May 5, 2008 Speaker: Joyce Davis, Senior VP Content WITF, Inc. Topic:  Foreign Policy Challenges for Our Next President: Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan . .  .     Islam                                 Greeter:                                Howard Ammons Invocation:                            Jeff Boswell Club Singing:                        Doug Pieper Rotary Minute:                       Ron Guss Publications:                         Tom Parker

	HAPPY BIRTHDAY Garry Brinton     MAY  5 Chuck Fromer     MAY 7 John Griner        MAY 7 Donna Clark       MAY 8	HAPPY MAY ANNIVERSARIES CAMERON, Duryea 51 years CARR, JR., Jack 24 years BOSWELL, Jeffrey R.    22 years SHAH, Hasu P.  22 years MANIGLIA, M.D., Russ  21 years STONE, Mark A.  16 years SPAHR, William T.  Jr.   14 years WESTBROOK, Allen R. 12 years BARNETT, Stephen D.   11 years COOPER, Jewel  11 years LOGAN, John R. 9 years SUTLIFF, John H.  9 years SNIDER, Karen F.  5 years PRESCOTT, Joan  3 years YAVERBAUM, Harry I. 3 years OSTROWSKI, Peter J. 2 years GROSSMAN, Bruce J. 1 year HICKS, Jason A. 1 year SAUERTIEG, Amy  1 year

PROGRAM:
Joyce M. Davis is Senior Vice President of Content for WITF, Inc., the PBS and NPR affiliate in Harrisburg , PA. She supervises WITF-TV, WITF-FM, WITF.org as well as WITF's Central PA magazine.

Ms. Davis has just ended 4 years as Associate Director of Broadcasting for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, based in Prague, Czech Republic. Her duties included supervising radio, television and internet services to Iran, Iraq , Afghanistan and Central Asia . Ms. Davis also was deputy foreign editor for Knight Ridder Newspapers as well as foreign editor for National Public Radio.

Ms. Davis is an acknowledged expert on the Middle East , Islam and Islamic movements.  Her recent book, “Marytrs:  Innocence, Vengeance and Despair in the Middle East " is an investigation into the religion's teachings on terrorism and suicide bombings.  Ms. Davis also is author of "Between Jihad and Salaam: Profiles in Islam," which includes interviews with leaders of Islamic movements around the world.

Ms. Davis has spoken on international affairs at West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, as well as at Georgetown and numerous other universities. She is a former fellow with the United States Institute of Peace and was honored with the U.S. Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award as a co-chair of the Open Forum.  She is a former Journalist in Residence at Johns Hopkins University ’s Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and a member of the advisory board of Women In International Security.

Ms. Davis is now researching a third book that will look at solutions to the current divide between the Islamic world and the West.

She lives in Middletown with her husband and son.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS / MEETING LOCATIONS:   

May 5                                     Joyce Davis, Senior VP Content WITF, Inc. 333 Market St.

May 12                                   Best and Brightest Patriot News and Group Study exchange Team Hilton

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NEWS AND NOTES:  

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•  DISTRICT CONFERENCE: Thursday, May 8-10. Register: Forms are on the information table or Go to our website www.hbgrotary.org and then to the District. The Rotary District 7390 Conference will be held in Gettysburg at the Eisenhower Hotel, May 8-10. Golf on Thursday, Plenary Sessions on Friday and Saturday, and Governor's Banquet on Saturday - sign up now for a conference full of fun, fellowship and birdies!!

•  Please make sure you have paid your $100 Harrisburg Rotary Foundation.

•   HABITAT for HUMANITY Work Day: May 17.  For further info contact Fred Hartman.

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: 4/28/08      48 %                        GOOD NEWS REPORTING $88
Rotarians   74  Active Specials   10   Guests   17 Visiting Rotarians   0  =  101

Minutes by ANDY REBUCK: 
Rain, rain, go away; come back some other day!  Perhaps that was the sentiment as our club gathered to meet with a dousing of rainfall filling our streets with puddles. You would not have known it though as a strong contingent joined for lunch today.  By the time all the umbrellas were lowered and the raincoats were hung out to dry, we had jumped right into our meeting kick off routine.

Rotarian Bill “Bank On Me” Spahr led the awarding of student and teacher of the month certificates to representatives of our three local schools.  Congratulations were certainly in order for this fine group!

Next Rotarian “Jeff “Big Bucks” Boswell ran around the room to allow our members a chance to shout out good news reporting.  There was a lot of good news!  (Speaking of running, make sure you congratulate Christopher Markley on his Boston Marathon finish!)

President Carrie asked if members interested in brainstorming a service project to commemorate the 100th anniversary of our club might contact John Judson.  This milestone is still several years away, but now is the time to start the process.

Bob “Frog-like voice today” Hostetter (if you missed, you just have to ask him) then introduced today’s featured speaker.

For the next thirty minutes we enjoyed a refreshing, informative and unique presentation by Dutch Wurzbach who detailed his observation of life as a lobbyist in our state capitol.

This scribe found it interesting how our speaker had handed slips of paper to eleven Rotarians who in turn read their slip at the appropriate time in the presentation.

For example, the first slip was a quote by Benjamin Franklin that led to a discussion about the more than 5000 bills that are introduced every year on the hill.  The second slip of paper stated that “Democracy is not a spectator sport.”

As the presentation continued to give our audience an interesting glimpse into the life of a lobbyist and the process of this work in a freewheeling fashion, the Rotarians continued to jump up and read their respective slips of paper.

Dutch was witty and forthright throughout his presentation.  He finished by sincerely saying that his job is to make sure a politician does not make a bad vote.  Our club headed to the exit at 1:15 exactly fully believing that he lives up to this expectation every day.

Stay dry….until next week!