On March 28 at the Regular Thursday Meeting, Lt. General Edward Baca spoke on the topic of "The Heroic Efforts of Albuquerquean Jose Quintero, A WWII Prisoner of war at Bataan." Corporal Quintero defied his Japanese captors order that no American flags be displayed by stealing remnants of fabric found within the prison to create an American flag. He stitched the flag in the cover of darkness. If he had been caught he could have been executed. In the last days of the war, when American bombers were over the unmarked prison site, Jose Quintero used the flag to warn the bombers that there were American POWs at the site thus saving many lives.
General Baca has visited every state telling the story and displaying the flag. When General Baca is through telling the amazing story the flag will be permanently displayed at the Smithsonion Museum.
On March 25, President-Elect Dave Simon hosted a planning meeting for next years Board to establish the goals for our club for next year.
On March 26 the RDS Club Board Met at Jimmy's Cafe in their regular monthly meeting. Vice-President Ron Hensley presided while President Dacia Card was vacationing.
Last Wednesday evening the Membership Committee chaired by Barrie Segall met to discuss recruitment issues.
April 1 No April Fool Joke, the Satellite Group will hold their regular Monday meeting at Nexus Brewery at 5:15PM. Lance Ellis will be the speaker on his business, which is part of a Satellite Group series having members speak about their business ventures.
April 4, 2019 Regular Club Meeting will be a series of Retro Meetings commemorating the early history of Rotary where members met in each others offices. Retro Hosts are Dacia Card at Sandia Prep, Kent Cravens at GAAR and Dave Simon at the Golf Center at Balloon Fiesta park. If you have not signed up yet please do so by tomorrow evening by clicking on the respective site in the Upcoming Events in the Home Page and registering so Hosts know how much food to order. I will send out a list of attendees at each site to al members on Tuesday together with addresses and any security arrangements at the respective sites.
On April 6-7 we will have a service project doing painting at Watermelon Ranch. Please sign up to work on the Home page. More details are available from Service Chair Chris Van Dyck.
Upcoming Speakers-At the request of Membership Chair Barrie Segall and Administration Chair Tony Pino, we will be publishing a list in the Bulletin of Upcoming speakers so members can invite guests to hear speakers of intest to them. Membership Committee wants all members to bring guests more frequently. The next four weeks speakers are:
April 4-No Speakers-Retro Meetings-
April 11-Jenny Vincent-Childrens Grief Center
April 18-Club Assembly-Governors Ball-Final Plans
April 25-Lise Watkins-The Right Angle-How to Build Your Brand
May 2-Dave Ring-India Polio Eradication Trip
Remember to signup for your Governors Ball Table. They are going fast. Don't be left out! Also please remember to go online at nmgovernorsball.org to register your guests and tickets.
Lets all have a Great week in Rotary putting Service above Self.
