menu as we will not have a separate pricing set up.) We can set up as many tee times as we need starting at 5:12 that day. Please sign up today or as soon as you can as we will need to confirm our playing needs with the course in the next few weeks. • SAVE THE DATE! Habitat for Humanity, May 8th. Sign-up at the information table. • DISTRICT NEWS: 1. Check out the District Newsletter: www.hbgrotary.org or use this link http://www.rotary7390.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=PHWEq7ntXGg%3d&tabid=113 2. The Susan P. Byrnes Health Education Center is holding their 15th Birthday Gala Dinner Dance on Saturday, April 17, 2010. I will be dancing with my partner to represent our Rotary District and to raise funds for the center. A donation can be as small as $1. Please show your support of the center and this wonderful District project! Please cheer us on and vote! Print the attached 2010 HEC Dance Card Ballot and mail with your donation to the Susan P. Byrnes Health Education Center, 515 South George Street, York, PA 17401. Would you be interested in attending the event too? I would love to have a few tables of District 7390 Rotarians! You can join us in the Great Hall of the Byrnes Center from 6:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. There will be great food, a live band and dancing! The cost is $115 per person. For more information, please see the attached Gala Invitation. All reservations for the event, are sent directly to the Byrnes HEC. You can also contact Anne Bahn at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information. Please forward this message to all District 7390 Rotarians in your club and show your support for Rotary and the Byrnes HEC! Thank you!! Yours in Rotary, DG Connie Spark 3. DISTRICT CONFERENCE: APRIL 22-25. Sign up for a day! Go to the website. |
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Minutes by Carrie W. Thomas: Jess Malone introduced visiting Rotarians and guests, and after announcing his guest, Fred Hartman reminded everyone of the Habitat for Humanity work-day on May 8, with a sign-up sheet at Linda’s table. Next on the agenda was Past President Barry Ramper, who announced the slate of officers and Board members for the coming Rotary Year, asking that all the nominees stand as they were named. A chorus of motions were made that the slate be accepted as announced, followed by a chorus of seconds to the motion. The slate was accepted unanimously. Barry went on to announce that Colonial Park Rotary is conducting a raffle for a five-day, four-night golf package at a posh resort, with only 125 tickets being sold @ $50. Proceeds from the raffle will be utilized in refurbishing the Rotary lodge at the Boy Scout Camp. President Carolyn introduced Mitch Tillett of the Fellowship Committee, who urged all golfers (and those who enjoy burgers and beer!) to sign up for the first in the series of “Nine and Dine” on April 27 at Armitage Golf Course. Non-golfers are welcome to attend just the eating and drinking portion of the evening. The cost is $22 per golfer. GOOD NEWS REPORTING: Dr. Judson gave the excellent news that our Club has been designated to receive $3500 from the District for our Centennial tree-planting project. The most amusing tidbit of news was that Fred Hartman had found Will Everhart’s name-badge at the buffet line, and asked that he contribute $5 to retrieve it! President Carolyn stated that our former exchange student from South America, Phillipe has now received his law degree, and will visit here at Christmas. Joan Prescott urged everyone to visit the Mastodon at the State Museum, whose skeleton has recently been entirely re-assembled quite impressively! In closing, Bridget Montgomery extolled the city-wide youth mural project being organized by Barak,Inc. SPEAKER: Mr. Potts stated that four years ago, only 24% of PA’s population expressed interest in holding a Constitutional Convention. Now, the percentage is well over 70%. The abject failure of the Legislature to maintain integrity and to pass laws to prevent repeats of “Bonusgate, “ extravagant Legislators’ pay raises, etc. is egregious. Corruption costs, and integrity saves, Mr. Potts emphasized. He averred that close to a billion dollars per year is spent on corrupt practices in our State government. His organization is circulating a petition to put a referendum on the fall ballot calling for a Constitutional Convention which would begin to address this. Since 