February, 2020
2/4/2020 State of Membership: Audley Knight, Rotary International Zone Membership Chair
2/11/2020 Personality by Decision : James Beach, Personality by Decision James Beach
2/18/2020 Atlanta’s Best Architecture: Perry Jarrell, Director, American Institute of Architects
2/25/2020 Wills and Trusts: Jeffrey Tucker, Attorney at Law
March, 2020
3/2/2020 Read Across America: Teasley Elementary School
3/3/2020 Phantoms over Vietnam: Mike May
3/10/2020 State of Kennesaw: Chris Henderson, Kennesaw Councilman
3/28/2020 District Assembly, Columbus, GA.
April, 2020
4/14/2020 State of the City: Derek Norton, Mayor, Smyrna, Georgia
4/21/2020 District Conference: All Club District Conference
4/28/2020 The Iditarod: Bill Bordon
Past Events
July, 2018
July 3, 2018 – No meeting
July 10, 2018 – Speaker – Ron Fennel, Smyrna City Councilman
July 17, 2018 – Special Meeting at The Calvary Children’s Home – https://calvarykids.org/
July 24, 2018 – Speaker – Ferst Foundation
July 31, 2018 – No lunch meeting – Summer Social – August 4, 2018
August, 2018
August 4, 2018, 6 pm to 10 pm – Summer Social with Vinings Rotary!! – Smyrna Birthday Celebration – The annual happening is tons of fun with fireworks at the end! Celebrate the birth of Smyrna with family and friends. High-energy music, festival foods, birthday festivities, a GIANT birthday cake by McEntyre’s Bakery and a kids entertainment area add to the excitement…be there!
Don’t miss this huge, huge event! Community Center, 200 Village Green Circle SE Smyrna, Georgia 30080
August 7, 2018 – Member Introduction – Jerry Epps
August 14, 2018 – Shayla Jones, Programs Coordinator with Communities In Schools (CISMCC)
August 21, 2018 – Stephen Holland, The Center for Children and Young Adults (CCYA)
August 28, 2018 – Atlanta Business Coach, Jeff Lovejoy
September 2018
September 4, 2018 – Ms. Cara Lynn – Jim M. Miller Park and Event Center
September 11, 2018 – TBA
September 18th – Mystery Guest Speaker – You won’t want to miss this!
September 25, 2018 – Chris Hanks – KSU Entrepreneurship Center
October 2018
October 2, 2018 – Brenda Romanchik, LCSW – A life of writing
October 9, 2018 – Narayan Sengupta – Famous Women, or Women Who Should Be
October 16, 2018 –
October 23, 2018 – Max Bacon, Mayor
October 30, 2018 – Club Social – Varners – Team Trivia – 7:30 pm
November, 2018
November 6 – Debbie Ginocchio/ Sweetwater Mission
November 13 – Narayan Sengupta – COMMUNITY CENTER!
November 20 – Sally Platt – Community Needs Survey
November 27 – Jeff McKinny – https://jeffsmckinney.com
December, 2018
December 4 – Irene Barton – Cobb County Collaborative
December 11 – No meeting/ Holiday Party
December 18 – Music Program, Smyrna Community Center
December 25 – No meeting / Merry Christmas
January, 2019
January 1, 2019 – Happy New Year! – No meeting
January 8, 2019 – Smyrna Homecoming/ 55th Anniversary –
MOVED TO THE SMYRNA COMMUNITY CENTER!
January 15, 2019 – Marti Cobb, Above and Beyond Conflict
January 22, 2019 – Sandy Miller – South Cobb Arts Council – https://southcobbarts.org/
January 29, 2019 – CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS!
February, 2019
February 5, 2019 – Jonathan Godbey, Finance professor, Georgia State School of Business.
February 12, 2019 – District 6900 Governor Court Dowis
February 19, 2019 – Travis Klavohn of Klavohn Consultants. “Healthcare Affordability Initiatives”
February 26, 2019 – Fred Beloin, Cobb Country Planning
March, 2019
March 5, 2019 – Ike Regihard, President, Must Ministries – https://www.mustministries.org/
March 12, 2019 – Jeffery Tucker, Esq.
