Announcements were made and there was a general discussion of upcoming celebrations including the MV Rotary Anniversary and the Kick Out party.
A positive message was shared by Nellie Meyer about Ikigai, the Japanese secret to a long and happy life.
The 10 rules of ikigai
Stay active;
Take it slow.
Don’t fill your stomach.
Surround yourself with good friends.
Get in shape for your next birthday.
Smile.
Reconnect with nature.
Give thanks.
Live in the moment.
Follow your ikigai/Passion
Guest Speaker
President Tori Atwell, an expert in real estate, shared her knowledge of the new federal legislation surrounding the change in required percentages for buyers and sellers. Tori shared the history of the legislation, the impact nationally, and most importantly, the impact on local communities and markets. Notably, she shared the ways that this new legislation may hurt the consumer as well as the real estate industry.
Cathy provided a Thought For The Day from Margaret Mead, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Information From District Training Conference 2024
DR. RICHARD S. GODFREY: Recipient of ROTARY INTERNATIONAL’s 3rd SERVICE ABOVE SELF AWARD
A retired surgical oncologist, aspiring apiarist, and published novelist, Richard Godfrey is a member of the Rotary Club of Niles (Fremont), California.
DR. RICHARD SHARED HIS EXPERIENCE WORKING IN KENYA, BOLIVA AND GUATAMALA –IN EFFORT TO ELIMINATE CERVICAL CANCER, A READILY TREATABLE CONDITION IF CAUGHT IN TIME.
NOTE:
Bolivia has the highest rate of cervical cancer in South America, recording 1,985 new cases and 1,054 deaths in 2020. In the city of Santa Cruz alone, 90 women come to a hospital annually only to die of this preventable disease because of late diagnosis. Worldwide, 341,000 people die from cervical cancer each year, one every minute and a half. More often than not, they will be from a lower income country. Many will have left behind children and spouses who depended on them even as the cancer spread. Equally significant is the degree of suffering any terminally ill woman with the disease will experience as the condition advances toward its inevitable conclusion.
That's why DR. GODFREY AND HIS TEAM, are dedicated to bringing the newest screening and treatment technologies to Bolivia, where doctors and nurses quickly learn how to employ them. Combining those human skills and medical innovations, we can screen upward of 600 patients in a day and treat early cancer in 40 seconds. Our goal is to test 7,500 patients, a project that may take three years to complete. But as the adage sometimes linked to U.S. President John F. Kennedy insists, "Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try."
At the Rotary International Convention in Melbourne, Australia, the “UNITED TO END CERVICAL CANCER IN EGYPT’’ project was recipient of TRF’s 3rd annual Program of Scale Award which comes with a $2 million grant.
News Flash From Scott
Our Club Speech Contest winner just won the District’s Regional Speech Contest at today’s Gilroy Club Meeting. She received a nice certificate and $700. She now goes on to compete at the final District level on April 28th, for a $3,000 prize if she wins. She did great today, taking on the daring topic of immigration with a bold presentation and incredible style. She could not have done better!
Mountain View Public Safety Foundation
Bruce spoke about MVPSF and the need for volunteers for an upcoming event on Friday May 3rd. A signup sheet was passed around at today’s meeting and it will also be available at next week’s meeting. If anyone would like to volunteer online, the link is: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4BAFAA28A2F8CE9-48866667-mvpalyouth. More information about this event and other MVPSF programs is available on the website at www.mvpsf.org.
There is great news for the Mountain View Rotary Club and the annual Rotary Speech Contest. In addition to winning our own club competition, our winning student went on to win the Region Rotary Speech Contest!
Our Mountain View Rotary Speech Contest was held at our club meeting on March 19th. Six outstanding students from the MVLA HS District Speech & Debate program competed. The winners were as follows:
1st Place ($150) - Nora Soraci-Alonso; 2nd Place ($100) Isabela Margain; 3rd Place ($75) Naiel Chaudry; Awards of Excellence ($25 each) went to Nishka Gollamudi, Jannat Bhatia, and Krishiv Bhatia.
On March 19th we had some great Rotary volunteers participate. Alex Amoroso, Jack Wong, and Cathy Merrill were judges. Bert Raphael was the timer. Margaret Abe-Koga and Fred Storek served as scorers. Catherine Vonnegut also helped on Wednesday nights leading up to our competition in coaching students as they prepared their speeches. We appreciate the help of these volunteers!
On March 26th, our 1st Place Winner, Nora Soraci-Alonso, went on to compete at the Regional Rotary Speech Contest, held at Courtyard by Marriott in Los Altos. Nora won 1st Place there as well and will now go on to compete at the next level in Gilroy, the Regional Rotary Speech Contest, on April 9th. We congratulate Nora and wish her well. She is a great representative of her school and of our Rotary Club! Judy Hanneman, Tom Moran, Cathy Merrill, Joan Young, and Scott Johnson attended the Area contest on March 26th, cheering Nora on.
Announcement from Scott Johnson & Joan:
The Congregational Concert Chorale is presenting a concert of the music of Fauré including his magnificent Requiem. Scott Johnson and Joan Young have sung with the Chorale for several years and would love to see you in the audience! The concert is at the First Congregational Church (1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto) on Sunday, April 14 at 3:00 pm. It's a beautiful program and will be performed with a live orchestra. The concert is free (donations encouraged) and a reception will follow.
Our guest speakers today included three service men from the army reserve. They included Christopher Gunnare, SFC , Melissa Bennet, SFC, and Michael Cooper, SFC. Many things in the army reserve have changed in the last twenty years. The army reserve focuses on officer training in military support capabilities. The applicants come either directly from high school or during college or even after completing active military service in different branches of the military. The army reserve trains new soldiers, allows existing soldiers to remain in service and also increases the total number of soldiers in the military. The services they provide are primarily to support active duty military personnel.
When considering army reserves the first question asked is do you want to serve your country in a military compacity? Do you want to serve your country in a logistic job position rather than active duty? Military reserve offers jobs that provide active support to all branches of the military. They can include:
Medical
IT
Logistics
Cyber security
Military police
General construction
Etc.
If you can think of a job to support military personnel, that job is most likely available through the army reserve program. Sources of people entering the program come from high school, college or other branches of the military where individuals have already served. However the largest group of people entering the army reserve programs are those seeking US citizenship. If you join the army reserve you are obligated to serve 1 weekend a month and 2 weeks every year. If your unit is deployed you may be gone as long as 1 or 2 years. Interestingly, the US government has what is called a USARA program that allows reservists to be called to duty without jeopardizing their existing relationship at work. You cannot be fired from your job for participating in the army reserve. You are actually entitled to 3 years off from your job before returning.
The army reserve can also pay for your college education and other programs that require certification as long as you stay committed to those programs. The army reserve will pay for housing, college credits, food, etc., as long as you are in these educational programs. If by chance you have children who are in high school or college, those educational program fees can be paid for your children. It sure seems as though there are an abundance of opportunities for those who want to serve. It definitely appears that our military services are changing their incentives to meet the needs of our nation. Our thanks to our three guests for their insights and their first hand observations in the army reserves.
Tori Atwell, President, reminded all of the Rotary International Theme: “Create Hope in the World.” Scott Johnson then led the Pledge of Allegiance and shared thoughts about Valentine's Day and "Fat Tuesday."
Guests
Thida Cornes, school board member and prospective new Rotary Club member, was introduced.
Announcements
Paul announced the Marti Gras Party that he and Susan will host at their home on Tuesday evening, February 27th, 5 p.m. Cost will be $25 per person. Paul and Susan's address is available on request.
Judy C. gave an update on RYLA camp this year (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp). Three student spots have been reserved and paid for, for students representing our club. Judy, Alexander, and Catherine are now working on selecting the students.
Scott and Catherine spoke about the Rotary Speech Contest, scheduled for our March 19th meeting. Currently there is a record number of 8 students who are signed up to compete. As in the past, Rotary members will be needed to serve as speech judges that day.
Speaker
Judy Crates, Rotary member and on the Community School of Music & Art (CSMA) Board, introduced Vickie Grove, CSMA Executive Director. Vickie has served in that position since 2013, and is now in her 11th year. She did announce that she will be retiring at the end of this month. CSMA was founded in 1968, has grown and grown, and now provides music and art opportunities for an amazing number of students. Just the CSMA "In-School" Program has 22,000 students involved in 59 schools. There are over 180 staff and the budget exceeds $7 million. Qualifying students can receive up to 70% off their tuitions. Twenty-five to thirty percent of the in-school students are subsidized. CSMA is now offering pre-school programs (ages 2-5). Vickie invited Rotary to start again the usher program for Saturday CSMA performances.
Closing
Tori thanked Vickie for her presentation and thanked all for attending. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. There is no meeting next Tuesday, Feb. 20th (dark for Presidents' Day Holiday). Tuesday evening, February 27th, will be the Marti Gras Party (no noon meeting that day). The next lunch meeting will be Tuesday, March 5th.
President Tori Atwell 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 2023-2024 is “Create Hope in the World.” Our club’s call to action is “Help locally and have fun.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Led by Heather
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Judy Crates “Working hard for something we don’t care about is stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion.” Simon Sinek Inspirational speaker and business leader. This quote reminds us of our passion for service and how working hard on something we love is positive and fulfilling.
Introduction of Visitors:
Tori showed us the Award from Mountain View Los Altos High School District for our work.
General Club Announcements:
Crab Feed, Saturday, Feb. 3
Misc. Updates
Thanks to Nellie for the January programs. Judy is February. We are looking for someone for April.
Bill on the Crab Feed. All tickets distributed. If you need more, let Bill know. Final count needed next week. No meeting next week, expect an email verification.. Team is meeting tomorrow night at Tori’s office. Please sign up. We have a softball team to volunteer. Tomorrow we will find the holes.
Next Tuesday is our social.
City of MV allowed us time to clean up Steven’s Creek Trail.
Tom: Los Altos Rotary invited us to the Lunar New Year. Those going, let Tom know.
SPEAKER:
Nellie Meyer introduced Suzanne Woolfolk, Administrator, who spoke on Alternative Educational Options in MVLA High School District.
Alternative options have in common
Smaller learning environments
Unique Focus
Special student/staff community
Low student to teacher ratio
Teachers as mentors/advisors/counselors.
Freestyle Academy Juniors and Seniors - art, design film, media, etc. with some classes at MVHS.
Middle College - At Krause Center Foothill College with 2 high school classes and 2 Foothill classes. All day at Foothill. Small community feel.
College Now - newer 100% college credits but also want to graduate high school - Juniors and Seniors. Not an emphasis on community.
Alta Vista High School - MV and Palo Alto Unified, sophomores-seniors. Primarily for credit deficient students. College and career counseling.
MVLA Summer School - June 11-25, 400-500 students. Also readiness for high school program.
Mark your Calendars: Our Next Meeting will be on February 6th at Don Giovanni’s.
On Tuesday, January 30 we have our social. Tori to notify of place.
President Tori reminded all of the Rotary International Theme: “Create Hope in the World.” Judy Crates led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Catherine Vonnegut shared a thought about a "word" that would describe hopes for the new year. Catherine's word for the year was "calm." She asked others to think of their word for their year.
Guests
Sanjay introduced Thida Cornes, school board member and prospective new Rotary Club member. Nellie introduced Michelle Bissonnette, Community Outreach Specialist for MVLA HS District.
Announcements
Bill talked about the upcoming crab feed fundraiser scheduled for Saturday, February 3rd, at the Mountain View Buddhist Temple. There have been several special planning meetings for this event. Bill circulated a list of tasks and assignments for members to select from. Tickets and posters will be available and distributed to members soon.
Alexander, Judy C., and Catherine made a presentation about the RYLA camp this year (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp). Two student spots have been reserved and paid for, for students representing our club. It was proposed that the two spots go to students from Mountain View High School and Alta Vista High School. There was support for this. The possibility of a 3rd student spot for a Saint Francis High School student will be investigated and the board will discuss funding for a 3rd student.
Scott asked for someone to volunteer to be speaker chair for the month of April. He also asked for a volunteer to help with this year's speech contest. Catherine volunteered to help with the speech contest.
Speaker
Nellie Meyer, MVLA HS District Superintendent and club member, gave a presentation on "MVLA Graduate Profile." This was a student-driven process that identified the District's vision for the 21st century student skills, character traits, and social/emotional make-up of a graduate. These included: Demonstrate deep & conceptual understanding; Think critically to solve problems responsibly; Build & maintain diverse, collaborative relationships; Contribute ethically & empathetically to our global community; and, Build resilience & embrace challenges. These ideas stimulated a lot of discussion and questions. Nellie was given a round of applause.
Closing
Tori thanked Nellie for her presentation and thanked all for attending. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Next lunch meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 16th. Nellie, also speaker chair for the month of January, announced that next Tuesday's speaker will be Mike Mathiesen who will give a construction update for the MVLA HS District.
Scott announced he was subbing for President Tori who was out of town. He reminded all of the Rotary International Theme: “Create Hope in the World.” Judy Crates led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. All joined in singing "Jingle Bell Rock." Each member attending, in turn, shared thoughts about something they would enjoy most during the upcoming Holidays.
Guests
Scott introduced Harry Price, Assistant District Governor for Area 9. Sanjay introduced Thida Cornes, who has attended a club meeting in the past. Thida stated that she plans to join
Rotary.
Announcements
Scott asked all to ensure they have Saturday, February 3rd, in their calendars for the annual crab feed fundraiser. There was a special meeting held in early December with Bill Maston (event chair) and the board, where several Rotarians took crab feed assignments. Bill will be getting back to us regarding next steps. Heather shared that she had completed getting dues invoices out to all members. Anyone with questions on their invoice should contact Heather.
Nellie Meyer is the speaker chair for the month of January. She has some great programs lined up for January 9th, 16th, and the 23rd. See the bulletin or club website for details. Scott said that he still needed a volunteer to take the month of April as speaker chair.
Year 2023 Trivia Quiz
A quiz of 2023 trivia was held. Tom Myers won 1st place; Thida Cornes (guest) won 2nd place. Congratulations to Tom and Thida!
Closing
Scott thanked all for attending. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Next lunch meeting is Tuesday, January 9th.
President Scott Johnson: 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 2023-2024 is “Create Hope in the World.” Our club’s call to action is “Imagine Mountain View Rotary.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Led by Scott Johnson
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Jack Wong offered a quote “Embrace the power of collective goodwill. In unity, we find strength, in service we discover purpose. Together, let us create a legacy of positive impact and endruing change.” “Plant seeds of kindness, and watch a garden of compassion bloom. Every Act of generosity, no matter how small, has the potential to transform the world around us.”
Introduction of Visitors: Nilesh Kapse – Rotarian of Bangalore. Was a member of Santa Rosa, Mountain View before moving clubs to Bangalore. He considers Mountain View Rotary is home. He is a graphic designer, focus on branding, web application, and Ecommerce. Scott and Nilesh exchanged flags.
General Club Announcements:
- 27th Annual Cops and Globbers will be held Sunday, November 19th at 9:00 am at 1000 Villa Street, Mountaountain View
- Dark on Nov 21 – Happy Thanksgiving
- Nov 24, John Akkaya, owner of Ristorante Don Giovanni in Mountain View will be serving Free Thanksgiving meals to any and all 10-2 pm. It’s his way of giving back to the community.
- Social @5 pm Location TBD
- Holiday Party on Dec 9 – 6:00-900 PM at Le Petit Bistro.
Red Badge Announcement: Alexander Amoroso sponsored by Paul Reinhart. Alexander is a Captain in the United States Army Reserve. He is married and a local Mountain View Resident.
SPEAKER:
Cathy Merrill, Mountain View Foundation Chair, spoke about Rotary Foundation. Every Rotarian gives every year makes life changing, sustainable projects possible. 139 million was given to the annual fund, 34% of Rotarians donated to the annual fund, 82% of Rotary clubs supported the annual fund, and 2066 global grants awarded. Annual Fund – Share. The Rotary Foundation transforms the gifts into service projects that change the lives close to home and around the world. Donation is invested for three years, growth supports Foundation operations. World Fund – Global Grants and Programs and District Designated Funds (DDF) is split between District Grants and Global Grants. Annual Funds – areas of focus: Environment, Community Economic Development, Basic Education and Literacy, Maternal and Child Health, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, disease prevention and treatment and peacebuilding and conflict prevention. Rotary Foundation continues to far exceed the standards set by independent charity rating services like Charity Navigator. 91% of funds are spent on program awards and operations. The foundation has earned 13 consecutives four star ratings from Charity Navigator. The Foundation helps Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving health, providing quality education, improving the environment and alleviating poverty.
Cathy Merrill and Tom Moran were both recognized with the Paul Harris Award.
Mark your Calendars: Our Next Meeting will be on December 5th at Don Giovanni’s. Happy Thanksgiving
Scott announced he was subbing for President Tori who was running late from a business meeting. He reminded all of the Rotary International Theme: “Create Hope in the World.” Paul Reinhart led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Bill Maston shared a thought for the day.
Guests
Bruce introduced Jamir Dusman, visiting from Trinidad, where he is a member of the Princes Town Rotary Club. Jamir shared information about Rotary in Trinidad and in his Rotary district.
Announcements
Scott shared highlights of the month-long trip he and Joan took to Innsbruck, Austria and to southern Spain. Scott also reported on a visit he and Joan made to hear Bert and Ann Raphael play their instruments at the monthly “jam” of the Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers Association. They each did a great job!
Tom shared that he spoke recently at the Los Altos Rotary Club and reported that they are now bringing their own lunches to their weekly meeting. Judy attended and said that Tom did a wonderful job speaking.
Club Business
Tori arrived and handled club business. The sign-up sheet for the December 9th Rotary Holiday Party was passed around. The party will be at Le Petite Bistro, same as last year. There is a choice of four entrees. The Madrigal Chorus from Mountain View High School will once again entertain us.
Tori discussed the annual crab feed, currently scheduled for the Buddhist Temple on Saturday, February 3rd. The issue was finding someone to be the general chair for the event. After discussion, Bill Maston agreed to fill this role. It appeared that all club members were willing to assist in crab feed committee roles and to help on the day of the event.
Speaker
Cathy Merrill introduced Jay Vyas as the speaker. Jay is from Mumbai, India, is a charter member of the Rotary Club of Mumbai Versova, and was president of that club 1999-2000. He has been in the Silicon Valley area speaking to a variety of groups, sharing his passion about the benefits of solar energy. He has been working on “Reverse-Aging the Globe” – a mission in creating awareness about restricting the rise in global temperature. Jay highlighted what is happening with solar development in India and what impact that will have on mitigating climate change. Club members asked several questions.
Closing
Tori thanked Jay Vyas for speaking. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
*Bruce shared Save the date for Cops & Gobblers on Nov 19th at 9am. The goal is 500 baskets! MVPSF seeks funding and stuffed animals. * Club Holiday party is December 9th at 6pm, at Le Petit Bistro. Mark your calendar.
Guests: We were joined by three Rotaractors from Phnom Penh, capital city of Cambodia. They attended the Rotary International convention in Houston, Texas, a year and half ago and had a great experience. They are now exploring the Mountain View area. Tori exchanged a Rotary duck for a Angkor Wat souvenir.
Speaker - Elizabeth Edgerly, PhD, the Executive Director, Alzheimer's Association shared: The New Era of Treatment for Alzheimer's: What you need to know.
Elizabeth Edgerly, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Alzheimer’s Association, Northern California & Northern Nevada, as well as a clinical psychologist. Dr. Edgerly joined the Association in 1995 as chief program officer, managing care and support programs for persons with dementia, their families and professionals. In 2016, Dr. Edgerly became the chapter’s executive director, overseeing 11 offices throughout Northern California and Northern Nevada. In 2017, Elizabeth was promoted to act as regional leader for the Alzheimer’s Association, overseeing her chapter as well as two others serving Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii. Her work focuses on improving the timely detection and diagnosis of dementia and access to quality care and treatments for all impacted. She is a 2023 winner of the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 100 Women of Influence for her work on behalf of thousands of individuals living with Alzheimer’s and related disorders.
Over the past two months, the FDA has approved a drug for Alzheimer’s with more innovations on the horizon. Elizabeth shared Alzheimer’s Association mission is ‘People and Science’ with $360 million of active funding for research. She shared facts about dementia and that Alzheimers is a type of dementia that is caused by complex brain changes followed by cell damage. The association has a 12 warning sign chart to assist with identifying if a person should consider seeing a medical professional for further testing. We are lucky in the Bay Area as Stanford has the latest approved drug to remove amyloid from the brain to reduce the progression of Alzheimers. The organization is working hard supporting new developments in treatments and diagnostics. For more information: https://www.alz.org/
See you next week as guest speaker is Renee Zimmerman, Senior Executive Director at YMCA. Serve to Create Hope in the World!
Welcome to Rotary Club of Mountain View. President Tori welcomed everyone to the club where: We’re more than a Club… We’re a family!
Our international theme for 2023-2024 is “Create Hope in The World”. Our Club's theme is “Help locally and have fun.” Thank you for joining us today.
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Judy Hannemann.
Bruce Barsi shared a thought for the day as he welcomed his sixth Grandchild and second Granddaughter into the world, about how precious, exciting, and at times, adventurous life with a Granddaughter can be.
General Club Announcements:
Save the date of Saturday, December 9th, for the Club’s Holiday Party. This will be a mandatory event, so plan to attend and enjoy. More details to follow.
The Crab Feed is on for Saturday, February 3rd, at the Buddhist Temple. We will need all hands on deck for this event and a list of tasks and duties if being prepared for everyone to volunteer.
We are starting to plan for our Club’s 100 Anniversary Celebration which will occur next September 13th or 14th. More details about this event will be shared as they are available.
President Tori presented a Blue Badge to Susan Bacchi and an Honorary Badge to Tom Moran.
Save The Date of Sunday, November 19th, for Cops and Gobblers. The event takes place starting at 9:00 am sharp at the Mountain View Police Department, rain or shine
Speaker:
Our speaker was Brad Warren, Blood Services Community Outreach Specialist with the Red Cross, who gave us information about donating blood with the Red Cross.
There is always a tremendous need for Red Cross Services in today’s society. He told us that there are over 100,000 volunteers for Red Cross programs nationwide. 24,000 families are helped by the Red Cross daily. This includes 170 families affected by disaster, 12,500 blood donations, 807,000 weather alerts, 1,400 services to military and veterans, and 683,000 child vaccinations.
82% of all blood donated comes during blood drives. Generally, blood drives involve at least forty donors as well as several volunteers from the host organization. The Red Cross has a mobile unit with several stations that is used for the blood drives.
Meeting adjourned. Serve to Create Hope in the World!
President Tori Atwell Greeting: Good Afternoon and welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
Pledge of Allegiance: Led by Paul
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Steve quoted Gandhi: Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Introduction of Visitors: Scott introduced Cpt. Alex Amoroso, military technician, 63rd Readiness Division, US Army Reserve. He is interested in service, mentorship and education.
Special presentation: In honor of Dave Cole a donation was presented to Chiung-Chi Chen, Director of Development, Community School of Music and Arts. Dave had a passion for the school. From 2017 to 2019, he arranged for Rotary volunteers to assist as hosts and ushers at free community concerts.
General Club Announcements:
Board meeting this Thursday, September 21, 4:45pm, at 160 Main Street, Los Altos. Topics include the crab feed, poker night, speaker contest, Interact, ELC, donations and scholarships.
Heather reported the Mountain View Firefighters Random Acts will be hosting their 16th Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction on Saturday, October 14, 8am-11am, at Fire Station 4, 229 N. Whisman Rd., Mountain View.
Scott announced the MV Chamber of Commerce is hosting an appreciation party for Mountain View Art and Wine Festival volunteers at Shoreline Amphitheatre this Thursday, September 21, 5:30pm-7:30pm.
Paul is planning a Stevens Creek Trail clean up on a Saturday morning, 9am-11am, in late October or early November.
SPEAKER:
Chiung-Chi Chen from CSMA was the guest speaker. Their mission is to make the arts accessible to all. There are 60 schools in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties serving 28K students of all ages. 20K are served through in-school art and music programs. The school provides private lessons in over 20 instruments. Financial aid is available as well as merit scholarships. The preschool offers art and music classes to children ages 2-5 including children from low-income families. There are weekly art, music and dance classes for students with autism and developmental disabilities. Silicon Valley employees may take classes through the corporate arts program.
A fundraiser for CSMA will be at Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club on Saturday, October 7, 5pm-9:30pm. Tickets can be purchased online at arts4all.org.
Mark your Calendars: MV Rotary social next Tuesday, October 26, 5pm, at Scratch, 401 Castro St., MV.
Scott announced he was again subbing for President Tori. He reminded all of the Rotary International Theme: "Create Hope in the World." 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 was led by Judy Hannemann.
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Since the program was going to be about insurance, Bert Raphael advised us to be careful how we fill out insurance and accident report forms. He gave a few funny examples of what not to write.
Visitors: Walt Joyce introduced his wife Patricia. Judy Hannemann’s partner Tom was present with her, as usual. Yue Pang was attending in place of Mandy Andrei.
General Club Announcements:
We learned from Heather that Catherine’s husband recently passed away. Scott will get a sympathy card.
Fred Storek had to cut short a European cruise with his wife because of a medical problem with his leg. He returned to be treated at Stanford hospital.
Jim Cunningham is being treated for a major health issue.
Judy reported that all of the October speaker slots have been filled.
Scott reported on his work in a beer booth at the Mountain View Art and Wine festival. Our club (members and their families) had provided sixteen volunteers who staffed three booths. See photos below.
Speaker:
Our member Walt Joyce told us about the “Status of Insurance offerings in California 2023.”
The major change is that due to the recent spate of billion-dollar wildfires, many insurance companies will no longer provide homeowners’ insurance coverage. Walt’s office can recommend a few good quality insurers who will still take new business, but probably not in remote or heavy brush areas.
There are some possible changes coming in employee health and benefit plans.
Some insurance companies are using “reinsurance” plans to lower their risks.
The cost of most other types of insurance has not changed significantly.
Contact Walt for more details!
Mark your Calendars: Our Next Meeting will be on September 19 at Don Giovanni’s. We will hear about CSMA (the Community School of Music and Art).
Scott announced he was subbing for President Tori. He reminded all of the Rotary International Theme: “Create Hope in the World.” Steve Nichols led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Scott led a song: “You’re a Grand Ole Flag.” Tom shared a thought for the day.
Guests
Steve introduced his guest, Elliott Lepler. Hal Taylor introduced his guest, Bob Lee. Paul introduced his guests, Susan (wife) and Angela Siddall.
Announcement
Paul gave updates on the upcoming service project this next weekend: volunteering for the Mountain View Art & Wine Festival. The club will staff 4 booths with 16 volunteers.
Speaker
Scott introduced Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian as the speaker. Supervisor Simitian shared a story that highlighted the 20th anniversary of legislation he authored while in the State Assembly that provided expedited compensation to a man wrongly convicted of a crime he did not commit. This legislative process became ugly and very partisan. This partisanship was overcome by legislators crossing party lines and passing SB 1302 that enabled deserved compensation for this man. Supervisor Simitian likened the above situation to politics today. He gave Rotarians an assignment to exhort elected officials to work across the aisle, to cross partisan boundaries and make decisions that are right and just.
Closing
Scott thanked Supervisor Simitian for speaking. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Welcome to RC of Mtn. View. As Past President, Heather Stenshamn, I welcome you to the club where: We’re more than a Club… We’re a family!
