The Rotary Club THE HUB of Park Cities Volume 72, Number 5 www.parkcitiesrotary.org August 7, 2020 Serving to Make a Difference Since 1948 Livestreaming on YouTube,12:00 Noon https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=rotary+club+of+park+cities TODAY’S PROGRAM with thanks to Janie Loveless, Mark Neace and SyncLab Media Victor Vescovo, American Naval Officer Extreme Exploration
Victor is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Insight Equity Chairman of Micross Components, MB Precision Investment Hold- He leads the firm's activities in deal origination and portfolio man- ings, Dustex Holdings, and VirTex Investment Holdings. He also agement within the aerospace, defense, and electronics industries serves as a Director on the Boards of Versatile Processing Group, and is Chairman of Insight Equity's four companies that operate in Plasman Group, Panolam, Riverbend Foods, Eddy Packing Co., those areas. Along with Ted Beneski, he is the single largest inves- Strauss Brands LLC, and CSAT Solutions Holdings. Additionally, tor in Insight Equity's current Fund III. Victor served 20 years in the U.S. Navy Reserve as an intelli- Before co-founding Insight Equity, Victor was Vice President gence officer, retiring in 2013 as a Commander (O-5). His principal of Product Development at Military Advantage, an internet commu- duties involved operational targeting (Iraq, Kosovo, and Afghani- nity site sold to Monster Worldwide in 2004. Prior to that, he was a stan theaters) and after 9/11 he was deployed to support counter- senior manager at Bain & Company where he focused on merger terrorism efforts overseas. integration and operational improvement cases. In the early nine- In 2017, Victor became the 12th American to complete the ties, Victor worked in the mergers & acquisitions department of “Explorer's Grand Slam” which requires climbing the highest peak Lehman Brothers where he was responsible for company due dili- on all seven of the world's continents including Mt. Everest and gence and transaction execution, as well as working overseas in skiing at least 100 kilometers to both the North and South Poles. the Middle East advising the Saudi government on business In 2019, he made history's deepest solo submarine dive in the Pa- investments. cific's Mariana Trench, was the first person to do it multiple times, Victor received his MBA from Harvard Business School where and in August became the first person to visit “The Five Deeps” - he was named a Baker Scholar for graduating in the top 5% of his the deepest points in all five of the world's oceans. Victor was also class. He has also received a Master's Degree from the Massa- the first person to dive the second- and third-deepest points on chusetts Institute of Technology and earned a double major BA in the ocean's floor, the Sirena and Horizon Deeps, and also made economics and political science from Stanford University. the first solo dive to the Titanic. He is also rated as a multi-engine Among other responsibilities, Victor currently serves as the jet, helicopter, and submersible test pilot.
RCPC IN ACTION 2 More Service 36 Opportunities for Service • July 4th Parade (Duston Burns) Opportunities • Packing Day at NTFB (Stan Wright) Sign up on the RCPC website > Sign Up or • Popcorn Packing (Philip Ray) There is an immediate need for at https://form.jotform.com/201796611358056: • ChildsPlay at Bachman Lake (Doug Means) • Zoom Czar - The club has a Strategic Priority: Hunger Strategic Priority: Leadership Zoom account to be used for Director, Stan Wright Director, Shawn Foster club business. A member is • North Texas Food Bank (Stan Wright) • Interact at Hillcrest H.S. (Tracy Gomes, Linda needed to oversee the account • Ronald McDonald House (Jina McDaniel) Tunnell) and help members if needed. • Agape/Dentistry With a Heart (Fred Brown, • Readers2Leaders (Ruth Alhilali) Contact Barb if interested/ Michael Rainwater) • Service Above Self Scholarship (John Whaley) • Social Media Review • Veterans support at Fisher House (Doug Means) Membership and Marketing, Task Force - A few members • Meals on Wheels (Jim Weichel) - They are using Director, Daniel Drabinski and are needed to work with Mark Volunteers again! Call or email Jim to volunteer! Club Operations, Neace to assess the effective- Strategic Priority: Health & Wellness Director, Patsy Watson ness and timeliness of ECPCʼs Director, Jill Jordan Something for Everyone, every interest, social media presence. Email • Angel Tree (Ian Mudge) every schedule See the July 17th Meeting on Mark if you can help in this im- • Tree Lighting (Tania Boughton, Jerry Washam) YouTube or go to the link above. portant effort. Be a Vibrant and Visionary Model of Service Above and Beyond Self August 7, 2020 THE HUB The Rotary Club of Park Cities Page 2 LAST WEEK Please remember ... Our Mission Presiding: Barb Jeffries Email your prayer requests to Barb Jeff- Building a legacy of good works and Invocation: Nolan Duck ries so they can be shared in the Friday fellowship, we strive to: Pledge: Nolan Duck virtual meeting. REACH those in need in partnership Speakers: Mary