Meeting Minutes - April 11, 2017

 

Mountain View Rotary Club

Meeting Notes for April 11, 2017 by Judy

           
Club Announcements:
  • Dave Cole– Updates on Community Service Projects. Steven’s Creek Trail Clean-up will be April 15th from 9 am – 12 pm. Please sign up. Living Classroom, planting at Crittenden on May 13. 
  • There will be a Rotating Dinner this year on May 19 which Tori will be organizing.   Stand by for more information.
  • Next Board Meeting is Thursday 4/20, 5 pm at CHAC
  • The District Assembly is schedule for April 13th at the India Community Center in Milpitas.
  • District Conference scheduled for May 6-7 in Santa Cruz. A good group will be attending from MV Rotary.
  • Presidents’ Club:  We will not be doing fines again this year and I would like to encourage our membership to join the Presidents Club.
  • Twana – started the signup sheet for monthly Speaker Chairs for next year
 
Auction:
- Sanjay donated Celebrity Forum tickets.  These tickets are for Scott Kelly on Thursday, May 18th, two tickets are very close, row F. A little information about Scott Kelly: As a veteran astronaut, he was selected for a special yearlong mission to the international Space Station. His twin brother, Mark Kelly, also an astronaut and married to Gabby Giffords, remained on earth to serve in the research of the comparative stress of being in space.  Hal was the winner with a bid of $100!
- In May we will auction off Jerylann’s Incline Village Lake Tahoe Timeshare weeks…you may take your choice for the week of 8/20-8/27 or 11/25-12/2. Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath units with a loft, sleeps 6-8 comforably. So start looking at your calendars now!
- As you all know we are doing these auctions to raise funds for our Endowment Fund, so please see me if you have anything to donate. So far we have raised over $1450 so far!
 
 
SPEAKER:  Scott Johnson introduced our speaker, Bruce Karney who spoke about Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE).  SVCE is alternative to PG&E for clean energy.  14 states use the western utility grid SVCE will help 11 communities in Silicon Valley get more energy from clean, renewable sources.  Enrollment will happen from April to July 2017. 
 

At the start of the meeting, President Jerylann greeted all:  “Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around!!!  Today is Tuesday April 11th, week 41 of our Rotary year.  Our International theme for 2016-2017 is Rotary Serving Humanity.  Our District Governor’s call to action is Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! And our Clubs call to action is: Make the World A Better Place!  Thank you all for joining us today.”

 
Roger led the Pledge of Allegiance.  Song Master Phil led us all in singing God Bless America 
 
Next Week:
Next week, our very own Paul Reinhart will present on their camping trip to South Africa and getting stuck in Botswana. 
 
Our 4-fer will be Dave Cole.
 
Jerylann reminded all to “Make the World A Better Place!”  … and the meeting was adjourned.