Oct 23, 2018-Rotary Forum

Pres. Scott called the meeting to order at 12:35 PM with the usual introduction of guests that included many of Joel Conn’s family members.

Pres. Scott asked Jack Hardy to report on 10,000 mile Odyssey on his motorcycle Odyssey over a period of 18 days that took him from Washington state to the Florida Keys, which resulted in him having to pay 40 IDs after Jack spun the wheel. He then levied the following ID’s: 30 IDs on Shelby McLean for her 1^st year club anniversary; 45 IDs for Erik and Lindsay Mund’s 15^th wedding anniversary; 51 IDs on Joel Conn for his 9^th IDs year club anniversary (it was originally 0 after Joel made a false spin on the wheel); 46 IDs for Mark and Amanda Olson’s 16^th wedding anniversary; and 50 IDs on himself for attending his sister’s 60^th birthday party and for being humbled by all the great activities the Club has been engaged in during his first ¼ of the year as Pres.

Shelby McLean announced that next week’s meeting will be at the Dana Adobe in Nipomo for a vocational visit. Ashlea Boyer reported that last week’s successful social at the Sea Venture was attended by 18 members and spouses.  

Joel began by showing a very moving short video with music on how the Rotary Foundation puts a smile on the face of people around the world. He then described how contagious polio is and what a devastating effect it has had on people around the world for more than half a century. Polio is especially contagious to those under 5 years old. Since the vaccination program in began in 1955, the United States became polio free in 1979. The children in India who contact the polio virus remain illiterate for the rest the lives since they are shunned and not allowed to go to school. Rotary began their vaccination program in the Philippines. By 1988, there were 350,000 polio cases a year. Today 80% of the world is polio free with Afghanistan and Pakistan as the only countries in the world that still have wild cases of polio. We are now down to only 19 wild cases and 60 cases resulting from the vaccination. Joel described the 20,000 corrective surgeries done by a local Indian surgeon on deformed polio victims. They become deformed as a result of receiving no exercise after the onslaught of the disease. On first day of the six day NID trip, Joel was in Aligarh, India, a city of about a million, where he attended a giant Polio Rally and parade. He then assisted in the vaccination of 40% of the population selected for vaccination. Each child was given to drops at a cost of $0.10 per dose. On the second day, they went house to house delivering the vaccinations to those on the list. Although as of March 24, 2014 India has been polio free, they must continue vaccinations twice a year to prevent polio from taking hold in India again. Another NID team will be going to India early in 2019.

“Be who you are and say what you feel because people who mind don’t matter and people who matter don’t mind.” Bernard Baruch

 

Pres. Scott called the meeting to order at 12:35 PM with the usual introduction of guests that included many of Joel Conn’s family members.

Pres. Scott asked Jack Hardy to report on 10,000 mile Odyssey on his motorcycle Odyssey over a period of 18 days that took him from Washington state to the Florida Keys, which resulted in him having to pay 40 IDs after Jack spun the wheel. He then levied the following ID’s: 30 IDs on Shelby McLean for her 1^st year club anniversary; 45 IDs for Erik and Lindsay Mund’s 15^th wedding anniversary; 51 IDs on Joel Conn for his 9^th IDs year club anniversary (it was originally 0 after Joel made a false spin on the wheel); 46 IDs for Mark and Amanda Olson’s 16^th wedding anniversary; and 50 IDs on himself for attending his sister’s 60^th birthday party and for being humbled by all the great activities the Club has been engaged in during his first ¼ of the year as Pres.

Shelby McLean announced that next week’s meeting will be at the Dana Adobe in Nipomo for a vocational visit. Ashlea Boyer reported that last week’s successful social at the Sea Venture was attended by 18 members and spouses.  

Joel began by showing a very moving short video with music on how the Rotary Foundation puts a smile on the face of people around the world. He then described how contagious polio is and what a devastating effect it has had on people around the world for more than half a century. Polio is especially contagious to those under 5 years old. Since the vaccination program in began in 1955, the United States became polio free in 1979. The children in India who contact the polio virus remain illiterate for the rest the lives since they are shunned and not allowed to go to school. Rotary began their vaccination program in the Philippines. By 1988, there were 350,000 polio cases a year. Today 80% of the world is polio free with Afghanistan and Pakistan as the only countries in the world that still have wild cases of polio. We are now down to only 19 wild cases and 60 cases resulting from the vaccination. Joel described the 20,000 corrective surgeries done by a local Indian surgeon on deformed polio victims. They become deformed as a result of receiving no exercise after the onslaught of the disease. On first day of the six day NID trip, Joel was in Aligarh, India, a city of about a million, where he attended a giant Polio Rally and parade. He then assisted in the vaccination of 40% of the population selected for vaccination. Each child was given to drops at a cost of $0.10 per dose. On the second day, they went house to house delivering the vaccinations to those on the list. Although as of March 24, 2014 India has been polio free, they must continue vaccinations twice a year to prevent polio from taking hold in India again. Another NID team will be going to India early in 2019.

“Be who you are and say what you feel because people who mind don’t matter and people who matter don’t mind.” Bernard Baruch