Meeting Minutes - June 6, 2017

Mountain View Rotary Club

Meeting Notes for June 6, 2017 by Paul
 
Tom provided today’s thought on D-Day in WWII on June 6, 1944 about remembering those who served and what it means for all of us today.
 
Vocation: - Dick reminded club members that having a diverse membership in our club has advantages.  For example we could benefit from having bankers, lawyers and other professionals join us who we can then get to know and trust. 
 
Guests: - Judy introduced Tom Moran.  Two individuals from Living Classroom, Noelani Hunt and Dan Blueklo were presented a grant from our club by Anita.
 
Club Announcements:
  • Dave Cole– Updates on Community Service Projects. CSMA has 2 more events scheduled in June. 
  • Next Board Meeting is Thursday 6/22, 5 pm at CHAC
  • Presidents’ Club:  We will not be doing fines again this year and I would like to encourage our membership to join the Presidents Club.  27 have already signed up.
  • Jerylann – continued circulating the signup sheet for monthly Speaker Chairs for next year. 
  • Kick out at Michaels on June 23 at 6 pm.
  • Annual golf event has been canceled. 
  • Given we do not have a President-Elect-Elect, Tom volunteered to host a Future of the Club meeting at his place at 6 pm on June 6.  Let him know if you plan on attending.
 
District Announcements:
  • Jerylann – Polio Flash Campaign.  We ask that every member contribute $26.50 to the End Polio Now campaign.   Why $26.50?  That was the amount of the very first contribution to the Rotary Foundation in 1917.  A district video was also played.
 
 
SPEAKER:  Esperanza Phoenix – a talented balloonologist, did very interesting things with balloons.  She works with  BubbleMania …This organization provides educational, entertaining programs on the science and fun of soap bubbles for children of all ages ---that means Rotarians too!
 
Children are naturally interested in science and very curious about the world around them. The goal is to keep them interested for the rest of their lives with a memorable experience and strive to inform them that learning is fun. Rotarian Dave Cole is shown with the speaker.
 
Jerylann in a bubble
 
 
 
Auction:
- Jerylann’s Incline Village Lake Tahoe Timeshare week is still available for 11/25-12/2.  Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath units with a loft, sleeps 6-8 comfortably.  Let Jerylann know if you are interested in the November dates.
- We should have a rug to auction at the end of June.  We are doing these auctions to raise funds for our Endowment Fund. So far we have raised over $2300 so far!
At the start of the meeting, President-Elect 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!!!   Our International theme for 2016-2017 is Rotary Serving Humanity.  Our District Governor’s call to action is   And our Clubs call to action is: Make the World A Better Place!  Thank you all for joining us today.”
Song Master Phil was not present. 
 
 
Next Week:
Next week on June 13, our 4-fer will be Bob Williams
 
Jerylann reminded all to “Make the World A Better Place!”  … and the meeting was adjourned.