Pat Higgins, Presi- with others Please let us know your joys and concerns dent and CEO INSPIRE tomorrow’s leaders with Program: Dallas Holocaust and important way they accomplish their mission high ethical standards Human Rights Museum is through a visit to the museum. The mission FOSTER lives of service above self President Barb Jeffries wel- of the museum is to teach the history of the – A supporting member of Rotary comed members and guests and Holocaust and to advance human rights, and International called the meeting to order. Nolan to combat prejudice, hatred and indifference. Duck led the invocation and the They are doing that on their website while they The Hub is the weekly newsletter of Pledge of Allegiance. Then the Na- are closed. Under the program tab on their the Rotary Club of Park Cities (Dallas) tional Anthem played. She said a website there are all kinds of programs that Betty Dawson, Editor joy was that VP Jeff McNaughton who had you can participate in on a weekly basis from Shutterbug Committee tested positive for COVID, had not had very the safety of your home. They will continue to Ley Waggoner, Chair serious symptoms, and he feels much better do those programs through the end of the Bulletin/Internet Advertising this week. PE Happy Franklin introduced year and may continue them moving forward Mark Kashar, Chair the Marketplace Advertiser of the Week, Lynn because people from all over the country and Surls and Oldham Lumber Company. Mark all over North Texas have participated in the Kashar explained that there are some spots programs. They want to reach as many people on The Hub open to members to advertise their as possible, but would love to have people in businesses within the club. It's a great way to the museum. All who are involved in the muse- support the club. They are thinking of some um are passionate about the opportunity to OFFICERS and DIRECTORS great exciting new ways to get exposure for have an impact on the students in our commu- 2020-2021 your businesses. President Barb made some nity; they are the leaders of tomorrow. They announcements; the first was to encourage all want to have as many 6th through 12th gra- Barb Jeffries, President members to sign up for our volunteer opportuni- ders as possible coming to the museum. The Happy Franklin, President Elect ties. She also reminded us to contribute to the Honorable Florence Shapiro is leading an ef- Jeff McNaughton, Vice President RI and the RCPC Foundations; so much good is fort, called The Museum Experience, to raise Valerie Pelan, Secretary happening right now as a result of the monies money to ensure that all Title One schools are Phillip Bankhead, Treasurer made available through those foundations. able to send their students to the museum; it Daniel Drabinski, Janie Loveless introduced waives their admission fees, and it reimbur- Membership/Communications our speaker today, Mary Pat Hig- ses the school for their transportation, so it's Shawn Foster, Youth Services gins, the president and CEO of the very, very important. They hope to have Mark Kashar, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights 80,000 to 100,000 students in grades six Institutional Outreach museum. She has agreed to guide through twelve once they can reopen. In the Jill Jordan, Community Outreach us on a tour through the museum fall they will be doing virtual field trips. She Stan Wright, Humanitarian Outreach when it is safe to do so. She started explained that you start our exhibition with the Patsy Watson, her presentation by saying that she definition of an upstander: someone who Club Operations/Marketing had given it before, but never virtu- stands up for other people's, combats injus- Tracy Gomes, At Large ally and in a studio. The museum tice, inequality or unfairness, and if he sees Richard Stanford, opened on September 18th 2019, something wrong works to make it right. As Immed. Past President and sadly, because of COVID it had you go through the exhibit there are examples Kyle Marmillion, Sgt-at-Arms to close just six months later. They hope to be of upstanders throughout the history of the Chris McNeill, Parliamentarian open to the public soon and have made a lot of Holocaust and throughout the history of our Laurie Aldredge, Club Administrator changes to the exhibition experience to make own country. You start the tour with an orien- 6704 Snider Plaza, Dallas, TX 75205 sure that visitors will be able to social distance. tation theater and a very short film, and then Office Phone: 214-739-4170 They are anxious to get open because the most you are asked questions about upstanding. Office Fax: 214/363-6980 Email: [email protected] EVENTS CALENDAR Get Involved! www.parkcitiesrotary.org A=Agape Health Service Days tn- Interact at Hillcrest H.S, August BD = Board of Dirs. Mtg, 8 am 8 am. See Tracy Gomes Holger Knaack Cn = PCR Connect Event. LL- Legacy of Leadership S M T W Th F S CP = ChildsPlay Work Mtg M = Meals on Wheels RC of Herzogtum Lauen- M M M M Virtual D = District 5810 Event See Jim Weichel Rotary Opens burg-Molln, Germany 2 Mtg DH = Dentistry with a Heart Mn-Mentoring