Our international theme for 2023-2024 is “Create Hope in The World”. Our Club's theme is “Help locally and have fun.” Thank you for joining us today.
Nellie as our greeter shared a thought of the day: As we start the new school year and Rotary year, the following message was shared- “Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.” She shared how this aligns with the goals of the Rotary and that our collective work helps improve our community for our youth and adults.
General Club Announcements:
Paul - working hard on service and marketing project for September 9 & 10 at MV Wine and Art Festival
Meeting next week is Uma Kelkar of Vivify.ai, sharing GenAI assisted copilot for creators
*Sanjay shared Catherine V has been absent recently to care for her husband who recently began hospice care. Please keep them in your thoughts.
*Bruce congratulated Nellie and Sanjay on recent statistics that 92% of MVLA students completed the program this past school year, kudos!
*Bruce announced his son is to be inducted in UC-Davis Hall of Fame in October for his amazing football years!
Speaker - Mark Davis, founder of Unicode: Mark was introduced by Fredrik Stenshamn, Heather’s spouse, by reminding how computers came to be. Unicode is an organization that builds character code and today approves emojis used by all member countries. Character text across hundreds of languages works due to Unicode’s efforts.
Meeting adjourned. Serve to Create Hope in the World!
President Tori kicked off her first meeting with a 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 theme for 2023-2024 is “Create Hope in The World”. Our Clubs theme is “Help locally and have fun”. Thank you for joining us today.
Paul Reinhart did the thought for the day.
District Governor Hung Wei was our only guest.
Tori distributed Rotary ducks to members. Her intent is for members to prominently display the duck at work or other location. When someone asks about the duck, it is an opportunity to talk about Rotary.
Tori invited members to join the President's club for $150
District Governor Hung Wei
She told a story about a poor, young man who every year would get school supplies. He loved school and went on to be very successful. But, he never knew where the supplies came from. When he retired and joined Rotary he participated in a back to school back pack distribution event and he realized there are "invisible" people who help behind the scenes. He wanted to continue to be an "invisible" person helping others.
She also stressed the importance for Rotarians to create hope in the world and also to take care of members in your club. Sometimes you don't know if someone is struggling so stay in touch. She shared a related personal story about her daughter. She implored us to stay alert for others who may be struggling and look for ways to help.
She had 3 takeaways for Rotarians:
1 - be that invisible person
2 - be a happy Rotarian
3 - be a life time Rotarian
Hung also told us about District resources which are available as well as up coming fun events on September 9 and an international wheel chair distribution project in April 2024. She also wanted everyone to know how exciting and fun Rotary international projects are.
Hello, and thank you for looking at our Rotary Club of Mountain View website.
I am Tori Atwell, the President of the Rotary Club of Mountain View for 2023-2024, and I am excited for the new opportunities ahead this year for our Club and hope to share that excitement with others. Our Club offers a lot of opportunities for those who would like to make a worldwide impact or who just want to make friends and help their local community.
Our Club is small, but mighty, and I am proud to say we have members who engage in projects throughout the world as well as those that assist the local community through their direct contacts. In our Club, there are a vast array of opportunities to volunteer or assist with a cause which is important to you or you can introduce a cause you are passionate about and gain support from a world-wide organization.
I am a true local to the area, born and raised in Sunnyvale, and a longtime resident and professional in the area. Despite my years here, I can’t say I really knew that much about the area, but through my decade of Rotary, I feel that I have truly gotten to know my community and become a force to help make good things happen. Plus, I have made strong bonds and many good friends.
Please join us, at one of our weekly Tuesday Lunch Meetings or one of our Club Socials on the last Tuesday evening or each month.
If you have an interest in learning more about our Club or any other questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me so I can open the world of Rotary into your life.
The club shared a moment of silence as Steve Nichols informed the club that his mother Jackie had passed away. She was a energetic person and will be sorely missed.
The club handed out yellow ducks with ribbons tied onto them to emphasize that all Rotarians are ducks – “if you walk like a duck, talk like a duck, then you’re a duck”. If you walk like a Rotarian and talk like a Rotarian then you’re a Rotarian. I guess it is good that we can keep an important issue simple.
We got an update on RYLA. Apparently it was quite successful with wonderful thank letters from those who attended. Those young high schoolers are amazing.
Next week's social event is Tuesday, July 26th at 5:30 pm at La Lemon. It is located at the corner of Castro and California Streets and has just recently opened. Word has it that it is excellent food and excellent ambiance within the restaurant itself. This is a great time to not only socialize but welcome a new business in town.
A reminder that this Thursday is the Rotary board meeting and all members are welcome.
Our presentation for the day was given by none other than Tom and his husband Hartono. They provided a spectacular photo presentation of their recent trip to Swalvard Island which is in the middle of Scandinavia. It is approximately 807 miles above the artic circle and 600 miles to the north pole. The photos were amazing. Definitely looked cold with a very stark landscape with frozen ice floating on the ocean and amazing animals to be seen. They included polar bears, birds, sea lions, walrus’ to name a few. One interesting aspect about being among polar bears besides them being very dangerous is that there is a law that requires all people to either be accommodated by someone who has a gun or must carry a gun in self defense of the polar bears. In addition, it is against the law to lock your doors. That way if there is an emergency where a polar bear is chasing you, you can enter anyone’s home. Not only is it for safety, but for being good neighbors as well. This adventure took place primarily by boat. There was 107 passengers and 80 crew members. And the passengers came from all walks of life from around the world. Some of the amazing photographs also included their rides in kayaks and zodiacs which added to the adventure. Hartono mentioned how being on the water or hiking on the snow bank brought you much closer to the dynamics of this frozen world than just staying on the boat. Interestingly there was lots of relics visible in the photographs. They included old wheels, old mining areas, shacks for hunters and workers left abandoned, and other historic artifacts. This is possible due to the artic heritage treaty which protects all of its natural and manmade history.
Unfortunately global warming is an issue and is having an impact. The ice is disappearing and threatening the habitat for polar bears.
I am sure it is threatening other native species as well. Tom also showed us pictures and a short video of Hartono doing a cold water plunge off the side of the boat. Looked like a crazy plunge to me and I am sure you can imagine how quickly he got out of the water. Apparently the water temperature is only 30 degrees. Overall the trip was intended to be and was a great outdoor adventure. Apparently it was made more special due to the great weather conditions. Not only was it sunny 24 hours a day but blue skies to accompany it.
If you have interest in a similar trip you can contact Tom for some additional information. In the meantime as a reference point, the first leg of your trip will be to Helsinki. Then from Helsinki to Sdalvard Island. Thank you Tom and Hartono for sharing this amazing trip.
President Tori kicked off her first meeting with a 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 theme for 2023-2024 is “Create Hope in The World”. Our Clubs theme is “Help locally and have fun”. Thank you for joining us today.
Pledge of Allegiance was led by Susan.
Roger greeted us and his thought of the day is his excitement that plans are being made for his class 56th reunion. It was 55 years ago he came to America and is so grateful for the opportunities he has had and for our club.
Introduction of visitors: the club welcomed Tom, Judy’s other half; Lyn, Susan’s daughter and Assistant Governor Area 9 Harry Price.
General Club Announcements:
Tori thanked Heather for all her efforts for a wonderful event at Toyon Farms for Sanjay’s kick out. It was a team effort and many thanks to all who stepped up to make it beautiful and fun!
Our July social is on July 25th. Susan, our new social Director will share the venue and time with us next week.
President Tori shared her outlook for Rotary Year 23-24 with a few challenges to all members:
*Encourages members to join every Tuesday for a yummy 3 course meal and so we continue to attract great speakers.
*Part of the benefit of Rotary is the opportunity to make new friends and become something bigger than ourselves. Invite your friends, neighbors, and colleagues so they can grow more friendships.
*Rotary Ducks were handed out to be placed in a prominent location at your work or home. Your Duck gives you the opportunity to share Rotary with others. When someone asks, what’s up with the Duck” you can proudly share that you’re a member of Rotary and invite them to attend our weekly meeting or next social. There are many ducks so members are welcome to adopt additional ducks to share.
*New 3fer opportunity to invite more fun and engagement: 1) option of sharing either a “Thought of the Day”, or a “Joke of the day”, the cornier the better. 2) Share a favorite moment or thought on how you think Rotary does, or can, affect your life and lives of those around you.
*Tori ended with “You are someone special, You are a Rotarian”!
Member share:
*Scott shared details about the Youth Programs committee, Scott and Sanjay seek other members to assist with our key programs: RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award), ELC (Enterprise Leadership Conference), speech contest and Interact liaisons. Experiences were shared by several how these programs have influenced youth in our community, most recently Walt’s grandson and Sanjay’s son. Walt and Judy attended RYLA BBQ and were inspired by our young leaders!
*Susan to lead ‘fun’ auctions at upcoming meetings and seek support. If you have an item at home that needs a new home or fresh flowers/fruit/garden items to share with others, bring to a meeting to auction off to raise funds for the club. Funding opportunities to be reviewed by board and seek member input.
*President club was kicked off with Judy and Scott as first contributors. To be part the donation is $150, $50 remains in the club and $100 to endowment to sponsor scholarship program.
*Heather, Treasurer, reminds all that dues invoices sent via email in June for second half of last Rotary year. This Rotary year dues to be sent in September. If you didn’t receive an email, contact Heather to mail you a paper invoice. Kudos to many who have sent checks to PO Box or PayPal!
Lastly, Board to meet Thursday, July 20th at 5pm at Tori’s office.
President Sanjay began his final meeting as President a 12:00 noon.
The Pledge of Allegiance was performed.
Walt Joyce gave a thought for the day wish that we all, and our contacts, be mindful of supporting our wonderful country by choosing representatives who believe in the constitution and democracy against the forces of authoritarianism.
President Sanjay played a tape of some of a fine speech given by our RI President, smart, and a good speaker.
Scott Johnson reported on the upcoming RYLA BBQ event next week. Walt Joyce and Judy Crates will attend to represent the club and support our two students who are attending the training program in Scotts Valley.
Honorary Member Hiro Kariya will be celebrating his 100th birthday. The Buddhist Temple plans to celebrate Hiro and another Member who are both turning 100 following their 10 am service on Sunday. More information about this will be provided when it is available.
Jack Wong and Heather Stenshamn were our speakers for the day explaining the somewhat complex features of the new SECURE 2.0 federal legislation which will eliminate some taxation for inherited IRAs and other pension plans. They encouraged all of us to contact our accountants and financial professionals to get the best advice in using these important changes.
President Sanjay closed the meeting at 1:00 pm and was roundly thanked and saluted by the assembled members for an exemplary job of running the club, and engendering enthusiasm during these different times.
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 Scott Johnson
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Scott Johnson offered a quote by Illinois US Senator Tammy Duckworth: “Every day is a gift. Take advantage of every opportunity.” Senator Duckworth, a disabled Veteran, was highlighted in this month’s issue of the Rotary magazine. She at one time worked for Rotary International in extending Rotary clubs in Asia.
Introduction of Visitors: Paul introduced his wife, Susan, who attended the club meeting to hear the speaker presentation.
Induction of New Member – Judy Crates: Judy Crates was inducted into Rotary Club membership. Judy, originally from Wisconsin, is a career educator and community leader/volunteer. She has been a school principal in our area multiple times and has also worked in a variety of other education-related positions. In her introduction, Sanjay spoke regarding her time as principal at Castro Elementary: “Judy was nothing less than a miracle worker at Castro. I witnessed a true leader at work. Through making some very tough decisions and working tirelessly with the teachers, parents, and community, she turned a struggling elementary school into a high caliber elementary school and uplifted school spirit.” Judy is sponsored into the Mountain View Rotary Club by Catherine, who has been a friend of hers for 26 years. We welcome Judy into our Rotary Club family!
Nominations for 2023-24 – Heather, Past President: Heather reported on the proposed board and committee chairs for this next Rotary year. Board positions are: President – Tori Atwell; Past President – Sanjay Dave; President Elect – Scott Johnson; Secretary – Bruce Barsi; and, Heather Stenshamn – Treasurer. Committee Chairs are: Cathy Merrill – RI Foundation; Jerlyann Mateo & Mandy Andrei – Membership Co-Chairs; Scott Johnson & Sanjay Dave – Youth Service Co-chairs; Susan Bacchi – Club Service; Jack Wong - International DDF Chair; Fred Storek – Club Endowment; Sanjay Dave – Club Scholarships. Vacant committee chair positions are: Community Service and PR.
General Club Announcements:
The Board approved Sheila Hodgkinson and Ken Schwaderer for honorary club memberships.
The Rotary Club Kick-Out Party, scheduled for June 24th at Toyon Farms Clubhouse, will be a mandatory club event.
Scott announced that our two Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Camp students will attend RYLA June 24-29. The students are Claire Florio, St. Francis High School, and Burla Solmaz, Mountain View High School. They will be asked to come and report their experience to our club at a future lunch meeting.
Speaker:
Jack Wong introduced our speaker, Darryl Ng, a Senior VP at Morgan Stanley. Darryl talked about estate planning for special needs and disabled individuals. He explained the differences between SSI, SSDI, Medicare, and Medicaid and how each of those relate to caring for individuals with special needs, and also focused on how to preserve these government benefits. He talked of ways to direct financial support to specials needs individuals through direct gifts, legacies, and also special needs trusts. The most common special needs trust is a “3rd Party Special Needs Trust.” Several questions were asked by those attending. Darryl provided helpful answers. We thank Darryl for sharing his time and expertise with us!
Mark your Calendars: Our Next Meeting will be next Tuesday, June 29th, 11:45 a.m., at Don Giovanni’s.
President Elect Tori Atwell 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 Fred Storek
Greeter & Thought for the Day: On the 2nd anniversary of the passing of Dave Cole, Stephen Nichols recalled past Rotarians who like Dave, set great examples for the rest of us.
Introduction of Visitors: None
General Club Announcements:
Cathy requested volunteers for Hope's Corner on Saturday, May 20, at 8am.
Tori announced the Kick-Out of President Sanjay will be on Saturday, June 24, at Toyon Farm Club House in Los Altos.
Fred passed around a sign-up sheet for the rotating dinner on Saturday, June 3.
Tori was looking for people to serve on the upcoming Board of Directors.
SPEAKER:
Anita introduced our speaker, Matthew Dodder, Executive Director, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, who spoke about our local birds and how they are affected by climate change.
There are 50 million bird watchers in the US and 414 local bird species including woodpeckers, nuthathes, hummingbirds, jays, chickadees, hawks, doves, finches, bluebirds, and many others. Birdwatchers use field guides, binoculars and phone apps to identify birds. They look at field marks (characteristic e.g. in plumage), songs, behavior, and habitat.
Climate change is affecting seasonal food. For example, the reduction of caterpillars leads to decline in bird populations. In another example, drought reduces mud necessary for Cliff Swallow nests. Researchers use radio telemetry and banding to study changes in migration patterns and they are seeing a detrimental shift in arrival dates. In addition, light pollution is affecting bird migration since birds rely on stars to navigate.
Mark your Calendars: Our Next Meeting will be on May 16th at Don Giovanni’s.
President’s Greeting by Sanjay: Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
President's report out:
5/20 - Area 9 Service Project will be from 7-9am or 8:45-11am at Hope's Corner
Sanjay is organizing the Scholarship Program and needs reads for Los Altos High, Mountain View High, Alta Vista and St. Francis applicants. Please let Sanjay know if you are interested.
The Mountain View Public Safety Foundation is holding a 5K Run and needs volunteers on 5/6. After the Run, there will be a Youth Extravaganza. Please let Sanjay know if you can volunteer.
Member Twana Karney's husband Bruce is being honored at the Mountain View Chamber's Celebration of Leaders Event on 5/4 5:30-9:30pm. Sanjay encouraged members to attend the event to support Bruce.
During the month of April, there will be a clothing drive for Hope's Corner. Please bring items to a meeting or let Sanjay know if you have items you would like to donate.
4/29 is the District Conference. The MV Rotary Club will pay for a member and guest to attend at $220. You will be reimbursed if you sign up.
Scott announced that the Annual Speech contest for the next level will be on 4/5/2023 hosted by the Los Altos Sunset Rotary club at the Courtyard by Marriott. Sanjay, Judy, Tom and Scott will be attending to support our winner.
Camp RYLA is coming up and MV will be sending two students - Dolga Somas from MVHS and Clare Florio from St Francis.
Speaker: Sanjay introduced our very own Bert Rafael, who shared his insights on Artificial Intelligence(AI). Bert was born in 1936 in New York. He received his BS in physics from the RPI, and an MS degree in Applied Math from Brown University and he was a student of Marvin Minsky MIT and received his PhD in mathematics in 1964. After completing his Ph.D. at MIT, he was at UC Berkeley for an academic year, and subsequently joined SRI full-time in April, 1965. He was a long-time member of SRI's Artificial Intelligence Center and was its director from 1970 to 1973. While at SRI, he helped invent the A* search algorithm and developed Shakey the robot, which was one of the first projects sponsored by DARPA. He also co-founded the Journal of Artificial Intelligence. From 1980 to 1990 Burt worked as a research manager at Hewlett Packard. From 1990 to 1997 he helped his wife, Anne, operate Compass Point Travel Inc., a business that she had founded in 1980. He was a Senior Fulbright Lecturer in Vienna during 1973 and 1974.
Bert shared the origins of Chat DPT as part of language AI back in the 1956's. In 1954, the idea of AI was born as leading academics like John McCarthy discussed the concept. In 1957, Professor Rosenblatt invented Perceptron, the idea of simulated neurons and the the use of feeders of information other than the keyboard, i.e. TV pictures. In 1965, Gordon Moore founded Intel and the idea of putting circuits on a chip. The doubling of the number of chips every two years became the Moore's Law which has held up to this day. Other inventions during this era were computers programmed to make decisions - GPS - general program solver. At MIT, a TV was connected to provide digitized feed into a computer and the computer was able to say "hello". Stanford was working on a computer controlled car. The Department of Defense wanted a computer to look at aerial photos to locate tanks. But then in 1974, the Government stopped funding AI which was called the AI winter. In the 1960's there was a focus on games. Arthur Samuel at IBM designed a computer that could play checkers and in 1994, a computer beat a human. In the 1980's, computers using memorization learned to play chess, and a computer beat the human champion in 1996. In 2016, Google's Deep Minds beat the world champion of the game Go. The last five-ten years has been an AI spring with a focus on language. The English language has been recorded into digital form using language from newspapers, but computers look at word recognition so the meaning is not quite accurate.
We are fortunate to have such a distinguished pioneer of AI in our Rotary Club! Thank you Bert!
President’s Greeting: President Sanjay greeted all.
Pledge of Allegiance
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Catherine Vonnegut
Introduction of Visitors
General Club Announcements:
MV Rotary Crab Feed was outstanding success
District Announcements:
Far West President-Elect Training Seminar, March 3-5 at the Double Tree hotel in San Jose.
Applications are now open for the 2024 Rotary Peace Fellowships
Each year, Rotary awards fully funded fellowships for peacebuilders from diverse backgrounds to study at one of our peace centers located at premier universities around the world. This year, we’ll select 50 peace fellows to study in our master’s degree programs and 40 fellows to earn a professional development certificate
For more details, email Sanjay
April 29 is our district conference.
The Ukraine Benefit was held on Jan. 29th. They raised over $60k.
Rotary International Women’s Day will be held on March, 19. Refer to flyer for details
Area 9 – Our Area picked Hope’s Corner for their Area Project.
SPEAKER:
Kelly Flynn – Teacher, Hiker, Inspirational Speaker
She spoke about her 5 month hike of the entire Pacific Crest trail. She talked about the actual trail which is from the Mexican Border to the Canadian border and is hiked in 5 sections: desert, Sierras, Northern California, Oregon and finally Washington state. She described the beauty of each and the challenges of each part with lots of photos. She then went on to describe the preparation, hiking and culture of folks doing the incredible 2650 mile journey. She started out alone however hooked up with various “trail family” as she went along. She was very inspirational.
Meeting was adjourned.
Adding a couple of photos from a Service Project Scott, Cathy, Paul, Suzanne and Bruce did on March 1st to move a local Senior back into her apartment.
Meeting was called to order by President Sanjay at 12:05.
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Tom Myers, who noted today’s speaker topic, artificial intelligence, brings both excitement and apprehension. And that the only constant in the world is change.
Vice President Tori had no visitors to introduce. Along with being in the smaller room made it feel like a very casual lunch with friends.
General Club Announcements:
ELC –We’re sponsoring 2 local high school students for the Entrepreneur Leadership Camp. 4 people from MVHS applied and the ELC committee will make a decision by the end of this week. This is an in-residence event at Pacific Grove and will happen March 29 to March 31, 2 nights. They are looking for volunteers
RTA – These are adults who will help a student group on their project
Presenters/Trainers – Entrepreneur Leadership, Human Resources
Scholarships – Every year we give scholarships to graduating high school students at MVHS and St. Francis. We’re a part of the MVLA community roundtable which consists of Our Club, Rotary Club of Los Altos, MVLA Scholars and the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation. Tori/Susan are representing our club.
Speech Contest coming up next Month. Scott is coordinating the event, which will be the third week of March 21.
Service Announcements – Cathy offered several opportunities for service including Hope’s Corner and Kids Against Hunger. Contact Cathy for more information on both projects. For Hope’s Corner, our Club is signed up to volunteer on Saturday, March 18th from 8:45 to 11:15 am. If you would like to volunteer, please sign up on the Hope’s Corner website (www.hopes-corner.org) due to the agency’s liability requirements. Club Members can use rotary as the password. We have eight slots to fill.
District Announcements:
Far West President-Elect Training Seminar, March 3-5 at the Double Tree hotel in San Jose.
April 29 is our district conference.
Rotary International Women’s Day will be held on March, 19.
Area 9 – Our Area picked Hope’s Corner for their Area Project.
Some Rotary International News
We raised a record US$1.2 million on Giving Tuesday in November, and by the end of the Rotary year, we raised more than US$434 million for The Rotary Foundation — far exceeding our goal of US$410 million
The Rotary International Board convened the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force to assess the state of DEI within Rotary and develop a comprehensive plan to establish these values even more firmly in our culture. To develop the plan, the task force used the responses from 31,000 members around the world who reported their experiences with DEI in Rotary through our first diversity, equity, and inclusion survey.
The board also approved a new DEI code of conduct
Rotary International and Rotary Foundation released a position statement on COVID-19. It is a strong and positive statement in support of science-based ways to combat the disease. It is on the RI website. Please take time to read it.
SPEAKER:
Dan Mitchell – City and Community Engagement for Nuro AI. Updated the club on their company and what is new with autonomous vehicles. The club was very engaged with a lot of questions.
Mark your Calendars:
Next week is our social at Sakoon on Castro Street.
Tori, President-Elect kicked off our the first meeting of February of Mountain View Rotary!
Pledge of Allegiance and song: Fred found us a virtual flag and Scott lead us in the pledge.
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Heather shared Vince Lombardi, “Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” Congratulated the team on a successful crabfeed!
General Club Announcements:
Cathy, club lead for our Community Grants announced it’s time to spend our crabfeed funds. This year’s grants will go to non-profit organizations’ programs that promote economic self-sufficiency. Grant applications will be available on our website on March 1, and every application must have a Mountain View Rotary Club sponsor. Applications must be submitted by March 31st.
Cathy, club lead for Service Projects announced that our Club is signed up to help at Hopes Corners on Saturday, March 18 from 8:45-11:15AM. Volunteers will need to sign up on Hopes Corner’s volunteer website due to the agency’s liability requirements. Members to use rotarymtvw as the password. We have 8 slots to fill.
MV Rotary Crab Feed - Sanjay shared a wonderful email over the weekend with many thanks!
There are many people to thank that made the Crab Feed a success after a 2-year hiatus
We are grateful to Alan for showing us the ropes and helping us behind the scenes.
We had a lot of volunteers that did an amazing job and showed up at 9am to help organize the kitchen, set up tables and chairs, cut break and prepare the food. A big thank you to Mandy for bringing her staff to help and pick up the bread on Friday. Thank you to Cathy for shadowing Suzanne in the kitchen. Thank you Bill for the signs and helping out Saturday morning.
A few people that were pivotal for the success of the event are Heather and Bruce. They took care of so many detail and were on top of everything. Bruce also came to the rescue by getting the liquor certificate so we have a certified person to be able to serve liquor.
Thank you to Susan and her daughter for the table centerpieces. A nice touch and extra funding for the club.
Thank you Jack and his daughter’s soccer team for the yummy dessert cookies. I hope they made a lot of money.
Thanks Suzanne and Anita for managing the kitchen and keeping us organized, plus Suzanne continues being the pasta queen.
Thank you Scott and Tori for taking the Recology training and help keep the event environmentally friendly.
Thank you to Joan, Jerylann, Judy, Tom, Bert, Tom, Margaret, Fred, Walt, Catherine and all the other volunteers. An all-hands on deck occasion. And our club always come through.
The event showed how we are more than a club but a family. The club and community came together and we had a great event.
Heather projects net funds to give back to the community of $15k.
District Announcements:
Tori to attend the Far West President-Elect Training Seminar, March 3-5 at the Double Tree hotel in San Jose.
Applications are now open for the 2024 Rotary Peace Fellowships
Each year, Rotary awards fully funded fellowships for peacebuilders from diverse backgrounds to study at one of our peace centers located at premier universities around the world. This year, we’ll select 50 peace fellows to study in our master’s degree programs and 40 fellows to earn a professional development certificate
For more details, email Sanjay
SPEAKER: Brandi Jothimani – CSA Director of Client Services spoke about CSA role with the City of Mountain View’s Guaranteed Basic Income program. A few key takeaways are:
*Over 2000 families apply for the program which is funded for 166 families showing there is a huge need to support community members who earn 0-30% of area median income
*The applicants were chosen and have received monthly payments of $500 starting December 15, 2022
*The involved agencies are tracking how funds are spent to gather intel how families below median income via a CFR bank component.
*CSA continues to support our community members in greatest need by connecting them with programs and support.
*Ultimately, Government agencies will have data to best understand how cash in folks pockets impact lives of parents and children.
Next Week Speaker, February 14th is Kelly Flynn, whom hiked the Pacific Crest Trail and has diabetes. She will tell us about her experience. Looking forward to some beautiful pictures.
Wear your red, pink or white to celebrate Love!!
Imagine Rotary! Imagine Mountain View Rotary! Meeting is adjourned.
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!”
Pledge of Allegiance. Sanjay invited Honorary Member Thomas Dittler to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Cathy Merrill shared the top seven common traits of a good leader – willingness to listen, perseverance, honesty, selflessness, decisiveness, trust, and integrity. She noted that actions speak louder than words and quoted Winston Churchill describing the traits many Rotarians live by: “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
Visitors and Guests:
Judy introduced her guest and good friend, Thomas Moran.
Sanjay welcomed honorary club member Thomas Dittler who lives in Munich, Germany.
Announcements:
Reminder: The Crab Feed will be February 4, and we need everyone helping! The sign-up sheet for times and roles was passed around again. Heather asked members to give her your meal head count based on tickets you’ve sold, by Monday, January 29. She noted we want to have enough crab to go around, but we don’t want to over purchase and unnecessarily waste funds.
