“A 100% Paul Harris Fellow Club”

Years of Service 92

Celebrating

Rotary District 6920 - Club 4220 - Established 1919

“Service Above Self”

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Officers President Greg Reid President Elect Kerry Morris President Designee Myrna Ballard Past President Walter Elliott Treasurer Al Howell Secretary Barbara Knight Sergeant at Arms Felecia Barnes

Board of Directors Beverly Edwards Lacie Guy Jack Hartley Bill Kent Zach Miller Bob Moon Ty O’Steen Nancy Warren

District 6920 Gov. Gordon Matthews District 6920 Dir. Bill Booth District 6920 A. G. Bob Harrison RI President Kalyan Banerjee VSU Intern Callie Coats

The Rotary Club The Rotary Club of Valdostaof Valdosta

h Joyce Aigen

h*w Sam Allen

h*w Myrna Ballard

Felecia Barnes

pp*h Richard Barnes 2006-2007

h*w Keith Barrett

pp*h*w Bill Booth 1999-2000

h Ron Borders

Lauren Braun

J. T. Brown

h*w Nathan Brown

h*w Stacy Bush

h Sandy Campbell

h Mason Caracciolo

pp*h*w Carl Cates 2008-2009

h Patti Clark

h Russ Collett

pp*h Marshall Conner 1997-1998

pp*h*w Joe Cordova 1977-1978

h Bruce Cousins

h Randy Cox

pp*h*w Ed Crane

Angie Crawford

h John Crawford

pp*h*w V.L. Daughtery Jr. 2002-2003

h Donald Davis

Drew DeMott

pp*h James Dominey 2007-2008

h Beverly Edwards

h John Edwards

h Moshe Elbaz

pp*h Walter Elliott 2010-2011

Chuck Ennis

Joyce Evans

h Trey Fausett

h Bill Feimster

h Laverne Gaskins

h John Gaston

h Bob Goddard, III

h Tim Golden

h Tom Gooding

Lacie Guy

h*w Owen Harris

h Jack Hartley

h Jack Hearn

h Arthur Herndon

h Al Howell

Matthew Jansen

h*w Bill Kent

Barbara Knight

h Sharon LaBranche

h*w John LaHood

h Claire Lee

h Bill Lester

Louis Levy

h Jerry Long

h Terri Lupo

pp*h Dennis Marks 2009-2010

pp*h*w Billy Martin 1985-1986

h Greg Martin

pp*h*w Arthur McLane 1984-1985

pp*h*w Tyson McLane 1972-1973

h*w Roy McNeal

Kevin McCraney

h Harriet Messcher

Zach Miller

Walter Moody

h Bob Moon

h Kerry Morris

Susan Mullis

h Casey Music

Ivan Nikolov

h Tyrone O’Steen

pp*h John Page 2003-2004

h Keven Parks

h Henry Parrish

pp*h Suzannah Patterson 2005-2006

pp*h*w Jennifer Powell 1993-1994

pp*h*w Malcolm Rainey 1972-1973 (Verona, NJ)

h*w Patsy Reaves

p*h Greg Reid

h*w Chris Roan

h*w Randy Sauls

h Wes Sewell

Jimmy Shiver

Corinne Simmons

h Arthur Smith

h*w Richard Stalvey

h Joe Stubbs

pp*h Robert Stump

Alex Thomas

h John Thomas

h William Tidmore

pp*h*w Al Turner 1992-1993

pp*h*w Nicholas Valenti 2000-2001

h Donnie Warren

h*w Nancy Warren

h Ed Willis

h Clint Wills

Baha Zeidan

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Upcoming Programs/Meetings

Upcoming Greeter Schedule

Area Rotary Meetings

Nashville - Tuesday - Noon Cadillac Ranch Madison, FL - Wednesday - Noon St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church Valdosta North - Tuesday - 12:15 p.m. Valdosta Country Club

Tifton - Tuesday - Noon Harpers at the Myron Hotel Tifton - Wednesday - 12:15 p.m. Georgia Agrirama Museum Dining Quitman - Thursday - Noon Presbyterian Homes of Georgia Valdosta Sunrise - Thursday - 7:30 a.m. Valdosta Country Club

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Date Greeter 1 Greeter 2

December 7 Bill Feimster Joyce Evans

December 14 Laverne Gaskins Drew DeMott

January 4 John Gaston Bob Goddard

January 11 Tom Gooding Lacie Guy

Today’s Program

NEXT WEEK - Membership Meeting - Officers

State Legislative Luncheon

The Valdosta Lowndes County Chamber’s

Government Affairs Council

will present business issues

for the upcoming State Legislative Session

to the delegation

December 7, 2011

h - Paul Harris Fellow w - Will Watt Fellow p - Club President pp - Past President U.S. Veteran

December 21 - NO MEETING

December 20 - Rotary Unwind & Holiday Party - 5:00 - 7:00 PM.

Valdosta Country Club.

