Bulletin for July 21, 2008
He's getting the hang of it!
By Chris Parr-Feldman
Preliminaries
 President David McDonald opened his second meeting precisely at 12:30 PM, welcoming all to the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa West, the coolest club in District 5130! Hooray for us! |
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| Pete LaMonica led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and Bo Kirschen gave us our moment, "yesterday is past, tomorrow brings the future and today is a gift, because it’s the present..." (That’s how I remember it.) | |||||||||||
Hey! New table cloths! |
Visiting Rotarians:
Charter Member Bill Fisher did the honors today by introducing us
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Vickie Hardcastle, SR; Kim McDonald, 1st lady, but member of SR
East; Gentleman from India? (and then the president asked if anyone was taking notes for the
bulletin. No one raised their hand, so I volunteered. Unfortunately I didn’t
get all of the guests names.)
Guests: Brendon McDonald, son of David & Kim McDonald. |
Buddies Chris Parr & former Petaluma Director of Plan
Administration Pam Tuft |
Announcements and Such:
| December 13 - holiday party at President David’s home. |
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| July 31 - SCARC BBQ dinner at Dutton Ranch hosted by Sebastopol Sunrise. $35 per person. Let Janet know by July 25 if you wish to attend. | |
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Sunshine Report – Tarina announced that Dee Marigo was released from the hospital today after exploratory surgery. A card signed by the members was mailed. |
Recognitions
Scott Bartley – ($20) in the paper, again regarding the reunifying SR square.
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Chris Parr-Feldman – ($20) for her red streaked hair? Not completely. Chris said she did this to be different and because she is in training to do the bike ride in the "Waves to Wine" on September 15. The ride benefits Multiple Sclerosis. Chris is dedicating her ride to her daughter, Julianna, and Rotarian Jennifer of Petaluma Valley, both who were diagnosed with MS six months ago. Chris will do 50 or 75 miles for the cause.
Pam Davis – ($25) was promoted to liason officer. Way to go Pam and congratulations! Did that come with a raise?
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Louis Capuano – ($20) the traveling King Louie Capuano, has been to Florida, Louisiana, Colorado, New York and he and Linda met in Salt Lake City to fly home to California. All this flying around for his ever mushrooming company, Thermasource. I hope there was some fun and enjoyment thrown in somewhere?
Bragging Bucks:
Pam Davis is getting her braces off.
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Ruth Lincoln reported that her daughter, Amelia, survived her trip to Lima, Peru, completing her outreach project. Amelia was also chosen to attend Girls Nation from 500 girls who attended California Girls State. She is one of two high school juniors selected to attend Girls Nation from California. She represented Ursuline High School and was selected by the American auxiliary Chapter 21 Interview Panel. Ruth and Tom are just beaming with pride. Congratulations to Amelia and her parents.
And from the MIA Department………………comes these faces without text entries. (Past District Governor Mike Merrill bragged about something………..guess it wasn’t important enough for one of his closest confidants to comment on though……-Ed J seems to me it had something to do with his lovely wife J Maureen) I also do recall that Past President Jim Hinton was on his feet with microphone in hand revealing something to us as well………….hmmm could it have been the recent addition of henna to our reporter’s bob? – Ed J )
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Uh-oh….somebody’s phone is ringing. President David took a survey and we all agreed that it will cost $20 every time your cell phone starts ringing. Pay up Gil. Help! It won’t stop. Gil says to give him a break because it is a new phone and he is still learning how to operate it. Warning: turn off your phone before the meeting starts.
Raffle
| Brendan McDonald got the chance to pick the lucky black marble. Sorry, not this time. Mike Merrill won the bottle of cabernet. Yummy and lucky! |
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Program: Community Needs Assessments
Pamela Tuft, Past President (’97-’98) of The Rotary Club of Petaluma Valley & current Assistant Governor.
Needs assessment led to greater things such as the Adopt A Village Program in Uganda. The Rotary Club of Petaluma Valley added a scholarship program to students graduating from the 7th grade enabling them to attend boarding school. It only costs $136 a year to send a child to boarding school. Without an education, there isn’t much hope to a better life. The average age in Uganda is 45 years.
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| Pam handed out a Community Needs Assessment form that can be used in choosing our club projects. If you didn’t get one of her fliers, here it is: |
Community Needs Assessments
Resources
- City or county General Plan
- Parks and Youth Master Plans
- Good Old Fashioned Windshield Survey
- Community Foundation
Contacts
- City or county Planning Departments
- City or County Parks Departments
- School Superintendents/Principals
- County Health Dept. (Child Services)
Community Input
- Home Owners Association
- Neighborhood Groups
- School PTAs
- Sports Associations
- Local Church Groups
Ideas
- Park Enhancement
- Play Structures
- Plazas, benches, fountains
School Improvements
- Planting Gardens
- Library
- Dictionaries
Community Enhancements
- Education/Information Kiosks
- Junior Achievement
- Scholarships
It’s all about listening. Some helpful hints:
- Contact Key people
- Don’t tick off city officials
- Ask for waiver fees of ask for the non-profit discount
After some questions from the floor, President David gave Pam a lovely bottle of wine for her informative presentation and time.
Meeting adjourned at 1:35 PM
Your rusty but willing bulletin reporter,
| Your Bulletin Reporter: Chris Parr-Feldman  |
Your
Bulletin Editor: Jim Valinoti  |