Speaker: Sanjay introduced our speaker and guest Julie Vo, Director of the Mountain View Los Altos Adult School who shared her grandparents story coming to the United States as refugees from Vietnam in the 1970’s and starting over in a new place with new language and customs. Their story eventually leads to Julie as the family’s first generation to graduate from college with a Bachelor’s from Cal Berkeley in Education and a Master’s in Education from Stanford. Vo has more than 20 years’ experience in the field of education. She described how adult education programs like those provided at the Mountain View Los Altos Adult School directly benefit the community with career technical education programs in health sciences, business and information technology, ESL classes, GED programs and related support services. Vo shared several stories produced by the students themselves describing the benefits they have received from the school. The Adult School also offers self-supporting community interest programs for older adults in areas such as the arts, music, dance, languages, plus physical fitness and wellness.
Calendar
Our next meeting is scheduled on Tuesday, February 7, speaker tbd.
This month’s social event will be our Rotary Crab Feed on Saturday, February 4. Please mark your calendars and we’ll see you then!
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!”
Pledge of Allegiance.
Greeter & Thought for the Day:
Since yesterday was Martin Luther King day, Bert Raphael reminded us of who MLK was, and that some of his statements and goals match what Rotary is doing in the world today.
Visitors and Guests:
We welcomed our speaker Stacy Cross, and her assistant Stephanie; Dianna Zamora Marroquin, a director of Public Affairs at Planned Parenthood; Joseph Curran, a representative of Shashi Hotels; Kathy Thibodeaux; and Jenna Pendleton from the Town Crier.
Announcements:
Reminder: The Crab Feed will be February 4, and we need everyone helping! The sign-up sheet for times and roles was passed around again.
Speaker:
Stacy Cross is the President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, the largest of more than twenty Planned Parenthood units in the USA, serving much of California and Nevada. More than 160,000 patients, from all 50 states, were cared for at Mar Monte in the past year.
There are two types of abortions: pharmaceutical and surgical. Planned Parenthood provides both, as needed, and protects the records of patients from unnecessary scrutiny. Since 26 states now ban abortion, there has been a 300% increase in Planned Parenthood abortion cases in the past year. Planned Parenthood Mar Monte provided $5 million for abortion care last year, and will help anyone needing such care, “no matter what”.
Anyone willing to donate to support these efforts should visit the website <ppmarmonte.org/fightback>.
Calendar:
The speaker at our meeting next Tuesday, January 24, will be the Director of the Mountain View Los Altos Adult School.
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 Susan Bacchi
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Bruce Barsi offered a few quotes about New Year’s Resolutions.
Introduction of Visitors: Tori introduced our guest from the Mountain View Los Altos High School District and we welcomed our Honorary Member Gunther Wobser visiting from Germany.
General Club Announcements:
President Sanjay welcomed everyone back after our long break over the Holidays
We have two new Honorary Members of the Club, Phil Armi and Alan Goodman
We have been contacted Bjoern Eskofier who is a member of the Erlangen-Schloss Rotary Club of District 1880 in Germany. He is looking for a home to rent in the area with his wife and four children (ages 2-9) while he serves as a professor at Stanford in Machine Learning and Analytics. Contact Sanjay if you know of anything available.
The Rotary Crab Feed is on Saturday, February 4th at the Buddhist Temple. Tickets have been distributed to all members and please turn your payment into Heather or Bruce when you check in. Members are asked to purchase or sell at least ten tickets each to the Crab Feed. Volunteers are needed for various assignments and a sign-up sheet was circulated during the meeting.
Paul Harris Fellow pins were presented to the following members:
Jim Cunningham with two red stones
Jack Wong with three red stones
Scott Johnson with one blue stone
Sheila Hodgkinson with one red stone will receive her pin at a future meeting
Scott updated us on our Youth Service work
The annual Speech Contest will take place at our meeting on March 21st. Volunteer judges and a timer are needed.
We are sending two students to ELC with Walt coordinating
We will be selecting two students to attend RYLA and volunteers are needed to conduct interviews
We are hoping to inspire interest in an Interact Club and MVHS and SFHS
Miscellaneous Announcements:
Bert informed us that Ann and he will be performing with their Fiddlers’ Group at the MV Farmers’ Market this coming Sunday from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.
SPEAKER:
Nellie introduced our speaker, Amber Woodward, who is the Career Technical Education Specialist for the Mountain View Los Altos High School District. Ms. Woodward provided an excellent presentation about the District’s program and its potential for enhanced educational opportunities for students.
Mark your Calendars: Our Next Meeting will be on January 17th at Don Giovanni’s. Our speaker is Stacy Cross, the CEO of Planned Parenthood Mar Monte.
Past President Heather presided at today's meeting.
Bill Maston’s Rotary Greeting – while the in person attendance of the rotary was small, the larger rotary community was there at heart.
While there were no outside visitors, we spent our time reflecting on how the international Rotary community shapes our thoughts in the complexity of today’s events.
We did not have a formal speaker today. Instead we shared stories together. We reflected on world events, and how lucky we are. During our group discussion, we focused on personal experiences and how they’ve shaped our lives. We came to the conclusion that world travel is important to all of us as world citizens and that we would all appreciate the world more if more of us traveled. Some trivia we discussed is as follows.
Korea has become an advanced society that has prospered greatly since the Korean war. When recently asked how Koreans felt about how prosperous they were in comparison to their neighbors, the general response was one of great pride. However, on a personal level they were not all that happy even though they had accumulated much wealth. This has been evidenced by the high suicide rate currently experienced within the country.
As a counter balance to Korea’s prosperity, India on the other hand is a country that is very poor. They are having a hard time transitioning to the potential prosperity of their own country. Ironically when asked, people from India claim to be the happiest people of all. Food for thought.
It was also brought up that in the United States approximately 80% of America citizens do not have a passport. As a result, few Americans seem to understand how prosperous we are. And to say the least how lucky we are. It was mentioned that even though we have great wealth, many of our citizens do not appreciate what we have.
Another observation made was that in America we keep our lights on almost 24hrs a day. Whereas in so many other countries they only turn on the lights when they need them.
In addition it seems as though life was much easier in the 1970s and 1980s. it was noted that with a basic job we could afford food and rent, and gas for a car. Now a days it seems as though you don’t have enough money for either. It makes us wonder how our children are able to get along.
I don’t think we solved many problems today but we definitely shared some Rotary spirit.
Hope that everybody was able to vote today.
Just a reminder that the Cops and Gobblers Thanksgiving Food Basket giveaway event will take place rain or shine on Sunday, November 20th, at 9 am at the Mountain View Police Department, 1000 Villa Street. Hope you can all make it.
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 Jack Wong
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Scott Johnson offered a quote about service and particularly the opportunities we have to serve through Rotary.
Introduction of Visitors: Sanjay introduced Lisa Matichak, Mountain View City Councilmember.
General Club Announcements:
MV Pubic Safety Foundation’s 3rd annual fundraising gala will be on Friday, November 4th, 5:30 p.m., at the Ameswell Hotel in Mountain View. Tori purchased a table and has some open seats.
Mandy is going to be walking and supporting the Alzheimer’s Association Walk on October 15th. Club members are invited to join in on this event.
Monthly Speaker Chairs – We only need one more volunteer to take the month of April.
The Golf Tournament held last Friday was a success! There were 24 golfers who enjoyed golf and then several others joined in for a social dinner afterwards at Michael’s Restaurant. Thanks go to Stephen Nichols and Walt Joyce for organizing the event.
The Buddhist Temple is now open so we will be able to have the crab feed this year.
Scott Johnson announced that the club is sponsoring some local high students to next weekend’s Interact Clubs Fall Leadership Conference in San Jose.
Sanjay announced that club member Hiro Kariya is doing fine but one of his sons just passed away. Alan Goodman has had contact with Hiro’s other son, David.
Paul Reinhart announced that the Stevens Creek Trail clean up service project will be on October 29th, 9 – 11 a.m., meeting at Whisman Park.
Bruce announced that Cindy Cole is moving to San Luis Obispo to be closer to her children.
District Announcements:
World Polio Day is October 24th. President Jennifer Jones pledged $150M. Jones, who spoke in front of 60,000 people in New York City, noted the state of emergency that the governor of New York State recently declared to combat a resurgence of polio in that region.
Mark your Calendars:
10/11 – Dr. Maureen O’Connor, President of Palo Alto University, will speak on Mental Health support in Mountain View
1018 – Mountain View City Council candidates’ forum
SPEAKER:
Margaret Abe-Koga introduced our speaker, Kimbra McCarthy, City Manager for Mountain View. Kimbra became City Manager in 2020 when Margaret was Mayor. Kimbra has a Juris Doctorate degree and, prior to working in government, was in the legal field. Margaret praised Kimbra for her hard work and incredible leadership that led the City through the pandemic.
Kimbra talked about the 7 strategic priorities for the City of Mountain View: Community for All; Intentional Development & Housing Options; Mobility and Connection; Sustainability & Climate Resiliency; Livability & Quality of Life; Economic Vitality; and, Organizational Strength & Good Governance. These priorities guide decision-making and policies for the City. Projects, based on these priorities, are developed on a two-year cycle.
Some updates on City projects were provided:
Castro Street Pedestrian Mall. This will eventually incorporate three blocks on Castro: 100, 200, and 300.
“Elevate MV Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Program.” This project is underway in cooperation with partner agencies and funded with federal money.
There are plans for affordable housing projects on City Parking Lot 12 and also on a former VTA lot.
El Camino Streetscape Plan. Street parking will be removed in favor of more auto and bike lanes.
Google has proposed to the City their plan for developing North Bayshore and Middlefield Park. These plans include housing units, schools, parks, as well as office space.
A new public safety building is planned to replace the present building (which doesn’t meet earthquake codes).
Sanjay thanked the speaker and adjourned the meeting.
President Sanjay welcomed everyone as Family in Rotary with a call to Action Internationally and locally.
Following the Pledge of Allegiance, the Thought for the day was Sheila’s reminder of special dates for this month of September.
Tori Atwell welcomed all visitors.
General Club announcements:
Friends of Stevens Creek will have the Trailblazer Race on Sunday, Sept 25
Cleanup on the Trail planned for October 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29.
A volunteer is needed for Speaker Chair for April 2023.
Golf tournament is Sept.30.
Cathy Merrill organizing Service projects at Hope’s Corner.
Bruce Karney, much involved in Mountain View’s Environmental Sustainability Task Force, took over to introduce speakers answering a variety of questions affecting local elections for High School Boards in Mountain View and Los Altos.
We got to hear the opinions and views from candidates, Catherine Vonnegut, Carol Titus Zambre, Jaqueline Tanner, Eric Mark, Theta Gomez and Esmerelda Ortiz.
The Club calendar for October speakers shows:
10/4- Kimbra McCarthy, Mountain View City Manager
10/11 –Dr. Maureen O’Conner, President of Palo Alto University
10/18- Mountain View City Council Candidates’ forum.
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:
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.
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
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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.
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 Margaret Abe-Koga
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Bruce Barsi offered a quote often used by Past President Dan Alexander proclaiming “What a Ride!” as he related to his life’s journey.
Introduction of Visitors: Heather introduced District 5170 Representative Sobha Ramesh. Scott introduced our two RYLA Attendees, Ishaan Dave from MVHS and Sabina Datta from SFHS.
General Club Announcements:
MV Historical Association – Sanjay presented the history of Mountain View Rotary on Sunday, August 7th.
Public Image Chair
Your role as club public image committee chair is to create and implement a plan to tell Rotary’s story to the public, and to promote the club’s projects and activities.
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 15 volunteers so far.
Golf Tournament on Friday, September 30tt, followed by dinner at Michaels. Stephen and Walt are organizing the event.
Service Projects – Cathy Merrill sent around sign-up sheets.
Red Cross Blood Drive on August 13th and October 8th at the Senior Center. Help is need with set up and break down.
Hope’s Corner meals
President Sanjay presented Past President Heather with her Past President’s badge.
District Announcements:
District Governor Savita Vaidyanathan is visiting our Club next week on August 16th. He will be meeting with the Board 11 am.
Misc. Updates
Scott introduced the two RYLA students that our Club sponsored, Ishaan Dave and Sabina Datta, who recently returned from attending Camp RYLA at the Mission Springs Conference Center in Scotts Valley. Both students shared their experiences at RYLA and thanked the Club for their sponsorship.
MV Rotary Endowment
The regular Rotary Meeting was paused briefly while Ken opened an Endowment Board meeting to elect new members to the Board. A motion was made to add Twana Karney and Fred Storek to the Endowment Board. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously by members attending the meeting. The Endowment Board meeting was closed and the regular Rotary Meeting resumed.
SPEAKER:
Cathy introduced our speaker, Dr. Melissa Kaszubski, PAMF Audiologist, to discuss how our hearing changes as we age.
There are many physical parts to the ear that allow us to hear and there are many factors that may contribute to hearing loss.
An audiogram is used to measure hearing in each of our ears. The different levels of hearing are: 1) normal; 2) mild loss; 3) moderate loss; 4) severe loss; 5) profound loss. The three types of hearing loss are: 1) conductive – this is not nerve related and can be medically treated such as an ear infection; 2) sensorineural – this is nerve related, usually permanent and can be corrected with hearing aids; 3) mixed – combination of conductive and sensorineural. Most people with hearing loss have a deficiency with higher pitches of sound. Hearing loss is the third most common age related medical issue that people experience. Most hearing loss is not medically treatable and if it is, an audiologist is required to refer the patient to a medical doctor. For those who experience tinnitus, that ailment comes from the brain and not the ears. Untreated hearing loss leads to further health problems including social, cognitive and emotional issues.
Hearing aids slow or stop the progression of hearing loss. They are not corrective devices, they are aids. There is not one best hearing aid and a device that works well for one person, may not work as well for another person. There are two types of hearing aids: 1) hearing aid placed in the ear – usually for more mild hearing loss; 2) hearing aid placed behind the ear – usually for more moderate to severe hearing loss.
Mark your Calendars: Our Next Meeting will be on August 16th at Don Giovanni’s. Board Meeting starts at 11 am.
Welcome to Mountain View Rotary, “Where we’re more than a club, we’re a family.” It is an honor to be your President for the 2022-23 Rotary year, where our international call to action is Imagine Rotary and our club call to action is Imagine Mountain View Rotary.
I’m excited about the year ahead and it has already started out as a historic year. This is the first year Rotary International is being led by a woman, Jennifer Jones. I’ve had the privilege of meeting her and she is a dynamic leader with great intelligence and poise and I look forward to seeing how she elevates our club to new heights. One of my focus areas this year for our club is Engagement. Over the past 2 years we’ve been living a “remote” life due to the pandemic and my goal is to bring our members back together again, enjoying each other’s company and rekindling that spirit that brought you into Rotary and why you stayed in Rotary. We will continue many of our service projects like cleaning up Stevens Creek Trail, volunteering at different non-profits like Hope’s Corner and keeping our club engaged with youth projects like the Rotary Speech Contest, RYLA and ELC, and of course our All-You-Can-Eat Crab fundraiser. But, in addition, I intend to work with my board to create more opportunities for service events and activities, social gatherings and fundraisers. Also, I hope you’re able to join us in-person at our regular meetings and meet your old friends again and make new ones. To our new members, this is your opportunity to find a role in this club you’d like to lead and participate in. We’re a relatively small club, so you have the opportunity to find a cause you want our club to participate in and get us involved. We will support you! And if you don’t know what causes you want to support, let me know and we can review the number of causes Rotary is involved in.
I joined Rotary 10 years ago when I was searching for a way to give more of my heart. After having lunch with a friend of mine, he told me about Rotary and suggested I check it out. After visiting a few clubs in the area, it was my own home club that called to me. I can’t tell you what a blessing it has been. Through Rotary I not only made wonderful friends but it opened my eyes to local opportunities where I can get involved and make a difference. As Youth Chair I had the opportunity to manage the High School Speech Contest, interview students for RYLA and meet our local high school Interact clubs and leaders. In one of our service projects, I got introduced to Hope’s Corner, a local soup kitchen, which has become dear to my heart and where I continue to volunteer for the past 7 years. I also met Judy Hannemann, a long-time Rotarian, who encouraged me to run for the Mountain View-Los Altos High School board, which I couldn’t have done without her support, as well as the support of all the members in the club and everyone pitched in to help me get elected. I’m an example of where our club has given back to me more than what I’ve given to the club.
If you’re a member, thank you and make this a great year. If you’re thinking of being a member, you won’t find a more supportive and friendly group of members and we’ll immediately make you a part of our family.
President’s Greeting by Sanjay Dave. 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, Imagine One’s Dream.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Heather
Greeter & Thought for the Day: As we finally have some semblance of summer back after two years of COVID, Margaret shared some quotes on the joys of summer.
Introduction of Visitors: Sanjay introduced former member Dick Dubman and Sanjay’s wife, Dipti Dave.
General Club Announcements:
The Mountain View Historical Association is looking for a speaker to talk about the history of Rotary in Mountain View on 8/7. Anyone interested, please contact Sanjay.
The District is looking for a Public Affairs Chair for the Mountain View Club.
A signup sheet is being circulated for monthly chairs to schedule speakers for club meetings.
There are 15 members and friends/family signed up to volunteer at the Art and Wine Festival. If others are interested please let Paul know.
The new District Governor, Savita Vaidnayhathan will be attending the 8/16 meeting.
President’s Inaugural Remarks:
Sanjay began with thanks to his wife Dipti and friend Dick Lubman for attending today’s meeting as well as to Heather for her guidance over the past year. He also acknowledged honorary member/past president Monique Kane as well as all past presidents for their leadership.
Sanjay would like to focus this year on engagement. Hybrid meetings will continue but he hopes that members will be able to join in person as much as possible. He is planning to meet with each member for coffee to hear everyone’s thoughts. Some suggestions so far are to have more service projects, which Cathy is working on, and more social events which Fred is in charge of. In addition to the crab feed, a second fundraiser is being planned. It will be a poker tournament in October/November and we will possibly be partnering with the Public Safety Foundation. He is also looking at a fundraiser similar to the Bear project in Los Altos but perhaps a Dog project for Mountain View where individuals/organizations can purchase dog statues around town and decorate them.
Sanjay then shared how he became a Rotarian. About ten years ago, he shared with a friend that he was looking for something to fill a void in his life. The friend happened to be a Rotarian from Fremont and suggested Sanjay join Rotary too. He quickly came to see how Rotary is not just a club but a family. He joined the Youth Committee and recently, his son attended RYLA which was life changing for him. Sanjay has been active at Hope’s Corner which is near and dear to his heart. He thanked Rotarian Judy Hannemann for encouraging him to run for the High School Board, and to Paul for being his campaign treasurer.
Sanjay also shared some thoughts from his attendance at the President’s Training Seminar. The International President Jennifer Jones spoke on the theme “Imagine Rotary, Imagine One’s Dream.” She is focusing on diversity. It was on 5/5/1987 when the Supreme Court ruled that women could join Rotary Clubs. The goal now is to have 30% of all club members be women by 2023. So far 110 countries have achieved that goal. Mountain View is at 43% women. Jennifer Jones’ brother is an artist and designed a scarf that will be sold as a fundraiser. He shared the list of Rotary’s major causes and the various Action Groups as well as his eight points on Imagine Rotary.
Next Sanjay introduced the new board::
President – Sanjay
President-Elect – Tori
Past President – Heather
Treasurer – Heather
Secretary – Bruce
Membership Chair – Jerylann
Foundation Chair – Mandy (Director)
Youth Service Chair – Scott (Director)
Club Service Chair – Cathy (Director)
International Chair – Jack
Activities Chair – Linda
Endowment/Finance – Jack
Grants Chair – Cathy
Social Chair – Fred
Going forward, meetings will be held at Don Giovannis at either $20 or $25/person.
He also had a slideshow of his attendance at the Convention.
President’s Greeting: Good afternoon & 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 2021-2022 is “Serve to Change Lives.” Our club’s call to action is “As a Family We Serve to Change Lives.” Thank you all for joining us today! It’s good to be back after my covid isolation.
Proud to be amongst many voters on Election Day!
Heather led the Pledge of Allegiance
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Mandy shared her thoughts on all we have to be grateful for.
General Club Announcements (Heather):
*Kudos to Cathy for a fun happy hour at Vaso Azzurro Restaurant in May!
*Keep Sanjay in your thoughts as he is in Houston at RI Conference.
*Road Runners- need more volunteers to drive their clients to doctor appointments. Contact them directly to volunteer at 650-940-7016.
*Local news: City MV is replacing the ‘Welcome to MV’ sign at Shoreline Blvd. Our club is in touch with the City to ensure the Rotary wheel is replaced.
*Club news: The Board is working on our budget for the next year. One key item is keeping lunch costs at a reasonable price while still hosting successful meetings so we have been reviewing a potential site change to Don Giovanni’s Restaurant on Castro Street. Our June 21st meeting is planned to be held there. Heather will post reminder emails on the location change. If you have ideas/concerns on meeting locations, please contact Heather/Sanjay.
District Announcements (Heather):
RC of East Palo Alto Bayshore is hosting a Recycling/Donation event on Saturday, June 11th, 9am-2pm, with a truck located at Laura Lane next to the Post Office (2085 E. Bayshore Rd, East Palo Alto). Time for spring cleaning and support a neighboring club’s fundraising project.
Member Announcements:
Scott Johnson shared that he participated in a Bocce Ball fundraising tournament with two other club members and their spouses this week and named their team the Mountain Rotary Rollers.
Cathy Merrill asked if members planned to be around this area the last week in June. Since it appears the majority will be out of town, no social hour is planned on the last Tuesday of June.
SPEAKER: Club Member and well recognized realtor Tori Atwell offered to answer questions from the audience on the Real Estate world. She covered questions related to value, commissions, pricing, Interest rates, market fluctuations and staging.
Mark your Calendars: Thank you to Heather as next week is “Kick Out” at the Adobe Building, June 14th, at 12:15, bring your spouse or a friend.
Serve to Change Lives! Meeting was adjourned at 1:30 pm. Be safe and well!
President’s Greeting by Heather: Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
My name is Heather Stenshamn, your President for 8 more weeks :-)
Our International call to action for 2021-2022 is “Serve to Change Lives.” Our club’s call to action is “As a Family We Serve to Change Lives.” Thank you all for joining us today and it’s so great to see smiles in person.
Pledge of Allegiance and Songmaster Phil singing “America the Beautiful.”
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Noting that several of us have spent the past several months taking time to clean out our closets, Cathy M. shared a quote attributed to Oprah Winfrey: “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have, you’ll never have enough.”
Share a special greeting: a few minutes to greet someone you haven’t yet today
Introduction of Visitors: Sanjay
Lynnette Flusche, a Trustee of the IWUSA Foundation that funds InnerWheel projects + Janice and Jeanette of Inner Wheel
General Club Announcements:
Board and committee chair meeting Wed, May 18th at 5:30pm via ZOOM.
Tom Myers announced that CSA will be honoring supporters on May 25th, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, at Neutra House in Los Altos. Members or our Club are invited.
The Road Runners group sponsored by El Camino Hospital is seeking more volunteers to drive clients to their doctor’s appointments.
District Announcements:
District Training Assembly is via ZOOM, May 16-19 (Monday to Thurs); a detailed schedule has been announced.
SPEAKER: Janice LeFevre and Jeanette Arenott, Foundation Coordinator Cochairs for D517.
Inner Wheel District 517 (same as Rotary 5170) members are part of International Inner Wheel (IIW) one of the world’s largest women’s service organizations with over 104,000 members in 105 countries and geographical areas. Our Aims are friendship, community service and fostering international relationships. Along with local community projects, all members support IW’s Myoelectric Limb Project that provides arms and hands to children missing an upper limb at birth or due to accident or illness, from ages 6 months to 18 years, or receive their adult B-Bionic Arm. IW partners with Hanger Clinics, a nationally acclaimed company with expertise in upper limb myoelectric prosthetic technology, and 835 easily accessible Clinics across the U.S. Hanger provides IW prosthetics at cost, plus, donates many hours of fittings the prosthetics and years of caring for the children until adulthood. As a result of Hanger’s great generosity, over $1,000,000 of Inner Wheel funds have provided more than $3,000,000 of prosthetics and services to help children.
Mark your Calendars:
Next meeting May 17th at Adobe and our guest speaker is Amber Stine on the topic of Alleviating Homelessness. Jerylann is our 4fer.
Cathy announced the 4th week social will be held May 24th at Vaso Azzurro Restaurant, 108 Castro Street, Mountain View. Our Rotary Club has reserved outdoor seating for our happiness, starting at 5:30pm.
President’s Greeting by Heather: Good Afternoon & 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 2021-2022 is “Serve to Change Lives”. Our club’s call to action is “As a Family We Serve to Change Lives.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Bert
Greeter & Thought for the Day: With the on-going conflict in Ukraine, Paul shared some quotes about Peace.
Introduction of Visitors: Sanjay introduced prospective member Margaret Abe Koga and Tom Moran
General Club Announcements:
As a potential Club Service Project, the Red Cross held a blood drive at the Mountain View Senior Center on April 16th. Other dates are July 9th, August 13th, and October 8th. Please contact Heather if you are able to help with any of these events.
Paul told us that the Club has raised over $11,000 for our community grants through member donations.
Sanjay provided feedback on the well received Club Picnic on Sunday, April 28th, at Cuesta Park. A good time was had by all
Mandy gave an update on the Rotary International Foundation. Our club usually has 100% participation with donations each year. Members need to make a donation of $100 to be counted towards that goal. Mandy also said members can donate some of their RI points to other members. Please contact Mandy to learn more.
Mandy, Heather and Paul recognized Paul Harris Fellows for last year and this year. Recipients included: Jim Cunningham, Judy Hannemann, Heather Stenshamn and Roger Kao.
District Announcements:
Tori gave an update on the District 5170 Conference was April 22nd through April 24th.
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Speaker:
No speaker this week. Long time Rotarian Dennis Kobza recently passed away and club members shared their memories of the wonderful things Dennis did for the club and members.
He will be missed.
Mark your Calendars: Next week we will be back at the Adobe Building on May 10th, with the Interwheel Friendship District 5170. Heather or Bruce will let you know if you are the 4fer next week.
Our monthly club social will be on May 24th at 5:30 at Vaso Azzuro on Castro Street in Mountain View.
President’s Greeting by Heather: Good Afternoon & 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 2021-2022 is “Serve to Change Lives”. Our club’s call to action is “As a Family We Serve to Change Lives.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Jerylann
Greeter & Thought for the Day: With Opening Day for Baseball fast approaching, Bruce shared some information about Yogi Berra including some of his most famous “Yogi-isms.”
Introduction of Visitors: Sanjay introduced prospective member Margaret Abe Koga
General Club Announcements:
As a potential Club Service Project, the Red Cross is holding a blood drive at the Mountain View Senior Center on April 16th. Two people are needed at 8:00 am to help set up and then three people are needed at 4:30 to 5:00 pm to break things down. Other dates are July 9th, August 13th, and October 8th. Please contact Heather if you are able to help with any of these events.
Sanjay announced the following Club Officer and Chairs for the 2022-2023 year:
President – Sanjay
President-Elect – Tori
Past President – Heather
Treasurer – Heather
Secretary – Bruce
Membership Chair – Jerylann
Foundation Chair – Mandy (Director)
Youth Service Chair – Scott (Director)
Club Service Chair – Cathy (Director)
International Chair – Jack
Activities Chair – Linda
Endowment/Finance – Jack
Grants Chair – Cathy
Endowment Chair – Ken
From Youth Service Chair Scott, in the regional speech contest, our Club’s winner, Adarsh, was a finalist, but did not win. Also, the two students form Mountain View High School and Saint Francis High School were selected to attend RYLA. Susan spoke to us about the Saint Francis student, Sabina.
