Mountain View Rotary ClubMeeting Notes by FredApril 23, 2019 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: Hal Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Tom – Gunther was with us today Club Bylaws – New bylaws for our club were approved by the members present. Announcements - Thanks to Hal for being our 4-fer today
- Paul, Stevens Creek Trail: Clean-up report – 10 people related to our club came out
- Membership efforts -- Bring a friend to Rotary!
- Polio Flash Campaign Final week – Watched a video
- Rotating Dinner May 4: Anita
- District Conference, May 17-19 on the Hornet, Alameda
- Rotary Peace Fellowships are available. Recent college grads (3 – 5 years are eligible)
June 22: Rotary Club Kick-Out Dinner at Michaels at Shoreline. Reception/Drinks at 6 p.m., followed by dinner/program at 7 p.m. Program introduced by Linda Darlene de la Cerna, our district Youth Exchange Chair, will bring us up to date on the Youth Exchange program. She has recently doubled the size of our district’s participation in the program. There are over 7000 exchange students from the US living abroad. Pascal Dumas, an exchange student from Germany, is going to Pioneer High School. There are 13 outbound students from District 5170 for 2019 – 2020. Outgoing students need to find 2 host families for incoming students. Future Schedule: April 30: Dark May 4: Rotating Dinner May 7: High School Scholarship Awards May 8: Board/Leadership Meeting 5:30 at CSA May 15 & 22: Community Grants June 22: Rotary Club Kick-Out Dinner Have a great week! And remember…“ Have Fun Being the Inspiration!” |