Bulletin – March 20, 2009Posted by admin on March 18th, 2009
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
March 19th – Cicero Chamber of Commerce Dinner at Crystal Skye
May 8th – PAV YMCA Teeter Award Dinner
From Rotary International:
Bill Gates, cochair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was made an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Seattle during the club’s centennial celebration 5 March.
More than 1,000 Rotarians and community leaders attended the event, held at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, to pay tribute to the club’s 100 years of service. Gates, Microsoft cofounder and chair, delivered the keynote address.
QUIP OF THE WEEK:
The explanation offered by Edward M. Liddy, who was installed as A.I.G.’s chief executive when the government effectively nationalized the company last fall. (He is being paid $1 a year.)
“We cannot attract and retain the best and brightest talent to lead and staff‚ the company “if employees believe that their compensation is subject to continued and arbitrary adjustment by the U.S. Treasury,‚ he said. Hmm….. Best and brightest. AIG. Nope, doesn‚Äôt compute!
