OPTIONAL NEW TIME FOR SOCIALIZING PRIOR TO MEETING
Some of the membership requested an opportunity for more informal discussion and social time to help maintain club fellowship. In order to allow for this while holding to an 8:30 a.m. meeting adjournment, President Eric Ryan will open the meeting at 7:00 a.m. for a pre-meeting period of camaraderie and "Pay & Tell" for anyone who wants to enjoy fellowship with other members before our formal meeting begins at 7:30 a.m.
This earlier start is not mandatory but we won't be allocating time to "Pay & Tell" during the meeting hour.
7:00 a.m. Zoom pre-meeting
7:25 a.m. Last Pay & Tell
7:30 a.m. Official Start of Club Meeting
CLUB MEETING 10/21/20 by Zoom
Frank Koroshek
PROGRAM: EDUCATION IN THE TIME OF COVID
We’ll learn:
how students are doing during these times in regard to technology demands and access;
how the administration and district are assisting teachers;
how teachers are making their classes relevant to today's reality;
and more.
Frank Koroshec is an 11th and 12th grade English teacher at San Marcos High School and founder of the Resource Family Association Student Support Team, providing relief and community for resource families throughout Santa Barbara County. Over the past thirteen years, Mr. Koroshec and his wife have adopted three children and have fostered nine others. In June, Mr. Koroshec was named 2021 Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year.
“Stepping into Frank Koroshec’s classroom is like entering a sacred space. Every moment is thoughtfully constructed and beautifully delivered. You can feel the depth of relationship that Frank has with each student and with his entire class. The intellectual rigor is high, and the level of engagement on the part of students is real and genuine.”
-- Cary Matsuoka, Former Santa Barbara Unified School District Superintendent
SPARK PRESENTATION ON 11/5/20 AT 6:15 P.M.
RESILIENCE IN PARADISE
The 2018 Camp Fire that consumed the town of Paradise, CA is considered the worst fire event in California history, when a firestorm from the heat of a nearby wildfire merged with high altitude wind, and a river of superheated embers cascaded onto the town. The transplanted firestorm rapidly engulfed 11,000 homes (90% of all residences) and thousands of other structures - schools, hospitals, and businesses and took the lives of 85 residents in the process.
Our November 5 Spark event, "Resilience in Paradise," coincides with the second anniversary of the Campfire. A panel of residents from Paradise, including the Mayor and Rotary Club President, will discuss the day of the fire, lessons for other communities, and the current status and needs of the community of Paradise and how we can help.
This program was initiated by Caylee Burditt, the President of UCSB Rotaract Club and a resident from the Paradise area. Caylee will help moderate the panel program.
YAPPY HOUR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
Join your fellow Rotarians for a Yappy Hour by Zoom on October 22. Social time is at 5:30 p.m., Yappy time at 6:00 p.m.
It's time to show off that favorite pet or pets of yours . . . a dog, cat, lizard, chicken, frog, whatever. Share a favorite pet story, something unique about your pet. How has your pet helped you during the Covid period?
If you don't have a pet, be creative, create your own fantasy pet. Maybe you don’t have a pet now, but you had a favorite pet either as an adult or in childhood. Tell us about that special pet!
WORLD POLIO DAY - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
Karen giving polio vaccine drops in Kerala, India
World Polio Day is coming up. Here are some activities and opportunities to donate:
Make a Pledge to fund PolioPlus on the Club's pledge form:
You will shortly be receiving your annual Rotary pledge form. You may contribute to The Rotary Foundation's PolioPlus fund, together with contributions to the Annual Fund and the club's Foundation, on this pledge form.
The Group 8 clubs are hosting a virtual Polio Day celebration featuring keynote speaker Craig Needham, an attorney in San Jose, who will share his personal story of being raised by his mother while she was confined to an iron lung due to Polio. This is a can't-miss presentation! The event is free but you do need to register in advance at this link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcocOmrpjIsGtecQY1o1iqPcOQiHbGA_5hH
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Rotary, Polio, and the United Nations Program, presented by the Group 4 Clubs – October 22, 2020, at 11:45 am:
The Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks will host Judith Diment who will be connecting live from London. Judith is the Dean of Rotary Representatives Network to the United Nations. Selected each year by the Rotary International President, the Representatives serve as Rotary’s unofficial “‘ambassadors”’ to the UN. They make the UN and other officials aware of Rotary’s important programs, including PolioPlus, and relay back information about the UN’s humanitarian and educational work. Here is the link:https://zoom.us/j/97679100841?pwd=dWROb2NHTGd2cEs4c0xYR0JJdzN3QT09Meeting ID: 976 7910 0841 Passcode: 983881.
Party for Polio at District Conference - Nov. 6 at 6:00 PM:
The Virtual District Conference will kick off with a Party for Polio Friday evening November 6 at 6:00 pm, featuring Jim Messina, live performances, amazing video of an National Immunization Day, door prizes, Step Up for Polio awards, and more! Register for the District Conference at http://www.rotary5240dc.com to attend the Party.
Step Up for Polio Personal Fitness Fundraisers:
It's not too late to create your own Step Up for Polio fundraiser to support Polio eradication! Go to https://www.stepupforrotary.com/ for details.
