Meeting Recap for January 27, 2014
Monday’s revival of “Passions Day” drew one of Rotary Club of Sacramento’s largest crowds of the year to the Red Lion.
Under the leadership of event chairman Jeff Setzer, Passions Day was put back on the club calendar after an absence of a year or so. Great job today, thanks Jeff.
The meeting format foregoes the traditional keynote speaker and devotes that time to fellowship and interaction around members’ personal passions in a host of different areas.
Past-president Peter Dannenfelser brought some of his radio-controlled model airplanes and buzzed the crowd.
Bill Proffit ignored the lack of rain and snow lately to set up an exhibit devoted to his personal passion: skiing.
Dave Higdon, Roy Alexander and Past-president Skip Lawrence brought their motorcycles into the Red Lion banquet room—Lawrence sporting a clip-on pony tail to complete his biker look.
Barb Arnold set up a display of paintings of the delta to call attention to her current passion: opposition to the proposed delta tunnels project.
Dick Noonan & Bob McLean provided an exhibit focused on (what else) historic railroad trains and related memorabilia.
John Kelly teed up an exhibit on his favorite sport and offered the opportunity to win tickets to the 2015 U.S. Senior Open, which will be played at Del Paso Country Club.
Art Breuer demonstrated what was probably the most unusual pastime… tree trimming! (Yours truly has his homeowners association take care of that.)
Steve Romeo & Jim Martin came in uniform to talk about his personal passion, the Boy Scouts, and even pitched a (pop-up) tent for the occasion.
And Eric Solis, whose passionate leadership of the Youth Incentive Program has been on display for several years, offered fellow Rotarians the opportunity to join in.
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Past-president John Frisch was the meeting sponsor, pointing out how many of his fellow Rotarians he works with in his business and personal life, ending his three-minute stint with “use a Rotarian.”
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President Thom Gilbert inducted Red Cross CEO Kathleen Weis into the club as its newest member. She was sponsored by Gilbert and club executive director Katrina Salazar.
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Past-president Jon Snyder informed club members of the upcoming Centennial Speakers activities. Bob Rosenberg highlighted the Centennial Speakers Series which kicks off Feb. 24 with Larry Kelley. Dave Cohen highlighted some of the Centennial Gala/Party/Celebration details and noted this will not happen again until 2114.
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Bruce Hester and Paul Kucharski again provided details on the 100 Challenge membership contest which seeks to have at least 100 new potential members attend a meeting by June 30.
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Past-president Skip outlined several tour options for members planning to attend the Rotary International Convention in Sydney, Australia, in June. Pre-trip Australia; Post-trip New Zeland.
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JD Lauppe and Bonnie Plummer sponsored the pre-meeting wine reception and Past-president Walter Dahl provided the invocation. Jeanne Reaves and Brian Witherell were our greeters.
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Next week will be Past Presidents Day at the Red Lion.