CARL CANNON SPEAKS AT SOUTH JACKSONVILLE ROTARY

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2011

WE MEET AT RIVER CITY BREWING COMPANY
Lunch begins at Noon - Meeting begins at 12:30 pm

PLEASE WELCOME CARL CANNON, CIVIC COUNCIL

Carl N. Cannon retired as publisher of The Florida Times-Union in December, 2007, after 18 years in Jacksonville, and was employed for a total of 42 years with Morris Communications, the newspaper’s parent company.

Carl, a native of Albany, Georgia, and alumni of the University of Georgia, was honored this year by the Governor’s Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service with the President’s Call to Service Award. With more than 20,000 hours of volunteer service, Carl’s statewide recognition saluted his leadership in numerous top-level positions. He has served as president of the Downtown Rotary, chairman of the Gator Bowl, symphony, YMCA and zoo. He has served Wesley Manor and the Alliance for World Class Education. In 1993, Carl was instrumental in bringing the Jacksonville Jaguars to town when he mediated a dispute between the team’s ownership and the city. He formed NFL Now! and spearheaded a drive that sold 10,000 club seats. Currently, he serves on the boards of the Jacksonville Sports and Entertainment Commission and Florida State College Foundation . Carl continues to serve as chairman of Touchdown Jacksonville, the group that formed Team Teal, which assisted the Jaguar marketing organization in selling 15,000 new season tickets for the Jaguars in 2010.

Carl was a member of the Non-Group, a group of about 50 civic leaders that formed twenty years ago and evolved into the Jacksonville Civic Council in February, 2010. The Council made downtown development the focus of one of its first studies and the subject of his talk to South Jacksonville Rotary.


Last Week At A Glance

Our speaker, Steve Piscitelli implored us to Be Brief, Be Bright and Be Gone!


Exchange students, Shannon Jaycox welcomes Rex from Taiwan

Shannon Jaycox gives an emotional "thank-you" to the club for her year as an exchange student in Brazil

South Jacksonville Rotary Welcomes Steve Piscitelli

Steve Piscitelli

Steve Piscitelli is a recognized teacher, author and workshop facilitator. Whether delivering a conference keynote address, facilitating a day-long retreat for employees, or helping students understand the choices they make, Steve draws on his years of classroom and professional development experience to connect with his audience. His publications reflect his belief in the importance of personal responsibility and individual initiative.

His high-energy sessions combine interaction and practicality with music and humor in such a way that participants leave with practical strategies they can begin using immediately.

Steve, a tenured professor, has earned degrees from Jacksonville University , The University of North Florida, and The University of Florida. He has been recognized for his effective teaching style with awards at the school, county and international level. Steve also has served as the Chair of his college's Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.

· Author.  Steve has written and published eight books. His latest is Choices for College Success (Pearson Education, 2011).  He has also written, recorded, and produced two full-length CDs.  The most recent release is Find Your Happy Place! (2010).

·  Teacher. Steve has three decades of direct (face-to-face) classroom experience. He has taught at the middle school, high school, and college level.  As a tenured professor, Steve knows the importance of connecting with the people in front of him.


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Other News
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Member Birthdays

Aug 16: PP Gary Wilkinson

Aug 18: PE Jim Lanahan

Aug 20: PP Hobart Joost

Partner Birthdays

Aug 16: Linda (Bob) Uible

Aug 18: Gail (Dinkins) Grange

Aug 18: Paul (Joy) Hardaker

Aug 19: Sandy (PP James) Chansler

Anniversaries

Aug 15: Doug & Carol Matthews

Aug 17: Ken & Patti Wilson

Member Makeups

North Jax: Marcus

Drewa, PP Jerry

Hanks

Deerwood: PP

James Chansler

Bartram Trail: PP

James Chansler

Downtown: PP Gary

Wilkinson

Visiting Rotarians

& Guests:

San Marco

Members joined us

to hear the District

Governor; Chris

Bouton and

Lauren Hopkins

were also our guests.

District Foundation Seminar

Do you remember the day you joined Rotary?

Do you remember the day you became a Rotarian?

Don't forget the District Foundation Seminar, will be held on

Saturday, August 20, at the Thrasher-Horne Center in Orange

Park from 8am-2pm. It will be a highly informative half-day

session that includes continental breakfast and barbecue

lunch. The Club pays the cost and hopes you will attend and

enjoy the program. Ramesh Ferris from India will speak-for

those who missed him at the District Conference this past

May, his story is quite compelling and he is a wonderful

speaker.

Join your fellow Rotarians from around our district (and there

are 62 clubs in all) and get engaged!