December 28 - NO MEETING

Club News

Our Last Meeting

Rotary International

Today’s Program Baha Zeidan - Social Media & Marketing Polio in India

Family of Rotary Fellowship

Intern Callie Coats Recognized

India presses its advantage against polio

With just one case of polio reported in the last 10 months, India is more deter-mined than ever to ensure eradication of the disease. As part of that effort, Rotarians helped administer bivalent oral polio vaccine to more than 35 million children during a Subnational Immunization Day on 13 November. The vaccine is effective against the two remaining types of the virus. Sporting their signature yellow vests and caps, the Rotarians also helped organize free health camps and polio awareness rallies, as well as distribute banners, caps, face masks, comic books, and other items to the children. On 20 November, a team of Rotarians from District 3700 (Korea) served in a health camp in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, which included immunization of children against polio. The camp was organized by Indian Rotarians in cooperation with local health officials and UNICEF. The following day, the team took part in a door-to-door mop-up campaign, administering vaccine to children who otherwise would have missed receiving it. A TV news crew from Korea accompanied the Rotarians throughout their visit, taking the End Polio Now message back to their country. And in Mumbai, Rotary leaders John Germ, chair of Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge Committee; Rotary Foundation Trustee Ashok Mahajan; and RI General Secretary John Hewko joined Indian Rotarians in immunizing children. “This year, there have been just over 500 cases worldwide. The fact that only one of those cases is in India is a tremendous achievement that reflects the determination of the nation's leaders and its citizens to finally rid their country -- and the world -- of this terrible scourge,” Hewko wrote in an article published earlier this month in the Hindu Business Line. India’s next National Immunization Days are scheduled for January and February, and a series of supplementary activities are planned through June. At the same time, intensive surveillance for the wild poliovirus is continuing through-out the country. “Rotary has invested heavily in surveillance in India over the last 12 months,” said Bruce Aylward, the World Health Organization’s assistant director-general for polio eradication and related areas, at a September meeting of Rotary’s International PolioPlus Committee. “That’s the reason we can say with confidence that we think we’re getting close to zero [cases] in India.”

Past President Dr. Suzannah Patterson helped us recognize this semester’s VSU public relations intern Callie Coats during last week’s meeting. Callie joined us at the beginning of the semester and assisted with newspaper articles, new member profiles, articles for the bulletin and the occasional as-needed task during our weekly meetings. She will be graduating this weekend and is currently seeking employment. The intern program was the idea of Past President V.L. Daughtery, Jr. and initiated during his term as club president. Each semester, a VSU student is selected to serve for one semester and receives a stipend for his/her hard work. Thank you Callie and thank you Dr. Patterson for your efforts on behalf of the Rotary Club of Valdosta!

Our program last week was presented by Rotarian Baha Zeidan. Baha is a co-founder of Azalea Health Innovation, Inc. and is a graduate of Valdosta State University. The title of Baha’s program was Social Media: History and Future. From the humble beginnings of email and the internet to the busy world of today’s social media, Baha showed how practically every aspect of our daily lives has the potential to be influenced by it all. In addition to the obvious ways individuals are using technology for personal connections, he also demonstrated ways that businesses and organizations are successfully using these tools. Tweeting, texting and posting are quickly taking the place of emails and advertising for many businesses and organizations. Rotary International has joined the revolution with websites, Twitter, Face Book and LinkedIn accounts. We no longer have to wait for newsletters and magazines to know what our fellow Rotarians are doing around the globe. Within minutes of an event we are able to share stories, photographs and video all with a few strokes on the keyboard of a computer or hand held device. We want to thank Baha for a very informative program. He also received his blue badge during last week’s meeting from President Greg Reid. Baha has been a valuable asset to the club by helping with programs, greeting, and recruiting new members.

Be sure check out our own Rotary website at www.valdostarotary.org, and follow us on Face Book. You can find us under Valdosta Rotary Club. On both sites you can see all the pictures from our meetings and happenings within a couple of hours of the event and find links to our bulletin. It’s a great way to stay in touch especially if you are unable to attend our weekly meeting or events. We also want to thank Claire Lee for bringing our Sunshine Report last week. After introducing our guests for the week and sharing some humor, she did a little begging for happy dollars on behalf of her Georgia Bull Dogs! Anything for a happy Dollar!

You have yet another great opportunity coming up to include your family members in our Rotary fellowship. On Tuesday December 20 we will be hosting our holiday Rotary Unwind & Holiday Party at the Valdosta Country Club from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m.. This will be a family event and will include music and entertainments as well as a visit from Santa Claus. Mark your calendars and make plans to attend even if you can only stop by for a few minutes. Remember, all Rotary Unwind events have been approved by the board as a make up meeting!

John Germ, chair of Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge Committee, holds a child as Rotary Foundation Trustee Ashok Mahajan administers drops of polio vaccine, part of a Subnational Immunization Day in Mumbai, India, on 13 November. Photo by Ritam Banerjee

The Chamber’s Government Affairs Council will present business issues for the upcoming State Legislative Session to the delegation. Sen. Tim Golden and Reps. Ellis Black, Amy Carter and Jason Shaw will then respond to the issues presented.