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This prior notice is being sent to all members of the club that there will be a vote to amend the RCPC by-laws at the November 5th regular meeting as follows:
Amend bylaws to provide that the governing body of the Club shall be the Board consisting of sixteen (16)members of the Club, namely, the President, Immediate Past President, President-Elect, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Sergeant at Arms, Parliamentarian, Director at Large and seven (7) elected directors.
There are currently six (6) elected directors. This additional director will be responsible for Public Image.
The Public Image Director will oversee all of our club's public image efforts. The Public Image area in our club currently includes PCR Marketplace, our club's website, the weekly program update, MyRotary Showcase, The Hub, Shutter Bug, Media Relations, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Videography, etc.
Please attend the meeting onFriday, November 5thto assure we have a quorum present.
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Report of the RCPC Nominating Committee
President Elect (2022-23): Jeff Sheehan
Vice President (2022-23): Nolan Duck
Director (2022-24): Marcia Zidle
Director (2022-24): John Brown
Director (2022-24): Jen Hammond
Director (2022-24): Mark Neace*
Director at Large (2022-23): Paul Pirok
Secretary (2022-24): Pat Martin
Treasurer (2022-2024): Mark Kashar
Sergeant at Arms (2022-23): Kathy Wall
Parliamentarian (2022-23): Ley Waggoner
Continuing Officers and Directors
Director (2nd year of term): Sarah Oliai
Director (2nd year of term): Valerie Pelan
Director (2nd year of term): Kyle Marmillion
Immediate Past President: Happy Franklin
President (2022-23): PE Jeff McNaughton shall succeed to the Presidency without further balloting after serving one year as President Elect.
Nominations will be received from the floor following the second reading of the nominations at the regular meeting to be held at noon on October 29, 2020.
The vote will be taken at the Annual Meeting on November 19, 2020
* Dependent on Club approval of the by-laws amendment on Nov 5, 2021
RCPC Returns for Our Annual Tour at the Meadows Museum!
Did you make your reservation?
Private Tour of Canvas & Silk! Complimentary Tour Given By: Curator Dotseth
Friday, November 5th, 4pm - 5pm
Park in the Meadows Museum Parking Garage (no charge)
No cost. Complimentary tour. Please consider joining the museum.
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Sign up asap!!
Scottish Rite Hospital needs six volunteers to set out and fluff trees for others to decorate later that week!
We will set out trees, fluff, and return bags holding the trees back to storage. Register quickly to save your spot! Monday, November 22nd, 5:30pm - 7:30pm Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, 2222 Welborn Street, Dallas 75219 Click here to register. (Registration is limited to the first six people.)
•Friday Afternoons, 3:00 to 5:00 pmat Bonton Farms
Volunteers are needed to help sort and pack Meal Bags. If you can help any Friday, please text or email our fellow PCR member Stephanie Bohan: stephanie@bontonfarms.orgor 214-989-3513. Bonton Farms, 6915 Bexar Street.
• Friday, November 5, 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Registration needed.
Canvas and Silk: Historic Fashion from Madrid's Museo del Traje
Meadows Museum at SMU
Complimentary Tour Given By Curator Amanda Dotseth
Parking: Meadows Museum Parking Garage (no charge)
Complimentary tour. Please consider joining the museum.
Clickhereto register, so RCPC knows your're attending!
Deadline to register: November 24th
•Sunday, December 5, 2021, 2:00 pmat Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre: Potter Rose Performance Hall
RCPC Goes to see A Christmas Carol. Brimming with joyful songs, magical spirits and holiday cheer, Dallas Theater Center’s A Christmas Carol boldly reimagines Dickens’ classic tale of joy,redemption and the spirit of Christmas.
•Call the Box Office to Receive the Discount and Purchase Your Tickets: 214-522-8499 Tickets are selling quickly! Buy your tickets soon to secure your seats!
•Discount Code: ACCRCPC (20% off adult single tickets in any section) (Youth tickets are 50% off adult single tickets)
•ClickHereto Register So We Know Who Is Attending!
•Save the Date!Thursday, December 9th, 6:30 – 8:30pm, Holiday Party!
Tom and Suzy Rhodes’ Home, 3517 Drexel Drive, Dallas, Texas 75205
More details to follow
•Friday, December 10, 2021, Regular RCPC Noon Meeting (Please arrive by 11:45am)
at the Park City Club, 5956 Sherry Lane, Suite 1700, Dallas 75225
Program and Speaker: Rick Williams, Certified Master Gardener,
will speak on Dallas Arboretum Trees
Cost: $37/person
Lunch: Full Park City Club Lunch Buffet including salad bar, entrees, breads, soups, iced tea and water
Your donation makes a difference to those who need our help most.
EREY: Every Rotarian Every Year contribute $100 or more to THE Rotary Foundation
The mission of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.
Rotary members believe that we have a shared responsibility to take action on our world’s most persistent issues. Our 35,000+ clubs work together to:
Promote peace
Fight disease (including but not limited to the Global Eradication of Polio Initiative)
Provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene
Save mothers and children
Support education
Grow local economies
Service Above Self is the principal motto of Rotary because it best conveys the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service
From Jeff McNaughton, President-Elect of RCPC and President of the RCPC Foundation - 2021-22
The Rotary Club of Park Cities' Communities Fund was originally sponsored in the 1960’s by the Rotary Club of Park Cities (“RCPC”) for the purpose of providing an enduring legal entity through which members and friends of the Rotary Club of Park Cities might make donations for the good of mankind and the Dallas community. The fund continues to this day to consider internal and external grant requests submitted on the RCPC Foundation online grant portal found on the club website.
The grant request approved at our May 2021 meeting includes:
• $4000 grant for scholarships for Hillcrest High School graduating seniors
The Executive Team denied the following two grant requests:
Children First
Family Compass
The Executive Team voted to roll over the remaining $7,152.81 available grant monies until the 2021-22 fiscal year, which starts on July 1, 2021.
According to the Fund’s Policies and Procedures dated November 8, 2011, Section 11. Tenure; Removal Non-Ex Officio members of the Executive Committee serve four year terms. The Executive Team recommended to the RCPC Board that Daniel Drabinski replace Cleve Clinton as a Non-Ex Officio member of the Executive Committee. The RCPC Board unanimously approved his nomination. His term will be held from 2021-2025.
The fund balance as of May 11, 2021 was $1,847,218.00 (almost $400K higher than this time last year). The Communities Foundation of Texas has done an incredible job managing the fund. The amount available each year for grants is derived from an average over 16 quarters (4 years), then, 4.5% of that amount is the amount available for distribution the following year.
Our Sgt. at Arms Kyle Marmillion, reported that the RCPC Foundation fund donations thru 4-30-21 totals $62,822.10 from 89 donors!
To the Foundation Fund: $6,422.10 from 37 donors
To the Bonton Clinic: $56,400.00 from 52 donors
Your contributions make an incredible difference in the amount we are able to distribute to worthy local organizations. Please consider making a contribution today. https://portal.cftexas.org/donate-park-cities-rotary
