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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

WE MEET AT RIVER CITY BREWING

Rotary Club of South Jacksonville

Please Welcome Audrey Moran
CEO, Sulzbacher Center


 Audrey McKibbin Moran is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Sulzbacher Center. She received her undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Syracuse University. Audrey is a graduate of Duke University’s School of Law where she served as student body president and at graduation received the Outstanding Oral Advocate award.

Audrey has served as Chief of Staff for Mayor John Delaney and as Director of Legislative Affairs for Mayor Ed Austin. She has also served as Managing Director and Special Counsel for the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission. From 2004 to 2007 she was President of Moran Mediation Group.

She began her legal career with the law firm of Mahoney Hadlow and Adams and later joined the State Attorney’s Office where she started the Special Assault Unit, handling rape, domestic violence and child abuse cases. Audrey was the first female attorney appointed to the position of director in the Fourth Judicial Circuit, and she served with distinction as the Director of the County Court and Training Division; Director of the Special Prosecution Division and as a member of the Homicide Team.

In 2005, Audrey was selected to become a trustee of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, a $325 million charitable grant-making organization. She currently serves as Chair of the Board of Visitors for the Florida Coastal School of Law and is a member of Downtown Rotary and the Jacksonville Women’s Network. She has previously served as Chairman of the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida, Executive Board Member of the Schultz Center for Teaching and Leadership and on the Board of Directors of Baptist Medical Center. She was Chairman of the Downtown Development Authority and an inaugural member of the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission.

In 2001, Audrey received the Klechak Award for Downtown Advocacy and in 2003 she received the Rotary Good Government Award. She has been chosen as a Gateway Girl Scout Council Woman of Distinction and in 1998 she was the first woman selected to receive the Jacksonville Bar Association’s Lawyer of the Year award. In 2004 Audrey was honored with Leadership Jacksonville’s Community Trustee award.

Audrey is married to the Honorable John A. Moran, II and they have four children. Caitlin, a junior at Florida State University; Jack, a freshman at Florida State; Mary Kelley, a junior at Episcopal High School and Michael a freshman at Bishop Kenny.

 

Tracking PENELOPE

RANDOLFPE's sister PENELOPE will be assisting in our END POLIO NOW efforts.  At PENELOPE's request, RANDOLFPE will continue his "march" around the room each week!

Previously raised   $1,749.57

This week            $-0-

Thanks for your continued support!

 

$3,0000                                         

 

 

 

 

 

Our Field Trip to the Proton Beam Center


 

 

Charity Applications

 

Charity Applications are now available.  You may pick one up at the badge table or request it by e-mail.  Grants will be awarded during May.

 

 

 

 

The Four-Way Test Dissected

 

 

 

In 1932, Herbert J. Taylor wrote down four questions on a small white piece of paper to serve as an "ethical yardstick" for his employees.

His simple creation has come to be known as The Four-Way Test. Revered by Rotarians, it has been translated into more than 100 languages and recited weekly at club meetings around the globe.

When Merv Hecht, a member of the Rotary Club of Santa Monica, California, USA, challenged the notions behind the test as unrealistic and impractical in today's world, his letter in the December 2009 issue of The Rotarian prompted a flood of responses, many in defense of the test.

"Is it the TRUTH? The truth is variable," Hecht writes in his letter, reflecting on the first tenet of the test. "It used to be the 'truth' that the world was flat. And if you didn't accept that truth, you were burned at the stake. Then for many years it was taught that the world was round. Now they say it's elliptical because of the pull of gravity. Which is true?" He goes on to argue that what is fair for some is seldom fair for all, and that the final two points of the test are "not the way the world works."

Hecht says he is surprised by the response his letter has received. "It was a spur-of-the-moment letter, but in thinking about it now, I think it's a reaction to the black-and-white attitude that is permeating our society," he says. "Absolutism is dividing our fellow Americans as well as our international friends. The Four-Way Test is another of these absolutes that fails to train people to see the grays in social relationships. Perhaps Rotary, one of my very favorite organizations, could be improved with a new Four-Way Test that includes an openness to other points of view."