World Polio Day Website:
Want to learn more about World Polio Day and Rotary's efforts worldwide? Go to http://www.endpolio.org for more info.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
Registration for the very first Rotary Virtual District 5240 Conference November 6-8 is now open! The cost is only $25 for members and guests, $10 for Rotaract members, and free for anyone under age 18. The conference may be virtual, but the experience is real!
The District wants to hear what Rotary means to our members, and they will be compiling the responses into a cool video that will be shown at the conference. All you need to do is shoot a short video of yourself saying the following: “To me, Rotary is ____________” with a max of five words following the word “is.” No need to state your name or club. And be sure to hold your smart phone in landscape mode (sideways). Email your videos to Ron Regier at rsregier@gmail.com . All members are encouraged to submit videos.
Members of the Community Service Committee held a Zoom meeting with La Cuesta School Principal, Lauren Berlin, regarding student needs. Lauren mentioned that La Cuesta provides computers, internet connection, counseling, meals, etc. to all its students. However, all these services are gone once the students graduate.
Every year, 30-35 students graduate and approximately half of them attend City College. Some of them may qualify for the Promise Program which offers two years of free tuition and books. However, they badly need laptops for their school work.
With this in mind, Dennis Johns did some research and was able to locate refurbished Dell laptops - in excellent condition - for reduced prices. The Community Service Committee, at a subsequent meeting, decided to purchase 10 laptops, each with a one-year warranty, for $2,230, while they are still available. The laptops will arrive at the end of October. La Cuesta students graduate at different times: October, January and March, with the official graduation day in May.
It is not possible to donate the laptops to La Cuesta for them to be loaned out to graduated students because of public agency regulations. They will have to be donations to the individual students. Accordingly, committee members will work with Principal Berlin to establish student eligibility guidelines and discuss how we might be involved in the selection process.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE COMMITTEE MEETING 10/28/20 7:30 A.M.
Let Oscar know if you would like to join the International Service Committee meeting by Zoom at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28.
CLUB MEETING NOTES 10/7/20
Guest: Tom Rhodes, Jim Ruh’s son-in-law.
Call to Order: President Eric called the meeting to order at 7:34 a.m. Kathleen Rogers led the flag salute, Scott Burns gave the invocation. The special raffle prizes were provided by Scott Burns, David Velarde, Diana Washburn, Ellen Chase, and Judith McCaffrey. The raffle raised $2,230. Tom Putnam won the Windrun wine; Frank Tabar won the Lure gift certificate; Kathleen Rogers won the Uncorked dinner for two gift certificate; Kathy Scroggs won the Carr Sauvignon Blanc and chocolates; and Steve Boehm won the paddle kayaking. Club members will be billed separately and donate through the Club’s charitable foundation.
Student of the Month: student David Zamora Cardenas was going to be presented to us via a video. Because we could not hear the sound, it will be presented at the next meeting.
End Polio Now: for National Polio Day, Group 8 clubs are doing a fundraiser that involves a 5-mile hike, socially distanced, on Sunday, October 11. On October 24, there will be a presentation with keynote speaker Craig Needham whose mother raised him from an iron lung.
Committee Reports: Club Service: Diana Washburn reported that there will be a Yappy Hour on Thursday, October 22 at 5:30 p.m. You can have a real or imaginary pet, or talk about one you used to own. Judith said the walk at the Carpinteria bluffs was great. There will be more hikes to come.
Membership: Hannah Rael thanked club members for completing the survey. She indicated that half the membership is ready to meet in small groups in person while half are not. There were some good ideas. She received 29 responses, which was a little shy of the 90% for which they were aiming.
New Generations: Kathleen Rogers indicated that community service has been dropped as a requirement for graduation at the high schools because of the coronavirus.
Club Foundation: Frank Tabar reported that it is the club’s annual fundraising time. He hopes for Every Rotarian Every Year (EREY). A letter and pledge form will be going out with suggested donations of $200 per person for the Club and $160 per person for The Rotary Foundation’s Annual Fund.
Fundraising: Dennis indicated that club members will be contacted by a Committee member to ask if they have a contact at one of the large corporations in town. The Committee will then take it from there to find out how the companies make their contributions.
International Service: Oscar said he had sent out an email to club members explaining about the aquaponics program for fundraising purposes.
Spark: Eric thanked Scott Burns for organizing the last event that went very well. He has received a ton of email feedback.
Program: Joanne introduced Chris Goldblatt, a forty-year veteran of local waterways who founded the Fish Reef Project in 2010 for long-term ocean health. Chris said we don’t see kelp on the ocean floor. From maps on file at UCSB we know there used to be medium to heavy density of kelp on our coast but it is gone because of El Niños which scoured the ocean floor. There is nothing left for them to hold onto. Giant boulders, such as those during the mudflows, are meant to end up in the ocean but mankind stops them, for example with nets.
Chris wants to place sea caves on the ocean floor in 40 feet of water. UCSB has done the science. The caves weigh 2,200 lbs. and will provide a flat spot on which the kelp can hold. The inner cave area will attract fish. This is a $15 million project although the pilot is $3 million.
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 8:30 a.m.
WHAT IS ROTARY?
We're a leadership organization of local business, professional and civic leaders.
We meet regularly, get to know each other, form friendships and, through that, we're able to get things done in our community and in the world.
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