The Gainesville-Haymarket Rotary meets every Wednesday at 7:30 am at the Piedmont Country Club. Here's the address:

14675 Piedmont Vista Drive, Haymarket, Va 2016

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August is Membership and Extension Month. What a great time to celebrate our unique identity as a Club and seek to expand our diversity in all ways. Look at us, we are nothing less than a bouquet of humanity! How many Clubs can say this? We are male and female in gender; black, mocha and white of race; octogenarian and thirty-something of age; Muslim, Jewish, Protestant and Catholic in faith. We salute at least three different flags. We are Asian, European, and North American in ancestry. But lucky us, we are all American in experience. We ARE what Rotary was meant to be.

In this regard, I have been asked as your President to support and encourage non-sectarian prayer in our meetings, that the member who leads us thereby speaks to Our Lord in direct representation of as many of us as possible. This I do, and do gladly because of the importance of prayer in bonding both our earthly and celestial journeys together. More than that, I will continue asking all members to lead prayer at meetings, so that we can celebrate not a common offering, but the music of our diversity. And… to give Robin a break. We are a beautiful garden. Let us tend to it. Let us have a care for diversity as we seek to expand our number this season.

Kris Johnson, Prince William/Greater Manassas Chamber of Commerce

Kris Johnson is the marketing and sales director for the Prince William County-Greater Manassas Chamber of Commerce. She has been with the Chamber for 8 years in November. Kris started her career at the Chamber as the PR/Events Director where she was responsible for all the Chamber's events, publications and even their Cable TV show on Comcast. She moved over to membership about 4 years ago. Before the Chamber, Kris was a stay at home mom raising 3 boys. In addition to raising children, she competed in and finished a marathon and started her own Personal Training Business. Prior to children, Kris held various sales and marketing positions with companies in Ohio. Kris resides in Manassas with her husband and children. Kris will talk about how businesses can make the most of their Chamber investment.

Ali Syed, Classification Talk

Ali gave us a very interesting overview of his career in the Pakistan Navy and some of the logistic projects he led during his time of service. He talked about his decision to relocate to the United States to give his children an education and some of the initial struggles that he had when first arriving and seeking employment. All of the skills he learned while managing logistics in the Pakistan Navy have come in handy during other applications along his career path. He has since started his own business, a convenience store and market in Gainesville specializing in Pakistani products.

Date	Speaker	Description	Guest Of
August 20th	Colin Davis	Executive Director, The BARN	Amelia Stansell
August 27th	Charlie Mills	Children's Wellness Festival Update

Date	Event	Time
Saturday, September 20	Haymarket Day	All Day - Time Slots to man our Rotary Booth
Saturday, September 27	Children's Wellness Festival	TBD
October 24, 2008	First Annual Senator Charles J. Colgan Accomplished Under 40 Awards	Luncheon - Heritage Hunt

2008-2009 Board of Directors

Officers	Name	Directors	Name
President	Dennis Fargo	The Rotary Foundation	Russ Tuck
President Elect	Charlie Mills	Club Administration	Lori Power
Vice President	Alan Myers	Membership	Linda Marlow
Secretary	Don Rusch	Service Projects	Marilyn Karp
Treasurer	Dick McCord	Club Public Relations	Amelia Stansell
Sergeant-at-Arms	Ali Sayed	Rotary Community Corp	George Layne
Interact Club	George Layne	Past President	John Grezjka

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Excellence is the result of:

• caring more than others think wise
• risking more than others think is safe
• dreaming more than others think is practical
• and expecting more than others think is possible

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