CALL TO ORDER & PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
President Bill announced that this was the 1242nd meeting of the West Santa Rosa Rotary Club. "Did you count the dark days, Bill?" Someone asked.
The pledge was said by Ray Mattison. The invocation by Carl Anderson and Jim Benoit welcomed visiting Rotarians.
Note: District Attorney Mike Mullins will be our speaker next week, August 5th, and he will talk about the Davis trial.
Raffle:
There were 52 marbles, Dennis Wilkinson picked a very pretty one, but didn't win. Arnie
Carston donated his $20 win to the Bugbee Fund.
Sunshine:
Get well cards were passed round for Moses Mitchell and Ellen Freidman, both are away ill.
Club Assembly:
Announced by President Bill: The annual budget will be provided to the club, as will the
profit and loss statement.
Dues:
The total amount of dues is the same, but fines are now $50 instead of $100. You now have
the option of paying in two installments of $82.50.
Club name change:
It has been decided to change the club name from West Santa Rosa Rotary Club to Santa Rosa
West Rotary Club. The reason for this is that anyone looking in the International
Directory for Santa Rosa will find all the clubs except West, which is listed under
"W," "West Santa Rosa" as if it's a separate town, which it is not.
The name change was presented to the membership for a vote, and passed. The actual
process will take some months of paperwork with the International office.
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Club Service - Internal Gil Lucas announced plans for a major raffle. The prize is a trip for two to London on Concorde, holiday in London and return stateside on the QE 2. Tickets will be a donation of $30 each. One thousand tickets will be sold over a period of 60 days and it is anticipated that the club will receive about $17,000 for club charities. There is a plan to establish an Rotoract Club at SSU. |
| Club Service - External "Firesides," where members host a tour of their business, are being revived. The "Shoe Program" for children and "Smoke Alarms" for elderly people are also both being revived. |
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Community Service
Matt Myers is Scouting, Bill Gittins spoke in his stead.
This year sees the return of The Crab Feed, which will take place on January 25, 1997. (Does this mean that Crabby and La Crevette have finally spent all their money in the flesh pots of Europe and have been forced to return to raise more cash?)
The Community Service heading also includes, among other things, the SOS, Quad Club Representatives, our Scholarship Fund and The Multi-Cultural Day Care Center.
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International Service Plans are being made to sponsor a student to study abroad for the academic year '97-'98. The Rotary Foundation is hoping for more Paul Harris Fellows. There is a plan for a project in Mexico, and ongoing projects in Costa Rica and Africa. There are also plans to establish a Sister Club in the Ukraine. |
| Vocational Service - Ken Dansie We shall be continuing to sponsor the Students of The Month from Piner High School. The Vocational Awards are given to students who have a grade point average of 2.0. The Service Above Self Award will continue as before. Phil Talamantes detailed our Scholarship Fund, which was started in 1985, when Rich Pratt was president. It now stands at $35,000 and provides $750 scholarships for the Piner graduates and $500 to the vocational scholars. There is also the John Bugbee Fund which has about $10,000, the Joe Dorfmann fund of $5,000 which is for the purchase of prize winning beef, lambs and pigs, and the Dick Bacon Fund which was given to SSU to provide annual prizes to the Student Teacher of the Year. |
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General Requests
We are looking for a GSE team leader for next year's tour in Finland.
When you move, get a new phone number etc. Please inform Bob Harris so that he can keep the roster up to date.
Programs: Arnie Carston is always interested in hearing about good programs. Let him know if you see or hear anything worthwhile.
International Rotary
FOUNDATION SCHOLAR HELPS BRIDGE LANGUAGE GAP AT OLYMPICS
Among the many volunteers offering their services at this summer's Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, is a Rotary Foundation ambassadorial scholar who is putting her skills as a translator to work for overseas media and others involved with the Games. Henriette Eluh, of the Ivory Coast (District 9100), is a multi-year scholar studying at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California. Having finished the first of two years in a master's program at the institute's Translation and Interpretation Division, Eluh was chosen to participate in a translation practicum at the Olympics. She is fluent in French and English.
BRITISH SCHOOL CHILDREN MAKE THEIR MOVE WITH HELP FROM ROTARIANS
Who says children get bored easily in the summertime? Not if they're on board with members of Rotary District 1140 in England. Early this month these Rotarians engaged more than 22,000 school children in a chess tournament. Previously sponsored by the Intel Corporation, the annual event this year was taken over by the Rotary district and re-named the Rotary Chess Initiative. The tournament, believed to be one of the world's largest for youth, was held July 6-7 at Nottingham University. A highlight was the chance for 240 participants to test their skills against six chess grand masters, including Nigel Short, one of the top-ranked players in the world. Short and five other chess champions each took on 40 young opponents simultaneously.
Calendar
Monday August 5th: Mike Mullins will talk about the Davis Trial
Monday August 12th: Linda Johnson of the Sonoma County Wineries Assoc.
Monday August 19th: Billy Gianquinto will talk about new laws effecting fish and wildlife in Sonoma county -- Travel Raffle tickets go on sale
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