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 SOUTHSIDE BUSINESS MEN'S CLUB NEWSLETTER

Jacksonville Florida's Oldest Business and Civic Organization Founded in 1932

Celebrating Our 80th Anniversary

The Newsletter of the Southside Business Men's Club Volume 80, Issue 49, December  2, 2012
In This Issue
Guest Speaker/Upcoming Programs
President's Message
2013 Nominees for Officers and Board Members
Membership Corner
Children's Christmas Shopping Spree
Gator Bowl Raffle
Holiday Gala
Golf Outing
Sergeant at Arms
SBMC Upcoming Events
 


 
  
 

Spotlight Speakers   

December 5-

Jeff Cramer
December 12-
John Hamel  

December 19-
Margie Seaman 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday:   

Daniel Moses,12/4
Chuck Houck, 12/6 
Gregory Fite, 12/7

 

 

 

    Prizes & Raffles       

 

The Hardage-Giddens 

Dignity Memorial

Attendance Award

 $110    

No winner last week 

 

 

Woody Cooper Award

Sponsored by: 

Tom Harris,

Promo Depot

$272

name drawn

 last week

Rene Carter

 

 

  50/50     

   Drawing won by:  

Nancy Bennett 
Arleigh Merrill 
  

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Next Meeting 

December 5, 2012 

 

San Jose Country Club

7529 San Jose Blvd

Jacksonville, FL

Lunch Buffet 12:00 pm

$20 Members

$25 for Guest 

 

 

Invite a Guest  

 

  

  

GUEST SPEAKER and UPCOMING PROGRAMS

12/05  Jax Truckies and Jax CashMob, 

  Caron Streibich and Mike Field
 

Upcoming Programs:  

12/12  Co-Work Jax, Paige Calvert & Elton Rivas 
12/19  COJ, Bill Bishop

12/26  No SBMC Meeting

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

It is hard to believe that December is here... What a great year our club has had... and the year is not over yet!  We still have some exciting activities coming up - the SBMC Holiday Gala, Children's Christmas Shopping Spree, Golf Outing, and Gator Bowl Raffle.

You will find the details of our remaining events in this issue of the newsletter.  Have a great week and I look forward to seeing you this Wednesday at the SBMC Annual Meeting. 

 

Quote of the week: "The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand." - 

Vince Lombardi  

 

Galina Schott,   

2012 SBMC President

2013 NOMINEES FOR OFFICERS and MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

As per our By-Laws, a Nominating Committee was formed to determine a slate of candidates to be the officers and Board members of our club for 2013. Their report was presented to the Board at the meeting on November 14th. On November 21st, this slate was presented to the membership in attendance and nominations from the floor were accepted at that time. Below are those running for each position. We will have an election by ballot at our regular meeting on December 5 and in order to vote you need to be present then. All individual members in good standing are eligible to vote. If you have a Business Membership, and it is in good standing, the primary member, but not the alternate, is eligible to vote. Each eligible voter will be presented with a ballot upon check in at the meeting. Ballots will be collected at an appropriate time during the meeting and then counted with the results of the election reported to the membership prior to the end of the meeting.  

2013 OFFICERS   

President........................................................ Jepp Walter

 

First Vice President.................................... Annie Houghton

 

Second Vice President........................................ Tim Howe

 

Third Vice President.............................Patrick Heatherington

  
    ................................................................... Mike Dungey                                                

 Fourth Vice President.................................. Julie Clements

 

Treasurer/Accountant.......................................... Dee Kirby

 

Sergeant-At-Arms....................................... Steve DeSorbo

  

2013 BOARD MEMBERS  

One Year Term

Angie Tekin 
John Hamel 
Harry Peltz 
Desi Desiderio 

 

Two Year Term

Steve Johnston 
Julie Wesling (completes term of Julie Clements) 
A.J. Richwine 

 

Three Year Term

Phil Rosebrock 
Jack Manilla 
                                         Gene Bushor

Respectfully Submitted,

Ken Dean

2012 Chairman Board of Governors  

MEMBERSHIP CORNER 
In this busy time of the year, I want to thank those of you who continue to come to meetings and bring guests, participate in SBMC activities, and make the club a priority as you make the most of your membership. We've enjoyed a great year, and are very close to reaching our goal of 100 new members! We have a few weeks left, and this is a very festive time for new folks to come check us out and join in time to be included in our membership directory for 2013. With your help, we can finish the year strong and welcome lots of new faces to network with and do business with. Remember that we're having a contest through the end of the year for who can bring in the most new members for 2012, with a $1,000 cash prize to the winner! But really, as we bring in new members, we all win.

Julie Wesling,
2012 SBMC Membership Co-chair 
Auction Items for the Children's Shopping Spree
Our Annual Children's Christmas Shopping Spree benefiting

homeless kids and their families will be December 15th.  We will be auctioning very nice Taylor made leather, swivel chairs during the meetings on 12/5 and 12/12Click here  to view more details about the chairs; they are valued at $1,200 to $2,400.

A special thank you to Mark Manship for donating these chairs to raise money for our club's event.  We appreciate Mark's generosity and encourage all members to bring special items to auction during our meetings. Help us raise additional money to benefit more families!

GATOR BOWL TICKETS RAFFLE 

Tickets are now on sale for the SBMC Annual Gator Bowl Raffle. You could win SIX VERY good seats to the game on January 1, 2013 along with 2 parking passes, and 6 passes to the incredible VIP "Touchdown Party" where you can eat and drink all you want. 

$700 Value  

Ticket cost $5 each, or 3 tickets for $10, or even better at 7 tickets for $20. Get your tickets from A.J. Richwine, Mark Jackson, Harry Peltz or Click here to buy on line. 

Drawing is December 19th, you do not have to be present to win.

SBMC 2012 Holiday Gala - December 8th

On Saturday, December 8th, we are celebrating not only the

Holiday Season but also our Club's 80th Anniversary

 

Our evening at the Aetna Building kicks off with cocktails and hor d'oeuvres served against the backdrop of the sparkling

St. Johns River at 6:30pm, with dinner catered by

Anthony's at 8:00 pm.

The band Cloud 9 will provide the musical treat for the evening

and we can dance until midnight.  

Thank you to our Bar Sponsors:

Jepp Walter of Marlin Technology

Nancy Bennett of Living Image Photography

Howard Caplan of Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.

SBMC GOLF OUTING - DECEMBER 14th

Our next golf outing is Friday, December 14th, at Fleming Island.  Cost is $36.00 plus tax and includes range balls. 12:00 PM SHOTGUN.  Please contact Julie Clements at 904-607-0211 or [email protected] to reserve your spot.

 

Julie Clements,

2012 SBMC Golf Chair

SERGEANT AT ARMS - PATRICK HEATHERINGTON

In order for us and San Jose Country Club to properly prepare for the SBMC meeting, we ask you to RSVP and let us know if you intend to have lunch.  This will ensure that SJCC has proper seating and enough food for our group.  RSVP to [email protected].

  

If you feel called to lead our meeting in the Invocation or the Pledge of Allegiance, please email [email protected]. 

2012 SBMC UPCOMING EVENTS

December 8th -  SOLD OUT

Holiday Gala and Celebration of the SBMC 80th Anniversary

 

December 14th - SBMC Golf Outing

At Fleming Island.

 

December 15th - Children's Christmas Shopping Spree

At the Target on San Jose Blvd near I-295

 

December 19th -

Gator Bowl Raffle Drawing

For questions and comments about the newsletter please e-mail [email protected]