West Jax Rotary

Dave Faraldo
District Governor, Rotary District 6970

Dave has been a member of the Rotary Club of Orange Park since July 23, 1991. He is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, a member of the Paul Harris Society, and a Foundation Benefactor. He has served as District Trainer, District Conference Committee chairman, Membership Development chairman and the Rotary – Jacksonville Jaguars Committee chairman. Dave served on the Board of Directors for his club for nine years and was honored to be the club president during Rotary’s Centennial Year, 2004-2005. That year, the Rotary Club of Orange Park was named the “Best Large Club” in District 6970. He credits the enthusiasm, dedication and hard work of his fellow Rotarians for this achievement.

In addition to Rotary, Dave has been active in numerous other community service organizations. He served on the Board of Directors for Northeast Florida Junior Achievement, as District Chairman of the Black Creek District of the Boy Scouts of America, and on the Northeast Florida Consumer Council. He was named the NEFCC Consumer Advocate of the Year for 2003. He was also selected by his Rotary Club as the Clay County Citizen of the Year for 2000 – 2001. In 2008, he was selected as the “12 Points Award” honoree by the Black Creek Council of the BSA. He is a member of the Orange Park United Methodist Church.

Dave is a graduate of Northwestern State University and earned his MA degree in Management and Leadership from Central Michigan University. He is also a graduate of the German Command and General Staff College in Hamburg, Germany. He served in the United States Navy for twenty-five years and accumulated over 4000 pilot hours in a variety of military aircraft. He retired as a Navy Captain in 1993. Dave is currently serving as the Jacksonville Director of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.

Sandy is Dave’s wife and partner in life. Sandy is the president and CEO of Faraldo Consulting Inc. The Faraldo’s have two children and a granddaughter. Their daughter, Donna, is the Vice President for Corporate Compliance with T. Rowe Price. Donna, her husband David, and granddaughter Alena live in Baltimore, MD. Their son David is a Site Reliability Engineer for Google, Inc. He and his wife, Annette, live in Freemont, CA. Sandy, Donna, David, Alena, David and Annette are all Paul Harris Fellows.

Notes
President Runion called the meeting to order asking Drew Story to lead the club in the prayer and John McClow to lead in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Ellen Coyle thanked the club for sponsoring her to “RYLA.”

Terry Bahn reminded everyone that Saturday, August 15, 2009, is the clubs next Sulzbacher date to serve the homeless at the center. Please sign up to assist.

Joe Springer noted that no specific date has been set for the boat outing. More information to come.

Bob Kidd spoke on “Family of Rotary.”

Bob noted that Scott Spiecher, US Navy who was shot down in Iraq during the first Gulf War remains have been official identified and that club members should visit the Lakeshore Church on Blanding Blvd where the club erected a memorial for him.

Other news:

• Marty Sack was not present today as he was under going an endoscopy exam. Photos will be published in next week’s West Word.
• Michael Corrigan, Sr informed the Family of Rotary that Michael Corrigan, Jr has been appointed to the Board of the New Florida State University at Jacksonville. (formerly FCCJ)
• Del Wallace is one of nine nominees to fill two positions on the Court of Appeals.
• Andrew Hariton’s daughter Elle will be undergoing surgery for hip displasia on October 2nd.

Bob then presented awards recognizing two past members. Edgar Martin who passed 3 years ago and Bob Coyle who passed last year.

Jim Lanier’s daughter, Meredith was awarded the Paul Harris Membership by her dad.

The club received a Presidential Citation from PDG Bill Griffin for its work on Sudden Death Syndrome.

Jim Lanier introduced our guest speaker for today’s meeting, The Honorable John Peyton, Mayor of Jacksonville.

Mayor Peyton spoke about what makes Jacksonville Great:

1. Natural Resources
2. Economic Growth
3. Organized and Collaborative Non-Profit Community

Jacksonville is in a “Financial Crisis”. This is not only seen by the City Government and the general public, but is expressed more in a recent “JCCI Study”. i.e. 1) State Imposed Property Tax Reduction ($100M), 2) Global Recession ($30M) and 3) Pension Costs ($40M).

The City needs to address this crisis by 1) Budget Cuts, 2) Reform of the Pension and 3) Increase Taxes (which has not been increased in 17 years). The General Fund is approximately $1 Billion of which 24% is legal obligations which cannot be eliminated and of the remaining 76%, 44% is committed to Public Safety and 32% to Non-Public Safety. The Non-Public Safety is at the present time the only portion which cuts may be made. Non-Public Safety covers everything from Public Works to Libraries consisting of approximately eleven (11) areas. If anyone wishes more information or to communicate with the Mayor or City Council Members go to WWW.FIXITNOW.CC.

Mayor Peyton Vetoed the recent Council Bill which in effect changes the Millage Rate to 9.27 from the request 9.78 which the City Council rejected. The 9.27 is the roll up rate required by state law.

Mayor Peyton thank everyone for listening to his presentation then took a few questions.

Visiting Rotarians:
Buck Autrey — Downtown
Ron Autrey — Downtown
David Dunlap — Ponte Vedra also brought guest, Alan Rosner
Jim Clark — Ponte Vedra
PDG Ken Smallwood — Orange Park also brought guest, RIchard Lowe
Robert Harris — Southside

Rotary Guests:
Andrew Kantor — Guest of Stan Kantor
Chris Shoap — Guest of Kathy Cold
Davis Conolly — Guest of Robert Conolly
Margaret Conolly — Guest of Robert Conolly
Hans Tanzler — Guest of Bob Shircliff
Janet Myers — Guest of Doug Myers
Joe McClure — Guest of Stuart Rigdon
Neil Porter — Guest of Ike Sherlock
Anne Turner — Guest of club
Bill Coyle — Guest of club
Ellen Coyle — Guest of club
Nan Coyle — Guest of club
Roy Coyle — Guest of club
Terry Coyle — Guest of club
Meredith Lanier Stallings — Guest of Jim Lanier, Jr.
Susie Lanier — Guest of Jim Lanier, Jr.

Birthdays
Frank Surface — July 31
Walter Watson — August 7
Terry Bahn — August 9
Rob Conolly — August 9
Jim Schumacher — August 10

Next Meeting - August 19, 2009
Speaker: Cole Pepper, Sports
Greeters: Rob Overly and Craig Hartwig
Invocation: Rob Frazier
Pledge: Lori Dajani
Four-Way Test: Peter Michaelis

Quick Links:
You can now report make-ups online.

Submit “Family of Rotary” information online.

Please review the 2009 - 2010 Duty Roster and mark your calendar with your responsibilities for the upcoming year.

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