Past District Governor, Blake McBurney, inducted Jason Binder as President of the Alpharetta Rotary Club as well as installing the new Board of Directors for 2016-2017. Jason’s new role as President of the club comes in the same year that he was elected to the Alpharetta City Council, another great honor and leadership role to serve. He has stepped up in the community as a leader to offer his expertise, talents, thoughts, and time in great strides to make Alpharetta a better place to live, work, play and visit.
 
“A call to leadership is a call to service,” said Blake McBurney. “Leadership is something to be shared by engaging, encouraging, and inspiring your club members to focus on being the best club for the community and as Rotarians, to continue to try to make a difference in the world not with a hand out but with a hand up.”
 
The new Board for 2016-2017 is excited about guiding the club’s civic activities and fundraising programs over the next 12 months. The money that is raised by the club’s activities is given back to the community by supporting a variety of organizations and then globally by supporting international projects.
 
President Binder spoke to the club and thanked all the past presidents for offering to step up and help him when needed and he thanked the incoming Board members for their support as he was being prepared to become the new President.  Binder thanked Dave Schmidt, Assistant Governor of Rotary, for his support and guidance, and last, but not least, he thanked his family, Nicolette, Cecelia, and Maggie for being there for him.
 
Binder said, “When I moved to Alpharetta in 2010, I was looking for a way to give back to the community and that is when I was introduced to the Rotary Club of Alpharetta.  I found that the members were kind and had a unique giving spirit, which helped me quickly recognize that the Rotary Club of Alpharetta was home for me.  I want the members to have fun as a club this year and do projects in North Fulton that give examples of tangible reasons why we give and ask others to give so that the money raised by the club can do more in the community.”
 
As President this year, Binder and the Board have a lot of great ideas on ways to give back to community with supporting local projects and organizations as well as global projects to help internationally.
 
The new board members to support Binder’s Presidency include: Scott Doll, President Elect; Kirk Driskell, Past President; Robin McIntire, Secretary; Lee Doernberg, Treasurer; Jack Hausmann and Kile Lewis, Sergeant-at-Arms; Cathy Shanley, Membership; Will Daniel, Rotary Foundation; Janet Rodgers, Communications; Karen Hipes, Community Service; Randy Schiltz, International Servicer; Mary Ulich and Charlcie Foreman, Club Service; David Belle Isle, Youth Services; Hans Appen, Vocational Services; Lauri Young, Fundraising; Steve Corder, Educational Service, and Rob Johns and William Perkins, Speakers