Rotary Bulletin for September 17, 2013
Announcements
September 24 - the District is having a training meeting - See President Tom for details.
Carol Gibson, Amy Fetter, Connie Bever, Mike Anderson and Evan Starcevic all received their blue badges.
Bike Project - Harold indicated that the would be bike repair opportunities on the last three thursday nights in September. See Harold for details.
Three Minute Speaker
Chuck Gustaveson was the three minute speaker who discussed his life with his wife Judy. They are parents to 4 children and grandparents to 7 children. They have spent parts of their lives in Iowa, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico and have been involved in several Roatry clubs. They currently reside in a condo near Jordan Creek mall. Chuck was a banker in his professinal career and Judy was a gaduate of the University of Colorado a nd at one time was the executive director of the Red Cross in Clinton County and also was a realtor for 17 years.
Program
The program was provided by Mh Silvyvestry Koka representing the SF Group of Companies from Tanzania. Mh. Koka is a meber of the Tanzanian parliment and is workiing on economic development through the SF group.
The following excerpt on Tanzania is from wikipedia:
Tanzania /ˌtænzəˈniːə/, officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Swahili: <span xml:lang="sw" xml:lang="sw">Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania),[6] is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north; Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern border is formed by the Indian Ocean. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania.
The country is divided into 30 administrative regions: five on the semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar and 25 on the mainland in the former Tanganyika.[7] The head of state is President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, elected in 2005. Since 1996, the official capital of Tanzania has been Dodoma, where the National Assembly and some government offices are located.[8] Between independence and 1996, the main coastal city of Dar es Salaam served as the country's political capital. It remains Tanzania's principal commercial city and is the main location of most government institutions.[7][9] It is also the principal port of the country.[10]
The name "Tanzania" derives from the names of the two states, Tanganyika and Zanzibar, that united on 26 April 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.[7] On 29 October 1964, the country was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.[7] The Articles of Union are the main