Driven by an unsinkable entrepreneurial spirit, Carl L. Chinnery founded his law firm in 1967 and has been serving the community ever since. He enjoys contributing to the civic, charitable and educational life of the Lee’s Summit and greater Kansas City area.
Carl's civic activities include the Lee's Summit Rotary Club, serving as a District Governor of Rotary International in 2002-2003; the Lee's Summit Chamber of Commerce, serving as its president in 1978; the Lee's Summit Economic Development Council, as president in 1996-97; and the Rockhurst College Small Business Development Corporation, as past Chairman. He has served as president of the Lee's Summit R-7 Board of Education, and as president of the Lee's Summit Educational Foundation. Carl was a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and was also a Charter Life Underwriter. His indelible mark on the community is evidenced, among other things, by the nature trail at Unity Village that bears his name.
Carl earned a B.A. degree from Beloit College and a J.D. degree from the University of Missouri - Kansas City. His first love is his family, followed by hobbies and interests as varied as the Midwestern weather, including woodworking, sailing, gardening, golf, and boat-building.
Parkville Rotary Board Meeting This Friday!
The next board meeting is this Friday in the Watson Literacy Center at 11am. Please let Kathy Leibrand know if you are able to attend.
New Meeting Space & Parking Information
In case you haven't seen the recent news we have a new meeting room in the underground, the Watson Literacy Center. A map is provided in the link below.
Our annual holiday party has returned and it is at Cafe Des Amis located at 112 Main St., 2nd floor, Parkville, MO on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 6pm.
Please reserve your table number and select your entre choice Braised Beef Short Rib or Salmon.
Hurry as we have reserved seating for 40 and need your entre selection no later than 12/31/22!
Join us for a wonderful evening of food, wine and friendship. See you there!
Third Thursday Sign Up
Thursday, December 15, 2022
Please RSVP to Bob Stone for this month's Third Thursday Social Event. Bowling, Drinks, Food and Friends starting at 5:30PM
Main Event
K8081 NW Roanridge Rd., Kansas City, MO 64151
Save the Date! March 31st - 5th Friday Event
March 31st Rotary outing is at Knuckleheads--all those interested should get their tickets well in advance of the event--it is in the Gospel Lounge--and the space is fairly small.
Info for Tickets: go to Tickets Knuckleheads, click on buy Tickets, screen 9, Jeff Gergens Elvis Show March 31, click on Buy Tickets.
We hope to see you there!
Rotary International Conference
Melbourne, Australia!
Dear 6040 Rotarians-
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of attending my first Rotary International Convention in Houston.
It was amazing!
Meeting Rotarians from other part of our country and the world and listening to them share their Rotary experience was one of the most profound things I have encountered in my Rotary journey.
Not only did I make new friends and get reacquainted with Rotarians from the Philippines whom I have not seen since my GSE trip back in 2001, but I was able to bring ideas back to our district and share those ideas with Rotarians with specific project priorities. Projects addressing human trafficking, Alzheimer's therapies and better community engagement are now being implemented in our district thanks to International Convention.
Next year's convention is in late May in Melbourne Australia. The prospect of traveling that far for a week or so may sound daunting but it is totally worth it! You have no appreciation of the power of Rotary until you attend one of these events.
I am inviting you to join my wife and I at the Convention.
If you register before December 15th, you get $100 off your registration fee.
Please see attached and below from Annual Funds Chair, Jodi Sundaram, for exciting information about District 6040's matching points program and share with your club's members!
Rotary District 6040
2022-2023 Annual Fund Points Match Program
The first $500 contributed per member to the Annual Fund of the Rotary Foundation during the 2022-2023 Rotary year will be given a match of 500 D6040 Foundation Points to move you to Paul Harris Fellow status.
Period for matching begins on August 5th, 2022 and ends on December 31st, 2022.
Please email Jodi Sundaram atmaximpact.missouri@gmail.com once you have made a qualifying contribution so that we can be sure to properly match this with the 500 points.
In Rotary year 2018/2019 our club was 100% PHF members. This has been achieved many times throughout our club's history.
The Membership Committee has been hard at work putting together new membership forms! All members can access the forms by clicking on the blue box below which will take members to a dropbox link with the forms. Give these to potential members! The new spouse forms can be found here as well.
The following forms can be found in the link:
Standard Rotarian Membership Packet
Corporate Membership Packet
Spouse Membership Packet
Please submit the forms filled out to Dalyn Novak (dnovak@wskfarch.com) so she can get new member information added to ClubRunner after the board's approval!
