Micah called the meeting to order.
Welcome Guests
- Allison Gore from the Graham Rotary club.
- Previous member, Pete Beck!
Membership
- Today was the first reading for potential new member, Lee Isley.
Member Spotlight – Larry Holt
- Started a band in 1964 and they were together for 50 years.
- His job with Cartner & Associates is to find money for companies that they don’t know they have. He helps businesses from the start up process through exit strategies.
- To relieve stress…Larry enjoys playing the guitar in the Praise Band at his church.
Up next week…Penn Corbett
Happy Clams
- Dick O’Donnell shared his 1st wife had a successful double lung transplant last night and is doing well. The power of prayer is amazing…without the transplant, she would not have survived.
- Dick also shared he recently wrote his largest order ($700,000) that resulted from a networking group contact he made in Greensboro. He was able to save the company 20% on their credit card processing fees.
- Susan Watson shared details for how we can support the Women’s Resource Center; TS Designs tshirt order and Saturday’s Burlington Royals baseball game.
- Mack Williams shared details of the upcoming Chamber sponsored trip to Austria (Magical Christmas tour). Beautiful trip that will make you feel like you are traveling through a snow globe. Contact the chamber for more details.
- Ben Wooten shared today was his Dad’s birthday and it was good to be back with us after missing several weeks.
- Francois shared he and his wife will be grandparents in March of 2017!
- Micah shared the Grasshopper game was a great event and his Build a Burger champion video is online. We had 39 total Rotarians to attend the Feed the Hunger Packathon. All the food packed will be staying in Alamance county.
Ben Wooten – Emergency Management: Are You Prepared?
Cliff Parker is the Chief of Police for the Town of Elon and has spent 33 years in law enforcement. Cliff has three daughters and three grandchildren and enjoys reading in his spare time. One of his most recent reads was Starting From Scratch by John Barfield (an author he discovered from a recent Rotarian magazine). Another one of his favorite authors is John Piper. Cliff recently read Don’t Waste Your Life and A Peculiar Glory written by Piper. Cliff’s number one “go to” book is The Bible which has always been a good source of knowledge and wisdom for his life.
Cliff introduced our speaker, Ben Wooten. As the lead Emergency Preparedness Specialist for Alamance Regional Medical Center and Behavioral Health Hospital, Ben serves as part of a system-wide Emergency Management Team for Cone Health. Covering 5 counties in the Triad Region, Cone Health has 6 inpatient hospitals, 1 standalone Emergency Department, 3 Urgent Cares, 2 skilled nursing facilities, 1 retirement community and 109 physician practices. A former career firefighter with the City of Kannapolis, NC and Emergency Management Planner for Alamance County, NC, Ben holds a B.A in Political Science form N.C. State, a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from UNC Pembroke and is a Certified Emergency Manager through the International Association of Emergency Managers. In his spare time, Ben enjoys running, cycling and other endurance events. He recently completed a 450 mile bike ride in memory of fallen first responders in the Carolinas, The Carolina Brotherhood and is also training for his first Chicago Marathon. Ben lives in Mebane with his wife, Katy, and is a Volunteer Firefighter with the City of Mebane.
Alamance Regional Medical Center is a member of Cone Health based in Greensboro, NC. ARMC holds 238 beds, has 12,500 employees and 350,000 ER visits/year. ARMC recently improved their Leap Frog rating from a “D” to an “A.” The rating is based on risk of communicable disease and patient safety.
Ben shared the importance of emergency alerts. A “warning” means the emergency is here and a “watch” means conditions are favorable. You can register to receive Alamance County Alerts (A.C.E.) here: http://www.alamance-nc.com/firemarshal/get-alerts/
There are 3 types of hazards we can potentially face in Alamance County; weather, terrorist events, chemical spills. It is important to have a communication plan both at your office and at home in the event of an emergency. Be sure to have a meeting location predetermined and practice your plan. Also, remember to text during an emergency vs trying to call! Have paper copies of critical documents so you can grab them quickly.
Emergency Management is responsible for making sure the hospital can function 24/7 for 365 days a year. They have to plan for the “what ifs” such as IT failures, Ebola, etc. They educate hospital leaders and even conduct practice drills.
Attached is a copy of Ben’s presentation for more information:
Emergency Management – Are you prepared
Card Drawing
- Jim Cartner did not draw the winning Queen of Clubs card. The “pot” is now up to $231.
The meeting was adjourned and we all stood to recite the Rotary Four Way Test. Until next week…