BJ Cordova, outbound Group Study Exchange (GSE) team member, joined the Pima Rotary Club for Lunch today to speak about his impending trip to South Africa and discuss his work with Tucson Clean and Beautiful.  The Pima Rotary Club is hopeful that upon his return he will be joining the club and also providing access to projects for the club to complete on their 4th Week Projects, their new format for meetings on the fouth week of the month.  The club has recently adopted a non-traditional meeting schedule which includes three regular weekly meetings and a service project on the fourth week of every month.

BJ is very active with his organization, Tucson Clean and Beautiful, which provides the following mission:  a non-profit organization to preserve and improve our environment, conserve natural resources, and enhance the quality of life in the City of Tucson and eastern Pima County.  These goals will be achieved through initiating educational and participatory programs implemented with broad citizen, multiculture support.

This is an obvious synergy and potential partnership with Rotary’s mission to improve local communities through service projects.

Allison Keeme was formally inducted to the Pima Rotary Club by Club President and Treasurer, Mona McCane, at the Friday meeting on March 1st.  Allsion is a very talented artist in many media including web design  and graphic arts.  She works hand-in-hand with her husband, Jeff, in their primary business, Clearwave Solutions.  She will be a very active and valued member of our club.  Welcome Allison!!

This year we have two members attending the 2009 Tri-District PETS 2009:  

• Robert Grant / President-Elect for 2011
• Jeff Keeme / Secretary-Elect for 2009

The Arizona Presidents-elect, Secretaries-elect, Treasurers-elect and Presidents-nominee Training Seminar is a system of long standing multi-district PETS training sessions. AZ PETS is a joint effort of the three Rotary districts in the state of Arizona. AZ PETS is managed, prepared and conducted by a PETS committee and the District Governor-elect from each participating District. Consisting of well known exceptional speakers, informative workshops, detailed district training sessions and fellowship and networking, the basic purpose of our PETS is to have the best prepared, most enthusiastic club leaders in the Rotary world. Annually, the attending Presidents-elect, Secretaries and Treasurers leave well prepared to carry out their Rotary duties.

January 23rd was the day for pinning new members.  Robert Grant was formally inducted to the Pima Rotary Club by Club President and Treasurer, Mona McCane, at the Friday meeting.  Robert hails from South Carolina.  He is very active in the Tucson community after having served for eight years in the United State Marine Corps.  He served for 5 years in Yuma, AZ, 1 year in Japan, and another year in Iraq.  He is now a commercial real estate agent with the Roy Drachman Realty Company.  Welcome Robert!!

Club President and Treasurer, Mona McCane, pins new member, Jeff Keeme, at a January 23rd Meeting of the Pima Rotary Club.  Jeff, founder and owner of Clearwave Solutions, is the youngest member of the club (25).  Jeff’s company, Clearwave Solutions, provides WIFI for hotels and apartment complexes, Web Design, IT support, and VoIP technology phone systems and support.  Jeff is a dynamic young entrepreneur and has already stepped up as Secretary-Elect of the club.  Jeff was previously a member of an Interact club while attending high school at Cibola High School in Yuma, AZ.  Welcome Jeff!!

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