Meeting Minutes - November 6, 2018

Mountain View Rotary Club

Meeting Agenda - November 6, 2018

Notes by Paul

                                                             
President’s Greeting:  
 
Good afternoon!   I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mountain View. My name is Bert Raphael, your President for 2018-2019. 
 
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Be the Inspiration”.  Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “Have Fun Being the Inspiration.”  
 
Thought for the Day:  Ernie
  • Quote from Samuel Adams on this Election Day
    • “It does not take a Majority to prevail…but rather an Irate, Tireless Minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of the people”
 
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests:  Tom-  Jason Commerford joined us again today- his second visit.
 
Announcements:
  • Thanks to Ernie for being the “4’fer” today!
  • Tom -Monthly speaker chair still needed for March
  • Interact: Thankful letter from 2011 scholarship recipient Andrew Nyugen
  • Dave, Jim – CSMA, community service – please sign up for CSMA
  • Cops and Gobblers (Sunday Nov. 18 at 9 am at the police station)
  • Travel opportunities – Uniendo America and India in January
  • Bert – District emphasis on membership. Bring a friend to Rotary.
  • Rotaract: Sponsoring a new club (with PA University, Los Altos). Tori representing us.
  • Judy – let the group know what a fun Halloween social it was last Tuesday at Tori’s
 
Program: Introduced by Jim Cunningham
 
Mountain View City Manager Daniel Rich
Mr. Rich is a Cal graduate so watch out all you Stanford fans.  ;>)
 
He updated us on the 4 major goals the city has for 2018/2019
  1. Promote strategies to protect vulnerable populations and maintain a diverse population.
  2. Housing
  3. Transportation
  4. Environmental Sustainability
 
Housing
  • North Bayshore – 10,000 units (40% micro units, 20 – 30% 1 bedrooms, 20 – 30% 2 – 3 bedrooms.
    • 1 project currently approved for 600 units
  • East Whisman – 5,000 homes
 
City Projects
 
  • Community Center re-model
  • Rengstorff aquatics center replacement
  • Latham and Shoreline community garden
  • Reversible bus lane on Shoreline (Middlefield to Pear)
 
 
Future Schedule:
 
Nov. 20:  Paul Martin, on cyber security.
. Dr. Paul Martin is a Research Scientist at Harbor Labs based in Maryland. He has taught applied cryptography, reverse engineering, computer architecture, hardware hacking, and vulnerability analysis at the university level. His research interests include embedded systems security, operating system security, vulnerability analysis, reverse engineering, network protocol analysis, anomaly detection and big-data security analytics.
 
Next club Leadership Meeting:  November 28, 5:30 p.m., @ CSA 
 
Dec. 4: Sue Brooke, a highly regarded motivational and team building speaker. 
 
And remember…“ Have Fun Being the Inspiration!”