On Wednesday Morning, January 4, 2017 we had our first meeting of the New Year. Melvin Drury lead us in the invocation and pledge followed by happy bucks and visitor introductions by Sgt. at Arms, Robbie Selby. President, Rob Samouce, then inducted into the Club our first new Member of the year, Brian Willett, with his sponsor Melvin Drury. Brian is VP of Operations of Dale Carnegie Training recently relocated from Kentucky and is married to his lovely wife Jennifer. Please welcome Brian.
Our guest speaker, Mike Dalby, CEO of the Naples Chamber of Commerce told us all about the Chamber. It has over 1,600 members promoting smart business growth in Collier County. Mr. Dalby has been CEO of Chambers of Commerce for the last 23 years after a career in the Air Force. He worked with chambers in Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Indiana and Ohio and grew up in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Mike went over the networking advantages of being a member of the Chamber and gave an overview of all the things the Chamber does in promoting future leaders in the Community. He then discussed the challenges of providing housing for workers in the Naples Area which is needed to keep up with the expected explosive growth as having workers commute from Lee County is not a lasting solution.
Mark your calendars, unless otherwise stated, all our meetings are at Hyatt House Naples.
Wed. Morning Jan 11, 7:30 a.m.: Collier County Public Schools Speaker
Thurs. Evening Jan 19, 6:30 p.m.: Boys and Girls Club Speaker
Thurs. Evening Jan. 26, 6:00 p.m.: Naples Art Association Speaker
