Ann Dudash will be speaking to us this Friday, April 27.  Ann is a professional communications person and is heavily involved in Memphis in May.  This year, the Memphis in May host country is the Phillipines.  Come and find out more about this interesting topic this Friday at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn.
Buffet is served (and it is good).  We begin at noon, but you may want to arrive early to have time to enjoy some conversation with your meal before our speaker gets under way.  All are invited, …

We will not have our normally scheduled meeting this week.  The District 6800 conference takes place this weekend in Tupelo, MS., and our very own Marty Petrusek will be installed as District Governor!  If you have not already made plans to attend and or registered, please click here to register.
More information about the conference can be found here.

This Friday’s speaker is Dr. LaVonnie Perry Claybon, Director Mid-South Access Center for Technology at the University of Memphis.  The Mid-South Access Center for Technology is an assistive technology resource center providing services for individuals with disabilities in Memphis and the Mid-South region, and is affiliated with the Center for Rehabilitation and Employment Research.  Begun in 1995 by Dr. Tom Buggey, the center focuses on empowering those who are disabled through the use of adaptive technology.  Come join us for lunch and a great speaking event this Friday, March 2, …

This week’s speaker is Cheyenne Johnson.  Ms. Johnson is the Shelby County Assessor of Property.  She will be informing us about the ins and outs of property valuation in Shelby County.  Come hear what makes Shelby county unique, and bring your curiosity and questions. As usual, we meet at noon Friday, at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn, 3700 Central Ave.   Come enjoy a nice lunch, good conversation and hear an interesting speaker from the community.

This week, our speaker will be Deborah Hester Harrison, President and CEO of Girls, Inc., an organization dedicated to helping girls aged 6-12 realize their full potential and vision in life.
We will meet in our normal place, the University of Memphis Holiday Inn at noon on Friday, for lunch, conversation and to hear our speaker.  Feel free to come, bring a guest and enjoy.

This week, our speaker will be Annie Wu.  Annie is a Senior Technical Analyst at FedEx, and is deeply involved with traditional Chinese Culture.  She will be speaking about the Renaissance and traditional Chinese culture.  Shen Yun, (a performing arts company focusing on traditional Chinese culture of the past 5000 years) has a mission of reviving the essence of 5000 years of ancient Chinese culture.   This culture had been nearly wiped out by the Chinese communist government over the years.  Thanks to organizations like Shen Yun, the beauty of this …

This Friday, January 13, 2012, we will be back in our regular meeting place – the University of Memphis Holiday Inn at 3700 Central Avenue.  Our speaker will be representing the Withers Collection.  The Withers Collection is a huge, 60-year span of over 1 million images covering Civil Rights, Memphis music, the Negro Baseball League, Beale Street, Memphis history and politics and much more.  All images were take by Ernest Withers, a renowned photojournalist who traveled with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and many others.
The museum and collection is located …

This Friday, January 6, 2012, our speaker will be Kelly Penwell.  Kelly is Program Manager at the University of Memphis’ Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.  According to the CEI’s website:
Our mission at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) is to assist our clients become innovation catalysts who have the ability to proactively recongnize oppurtunities through societal trends and key technologies. 
What does that mean? Kelly is going to explain it all to us.  She is a former Rotarian and Paul Harris fellow, so she is familiar with how our organization …

You are in for a treat this Friday. Our speaker will be Roquita Coleman, Solutions Manager, CN Supply Chain Solutions at CN Railroad, President at the Memphis World Trade Club, and on the Board of Directors for Memphis in May 2012/2013.  She is a powerhouse of energy and focus.  A good example of this is what she did to complete the  fundraiser for St. Jude’s 60-day Challenge.  The challenge was to complete 60 sessions of Bikram yoga in 60 days. Well, she did it.  In 45 days!  For those of …

This week, our speaker will be Jan Sherman, chair of the Department of History at the University of Memphis. Dr. Sherman has been with us a number of times in the past. She may as well be a member! She is certainly always an informative and entertaining speaker, and is a fount of historical information. Here is a brief bio from the University:
Dr. Janann Sherman is the Olin Atkins Professor of History and chair of the History Department at the University of Memphis. She holds a Ph.D. from Rutgers University …