Paul told us that the Club has raised $9,300 for our community grants through member donations.
From Scholarship Chair Ken, four students have been awarded $3,000 scholarships. The students are from Mountain View High School, Los Altos High School, Alta Vista High School and Saint Francis High School.
Sanjay provided information about the upcoming Club Picnic on Sunday, April 28th, starting at 11:00 am, at Cuesta Park.
District Announcements:
The District 5170 Conference is April 22nd through April 24th.
The monthly District 5170 Presidents’ meeting is on April 6th at 5:30 pm with a guest speaker at 7:15 pm. The guest speaker is Steve Snyder who is the Past District Governor from District 5190 in 2004-2005 and Past Rotary International Director from 2013 to 2015.
This is the last week to register for the Wheelchair Trip to Mexico departing for five days on July 8th.
Speaker:
Sanjay introduced Jeff Rosen, the District Attorney of Santa Clara County.
Jeff spoke about how the law reflects our values and how we treat each other. Laws are there to protect each of us and keep us safe. It is the goal of his office to vigorously pursue justice in a way that is fair to everyone and insure that all parties are treated with respect. The District Attorney’s Office wants to send a strong message that if you commit a crime in Santa Clara County, you will be caught and held accountable.
Jeff described a large uptick in hate crimes against Asian people during the pandemic. The District Attorney’s Office took an aggressive stance to hold such offenders accountable, but they also took a proactive approach to prevent these crimes through public service announcements and Town Hall events.
The District Attorney’s Office has established a unit to review previous cases to determine if there have been any wrongful convictions. On the rare occasions that this occurs, the unit works to exonerate the person expediently. These cases are then thoroughly reviewed to determine how they occurred and what needs to be done to make sure they do not happen again.
The District Attorney’s Office also has a Cold Case Unit which reviews serious cases that have not been solved or could not be prosecuted in the past. The Unit has successfully investigated and prosecuted twenty unsolved homicides.
Mark your Calendars: Next week we will be DARK to celebrate Spring Break and Easter. We will be back at the Adobe Building on April 19th, with Peter Katz from the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce. Our 4fer is Fred Storek. And don’t forget to put the Club Picnic at Cuesta Park on your calendar for Sunday, April 24th!
President’s Greeting – Heather called the meeting to order at 12:34 and reminded everyone of Rotary International’s theme, Serve to Change Lives and our operating premise that “We’re More than a Club; We’re Family.”
Pledge of Allegiance - Tom led us in the pledge.
Thought for the Day: Anita talked about gratitude and some things that she was grateful for, especially in light of grim geo-political challenges, and asked everyone to share something that they too are grateful for.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests – Sanjay introduced Charlie from the Sunnyvale Club who invited the club membership to participate in the 2022 Sunnyvale Rotary Golf Tournament on April 18; register at https://tinyurl.com/3t27n3h6. District Governor Richard Flanders and Assistant Governor Sobha Ramesh were also at the meeting, as well as prospective member Margaret Abe-Koga.
Announcements etc.
-Six clubs, including Mountain View Rotary, are working together to support the solar project at Trinity Methodist Church. Hope’s Corner is among the nonprofit organizations at the church. Here is a video link of the solar project crew in action:
-Five Rotary members are attending this evening’s area speech contest to cheer on our winner at the club level.
-The club donated $1,600 for two slots at RYLA; a subcommittee is going through the applications from students at St. Francis High School.
-Heather presented District Governor Richard with a check for three wheelchairs as part of a district initiative this year.
-Some sad news that Nick Galiotto recently passed away. Nick was a retired Police Captain in Mountain View, also serving on the City Council and as Mayor. He was an active member of Mountain View Kiwanis for many years and was supported our community in many ways. He will be greatly missed.
District Governor’s Presentation: Richard shared with us that this is his 53rd club visit so far this year, with nine more to go. He called out his work over the years with Bert Raphael and Walt Joyce and noted that like guest Margaret Abe-Koga, he too was a Rotary scholarship recipient in high school.
Membership continues to be a challenge throughout the district, with 100 people dropping their membership since the pandemic. The District is working with small chapters to help them promote their public image. He encouraged our club to stay in touch with everyone, engaging with members who have missed meetings to see how they are doing.
Richard also touched on the Every Rotarian Every Year campaign, noting that $870K has been raised to date in the district. At the club level, 15 members (out of 29) have given so far, for a total of $5,300. He encouraged each member to make a gift, no matter how big or small.
He talked more about the wheelchair initiative; four containers of wheelchairs will be given to people in Mexico City; Serbia; Monterey, Mexico and also Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.
He closed with a lovely story about how a Rotarian helped him bring his father’s remains to the United States, illustrating how Rotary helps people who need help at the personal, local and global level.
Meeting Notes for Rotary Club of Mountain View on February 15, 2022
President’s Greeting: Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View. Our International call to action for 2021-2022 is “Serve to Change Lives”.
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Bert shared various life stories for our youth with vision it is ok to fail and often that is a cause for success to continue trying!
Introduction of Guests: Seema Lindskog of Rotary Club of Cupertino joined us to recruit and share about the upcoming solar project at 748 Mercy Street with the 5 Rotary Clubs. The project seeks volunteer solar installers, may be Rotarians, friends, anyone 16 and older. To qualify, register and attend training on Friday March 4 from 3 to 6PM on Zoom with Sunwork. Work days you will choose 1-2 days of 6 days in March: Saturday 3/5, Friday and Saturday 3/11-12, Friday and Saturday 3/18-19, and Friday 3/25.
Rotary Club of Mountain View Meeting Notes February 8, 2022
President’s Greeting by Heather: Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View. Our International call to action for 2021-2022 is “Serve to Change Lives”. Our club’s call to action is “As a Family We Serve to Change Lives”.
Club Announcements: *4th Tuesday of the month social, February 22nd to meet at Cascals @ 5pm. *Sanjay shared he sent a poll for club to volunteer at Hopes Corner service project for April or May, we hope we can get 15-20 members and friends to partake. *Environmental special project: Club Board approved to be part of solar project at the Mt. View Non-Profit Campus at 748 Mercy street. This project is funded by 5 Rotary Clubs (Mt. View, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Los Gatos Morning and Los Altos), Hammond Climate Solutions Foundation, the Los Altos Methodist Church and SunWork, estimate cost with volunteer labor valued of $84,500. SunWork will schedule training (mandatory for all volunteers including essential safety information) and work days, and provide safety harnesses and all required tools. SunWork anticipates 6 work days requiring 4 to 6 volunteers each day.
*Club Charities campaign began and we raised $3000! Kudos team for mailing checks. Mail donations to: Mountain View Rotary Endowment PO Box 390280, Mountain View, CA 94041. All donations to the Mountain View Rotary Endowment are fully tax deductible.
Committee Chair shares: *Scholarship Chair: Ken shared the structure of the high school scholarship process. Committee this year is Ken, Judy, Paul and Bruce. Required meeting March 24th at 9am. Last year 2021, four scholarships of $2000 were given and expectation is same for 2022. *Club Foundation/Endowment Board: the investment fund’s interest earned funds annual high school scholarships. Board members year 2022-23 nominated are: Ken, Paul, Bert, Heather and Tori. Tom made a motion to approve this slate, second by Sanjay. Ken nominated these 5 individuals as board members to begin now, second by Judy; majority vote approved. *Rotary International 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 or Community Ask:
*Year 2023 Rotary Peace Fellowship application: do you have a friend or neighbor’s child that may qualify? Goal is to grow leaders to prevent & resolve conflict by offering academic training, field experience and professional networking. Application and details online. *Jennifer Jones Meet and Greet on February 27th, 7-9pm at Blackhawk Museum in Danville hosted by D5170. Sold out but 1 ticket available. *Int’l Women’s Day seminar hosted by ‘Women in Rotary’ is Sunday, March 13th at 4pm in downtown SJ. Registration is online *District 5170 Conference is April 22-24th in Danville and San Ramon. Online registration.
Guest Speakers: Scott introduced fellow Rotarian, Dr. Stephen Nichols, who is keeping busy on the golf course in Kaui. Stephen reminded us a few key Covid-19 virus facts: incubation period for most recent omicron variant is 2-3 days, most infectious period is 2 days before symptoms and 5 days after, antigen tests will detect if a high virus load, PCR tests is a very sensitive. What’s changed from a year ago? Mutation capacity is huge. Observation is virus is airborne, ie. coughing, sneezing; masks news is N95 is recommended. Treating means with highest effectiveness is vaccination to prevent hospitalizations. Long-term COVID observations: symptoms that last longer than 4 weeks, primarily brain fog. The cognitive changes are most concerning and brain abnormalities are similar to Alzheimer. Virus is attacking the nervous system and brain. Optimistic that researching this virus will assist with understanding other diseases that affect brain and cognitive disorders. Dr. Nichols foresees our future is a vaccine/booster, hopefully mixed with influenza shot to prevent major illness and hospitalization.
Stay safe!
Mark your Calendars: Next week Feb 15th is Youth Speech contest, 3fer is Bert. Serve to Change Lives! Meeting is adjourned. Other Announcements: Mentor Tutor Connection (MTC) is Hiring!
MTC is seeking a new Mentor Program Manager, primarily focused on MTC’s mentor program at Alta Vista High School in addition to supporting other program initiatives and projects. This part-time position is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working with volunteers and high school students.
President’s Greeting by Heather: Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View!
Thought for the Day: Regarding Martin Luther King Jr. and in honor of the celebration of his birthday, the thought of the day was as follows: MLK Jr.’s daughter mentioned this weekend on her social media: “he was a man before he was a martyr….” This phrase shows the personal loss and points to the concept that all humans have a role to play in service and civil rights. Nellie shared a quote emphasizing the importance of education and character.
Introduction of Guests: No guests today.
Member share:
Scott shared details about our speech contest to be held on February 15. He thanked Judy, Sanjay. and Jack, who will be judges. The presentation will be virtual, and students will record a 4–5-minute speech. Scott shared the benefits of the debate program held at MVHS library Wednesday night.
Sanjay shared that there will be a service project Saturday at Hope’s Corner on January 22, 2022, at 8:45 am. Masks will be required. All are invited, and Sanjay will send out an email with details.
Cathy shared that our social event will be at Pacific Catch in Mountain View (545 San Antonio Rd) next Tuesday, January 25th at 4pm. We will have a separate room for our group. Please join if you feel comfortable attending. We can also sit outside if we have a smaller group.
Heather had a conversation with the Life Moves Organization. They are gathering input for a Mountain View Housing Committee and are seeking members to sit on the committee once a month. Please see Heather if you are interested.
General Club Announcements:
*January and February meetings are virtual only. Stay safe, everyone.
*Rotary International Foundation: Our club’s goal is 100% Every Rotarian; members may 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
Guest Speakers: Heather introduced Raeena Lari, Raeena is Commissioner on the County of Santa Clara Health Advisory Commission, providing recommendations to the County Board of Supervisors, and serves on Adhoc Committees for Chronic Diseases and Infectious Diseases. She initiated a campaign for the County Board of Supervisors Commendation recognizing Lyme Disease Awareness in Santa Clara County, and advocated with US Senate and Congress members to support the TICK Act that funds research for the diagnosis and cure of Lyme.
Raeena joins us today as Lyme disease is the most common and the fastest-growing vector-borne disease in the country, and constitutes a significant public health threat. She presented a comprehensive presentation on Lyme disease. She explained the history as well as important information about this disease. Lyme Disease transmitted via ticks has long-term consequences and is not always understood by the public. If a tick bites you, she recommends having the tick tested. The Bay Area Lyme Foundation will provide free tick testing if you have had a tick and are concerned it may be a carrier of Lyme Disease. It often (but not always) begins with a rash.
The rash is not always easy to see and often goes unnoticed. Lyme disease is often misdiagnosed and has a variety of symptoms. This misdiagnosis can delay diagnosis causing a more widespread impact. Early diagnosis is critical to a proper recovery. Lyme Disease is treated with antibody treatments. While this is effective, some continue to exhibit symptoms despite antibody treatment.
Major lingering issues include fatigue, joint pain, sleep disturbances. Our speaker shared preventative measures, how to remove a tick, and the need to invest more money into researching this disease. She also shared that children are the most often impacted and are at significant risk for Lyme Disease. She encouraged all of us to join the effort to build awareness on the topic and advocate for increased funding to address the disease. Raeena Lari answered member questions at the end of her presentation.
Mark your Calendars: Happy Hour at 4pm on January 25th at Pacific Catch, 545 San Antonio Rd. Next club meeting is via ZOOM on February 1, at 12:15 pm Crabfeed memories and reminisce with guest speaker, Alan Goodman, and Tom Myers is our 3fer!
President Heather welcomed everyone at 12.20 pm. to our first in-person meeting since the virus lockdown began.
After the Pledge of Allegiance Sheila voiced general thanks for the gathering, gratitude to Heather for holding the Club together with Zoom.
Sanjay announced the Holiday Party on Dec 10 will be at Don Giovanni's.
Bruce reported our good turnout for the Stevens Creek Trail cleanup.
President Heather will have the Club Board meeting by Zoom Nov 10 at 5.30 pm. She thanked Bruce, Alan and Sanjay for joining the President's Club.
Mandy, Foundation Chair, distributed letters asking for donations to the Rotary Foundation to continue our Club's 100% support.
President Heather will give $500 from the President's Discretionary Fund to District 5170 Wheelchair distributions in Mexico and Syria. We are encouraged to contribute to this cause in memory of our long time member Frank Davila who brought wheelchairs many times to Mexico.
Jack Wong was today's speaker. An experienced Financial Advisor and Portfolio Manager, he discussed different investment possibilities and variations in the Market showing how timing is a most important factor.
Our next meeting will be Nov 9. Guest speaker, Lisa Villareal of First American Exchange Company will talk about 1031 deferred Exchanges.
President’s Greeting by Heather: Good Afternoon & 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 2021-2022 is “Serve to Change Lives”. Our club’s call to action is “As a Family We Serve to Change Lives”.
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Tori shared thoughts about 9/11 and how our lives have never been the same since.
Member Share & General Club Announcements:
*Sept 11th was MV Art and Wine Festival: Cathy thanked folks for assisting at the Art & Wine Festival, Jack and daughter, Scott and Joan. Scott shared the excitement of online payment systems.
*Cathy is looking for three people to work with her on her Leadership Class project.
*Heather shared Mountain View Whisman School District seeks volunteers to serve on their Bond Oversight Committee as well as their Parcel Tax Committee which meet four times a year for about an hour to review financial documents. If interested, contact Heather to get you in touch with Committee Chairman.
*Heather announced Board meeting is Wed, Sept 15th at 5:30pm; any ideas or concerns, please let her know.
*The Friends of Stevens Creek Trail’s annual event, the Trailblazer Race, is a fun and healthy activity for the whole family. This year, the 27th edition, will be a Virtual Race to ensure participants’ safety. Perhaps you and Rotary Mountain View members would like to participate. You can do so by registering here to take part during the 16-day race window: September 11-26. You can run a 5k or 10k route and upload your time to compare with your past self or other runners. There’s one registration fee per person regardless of how many events you complete; you can upload as many run times as you like during the race window-or simply take a more leisurely 3 mile (5k) walk! (Walk times can not be uploaded). The Trailblazer Race raises community awareness and essential funds, allowing the Friends to promote community involvement and pride in the completion, enhancement, and enjoyment of trails and wildlife corridors in the Stevens Creek watershed. Your support is greatly appreciated. It's a great race for a great cause!
*The Mountain View Public Safety Foundation is sponsoring its annual Fundraising Gala on Saturday, November 6th at the new Ameswell Hotel on Moffett Blvd. in Mountain View. The event features dinner and dancing and promises to be a night to remember. For more information and to purchase tickets, you can go to mvpsf.org.
District 5170 Announcements:
*October 2nd is Avenues of Service (objective is support and share 5 Avenues of Rotary). Registration is now live for virtual or in-person event : Thursday, 9/30 5-8pm via Zoom (Rotary Best practices of 3 key area and then 30 min breakout by Ave of Services); Saturday, 10/2 11:30-3pm is hybrid of project faire and keynote is Linda Coble, first CBS female anchor of Honolulu. Detailed agenda can be found here https://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/00000050083/en-ca/files/homepage/2021-aos-schedule-090921/Schedule-of-Events.pdf
* Nominations are now being accepted for District Gov 2024-25, Past Presidents are eligible to apply and Heather would be honored to nominate you!
SPEAKER: Christine Salinas, Gift Officer at Life Moves. Recently, LifeMoves opened their first transitional housing center in Mountain View. Christine Salinas is a Major Gifts Officer at LifeMoves, the most extensive interim housing and shelter services provider for homeless clients in Silicon Valley. In this role, she facilitates financial and volunteer opportunities for community members interested in supporting LifeMoves’ mission to rapidly return homeless clients to self-sufficiency and stable housing. Christine has worked in the nonprofit sector for over 14 years, where she started her career as a K-8 Spanish teacher. Christine has raised more than $4M in support of workforce development, early education, foster youth, and family wellness initiatives. She is a Certified Fundraising Executive with an executive certificate in Nonprofit Management from Georgetown University. Christine has lived in Mountain View since 2006 and is an active bilingual parent leader in the Mountain View Whisman School District, where she currently sits on the Graham Middle School Site Council.
LifeMoves is trying to solve homelessness in Silicon Valley. Believe everyone deserves a home. Provide interim housing and assistance so people can be self-sufficient. Funding from government contracts roughly 50%, the other half from corporations and charities.
Basic facts on homelessness: Numbers lower than people think on homeless people having drug or alcohol issues, or mental illness. Those numbers are closer to 20%, economics tend to be the major driving factor(s). Have shelters through the area (14 total shelters), Mountain View’s is on Leghorn. Serve an average of 1,300 people/clients a night at sites. 25% of beds filled every night are by children. Also have 3 temporary Housing sites, 3 permanent housings sites and 6 day service sites and a safe parking program in Redwood City. Provide Intensive Case Management to help clients achieve long term solutions: Health, Mental, basic skills and life skills, financial literacy, basic nutrition.
New housing model just launched in Mountain View opened in May of 2021, and the county, state and City built the shelter that serves 10 family, individual units that can be moved and provide privacy. Meals, laundry, internet and privacy at this site. Each unit costs $160,000 to set up. Jack and partners will be sponsoring an event.
-Heather started the meeting with a Moment of Silence
-2fer of the day – Jerylann
-Sanjay announced the grand opening of the stadium lights the last few weeks at the High Schools.
-Bruce announced that the 4fer schedule (2fer while zoom) is coming out soon.
-Bruce announced he is working on Cops & Gobblers, they received a nice grant and are working with the schools.
-Anita – CSA Treat Yourself is Sept 25th. If you would like to donate, please go onto the website she shared.
-Cathy – Art & Wine Festival this Sunday – has 5 volunteers
-Fred – shared a note he received from John Rinaldi. Reviewed the donations that he is receiving in honor of Dave Cole.
-Speaker – Kris Calvin – award winning author. Child Advocacy & Creativity. For a donation of $10 to our foundation, if she is provided a list, she will mail her book “All That Fall”.
August is membership month, so I challenge you to share Rotary with friends and neighbors and bring guest to an upcoming meeting. RI President Shekhar Mehta challenges us “Each One, Bring One” to share Rotary with all!
Reminder! Dues are due.
Sanjay: High schools are opening and notes over 97% of Mountain View teachers have been vaccinated against Covid-19, compared to 80% of all teachers in Santa Clara County.
District Announcements: October 2nd is Avenues of Service
SPEAKERS: For video of presentation, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11V5gQnxoL2A14IM0c29S3su78UAAJNyN/view?usp=sharing Sanjay introduced Irene Yang, Julie Gaudin and Los Altos resident, Dave Cain of the North Silicon Valley Chapter Citizen’s Climate Lobby (CCL), a non-profit, nonpartisan grassroots advocacy organization working to build on shared values toward fair and acceptable climate change solutions. The speakers shared how they are working to put a price on the cost of carbon emissions and asked club members for their thoughts toward workable solutions to prevent the worst impacts of a warming climate. Overall, the CCL is working with local representatives toward the passage of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act to reduce emissions, create jobs and support small businesses and families without growing government. Their participatory and interesting presentation was very well received. More information is available at https://citizensclimatelobby.org/price-on-carbon.
Mark your Calendars: We will take a break, no meetings for the rest of August meetings. Happy Labor Day break. Our next meeting is September 7th virtually, hosting a special guest Kris Calvin - Author, Child Advocate and Jerylann is our 4fer.
President’s Greeting by Heather: Good Afternoon & 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 2021-2022 is “Serve to Change Lives”. Our club’s call to action is “As a Family We Serve to Change Lives”.
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Paul
Introduction of Visitors: Sanjay/Heather Special Guests: 1. Wyatt is the Interact Area 13 Director and he is a Junior at Gunn HS in Palo Alto, who has a goal this year of building a new bridge for Interact members to become better acquainted with their Rotarians, and vice versa. Wyatt shared a bit about Interact and Area 13 and some upcoming activities and projects they are planning. He got to name the mascot for his year as Area 13 Director and it is the Chocolate Chip Chinchillas! He also said his grandmother was the first woman Rotary president of the Orinda Rotary Club.
2. Adrianna joined us as a recent RYLA Camper, she is a senior at SFHS and Heather asked for her to share leadership skills and excitement from Camp RYLA this past June. She shared her recent RYLA experience and their camp project the Terra Cotta Tote Bags. She wants to be co-captain for varsity field team this year and will major in nutritional studies at Montana State University.
3. Avi shared his insights via email about Camp RYLA: “The Rotary Club's "Camp RYLA" experience was a truly inspiring event in which I was very fortunate to attend. The days of camp were spent learning about how to refine our leadership skills in order to specifically answer the question, what does it mean to lead with LUV? Through the days of camp and learning from the personal experiences of others and partaking in very informative activities, I was able to reach an answer. On the final day of camp, during my presentation, I personally concluded that "Leading with LUV" was to lead with solidarity in mind. To me, this meant leading a diverse group of individuals in order to solve a problem. It was personally fulfilling to find an answer that fit me and my goals of a diverse future of problem-solving. Along with this, hearing everyone else's personal conclusions to this introduced me to a wide range of topics on leadership making me cherish the learning experience. I was fortunate to receive at camp RYLA.”
August is membership month so I challenge you to share Rotary with friends and neighbors and bring guest to an upcoming meeting. RI President Shekhar Mehta challenges us “Each One, Bring One” to share Rotary with all!
Fred - dues invoices sent
District Announcements: October 2nd is Avenues of Service
SPEAKER: Due to an unforeseen circumstance, our speaker had to cancel. Tom Myers accepted the opportunity to share his insights about our community during these times. Tom indicated that at Community Services Agency (CSA) they added 1400 new families during COVID. They also now have over 700 unhoused clients they support. CSA has given out $5 million dollars in rent relief in the community and expects to give out $1 million in direct aid to clients in the next few weeks.
Tom shared that 15 other community based groups stepped up during the pandemic to provide much needed food in the community. Big thanks! Tip – food drives are great to get people involved. Cash can go further as CSA can get food at substantial discount. And, all the volunteers during COVID are HEROES!
CSA has a program coming up for the unhoused – Treat Your Self. They are looking for the following: *new/unused clothing for men, women, sizes small to 2XL; *new/unused clothing for children ages 5-13; *new/unused shoes and accessories; *travel size hygiene products; and *Target and Walmart gift cards in increments of $10
Donations to be dropped off at CSA by September 15th.
Mark your Calendars: August meetings will be virtual. Next week August 17th, North Silicon Valley Chapter Citizens' Climate Lobby will join us to share about carbon fee and dividend. Mandy is our 4fer.
President’s Greeting by Heather: 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 2021-2022 is “Serve to Change Lives.” Our club’s call to action is “As a Family We Serve to Change Lives.”
Pledge of Allegiance
Instead of a song, we have Daniel’s humor: Why can’t seagulls fly over the bay? Then they would be baygulls.
Fred offered a Thought for the Day
Introduction of Visitors by Paul: We had the 2 guests from Bangalore who were at the Cascal social
Personal Sharing/Happy Bucks: Heather visited Ernie for a traditional lunch of meatloaf
Introduction of Blue Badger: Mandy Andrei
An active member is one who has been elected to membership under a business or professional classification and enjoys all the obligations, responsibilities, and privileges of membership as provided in the RI Constitution and Bylaws. Mandy you have shown your Rotary spirit and our club is so grateful for your dedication and commitment. We are especially thankful you stepped up last year as our Club’s Foundation chair and continue to serve our club in this role. I would like to share a quote by Paul Harris: “Whatever Rotary may mean to us, to the world it will be known by the results it achieves.” Congratulations as I pin you with a blue badger!
Mandy noted that her category was Financial Services and that Heather recommended her services.
General Club Announcements:
● Shout Outs – Thanks to Paul for hosting last week’s social.
● Foundation Chair Goals
● September 11th is the MV Art and Wine Festival and our Club is signed up to volunteer - mark your calendar
District Announcements: October 2nd is Avenues of Service
SPEAKER: Intro by Heather;
Bruce England is a Mountain View resident since 1997, although he lived here previously as well, as early as 1977. He was born and raised in Palo Alto, so he is very familiar with the region. For the past 15 years or so, Bruce has been very active in Mountain View community matters. He currently heads both Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning (MVCSP) and GreenSpacesMV, which he will talk with us about today. He also heads a group focused on communications among those representing local organizations with leanings in progressive directions. Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning is a group of local volunteers dedicated to making Mountain View as beautiful, economically healthy, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian accessible, and affordable as possible. MVCSP believes that it is possible and necessary to create a community where residents can get all of their needs met within the borders of our wonderful City. Ideally, every neighborhood in Mountain View should have jobs, homes, shopping, public transportation, and open space within walking and biking distance. Accordingly, he is very interested in hearing from you about programs our Rotary might consider related to sustainability in our community, including those that already exist.
Bruce gave us two websites for his organizations to visit: www.greenspacesMV.org and www.mvcsp.org. He also provided a list of several organizations that were dedicated to making Mountain View a sustainable city.
Mark your Calendars: next Meeting will be virtual via Zoom with more information about the meeting to follow.
President’s Greeting by Heather: 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 2021-2022 is “Serve to Change Lives.” Our Club’s call to action is “As a Family We Serve to Change Lives.” Thank you all for joining us today; it’s so great to see smiles in person.
Toast: President Heather welcomed everyone back to our in person meetings with a toast of bubbly for everyone’s continuing good health.
Pledge of Allegiance: We began the meeting with our Pledge of Allegiance
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Bruce shared some thoughts about the joy of seeing everyone in person again and thanked everyone for all the positive things the Club has done in the last year and a half.
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil and his daughter Jody led us in singing “God Bless America.”
Introduction of Visitors: Sanjay introduced several visitors to the Club today
Jody Krazeise visiting with her Dad, Phil
Bill Price visiting from Pittsburg, PA
Joining us remotely was our Assistant Governor, Soona Ramesh
And joining us remotely from Bangalore, India, was our former member, Nilesh Kapse, who sent his greetings. Nilesh was recently installed as his Club’s International Service Chair and hopes to work with us on some international projects.
Share a special greeting: Club members enjoyed mingling and catching up in the Adobe Building garden prior to the meeting.
Personal Sharing/Happy Bucks:
Alan once again distinguished himself by being the first member of Heather’s President’s Club.
Heather told us that she was planning to have lunch with Ernie at his new his new living facility tomorrow.
