Rotary Club of Mountain View

Meeting Bulletin 

January 11, 2022                                                        

President’s Greeting by Heather:  Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View!

Greeter & Thought for the Day:
President Heather’s 9 year old provided some humor: “Why can’t a seagull fly across the bay? Then they would be called bagels”. “What starts with a P and ends with a E and has a ‘bijollin’ letters in it?The POST OFFICE!” 

Introduction of Guests: No guests today. 

Member share: Jim S shared business is constantly changing to safely provide for clients. He announced he will semi-retire in June to Pismo Beach! 

General Club Announcements: 

    *January and February meetings are virtual only. Stay safe everyone. 

   *Hopes Corner service project for January 22nd at 8:45-10:45am has 4 members signed up. 

    *Feb 15th will be youth speech contest, Scott seeks judges and tally helpers! Jack, Judy and Sanjay volunteered. We are set for our annual event! 

    *Crabfeed: time of year Alan would be humoring us with his excitement and signups, however, Heather shared the Board decided to postpone hosting yet another year. Campaign kickoff planned for February. 

    *Board meeting tomorrow at 5:30pm via Zoom. 

Committee Chair shares: 

    *Foundation Chair: Our club’s goal is 100% Every Rotarian = all members donate to “The Rotary Foundation. Please mail in donations to our club’s PO Box 390280, Mt. View 94039 or online: https://my.rotary.org/en/donate 

Upcoming Rotary Events: 

*Jennifer Jones: Rotary Int’l President D5170 reception on Sunday, Feb 27th at 7pm at Blackhawk Museum, registration is $150/pp.

*Women In Rotary: D5170 celebrating Int’l Women’s Day with a event “Break the Bias” on sunday, March 13th 4-6pm at Rotary SJ Summit Center, 88 S. 4th St in SJ. Registration is live $50.

*District 5170 Conference: April 22-24th 

Guest Speakers: Sanjay introduced Anthony Spaelti and Will Scott, of CivicBell. Will Scott served 10 years in the USMC as a Marine Special Operations Officer and a Marine Aviator. Will holds a B.A. in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Naval Academy and currently pursues an MBA at Stanford.Anthony Spaelti worked at McKinsey & Company for the past 4 years as a digital and public sector consultant. Anthony holds a B.A. in International Affairs from the University of St. Gallen, in Switzerland, and currently pursues an MBA at Stanford.
Will and Anthony as their Stanford Business School project are solving a need to improve communication disconnect between constituents and public officials. CivivBell’s goal is a nonpartisan platform for citizens and gov officials. Civic engagement struggle is not new, many have tried to improve it and CivicBell is using technology of past and today to make a successful platform. What’s new with CivicBell is focus is for public officials to engage year-round, every year by maximizing trust and transparency; engage continuous feedback, i.e. share survey results; use AI; apply gamifications to engage all ages, incentivize engagers. Will and Anthony shared their platform interface with us, including security and verification. Q&A and feedback by members shared. 

Mark your Calendars: Next club meeting is January 18th at 12:15pm with guest speaker Reena Lari speaking of Lymes disease and Nellie is our 3fer!  

Serve to Change Lives!  Meeting is adjourned.