Greeter: Starla Waite & Deb Sepich Program: Changing of the Guard
Nuzhat Mahmood
President, Omaha West Rotary
The Changing of the Guard will take place this Friday at noon at Omaha West Rotary. President Nuzhat Mahmood's leadership team has prepared a fun program to wrap a successful Rotary year. President Nuzhat will hand the gavel to incoming President Jill Slupe. Club Secretary Matt McKeever will transfer his duties and authority to levy fines to Nick Rosenberry.
Last week, President Nuzhat Mahmood presided the meeting. JR Kammandel gave the Invocation. Tara Bowne and Matt Molettiere served as greeters. Gail Veitzer was Sgt. at Arms. Mark Ellsworth was Cashier. Bonnie Gill was Chair of the Day and introduced our speaker Susie Thorne from SONEX. Susie spoke about teambuilding using music.
Omaha West Rotary Club Secretary Report for June 22, 2018.
Rotarians from other clubs visiting us today included Phil Schreier from Omaha Northwest and Bob Ford from Omaha Morning. Thanks for joining us, gentlemen.
Guests of Rotarians included TJ Dibaco, a guest of Kim Kuhle, and Lindsay Toussant, a guest of Martie Cordero. Randy Parks, a former member of our club, who was visiting us today. For the fourteenth time in the last fifteen meetings, Gail Veitzer introduced her husband, Irv Veitzer. Gail said that Irv would be applying for membership with the club. Matt remarked that Irv might qualify for a perfect attendance pin before he even became a member.
Red Badge members stood and introduced themselves. Red Badge members are the newest members of our club. If you have the opportunity, make sure you introduce yourself to each Red Badge member if you have not already done so.
Tara Bowne shared the good news that her little one made it through all two hours of the Omaha West Rotary tour of the Henry Doorly Zoo last Saturday. Matt McKeever shared the good news about his 30th High School Reunion. Bob Kully shared the good news of his anniversary of meeting Nuzhat Mahmood and their friendship that caused him to join our club.
No one got Matt fined for any Bitcoin articles this week. Matt fined Martie Cordero for an Omaha World Herald Article about the Celebration for the 50th Season for Omaha Storm Chasers.
Matt then remembered that Rich Secor had a guest. Rich Secor introduced his guest, McCarnac the Magnificent, who visited our club twice before. Following a gracious introduction from Rich, McCarnac then divined the answers to three questions contained in sealed envelopes. Upon Rich’s presentation of the final envelope to McCarnac, the club assembly cheered, causing McCarnac to issue the following Old Irish Curse upon the club members: “May a toothless leprechaun gum all of your children’s potato chips.” McCarnac divined the answer to the question contained in the last envelope to be: “When he finally gets caught red-handed.” Upon opening the final envelope, McCarnac revealed the question to be: “When will Matt McKeever’s term as Club Secretary finally be over?
McCarnac the Magnificent with his loyal assistant Ed
The Rotary Foundation Chair, Bonnie Gill awarded multiple Paul Harris Fellow awards to Don Otis and Nuzhat Mahmood. Don Otis received his Paul Harris Fellow + 4 pin and Nuzhat Mahmood received her Paul Harris Fellow + 2 pin. Their combined total donation to RI, to help eradicate polio, is $8,000.00. Thank you Don and Nuzhat for your generosity!
Last week, Andy Shim received his blue badge from President Nuzhat after completing the rigorous and challenging Red Badge requirements. Andy is the Program Director at the College of St. Mary's Kinesiology Department. Andy came to West Rotary from the Rotary Club of Vermillion, South Dakota, where he served as Fundraising Chair. Andy is looking forward to have an active role in committee work. Congratulations, Andy!
Andy Shim with President-Elect Jill Slupe and President Nuzhat Mahmood
Recently, Lori Benton introduced Debora K. Sepich, an Entrepreneur and an Educator. Deb is a developer - she has grown and sold businesses and grown many MBA programs across the US. Deb's first connection to Omaha was PHD from Creighton. Deb has served on many profit and non-profit boards, is a published author and speaker at national and international conferences. Her most recent position, Director of Graduate Programs for Doane University in Lincoln, brought her back to Omaha. She and her husband have two children, both married and living in the Midwest and northern Texas. She enjoys her time with her grandchildren, travelling, hiking and biking. Please be sure to introduce yourself and welcome Deb when you see her at our Friday meeting.
L to R: President Nuzhat, Deb Sepich, and Lori Benton
Last Saturday, Rotarians and their families, a group of 29, had fun at the zoo on a blistering 98 degree day. The Henry Doorly Zoo, the number one rated zoo in the world, provided a tour guide that brought the group to the African safari, the giraffe den, the elephant yard, and culminated at the new Asian highlands. Thank you to Kim Kuhle for organizing the zoo outing.
To find out about speakers at other Rotary Clubs in the area, you can conveniently see the list of Club websites here. Then click on the home icon to the left of the club name. The list of speakers are listed on their Homepage.
We are now offering 10 punch lunch tickets ($160) and 10 punch meeting-only tickets ($70) for sale at the meetings. Get one and don't worry about having cash or getting out your credit card! For sale at check-in.
MONDAY BELLEVUE 12:00 PM (DJ's Dugout, 10308 S. 23rd St.) NORTH 12:00 PM (Omaha Eppley Airport Conference Room) MILLARD 12:00 PM (German American Society, 3717 South 120th Street) - NO MEETING on Oct 9
TUESDAY MORNING 7:00 AM (Happy Hollow Country Club, 1701 S. 105th St.)
NORTHWEST 12:00 PM ( Effective August 15th Northwest Rotary will meet Tuesday's at noon at Jerico's, 11732 W Dodge Rd, Omaha, NE 68154.)
SOUTHWEST NIGHT 5:15 PM (DJ's Dugout at 17666 Welch Plaza, northeast corner of 180th & Q streets)
WEDNESDAY COUNCIL BLUFFS CENTENNIAL 1st Wed 7:00 AM; 3rd Wed floating event; no meeting other weeks (Hy-Vee in Mall of the Bluffs, I-80 Exit 5) DOWNTOWN 12:00 PM (Field Club, 3615 Woolworth Ave.)
THURSDAY COUNCIL BLUFFS NOON 12:00 PM (The Center, 714 S. Main St.)
SUBURBAN 12:00 PM (Anthony's, 7220 F St.)
WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY 7:00 AM (Elkhorn Common Ground Community Center, 1701 Veteran's Drive)
FRIDAY WEST 12:00 PM (Champions Run, 13800 Eagle Run Drive)
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