Twana shared that she recently retired from Community Services Agency and is planning some trips as well as just enjoying some leisure time.
Jerylann announced that her daughter recently had twins.
General Club Announcements:
Thank you to Anita and Cathy for their help organizing the Rotating Kick Out Event and to Paul, Sanjay, Walt and Bruce or hosting at their homes.
Camp RYLA had a very successful event with several participants sponsored by our Club.
District Announcements:
District Roast and Toast at Gilroy Gardens is Saturday, July 17th
Avenues of Service, hybrid style is Saturday, October 2nd
The District goals this year are: 1) 100% Foundation participation, 2) Public relations, 3) Increase membership
SPEAKER - Club Assembly:
President Heather introduced this year’s Board Members and Committee Chairs
President Elect Sanjay shared that we have speakers lined up for our meetings through August and we need members to sign up to gather speakers starting in September. Our speaker for next week’s meeting is Robert Freeman who is championing educational opportunities for all worldwide. Sanjay said that our Holiday Party will be on the second or third weekend in December.
Past President Paul informed us that the first social of the year will be in two weeks on July 27th at Cascal’s. Paul then presented Heather with the ceremonial Club Presidential Medallion.
Secretary Bruce let folks know that out 4fer assignment will be returning which includes being the Greeter, giving a thought for the day, bringing a simple dessert or treat, and taking the meeting notes. The list for the year with the 4fer meeting assignments will be coming out shortly.
Treasurer Fred said the Club is currently very financially solvent. He told us that the Club made a very generous donation to the Community Services Agency to help out during the pandemic. He also told us that the Club has collected $4,000 for Dave Cole’s Memorial and folks can still contribute by writing a check to the Mountain View Rotary Endowment fund.
Our Foundation Chair is Mandy and our goal is 100% participation.
Membership Chair Jerylann said our goal is to add three new members this year and we have some potential members in the works already.
The Youth Service Chair is currently open. Please contact Heather if you are interested in helping with that.
We are also looking for a Public Relations Chair.
Our Community Service Chair is Tori.
Our International Service Chair is Jack.
Our Community Grants Chair is Anita. We are looking for someone to work with Anita this year to possibly take over this role in future years.
Our Endowment Chair is Ken. We are still looking for one more member to serve on the Endowment Board.
Mark your Calendars: Our next Meeting is Tuesday, July 20th, at 12:15 pm at the Adobe Building and then an evening social on July 27th at Cascal’s.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Mandy is our Rotary Foundation Chair and the goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation although we are not quite there yet. If you have not yet donated, please make your contribution of any amount as soon as possible and no later than the end of June so we can reach our goal. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know. Feel free to give Mandy a call if you have any questions at 650-281-4356 or email her at mandyandrei@gmail.com.
For anyone who would like to join the President’s Club, please make your checks out for $150 to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
The Mountain View Rotary Endowment Board is still seeking one member to fill an open position starting in June. Please contact Ken Schwaderer is you are interested in serving.
Heather and Anita are working on a Kick Out Celebration for Presidents Paul and Tom on the evening of June 22nd. The event will be a modified Rotating Dinner with Zoom Kick Out for all to enjoy. They still need volunteers to host for the outside dinners. Contact Heather is you are willing to host.
The Memorial Celebration for Dave Cole took place on Saturday, May 22nd, and if you were not able to attend, the video link is still available at https://viewlogies.net/spangler/cSTCj1mSR and the PIN is 714315.
The Cole Family has suggested that any donations in Dave’s honor be made to the Mountain View Rotary Club. Donations may be made by check, credit card or Paypal. Please make checks payable to: "Rotary Club of Mountain View LEF" and mail to the following address: Rotary Club of Mountain View, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, CA 94039. To donate via Paypal or credit card, please visit the following link: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=6JV2P2MFD8BFA
Jim Cunningham visited Ernie at his new place and thought it was very nice and quite easy to get to.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Program
Anita introduced all of the representatives of the organizations receiving grants from our Club this year.
Carol Olson spoke about the Mentor Tutor Connection. They are celebrating twenty-five years of helping students meet their potential and thrive. They provide tutoring for elementary and middle school students and mentoring for high school students in Mountain View and Los Altos. And they successfully met the challenge presented by the pandemic and helped more students than ever during the last year.
Joy Garza spoke about the Mountain View Public Safety Foundation Police Activities League (PAL) grant. The grant will support many of PAL’s activities including the Boxing Program, Mentoring, Net Gain, Field Trips, and Sponsorships for activities for kids who can’t otherwise afford them. During the pandemic, Officers were able to maintain contact with the kids through phone calls, Zoom meetings, and home visits. PAL helps build trust between the police and community. Joy introduce Amber Wilson who is the new Executive Director of MVPSF starting this week.
Christine Salinas spoke about LifeMoves in Mountain View. LifeMoves is the largest provider assisting the homeless population in Silicon Valley. Their newest shelter just opened in Mountain View. It is located on Leghorn near Costco and can accommodate 124 clients. When it reaches capacity, it will cut homelessness fifty percent in Mountain View. The grant funds will be used to purchase books for the children in the program.
Bruce McFarlane spoke about the MVLA Scholars Program. The program has five steps. First, mentors help students with the college applications process. Twenty-five to thirty students are awarded scholarships each year which are renewable as long as they progress successfully. Mentors work with the scholars throughout their time in college. The Career Launch Team helps scholars get internships and jobs. During the pandemic, students were challenged to develop their own self-study internships. And there is a big celebration for all the college graduates in the program. The grant funds will be used to help fund supplemental unpaid internships for scholars.
Lois Bridges spoke about the Bring Me A Book program. Their focus is on helping overcome book scarcity. Children are matched with books according to their interests. They provide book access in the home, schools, and public libraries. They also work with homeless shelters, Boys and Girls Clubs, and Children’s Hospitals.
Next Meeting
Our next meeting is the Kick Out for Presidents Paul and Tom on Tuesday evening, June 22, 2021. More details about this event to come.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Mandy is our Rotary Foundation Chair and the goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation although we are not quite there yet. If you have not yet donated, please make your contribution of any amount as soon as possible so we can reach our goal. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know. Feel free to give Mandy a call if you have any questions at 650-281-4356 or email her at mandyandrei@gmail.com.
For anyone who would like to join the President’s Club, please make your checks out for $150 to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
Heather presented her slate of Club Officers, Board Members and Committee Chairs for the 2021-2022 Rotary Year is as follows:
President – Heather Stenshamn
President Elect – Sanjay Dave
Secretary – Bruce Barsi
Treasurer – Fred Storek
Past President – Paul Reinhart
Director – Mandy Andrei
Director – Cathy Merrill
Foundation Chair – Mandy Andrei
Membership Chair – Jerylann Mateo
DFF/Endowment – Jack Wong
Club Grant Chair – Anita Grossman
All positions were voted in unanimously and everyone appreciates those who are serving.
The Mountain View Rotary Endowment Board is seeking members to fill open positions starting in June. Tori volunteered to serve and one more member is needed. Please contact Ken Schwaderer is you are interested in serving.
Club Members donated more than $13,000 for our community grants which have been awarded. The grant recipients will be speaking at our June 1st meeting. The raffle to stay at Tori’s property in Half Moon Bay will be held in the next week or so.
Heather and Anita are working on a Kick Out Celebration for Presidents Paul and Tom with a tentative date of June 22nd in the evening. They are considering a modified Rotating Dinner with Zoom Kick Out for all to enjoy.
The Memorial Celebration for Dave Cole will be on Saturday, May 22nd, at 11:00 am, at Spangler’s Sunnyvale Chapel, 174 N. Sunnyvale Avenue. There is parking in the back of the Chapel and at a park nearby. Plan to arrive a few minutes early and all guests are asked to wear a facemask. Attire will be casual in keeping with Dave’s style. The Cole Family will be hosting a lunch at Dave and Cindy’s home following the service. It will also be live streamed for those who are not able to attend. Please email Jim Spangler for the link.
The Cole Family has suggested that any donations in Dave’s honor be made to the Mountain View Rotary Club. Donations may be made by check, credit card or Paypal. Please make checks payable to: "Rotary Club of Mountain View LEF" and mail to the following address: Rotary Club of Mountain View, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, CA 94039. To donate via Paypal or credit card, please visit the following link: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=6JV2P2MFD8BFA
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Program
Heather introduced today’s speaker, Renee Zimmerman, who is the Executive Director of the Silicon Valley YMCA which includes the Mountain View YMCA. Renee is also a member of the Los Altos Rotary Club.
Prior to COVID, some of the programs the Mountain View YMCA was featuring included:
-A youth swim safety partnership with Mountain View Police targeting kids most at risk
-For teens, there was a youth government program and working with AVID students
-For military families at Moffett Field, there was a Dance For All program
Other programs included:
-Health Transition – cardiac and pulmonary rehab
-Live Strong Living Well – cancer survivors
-Parkinson’s Exercise Program
-Diabetes Prevention Program
When COVID hit, after March 17, 2020, the YMCA ceased all operations and most employees were furloughed. Members were asked to continue paying monthly dues which were treated as donations. Funds raised were used to help the furloughed staff. And the YMCA began providing emergency child care for health care workers at El Camino Hospital.
From April to May, 2020, the YMCA participated in the City of Mountain View’s Resiliency Task Force. The YMCA also expanded its emergency child care to all affected hospital workers.
From June to August, 2020, the YMCA put several programs in place:
-Modified day camp for children of essential workers
-Summer food program serving more than 1,000 meals
-Virtual programs
-Outreach to isolated seniors
-Outdoor pool reopened
-Outdoor fitness area was established
From September, 2020, to April, 2021, the YMCA assisted seven school districts with distance learning and worked through multiple pivots with allowable fitness activities.
Moving forward, the YMCA will strive to provide:
-Support for families including child care and distance learning
-Continue to offer outdoor and virtual options for fitness and other activities
-Members in this area have been much slower to return than in other parts of the country
For summer, 2021, day camps are nearly full, swim lessons are full, returning to youth sports, more members are returning, and the YMCA is anxiously awaiting the big reveal from the state on June 15th and what it will allow.
Next Meeting
Tuesday, June 1, 2021, via Zoom. Social time starts at 12:00 pm with the meeting beginning at 12:15 pm. Our Grant recipients for the year will each give a short talk.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
The Club welcomed Evelyne Keomian from the Karat School Project, and Los Altos Rotary members Wendy Walleigh, Steve Geisheker, and Sherry Auerbach.
Mandy is our Rotary Foundation Chair and the goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know. Feel free to give Mandy a call if you have any questions at 650-281-4356 or email her at mandyandrei@gmail.com.
For anyone who would like to join the President’s Club, please make your checks out for $150 to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
The slate of Club Officers and Board Members for the 2021-2022 Rotary Year is as follows:
President – Heather Stenshamn
President Elect – Sanjay Dave
Secretary – Bruce Barsi
Treasurer – Fred Storek
Past President – Paul Reinhart
Director – Mandy Andrei
Director – Cathy Merrill
Foundation Chair – Mandy Andrei
Membership Chair – Jerylann Mateo
DFF/Endowment – Jack Wong
Club Grant Chair – Anita Grossman
The Mountain View Rotary Endowment Board is seeking two members to fill open positions starting in June. Please contact Ken Schwaderer is you are interested in serving.
Club Members donated more than $13,000 for our community grants which have been awarded. The grant recipients will be speaking at our June 1st meeting.
Heather and Anita are working on a Kick Out Celebration for Presidents Paul and Tom with a tentative date of June 22nd in the evening. They are considering a modified Rotating Dinner with Zoom Kick Out for all to enjoy.
Ernie has moved to a new Senior Living Facility in San Jose and he received a visit from Sanjay and Heather last week. He is happy in his new place and looks forward to continuing with the club as an active member.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Program
Heather introduced today’s speakers, both from the Los Altos Rotary Club. Steve Geisheker is speaking about Monrovia and LEAD Africa School and Sherry Auerback is speaking about the Karat School Project.
LEAD Monrovia Football Academy was founded in 2015 to improve academic performance and ultimately, living conditions in Monrovia. The Mountain View Rotary Club has partnered with the Los Altos Rotary Club on a Rotary International Global Grant to help LEAD schools grow. LEAD Africa opened another school in Morocco in 2019 and the goal is to have five Academies by 2023. LEAD has developed a successful learning model during COVID that has been used throughout Africa.
Evelyne Keomian is the founder of the Karat School Project. It is based in Abidjan in Ivory Coast where there is extreme poverty. The focus is on breaking the cycle of poverty through education. The student age is between five and twelve years with priority being given to the enrollment of girls. Students are provided with two meals and snacks each day. A successful program of the project is the Woman’s Farming Program. A draft for a Rotary International Global Grant to support the project is in process
Next Meeting
Tuesday, May 18, 2021, via Zoom. Social time starts at 12:00 pm with the meeting beginning at 12:15 pm.
Board Meeting
Thursday, May 13, 2021, starting at 5:30 pm, via Zoom.
Dave Cole
Sadly, we lost an outstanding member of our Club, a loyal friend and a genuinely wonderful person earlier today. We will remember Dave by his constant smile, always with a word or two of encouragement, his bow when greeting us, and his jokes that made us laugh and sigh at the same time. He was a true Rotarian, always putting service above self in so many ways. Just looking briefly at his history with our Club, he joined in 1983 and served as President in 1993-1994. He was our Endowment President from 2008 to 20014. And I honestly can’t remember any year when Dave wasn’t either on the Board or heading up some committee. For the last several years, he kept us very active with plenty of service opportunities as our Community Service Chair. Dave’s enthusiasm, good nature, energy, compassion and friendship will be greatly missed. We offer our sincere condolences and support to his wife Cindy and all of his family. They will remain forever part of Mountain View Rotary.
Just looking back in our archives, here are a few memories to make you smile with perhaps a few tears in between.
Today was our first joint meeting with the Rotary Club of Munich East in Germany via Zoom. Members of both clubs were very excited to meet each other and share information.
Munich East President Amir Borenstein opened the meeting and welcomed everyone attending. The time in Munich was 7:30 pm and in Mountain View it was 10:30 am. President Borenstein stated that the meeting was an opportunity to exchange cultures and see the difference between Rotarians’ lives during the pandemic.
President Borenstein gave us some information about the Rotary Club of Munich East. The club is about twenty years old and they meet in the evenings. They currently have 57 members and they are a family oriented club with most of their activities including families. Their social projects have a strong focus on education including reading, providing books to low income students, and helping out in schools. Their international project is providing materials for schools in South Africa.
Rotary Club of Mountain View President Paul then gave an overview of our club. It was chartered in 1924 and we have 32 active members. Our local projects include a community grants program, college scholarships, Cops and Gobblers Thanksgiving food drive, CSA food bank, and trail clean up. Internationally, we help sponsor a health clinic in Tanzania and a fresh water project in Peru. We raise most of our funds by sponsoring an annual crab feed.
Gunther provided a perspective between the culture he experienced in Silicon Valley and at home in Germany. He said Mountain View Rotary was the key to learning about Silicon Valley receiving a great deal of insight from members who had grown up in the Valley and done business there for many years., He has recently written a book about his experience in Silicon Valley.
Tom in his role at the Executive Director of Community Services Agency provided insight into how the pandemic has affected this community. CSA has a staff of forty people with more than 700 volunteers. The agency assists the underserved with food and shelter and other basic necessities. Although income inequality existed before, it was greatly exacerbated by the pandemic.
As the Superintendent of the Mountain View Los Altos High School District, Nellie spoke about the effect of the pandemic on schools. There is a wide gap between student resources in the district with 20% of the students at or below the poverty level. The district began distance learning on March 13, 2020, and April 19, 2021, was the first day that students returned to classes at school. About half the students returned to school and half elected to continue distance learning. For the students at school, they are located three feet apart and must wear face coverings. No visitors are allowed at the schools, filtration and cleaning have been increased, and students are tested for COVID frequently. Almost all of the teachers have been vaccinated, but very few of the students have received vaccinations. Teachers are providing instruction in both the classroom and remotely. Counseling continues to be available for both the students and the staff.
Jack spoke about the effects of the pandemic on the economy and investments. Historically, the economy has done well during previous pandemics. It increased by 12% last year and it is currently booming with innovation opportunities. Two areas of innovation to consider are self-driving cars and space travel. Both are on the cusp of becoming mainstream in modern society. If you aren’t investing in innovation, you probably won’t be maximizing your portfolio.
Thomas invited everyone to visit Munich and the Rotary Club of Munich East which is considered to be the “Tech Club in Germany.” Munich is the Silicon Valley of Germany with Google and Apple both having a presence. When he came to the United States, Thomas joined the Mountain View Rotary Club to be able to get a better sense of Silicon Valley and Rotary in California. He experienced service at CSA and the tech and educational institutions in the Valley. He also noted how the Rotary rituals and meetings were different in Mountain View than in his home club of Munich East.
A big thank you to Thomas and Heather for putting the meeting together.
Ernie Hawks’ new address is at Merrill Gardens at Willow Glen, San Jose which is very close to 280/Meridian exit and about 1 mile from Heather’s home.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021, via Zoom. Social time will start at 12:00 pm with the meeting beginning at 12:15 pm. Our speaker is Stave Geisheker talking about Monrovia and LEAD Africa School.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
The Club welcomed Ann Raphael to the meeting as a guest.
Mandy is our Rotary Foundation Chair and the goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation. Mandy reported that we have received donations from about 70% (24) of our members so far for a total of $8,600. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know. Feel free to give Mandy a call if you have any questions at 650-281-4356 or email her at mandyandrai@gmail.com.
For anyone who would like to join the President’s Club, please make your checks out for $150 to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
Heather shared an upcoming exciting opportunity. We will be having a joint meeting via Zoom with the Rotary Club of Munich on April 20th, starting at 10:30 am (it will be evening in Germany). This is Thomas Dittler’s home club. Heather asked us to let her know if we have any stories we would like to share during the meeting.
Heather informed us of the upcoming District Training event which will be offered virtually starting on Saturday, April 24th. All club members are welcome to attend. Feel free to contact Heather for further information.
Heather also told us that she had contact with our local Interactors who thanked us for the opportunity to present at our last meeting and reported that they were on target to write 100 letters to Seniors in the area.
Anita announced that the Club has received grant applications from three organizations and is expecting one additional application. This year’s theme is Education and Literacy and we have approximately $14,000 for the grants. Anita expects to have recommendations for the awards by next week.
Ernie has moved to a new Senior Living Facility in Gilroy, but will continue to be as active as he can once he gets settled.
Hal shared an awesome photo of him holding his new Granddaughter.
Nellie told us that Mountain View High School is expected to offer in person learning starting on April 19th. So far, about 50% of the students are planning to return to the campus and 50% will continue with distance learning. The District will also offer increased summer sessions to help students that have fallen behind.
Sanjay shared that the winner of our Club’s Speech Contest is now advancing to the Area Speech Contest which is being held this evening starting at 6:30 pm.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Program
Heather introduced today’s speaker, Nancy Minicucci, on the topic of Safe Cosmetics and Fight On Capitol Hill.
The purpose of Nancy’s talk was to help us be able to choose safe personal care products. The FDA is not authorized to regulate personal care products. The last regulations enacted by the federal government for cosmetics was in 1938. There are only 30 ingredients that are banned in the United States versus 600 ingredients banned in Europe.
Nancy is associated with Beauty Counter with a mission to get safer [beauty and personal care] products into the hands of everyone. The three pillars of the organization are:
Formulate
Educate
Advocate
The organizations offers a “Never List” which notes banned chemicals that are in personal care products. If fragrance is listed in the contents of a product, it is a concern, as companies are not required to disclose the chemicals used to make up the scent.
Beauty Counter advocates at all levels of the government for safe products. This has included 135,000 emails, 10,000 phone calls, and 1,250 meetings. California is now starting to enact regulations on personal care products.
What do we need to do?
Know what is in the products
Compare ingredients with the “Never List.”
Check out the website www.EWG.org to see if products are safe (this can be used for food products as well)
Tuesday, April 20, 2021, via Zoom. This is our joint meeting with the Rotary Club of Munich, Germany so it will start at 10:30 am. This is an exciting opportunity and we hope everyone will be able to attend. And don’t forget to let Heather know if you have any stories you would like to share.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Mandy is our Rotary Foundation Chair and the goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation. Mandy reported that we have received donations from about 65% of our members so far. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know. Feel free to give Mandy a call if you have any questions at 650-281-4356 or email her at mandyandrai@gmail.com.
Mandy and the Club congratulated Roger for reaching the next level of his Paul Harris Award with his most recent contribution to the Foundation.
For anyone who would like to join the President’s Club, please make your checks out for $150 to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
Heather shared an upcoming exciting opportunity. We will be having a joint meeting via Zoom with the Rotary Club of Munich on April 20th, starting at 10:30 am (it will be evening in Germany). This is Thomas Dittler’s home club. Heather asked us to let her know if we have any stories we would like to share during the meeting.
President Paul has asked that all members consider donating whatever they would have spent on tickets to the Crab Feed. The funds will be used for the Club’s charitable grants for the year. So far, we have received about $9,000 from Members of the Club. We are scheduled to decide on this year’s grants at the end of March, so now is the time to make your contribution if you haven’t already. Members may make their checks out to “Mountain View Rotary Endowment” and send them to Mountain View Rotary Endowment, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041. Please note, if you want to use the envelope that was provided with the letter you received, the Post Office Box number is wrong and it will need to be corrected to 390280. All donations to the Mountain View Rotary Endowment are fully tax deductible. And thanks to Tori’s incredible kindness, for every $60 donated, you will get a chance to win a weekend stay (three days and two nights) at Tori’s property in Half Moon Bay with the drawing to be held in March.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Program
Our program today was our Club’s Annual Speech Contest that was actually done by video in February. Sanjay shared the videos of our three contestants who were part of the MVLA Speech and Debate Team. The theme was “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Here are the results:
1st Place: Shreya Anand
2nd Place: Ethan Huang
3rd Place: Akshay Shivkumar
Everyone was impressed by all three speakers and much appreciation to Sanjay for coordinating the contest and to our judges, Heather, Scott, and Jack, as well as Judy for her help with the event.
Heather introduced Jeanie Chan who is a member of the Lynbrook High School Interact Club. Jeanie gave us an update on the local and international projects the Interact Clubs are working on.
Next Meeting
Tuesday, April 6, 2021, via Zoom. Social time will start at 12:00 pm with the meeting beginning at 12:15 pm. Our speaker is Nancy Minicucci on the topic of Safer Cosmetics and Fight on Capitol Hill.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Mandy is our Rotary Foundation Chair and the goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know. Feel free to give Mandy a call if you have any questions at 650-281-4356 or email her at mandyandrai@gmail.com.
For anyone who would like to join the President’s Club, please make your checks out for $150 to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
President Paul has asked that all members consider donating whatever they would have spent on tickets to the Crab Feed. The funds will be used for the Club’s charitable grants for the year. So far, we have received about $9,000 from Members of the Club. Members may make their checks out to “Mountain View Rotary Endowment” and send them to Mountain View Rotary Endowment, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041. Please note, if you want to use the envelope that was provided with the letter you received, the Post Office Box number is wrong and it will need to be corrected to 390280. All donations to the Mountain View Rotary Endowment are fully tax deductible. And thanks to Tori’s incredible kindness, for every $60 donated, you will get a chance to win a weekend stay (three days and two nights) at Tori’s property in Half Moon Bay with the drawing to be held in March.
President Elect Heather is in the process of forming her Board for the next Rotary year. If anyone is interested in a most exciting position on the Board, please contact either Heather or Past President Tom. If we are short of volunteers, Tom has indicated that he will shift into draft mode.
Everyone in the Club was excited to greet our newest Member Prospect, Dr. Nellie Meyer, Superintendent of the Mountain View Los Altos High School District. Sanjay introduced Nellie to the Club. She was originally from the San Diego area and received her EdD at San Diego State University. She is married to Marty and has two adult children who live in San Diego. She also has two very lovable Labrador Retrievers. President Paul conducted the induction ceremony for Nellie and everyone welcomed her as the newest member of our club. Following her induction, Nellie thanked everyone and said she was looking forward to her membership.
Hal shared with us that his Son Brent and Daughter-In-Law Natalie welcomed a baby girl named Leora. All are doing well and Hal is very happy to be a Grandfather.
Tom informed us that Hart’s Mother passed away last night. President Paul expressed condolences on behalf of the Club.
Sanjay gave us a brief update on the Speech Contest and said that he will present the videos of the contestants at our next meeting.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Program
Heather introduced our speaker, Lisa Schader. She is a woman of many talents – financial coach, photographer, blogger, and Mother of three active boys. Her talk is about the business of blogging and how blogging can help with any business
Lisa told us she was fairly new to blogging. Her blog is called MoneyFitMoms with a focus on assisting women and their families with financial management. Her blog has been active for more than a year and she is continuing to learn and improve the blog. During the first year, she actually lost money on the blog, but she is now starting to see a monthly profit.
Lisa gave us an example of one of her colleague’s blog called HouseOfNashEats. This blog was started in 2016 and currently has more than 750,000 views per month. She works about twenty hours per week and her estimated income in 2021 is over $400,000.
Some factors of a successful blog include the length of time it has existed, content, number of posts per week, the amount of traffic on the blog, and secondary topics on the blog. Some ways to generate traffic for the blog are (5) referrals from other websites, (4) social media, (3) email list, (2) search engines, (1) and most of all from Pintrest!!! Blogs make money from ads, sponsored posts, affiliates like Amazon and other larger networks, and creating personal products and services such as coaching, courses, etc.
There are several steps to build a successful blog. First, it is a good idea to take a blogging course. Then build the blog itself. There is software to assist with this such as Wix, Square Space, etc. Next comes writing posts and making them visible to search engines. Add images and pins. Get the blog out on social media. Schedule time to work on it regularly. With the goal being to produce passive income – when the blog works harder than you do.
The top tips include: 1) Start with your WHY; 2) Build your EMAIL LIST; 3) Look for AFFILIATES; 4) Add VIDEO; 5) Enjoy the journey and celebrate wins.
For questions or more information, you can contact Lisa at lisa2MoneyFitMoms.com.
Next Meeting
Tuesday, March 16, 2021, via Zoom. Social time will start at 12:00 pm with the meeting beginning at 12:15 pm.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
We welcomed Tom Moran as our Rotary Guest today.
Mandy is our Rotary Foundation Chair and the goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know. Feel free to give Mandy a call if you have any questions at 650-281-4356 or email her at mandyandrai@gmail.com.
For anyone who would like to join the President’s Club, please make your checks out for $150 to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
President Paul has asked that all members consider donating whatever they would have spent on tickets to the Crab Feed. The funds will be used for the Club’s charitable grants for the year. So far, we have received about $6,500 from Members of the Club. Members may make their checks out to “Mountain View Rotary Endowment” and send them to Mountain View Rotary Endowment, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041. All donations to the Mountain View Rotary Endowment are fully tax deductible. And thanks to Tori’s incredible kindness, for every $60 donated, you will get a chance to win a weekend stay (three days and two nights) at Tori’s property in Half Moon Bay with the drawing to be held in March.
President Elect Heather is in the process of forming her Board for the next Rotary year. If anyone is interested in a most exciting position on the Board, please contact either Heather or Past President Tom. If we are short of volunteers, Tom has indicated that he will shift into draft mode.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Program
Heather introduced our own Dr. Steve Nichols. Steve has specialized in Internal and Geriatric Medicine for thirty-five years and he has been a member of our Club for thirty years.
