BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Events Booking BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6afa43ac435c2 SUMMARY:Online Meeting with Michael Waite\, the Founder of Naracoorte Commu nity News DESCRIPTION: \;  \;  \; \;Online Meeting with Michael W aite\, the Founder of Naracoorte Community News From high finance to lo cal news\, backing Naracoorte's new newspaper!! Michael Waite the founde r of Naracoorte Community News\, a print newspaper launched in May 2020\, is bucking the trend. As News Limited and Nine Media shut down local and r egional newspapers\, he has decided to establish a ‘start up’ in his h ometown of Naracoorte. He has addressed a market need with each issue requ iring a bigger print run! Produced and printed locally\, people in the reg ion have embraced the return of a local\, community based and focussed har d copy newspaper.  \;Prior to launching Naracoorte News\, Michael\, his wife Whitney\, and their 3 children had started an 18- month family gl obal travel experience in June 2019. However\, five months into the trip that started in their home in Seattle and soon after arriving in South Au stralia\, Michael’s Mum\, Sue Waite\, was diagnosed with cancer and then COVID-19 hit\, bringing an early end to their travel plans. Most recent ly\, Michael served as Senior Vice President of Operations at Bentall Kenn edy (now BentallGreenOak: https://bentallgreenoak.com/)\, with responsibil ity for leading the design and implementation of new products and ensuring continuous efficient and effective operations across business units. Prio r to this role Michael was SVP of Client Finance (2012-2015) where he was responsible for all aspects of accounting\, operations compliance and clie nt reporting for the $11.1 billion of US assets. From 2008-2012\, Michae l spent four years with Cascade Investment\, L.L.C.\, the private investme nt holding company of William H. Gates III\, Microsoft Co-founder\, where he served as head of accounting for the last two years for the US$60+ Bill ion investment portfolio. Michael also served as a Director of Four Season s Hotels and Resorts. Prior to this Michael was Chief Financial Officer at Julian LeCraw &\; Company\, LLC (now Tribridge Residential) in Atlan ta\, GA where his responsibilities included strategic planning and executi on of accounting\, corporate finance\, human resources\, risk management a nd information technology across a US$1.5 Billion real estate portfolio. Michael earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Columbus State University and an MBA from Goizueta Business School at Emory University. He was a candidate for State Treasurer of Washington state in 2016. And s erved on the National Board of Trustees for Camp Fire 2018-2019\, Board of United Way of King County 2012-2015 and as a member of the Finance (2008- 2018)\, Early Learning (2012-2018) and Audit (2008-2015) committees. Mic hael currently serves on the executive committee of the League of Educatio n Voters (Washington state). Michael was born in Naracoorte\, South Aust ralia. He lived in the USA from 1998-2019\, including 8 years in Atlanta\, Georgia and the last 12 years in Seattle\, Washington. He and his wife\, Whitney\, have three children\, Scarlett\, Nora and Hazel. Whitney is a pa ediatrician and worked at the University of Washington and Seattle Childre n’s Hospital from 2008-2019.  \; Join us at 1pm by going to the following link… https://zoom.us/j/603172155?pwd=MHVvZWtFM1UwT3dyUWZwUU tiZmtpdz09 Meeting ID: 603 172 155 Password: 033653 If you have any gu ests coming online please let us know with an email to secretary@adelaider otary.com.au Some hints are in the handy “etiquette”document. See you online at 1pm. Don't forget to give to the Virtual Community Bowl th is week by clicking on... \; \;Community Projects Appeal  \;  \;  \; LOCATION:Online Meeting DTSTART:20200617T033000Z DTEND:20200617T043000Z DTSTAMP:20261115T234340Z ORGANIZER;CN=Rotary Club of Adelaide:MAILTO:webmanager@adelaiderotary.com.a u GEO:-34.915516;138.593926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Online Meeting ;X-APPLE-RAD IUS=72;X-TITLE=Rotary Club of Adelaide Online:-34.915516;138.593926 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR