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The Sunrise
Newsletter of the Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Club
(Organized June 18, 2003)
District 7150
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Wilfred J. Wilkinson Marlene Brown James J. Gascon Marion Krauter
RI President District Governor Asst. District Governor President
UPCOMING EVENTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
Bulletin #2008-18 Date: May 8, 2008
Programs
TODAY
Lois Cole, Toastmasters International; Dave Penfield, Lightning Regatta
May 15 – John Paddock ESGR
May 22 – Tom Seeley, Membership & Retention
May 29 – Christopher Wiles, NYS Attorney General’s Office
June 5 – Club Assembly
June 12 – Maggie & John Gilson, Business Move
June 19 – Budget Review 2008-2009
June 26 – Seitz Building, Jeremy Gorelick
Suggestions for future programs are always welcome. Please forward your ideas to Toni at tonicurt27@aol.com.
News & Notes
Rhett Weiss: How Google has shaped our first president’s life
We finally know what Rhett Weiss has been up to these past three years.
We all knew that Rhett, our club’s first president and one of its most loyal supporters, had a really important job and that that job was with Google, but until May 1, all of the other details were hazy.
Rhett has been working for Google since 2005. For the first few years, due to the sensitive nature of his job, he could say very little due to confidentiality issues. Today, he revealed that for the past three years he has been leading the team that acquires and develops data centers for Google throughout the world.
Google was founded as a graduate student research project out of Stanford University in 1998. The first data center was a hodge podge of computers pieced together. One of the disk cases broke and the folks used Legos to hold it together. This is the reason for the colors in the Google logo.
Google is such a new company that Rhett has been with it longer than 85 percent of the employees.
The corporate culture is to work had but also encourages employees to be creative and play hard. The company’s headquarters features in addition to the traditional rows of cubicles, a massage chair, pool tables and a climbing wall.
The data centers Rhett is responsible for developing are the heart of the company, he explained. They store all of the data sent over the Internet. Their effectiveness has a direct effect on the products and services Google offers, which includes much, much more than just the search engine. More data centers are always needed within close proximity to population centers to maintain speed. Speed on the Internet is measured by milliseconds or less. It only takes a few blinks of an eye to lose a customer, he said.
Each center represents about a $600 million investment by Google, creating hundreds of construction jobs and effecting about $1 billion of gross state product. They employ about 100 to 200 people and become a magnet for other companies. One such center was developed in Lenoir, North Carolina on the site of a former furniture factory.
As the negotiator for the data center acquisition and development, Rhett is responsible for all of the component transactions, including purchasing the land, electricity, water and workforce. Utility issues are a huge issue because each of these centers uses more power than the Town and Village of Skaneateles combined! The company does its best to follow green building practices, using water to manage the heat the massive rows of computers produces each day.
Rhett closed his talk with a humorous look at a YouTube video “How Google Saved My Marriage.” Check it out at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi2O4Kvlscs. It should be noted that YouTube is now owned by Google!
Club Business &
Dates to Remember
Call to Order; Pledge of Allegiance & Invocation
lIntroduction of Guests/Visitarians
lHappy Dollars & Fines
District Major Events
May 10 – District Membership Retention, Harts Hill Inn, Whitesboro
May 29 – District Foundation Celebration
June 6 – Literacy Golf Tournament, Auburn
June 23 – Changing of the Guard
Committee Reports
lClub Administration
President – Marion Krauter
Treasurer – Toni Feldmann
Secretary – John Rooney
l Service Projects
Food Pantry – Daryle Pickering
Sea Scouts – John Paddock
Programs – Toni Feldmann
Early Act – Tom Seeley
Fire Equipment – Chris Bruna
Service Committee – John Rooney
lWinterfest & Craft Fair – Paddock/Krauter
lMembership (& Retention) – All
lSocial Chair – Paul Torrisi
lSergeant at Arms – Daryle Pickering
Evening Club Programs
TODAY –Ruhlman and Gorgette Hoskins – CSIET Global Award Ceremony
May 1 – Kokosa – SRF Nominating Committee Report; Robin Jowaisas – Pancake Breakfast Ticket Sales
Officers & Directors
Officers
President – Marion Krauter
President-Elect – Tom Seeley
Past President – Daryle Pickering
Treasurer – Toni Feldman
Sergeant-at-Arms – Daryle Pickering
Secretary – John Rooney
Committee Chairs
Club Service – John Rooney
Food Pantry – Daryle Pickering
Membership – Daryle Pickering
Program Chair – Toni Feldman
Rotary Foundation – John Paddock
Social Chair – Paul Torrisi
Youth Exchange/RYLA – John Paddock
Members
Sidney Beckwith, Christopher Bruna, Dave Cutten, Robert DeWetter, Toni Feldmann, Paul Frickey, Douglas Hill, Marion Krauter, Michael Krebs, John Paddock, Daryle Pickering, John Rooney, Thomas Seeley, Patrick Taylor, Paul Torrisi, Michael Wahlrab, Rhett Weiss
Exchange Students
Sarah Bierbaum (Germany), Lucas Grob (Switzerland), Eddy Tasia (Belgium), Nico Avalle (Argentina)
TRY OUR ROTARY WEBSITES
Our District Website: http://www.rotary7150.org/
Rotary International: http://www.rotary.org/
RYLA http://www.rotaryryla.com/
Skaneateles Rotary: http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org/
e-club http://www.rotaryeclubny1.com
SUNRISE EDITORS
Thomas W. Seeley 685-2311 Fax: 685-2460 tws@mlsattorneys.com
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