March 19, 2019 – Meeting at the Smyrna Community Center! (200 Village Green Cir SE, Smyrna, GA 30080) Adacelis (Ada) Pérez, APR, President and CEO I Breathe Publishing, Improving our Quality of Life through Mindful Communication Techniques / www.BreathePublishing.com
March 26, 2019 – Ranolph G. Russell, author of American History in No Time – www.AmericanHistoryInNoTime.com
April, 2019
April 9, 2019 – Brenda Rhodes, Founder – Simple Needs – https://simpleneedsgablog.com/
April 16, 2019 – Community Meeting/ Members only!
April 23, 2019 – Cobb County Schools Prevention Intervention Program – http://www.cobbk12.org/centraloffice/preventionintervention/
May 2019
May 14, 2019 – Jacqueline Garner, Georgia Tech
May 21, 2019 – Brenda Romanchik, LCSW, ACSW
May 27, 2018 – Memorial Day Event
June, 2019
June 4, 2019 – Food Truck Tuesday – Community Needs Survey
June 11, 2019 – Community Meeting – Instillation
June 18, 2019 – Charisse Davis – Cobb County School Board
July, 2019
July 2, 2019 – No Meeting
July 9, 2019 – We Are This Close: The End of Polio?” PDG Bob Hagan, End Polio Now Coordinator Zone 34 2017-2020
July 16, 2019- SPLOST V and 2019/2020: Dr. Jaha Howard, Cobb County School Board
July 23, 2019 – Superior Court: Judge Ann B. Harris, Cobb County Superior Court
July 30, 2019 – 5 Minute Bios: Member Introductions
August, 2019
8/6/2019 – World Trade, Tariffs and More: Robert Balentine
8/13/2019 – At the Capitol in the Capital: Rich Golick, State Representative
8/20/2019 – Jim Durrett of MARTA and Executive Director of Buckhead CID
8/27/2019 – DOT Updates: Dana Lemon, Georgia DOT, 13th Congressional District
September, 2019
9/3/2019 – You Won’t Believe What You See: Joe Turner, Atlanta’s Favorite Mentalist
9/10/2019 – Georgia Update: Representative Teri Anulewicz
9/17/2019 – Cyclorama Restoration: Gordon Jones, Senior Military Historian, Atlanta History Center
9/24/2019 – Art Nouveau, Klimt and America: Shelley Laband, Professor, SCAD
October, 2019
10/1/2019 – Smyrna and Georgia Topics: Erick Allen, Smyrna State Rep., District 40
10/8/2019 – Planning for Peace on Earth: Joseph Bock, Director, KSU, School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development
10/15/2019 : Seeing is Not Believing: Joe Turner, Atlanta’s Favorite Mentalist
10/22/2019 Hospitals, ERs, Urgent Care and More!: Callie Andrews, President, Wellstar Hospital
10/29/2019 The Game of Sales: Buck Buchanan (author)
November, 2019
11/12/2019 – Rotary Foundation: PDG Roy Strickland
11/19/2019 – The Rotary Foundation and African Projects: Peter Verbeek, District 6990
11/26/2019 – Building Stronger Families: Michael Bailey, Deputy Director, Georgia Dept. Human Services
December, 2019
12/3/2019 – Holiday Music
12/10/2019 – Combating Alzheimer’s and CART: PDG Margie Kersey
12/17/2019 – Christmas Party at Mezza Luna: President Raymond Coffman
12/24/2019 – No meeting
12/31/2019 – No meeting
January 2020
1/7/2020 – Pros and Cons of Gerrymandering: Mary Lou McClosky, Fair Districts Georgia, Smyrna Community Center
1/14/2020 – Atlanta’s Best Architecture: TENTATIVE – Perry Jarrell, Director, American Institute of Architects
1/21/2020 –
1/29/2020 – Sustainability: Dan Raudebaugh, Executive Director, Center for Transportation and the Environment
February 2020
February 4, 2020 – Emory Proton Therapy: Stefannie Scott
Special Events and Projects
3/2/2020 – Read Across America – Teasley Elementary