Dean Holmes is from Livingston, MT where he is the owner of a land title business. Dean lives in San Tan Valley when in Arizona. His wife is Rose and they have been married for 26 years. Dean was previously a member of the Rotary club of Livingston, MT. His club sponsor is Len LaFlesch.
Jared Gibbs is the owner of the American Family Insurance agency on King's Ranch Rd. in Gold Canyon. Jared lives in Florence, AZ with his wife Brandy. Jared is new to Rotary. His club sponsor is Ben Fellows.
Our speaker was David Coward of the Save Our Schools group. David is retired from the Boeing Corporation in Seattle. He also is a former elementary school teacher who has strong interest in improving the economic status of our local Apache Junction school district. David presented facts and figures regarding the districts needs. SOS wants to demonstrate to the district that there is enough local support to justify putting the budget override question on the ballot again in the fall of this year. To that end, they are seeking signatures on petitions that indicate a willingness to support the override at the ballot box. Dana Hawman will write up a more complete article and we will get that to you in a later issue.
Our speaker last week was Dan Sandeen. Dan is the former chief IT officer of the state of AZ who has now started his own company. Dan's father was a Rotarian who took him to Rotary meetings and Dan had his own son along today. Dan was a Rotary Youth Exchange student when he was 14 years old. He went to Cuernavaca, MX from Billings, MT.
Dan mentioned the fact that the average lifetime for a business has been getting shorter and shorter and may be as short as six years by 2020. It is a a reflection of the accelerating pace of change brought about by technology. He stressed the SMAC model for businesses that want to keep up - Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud. The new standard is making your product or service available anytime and anywhere. That's a tall order for most businesses and the reason some will fade from the scene.
Harvey Clark won the drawing and $10 and then drew the elusive joker from the deck to win $573.50! Congratulations Harvey! Here's what he looked like - the Joker, not Harvey.
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