 

 

Below are a few of the many responses that have poured into The Rotarian 's mailbox.

Dale Bailey, of San Diego, California, USA, agrees with Hecht: "You're right -- The Four-Way Test is obsolete. We now live in a world where absolutes only erode our freedoms. Truth is now only that which benefits the bearer."

John Collier, president-elect of the Rotary Club of West U (Houston), Texas, USA, writes: "If I am committed to the truth, I do not deceive people. I am transparent. I am committed to full disclosure and the truth as I know it, because deception is a practice that tries to persuade someone to believe a lie."

Marsha Doyle, treasurer of the Rotary Club of Lamar, Missouri, USA, responds: "The Four-Way Test isn't supposed to be easy. I believe it is supposed to make one think hard and search to the heart of every matter to ensure that the one asking is diligently seeking integrity. We try and fail now and then, but we try. We succeed far more often. Rotary should continue to promote the test as a standard to which all persons of integrity and goodwill can aspire."

George Paden, a member of the Rotary Club of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, USA, and district Rotary Peace Fellowships chair, says: "I respectfully submit that 'this is not the way the world works' is precisely the reason every member of Rotary should totally embrace the principles set forth in our Four-Way Test. Rotarians do not work the way the world works. Rotarians are not people who are motivated by what's-in-it-for-me or what-have-you-done-for-me-lately kinds of thinking."

Connie Cockcroft, president of the Rotary Club of Athens, Pennsylvania, USA, writes: "The Four-Way Test is the purest, most humble way to gauge the ethics of our professions."
 

 

 

By Arnold R. Grahl 
Rotary International News -- 2 March 2010 
 

:: Birthdays & Anniversaries ::


 

 

 

Members:

March 11: Mary Goldsmith

Partner Birthdays:

March 9: Benjamin (Kelly) Wells

March 10: Amy (Rick) Morales

Wedding Anniversaries:

None This Week!

 

Wear your Rotary pin with pride!!!

Practice the 4-Way Test daily.

   1. Is it the TRUTH?

   2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

   3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

   4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
 

 

 
:: Rotating Rotarians ::

Northside:  Marcus Drewa

Westside: Dinkins Grange

E-Club: Wally McCullough

Mandarin: Ron Raymond

Visiting Rotarians & Guests:

 

 

:: Club News::

Important numbers for members to use for online make-ups and to check individual donations to the Rotary Foundation:

 

Membership ID (look at the top of your Rotary Magazine mailing label)

 

Rotary International website:  www.rotary.org

(Sign in and click on “View Your Contribution History”)

 

Make-up website: www.rotaryeclubone.com


District 6970

Club 4383

 

 

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:: Family of Rotary News ::

 
     
   

 

 

 

 
 

 
  Upcoming Programs

     
At River City Brewing  Program Chairs
Odette Struys (globalized@aol.com) & Mary Goldsmith (MEGoldsmith@pbsj.com)

March 16: DGE Cynde Covington, Polio Plus

March 23: Mike Miller, JTA

March 30: Nick Howland, BAE

April 6: Tom Majdanics, Kipp Schools

April 13: Steve Grossman, JAA

April 20: Tony Vecchio, Jacksonville Zoo

April 27: Dr. Donnie Horner, JU's Davis Leadership Center

around the district

Visit the district website at www.rotary6970.org to find out more about DISTRICT events.

        

 

Don't forget, our Rotaract club meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at the Haskell bldg.  The speakers are engaging and the "makeup" is free.  Come out and enjoy Florida's First Coast Rotaract Club-it's a great time!

Visit their website:

http://www.jaxrotaract.org/

 

 

   

Top Round of Beef
Chef's Choice of Fish

House Salad
Home Baked Rolls

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables
Chef's Choice of Starch

Dessert Station
Ice Tea, Coffee & Soda

 

   
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