Board News

The following candidates have been approved by the Board for your

consideration into membership:

Lauren Hopkins, sponsored

by Bob Massey, Jr. Lauren's

classification is Non-

Profit/Children's Services

Greg Anderson, sponsored

by Rick Morales. Greg's

classification is

Finance/Banking-Community

Banking

Chris Bouton, sponsored by

Bob Massey, Jr. Chris'

classification is Finance/Banking-Business Development

Anyone having any objections, please submit them in writing to the Board

within ten (10) days.

Tara Wildes will be on a leave of absence through Dec 2011.

After careful consideration and a great deal of discussion, the Board

unanimously decided to suspend our Gingerbread "G9" project. The Board

has tasked the Fund-raising committee (Joel Batten Josh Krehbiel, Mary

Goldsmith) to come up with three new ideas to carry us forward. The Board

has expressed their appreciation to our long standing partners, Ronald McDonald House, HabiJax, and the Jacksonville Historical Society. Your

Board also sincerely thanks all members who have put so much passion

into the project. We look forward to your full support as we move forward to

our next endeavor!

PP Judge Harvey Schlesinger and RADM Byron Fuller have been reelected

to honorary membership for the year 2011-2012.

LAST MEETING

Pledge & Prayer: PP Vickilynne Gloger

Introductions: PP Mike Darragh

Craft Talk:

Speaker: DG Clint Dawkins

Future Rotary Events

Aug 20: District Foundation

Seminar

Nov 4, 5, 6: Blue Angels

100th Anniversary at NAS JAX

Nov 7: Rotary Cub of

Jacksonville hosts a Golf &

Tennis day at Timuquana to

support their Centennial

project

Nov 25: Salvation Army Bell

Ringing - Publix at 9A &

Baymeadows

Member News

Martha Bogdan, the CEO of the American Lung Association of the

Southeast, has been appointed to the Florida Bar Citizens Forum. The

forum is an advisory group of 12 citizens who provide feedback on plans

and programs and advise the Bar.

Eight physicians from the Florida Radiation Oncology Group (A.K.A.

FROG) won the highly coveted Patients’ Choice Awards. Our own Doug

Johnson, was among the winners of this very special award. The "FROG"

Docs provide consultation and radiation treatment planning, external beam

therapy, brachytherapy, stereotactic radiotherapy, therapeutic radioisotope

administration, research protocol administration and, ongoing care and

follow up for adult and pediatric patients with a variety of malignant and

non-malignant conditions.

Congratulations!

2011 Gingerbread Extravaganza Suspended

After careful consideration and a great deal of discussion, the Board unanimously decided to suspend our Gingerbread "G9" project. 

The Board has tasked the Fund-raising committee (Joel Batten Josh Krehbiel, Mary Goldsmith) to come up with three new ideas to carry us forward. 

Jacksonville Beach Red Cross Lifeguard Station

The Board has expressed their appreciation to our long standing partners, Ronald McDonald House, HabiJax, and the Jacksonville Historical Society. Your Board also sincerely thanks all members who have put so much passion into the project.  We look forward to your full support as we move forward to our next endeavor! 

Rotary District Governor Clint Dawkins

District Governor
Clint Dawkins

AUGUST 9, 2011 - PLEASE WELCOME DISTRICT GOVERNOR CLINT DAWKINS

Clint Dawkins has been a member of the Rotary Club of West Jacksonville since 1983. He has held all elected offices in his club, serving as President in 1999-2000. Clint has had the honor of serving District 6970 as Assistant District Governor from 2002-2005; District Fund and Procedures Committee member from 2005-2008; and as Major Gifts and Planned Giving Chair of the District Foundation Committee from 2006-2009. Clint is a Multiple Paul Harris Fellow, a member of the Paul Harris Society, a member of the Bequest Society; and a Foundation Major Donor.

Clint graduated from Emory University (1971) and The University of Georgia (1972); and has been married to his wife, Lane (also a Paul Harris Fellow), for over 38 years. They have three children and eight grandchildren. Lane and Clint enjoy golf, reading, "Georgia Bulldog" football, and "hanging out" with family; as well as spending time in their home in Highlands, North Carolina. They are members of St. Marks Episcopal Church in Jacksonville.

Clint is a third-generation owner of Big D Building Center in Jacksonville, a building products distribution/subcontracting company. He is Past President of The Florida Building Materials Association; The Visiting Nurses Association of North Florida; and The Two Hundred Club of Northeast Florida. He is a Past Director of The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers' Association, and The Northeast Florida Builders' Association; and an alumnus of the Leadership Jacksonville Class of 1979. Clint is currently a Director of the Riverside Hospital Foundation and the North Florida Command of The Salvation Army.

District Governor 2011 - 2012

Address:

2358 Riverside Avenue
No. 604
Jacksonville, FL 32204

E-mail:

cdawkins@bigdbuildingcenter.com

Telephone:

904-388-5790

Mobile Phone:

904-350-6600