This week President Shawn will be presenting the results of the club member survey and sharing information about meals and meeting spaces as we prepare to move into the future.  

Last week Dennis Depcik stumped us with Headlines - Real or Not? for Fun and Frolics.  

 

 

Sita Prakasan presented her classification speech as a newer member in our club.  She has a very interesting background of leaving her homeland, India, to come to the U.S. and earning numerous degrees.  She currently lives in Buffalo Grove and is a Client Delivery Lead and a Life Coach.  Sita is married and has two children. 

 

Here is one fact that she shared with us that is quite impressive:  My father, Adv.K.V.Prakash is a Guinness Book World Record Holder for creating the longest painting in the world. It was appeared in the Guinness Book of the year 2000,  done with the intention of injecting the manthra of "ONE WORLD" in the minds of younger generation. This longest piece of art work depicts 192 countries in the world, as it then was, and measured a world record of 498.76 meters long and 80.6 cm wide. It was created under his supervision by 17,484 children belonging to 92 different countries, all residing in United Arab Emirates. The art work was completed in 526 hours between 17 September 1999 and 11 March 2000.

President Shawn announced that there will not be a lunch meeting on February 29th and he is looking for suggestions for a social event for our club.

Be sure to read "A Survivor's Legacy" in the January Rotary Magazine about Holocaust survivor and Northbrook Rotarian Sam Harris.  The article covers Sam's life story and highlights the creation of the Illinois Holocaust Museum that became a reality because of the involvement of many Rotarian.  Pictured in the article are Sam's friends and local Rotarians, including friend of our club, Ron Bernardi.  Sam is a passionate Rotarian and inspirational human being who has contributed so much to the education of people about the Holocaust.  He joined a successful campaign to require Illinois public schools to teach the history of the Holocaust and is actively involved in youth education through Rotary.

President                   Brian Shepard

President Elect             Juliet Ziak

President Nominee       Jason Davis

Imm Past President       Shawn Collins

Treasurer                    Shannon O'Connor

Secretary                    Leslie Forman

Director                      Miriam Campbell

Director                      Stephen Legge

Director                      Santosh Shanmugam