Meeting Recap for August 18, 2015
Posted by Callee Setzer
on Aug 20, 2015
A Day of Thanks
Our greeters for the day, Kathy Herrfeldt (Home Care Assistance) and Ron Crane (DCA Partners) welcomed each of us through the meeting doorway. President Dave began the meeting promptly at 12:15. He thanked Jeff Curio (Murphy Austin) for the wine reception and Kevin Williams (KVIE), for providing our music for the day.
The Thought of the Day was provided by Callee Setzer (Setzer Forest Products). While everyone was standing at attention, her words reminded us that simply sitting still for a few moments each day is an easy way to recharge our mind and body.
President Dave sadly informed us Oleta Lambert (Pacific Neon Co.) will be taking a 6 month break from Rotary events for health reasons. He encouraged all of us to stay in contact with her during this time.
Sergeant at Arms, John McIntyre introduced our guests, prospective members and visiting Rotarians.
We had a light head table this week: President Dave introduced Bob Miller (First US Community Credit Union), Jeanne Reaves (Jeanne Reaves Consulting), Skip Lawrence and Jon Snyder (Snyder Commercial Real Estate). He noted a change has been made to the weekly meeting following a major fundraiser - it will now be a day to recognize those who made the event a success.
Jeanne Reaves was our Meeting Sponsor and gave us a detailed description of her company, Jeanne Reaves Consulting.
Club Announcements included the following:
Passions Day: Leesa Fons (HealthPoint Insurance) let us know October 6th our usual meeting room will be enlarged to show off interactive displays of Rotarians Passions. We are all encouraged to provide interactive displays to showcase and share our Passions with others.
Fireside: PP Peter Dannenfelser II (Architectural Arts) announced the 1st Fireside of this new term is August 27th, at the home of Anne Ferguson (Anne E. Ferguson A Professional Law Corporation). There are only 20 spots available so please RSVP soon. He is also looking for anyone interested in hosting future Firesides.
Rotary Speech Contest: Elfrena Foord (Foord, Van Bruggen, & Pajak) is looking for students to participate, so gather up any students you know and contact her for participation information.
Membership Program: Allison Cagley (California Musical Theater) has challenged us all to bring 1 person to a Rotary luncheon as a prospective member.
Sac Century Ride: Chair Todd Andrews (Andrews Construction) reminded us October 10th is our BIG day, so start brushing up on our Oktoberfest Lingo. Alan Markis (Deja Blue Dive & Tour) also thoroughly explained the $20 ticket Raffle to Hawaii to benefit the Century Ride. Only 100 tickets will be sold.
Michelle’s Minute: Michelle Single (Launch Consulting) will be hosting a social media meeting to all who would like to learn Facebook, at 11:00am on September 15th. Bring your smart phone, Ipad, tablet or laptop.
BloodSource: Skip Lawrence and Jon Snyder informed us all the “Point West Rotarians” are not only leading in the blood donation challenge but they have twice our current point tally. They will be hosting a week-long event at all BloodSource locations for the Sacramento Rotarians to donate. We have 8 months to catch up, so we are all encouraged to donate often and bring friends and family to help us beat the Point West group.
After 15 minutes of Fellowship time, President Dave opened his “Bell Ringer Box” and the Bug Eating began. President Dave had to eat not 1 or 2 but 4 Bugs this week. Mike Bullington (Pacific Advisors) announced his Roseville/Sunrise Trap Shooting Winner Skills with an impressive Rotary belt buckle and the winning score of 75 out of 100. Rita Gibson (Rita Gibson Insurance & Investment Services) was honored for her qualification into the Million Dollar Round Table, which is the highest honor worldwide in the Insurance industry. Dick Noonan (California State Railroad Museum) was a proud father as his daughter, Tori Loll, was recently installed as Grand Conductress of the Order of Eastern Star for all of Arizona. Jeanne Reaves also contributed to the Eat a Bug level on behalf of BloodSource, for helping her daughter. Finally, Rick Osen (Sutter Builders) contributed for being in Hawaii during the Golf-4-Kids tournament and President Dave matched his contribution for “forgetting” the actual bell to ring.
The Rotary Rooters were all in attendance at a special table today, as President Dave announced their retirement after 30 years and over $250,000 in donations to the Club. Jeff Stone (John O. Bronson Co.) introduced each of the members, Gerry Greer, Larry Marvin, Paul Stone, George Basye, Tom Wallace, Brian Van Kamp (ADR Services), the late John Nunan and of course Jeff himself. A standing ovation was given to these men for their wonderful music and contributions. The group’s music will certainly be missed, however CD/DVD’s are available for any donation of $20 or greater.
Now on to the BIG Thank-Yous for the Golf-4-Kids event. Chairman of the event, Bob Miller, was given his first Paul Harris Fellow for Outstanding Service to the Club by President Dave. Bob, himself, then continued with a monumental list of Thank-Yous to all of the sponsors and volunteers who helped make the Golf-4-Kids Tournament possible. The list of sponsors includes: Thom Gilbert (Gilbert & Assoc.), Ted White (Sacramento Delta Property Management), Rick Osen, Steve Ruland (Ruland’s Used Office Furnishings), J.D. Lauppe, Gabriel Gendron (Lyon Real Estate), Rob Scherer (Dale Carnegie Training), Jeanne Reaves, Susan Sheridan, Elfrena Foord, Steven Hussey, Arvin Panu (Deli Delicious), Dave Cohen, Virginia Wade (Safe Credit Union), and Kathy Herrfeldt. Bob showed off a few fun pictures of the tournaments festivities along with a few parting shots about the people in them. A special thanks was also given to the tireless staff: Ema Adams, Cindy Pringle and Shelley Mathews, a deserved standing ovation was given for all.
With that, the Day of Thanks concluded.