Our speaker for January 28th will be Patrick J. Whalen. Patrick Whalen joined the BNMC as Chief Operating Officer in March of 2008. A former Buffalo Rotarian, he directs the day-to-day operations of the growing not-for-profit corporation. He is also spearheading the renovation, build-out, and tenant recruitment of the BNMC's Innovation Center at 640 Ellicott Street (the four-story former Trico Products Corp. building).
Whalen has extensive experience on a wide variety of international supply chain issues including marketing access, warehousing, distribution, sourcing, and freight forwarding. Whalen conceptualized and established Fulfillment Systems International, a distribution services provider offering marketing support, warehousing and distribution, freight forwarding, and transportation service to firms operating in the US and Canada, with annual sales of $10 million and one hundred employees in five locations. He sold this company to a UPS subsidiary in 2000 and became division manager of UPS Supply Chain Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Parcel Service, providing supply chain management solutions to businesses worldwide, with 14,000 employees and $750 million in sales.
The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus is a consortium of the region's premier health care, life sciences research, and medical education institutions, all co-located on 120-acre in downtown Buffalo, New York. The BNMC is dedicated to the cultivation of a world-class medical campus for clinical care, research, education, and entrepreneurship. The BNMC:
•Coordinates activities related to the planning, development, and enhancement within their 120 acres footprint.
•Facilitates collaboration among our member institutions, as well as the community at large.
•Addresses issues of common concern to our member institutions and neighbors.
•Creates a distinct environment that provides opportunities for active living.
The meeting will be held at the Harbour Club in HSBC Arena at 12:15pm, Thursday, January 28th, 12:15pm.
The public is invited to attend and hear interesting programs each week. Call our Executive Director, John McClive, at 854-3397 if you have any questions or would like to attend.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Jan. 21st Meeting: Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. President Thomas P. Dee
Spanning a career of 37 years at Cannon Design, with 28 years as a principal, our speaker, Thomas P. Dee, has been involved in large-scale public projects locally such as the HSBC Arena, the HSBC Atrium Office Complex, the Erie Community College Flickinger Field House and the Buffalo Niagara International Airport.
As President of ECHDC, Mr. Dee is well qualified to lead one of the Western New York region's most exciting economic development projects, one that involves the revitalization of over 20 acres of prime waterfront lands within the City of Buffalo's historic Erie Canal district.
Commonly known as "Canal Side," this dynamic project features roughly $300 million in public and private investment, comprising more than one million square feet of retail, cultural, residential, office and other mixed-uses. The Canal Side project is designed to not only evoke City heritage as America's "gateway to the west" for commerce, transportation and immigration, but also to accentuate downtown Buffalo's connection to its waterfront, through construction of various interpretive water features and towpaths, reminiscent of the area's historic canal network.
This well documented "hustle and bustle" of the Erie Canal, Commercial Slip and Prime Slip is central to the Canal Side theme, and will be brought back to life through various year-round offerings and experiences, including restaurants, entertainment venues, retail outlets, cultural attractions, public spaces, and increased access to Lake Erie and the Buffalo River. Canal Side will appeal to a wide demographic of visitors and residents. More succinctly, it will be Buffalo's next great place!
This meeting will be held at the Harbour Club in HSBC Arena beginning at 12:15 p.m. - Thursday, January 21st, 2010.
Click here for a complete list of upcoming speakers at our weekly meeting.
For more information about Rotary Club of Buffalo, visit our website, www.buffalorotary.org.
As President of ECHDC, Mr. Dee is well qualified to lead one of the Western New York region's most exciting economic development projects, one that involves the revitalization of over 20 acres of prime waterfront lands within the City of Buffalo's historic Erie Canal district.
Commonly known as "Canal Side," this dynamic project features roughly $300 million in public and private investment, comprising more than one million square feet of retail, cultural, residential, office and other mixed-uses. The Canal Side project is designed to not only evoke City heritage as America's "gateway to the west" for commerce, transportation and immigration, but also to accentuate downtown Buffalo's connection to its waterfront, through construction of various interpretive water features and towpaths, reminiscent of the area's historic canal network.
This well documented "hustle and bustle" of the Erie Canal, Commercial Slip and Prime Slip is central to the Canal Side theme, and will be brought back to life through various year-round offerings and experiences, including restaurants, entertainment venues, retail outlets, cultural attractions, public spaces, and increased access to Lake Erie and the Buffalo River. Canal Side will appeal to a wide demographic of visitors and residents. More succinctly, it will be Buffalo's next great place!
This meeting will be held at the Harbour Club in HSBC Arena beginning at 12:15 p.m. - Thursday, January 21st, 2010.
Click here for a complete list of upcoming speakers at our weekly meeting.
For more information about Rotary Club of Buffalo, visit our website, www.buffalorotary.org.
Network at North
Come to the first networking event of 2010:
Wednesday
January 20th
5 to 8 ppm
at
NORTH
140 North Street (located in the Hotel Lenox)
This is a FREE event and a great opportunity to network with club members and to introduce potential Rotarians to the club in a relaxed environment.
Free parking in rear/side lot.