Steve began by providing information about the pandemic. The last pandemic in our country was in 1918 which resulted in many deaths. COVID 19 is believed to have originated in Wuhan, China, possibly from bats and then making the transition from animals to humans. The incubation period for COVID is between two and fourteen days with the peak at five days. Anyone exposed to COVID must isolate for fourteen days. Anyone infected with COVID must isolate for ten days after the positive test. Anywhere between a third and half the people who contract COVID have no symptoms, but they can transmit the disease to others. 81% of the people with COVID have mild to moderate symptoms. 14% have severe symptoms which may require hospitalization. 5% have critical symptoms which may result in death. COVID may lead to chronic symptoms and organ failure including blood clots, heart attacks, cognitive issues, and kidney and liver failure
Steve then told us about the available vaccines. There are currently two options available for the vaccine, Pfizer and Moderna. They are using a new Messenger RNA technology for these vaccines. With the first dose, you have approximately 50 to 80% protection from COVID. And the second dose increases the protection up to as high as 95%. The time between doses is three weeks for Pfizer and four weeks for Moderna. A side effect after the first dose is a sore arm and after the second dose, possibly a day or two of body ache, fatigue, chills and fever. At this time, it is unknown how long the vaccines will last and we may need to get them annually.
Two additional vaccines are likely to become available soon, AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson which are both vector vaccines. For AstraZeneca, it is 75% effective after the first dose and 86% effective after the second dose. Johnson and Johnson only requires one dose and it is 66% effective. Both AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson may be stored at room temperature where Pfizer and Moderna must be stored at an extremely low temperature.
All four of the vaccines are very good at preventing severe cases of COVID as well as cutting down on the rates of transmissions to others. There is no cost for the vaccines as they are provided by the government.
Next Meeting
Tuesday, March 2, 2021, via Zoom. Social time will start at 12:00 pm with the meeting beginning at 12:15 pm. Our speaker will be Lisa Schader talking about “The Business of Blogging and How a Blog Can Help Any Business.”
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Mandy is our Rotary Foundation Chair and she wanted to share that we have raised $7,600 for the Foundation with 20 Members donating so far. The goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know. Feel free to give Mandy a call if you have any questions at 650-281-4356 or email her at mandyandrai@gmail.com.
For anyone who would like to join the President’s Club, please make your checks out for $150 to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
President Paul announced that we will be unable to have a Crab Feed event this year because of the pandemic. He asked that all members consider donating whatever they would have spent on tickets to the Crab Feed. The funds will be used for the Club’s charitable grants for the year. Members may make their checks out to “Mountain View Rotary Endowment” and send them to Mountain View Rotary Endowment, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041. All donations to the Mountain View Rotary Endowment are fully tax deductible. And thanks to Tori’s incredible kindness, for every $60 donated, you will get a chance to win a weekend stay (three days and two nights) at Tori’s property in Half Moon Bay with the drawing to be held in March.
President Elect Heather is in the process of forming her Board for the next Rotary year. If anyone is interested in a most exciting position on the Board, please contact either Heather or Past President Tom. If we are short of volunteers, Tom has indicated that he will shift into draft mode.
Heather also told us that this year’s Rotary International Conference in Taipei has been canceled because of the pandemic and it will be replaced with a virtual conference.
Sanjay informed us that our Speech Contest this year will be virtual and we currently have two contestants with hopefully more to come. Jack, Scott, and Heather volunteered to serve as judges for the contest and Judy volunteered to be the teller.
Visitors to the meeting today included Bruce Karney, Tom Moran, and Mitch.
We wished President Paul and First Lady Susan a happy Nineteenth Anniversary. And we congratulated Scott on his retirement from Villa Siena.
President Paul announced that there would be no in person meetings through the month of April, but he is hopeful that we may be able to resume our meetings as early as May.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Program
Heather introduced our own Jack Wong to provide an Update on the Market and the Club’s Endowment.
Jack started out listing the winners of a contest he offered when he gave his last presentation to the Club. Some of our members were quite astute predicting the progress of equities during the last year. Jack donate $100 to the Club Endowment to honor the winners.
Jack indicated that the market will likely continue its Bullish trend for at least the next twelve months. With interest rates low, there is a great deal of focus on the Equities Market. Also, the new stimulus funds will help fuel the positive movement.
Some of the areas Jack has seen the biggest growth in during the pandemic are in technology and home improvement.
Some concerns affecting the market include a possible increase in interest rates, uncertainty of the new administration, stocks being overpriced, and increasing inflation due to costs associated with the pandemic.
Investments to consider at this time involve what people are using day to day. Some areas of interest are lithium batteries, ecommerce shopping, innovation technologies, and energy recovery.
Our Club’s Endowment has done very well during the last year with an increase of more than 23%.
Next Meeting
Tuesday, February 16, 2021, via Zoom. Social time will start at 12:00 pm with the meeting beginning at 12:15 pm. Our speaker will be Doctor Steve Nichols giving us an Update On the Pandemic and Vaccine.
There will be a Board Meeting on Thursday, February 11, 2021, starting at 5:30 pm via Zoom.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Mandy is our Rotary Foundation Chair and she wanted to celebrate four Club Members who have reached new levels in giving to the Foundation:
Jack Wong reached Level 6
Jim Cunningham reached Level 5
Bruce Barsi reached Level 4
Heather Stenshamn reached Level 3
The goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know. Feel free to give Mandy a call if you have any questions at 650-281-4356 or email her at mandyandrai@gmail.com.
For anyone who would like to join the President’s Club, please make your checks out for $150 to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
President Paul announced that we will be unable to have a Crab Feed event this year because of the pandemic. He asked that all members consider donating whatever they would have spent on tickets to the Crab Feed. The funds will be used for the Club’s charitable grants for the year. Members may make their checks out to “Mountain View Rotary Endowment” and send them to Mountain View Rotary Endowment, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041. All donations to the Mountain View Rotary Endowment are fully tax deductible.
The Club is sponsoring four students for a virtual Camp RYLA this year.
President Elect Heather is in the process of forming her Board for the next Rotary year. If anyone is interested in a most exciting position on the Board, please contact either Heather or Past President Tom. If we are short of volunteers, Tom has indicated that he will shift into draft mode.
Several of our Members’ canine companions joined us to see some of their canine colleagues in action. Those Members included Hal, Anita, Roger, Alan and Paul.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Program
Heather introduced or speaker, Thida Cornes, with her canine companion Nakoma, to talk to us about Canine Companions For Independence. Thida was also accompanied by Shari who is a Breeder/Caretaker.
The program was founding in 1975, initially for Service Dogs, but it has since been expanded to include Companions, Therapy Dogs, and Dogs to Assist with PTSD.
The canines in the program remain with their Breeder/Caretaker for the first eight weeks. Then they go to a Puppy Raiser until they are eighteen months where they learn basic commands and they are exposed to various situations in the environment. Following that, the canines are assigned to one of six geographical regions where they receive professional training in one of the various specialties. Upon completion of the training, they are matched to a person to provide assistance. All of the canines live a comfortable live and are well taken care of when they retire from service.
The cost of a service canine is $50,000. The program accepts donations and volunteers to assist with training and socialization.
Next Meeting
Tuesday, February 2, 2021, via Zoom. Social time will start at 12:00 pm with the meeting beginning at 12:15 pm. Our speaker will be our own Jack Wong giving us a Financial Market Outlook along with an update on the Club’s Endowment Performance.
There will be a Board Meeting on Thursday, February 11, 2021, starting at 5:30 pm via Zoom.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Mandy is our Rotary Foundation Chair this year and the goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know. Feel free to give Mandy a call if you have any questions at 650-281-4356 or email her at mandyandrai@gmail.com.
For anyone who would like to join the President’s Club, please make your checks out for $150 to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
Sanjay presented several options for this year’s Mountain View Rotary Speech Contest. After some discussion, the Club settled on the Zoom Appointment option. The contest will be completed by February 27th with the first place winner receiving $100, second place $50, and third place $25.
President Paul announced that we will be unable to have a Crab Feed event this year because of the pandemic. He asked that all members consider donating whatever they would have spent on tickets to the Crab Feed. The funds will be used for the Club’s charitable grants for the year. Members may make their checks out to “Mountain View Rotary Endowment” and send them to Mountain View Rotary Endowment, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041. All donations to the Mountain View Rotary Endowment are fully tax deductible.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Program
Sanjay introduced Dr. Nellie Meyer who is the Superintendent of the Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District.
2020 was definitely a challenging year for MVLAUHSD, but much was accomplished.
The goals and progression of learning during the pandemic have included:
-Safe students and staff
-Virtual learning
-Safe cohort return
-Return to traditional learning
The District had implemented the “safe cohort return” and was moving toward the “return to traditional learning” when the pandemic levels increased sharply in early December, causing a return to “virtual learning.”
The Governor has set four pillars to address learning during the pandemic:
-Funding – MVLAUHSD receives $450 per student
-Safety and Mitigation – this includes testing, personal protective equipment, contract tracing, and vaccinations
-Oversight and Assistance
-Transparency and Accountability
MVLAUHSD has received $2,300,000 from the federal and state governments to address issues related to the pandemic.
To date, MVLAUHSD has had a total of twelve COVID cases, nine involving students and three involving staff.
Next Meeting
Tuesday, January 19, 2021, via Zoom. Social time will start at 12:00 pm with the meeting beginning at 12:15 pm. Our speaker will be Thida Cornes and her service companion Nakoma from Canine Companions for Independence who provide information about the program and show some tricks. Heather challenges all members to join during our social hour for share and tell of their canine companions!!!
President Elect Heather welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Mandy is our Rotary Foundation Chair this year and the goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know. Feel free to give Mandy a call if you have any questions at 650-281-4356 or email her at mandyandrai@gmail.com.
For anyone who would like to join the President’s Club, please make your checks out for $150 to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
Our family and friends visitors today included Mitch, Kathleen, Anne, Bruce Karney, Suzanne, Children Daniel, and Grandchildren Remy, Carter and River.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Today’s Event
We had a wonderful Holiday event which was coordinated by our President Elect Heather and enjoyed by all. It was great to see everyone and especially our family members including several Children and Grandchildren.
The event kicked off with a very competitive Ugly Sweater Contest. It was nip and tuck with a few snags as our members really know how to do ugly when it comes to a sweater. Our most esteemed judge Daniel made the tough call and awarded Alan third place, Jim Spangler second place and Tori first place for her Grinch sweater. Thanks to all who participated and especially Daniel for his great taste of ugly in sweaters!
Then we had a very wonderful, uplifting virtual concert of Holiday music by the Mountain View Madrigals sharing their message of Hope and Peace. Go to: https://jilldenny.weebly.com if you wish to purchase their HOPE CD in download format for $10. The Madrigals perform a virtual holiday concert on Friday, December 18th at 7:15pm, and you can view details at https://jilldenny.weebly.com. Our club supported the choir with a donation of $200 for the concert. Thank you all for joining and sharing holiday spirit!! Happy Hannukah 🕎 Merry Christmas 🎄 Happy New Year!!!
Members thanked Heather for putting on a fantastic Holiday event.
President Paul ended our last meeting of the year wishing everyone Safe, Healthy and Happy Holidays!
Next Meeting
Tuesday, January 5, 2021, via Zoom. Social time will start at 12:00 pm with the meeting beginning at 12:15 pm. More details about this meeting to come.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Mandy is our Rotary Foundation Chair this year and the goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation. So far, we are at 64%. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know. Feel free to give Mandy a call if you have any questions at 650-281-4356 or email her at mandyandrai@gmail.com.
Paul welcomed Jim Spangler and Jack as the newest members of the President’s Club. For those who would like to join the President’s Club, please make your checks out for $150 to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
Alan spoke to Cindy Cole today and it sounds like Dave is doing well. She said to say hi to everyone from both of them. Dave currently has treatment at the time of our meetings so he has been unable to join us, but the treatment schedule may change and we look forward to his wonderful presence when he can.
Heather gave us some details for our virtual Holiday event for our next meeting on December 15th. Lunch will be provided either via pick up or delivery. The Mountain View High School Madrigals will present a virtual concert. And search your closets for a Rotary inspired ugly Holiday sweater contest. More details on this event will be forthcoming.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Today’s Speaker
Heather introduced our speaker, Justin Lee with Rise Against Hunger.
Rise Against Hunger is an international hunger relief non-profit organization with its mission to eliminate hunger by 2030. Currently, one in nine people go to bed hungry each day. They are helping throughout the world, particularly in underdeveloped countries. The program is multi-faceted:
1) Nourishing lives
2) Empower communities
3) Emergency relief
4) Grow the movement
Many Rotary Clubs around the world are partnering with Rise Against Hunger to raise funds and to volunteer.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020, via Zoom. Social time will start at 12:00 pm with the meeting beginning at 12:15 pm. This will be our Holiday Celebration with more details to come.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Mandy is our Rotary Foundation Chair this year and the goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know. Feel free to give Mandy a call if you have any questions at 650-281-4356 or email her at mandyandrai@gmail.com.
Paul welcomed Sheila, Sanjay, and Thomas as the newest members of the President’s Club. For those who would like to join the President’s Club, please make your checks out for $150 to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
Sanjay and Roger also made very generous donations to the Club’s Endowment Fund.
Paul informed the Club that the Board voted to make a $10,000 donation to the Community Services Agency from the Club’s Operating Funds.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Today’s Speaker
Heather introduced our speaker, Bridget Johns who is the CMO of RetailNext.
RetailNext uses technology to gather instore shopping behavior data to assist with operations management including staffing and details of how merchandise is displayed. It has become even more useful during the pandemic as it provides information about the store’s occupancy level in regard to the regulations in effect.
Things are likely to change in the post COVID world and RetailNext will be able to assist businesses with the transition. We will find:
1) Retail sales is everywhere
2) There will be fewer, but improved malls
3) The instore experience will remain important
4) There continues to be many functions of a store
5) Brands can go directly to the consumer
6) Transparency is important
RetailNext offers real time information to consumers
1) How busy is a particular store?
2) If there is a wait, how long is it?
3) Can establish a virtual que.
RetailNext has the ability to determine efficiency of the new normal shopping experience.
Ernie’s 95th Birthday
Our members met early before the regular meeting to celebrate Ernie’s 95th Birthday. There were many great memories with Ernie shared and everyone wished him a very Happy Birthday and continued happiness. Roger ordered Ernie a special Birthday Meal from Chef Chu’s with his favorite dishes. Bert serenaded with a very fine version of Happy Birthday on his fiddle. And Heather created and outstanding pictorial tribute to the many years of service that Ernie has given to Rotary. We closed the celebration with one of the Club’s most memorable singing renditions of a Zoom Happy Birthday. Ernie was most thankful to all for a wonderful time. And a special thank you to Sanjay for organizing it.
Here are a few photos of Ernie over the years:
Next Meeting
Tuesday, December 1, 2020, via Zoom. Social time will start at 12:00 pm with the meeting beginning at 12:15 pm. Our speaker will be Justin Le on the topic of “Rise Against Hunger and Rotary.”
For our meeting on December 15th, Heather is organizing a Holiday Celebration with more details to come.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Mandy is our Rotary Foundation Chair this year and the goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know.
For those who would like to join the President’s Club, please make your checks out for $150 to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
We welcomed Dr. Achal Gang who is considering joining our Club.
Paul told us that we would not be able to do a Stevens Creek Trail Cleanup in the near future as the City is reluctant to schedule such events during the pandemic.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Member Update
Cathy – Nothing really new. Visiting the Farmers Market and some downtown restaurants for takeout. Haven’t been able to go out dancing for awhile.
Scott – Villa Siena is doing good with no COVID outbreaks among the residents. Shoulder is doing well after replacement surgery and looking forward to resuming tennis activities.
Judy – Took the COVID test and it was quick and painless and came back negative. Heading down to San Diego next week to visit her Son and his family who she hasn’t seen in almost a year.
Sanjay – MVLA is possibly looking at some adjustments to grades to reflect distance learning. They have started learning PODS at school for some of the students that are having difficulty with distance learning.
Achal – Will be moving to California soon to be closer to his Son and would like to join our Club.
Bert – Term on Grand Jury which had been extended due to COVID is winding down with about a month to go. Taking fiddle lessons each week and continuing with his Old Time Dance group using Zoom.
Hal – During Compassion Week with his Church, he built several planter boxes for a local woman’s shelter. Having a COVID test on Wednesday in preparation for an upcoming heart procedure.
Activity
Heather created a very exciting Rotary version of Jeopardy with categories including Election, Rotary, Presidents, Miscellaneous, and Current Events and points from 100 to 500 in each category. With the combined brain power of our finest members and a little help from Heather’s kids, the Club scored an amazing 5,300 points! It was a lot of fun and thanks very much to Heather and her Family for a great activity.
Vintage Photos
Let’s see if anyone can name this adventurous Past President as he navigates his way in the rocks.
Next Meeting
Tuesday, November 17, 2020, via Zoom. Social time will start at 12:00 pm with the meeting beginning at 12:15 pm. Our speaker will be Bridget Johns-Pavlopoulos on the topic of Safe Shopping with ShopSafe.org.
There is a Board Meeting on Thursday, November 12th, via Zoom, starting at 5:30 pm
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Paul reminded members that Mandy is the new Rotary Foundation Chair and the goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know.
Paul thanked Tori, Twana, Heather, Scott, Alan, and Bruce for joining the President’s Club. Alan also joined the President’s Club during the meeting. The President’s Club is $150 with $100 going to the Club Endowment and $50 going to the Club Account. For those who would like to join, please make your checks out to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
Heather welcomed two visitors today, Bodil Jorgensen and Dr. Achal Gang who is considering joining our Club.
Heather said it is unlikely that we will be able to have a Holiday event this year because of the pandemic, but she is hopeful that we will be able to have a comparable event in the spring.
Jack gave us a brief update on the Club’s Endowment fund letting us know that it has been performing very well this year.
Alan received an update from Cindy Cole that Dave is doing well and his recent tests have been positive.
Alan will check with the Buddhist Temple to see if they are accepting reservations for next year yet for the Crab Feed.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Speaker
Heather introduced our speaker, Alan Chiu, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Enya. Alan has been very active in the tech field and has been involved in several local start-ups.
Enya has developed software which can assist in identifying and tracking individuals who may have contracted COVID. It is designed to protect the privacy of individuals and reduce liability for entities which receive this information.
FeverIQ is the risk model which is updated frequently with the most current information and symptoms for COVID. It is based on data from more than five million people in nineteen different countries. Clients using the software check in daily to determine if they are experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID. All client information remains private with the host only receiving notification if the client may be positive for COVID. If a client is determined to be at potential risk for COVID, they are immediately sent a test kit at home with a turnaround time of forty-eight hours when completed.
Next Meeting
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 (Election Day), via Zoom. Social time will start at 12:00 pm with the meeting beginning at 12:15 pm. The speaker will be announced.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Paul thanked Mandy Andrei for taking over as Foundation Chair for this year.
Heather introduced guest Carol Olsen who works with the Mentor Tutor Connection Group in Mountain View. Carol stressed the need for volunteers interested in tutoring students K-8th grade, or mentoring high school students who are facing a variety of social and/or academic challenges. Volunteers would meet with the students via zoom or possibly mask-to-mask in a local park or open space if they are comfortable doing so. If you or someone you know is interested, a new volunteer training session is taking place on October 14 at 10:00 am via zoom. Volunteering will only require a couple of hours per week. More information is found at: www.mentortutorconnection.org/events .
Heather then introduced Mandy, who thanked long time Club Foundation chair, Monica Kane for her help in transitioning to her new duties as chair. To date, nine members have contributed a total of $2100 to the Club Foundation. Mandy noted that the goal every year is 100% participation by Club members. Donations can be made on-line or make your check out to “The Rotary Foundation” and send to Mandy Andrei, 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124.
To kick off our fundraising efforts, Heather then introduced our speaker, Orrin Mahoney, our District International Rotary Foundation Chair. Orrin noted the Rotary Foundation is the 501c3 or charitable arm of Rotary International. Its mission is to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education and the alleviation of poverty.
Orrin’s presentation included an overview of the types of focus areas and examples of programs Rotary International has supported around the globe. This year the Environment was added as a new focus area. He also described various recognition awards and raffles with prizes to local Rotary Chapters for their fundraising efforts. Examples include the annual TRF raffle with a Global Grant awarded as a prize to the lucky Rotary Club that met their fundraising goal. In addition, an individual’s annual $1000/year pledge to the Foundation will qualify them for membership into the Paul Harris Society, or one can bequeath a minimum of $10,000 to the Foundation in their will and be recognized by membership in the Paul Harris Bequest Society. The Rotary Foundation also provides Global Grant Scholarships offering up to $30,000/year to qualified students.
For more information on the work of the Rotary Foundation, including a link to provide your donation online, please go https://www.rotary.org/en/about-rotary.
Paul thanked Orrin Mahoney for his excellent presentation.
Paul then welcomed Bruce Barsi as the newest member of Mountain View Rotary’s President’s Club! The President’s Club honors local member donations of $150. Of that donation $100 goes to the Club Endowment Fund and $50 to the Club Account. For those who would like to join, please make your checks out to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
A big thank you to Cathy for taking the meeting notes today.
Meeting adjourned at 1:05pm.
Next Meeting
Tuesday, October 20th, via Zoom with the link to be provided. We have social time starting at 12:00 pm and our meeting will start at 12:15 pm. Our speaker is Alan Chiu and the topic is “Pandemic contact tracing with Enya.”
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Paul welcomed our District Governor Gregg Giusiana along with the Lieutenant Governor, Art Testani, and Assistant Governor, Katie Cooney. Visiting Rotarian Alba Alamillo joined our meeting once again and expressed her willingness to join any Club activities or service projects.
Paul welcomed Mandy as the Club’s new Foundation Chair. Or goal this year is for 100% Club participation. You can send your donation for The Rotary Foundation to Mandy Andrei at 2934 Vivian Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. If you prefer, you can also make your donation to The Rotary Foundation on line at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. If you make an on line donation, please send a message to Mandy to let her know.
Paul informed Club Members that we will be sending four students to RYLA this coming year.
The President’s Club is $150 with $100 going to the Club Endowment and $50 going to the Club Account. For those who would like to join, please make your checks out to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Speaker
Assistant Governor Katie Cooney introduced our District Governor Gregg Giusiana to the Club.
Gregg has been a member of the Gilroy Rotary Club for more than twenty years. His theme for this year is “Make Membership Meaningful.”
Gregg was excited to announce that Jennifer E. Jones has been selected as the first woman President of Rotary International for the 2022-2023 year. He also told us that it was recently announced that the continent of Africa is now polio free. The only two countries in the world with new cases of polio are Afghanistan and Pakistan and progress continues to be made.
Gregg shared Rotary International’s new Vision: Together we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change across the globe, in our communities and in ourselves.
With the COVID challenge this year, we need to be flexible and adaptable to change which may include:
-Virtual meetings
-Virtual fellowship and social events
-Creativity to conquer challenges
To make membership meaningful for new members, get them engaged in Club activities and provide them with a mentor.
Gregg thanked the Club for their continuing support of The Rotary Foundation and encouraged us to keep up our great effort as it is needed now more than ever.
It is important to get the word out about all the good work we do and the District now has a Public Relations Team available to help.
Next Meeting
Our next Club Meeting is Tuesday, October 6, 2020, via Zoom. Social time starts at 12:00 pm followed by the meeting at 12:15 pm. Our speaker is Steve Geisheker on the topic of “LEAD Africa and Monrovia Football Academy.”
The next Board Meeting is Thursday, November 12, 2020, at 5:30 pm via Zoom.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Paul thanked our long time Foundation Chair, Monique Kane, for her years of service in this role and asked for a volunteer from the Club to take over as Foundation Chair for this year. The goal for the Club is to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation
Paul thanked Tori, Twana, and Heather for joining the President’s Club. Alan also joined the President’s Club during the meeting. The President’s Club is $150 with $100 going to the Club Endowment and $50 going to the Club Account. For those who would like to join, please make your checks out to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
For some of our longer tenured members, we received word that former MV Rotarian Bob Johanson’s wife Paula recently passed away. Our thoughts and prayers are with Bob and his family during this time.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Speaker
Heather introduced our speaker, Pat Mitchell, who is the Executive Director of Parisi House. Pat has spent more than twenty years in different roles in the non-profit world.
The Parisi House provides treatment and temporary housing for addicted mothers and their children. The staff works with the mothers to get them on the right track which then helps to get their children on the right track as well. These services are available to low income mothers who are pregnant and/or with children aged five years and under. The goal of the program is to keep the mother and children together during treatment. The temporary housing is available between three and six months. The services include individualized counseling, group counseling, parent training, support groups, as well as child education and support. There is a strong focus on bonding between the mother and children.
Parisi House partners with more than fifty community organizations to offer their services. There is currently a bit of a challenge because of the pandemic. Clients coming directly from a hospital can be admitted into the program right away, but otherwise, new clients must be quarantined until they can be tested with a negative result.
The program also offers After Care which pairs former clients that have successfully completed the program with clients transitioning from the in house treatment.
Other Stuff
Heather just wanted to share that you never know when she might be snapping a photo so be ready!
And a couple of smiles from Phil.
Next Meeting
Tuesday, September 22, 2020, via Zoom. Our meeting will start at 12:15 pm with District Governor Gregg Giusiana joining us and sharing the District’s plans for the Rotary year. All Board Members will be meeting with the District Governor between 11:45 am and 12:15 pm.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Paul recently forwarded an email from our Foundation Chair, Monique Kane, describing the Club’s efforts to have 100% participation in this year’s contributions to the Foundation. Please write your checks to The Rotary Foundation and send them to Monique Kane, 663 Wildwood Lane, Palo Alto, California 94303.
Paul also mentioned that we already have a member of the President’s Club this year and he thanked Tori for her contribution. The President’s Club is $150 with $100 going to the Club Endowment and $50 going to the Club Account. For those who would like to join, please make your checks out to the Mountain View Rotary Club and send them to Mountain View Rotary President’s Club, PO Box 390280, Mountain View, California 94041.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Paul or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Speaker
Heather introduced our four panelists from the Club speaking about Changing Times Due to Pandemic.
Cathy spoke about how COVID has affected the retail world, particularly some of the smaller shops in the area. She works part time at Brighton Collectibles in Palo Alto. The store was forced to shut down on March 16th when shelter in place was ordered in Santa Clara County. They were able to open again on a limited basis on July 2nd with a number of restrictions in place. There are only two salespersons in the store and no more than four customers at any one time. The salespersons must wear facemasks at all times and keep a safe distance from the customers. They provide hand sanitizer and facemasks for the customers. With her face mostly covered, Cathy has learned to communicate a lot more using her eyes. They are slowly finding a new normal operation for the store, but sales are down approximately 50% from this time last year.
Ken spoke about the operations of medical offices. The goal of his office is to protect both staff and patients and see everyone that needs to be seen. Although they are deemed an essential service, they don’t see everyone requesting service. If they have an urgent issue such as eye pain, reduced vision or prolonged redness, they may be seen virtually and if necessary, they will be given an office appointment. If it is not urgent and can be scheduled at a later time, the office will follow up in the future. Before seeing any patient, a questionnaire is provided asking questions about the person’s current health and any potential exposures to COVID. When they enter the medical building, they must be wearing a facemask without a filter, wash their hands, and their temperature is taken. Plexiglas shields are installed throughout the office and all the staff wears facemasks and face shields.
