Daily Archives: 04/11/2012

(Community Matters) a 19yo became inspired and has raised nearly $5mm to bring safe drinking water to people around the world. Now – just turned 23, Seth Maxwell and his team have pledged to end thirst for an entire country, Swaziland. They mobilize high school and college students and will raise another $50mm, engaging corporations and philanthropists to underwrite all administrative costs. Coke just contributed the first $2mm. So far, Seth has 500,000 young people following him and the Thirst Project and they’re just about to scale.

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(Community Matters) Kudos to my friends Chris & Sean for launching this initiative.

(Community Matters) super news. haven’t seen the deal but I’m sure plenty of economies of scale and I know in the strategic direction of PeopleFund expanding statewide

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(Community Matters) there’s been updates

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(Community Matters) AAS reporting on Pres Power’s Committee on Business Productivity. Stephen Rohleder (Accenture) noted as chairman. Other committee members are:  Jason Downie (HM Capital Partners, Dallas),  Stephen A. James (Accenture, Spicewood), Paul Kinscherff (The Boeing Company, Chicago), Gary Kusin (TPG Capital, Dallas), David Moross (Falconhead Capital, New York), Ben Rodriguez (Management and Business Advisors, San Antonio), Hector Ruiz (Bull Ventures, San Francisco and Austin),  Sam Susser (Susser Holdings Corp., Corpus Christi), Charles Tate (Capital Royalty, Houston), Larry Tu (Dell Inc., Round Rock), Lynn Utter (Knoll Inc., East Greenville, Pa), Marcie Zlotnick (StarTex Power, Houston)

(Community Matters) Potential, future supreme leader (Bo Xilai) ousted, wife (Gu Kailai) being investigated for  murder of a British businessman (Neil Heywood) – vice mayor (Wang Liju) flees to a U.S. consulate.

Chinese communists prepare to name their next leadership team, as their President (Hu Jintao) retires and the current Vice President (Xi Jinping) is expected to succeed him. Reformist Premier (Wen Jiabao) is said to be battling hard line conservatives.

Bo re: truth? Who knows. Some speculation consequences of his fight against organized crime in the province (mega-city, Chongqing) he governed.

(Community Matters) Yesterday was Brackenridge’s luncheon honoring Clarke Heidrick, a friend and force for good in Austin. Clarke is the founder of the hospital district, as well as current Chamber Chair, long time chair of the Shivers Cancer Foundation and has headed many other civic institutions.

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