Events Calendar
March 2008 Speaker Series
March 5
Speaker: James C. Stanley, MD, Director of U-M Cardiovascular Center
Topic: The Michigan Experience in Vascular Medicine and Surgery
Learn about strokes and aneurysms and their prevention and treatment. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in America and most common cause of severe disability; aortic aneurysms involve degenerative ballooning of the major artery and cause rupture and bleeding in 20% of people who have them, with death resulting in 80% of such cases. Dr. Stanley, Surgery Professor and Director of the U-M Cardiovascular Center, will discuss its activities in research and recognition, preven-tion and treatment of these serious health conditions. Host/introducer: Fritz Seyferth.
March 12
Speakers: Agnes Reading, Tim Marshall and Sixteen Other Rotarians
Topic: Welcome to and Induction of a Big Class of new Ann Arbor Rotarians
Three days before the Ides of March, it will be time to welcome a big class of brand new Ann Arbor Rotarians. Membership Development Committee Co-chairs Agnes and Tim will help us get to know sixteen new members of our Club by introducing the Rotarians who nominated them for membership, and the proud sponsors will present their nominees and tell us everything about them that can be shared in two minutes. Let's have full attendance to give the warmest possible welcome to our newest brothers and sisters in Rotary fellowship and service above self.
March 19
Speaker: Robert Mull, Ann Arbor Rotarian & TAP Member
Topic: The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, Your Voice for a Better IRS
As tax return season looms, learn about a nationwide group of volunteers who advocate on your behalf to make the IRS more efficient and taxpayer friendly. Bob Mull, a Club member for the past several months and retired Ford executive, volunteered to serve on the Panel and after getting FBI clearance and jumping through other bureaucratic hoops has been doing so since last year. He will share his experiences as a member of this Federal Advisory Committee and discuss major tax administration issues. Host/introducer: Joel Berger.
March 26
Speaker: Ron Shapiro, Sports Agent, Lawyer & Negotiator Extraordinaire
Topic: "Dare to Prepare" - How to Win (in negotiations) Before You Begin.
More than thirty years ago Ron Shapiro founded a sports management firm that soon developed a national reputation through a "holistic" win-win approach to contract negotiation and represented Hall of Fame athletes such as Cal Ripken, Jr. and Brooks Robinson. He has written best-selling books on negotiation strategies, the latest being "Dare to Prepare: How to Win Before You Be-gin." His Negotiations Institute has trained over 350,000 people. His half-hour Rotary talk may not leave us fully trained, but we'll know the general principles and will have heard an entertain-ing account of an important subject and an interesting career. Host/introducer: Ken Fischer