at Hillcrest HS Opportunities M M M M Virtual President, Rotary D 9 FR = Family of Rotary Event Mc = Ronald McDonald Mtg F = Fellowship Event House-See Jina McDaniel M M M M Virtual International,www.rotary.org 16 Virtual FF = RCPC Foundation Fund NM = New Member Event Cn Mtg Mtg. See Ed Fjordbak Pr = Program Committee Mtg M M M M Virtual John Moser, Allen Sunrise 23 FH = Fisher House. See Doug M RL = Readers2Leaders,various Mtg IFT=NTFB Truck-Stan Wright times- See Ruth Alhilali Governor, District 5810 M M M M Virtual 30 FB-NTFB Event RU = Rotary University www.rotary5810.org Mtg n -Interact Special Project SpE = Special Service Event August 7, 2020 THE HUB The Rotary Club of Park Cities Page 3 UPCOMING PROGRAMS Virtual Meetings will ROTARY CONNECTED continue in August! http://bit.ly/RCPCfacebook Aug. 14 New Member Introductions http://bit.ly/RCPC/linkedin Update on Medical Clinic at Bonton Farms http://bit.ly/RCPCtwitter Aug. 21 Debra Von Storch #parkcitiesrotary A Successful Company vs Failure http://bit.ly/RCPCyoutube http://bit.ly/RCPCgoogleplus Aug. 31 Trisha Cunningham, CEO North Texas Food Bank RCPC has its own channel. Sept. 4 Paul Hendershot, Chief Economist-CoStar Grp Miss a Meeting? Watch it on Facebook! DFW Economy Connect with Rotary International and District 5810! CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS Sign up at www.parkcitiesrotary.org RI: www.linkedin.com/groups?gid= Have a Great Idea for a Speaker? Your ideas are needed! Send your 858557&trk=hb_side_g ideas with the details to Jeff Sheehan. RI: http://twitter.com/#!/rotary Help Wanted! At ANY RCPC Event or Project. Take a few pictures, include RI: www.facebook.com/rotary a few sentences (who, what, when, where and WHY), and send to Betty for The Hub Dist. 5810: www.facebook.com/Rotary District5810. RI Foundation: $100 (or more) Every Rotarian Every Year! See Greg Pape. RI has its own channel on YouTube of- RCPC Foundation: $100 (or more). See Birthdays below, then Kyle Marmillion. fering a growing collection of videos and psas. Attendance Rule Change For those wanting to maintain Perfect Atten- Check out or add to RIʼs Flickr group dance, make-ups may now be completed within a year. often, www.flickr.com/groups/familyofrotary/ The Rule of 85. Attendance requirements change for those who are at least 65 years of age and who have been a member of a Rotary club for twenty years. http://pinterest.com/rotary/ RI has Pinboards on major projects. Like Us! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rotary-Club-of-Park-Cities/115439238516325 The Directory is on line: Log in > Click on left side under My ClubRunner > View www.statigr.am/rotaryinternational Club Directory or View Club Photo Directory. Other archives are at Club Documents See RIʼs latest pictures via Instagram.
THOUGHTS ON . . . DISTRICT 5810 5810 to the new program our alumni and staff Adventure have put together to support our students and An adventure is only an inconvenience alternates selected for RYLA 2020 that did not rightly considered. An inconvenience get to attend camp this year. is an adventure wrongly considered. from Pam Blankenzee, Dist. 5810 We invite you to be a part of this first intro- ~ G. K. Chesterton Save the Date and Join Us!! duction segment for the RYLead (Rotary Marriage is the only adventure open to Youth Leadership Education and Dev- the cowardly. ~ Voltaire RYLA 5810 Premiere elopment) program. This program is kicking Adventure is just bad planning. for RYLead 2020 off with our first premiere session on Sunday ~ Roald Amundsen Sunday, August 9, 2020, 6:30 PM evening Aug 9th and continuing throughout the
We owe something to extravagance, This is a virtual presentation to intro- academic year. Like all RYLA programs, we for thrift and adventure seldom go duce the students and Rotary District are going to have a “heck of a lot of fun”. hand in hand. Watch your email on Saturday for your ~ Jennie Jerome Churchill HE WHO LAUGHS, LASTS invite link to be a part of our first program. Security is mostly a superstition. It Visit the RYLA 5810 website to see more does not exist in nature....Life is either The Official RYLead current information www.ryla5810.org a daring adventure or nothing. Mascot of 2020 ~ Helen Keller • Always wears a A Few Spots Are Available for The vitality of thought is in adventure. mask Marketplace Advertisers Ideas won't keep. Something must be • Compulsively Promote Your Business • Support RCPC done about them. washes hands Contact Mark Kashar: [email protected] ~ Alfred North Whitehead • Letters of corona It is only in adventure that some people rearranged spell succeed in knowing themselves - in racoon. finding themselves. ~ Andre Gide Happy Birthday* There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with We gratefully acknowledge Pat Martin 8.09 our eyes open. ~ Jawaharlal Nehru Tim Keenan 8.10 ASTRO-GRAPHICS The most beautiful adventures are not *You are our RCPC Foun- those we go to seek. for the partial funding of The Hub dation Funders for this week ~ Robert Louis Stevenson PCR Market Place
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