Tom spoke about volunteering during the pandemic and shared his experience at CSA. They depend heavily on volunteers and COVID has had a huge impact on their operations. Since many more people are needing services, there is a need for more volunteers. Unfortunately, because of the fears of contacting COVID, many of the previous volunteers who were older and at higher risk are no longer volunteering. The hope is that once a solution is found to prevent the transmission of COVID, the former volunteers and hopefully many new ones will be able to assist at CSA once again. Even when a solution to COVID is found, the lingering financial issues are sure to affect this region for some time and CSA will need more volunteers than ever.
Gunther gave us some insight into how the pandemic has been handled in Germany. Because of the pandemic, Gunther has not been able to travel outside of Germany for the last six months. To address the pandemic, German officials enacted a strict shelter in place order and enforced it fairly rigidly. You had to have a good reason to go outside and you were fined if you didn’t. The result was a low number of COVID cases in Germany (.3% of people in Germany infected versus 1.7% of people in US). The economy in Germany was affected in the second quarter of the year but seems to be bouncing back. Unemployment remains very low. Gunther’s business is doing well and they are involved in developing treatment solutions for COVID. His family is doing well although they miss our Club and the Bay Area. They send their regards.
Other Stuff
Here are a few photos Jim Cochran sent:
No retro photos this week, but take the dare and send some my way. Let’s see if our members can guess who it is.
Remember, send me some stuff so we can make this interesting and keep it going. And don’t forget the photos. Send it to bbarsi@msn.com. And take good care of yourselves.
Next Meeting
Tuesday, September 1, 2020, via Zoom. We have social time between 12:00 pm and 12:15 pm and then the meeting from 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm. The topic of this meeting will be announced in a future email and a Zoom link will be provided prior to the meeting.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Community Services Agency will be hosting a virtual event, “Empty Glasses 2020” this Friday, August 7th from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. You can learn more details about the event on the CSA website at www.csacares. Org.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Tom or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Speaker
Sanjay introduced our speaker today, Melissa Baten Caswell. Melissa has been a Trustee on the Palo Alto School Board for the last thirteen years and she is currently the President of the Santa Clara County School Board Association. She is also a candidate for a seat on the Santa Clara County School Board.
Melissa spoke about many of the issues surrounding the opening of schools during this time of pandemic. The biggest struggles are likely to occur at the elementary level as most younger children have not developed the skills needed to learn on their own. Parents have not been trained to educate their children and it is compounded by the parents also having to work. Many rely on childcare, but that is not a certainty in these times. The situation causes a great deal of stress for both the parents and children.
Once the children get to the middle school and high school level, they may be more apt to learn on their own, but peer contact becomes extremely important. It is a dilemma for these children to continue to isolate to insure their health and that of their family, or risk catching the virus by having contact with others.
For many reasons, schools did not do a very good job with distance learning during the last school year and they will need to do better this year as it is unlikely that there will be classroom learning for a while. Most teachers are reluctant to go back to their classrooms at this point out of concern for their own health and that of their families.
In an effort to improve distance learning, many districts have provided training in this area to their teachers during the summer. The key to being successful is effective training, providing the necessary equipment to support the effort, and sharing best practices among the teachers. Ideally, child care providers can provide their support to assist with distance learning. Mental health support needs to be offered proactively rather than waiting for a crisis to occur. Keeping attendance is important to allow children who need further assistance and resources to be identified. And it is very important for children to be involved in at least some activities other than those related to academics. This is particularly true for older children.
Other Stuff
From Cathy: Every few weeks I brighten up my home with fresh flowers from the Mountain View Farmer’s market. After I bring them home I rinse them off and trim them to fit the vase on my dining table. This Sunday I rinsed off the usual dirt and loose leaves directly into my garbage disposal, and moved the cut stems into the leaf compost outside and cleaned up my sink as I always do. I didn’t think much about it one way or another until dinner time, when I saw this little guy inching its way out of my sink drain, carrying his house on his back! I set him free in the landscaping by the parking area. Sometimes it’s the littlest things that bring you joy.
Shared by Phil:
What Love means to 4-8 year old kids ...
'When my grandmother got arthritis , she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.. So my grandfather does it for her all the time , even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
Rebecca- age 8
'When someone loves you , the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
Billy - age 4 ??
'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'
Chrissy - age 6
'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
Terri - age 4
Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him , to make sure the taste is OK.'
Danny - age 8
?? 'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and just listen.' ??
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
'If you want to learn to love better , you should start with a friend who you hate. '
Nikka - age 6 (we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet) ??
Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.' ??
Tommy - age 6
'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.'
Mary Ann - age 4
'When you love somebody , your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
Karen - age 7
'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.'
Jessica - age 8
And the final one was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. ??
Upon seeing the man cry , the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard , climbed onto his lap , and just sat there.
When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor , the little boy said ,
??
'Nothing , I just helped him cry'
No retro photos this week, but take the dare and send some my way. Let’s see if our members can guess who it is. If you are wondering about the last ones, it was none other than our enchanting Past President Anita
Remember, send me some stuff so we can make this interesting and keep it going. And don’t forget the photos. Send it to bbarsi@msn.com. And take good care of yourselves.
Next Meeting
Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at 12:15 pm via Zoom. This will be a member panel discussion involving “Changing Times Due to Pandemic.”. A Zoom link will be provided prior to the meeting.
President Paul welcomed everyone to today’s Mountain View Rotary Meeting. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.”
Our long time Honorary Member and Past Rotary International President M.A.T. Caparas recently passed away. President Paul called for a moment of silence in his honor. Many members offered tributes to M.A.T. as an outstanding person and great leader for Rotary. He will be greatly missed.
Former Mountain View Rotarian Ernie Couture also passed away recently. Ernie spent many years in the Club and was very active with the Ambassadorial Scholarship and Youth Exchange programs. Our thoughts and condolences to his family.
Alan has been communicating with Cindy Cole and Dave has recently spent some time at El Camino Hospital, but he is back home now. Cards, emails and texts are much appreciated.
Community Services Agency will be hosting a virtual event. “Empty Glasses 2020” on August 7th from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. You can learn more details about the event on the CSA website at www.csacares. Org.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Tom or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Speaker
Heather introduced our speaker today, Dennis Young, who is the Co-Publisher and Owner of the Los Altos Town Crier. Dennis is very active in our local community and he is a Past President of the Los Altos Rotary Club.
The Los Altos Town Crier was first published in 1947 and the local newspaper has not missed a Wednesday edition in seventy-three years. The paper focuses on customer service. It is a part of our community and strives to remain visible and available. Its goals include fairness, balance, and accuracy. It provides a forum for all community views.
The Town Crier gives the community local stories that would not be covered otherwise. Going forward, the paper will continue to print its news and will not miss an issue. It will also work to improve its on-line profile.
Other Stuff
Bert shared a couple of photos from his archives
I’m sure Tom would agree with me that some folks just get better with time….
A few smiles from Phil that fit the times:
And who might this incredibly beautiful young lady be?
Remember, send me some stuff so we can make this interesting and keep it going. And don’t forget the photos. Send it to bbarsi@msn.com. And take good care of yourselves.
Next Meeting
Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at 12:15 pm via Zoom. Melissa Baten Caswell will be speaking. A Zoom link will be provided prior to the meeting.
Hi Everyone. Hope you are all doing okay and keeping busy. Thank you to everyone who is sharing your stories and I hope to hear from everyone in the weeks to come.
Here’s our news for this week:
Rotary News
President Paul welcomed everyone to his first meeting as Mountain View Rotary President. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” Our Club theme is “We Open Opportunities For Everyone in the Community.” President Paul encouraged all of us to keep in touch and take care of each other.
Two visitors joined our Zoom meeting today:
Angela Siddall is a Mountain View resident who is interested in learning about the Club and possibly joining. She has lived in Mountain View for four years and in the Bay Area since 1964. She is a retired Family Therapist, a Mother and a Grandmother. Welcome Angela!
Alba Levy is a member of the Saratoga Rotary Club, but lives in Mountain View, Before the pandemic, she used to flip houses, and now she is doing many things including a lot of cooking. With most Rotary meetings now on Zoom, she likes the ability to visit other Clubs both near and far. She hopes to get involved in some of our activities since she lives in the community. Welcome Alba!
From Heather: Hi fellow Rotarians. It was great seeing so many of you today, but I do miss Phil’s song!! I hope with your guidance and club dedication, we can fill up a speaker schedule for the year. If you have speaker ideas for the upcoming year, please sign up for a week(s) or month via this spreadsheet or contact me by email (hsten@me.com) or phone: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yWN7DTtzVo5i8Zk8lAeZFM8f6fZ0D5-b/view?usp=sharing. Our next meeting, July 21st at 12:15, a dear friend and former colleague will join us, Dennis Young to share "Past, Present and Future of Los Altos Town Crier”, including owning a media business during a pandemic. I hope you can join us. Hugs, Heather
Alan has been communicating with Cindy Cole and Dave has had a rough time of it as of late. He was admitted to the hospital last week and had to undergo a procedure. We just received word that he is now back home, but pretty exhausted. I’m sure cards or emails would be welcome.
We received a letter from the Day Worker Center thanking our Club for our grant in support of their Women and Children’s Health Programs.
Jim Spangler handed over the reins of Endowment President to Ken Schwaderer. He thanked Jack Wong whose management of the fund has grown it to $194,000. We thank Jim for his outstanding leadership of the Endowment for many years and wish Ken well in his new role.
President Paul introduced his new Board for the coming year and asked that they share their plans for the year:
Past President Tom: Tom said he will support Paul as much as he can and add jokes as appropriate.
President Elect Heather: Excited about amazing speakers for our Zoom meetings. With more flexibility using Zoom, we envision speakers from near and far and a variety of topics.
Secretary Bruce: We will keep the Mingle going until our meetings resume and bulletins will follow our meetings.
Twana: Twana is a Board Member at large and will support President Paul however she can.
Scott: Congratulations to Tom for a great year and looking forward to supporting Paul to do great thing here and around the world. Scott mentioned that he will be having shoulder replacement surgery and hopes to follow Bert’s lead with a speedy recovery. At Villa Siena, there are still no COVID cases with the residents and they are now starting new admissions in July.
Treasurer Fred, Membership Chair Jerylann and Board Member Cathy were not present.
There will be a Board Meeting via Zoom on August 13th, with details of the meeting to be provided.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Tom or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Personal News
This is an opportunity for us to share whatever information we would like so we can keep up with what everyone is doing these days.
Jim Cunningham: All is good and still playing tennis three days a week.
Bruce: Up at Tahoe with his Sons and three Grandsons for the last week. Lots of fun and very loud!
Walt: Playing a lot of golf and I think I heard him say he had an ace. We should have been there for the round of drinks! Patricia is recovering from a broken pelvis and she is back to walking a mile a day. All is good.
Bert: Things are good. He is serving on the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury along with Walt and their term has just been extended to the end of the year. Anne and he are still in lock down in their retirement community, but there are no COVID cases there. Their house is ready for rental and they have been enjoying some online music sessions with their fellow musicians.
Roger: He continues to work at home is is getting a bit bored. No travel in his immediate future, but he is cooking a lot and playing golf once a week.
Anita: All is good and she is grateful for what she has and focusing on what is good in her life. And part of that is the great meals that Mitch has been cooking.
Alan: Things are good and business has been interesting. He has been keeping in touch with Cindy to provide updates on Dave for the Club.
Sanjay: Working from home has been relaxing, but he misses being in the office. He doesn’t anticipate getting back to the office until August at the soonest and then it will likely be some kind of alternating schedule. For the School Board, with the recent increase in cases locally, it is doubtful that students will be able to return to school and distance learning will take place until it is safe for students to return. Sanjay is enjoying gardening and time with his family. He also met with Scott and former Mountain View Rotarian Dick Lubeman for coffee which was a nice break. Sanjay wanted to remind everyone that Hopes Corner is still operating for folks in need in the community.
Mandy: Everyone is healthy and she spent some time in Napa last week wearing her mask and practicing social distancing. She is now looking to hire an assistant and working more hours than she anticipated.
Jim Spangler: Business is steady and they are still taking care of families, although sometimes in different ways. Jim’s Mom and Dad are celebrating their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary with a small dinner with their children and spouses. Jane and Jim celebrated the 4th of July with family at their new home in Pismo Beach.
Ken: Just build a turtle enclosure over the weekend for one of his Grandchildren. His family is safe and healthy and his office is open and going good.
Hal: Going for walks with his dog Cody and doing exercises with his physical therapist. Has shopping help from his Sons and neighbors.
Judy: She arranged for her hairdresser to cut her hair in her backyard along with two of her friends. She joins Tom when he goes to physical therapy and has her temperature taken each time. And they have twice a week BYOE (Bring Your Own Everything) parties in their backyard.
Jack: Very busy with work, tech support at home, being an algebra teacher for his twelve year old daughter, handyman work around the house with questionable caulking success, and helping out at his Parents’ house during a surprise visit. Work wise, it’s been one of the most successful years in his twenty-seven year career. And he wanted to let everyone know that Hamilton is now available through Amazon Prime or Disney Plus.
Paul: He and Susan are keeping busy taking care of their Granddaughter three days a week.
Other Stuff
No Retro Photos this Week, but I’m still hopeful that some brave members will send me an older or interesting photo to add to this section next week.
Remember, send me some stuff so we can make this interesting and keep it going. And don’t forget the photos. Send it to bbarsi@msn.com. And take good care of yourselves.
Next Meeting
Tuesday, July 21, 2020, at 12:15 pm via Zoom. Dennis Young will be speaking. A Zoom link will be provided prior to the meeting.
Hi Everyone. Hope you are all doing okay and keeping busy. Thank you to everyone who is sharing your stories and I hope to hear from everyone in the weeks to come.
Here’s our news for this week:
Rotary News
We gave President Tom a virtual Kick Out as he completed the last meeting of his term. Members thanked him for all of his leadership and work during a most unusual year and he was given a heartfelt, virtual, sitting ovation.
No virtual meeting next week. Our next virtual meeting via Zoom will be July 7th. It will be President Paul’s first meeting and a Club Assembly. Paul and his Board Members will be sharing their plans for the coming Rotary year.
From Ken: I have attached a thank you note from Nicole Player. She is our 2020 Los Alto High School scholarship scholar.
Alan passed on some news from Cindy Cole that Dave’s Immunotherapy is not working, so he will be starting chemotherapy soon. We continue to send good wishes and thoughts to Dave and his family.
President Tom reminded everyone that it is a good idea to get tested for COVID, particularly if you are in a high risk category, and also to get tested fairly frequently. At CSA, it is recommended that employees get tested every thirty days. He suggested that it is best to assume everyone you come in contact with has the virus and then take the proper precautions.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Tom or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Personal News
This is an opportunity for us to share whatever information we would like so we can keep up with what everyone is doing these days.
Past President Chuck Osborn sent a message saying that he enjoys receiving our bulletins and he is currently the Treasurer of the San Mateo Rotary Club. He wanted folks to know that he still has a special place for the Mountain View Club.
From the meeting today:
Alan – He’s living the dream. Family and friends are all healthy and doing okay.
Roger – He is still working from home. They had their first outside meal at Santana Row last week. He visited Castro Street last Saturday and it was very crowded.
Bert – They are pretty well settled into their new place, but it was tough moving from a large home into an 800 square foot apartment. There have been no COVID cases in their new community. Anne and he have been keeping active with Zoom music sessions.
Bruce – Suzanne and he have been spending time with their three Grandson and helping with child care. They are also increasing their bicycling mileage preparing for the ride around Lake Tahoe at the end of summer.
Sanjay – He was down in Southern California visiting his Mom last week. While he was there, he went to the beach and found that very few people were wearing masks. Work has been good and School Board activities are keeping him quite busy. He and Scott are meeting former MV Rotarian Dick Lubeman for coffee on July 1st at 9:00 am, with the location to be determined. He invited everyone to join them.
Twana – Working from home and responding to many wonderful donors to CSA. She is feeling better from a recent health issue during which she experienced an appointment at urgent care. She learned that she needed to be tested for COVID and receive her results before a doctor would see her.
Jack – With school now out, Jack’s daughters joined our meeting today which kept Alan engaged making faces back and forth. Jack continues to work at home and he is most fortunate to have quality technical support from his daughters when issues arise.
Judy – She has seen Jim C. and Dee for a few minutes during church meal pick ups. She is staying healthy and joining Tom with various physical therapy and rehab sessions.
Jim S. – He is still working in the office and taking all precautions. His family and staff are all well. He and Jane just purchased a home in Pismo Beach and will be going down later in the week to pick up the keys.
Anita – Mitch is back from Florida and after a period of quarantine and a negative COVID test, they are spending lots of time together and Mitch is cooking up a storm. At CSA, she is working to thank the many generous donors.
Tori – Her pet pig needed surgery recently and it had to be performed at UC Davis. The surgery was successful and the pig is well on the road to recovery. She is missing her Grandkids in New York, but won’t be able to go out to see them anytime soon.
Cathy – She has been going on hikes and meeting fiends here and there. She has also done some outdoor dining. She thought it was a treat to get out for a dentist and doctor’s appointment. She may be working part time again in July up at Stanford Shopping Center. And she’s planning to do a COVID test tomorrow.
Paul – He was sitting outside for the meeting as his house cleaner was working again. He and Susan are watching their Granddaughter several days a week. They just returned from a trip to their cabin in Twain Harte where folks don’t take the COVID precautions very seriously.
Tom – He and Hart are living in an apartment in Palo Alto temporarily while their home is being remodeled. The project is progressing very well and he is quite busy at CSA.
Other Stuff
A few smiles from Phil:
No Retro Photos this Week, but I’m still hopeful that some brave members will send me an older or interesting photo to add to this section next week.
Remember, send me some stuff so we can make this interesting and keep it going. And don’t forget the photos. Send it to bbarsi@msn.com. And take good care of yourselves.
Hi Everyone. Hope you are all doing okay and keeping busy. Thank you to everyone who is sharing your stories and I hope to hear from everyone in the weeks to come.
Here’s our news for this week:
Rotary News
No virtual meeting this week and I’m hoping that we have all the bugs worked out for our fourth Zoom meeting next Tuesday at 12:15 pm. I’ll send the link for the meeting out next Sunday with the weekly 3fer message.
Next week will be President Tom’s last meeting of the year. Until things settle down with COVID, we will not be able to give him the traditional Kick Out sendoff, so please try to join us next Tuesday to give him a good word or two.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Tom or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Personal News
This is an opportunity for us to share whatever information we would like so we can keep up with what everyone is doing these days.
Cathy (as reported from Scott’s mingle visit this week) – Cathy is her normal happy self, though admits going through this pandemic isn't easy. She celebrated a friend's birthday recently at a Castrol Street restaurant, on a sidewalk table. This was so refreshing for her to get out and enjoy something like that again. Because she lives close to Paul and Susan she really enjoyed doing a safe distance cocktail with them in their backyard.
Bill M. (as reported from Scott’s mingle visit a few weeks ago) – Professionally, Bill is really busy with plenty of work and needing to compensate for some of his employees who aren't coming in for now. Bill asked me to pass on his "best" to other members of the club. He looks forward to a future format where we can get together again.
Scott – I continue working essentially half time at Villa Siena, going into work one or two times per week to take care of things I can't handle remotely. At my old age it is great to be able to play it safe, doing what is needed mostly at home ... not like the nurses, house keepers, dietary and other essential Villa Siena staff who need to report to work. Through this pandemic, no Villa Siena resident has contracted the virus. But, we had one staff member, a housekeeper, test positive 2 weeks ago. They were asymptomatic, were immediately shut out of the facility, and then tested negative the week after. When this happened, 100% of Villa Siena residents and staff were tested, including me, with no one additionally testing positive. So, the days move on and we know that greatest risk are those who come in and out, primarily the staff. The temperature taking, questions asked, disinfecting, no visitors, no new admissions continues. Within the facility, there are safe social activities with limited numbers, and safe visits with family and friends are made available virtually and by appointment for safe physical distancing visits. Our Executive Director, Corine Bernard, knows that senior care facilities will be the last businesses that are allowed to make changes back to some type of normal.
Anybody else escaped to the ocean! Joan and I have done this a few times, with appropriate support items like a drink. Very rejuvenating.
Heather (as reported from Bruce’s mingle visit this week) – Knowing that Heather and her family are extremely active, I waited until later in the evening to make my mingle call. And wouldn’t you know it, they were still out at the beach playing baseball and catching those last rays of sunshine for the day. It is so nice to see Heather and her family making the best of these crazy times and I’m sure it is a time that her Sons Samuel and Daniel will remember fondly.
Bruce – Last Saturday night, my son JJ and his wife Liana welcomed their first son, River Rome Barsi. He was on the large side at 8 pounds, 12 ounces, and 21.25 inches long. Everyone is doing well and back home getting used to diapers, multiple feedings and little sleep.
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A few photos from our past:
No Retro Photos this Week, but I’m still hopeful that some brave members will send me an older or interesting photo to add to this section next week.
Remember, send me some stuff so we can make this interesting and keep it going. And don’t forget the photos. Send it to bbarsi@msn.com. And take good care of yourselves.
Hi Everyone. Hope you are all doing okay and keeping busy. Thank you to everyone who is sharing your stories and I hope to hear from everyone in the weeks to come.
Here’s our news for this week:
Rotary News
Unfortunately, our Virtual Meeting today did not happen. We encountered some technical problems which we have since resolved and we should be good to go for future meetings. Sorry to everyone who tried to join us for the inconvenience. I will let folks know when the next Virtual Meeting is scheduled.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Tom or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Personal News
This is an opportunity for us to share whatever information we would like so we can keep up with what everyone is doing these days.
Great news from Tori! – My son, Kyle Atwell, was just promoted to Major in the Army. He is currently getting his PhD at Princeton and then moves on as an instructor at West Point. Before the Army sent him to Princeton, he was a Ranger and Green Beret.
Ken – Open and Protecting our staff and patients.
Other Stuff
I didn’t receive many updates this week, so I’ll be digging into our photo archives from 2007. Enjoy!
Roger is his prior culinary life.
Our radical duo belts it out.
Who is that guy with short hair? And its even combed!
Wait, is that a picture of Fred from last week? Nope, it's 13 years ago! Some folks just know how to age.
Walt looking dapper and speaking eloquently as always.
Jim stacking his piles of chips at our first Annual Poker Tournament.
And the big winner is.....none other than Bert of course!
Doctor Steve Nichols at the podium for his vocational speech.
Bruce and Twana scan the crowd at Annual Kick Out
Some "tough" characters to send Geri packing for her Kick Out.
Judy and Jim cover the bar at the Crab Feed.
Bill and Monique welcome our guests to the Crab Feed.
I didn’t have any volunteers for our Retro Photo of the Week, but I’m still hopeful that some brave members will send me an older or interesting photo to add to this section next week.
Remember, send me some stuff so we can make this interesting and keep it going. And don’t forget the photos. Send it to bbarsi@msn.com. And take good care of yourselves.
Hi Everyone. Hope you are all doing okay and keeping busy. Thank you to everyone who is sharing your stories and I hope to hear from everyone in the weeks to come.
Here’s our news for this week:
Rotary News
Our third virtual Zoom meeting took place earlier today featuring Mountain View Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga as our speaker. Her presentation was excellent with a great deal of very enlightening information.
Mayor Abe-Koga spoke about the City’s response to the pandemic. All of the Council Meetings are now occurring using Zoom. The City’s first action was to provide $500,000 for rent relief. And many people throughout the City have helped through volunteer work and donations to the #TogetherMV RELIEF effort. To date, the Relief Effort has included:
Funds From the City $3,472,000
Corporate Funds $500,000
#TogetherMV RELIF Funds $121,529.91
Total $4,093,529.91
Actions taken by the City during the pandemic include:
Two 24/7 safe parking lots for RV dwellers with one more parking lot in the works
1950 packets of food
8700 masks and 97 face shields
320 gift cards
425 hygiene kits
City staff has been redeployed to deliver food to seniors
More diagnostic sites with the next planned on May 27th from 9 am to 1 pm at Rengstorff
Budget
Pandemic has led to $8 million revenue loss
The FY 20-21 budget will be status quo
Depending on the continuing financial situation, future budgets are uncertain
Four Council Goals
Housing
Transportation
Sustainability
Community For All
Housing
36,727 current housing units in the City
2,272 are under construction
4,000 are in planning stages
Transportation
Staff working on a pilot program to close Castro Street
Don’t forget to complete the census!
President Tom thanked Jack for setting up today’s meeting and reminded us that our next virtual Zoom meeting will be in two weeks.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Tom or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Personal News
This is an opportunity for us to share whatever information we would like so we can keep up with what everyone is doing these days.
M.A.T. Caparas – Hellooooo! I thank you for sending me almost regularly this notice of activities of the club although I have not been able to attend any because of my age and infirmity.
I am a Filipino, from a small island across the vast Pacific that is much affected even by small tremors anywhere in the world. After WWII, which was not a small tremor, I found myself in Boston when the Yankees were basically murdering the Red Sox. A bit later, I started to settle here in the west coast before football made San Francisco famous. In the process I found it impossible to support five children while laughably trying to practice law in two opposite sides of the globe. It also meant saying goodbye to a doctorate.
No matter. I had in the meantime inclined towards a basically charitable and notoriously ill-paid activity to mitigate the occasional excessive hardship and sometimes downright injustice laid on some decent Joes by government set up and operated by ordinary lawyers. I joined Rotary, an international organization of more than 32,000 clubs with more than 1.2 million members all over the world seeking to make friends and secure world peace by rendering Service Above Self.
Elected international director, and later World President of Rotary, I had the joy of leading its mission to stop poliomyelitis, or polio, the former summer terror that almost killed FDR before his time, and which the World Health Organization, for lack of equipment, did not include among its five target enemies -- diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles, and tuberculosis.-Rotary quickly ended polio in the Philippines, where we started, and did the same in the rest of the world where it can now be found in just three countries – Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria – in which less than 30 cases a year can be identified. We, Rotary, saved the lives of more than half a billion children in that time!
When my children were growing up, they used to swim together with the children of one of my senior law partners. One day, my partner’s children came down with polio, but mine did not. There was only one iron lung available in the whole country, and the girl got it. Both survived, showing the usual effects of their illness. The boy often goes around riding a four-wheel cycle he finds convenient for transportation. One sees them and wonders how many times every night they cry and wish their parents just let them die. But life has its joys and ecstasies no matter the trials, and we cannot just let people die. So, I continue to hunt for one full meal for every child every day, a system of literacy based on the conversational method to identify letters and put them together to express intelligent thought, and – most important of all – to stop children from killing one another.
The current pandemic shouts at all of us to find love and affection, and learn to love one another. Not one of us is an ordinary lawyer.
SALAMAT po.
matc
Other Stuff
Just to bring a few smiles:
One Liners
David Brenner – "Misers aren't fun to live with, but they make wonderful ancestors."
Jay Leno – "How many are worried about a government shutdown? How many are worried about it starting back up?"
Billy Crystal – "By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere."
Joan Rivers – "Don't talk to me about Valentine's Day. At my age, an affair of the heart is a bypass."
Retro Photo of the Week – So how many of you were able to figure out who last week’s tractor driver was?
And if you guessed Double Past President Alan, you would be 100% correct.
Unfortunately, we didn’t get any retro photos this week, but I’m hopeful that some brave members will send me an older or interesting photo to add to this section next week.
