In honor of our sister club, Orleans France Rotary, the Rotary Club of New Orleans will celebrate Bastille Day July 14th by asking members to wear red, white, and blue to our weekly meeting. You will see a French flair in the menu as well as table decorations. Please join the celebration by wearing something festive.
New Orleans Rotary and Orleans France Rotary have come together to form a Sister Club. Rotary International encourages clubs to form sister relationships to emphasize service and friendship and to enhance the understanding of another culture. We chose to initiate a request to Orleans France after friendships were made during the October 2018 USA-France Intercountry Committee Peace Seminar held at Loyola University in New Orleans. Randy Feldman is currently the Secretary of this RI USA-France Intercountry Committee. Our local organizing committee is made up of Gayle Dellinger, Chair, Randy Feldman, Vanessa Clincy, translator, Mark Fullmer, Roy Saldago , Vicki Gutierrez, non Rotarian, and Heather Kirk. We welcome your participation if you wish to join the Sister Club and build this relationship with Orleans France. Our long term goals include a service project that we can work on together and visits to each others home city. A Rotary Friendship exchange would also be a great goal and a trip to France sounds really appealing!
The Rotary Club of New Orleans held its Rotary 2021-22 Induction Ceremony on June 24th. The event took place at NOCHI in The Republic National Distributing Beverage Lab and Founders’ Terrace. The officers and Board of Directors were sworn in by Bob Vaughn – Rotary District Governor Elect. In-coming officers for the 2021-22 Rotary year are: Penny Menge-President, Heather Trosclair-President Elect, Norman Robinson-Vice President, Bradley Spedale-Secretary and Jeremy Hunnewell – Treasurer. Members of the Board of Directors include: Karl Koppy, Denny Ebersole, Vanessa Surena Clincy, Sarah Dickerson, Armando Leduc, Mamie Gasperecz, Knud Berthelsen, Michael Bourg, Hank Wolf, and Kelleigh Payne.
Once again, the Rotary Club of New Orleans will sponsor the “School Supply Backpack Giveaway”. Whether returning to in-person classes or virtual learning, children desperately need our help to prepare for their return to school. You can support this project by making a donation or by filling a backpack with the necessary supplies. Donations can be made by credit card on-line at www.NORFINOLA.org designation for Backpack Project. You can also sign up at a meeting to include a donation on your quarterly statement. Checks can be made payable to The Rotary Club of NewOrleans and mailed to: Penny Menge 800 Valmont St. New Orleans, LA 70115. Zelle or Venmo is also available to: pennymenge@gmail.com
Once again, our club will participate in selling Big Game Raffle tickets. The proceeds from the ticket sales are used to fund our charitable initiatives. It’s really a fun way to donate to worthy causes. There is a great list of prizes including tickets to LSU, Saints and Pelican home games. The tickets are still only $20 each with 100% of the money going to service projects. There is a good chance to win one of over 40 prizes. Last year, Heather Trosclair and Sonny Lee had winning tickets.
Tickets will be available at our weekly meeting or by mail if you prefer. Please make checks payable to Rotary Club of New Orleans and mail with stubs to Karl Koppy, 800 Valmont Street, New Orleans 70115. The drawing will be held on August 26th.
Seth M. Nehrbass is a registered patent attorney with GARVEY, SMITH & NEHRBASS, PATENT ATTORNEYS, L.L.C. in New Orleans. He was chairman of the Intellectual Property Law Committee of the New Orleans Bar Association from its inception in 1991 through 1995. He is a member of the Intellectual Property Law Committee of the New Orleans Bar Association. He is a member of the American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section. From 1988 through 1990 he served as the liaison between the ABA Intellectual Property Law Section and the ABA Law Student Division. He was the 1999-2000 chair of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association. He is fluent in Spanish and French. His biography is published in, among other publications: Who's Who in the World; Who's Who in America; The Best Lawyers in America. He has a personal AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell. He is a member of Master Gardeners of Greater New Orleans, Master Gardener Class of 2019, and Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater New Orleans, Master Naturalist Class of Spring 2020. He enjoys gardening, photography, birding, traveling, fishing, hunting, and sailing. He has two married children and two granddaughters.
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