Author David Morse
Photos Patsy Inouye
News and Views – By Dave Morse
October 16, 2020. P an Aggie resident Vanessa Errecarte started our zoom meeting, the club bell at 7:02 am; we sang “Smile” and “American the Beautiful,” led by Chuck Snipes and a few unmuted members.
Guest Rotarians: Dave Macko, president of the noon club. Susan Moenga, Keyna
Post cards: from Clay Brandow: “middle of a big tree” and “Sonora Pass” Post cards from Argentina and New Hampshire, with mystery signature.
President Vanessa conducted a how are you survey of our 53 participants, results:
How are you?
19% doing fine
19% not so good
62% I’m tired by love to have Rotary.
What bottoms are you wearing?
Pajama paints 23%
Yoga/sport paints 27%
Real paints with a button 46%
Won’t stand up 4%
Announcements:
On October 6, 2020, Davis City Council issued a proclamation recognizing World Polio Day and Rotary International Efforts to End Polio. Included in the proclamation is reference to The World Heath organization’s recognition that Polio has been stopped in all 47 countries of Africa!
The club received thank you notes from Yolo Food Bank and Action against hunger for our club’s donations.
President Vanessa played short slide show of the October 3 Oktoberfest decorations and numerous club volunteers at Sudwerk’s parking lot. Vanessa’s son Jack remarked after his first bite of a sausage dog, “ this isn’t a hot dog, it’s wrapped in plastic.”
Don Winters announced that the Youth Services Committee would meet after the post meeting chat to discuss changes in the Camp Royale.
Sgt. Brian Sway recognized notable historic events on this day:
October 16, 1923, formation of the Disney Corporation,
October 16, 1984 Desmond Tutu awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
October 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette executed
Happy Bucks
Bud Harmon thanked Gretchen Peralta for transporting him to the hospital and staying with him for 12 hours!
Larry Olsen returned from a 17-day solo road trip around the western U.S. traveling 6,500 miles visiting friends and relatives, including stops in Montana, Utah and Mesa Verde.
Brodie Hamilton thanked the group of club volunteers for their support for the Club’s Oktoberfest event.
Dr. Susan Moenga, reporting from Kenya where it is 5:00pm, is thankful for transatlantic air travel and her temporary office.
President Vanessa is thankful for a joint board meeting with our global grant partners. She is also thankful for “World Spine Day” and modern medicine, which successfully treated daughter Ella.
Carolyn Stiver, waving dollar bills, was thankful for Brodie’s candy dispenser video. Brodie will be sharing the link with members.
Lori Raineri, misses live interaction, but is happy that Zoom allows use to include folks such as Dr. Suzie.
Duncan Hay was recognized, but did not have any happy bucks, Sg.t Brian fined him $5 anyway.
Sgt. Brian called on Aggie fans and alumni, have you participated in “Aggie Spirit week”?
Don Winters would have participated in Pajama day. Fans and Alumni were asked to pay $5.
Alert to all club bacon lovers: Hormel Foods has announced that you may order a free bacon scented mask. Get your order in ASAP. Probably too late by the time this report is circulated. Of course, Brodie already had his bacon mask and demonstrated the unzip feature which allows you to eat bacon while wearing the mask. Clay Brandow asked Brian if he found this in his Spam mail.
Jacques Franco introduced our speaker today our own member: Larry Greene retired as the Executive Director of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District on August 31, 2017. Larry has a Bachelors Degree in Science Education from NC State University, and Masters Degrees in Logistics Management from Florida Institute of Technology and Human Resources Education from Boston University. He is a Past-President of the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association (CAPCOA) (twice serving as President) and served as a permanent member on the CAPCOA Board of Directors. He is a Past President of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA) and was Co-Chair of the Global Warming Committee. Larry served 23 years in the US Army where his specialty areas were Logistics Management and Petroleum Management/Operations and 22 years as Executive Director at Yolo-Solano AQMD and Sac Metro AQMD.
His topic: “Wildfires, Health Impacts of Smoke, Indoor Air Quality”
Larry treated us with a informed and well thought out power point with pictures and facts about wild fires, air quality measurement, best methods to treat indoor air quality and when and what to do outdoors. Larry’s power point is too big to circulate. He suggested folks use the California Air Resources website for home information about smoke: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/protecting-yourself-wildfire-smoke.
Questions:
Rose Cholewinski: Rose noted that her business uses 100% outdoor air. She was happy to learn that “scrubbers” adequately treated the air intake, so she could continue to serve clients at her facility.
Jacques Franco: What is being done to deal with the discrepancy between the readings of personal “purple” air quality monitors and the official AQMD data?
Answer: EPA uses official air quality monitors and personal monitors and makes a correction factor since PurpleAir monitors generally have higher readings than the official regulatory monitors.
Chuck Snipes: the “Air Now” website is very confusing to get a quick summary of air quality in your area. However, the “Air Now” app provides an easy to understand summary. Larry pointed out that the Air Now website does have a summary, but agreed that it required some navigation.
Don Morrill: Thanked Larry for a timely and informative presentation, he asked, are we going to have prescribed burns in the future. Answer: yes.
Brian Sway asked Larry if given the change in California climate does he plan to leave the state? Larry says he’s committed to staying in California.
Bruce Wolk asked how long can you stay out in bad air if you have a M95 mask? This depends on how heavy the smoke is. The masks can get clogged up making breathing harder.
Larry Greene’s truth or lies:
1) Between my wife, myself, and my mom and dad, we have two anniversaries and two birthdays on the same date.
2) I have traveled to all but one state in the U.S.
3) I am retired from local government working in Air Quality Management.
4) Between military service and other travel, I have visited more than 35 countries.
Lie: #4, he has been to 25 countries, the one state he has not been to is North Dakota.
Joke of the Day,
Why does a pirate wear underwear? To cover his/her booty!
And we close noting that good jokes are also about timing. Clay Brandow wondered if Larry Greene would return to the Smokey Mountains.
Many folks stayed on the zoom call for another 15 minutes for a friendly chat.