Bulletin for September 10, 2007
Avenues of Service
By Pamela Davis
Preliminaries
 At the prompting of Past President Chris Parr (Chris was chompin’ at the bit to get this meeting started), President Fred Zmarzly called the meeting to order. |
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Pledge: Chris Rosell Moment: Chris Parr –Feldman Moment of silence for the passing of Tony Stark. Memorial will be this Thursday. |
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| Guests of Rotarians: Carol Nelson, VP of Larkfield Branch of Echange Bank; Teddy Sipe, bride of Dale Sipe and Janet Kirschen, wife of Bo. | |||||||||||
Service:
Set up: Ginny Pitts
Cashier: Will Richards
Tickets: Bill Fisher
Program: Dave Wattell
Photography: Jim Valinoti
Bulletin: Pam Davis
Announcements and Such:
Happy Birthday to Chris Rosell (Sept 10) and Bob Marigo (Sept 26).
Acknowledgement of Janet Codding for 20 years in Rotary
Richard Standard has an Art Exhibit at the Pelican Gallery in Petaluma opening September 25. President Fred promised to fine him later for the commercial
Board Meeting Tuesday 11:45 am at Josefs. Everyone is welcome. Red badgers are encouraged to attend.
| Bartley BBQ at Ginny’s on October 15. |
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| Peter LaMonica promised a crab feed update next week. | |
| Susan Nowacki solicited promises from 12 members for restaurant gift certificates for the silent auction. | |
| Nov 8 (Thurs) is the Veteran’s Day lunch. We will be dark that week. |
Recognition
Ken Dansey- Article in NB Biz Mag $10; Bill Fisher- Trip to Donner Lake $10.
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Peter LaMonica- Trip to Alaska and UK $15 (Paid $20);
Richard Standard- Art Show commercial $10.
Raffle
Will won the chance at $750 and drew… a blue marble. Darn!
Tarina won a fine bottle of wine.
Program: Avenues of Service
Chris Parr Feldman introduced today’s program: A Rotary Informational Meeting
Five speakers each took five minutes to describe the committee work they do for Rotary at the local and international levels.
| Group Study Exchange - Chris Parr-Feldman |
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| GSE is a cultural exchange program that fosters international cooperation and helps promote the development of business skills in an increasingly global community. Chris visited Manila, numerous club member have been part of this international exchange of ideas and people. This year’s program is an exchange with Nigeria. |
| Vocational Committee - Gail Johnson |
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| Vocational Service began with the idea of bringing together people form various professions and to apply high standards to the workplace. Each Club or District defines their own Vocational Programs. In many cases, community service is tied in with the vocational work. Our club is currently working to set up a Career Day at Roseland University Prep. Other work has included: Helping to fund the Ridgway High School Library; Academic Project at Piner High School- recognizing exceptional students; Scholarship Program at Ridgway High School for JC bound students; Speech Contest open to all westside schools, providing cash awards. |
| International Service - Bo Kirshen |
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| Projects include: Clean Water project in Peru Festival of Brotherhood Project Amigo Sponsorship of students at the University of Colima Purchase of a cerebral endosopy machine for a Guadalajara Hosptila Purchase of a brick making machine for a community group in Guadalajara |
| Community Projects - Chris Young |
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| The dictionary program was Chris’ introduction to Rotary. He heads up the distribution of dictionaries throughout Santa Rosa every year. | |
| Graffiti Abatement at the City contacts Chris and he gathers a team to paint over the graffiti around town. |
| Rotary Foundation - Brian Herndon for Harry Rubins |
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| Rotary Foundation is designed to secure project funding through an endowment process. 50% of donations come back to the district and the rest is invested for three years. Money is then available through matching funds and grants for local and international projects. The club goal this year is $140 average per member and 100% participation at any level. |
| Rotary Youth Leadership Awards - Jim Underhill |
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| RYLA was started in 1952 to assisted young people in developing leadership skills. Locally young people attend a week-long camp AT Westminster Woods aimed at developing personal and leadership skills. Keynote speakers provide motivational presentations and "grab bag" projects and activities provide practical experience and development of skills. |
| Your Bulletin Reporter: Pamela Davis  |
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Bulletin Editor: Jim Valinoti  |