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The Bulletin

3/19/2018


Club Calendar

March is Water and Sanitation Month

3/22 Regular Meeting-Al Latimer, Director of the Office of Economic Vitality in Tallahassee. Will speak on Tallahassee’s bid for the Amazon HQ2
3/29 NO LUNCH MEETING TODAY-Cookout tonight
4/5 Regular Meeting-Former US Ambassador to Slovkia on the WWI Commission
4/12 Regular Meeting-GRSP Student Anna-Her year in Georgia

Our Rotary Family
BIRTHDAYS

3/2 Nancy Tillinghast
3/4 Will Watt
3/9 Frederick Buechner
3/16 Scott Rich
3/21 Powell Jones
3/27 David Lewis
3/27 Perry Mustian

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

3/24 Will Watt
3/27 Troy Stencel
3/25 Heather Lindquist
3/30 Charles Dixon
3/28 Tom Harrison
3/24 Mary Beth Donalson
3/6 Ronnie Godwin
3/5 Mark Lowe

SERVICE ANNIVERSARIES

3/28 Danny Braddy (16)
3/1 Joe Brown (13)
3/6 Ellis Jackson (10)
3/21 Susan O'Neal (10)
3/22 Irene Gleason (6)
3/7 Bryant Beadles (5)
3/22 Dan Bain (5)
3/20 William Felts (4)
3/27 Rankin Smith (4)
3/19 Angela Williamson (3)
3/24 Janet Liles (2)
3/31 Robert Jackson (2)
3/31 Gregory Adams (2)
3/1 Elijah Miranda (1)
3/1 Troy Rich (0)
3/8 Hinson Arwood (0)

Rotary Online

https://thomasvillerotary.org
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ROTARY CLUB OF
Thomasville


Thursdays, 12:15 pm
The Plaza Restaurant
217 South Broad Street
Thomasville, GA 31792 May 1, 1921
Active Membership: 131 FacebookInstagram

ROTARY CLUB OF Thomasville
PO Box 1277
Thomasville, GA 31799

President Teri White
President-Elect Andre Marria
Immediate Past President Jeff Zoller
Vice President Carol Jones
Secretary Angela Williamson
Treasurer Rick Piper
Program Director Lauren Radford
Program Director Jay Flowers
Program Director Al Nicholson
Fellowship Director Angela Williamson

This Year's Theme
2017-2018

People in Action in Thomasville
Upcoming Events & Projects

Saturday, March 24th, District Assembly in Columbus, GA - We encourage all Board Members for the current and the upcoming year to attend. We invite any member that would like to attend to please join us. We meet at the Belk parking lot at 5:20 am wheels will be rolling at 5:30am, we drive over to Columbus, stopping half way for a coffee break, a full Breakfast will be served, assembly takes place and we adjourn and travel home. Group decides on lunch? Please contact Andre', Rick or Teri so that they can register you for the event? (Club pays the registration fee)



This Week's Program
Al Latimer, Director of the Office of Economic Vitality in Tallahassee. Will speak on Tallahassee’s bid for the Amazon HQ2

Al Latimer — a former high ranking Enterprise Florida executive — has been tapped to lead the Office of Economic Vitality, the new economic development hub for Tallahassee and Leon County.

Latimer, of Apopka, has a 25-year career in state-level economic development, most recently an 18-year stint with Enterprise Florida, the state's economic development arm.

Latimer has been applauded for his ability to build relationships between public and private sectors as well as for his connections with various business sectors, universities and governments. Latimer — who played five seasons in the NFL — led Enterprise Florida's business recruitment efforts, successfully bringing the Jacksonville Jaguars to Duval County.

Most recently, he was senior vice president of strategic partnerships at Enterprise Florida, a position he held since 2006. In that post, he led an investor development program and raised $2 million from private businesses last year to support the agency's programs.

Before his time at with the state, Latimer was vice president of government relations for the Florida Chamber of Commerce, executive director of the Jacksonville Sports Development Authority and regional director of the Governor's Council on Fitness and Sports.



Next Week's Program
Club Assembly Cookout

Thursday, March 29th, Club Cookout-NO LUNCH MEETING

Please mark your calendars for March 29th at 5:30 pm for our special club meeting. We will be having a cookout at the Chamber of Commerce. After dinner we will have a more informal club meeting. Fran will be leading a Club strategic plan on the best practices for the future of our Rotary Club. Come prepared to participate. Discussion will be encouraged.

Click here to register: https://thomasvillerotary.org/v2/reservation/creat...

Something bothering you at Rotary, bring it to our strategic planning meeting.

See you there.