The Rotary Club of Beaumont, TX, is a large and diverse fellowship of inspired business, professional, and civic leaders with significant community connections that foster the ideals of Service Above Self and high ethical standards.
There will not be a meeting on June 26th. Please join us for the Awards program and "Toast to Lynn."
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CALENDAR OF ROTARY EVENTS
(Club events & opportunities for meeting makeups)
JUNE
25
Board of Directors meeting, 11:45 a.m. at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas
25
2018-19 Awards and "Toast to Lynn"; final meeting of the Rotary year; 5:30 p.m.; Art Museum of Southeast Texas; replaces the meeting on Wednesday, June 26
26
No meeting at the MCM Eleganté.
JULY
3
No meeting at the MCM Eleganté.
4
"Show Your Colors" Flag project for Independence Day; 5:00 a.m.; Dishman Scout office
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DUES INVOICING AND THE BILLING CYCLE
Rotary operates financially at the club, district, and international levels. Dues, along with contributions to the Beaumont Rotary Foundation, support the work done at each level. Dues are billed to the individual at the club level, andthe club pays District and International dues on behalf of every member who is on the membership roster on January 1 and July 1.
In order for the club to pay dues to Rotary International on July 1, each member must be up-to-date on his/her dues to the Club no later than June 30, in advance of the July 1 assessment by Rotary International.
If your January 1 dues remain unpaid on Monday, June 30, you will be terminated in bad-standing, meaning you are ineligible for membership in this or any other Rotary Club until your past due amount has been paid. If your January 1 dues were not paid on time, you will receive a second copy of the past-due invoice along with the July 1 invoice by mail within the week. To prevent termination, you are required to pay both invoices by June 25, the date of the next meeting of the Board of Directors.
In order to make it as convenient as possible for you to submit a timely payment, the Board of Directors has requested that the invoices be sent to members 30-45 days in advance so that each member has adequate time to budget for the expense, process payment, and assure that the invoice is paid by June 30, 2019. To adhere to that guideline, invoices were sent electronically at the end of May.
Electronic invoices were sent last week to all who are in good-standing. If you requested to have a printed invoice mailed to you, it should be received within the week. Please phone the office or email admin@beaumontrotaryclub.org to request a different method of billing or payment. Members with a credit card on file will receive a receipt by email when your card has been charged, or you will be contacted if your credit card information needs to be updated.
If you wish, you can submit your credit card information to be kept on file so that payments are processed for you in advance of the deadline each time.
If you wish, you can make arrangements with the Executive Director to have your charge card processed for your dues in installments until the account is paid in full.
If you do not receive your invoice, have questions, or wish to change your membership status, call 409-842-1913. Thank you.
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PLEASE VOLUNTEER FOR FLAG PROJECT
Are you serving as a volunteer on the "Show Your Colors" flag project for Independence Day? If not, what can you do that would be more patriotic than to post the beautiful USA flag in one of the many Beaumont neighborhoods we serve? Chairs Pat Anderson and Gary Moncla have been recruiting volunteers for a week or more now and a good number of people have already pledged to help. But we still have some open slots that need a good volunteer - like YOU! Please call or text Pat at 409-782-4057 and volunteer today!
Thank you!
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Items requested: peanut butter, cereals, canned meats, rice, beans, mac & cheese, chili, canned stew, soups, canned fruit, canned vegetables, box meals, can/powder or shelf-stable milk, 100% juice box/can, any pastas.
Cash is always appreciated.
Please bring your donations to the Awards & Toast event at AMSET on Tuesday, June 25th.
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Meet the Newest Rotarians in our Club!
The Club welcomed Colten Renner as a new member on June 12th. Colten was recently named General Manager for Lamar University athletics department and is enjoying the challenge a great deal, especially getting to meet so many new people associated with Lamar athletics. Also known as "Preach," Colten is an ordained minister. Welcome, Colten!
Pictured (left to right) is President Lynn Castle, Colten Renner, and sponsor Brenda Gray.
Ana Pereda, Vice President of the Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, has lived in three countries but chose Beaumont to be her home. She was born in Chihuahua, Mexico and earned a Finance degree from Tec de Monterrey. She moved to the United States in 2007 and completed an MBA from Lamar University, worked as a Small Business Advisor in the Small Business Development Center at LU before moving on to the Chamber. Welcome, Ana!
Ana Pereda is welcomed by President Lynn Castle.
Patricia "Trish" Barry Rumble, President of PlayItStore, LLC, also joined the club as a new member on June 19th. Trish has been a playwright for 30 years and has written 30+ plays. Beaumont, her hometown, is the setting for three of the plays she has penned, and she is really excited that one will be performed at the Jefferson Theatre in a few months. In her spare time, Trish loves vegetable gardening and baking cookies to share with others.
Trish Rumble and President Lynn Castle
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Sympathy is expressed to Rotarian
John Lee
on the loss of his mother
Rachel Kirkland Lee
November 5, 1937 - June 22, 2019
Rachel was a member of the Spindletop Rotary Club.
Services are at Forest Lawn Funeral Home at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.
John invites Rotarians to his home, 640 20th Street, following the services.
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Gary Troutman
June 24
Allan Higgins
June 25
Arne Almquist
June 26
Ken Dollinger
June 28
Jamie Pope
June 28
Derwin Samuels
June 28
Steve Lucas
June 30
Melissa Talakoub
June 30
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PROGRAM REVIEW
June 19, 2019
"Cities Industry Clusters Drive Growth"
Laila Assanie
Senior business Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
by Bobbie Applegate
One of the things that the Reserve Bank does is evaluate the economic factors that drive industry and the related workforce inside each state compared to the national forecast. The time of the latest study discussed today was from the Great Recession until 2018. In Texas, the cities with industry clusters that drive growth with the largest populations and economic sectors are Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, McAllen, Midland/Odessa, and San Antonio. Most innovation and growth for the state are driven by the force of these cities. Texas has five cities with populations over two million and the Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston areas are among the six largest metro area populations impacting economic growth. Texas was the first state to emerge from the recession.
The clusters are comprised of multiple and independent industries. Of the cluster concentration in Texas the largest sectors are energy, IT and business and financial services. These sectors help set Texas apart from any other state. Transportation, defense and business services are the fasted growing sectors.
Keeping in mind the large clusters, there are smaller areas that are interrelated and interdependent to the major areas: Amarillo, Beaumont/Port Arthur, Lubbock, Tyler and Longview.
Texas has increased by migration and other natural increases in population. Factors that are considered in employment and population increase include the state’s low cost of living and the low unemployment rate. The Median Household income in 2017 for the nation was $60,336 but in Texas it was $59,206. In Beaumont median household income was $49,875. However, in Beaumont there are dominant industries that pay higher premiums for workers and those include chemicals, energy, constructions, fabrication, utilities and advanced fabrication.
Beaumont/Port Arthur’s population is just under 410,000 and population growth in this area has been steady but not increasing more than about 1% since 2010. The unemployment rate here is higher than the other smaller areas and our area has less educated workers (17.8% college degrees and 11% without a high school diploma). Petrochemicals and refineries are central to the economy here as they have created a gas and oil hub for the area.
More information on the Dallas Fed may be found at www.dallasfed.org.
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