Dinner Meeting Sept 23, 2015 - Dr. Mazahari

Posted by John Ortolf 
on Sep 25, 2015
 
 
President Bruce Rutherford opened the meeting and introduced our guest Peter Williams. Peter is a member of the Ambler Rotary club and visited our evening meeting once before and our morning meeting several times.
 
Our exchange student, Mikolaj Sniegowski did not give an opening presentation because Josh Quinn whisked him off for a ride in a brand new Ford Mustang to fulfill one of the items on Mikolaj’s bucket list.  Fred Beans, a fellow Rotarian, was gracious enough to allow his Ford dealership to led Josh a Mustang for a few hours so he could take a test drive and give Mikolaj a ride.
 
Announcements:
  • Russ Schultz is in Doylestown Hospital and would enjoy visits by any Rotarians
  • Carol Mancini is acting in “Breaking the Code” in Newtown, Oct 2 to 17 at the Langhorne Playhouse in Tyler State Park.  Jo-Anne would like anyone who is interested in attending as a group to contact her.
  • Next week’s meeting on September 30 will see District Governor Doug Cook as our speaker. There is a special board meeting with the district governor at 4:30 immediately before the regular meeting.
  • October 7th our speaker will be Daniel Salau Rogei from the Maasai giving us an update on the wells dug for their community with our club’s assistance.  He is in town getting an award from Delaware Valley University. Our District Governor Elect, Linda Young, will also attend that meeting.
  • Gail Linenberg, the Membership Co-chair announced that we will have a membership cocktail party at Jim Wagner’s house on Saturday Night October 24, at 7 PM the week before Halloween. Email Gail if you plan to attend with guests, she needs a head count.
  • The Town and Country players program is rescheduled for October 28th when they will present a skit at our meeting.
  • November 7th is Rotary Leadership Institute at the Radisson at Valley Forge, Saturday from 8 am until 4pm, the club covers the cost of attendance.
 
Our program was Dr. Ahmed Mazahari speaking on the Middle East. Dr. Mazahari discussed the many changes that began with the 2003 removal of Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq.  Dr. Mazahari feels that that many of the problems in Iraq and Syria are due to a vacuum of power in the region.
 
 
After Mikolaj returned from his Mustang ride he provided an update on his action packed week.  He enjoyed some trampoline time at the Sky Zone in Levittown and went to Casa Blanka restaurant for an 8 course dinner. He played golf with Jo-Anne Atwell and Russ and joined her again at a Fondue restaurant Jo-Annes birthday. He is going to Dorney Park this weekend with other exchange students from the area.