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OKC Rotary News
May 20, 2025 | Volume 113 | No. 44
In-Person and Livestreamed from Christian Life Center - St. Luke's Methodist Church | 11:55
Livestream Available 11:55am
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Boeing in Oklahoma: Power the Warfighter and Empowering the Future Workforce
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| Mandy Trainer is the senior director and program manager of Executive Transport & Surveillance (ET&S) in Boeing Defense, Space & Security and the Boeing Oklahoma City Senior Site Leader. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, the ЕТ&S team provides engineering and sustainment for U.S. and global head of-state aircraft and Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) for customers worldwide. READ MORE
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Chair of the Day: Bailey Perkins Wright
Invocation: Tom Phillips
Introduction of Guests: Trent Riley
Introduction of New Rotarians: Jennifer Hamer
Welcome New Rotarian Table: Brooke Haneborg
Scanners/ Greeters: Lana Ivy, Jeanette Nance
Registration: Dawn Byram, Brooke Haneborg
Roving Microphone: Bart Binning, Richard Smith
Menu: Caesar Salad; House Salad; Capri Vegetables; Chicken Alfredo; Italian Baked Meatballs; Bread Sticks
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Club 29 Breakfast May 22, 2025
Quail Creek Country Club | 7:00am | Wingspan Room
Chairs: Susan McVey, Bud Oehlert
Speaker: Tom Friedemann – “Fly Fishing in Oklahoma”
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| In the News
If you have good news - honors, awards, new achievements - to share with the club, please let us know!
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Why Do People Do What They Do?
Motivation, Maslow, and the Changing Global Economyby Bart Binning, Ed.D. (and ChatGPT)
One of the oldest questions in human history is also one of the most overlooked in modern economics: Why do people do what they do?
Since the Enlightenment, thinkers have tried to answer that question in different ways. In 1776, Adam Smith theorized that the invisible hand of self-interest could produce broad societal benefit. By 1844, David Ricardo and John Stuart Mill were building on that idea with the principle of comparative advantage, which explained how nations could gain from trade by specializing in what they do best.
A century later, in a radically different discipline, psychologist Abraham Maslow approached the question from a more personal angle. In 1943, he introduced his Hierarchy of Needs, suggesting that human behavior is structured around a progression of needs, from basic survival to self-actualization.
Since the founding of this country, these theories—economic and psychological—form the bedrock of how we understand human motivation. And yet, despite this intellectual legacy, the modern global economy appears to be unraveling. The question is: why? READ MORE
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| New Rotarians
New Rotarians Chaunté Gilmore, Matt Wilson, Will Lufburrow, and Don Swift will be introduced by Jennifer Hamer.
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Ross Plourde
25-26 President
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Fellow Rotarians:
As we approach the beginning of the 2025-2026 Rotary year, please take a moment to consider signing up to participate in one or more of our club’s 40 committees. Participation by our members in the work of our club committees is vitally important to the functioning of our club. Consider how smoothly our Tuesday meeting, our Thursday breakfast meetings, and our Rotary After Hours gatherings, and our special events run, all because of the efforts of our club members serving on committees. Think about our impact in the community through donations, ringing bells for Salvation Army, participating in community projects, recognizing teachers, fostering literacy, and helping to alleviate the impact of disasters in our community, our country, and the world – it happens only because our members, who have taken the time to sign up for and participate in our committees, make it happen. Or reflect upon our role as the second largest Rotary club out of more than 33,000 Rotary clubs in the world. That prestige and prominence comes with responsibilities, and we meet them through the work of our committees. READ MORE
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| =>Accounting Email Change - Statements were emailed April 1 - after 2:00
On July 1, 2024 the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City updated our accounting software to QuickBooks Online. With this change, the email address that sends your statements has been updated to:
quickbooks@notification.intuit.com
Please add the above email address to your safe senders list and check your spam/junk folders for communications from our Rotary office. Quarterly statements were emailed and we appreciate your assistance to ensure timely payment.
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| Memorials
The Rotary Club 29 Foundation accepts gifts honoring loved ones.
A contribution can be made here
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| Rotary Club 29 Online Directory - App is in the App/Play store
Rotary Club 29 has an online membership directory which contains current content information for all club members. The link to access the Club 29 directory can be found at the top of the home page of okcrotary.club or by clicking here.
OKC Rotary has provided this tool as a convenience to help members stay in touch with one another. The online directory, just like the printed roster, should only be used for Rotary purposes. If you need help in accessing the directory, please email the office.
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FUTURE PROGRAMS
May 27, 2025 -
Fireside Chat with Bill Bowden – From Farm Boy to Military
June 3, 2025 -
Bill Lance, The Chickasaw Nation
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attendance & MEMBERSHIP
Attendance
May 13, 2025 - In-Person, Online, Makeups: 204
Total Present & Makeup: 36%
Membership: May 13, 2025 - 576
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Upcoming Events
June 10, 2025 - Rotary Car Show
July 1, 2025 - Rotary Inaugural
July 29, 2025 - Vocational Tour Day
January 31. 2026 - Pickleball Tournament
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