Hybrid Meeting on November 30, 2021President Kathy Myers welcomed the group.
Patriotic song God Bless America was arranged by David Dix followed by a rendition of the KSU Fight song.
President Kathy led the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Invocation was offered by Rachel Kerns. .
Brian Bialik handling Rotareminder duties.
Visiting Rotarians
None.
Guests
President Kathy introduced Bill Russell (prospective new member).
Bill Childers introduced Cindy Hunter – Executive Director of Townhall II.
Announcements
President Kathy expressed thanks to Curt Stumpf and Dave Myers for their work on the Story Walk project.
President Kathy indicated that The Kent Rotary Foundation will be meeting next Tuesday evening and will be reviewing funding requests. Please submit your request no later than Friday, December 3rd.
President Kathy reminded everyone that the Jingle Mingle event is this Friday…hope to see everyone there.
President Kathy remarked that next year’s election of officers is now in motion.
Rachel Kerns requested that any toys for needy children for drop off should be placed on the UMCC gymnasium stage; Rachel does have a Venmo account for any cash contributions. All contributions should be received no later than 12/17/2021.
Salvation Army bell ringing event is scheduled for this Saturday at ACME.
There will be no Rotary programs for the 21st and the 28th.
Program
Assad Khan introduced todays’ speaker – Hafiz Haq, an independent entrepreneur from the United Kingdom. He is presenting via Zoom and will be providing remarks regarding his 52 year professional journey….
Mr. Haq has amassed a remarkable professional record across the past 52 years – from manufacturing and logistics to a business development consultancy. An engineer by education, Hafiz’s professional journey has taken him all across the world, providing invaluable experiences that have helped shape and expand his knowledge of the inner workings of business. He attributes his success to a subscribed set of themes that have served as guiding principles:
Self-development and competitiveness – This comes from within. An individual must make a whole-hearted indivisible commitment to the idea or notion of success.
Ambition and Passion - Cited an example from a former mentor who gave him an impossible task. What he learned from this experience was that it was not good enough to be good…one must strive to be different.
Managing people - What was key here is the importance of catching people when they achieved success and to reinforce the same. People need to know their contributions are valued – cultivating ideas from them will help boost your relationship to develop a chemistry necessary for successful collaborations.
Learning from Cultural aspects – Helps develop / foster better understanding; needs/desires; behaviors and work ethic.
In closing, Hafiz shared with the audience what occupies his time today – an organization called Transformation Beyond Imagination. It was founded out of the need to pay the lessons of success forward. The program is geared towards individuals and provides professional scholarships to those who lack financial resources to receive the proper educational opportunities to improve oneself.
Today’s responder to the program was Tom Larkin.
Respectfully submitted,
Brian K Bialik