Free Hors D'Oeuvres
Discounted cash bar
Wednesday
January 20th
5 to 8 ppm
at
NORTH
140 North Street (located in the Hotel Lenox)
This is a FREE event and a great opportunity to network with club members and to introduce potential Rotarians to the club in a relaxed environment.
Free parking in rear/side lot.
Free Hors D'Oeuvres
Discounted cash bar
Help for Haiti - Message from District Governor Suchak
Following is an important message from District Governor, Pravin Suchak, for members and friends of The Rotary Club of Buffalo:
As everyone in the district is well aware by now, the needs of the Haitian people are very great as up to three million people deal with the aftermath of a 7.0 earthquake in and around the capital Port-au-Prince.The city was leveled, a vast number of people killed, and transportation and communication disrupted. The injured are struggling for care as most medical facilities in the capital were damaged or destroyed and people have nowhere to live.
Many of our clubs are asking what they can do. As a district we are suggesting that Rotarians and Rotary clubs who want to help should have a district option. Jos Nolle, Chair of our Disaster Relief Committee has suggested two options.
First, we know that many injured are taken to Hopital Albert Schweitzer in Deschapelles, a town about 40 miles NW of Port-au-Prince. We are fortunate because Roy Sheldrick from the Rotary Club of Ancaster uses Hopital Albert Schweitzer to administer the Haiti Water for Life Program and through them has brought over 1.2 million dollars of wells, piping and latrines to Haiti. Roy has close and regular contact with the hospital administration and they have indicated that their facility is coping with the influx of those injured in the earthquake, but the hospital is fast using up its budget on supplies of medicines, diesel fuel and additional operating expenses.
Second, most inhabitants of Port-au-Prince have lost their homes and shelter and have nowhere to live. The ShelterBox Program keeps a stock of shelter boxes on hand and some of these boxes are already on their way to Haiti. The supply, however, always needs to be replenished.
For these reasons, we are encouraging donations to Hopital Albert Schweitzer and/or ShelterBox. A trust fund keeps Hopital Albert Schweitzer running. In NY, clubs and individuals are asked to forward donations to The Rotary Club of Kenmore and it will issue charitable receipts.
Your donation will then be forwarded so that Hopital Albert Schweitzer can continue caring for the onslaught of injured.
Please make checks payable to Kenmore Rotary Charities and mail to Kenmore Rotary Club, 3200 Elmwood Avenue, Kenmore NY 14217, Please indicate Haiti Disaster Relief as the reason for the check.
Those clubs wishing to support ShelterBox should send funds directly to that organization at either ShelterBox USA, 8374 Market Street #203, Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 or ShelterBox Canada, 1272 Mysty Woods, Victoria BC, V8Y 3G6. http://www.shelterbox.ca/
Pravin Suchak,
District Governor
Jos Nolle, Disaster Relief Chair
As everyone in the district is well aware by now, the needs of the Haitian people are very great as up to three million people deal with the aftermath of a 7.0 earthquake in and around the capital Port-au-Prince.The city was leveled, a vast number of people killed, and transportation and communication disrupted. The injured are struggling for care as most medical facilities in the capital were damaged or destroyed and people have nowhere to live.
Many of our clubs are asking what they can do. As a district we are suggesting that Rotarians and Rotary clubs who want to help should have a district option. Jos Nolle, Chair of our Disaster Relief Committee has suggested two options.
First, we know that many injured are taken to Hopital Albert Schweitzer in Deschapelles, a town about 40 miles NW of Port-au-Prince. We are fortunate because Roy Sheldrick from the Rotary Club of Ancaster uses Hopital Albert Schweitzer to administer the Haiti Water for Life Program and through them has brought over 1.2 million dollars of wells, piping and latrines to Haiti. Roy has close and regular contact with the hospital administration and they have indicated that their facility is coping with the influx of those injured in the earthquake, but the hospital is fast using up its budget on supplies of medicines, diesel fuel and additional operating expenses.
Second, most inhabitants of Port-au-Prince have lost their homes and shelter and have nowhere to live. The ShelterBox Program keeps a stock of shelter boxes on hand and some of these boxes are already on their way to Haiti. The supply, however, always needs to be replenished.
For these reasons, we are encouraging donations to Hopital Albert Schweitzer and/or ShelterBox. A trust fund keeps Hopital Albert Schweitzer running. In NY, clubs and individuals are asked to forward donations to The Rotary Club of Kenmore and it will issue charitable receipts.
Your donation will then be forwarded so that Hopital Albert Schweitzer can continue caring for the onslaught of injured.
Please make checks payable to Kenmore Rotary Charities and mail to Kenmore Rotary Club, 3200 Elmwood Avenue, Kenmore NY 14217, Please indicate Haiti Disaster Relief as the reason for the check.
Those clubs wishing to support ShelterBox should send funds directly to that organization at either ShelterBox USA, 8374 Market Street #203, Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 or ShelterBox Canada, 1272 Mysty Woods, Victoria BC, V8Y 3G6. http://www.shelterbox.ca/
Pravin Suchak,
District Governor
Jos Nolle, Disaster Relief Chair
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