Pledge – Nick King
Prayer – Leon Hirsch
Four Way Test – Beau Peterson
Guests – Frank White
One guest – Courtney Dell, Ballet Pensacola, guest of Brynn Ammon
Happy Dollars
- Jay Overman for the video work in Santa Rosa County by Jason Broxson
- Ellis Bullock for having Kevin back in the President saddle
- Leon Hirsh for Pensacola State hosting the first local Rotary Leadership Institute class
- Leon Hirsh for being the only one who knows the Rotary Prayer
- Melanie Furman for clean sand and water at the beach
- Nick Redhead for being back
- Kevin Ryan for being back
Club News
Alecia needs a laptop, Beau Peterson to the rescue
Members need to buy raffle tickets to support the club
Mayoral Forum is next week. Jay is the MC
Ellis Bullock and Frank are in LeaP.
We need to get the directory pix from everyone.
This is the last week to sign up for a committee of your choice, otherwise you will be assigned one.
Bring Cram the Van supplies or cash.
No update on the Costa Rica trip
Guest Speaker
Dr. Ed Meadows, President, Pensacola State College
- 1/2 of nurses and 2/3 of first responders in the state are products of the state college system
- Pensacola State is 60% women.
- 44th in the nation in awarding associate degrees.
- Award winning newspaper.
- New focus is on offering workforce-focused degrees and applied degrees. New bachelors programs with focuses on both include BSN (nursing) and BAS (applied science)
- UCF is the only other college in the state offering BAS programs.
- Offer individualized on-line course ‘packages’ for working professionals
- New, ten classroom 33k square foot building in Santa Rosa County
- High priority on branding “Pensacola State” instead of “Pensacola State College” or “PSC”. Initials will come after the brand is established.
- There is an upcoming clay shooting event to raise money
- Pensacola State is experiencing a 10% annual growth rate
Questions
Jay Overman – Is there room to grow in Pensacola.
College wants to move away from flat parking lots and towards vertical parking garages.
Still a lot of property in both counties, including 20 acres north of Underwood adjacent to the Pcola campus
Jason Broxson – Where do you see the future of Pensacola heading?
It will depend on the governmental and private industry leadership.
We need to lighten up the working atmosphere for young professionals. Different working hours, relaxed attitude.
Frank White – What areas do we you suggest we diversify jobs into?
Good question, no answer. Look to Ireland for case study.
If you would like to put a team together please email Kevin Ryan kevin_ryan@ml.com
2010 Mayoral Forum
Date: Tuesday, August 10
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Place: Apple Annie's, Seville Quarter
Voters are preparing to elect Pensacola's first strong Mayor in 75 years, but who will get your vote?
PYP, Seville Rotary and LeaP invite you to join us at our 2010 Mayoral Forum on Tuesday, August 10 at 5:30 p.m. in Apple Annie's at Seville Quarter.
Proposed changes on local and state levels will ultimately affect our way of life here in Pensacola. Emcees Jay Overman and Cat Country 98.7's Dana Cervantes won't hesitate to ask the tough questions about topics including Economic Development, Amendment 4, the Maritime Park and BP Oil Spill recovery plans.
All four mayoral candidates will be present:
Charles Bare
Ashton Hayward
Diane Mack
Mike Wiggins
This event is invitation only, so please RSVP your attendance no later than end-of-business on Friday, August 6.
RSVP to rachael@pensacolayp.com
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