Meeting Notes -- January 21, 2020

Meeting Notes
January 21, 2020
 
President’s Greeting:  
Good afternoon!   I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mountain View.
My name is Tom Myers, your President for 2020. 
 
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Connects the World”. 
Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “We Connect Our Community.”  
Thank you all for joining us today.
 
Pledge of Allegiance:  Sanjay Dave
 
Thought for the Day:  Bruce Barsi
 
Songmaster Phil:  God Bless America
 
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests:  Paul Reinhart
Lavern Gentry, Visiting Rotarian from Boise, Idaho
 
Vocational Talk:  Jim Spangler was born in Mississippi while his Father was serving in the Air Force.  He attended Stanford on a wrestling scholarship.  Upon graduation, he joined his Father in the family business and continues serving the folks in our community today.  He joined Rotary in 1982 and has served as Club President as well as President of the Chamber of Commerce.  He and his wife Jane keep busy with their children and grandchildren and many travels.
 
Announcements
 
Thank the 4fer – Bruce Barsi
 
Community Service – Dave has been a bit under the weather and we all wish him well and a speedy return to the Club
 
Membership -- Jerylann
 
Foundation Minute -- Monique
 
Speech Contest – Sanjay:  The Speech Contest is February 4th and we have at least two contestants and maybe more
 
Socials – Tori:  next is February 25th with details forthcoming
 
Crab Feed – Alan Goodman:  less than two weeks away.  Sign up for tasks!  By next Tuesday, Alan needs the number of tickets that you have sold as well as how many of those tickets will be used.
 
Big Announcements!!!  The new CEO of the Chamber of Commerce, Peter Katz, and his staff attended our meeting to inform us that Mountain View Rotary has been named the Chamber’s Outstanding Organization of the Year.  The award will be presented at the Celebration of Leaders event on March 6th at the Computer History Museum.  We are hoping all Club Members will attend the event.
 
 
Program introduced by Jerylann Mateo
 
 
Brian Coulter became passionate about working on Parkinson’s related issues when his best friend was diagnosed with the disease in his early 40’s.  Brian’s father has also been diagnosed with Parkinson’s.  Brian joined the Board of Directors for the Parkinson’s Institute and Clinical Center (PICC) and was appointed as CEO in 2019.  PICC has recently moved from Sunnyvale to a new campus near El Camino Hospital in Mountain View. 
 
There are one million people in the United States who have Parkinson’s and more than ten million people worldwide.  Between one and two percent of people over fifty have Parkinson’s.  The exact cause is unknown, but genetic and environmental issues are believed to be factors.  Four common symptoms include tremors, slowness, stiffness, and imbalance.
 
The best treatment for Parkinson’s falls into three categories:  1) Good medical care; 2) Exercise to slow progression of the disease and improve motor symptoms; 3) Support groups.  PICC focuses on care, research and education.  In 2020, they will be working on gut brain connection, genetics database, and biomarkers.
 
Future Schedule:
Next 4fer is Phil Armi
 
Thanks to our guests for joining us today!
 
Have a great week!
 
And remember…“ Rotary Connects the World, and We Connect Our Community”