PROGRAM: One in five Pennsylvanian’s has a disability. Yet most employment cultures do not foster an environment of inclusiveness. Join our speaker Dr. Kathleen M. Howley, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs for PASSHE, as she shares her humorous yet thoughtful perspective as a “visual spy.” Her talk will remind us that we each have the ability and responsibility to foster workforce cultures of compromise and inclusion.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS / MEETING LOCATIONS:                                                 
March 2                                  Dr. Kathleen Howley, Assistant Vice Chancellor PA State System of Higher Education
PA State Ed. Building         One in five Pennsylvanian’s has a disability. Yet most employment cultures do not foster an environment of inclusiveness.
333 Market St.                       Join our speaker Dr. Kathleen M. Howley, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs for PASSHE, as she
RSVP Required                   shares her humorous yet thoughtful perspective as a “visual spy.” Her talk “Confessions of a Spy”  will remind us that we each have the ability and responsibility to foster workforce cultures of compromise and inclusion.

March 9                                  Roger Longenderfur, President and CEO Pinnacle Health  
Hilton                                      “Who is in my Emergency Room?”

March 16                               Jerry Sandusky, The Second Mile, Former PSU Football Coach
Hilton

March 23                               Joseph Robinson, Jr. , Ececutive Director, Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Development Institute
Hilton                                     “Harrisburg Through Ebony-colored Glasses”
Mr. Robinson, a product of the Harrisburg School System and a leader within the African- American community, will reflect on Harrisburg's past and present and offer thought-provoking ideas relative to its future.                                               
For complete programming go to our website: hbgrotary.org and click on calendar.

NEWS AND NOTES:  
• Speedy recovery to Rich Curl, surgery, Bob Craumer – knee surgery and Nick Connolly who is at Hershey Medical Center.

• Meal charge in 2009 will be $14 for Guests, Visiting Rotarians and Active Specials.

• RSVP is required for the meeting on March 2 at the PA State Education Building – 333 Market St.

• The Board accepted with regret the resignations of Steve Krempasky, John Martin and Steve Schultz

• NOMINATING COMMITTEE:  Below is the recommendation from the Nominating Committee and approved by the Board. 
Vote will be taken at the Annual Meeting in April.

2009-11     
President                   President-Elect                                Vice President                      Imm. Past-President      
Carolyn Dumaresq John P. Judson (2010-11)             Robert S. Saline (2011-12)                        Barry Ramper

Secretary                               Treasurer                               Sergeant-at-Arms
Carrie W. Thomas                William B. Boles                   William M. Tillett

BOARD OF DIRECTORS                         
Caryn J. Carr                  ‘10     John R. Detweiler    '11
Lawrence M. Means        ‘10     Kent E. Frese         '11      
Andrew R. Rebuck          ’10     John J. McHenry     ‘11
Maria B. Persico             ‘10     Karen F. Snider      '11

• DISTRICT INFO: 

     2008 District Conference April 30-May 1

Check out the tentative schedule:

Thursday, April 30 Golf Tournament—Country Club of York
Friday, May 1– Yorktowne Hotel Plenary / Breakout Sessions
Lunch/ Factory Tours including Harley Davidson
Dinner at Sovereign Bank Stadium

Saturday, May 2—Yorktowne Hotel - Plenary Sessions
Lunch/ Downtown/Historical Tours/ Governors Banquet

  Registration materials will be available shortly!!

    100th Rotary International Convention Birmingham, England June 21-24, 2009
Register early take advantage of special pricing! Register Online! It’s convenient and secure. Your confirmation materials will be e-mailed to you.  Birmingham Convention Bureau will handle all individual and group housing requests. Reservations are filled as requested. E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

You will receive a hotel confirmation from the Birmingham Convention Bureau indicating the hotel name, address, room rate per night, room type requested, and dates reserved. All housing changes/inquiries must be made directly to the Birmingham Convention Bureau until 8 May 2009. Please return your completed reservation form by 17:00 GMT on 8 May 2009.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR KATRINA BUILD

Joining Hands, District 7390’s disaster relief project, will be building its second new construction home along the Mississippi gulf coast from January 5th – March 27th, 2009. Major financial support will be coming from a $15,500.00 District Simplified Grant. Clubs participating in this Grant are Hanover, Colonial Park, York, York North, Carlisle, Hershey, West York, Mechanicsburg North, Littlestown and Mt. Joy.

Contact John Judson or Tom Johnston for more info.

 For more information contact District Initiatives chair Diane McNaughton or Linda.
For meeting cancellations due to inclement weather.... Tune to ABC27-TV
or check your e-mail or call the Rotary office at 234-1208.

ATTENDANCE:
LAST ROTARY MEETING:  2/9/09       58%                        
Rotarians   76    Active Specials  6     Guests 8     Visiting Rotarians 2   = 94

Minutes by Peter Henninger: 
The Rotary Club of Harrisburg, number 23 in all the world, met on February 23, 2009.  President Barry called the meeting to order promptly at 12:17 p.m. After acknowledging Al Morrison for his always splendid ivory tickling (more on Al later), Dick Stewart provided the invocation and Jean Beatty led the club in singing 2 verses of America the Beautiful.  Thank goodness for the second verse printouts!

Craig Wisman provided the Rotary minute reminding the club of the goals of the Rotary International Foundation and specifically reporting on the Polio Plus program and the matching grant challenge of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation whereby the Foundation has pledged $350 million to our efforts provided RIF can raise $200 Million on or before June 30, 2012.  Please continue your great work in helping RIF reach our goal of eradicating polio throughout the world.

Bill Spahr introduced the visiting Rotarians and guests. Of particular note was the visit and brief talk  by President –elect Nikolai (sp.) from the Country of Moldova, which was a part of the former Soviet Union. Nikolai informed us that Moldova has three clubs, is part of District 2241 which includes the neighboring country of Romania, and informed us that his club’s service concentrates  on the children and needy families of central Moldova.

DGN Gary Crissman from the Colonial Park club updated us on RYLA.  For those of you not in attendance, look it up or ask a table mate next week.

Caryn Carr updated the club on the upcoming youth exchange weekend and asked for volunteers offering makeups and a great sense of satisfaction for participating.

John Judson then recognized three new Paul Harris fellows; Karen Snider, Jack Carr and Greg Sutliff and also recognized Ken Connor for attaining PH2 status (a second fellowship).  John then turned the mic back over to President Barry who recognized new Paul Harris fellow Al Morrison.  A standing O greeted Al and his heartfelt thanks to the club for this recognition was quite moving.

Jewel Cooper then introduced our program.  Deb Pierson, founder and owner of Pierson Computing Connection, Inc., the Capital Region Chamber of Commerce small business of the year 2008. PCC is a state and nationally certified WBE (Women Business Enterprise) providing technology implementation to a wide variety of businesses and organizations.  Deb gave an excellent presentation on computer based instruction initiatives in our public schools which is very quickly and noticeably showing increased grades, scores, learning and achievement.  In fact technology shows greater results than decreased class size!  It was great to hear that PA is “ahead of the curve “ in computer based teaching in our public schools.

Barry then closed the meeting at 1:20 p.m.