Don Horton "Texas Bred and Keys Conch"

Don Horton, who was President of the Upper Keys Rotary Club, moved to the Keys in the mid 70's after finding that he loved the island style of living better than fighting oil fires in the Texas City, Texas refineries.

A Paul Harris Fellow, Mr. Horton is a graduate of the Rotary Leadership Institute and is currently studying to be a district and regional discussion leader for Rotary International and is the District 6990 Assistant District Governor.

With his wife Sherri, Mr. Horton owns a property management company called No Stress Property Management where they offer property management for privately owned homes as well as project and construction management and permit expediting. Don is a land use, building and code consultant, and an expert witness for many projects in the Keys.

Mr. Horton talked to the club about the objectives we seek to fulfill for the remainder of the rotary year.

Congratulations to our two newest members, Miguel Lopez and Lawrence Percival, who were inducted into the club today!

Miguel Lopez is a a Financial Representative for L.M. Bravo and Associates. He is also the President of Transcript, Inc. a Medical Transcript Solution Provider.

Lawrence Percival is a West Kendall Community Activist and a blogger for WestKendallToday.com. He is also the owner of DCA Inc., which provides Information Services.

 

Don Horton speaking to the club

The induction was led by President Carol Nobles, Secretary Phil Cabase, Don Horton, and Past President Bill Tuttle.

Bill Tuttle reads the Four Way Test

Phil Cabase pins Lawrence Percival and Carol Nobles pins Miguel Lopez

Lawrence and Miguel receive their pins as well as a framed copy of The Four Way Test

Member Jose Colli received a membership pin.

Front: (from left) Lawrence Percival, Jose Colli, Miguel Lopez

Back: (from left) Carol Nobles, Don Horton, Bill Tuttle

New Member Carmen Sanchez

Congratulations to Carmen Sanchez, who is now officially Miami Metrozoo Club's newest Rotarian!

Carmen receives her induction into the club from Membership District Vice-Chair Joe Roth

Al Smith MDC Alumni

Congratulations to Al Smith for his listing with the MDC Alumni Network!

Joe the Jeweler - Rotary Membership

District 6990 Membership Chair Joe Roth shared membership secrets with the club today.

Joe asked why it was important to strengthen your club and members. The answer was to create bigger, better, and bolder clubs. It is vital for our clubs to make a good first impression to potential members.The result of an expanding membership is the direct consequence of strong and effective clubs and its members.

How?

• Present an energetic, well organized meeting
• Enthusiastically welcome your visitors
• Communicate with guests after the meeting

THINK:  
If you were a first time visitor to your club today, what would your first impression be?

Joe encouraged members not to be RINOs - Rotarians In Name Only

A good way to prevent RINOs is to offer members leadership opportunities.

On that note, the club would like to recognize the following guests who were at the meeting today:
Saundra Lange, Senior Vice President of 1st National Bank
Miguel Lopez, Financial Representative at LMBravo and Associates
William Riera, Computer Manager at Hi-Tech

Hong Kong Flag

 

The club received a flag from the Rotary Club of Hong Kong Northeast! It was placed on our Rotary Banner.

Insights on Aging - Robin Kroth

Guest Speaker Robin Kroth holds a B.A. degree in English and has over 33 years of experience in newspaper and magazine advertising, book publishing and printing. Also a writer and editor, Korth has published four books for private authors and has worked with many companies helping them grow their businesses with advertising and strategic business profiles.

In 1983, as the owner of a fledgling aviation support advertising agency, she drove The Korth Company to be the single largest advertiser in the World Aviation Directory. The Korth Company actually contracted for more advertising space than any other advertiser, including Pratt & Whitney and General Electric during that year.

In 1999, Korth received a Master's degree in nursing, with a concentration on research and the care of the older adult. This augments Korth's other experiences to firmly ground her in solid knowledge and practical experience as the driving force behind Insights on Aging.

 Robin Korth realized that she was in an unhappy life and did not know what she was missing. Then, "I fell in love with me", and she realized that everyone is beautiful and powerful. She had to share this with the world. Now she conducts workshops with Insights on Aging.

"If we're laughing at people and not learning to laugh at ourselves, we're not connected". We need to bring ourselves home; to connect with ourselves.

"Let's do this aging thing well; let's do this living thing well."
-Robin Korth

Join Robin Korth's "Shut Up! Workshop Series Focus Group - A Coming Home!"

They are looking for a select group of people to help them fine-tune their ALL NEW workshop in the IOA Shut Up! series called "Coming Home"

Saturday, August 6, 2011 from 9:00am to 2:00pm

Best Western Plus

1900 Stirling Road

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33004

$49.95, Lunch Included

Seating is limited. Reserve today!

Contact: Call 877-389-7979 or email info@insightsonaging.com

 

 Robin Korth presenting to the club.

 President Carol Nobles presents Robin Korth with a certificate of appreciation.

President Carol Nobles presents Al Smith with a certificate of appreciation.

Presidential Citation

Past President, Jack Courtright, informed the club that we have received a Presidential Citation. Thank you, Jack, for your selfless leadership and contributions to the club. Congratulations to all the members of the Miami Metrozoo Rotary Club!