Acting President: Geoff Pashkowski

 
Guests: Mary Sadecki, Yura’s guest and driver

Attendance: Corey B., Goeff P., Eileen S., Kent H., Jan S., Ron F., Bonnie G.

 .Announcements:
 
Ø The schedule  for January is: 
 January 17 , 2008 Christine Hillstead on the Heifer Foundation (she is from Laird  School)

 January 24, 2008 MEETING LOCATION CHANGE:

The Boys and Girls Club:  1555 N Bridalwreath St, Tempe AZ ;  Next to lLaird school , a big red block, enter via the North side , the first parking lot off of Susan Lane and use the door farthest from Scottsdale Rd. Breakfast will be served, bagels etc, Meeting starts at 7:00- am.

 
 January 31, 2008  Kimmey (Mi Young Ki)

 
Ø TRS needs to get tickets sold for the fund raiser dinners with Lisa Love and Michael Crowe.  Jan has paid for the printing of the tickets, we want to make this  fund raiser a success.  Tickets are $100.  Please promote this fund raiser to your colleagues.  The dinner dates in the Spring  have not been set.
 

Ø Jan announced that he has been invited to present at a conference in Lybia, representing the ASU College of Engineering. Wow!

 
Ø Joe Garagiola called Corey concerning the dedication ceremony at the Indian Mission Library to be held Sat. Feb. 16^th. Corey asked Mr. Garagiola to have Tempe Rio Salado Rotary named on the plaque instead of his name. Way to go, Corey. No wonder you got the Golden Heart Award from Mr. Lemmon.

Speaker: Yura gave a fantastic presentation on his country, the

Ukraine

, with a slideshow of the history and cultural highlights.

Yura drew the winning ticket, but pulled the 10 of Diamonds. Sorry, Yura.

Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 A.M.

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