August 23, 2022 President Sanjay Dave’s Greeting: Good Afternoon and welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!! Our International call to action for 2022-2023 is “Imagine Rotary.” Our club’s call to action is “Imagine Mountain View Rotary.”Pledge of Allegiance: Led by President Sanjay Sharing: President Sanjay shared with us his reflections on his adventure at Mt. Bierstadt, Colorado Elevation 14,065 ft. Share a special greeting: We reached out and greeted someone at our gathering. Greeter & Thought for the Day: Susan Bacchi offered a thought, “The children in our family community are suffering mental health issues in response to COVID. As grown-ups, we need to set good examples to our future generations. Stop the madness-push those differences aside to join hands in protecting children.” Add on poem: Children Learn What They Live by Dorothy Law Nolte: Introduction of Visitors: President Elect, Tori Atwell introduced a visitor, Ida Rose, Community Service Advocate. General Club Announcements: - Friends of the Stevens Creek Trail-Trailblazer Race. The date is Sunday, September 25. They are looking for participants and volunteers. https://trailblazer.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=6293
- Monthly Speaker Chairs – Passing along a sign-up sheet. There are only a few open months.
- Art & Wine Festival on September 10th. Sign up to volunteer. Paul noted that we have 16 volunteers so far.
- Golf Tournament on Friday, September 30th followed by dinner at Michaels. Stephen and Walt are organizing the event. A sign-up sheet for the tournament and the dinner were passed around.
- Service Projects – Cathy Merrill sent around sign-up sheets.
District 5170 Announcements: - Join us on Saturday, September 10, 2022, 8 am-1 pm, for Rotary's Environmental Summit on Green Transportation and Clean Energy! Get Tickets $20 in person and FREE virtual attendance: https://events.humanitix.com/2022environmentsummit/tickets
Misc. Updates Speaker: Sanjay introduced our speaker, Anne Infeld, of Citizens’ Climate Lobby back again. Her presentation focus was on Clean Energy. Shared great information with us regarding her work. Shared a book, ELECTRIFY with Clean Energy, by Saul Griffith. Rotary Mountain View is a focus group for Citizens’ Climate Lobby. Our feedback is wanted. SIGN UP FOR FREE to become a friend of CCL. They are representatives for you -working to pass natural clean are legislation. As your citizen partner for more information contact at the website if you missed the opportunity on the sign-up sheet at our meeting. https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ Mark your Calendars: We have a social next week on Tuesday, August 30 at 5:00 in the evening. Location to be announced. Our Next Meeting will be on Tuesday, September 6 at 11:45 Location: Don Giovanni’s Restaurant, 235 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041. Meeting Adjourned: 12:57 PM. Imagine Rotary! Imagine Mountain View Rotary! |
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