Santa Rosa West

Coming up

March 15
Support
Our Schools
Program Update

March 17
St. Patrick's Day
Social at
3rd Street Ale Works

March 22
Conserving Open Space in Sonoma County
David Katz, Exec. Dir. of Sonoma Land Trust

March 1, 1999

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE WEEK

Openings

Glorious Leader King Richard brought our lively and somewhat disorganized group to "order". Past President Bill Gittins led us in the pledge and Mark Matsen served up our Rotary Moment. Terry Evans introduced 13 Visiting Rotarians, most from the Downtown club.

Guests (And Hosts)

Steve Graves (Paul Stychno)

Announcements

St. Patrick’s Day Special Event on Wednesday March 17^th, 5:30 p.m., at Third Street Ale Works - Sign-up sheets were passed around by Mark Decker.  NOTE: This is a special event. We will meet Monday March 15^th at our regular time at Los Robles.

International Committee – meetings are generally held monthly at Mistral 12:00 noon – To volunteer your time and get more information, call Paul Schwartz at 543-8300. The GSE team is leaving March 26^th for the Philippines for a month. Neil Silverman, GSE Team Leader needs small lightweight gifts such as promotional items to take along. A similar GSE from Luzon City will be visiting this country April 24^th to May 24^th.

The Santa Rosa-Kagoshima Student Exchange Program is accepting applications for students to travel to Japan for 4 weeks over the Summer of 1999.   The trip is subsidized by the Santa Rosa Sunrise Group as well as Rotary Groups from Hiroshima and Kagoshima Group, Friends of Kagoshima and Santa Rosa Businesses. The cost for each student is only $1,900.00. Applications must be in by April 16, 1999.   Contact Mary Haller at 538-0950 or Fern Harger at 539-8030 for more details.

Its On the House if SRWest members attend the upcomming District Assembly, SRWest will pick up the registration fee.  This is Mike Merrill's year and it is important that we make a good showing at the Assembly.  Contact Bob Harris or Rich Standard for Details.

Sunshine Report

The Bob Lucas "Celebration of Life" Fund is gaining momentum. Donations may be sent to Janet Codding.

President-Elect Patsy Barnes is recovering well from her hip accident.

Craft Talk: Tom Boylan

Neil and Mark are Mesmerized

Tom Boylan took a step closer to getting his blue badge with an entertaining presentation. He started and finished with good Irish jokes. Tom is an advertising / marketing consultant with an impressive list of clients. Much of his work is focused on writing. He writes an automotive column for the PD, has worked with King Richard at the Gazette.  His job stints included Fox and Froggy. He does a lot of volunteer work in his home community of Sebastopol, and joined Rotary to "find a balance" in his life, business and volunteer work. Tom’s wife is Melody Monteras, an agent with Frank Howard Allen.

New Member Update

The following people are presented as new member nominees to our club. Anyone having questions or concerns should contact the nominees' sponsors or Teri Evans.

Recognition Pete Lamonica donated $25 to the Bob Lucas "Celebration of Life" Fund. Skipped other fines this week because of a full schedule. Raffle Bryan Jamar (left) drew the wrong marble for the $930 pot. Robin Marrs donated his $20 winnings to the SOS program.

Program

John Palmer (left) introduced Santa Rosa City Manager Ken Blackman (below) who discussed Y2K compliance efforts by the city. Mr. Blackman   started and finished with Irish humor. He was generally upbeat. The basic message is – we are doing just fine and the city will not come to a grinding halt on January 1st. Even your utility bills will be sent on time. Most of the imbedded chips used in vehicles and equipment have been identified. The priority is to upgrade computers and equipment used for services. Traffic signals, pump stations, vehicles and basic computer equipment are O.K. Telecommunications services should be upgraded by July 1999.

The problem most citizens have is "lack of trust" in local government. Town meetings are being held to share ideas and information. The Q&A session dealt with the Hwy 12 golf driving range (Mike Moore wants to buy the club that hit all those balls out onto the highway), RUDAT study, $500K link between downtown and RR Square, emergency services, and photo surveillance at key intersections.   This bulletin was written by Ray Mattison

New E-mail address or Fax number?

Let me know at DRBjork@thegrid.net or
phone (707) 576-7632 or fax (707) 576-7672.

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