Meeting Recap for April 22, 2013
(Elfrena Foord "pinning" our newest member, Barbara Thompson)
Back in the day when yours truly was a sportswriter for the Sacramento Bee and Sacramento Union, I occasionally embellished a quote to make its source appear smarter.
There was no need for that when it comes to reporting on the keynote speaker for Rotary Club of Sacramento’s weekly meeting Monday at the Red Lion Hotel – Woodlake.
Sacramento Bee president and publisher Cheryl Dell is a highly successful 25-year veteran of the news business and needed no embellishment as she talked about the Bee’s ongoing evolution.
A Sac State graduate who is being honored Thursday night with a Distinguished Service Award by the CSUS Alumni Association, Dell maintains that evolution is nothing new for the Bee.
“From the day it was founded in 1857, it has been constantly evolving,” said Dell, who has been a member of RCS for six years and was introduced by president-elect Thom Gilbert.
One statistic Dell offered graphically portrays just how extraordinary the evolution has been the last few years: Today about 3½ time more people use SacBee.com than the print version of the Bee.
“It stands to reason that would be the case,” she said. “The Internet is much more widely distributed.
What it means is that the Bee is no longer just a newspaper; hasn’t been for some time. It is now a combination of media: print, online and electronically delivered. “We create connections, watch the powerful, share interesting information and try to help people save time and money,” she said.
The Bee also does commercial printing (multiple other newspapers) and also contracts to provide delivery services for multiple publications in the region using its network of carriers.
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President Peter Dannenfelser II sadly informed the club of the passing of Richard Reese. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Cathedral for Reese, who joined RCS in April of 1953.
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Barbara Thompson, executive director of the local office of National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence became the newest member of RCS, sponsored by Elfrena Foord and Hal Shipley.
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Larry Booth was the meeting sponsor, devoting his three minutes (or less) to talking about the good works of Sacramento Works, on whose board he serves.
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Two representatives from Koinonia Homes, a foster youth agency whose clients have received services from Bids for Kids beneficiary Relationship Skills Center, made a brief presentation.
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Dan McVeigh provided the thought for the day, Eddie Mulligan sponsored the pre-meeting wine reception and Paul Stone played the piano during the reception. Dick Osen led the singing of the national anthem.