1776, Conventions have been called after referendums. In many states, Constitutional Conventions are mandated automatically every 10 to 20 years, but not in PA. In PA, the process starts and ends with a referendum. A referendum calls on the Legislature to hold a Constitutional Convention, and then a referendum must be on the ballot afterwards, in order for the implementation of any decisions made by the Convention’s delegates. Mr. Potts went on to speculate why none of the six announced gubernatorial candidates has expressed any support for a Constitutional Convention. He said that Attorney General Tom Corbett, who is so vocally exposing and prosecuting corruption in State Government, is doing nothing to prevent such corruption in the future. Mr. Potts stated that the modus operandi of Legislators is too often “Deny, Delay, Distract.” First, they deny there is a problem, then they delay addressing it, and finally, when all else fails, they talk about other issues to distract voters, such as “gun rights,” “gay marriage,” “abortion,” etc. Pennsylvania is, unfortunately, near the bottom of the list of states in matters of public integrity, transparency in government, and other issues. Citizens can only make a change through a Constitutional convention. The floor was then opened for questions: Dr. Judson said that PA has one of the most costly legislatures in the national, and he asked what is the per capita cost per citizen compared to other states? Mr. Potts asked that he visit the Democracy Rising website for the answer to this. Dr. Judson also asked whether a Convention could reduce the number of municipalities in PA, and was told that we have at least 19 financially-distressed cities that would benefit from consolidation. Hal Hurwitz lamented the dominance of party politices prevalent in the State Legislature. He was told that a Convention could change legislative districts and address this situation somewhat. Dudley Smith inquired whether a Convention would provide the opportunity to reduce the size of the PA Legislature? Yes, this would be the only way to address that issue, since the size is stated IN the Constitution and can only be altered through amending the document. When Karen Paris asked about the size of Democracy Rising’s annual budget, Mr. Potts replied that his organization only received $87,000 in contributions last year. His organization does not take policy positions, but rather is inclusive of many other groups with the common purpose to get a referendum for a Constitutional Convention on the fall ballot. In answer to Peggy Grove’s question about how many delegates would be ideal, he said that between 150 and 200 would be the number. He said that in British Columbia delegates are selected from the entire pool of registered voters, much like jurors are chosen. At 1:15 PM, President Carolyn closed the discussion, thanking our speaker and presenting him with a gift of a CD of Al Morrison’s music. She announced that there is NO MEETING next Monday. THE NEXT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AT HACC ON MONDAY, APRIL 12. Club members were reminded to RSVP to Linda with their attendance plans. |
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Carolyn Dumaresq |
President |
Caryn J. Carr |
Newsletter History
- Rotary Roundup for February 6, 2012
- Rotary Roundup for January 30, 2012
- Rotary Roundup for January 23, 2012
- Rotary Roundup for January 9, 2012
- Rotary Roundup for December 12, 2011
- Rotary Roundup for December 5, 2011
- Rotary Roundup for November 14, 2011
- Rotary Roundup for November 7, 2011
- Rotary Roundup for October 31, 2011
- Rotary Roundup for October 24, 2011
- Rotary Roundup for October 3, 2011
- Rotary Roundup for September 19, 2011
- Rotary Roundup for September 12, 2011
- Rotary Roundup for August 29, 2011
- Rotary Roundup for August 22, 2011
- Rotary Roundup for August 15, 2011
- Rotary Roundup for August 1, 2011
- Rotary Roundup for July 25, 2011
- Rotary Roundup for July 18th, 2011
- Rotary Roundup for June 27th, 2011
Calendar of Events
- Board Meeting
February 13 (10:30 am)
(Committee Meetings) - NO MEETING
February 20 (12:00 - noon)
(Weekly Meetings) - New Member Orientation
February 27 (11:00 am)
(Committee Meetings) - Board Meeting
March 05 (10:30 am)
(Committee Meetings) - Donald Gilliland, enterprise reporter Harrisburg Patriot-News
March 12 (12:00 - noon)
(Weekly Meetings)Don Gilliland will speak on "Ethics in news reporting."