Remember, send me some stuff so we can make this interesting and keep it going. And don’t forget the photos. Send it to bbarsi@msn.com. And take good care of yourselves.
Hi Everyone. Hope you are all doing okay and keeping busy. Thank you to everyone who is sharing your stories and I hope to hear from everyone in the weeks to come.
Here’s our news for this week:
Rotary News
Our next virtual Zoom meeting will be next week on Tuesday, May 26th, at 12:15 pm. Mountain View Mayor Margaret Abe Koga will be our speaker for that meeting. If anyone is having problems joining our virtual meetings and needs assistance, please contact Anita.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Tom or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Personal News
This is an opportunity for us to share whatever information we would like so we can keep up with what everyone is doing these days.
I didn’t get much input this week, so we’re back to our photo archives for 2005 and 2006. My how we have changed…or not.
Other Stuff
Retro Photo of the Week – So how many of you were able to figure out who last week’s Boy Scout was?
Why of course it was none other than Past President Bert on the occasion of his sixth grade graduation into middle school.
And now for this week, who might this future farmer be?
Don’t forget, please send me an older or interesting photo to add to this section.
Remember, send me some stuff so we can make this interesting and keep it going. And don’t forget the photos. Send it to bbarsi@msn.com. And take good care of yourselves.
Hi Everyone. Hope you are all doing okay and keeping busy. Thank you to everyone who is sharing your stories and I hope to hear from everyone in the weeks to come.
Here’s our news for this week:
Rotary News
President Tom welcomed everyone to our second virtual meeting using Zoom today. We had sixteen members attending the meeting.
Our next virtual Zoom meeting will be in two weeks on Tuesday, May 26th, at 12:15 pm. Mountain View Mayor Margaret Abe Koga will be our speaker for that meeting. If anyone is having problems joining our virtual meetings and needs assistance, please contact Anita.
Past President Bert is looking for any suggestions for President Tom’s Kick Out this year. Mandy suggested a Virtual Happy Hour in the short term with another more formal event once the health restrictions are lifted. Please contact Bert with your thoughts on this.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Tom or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Personal News
This is an opportunity for us to share whatever information we would like so we can keep up with what everyone is doing these days.
Scott – An interesting place nearby to visit, on bikes or otherwise. Joan and I enjoyed visiting the Shorebird Egret Rookery, some trees along the road by Google buildings: end of Shorebird Way off North Shoreline. What a sight, and they are noisy!
Ken – Thought: Quarantine has turned us into dogs. We roam the house all day looking for food. We are told “no” if we get too close to strangers. And we get really excited about car rides.
I took a few notes on what folks shared during our round robin session at today’s meeting:
Anita – Busy preparing grant proposals for CSA and she is very thankful for our most generous community. She is starting on next year’s budget process for CSA which will be quite interesting. And she is looking forward to her boyfriend Mitch’s return to California on June 2nd.
Mandy – She enjoyed her Mother’s Day with her children and she is trying to stay positive and help out others when she can. She is exercising more with a forty-five minute run first thing every morning.
Bert – Bert and Ann moved into the Sunnyview Retirement Community just a few days before the shelter in place order went into effect. There have been no COVID cases among the 200 people in that community. Bert allows his dog to take him for about a mile walk every day.
Paul – Paul’s daughter is moving out this weekend and they are preparing for that. He has been tutoring an AVID student at Mountain View HS. His student is finding it tough to get ready for college during this challenging time. As our President Elect, Paul is also navigating through the surge of District emails and he attended a virtual training last week that stressed the importance of increasing our membership.
Bruce – Spent the meeting poolside in his Son’s backyard while helping with Grandchild care. It’s tough duty, but someone has to do it… Suzanne and he are continuing their bicycle rides preparing for a ride around Lake Tahoe later in the year. Hoping folks from the Club will join the ride!
Cathy – Cathy welcomed us to her kitchen. She has been working in her garden and ventured to Southwinds Nursery recently for plants. She has been having Cocktails In The Carport with some of her nearby neighbors and hopes to continue the visits in backyards when the restrictions are lifted. She sends her love to all and is happy to be connected to everyone.
Alan – AMG has been on the quiet side and Alan tries to be out of bed by 10 am so he doesn’t end up taking a nap too late in the day. He recently finished his second novel and it is getting early rave reviews from the publisher.
Jack – Wishing everyone a Happy Mother’s Day. He, Haydee and the girls spent the day delivering care packages to their Mothers on Sunday. The girls are busy with their school work for a few more weeks. Jack is also busy with work and sees a light at the end of the tunnel, although he expects ups and downs until we get there.
Hal – He has been working out on walks with his dog Cody. He just finished a puzzle with 1,500 pieces that took him almost five weeks. Now he is tying flies in anticipation of the upcoming fishing season.
Steve – Spent the last three and a half months on Kauai. He attended a conference and joined a golf club while he was there. Since he has been back, he has been hiking in the Stevens Creek area and he is now playing golf again while following the course’s social distancing protocol.
Jim Cunningham – Been busy gardening and playing tennis. They also had a BYOE (Bring Your Own Everything) gathering in their backyard that worked out very well.
Sanjay – Missing everyone! Catching up on his reading. The family is good and they are trying out three or four new recipes every week. He has been working from home, but expects to go back to work June 1st, where he will alternate weeks working in the office and at home. At the MVLAUHS District, they are working to develop protocols if distance learning continues in the fall.
Roger – Spoke to Ernie and he is in good spirits and really enjoys hearing from friends. Roger played nine holes at Shoreline Golf Course and said it took almost three hours because people had to tee off one at a time. He said the parking lot at Shoreline was full though.
Tori – Busy at work. And she has enjoyed walking her pig on the beach when there haven’t been many people around.
Tom – Tom and Hart have been visiting Tom’s Parents who open their garage door so everyone can keep the proper distance apart. They are starting a remodel of their home in a few weeks and they will be temporarily staying at an apartment in Palo Alto for a few months while the work is being done.
Twana – Twana and Bruce are doing good. Twana is working at home and she is sharing their home office with Bruce. Their outside patio is all put together and they have been enjoying their time there. Her niece is having a baby on June 4th and her God Daughter is graduating from high school in San Jose which they will watch via live stream from home.
Other Stuff
Just to bring a few smiles:
A few from Phil:
And New This Week – See if you can guess the name of the Distinguished Member of our Club pictured below. Going forward for all members, please send me an older or interesting photo to add to this section.
Remember, send me some stuff so we can make this interesting and keep it going. And don’t forget the photos. Send it to bbarsi@msn.com. And take good care of yourselves.
Hi Everyone. Hope you are all doing okay and keeping busy. Thank you to everyone who is sharing your stories and I hope to hear from everyone in the weeks to come.
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Here’s our news for this week:
Rotary News
President Tom – All Club Meetings and events are canceled through May and will likely be canceled through June as well. We will schedule a meeting using Zoom on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month going forward until our in person meetings resume. Our next Zoom meeting will be on May 12th and we will attempt to have a speaker. And it looks like Mayor Margaret Abe Koga will be speaking at our Zoom meeting on May 26th.
President Elect Paul – Paul has put together the schedule for next year’s meetings and events.
Treasurer Fred – Since we have already collected the facilities fee from all members for the current six months, we will be providing a credit during the next billing cycle for the time that the meetings have been canceled.
Community Grants Anita – This year’s theme is Mothers and Children. The Board had previously voted to award $8,000 of our grant funds to the Community Services Agency to assist with COVID-19 relief. We received grant applications from the Community Health Awareness Council and the Day Workers’ Center of Mountain View. The Board voted to award a grant of $4,800 to the Community Health Awareness Council and a grant of $4,800 to the Day Workers’ Center of Mountain View.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Tom or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Personal News
This is an opportunity for us to share whatever information we would like so we can keep up with what everyone is doing these days.
Ken – Here is a thought: I never thought the comment “I wouldn’t touch him/her with a 6 foot pole” would become a national policy, but here we are!
Since we were a little light on the personal news this week, I decided to dig into the photo archives that Jim Cochran provided. These photos are all from 2005. See if you can figure out who all these folks are…
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Shared by Phil – HAPPY FRIENDSHIP WEEK FROM ONE FRIEND TO ANOTHER
Written by Andy Rooney, a man who had the gift of saying so much with so few words. Rooney has passed away but used to be on CBS's 60 Minutes TV show.
I've learned.... That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
I've learned.... That when you're in love, it shows.
I've learned.... That just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day.
I've learned.... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
I've learned.... That being kind is more important than being right.
I've learned.... That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
I've learned.... That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in any other way.
I've learned.... That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
I've learned... That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
I've learned.... That money doesn't buy class.
I've learned... That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
I've learned.... That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
I've learned.... That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
I've learned... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
I've learned.... That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
I've learned.... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
I've learned.... That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
I've learned.... That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
I've learned.... That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, you're hooked for life.
I've learned.... That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
Just to bring a few smiles:
Remember, send me some stuff so we can make this interesting and keep it going. And don’t forget the photos. Send it to bbarsi@msn.com. And take good care of yourselves.
Hi Everyone. Hope you are all doing okay and keeping busy. Thank you to everyone who is sharing your stories and I hope to hear from everyone in the weeks to come.
Here’s our news for this week:
Rotary News
Although all of our in person meetings and other events continue to remain on hold, we had our first virtual meeting earlier today using Zoom. We had twenty members attend and it was a lot of fun to catch up with everyone and hear what folks are up to. A big thank you to Anita for setting it up and to all of you that attended. We are already planning another meeting next week and I’ll send out the link in advance.
We have a Board Meeting on Thursday at 5:30 pm which will also be done on line using Google Hang Out. If anyone not on the Board wishes to join the meeting, let me know and I’ll send you the link.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Tom or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Personal News
This is an opportunity for us to share whatever information we would like so we can keep up with what everyone is doing these days.
Scott – I did get a hold of Bob Williams. He and Carolyn are doing fine at The Forum, which is locked down. They are being taken care of very well. Bob had extensive back surgery last August and the recovery has taken a long time. Last year was his last trip to China, he feels. Several are familiar with Bob and Carolyn's love of chocolate. Life is good as they treat each other to a few Dove dark chocolates each night.
I still am working at Villa Siena and working from home as I can. No Coronavirus there, which we work hard to maintain. Joan and I are finding time for some bike rides and hiking adventures, pics attached. Take care.
Mandy – I miss all of you and can’t wait until we can safely get together and celebrate, “life after COVID-19.”
Here’s a quick update about our family. We are all healthy, the kids are studying from home and attending classes remotely. Betty, who is 92 years-old, is healthy and protected (isolated) as possible. It’s been hard for her, but we gave her a Facebook Portal so she can easily video call us. Now she’s a video conferencing pro! She’s a lot happier now that we can have “happy hour” with her every day. Being able to see us makes her feel less alone. The only one who is not following the rules is our cat, Twix. He is refusing to wear his mask while social distancing on the porch and keeping an eye on the neighborhood (photo attached).
I’ve been working from my office every day because my clients need me now more than ever. I am their "first financial responder” and loving it. In the last few weeks I spent more time on the phone with my clients, virtually met some of their kids, grandkids and parents. It’s been wonderful. The highlight was bringing cake to two of my clients who celebrated their 90th birthday on the same day, Saturday before Easter. (Photo attached)
… Also, I finally had my nails done! (Photo attached).
If you would like to chat, the best way to reach me is on my cell at 650-281-4356. If I don’t answer, I am probably on the phone with a client. Please leave a message, and I promise I will call you back as soon as I can.
Stay healthy, turn off the news, and smile even if it’s hard sometime! We can do this!
Jerylann – Lots of good news for Jerylann! Her youngest daughter is expecting twins in June so Jerylann will be busy helping out with the two babies and as well as their older brother who is turning six. And as if that wasn’t enough, she is helping her oldest daughter plan her wedding at the family ranch in October. Busy and exciting times for the Mateo Family!
Roger – It has been 6 weeks of isolation (Shelter in place) for us in home. I hope that you are able to keep busy while stay home order.
It’s been a while, I have not travel any place. Weimin and I are fine. We are staying at home cooking, gardening, and taking care of our dog, Maya. Luckily for us, we are also able to keep busy working from home.
I appreciate that Korea and Taiwan government have been able to contain COVID-19 and our business is not affected too much.
Please take good care of yourself and family members. Keep in touch! Best regards.
Ernie – Update to Ernie’s cell phone number from the previous bulletin. The correct number is (760) 218-1139. Give him a call when you get a chance.
Thomas – Warm Greetings to all my Rotarian friends in Mountain View! As you are, we are in a lock down here in Bavaria and it is quite stunning: Everybody seems to be fine, the spring is beautiful but the world is frozen, time has stopped.
However, I am working frantically on my projects. And in my Industrial MakerSpace, outside of Munich, we started to produce face masks and other protective gear.
I am really concerned that we in Germany are destroying our economy. Some industries are booming, 3D Animated Moviemaking by example, others are being busted: transport, tourism, auto, retail. I estimate 70 % of the German economy. On the other hand, with a Covid-19 fatality rate as in Italy, we would have 2,5 Million additional deaths this year ( on a population of 82 Million ). Who can make this judgement call and re-open the Country? At some point we will have to. Even without vaccine and without therapy.
I was tested, had “it“ already and only mild symptoms. To celebrate life, I go running, try to motivate my family and send you some pics from my last run around Cloister Andechs towering over Lake Ammersee.
Stay Safe and Sound! Thomas J. Dittler +49 (0) 175 2033804
Bruce – As I mentioned at the meeting today, Suzanne and I are gearing up to do a bike ride around Lake Tahoe (72 miles) at the end of summer and we wanted to offer this to the Club as the “Tahoe Challenge.” And the Challenge doesn’t have to be a full ride around the Lake, it can be any distance you want it to be. Since bike riding is one of the few activities that is currently allowed and lends itself pretty well to social distancing, this would be a great time to start getting ready for the “Tahoe Challenge!” I’ll have more on this in the coming weeks.
Other Stuff
From Anita – It’s not often I pass stuff along - but given the current COVID-19 situation this is worth a read. Could be a good reminder to keep a perspective and stay grateful...
1. There are no bombs raining on our heads.
2. I am not a prisoner held in solitary confinement.
3. I am not a refugee trying to escape with my life.
4. I am not standing in line waiting to fill a pot of water.
5. I have access to fresh food and I'm not starving.
6. I have hot running water.
7. My country has not been ruined by years of war.
8. I can reach my friends by phone and check in on them.
9. My friends check in on me because they care about me.
10. Any anxiety I feel about this strange turn of events should be tempered by the generosity of Americans.
11. More than half of the world would gladly trade their everyday problems for the modest inconveniences I am experiencing.
12. I may have anxious dreams but I'm dreaming them on a proper bed and I'm not sleeping on the sidewalk.
13. By staying at home, I'm helping to speed our recovery.
14. As long as I have my mind, I can create, imagine, dream and not be lonely.
15. This global crisis connects all people around the world; this is a good thing.
16. Whenever something such as this happens, I hope to respond to it with humanity toward all.
17. I hope for a good economic turn-around for all injured by these events.
18. I am surrounded by books.
19. I am surrounded by love.
20. The trees have already started to bloom.
21. I have God all around me.
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Hi Everyone. Hope you are all doing okay and keeping busy. Thank you to everyone who is sharing your stories and I hope to hear from everyone in the weeks to come.
Here’s our news for this week:
Rotary News
All of our meetings and other events continue to remain on hold. The District has scheduled some virtual events related to the pandemic and economic issues it has caused. For more information about these events, go to the District website at: https://www.rotarydistrict5170.org
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Tom or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Personal News
This is an opportunity for us to share whatever information we would like so we can keep up with what everyone is doing these days.
Heather – Hoping everyone is well and enjoying the extra time at home. Boys are wrapping up Spring Break so tomorrow we are back with distant learning, which the 2nd grader has more hours of work than the 7th grader has. We picked up a new hobby as a family as Samuel missed his disc golf lesson for PE, so we bought some discs and now learning as a family. A good sport with easy social distancing with others. Plus boys are teaching me pickle ball on the beach!! Yup we are still on the Central Coast :-) Hugs, Heather
Ken – I was greeter Tuesday but no one showed up. My thought for the day was to wear your mask outside and stay close to home to protect yourself and others. Glad to see everyone was obeying "Shelter in Place.”
Our MV Rotary Scholars are very grateful for their awards. We continue to affect our community.
Susan and I are healthy and doing fine at home.
My office schedule has changed dramatically. The COVID-19 Shelter In Place guidelines for Mountain View Optometry and Contact Lens Clinic are on our website: www.MVO.com The phones are staffed M-F from 9 AM to 4 PM to triage patients and answer their questions. And Doctors are on call 24/7 for emergencies as usual. In-office emergent and urgent care visits are by appointment with strict guidelines. The opticians are scheduling appointments for contact lens and glasses deliveries M-F from 11-2.
One more thought for the day: Do not call the police on suspicious people in your neighborhood! Those are your neighbors without makeup and hair extensions!
Take care to everyone and Rotarily yours, Ken
Ernie – I am doing as expected and The Terraces at Los Altos is Virus Free as of this Date!! We had a Blood Test last Thursday in the Parking Lot of the Palo Alto VA Hospital. All done from the Passenger Seat of the car. Questions of the results should be in next week.
The food here continues to be very good. Lunch & Dinner is served to my room by staff as the premises here is in complete lock down. I manage to see Eric sometimes at the Front (Main) Door of the complex when he brings me healthy snacks and other necessities. I do appreciate a phone call at anytime. Cell Phone (FaceTime) (760) 281-1139 (5pm to 8pm).
I do miss all of you. Back to normal soon.
Sincerely, Ernie Hawks
PS: Rotary etal - Road Runner
Bruce – Had a chance to talk to some folks during the last week and it was great to hear from Hiro, Dennis, Phil, Ernie, Bob, and a few others. Everyone seems to be doing pretty good and making the best of our stay at home time. And a shout out to Bob who has been putting in 10,000 steps a day up at the Forum. I know many of us are getting out for walks, but 10,000 steps is amazing!
I mentioned in my last message that I am going to try and set up a virtual mingle for our club. I hope everyone will participate in this and I think you will really enjoy talking to other club members. I will be putting more out on this in the next day or two.
Other Stuff
Just to bring a few smiles:
Remember, send me some stuff so we can make this interesting and keep it going. And don’t forget the photos. Send it to bbarsi@msn.com. And take good care of yourselves.
Hi Everyone. Hope you are all doing okay and keeping busy. Thank you to everyone who is sharing your stories and I hope to hear from everyone in the weeks to come.
Here’s our news for this week:
Rotary News
From President Tom:
All Club Meetings and Events are cancelled at least until after May 3rd.
President Tom and members of the Board are continuing to explore scheduling a Virtual Club Meeting possibly using Zoom. More details on this to follow.
I received word from Rotary International that the Polio Plus program has currently redeployed their personnel to battle COVID-19. The belief is that we may see a minor setback in our efforts to eradicate polio, but the virus is a more significant threat to the world population at this time.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Tom or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Personal News
This is an opportunity for us to share whatever information we would like so we can keep up with what everyone is doing these days.
Heather – Sanjay and I were just wrapping up RYLA interviews to learn that the District cancelled RYLA Camp for June 2020. High school junior students, school counselors, RYLA co-leads are very saddened to hear the news. However, with the current news by Dr. Fauci, it is still challenging to predict about summer gatherings. Thanks! Hugs, Heather
Bruce – Made our first distribution of $50 Safeway Gift Cards for Cops and Gobblers last Saturday. Here’s a copy of the posting from the Police Department:
Tori – So how does a workaholic Stay In Place??? Well she drives to Santa Fe, New Mexico with her ex-husband, step-daughter, small dog and her pig, of course!
On our adventure, bear in mind we truly practiced Social Distancing, we drove to Santa Fe with a brief stop at the Grand Canyon, where we were stalked by a starving squirrel who obviously was used to being feed illegal snacks from tourists. We saw less than a dozen people in the abandoned park, but that squirrel found and followed us VERY closely.
Highways are fairly abandoned other than a few cars and a lot of Trucks.
The pig (5 months old) and puppy slept the duration of the drive, with only an occasional small growl from my 4 pound pooch when the pig inadvertently invaded her personal space. A word of warning, in case the temptation of doing a 15 hour drive with a young pig crosses your mind: Pigs fart on car drives. Think on that one!
Once in Santa Fe, we Stayed in Place, did minor maintenance to the home enjoyed viewing a different set of walls for a few days. Santa Fe is much like here: Take out only at restaurants, all stores and most businesses closed, near empty streets and no TP in the stores. Only big difference is that people are being robbed in store parking lots for their toilet paper (if they are lucky enough to get a package), yes, seriously, grocery store checkers warn customers who get toilet paper to go immediately to their car and be wary of TP thieves. I brought a diamond in case I got robbed, to negotiate for the thieves to [take that] and let me keep my TP, but I never got the opportunity of actually getting a single roll, let alone a [whole] package.
The drive back was uneventful other than at the California Boarder (and I am serious) the Border Guards asked if we brought our own toilet paper. I told them no, and [that] if I did, I won’t tell them or anyone… HEY! Highway robbery is a real thing!
Paul – Hello Rotarians, Hope everyone is staying safe.
Jack and Haydee – Jack and his three girls have been spending beautiful afternoons on the swing, chit chatting and singing. Really enjoying quality time together. Still missing all our commitments but making the best of the situation. Hope you are well!!
Phil and Twana – Social Distancing Report – Smiles
-Half of us are going to come out of this quarantine as amazing cooks. The other half will come out with a drinking problem.
-I used to spin that toilet paper like I was on Wheel of Fortune. Now I turn it like I'm cracking a safe.
-I need to practice social-distancing from the refrigerator.
-Still haven't decided where to go for Easter ----- The Living Room or The Bedroom
-PSA: every few days try your jeans on just to make sure they fit. Pajamas will have you believe all is well in the kingdom.
-Homeschooling is going well. 2 students suspended for fighting and 1 teacher fired for drinking on the job.
-I don't think anyone expected that when we changed the clocks we'd go from Standard Time to the Twilight Zone
-This morning I saw a neighbor talking to her cat. It was obvious she thought her cat understood her. I came into my house, told my dog..... we laughed a lot.
-So, after this quarantine.....will the producers of My 600 Pound Life just find me or do I find them?
-Quarantine Day 5: Went to this restaurant called THE KITCHEN. You have to gather all the ingredients and make your own meal. I have no clue how this place is still in business.
-My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when I pee it cleans the toilet.
-Day 5 of Homeschooling: One of these little monsters called in a bomb threat.
-I'm so excited --- it's time to take out the garbage. What should I wear?
-I hope the weather is good tomorrow for my trip to Puerto Backyarda. I'm getting tired of Los Livingroom.
-Classified Ad: Single man with toilet paper seeks woman with hand sanitizer for good clean fun.
-Day 6 of Homeschooling: My child just said "I hope I don't have the same teacher next year".... I'm offended.
-Better 6 feet apart than 6 feet under.
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Hi Everyone. Hope you are all doing okay and finding exciting ways to keep busy as we begin or fourth week of sheltering in place, aka, home detention. Thank you to everyone who is sharing your stories and I hope to hear from everyone in the weeks to come.
Here’s our news for this week:
Rotary News
From President Tom:
All Club Meetings and Events are cancelled at least until after May 3rd.
President Tom and members of the Board are continuing to explore scheduling a Virtual Club Meeting possibly using Zoom. More details on this to follow.
Our 2020 Scholarship Recipients have been selected and they are in the process of being notified. We are uncertain at this time whether we will be able to have the recipients attend one of our meetings, but we will revisit this once our meetings resume. Thanks to Judy, Bruce, and Jim Spangler for reviewing the applicants and selecting the winners and to Ken for his leadership of this effort.
If anyone knows of any of our members in distress or that need anything, please let President Tom or one of the Board Members know. We want to make sure everyone knows that we are here to take care of each other.
Personal News
This is an opportunity for us to share whatever information we would like so we can keep up with what everyone is doing these days.
Cathy -- Good morning, I have been continuing my support of the local Farmers Market, walking there today in the rain wearing my happy-to-be-out rain boots. Here’s a couple of pics from my walk, waiting for traffic on Central Expressway this morning and from last week, social distancing at the market then walking down Jackson Alley on the way home. It’s hard to fight crowds when no one shows up!
Bruce – The Cops and Gobblers program has purchased 600 $50 Safeway gift cards and we will be distributing them to CSA, the police and fire departments, and other community organizations to distribute to community members that are struggling right now. We’re continuing to gather funds and we hope to make a second distribution later in the month or in early May. If you want to know more about what we are doing, check out eh Mountain View Public Safety Foundation website at https://mvpsf.org/.
Twana – My Bruce and I have really enjoyed stories from the Non Meetings. By contrast, our lives are relatively tame. Spring has come to our yard in Mountain View (since we don't venture out beyond it much), Bruce is doing a lot of gardening while Twana is working her normal hours from our home office at a very, very busy Community Services Agency. It is still too cool on many days for our bees to be very active, but when the temperatures get above 60 and it's sunny, they come out and especially love the apple tree blossoms behind Bruce in the picture.
My favorite funny posting lately was one where someone was showing how to make two covid masks out of one bra. Wishing everyone well! ~Twana and Bruce
Other Stuff
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Remember, send me some stuff so we can make this interesting and keep it going. And don’t forget the photos. Send it to bbarsi@msn.com. And take good care of yourselves.
Hi Everyone. Greetings from your President Tom, President Elect Paul and your Rotary Board. Today marks about month since we last met and it seems like we are almost living in a different world now. We hope everyone is well and doing okay during these challenging times. Some of us have a pretty full plate right now dealing with the day to day crisis of COVID-19 while others of us are probably on our fifth round of straightening up the house and yard. In any event, we thought it might be good to share some updates about what we are doing and any positive stories that we hear about or even some humorous ones that might brighten these times a bit. Also, if anyone needs help with anything or if some of us are able to help out, we can make sure that our Rotary Family is well cared for. We will also provide you with updates of what or Club is doing to help out the community during this time.
With everyone’s help, we hope to continue putting this bulletin out each Tuesday while we wait for our meetings to start again. I hope that you will all share your stories, thoughts and other items of interest as much as possible. And include photos when you can. Please email whatever you like to Bruce Barsi (bbarsi@msn.com) and we will add it to our weekly bulletin.
So here’s the news for this week:
Rotary News
As we’re sure everyone knows, out Club meetings and events are canceled into the foreseeable future. It appears that the District has also cancelled most events for the next few months. We have not heard anything official about the RI Conference which is in Hawaii this year, and I’m sure they are closely monitoring the situation and will make a decision shortly.
Many of us attended the Chamber’s Celebration of Leaders event earlier this month where our Club was recognized as the Community’s Outstanding Organization. President Tom and President Elect Paul made us proud during their talk when accepting the award.
Given the seriousness of the current crisis and the need to help many members of our community that are struggling, the Board met on-line during the last week and has voted to immediately provide half of this year’s grant funds to the Community Services Agency to help serve their families. Our grant applications will close this coming Friday and the Board will then determine how to expend the remaining grant funds.
Ken Schwaderer is currently in the process of selecting our scholarship recipients for the year. Jim Spangler, Judy Hannemann and Bruce Barsi have worked with the local high schools to select recipients from each.
Possibly in a weak moment, President Tom stated that once the current situation settles down, we will have a huge party at the Clubhouse where Hart and he live. Pretty sure we will all be up for that and I hope we can make it the biggest bash in the history of the Mountain View Rotary Club!
Personal News
Bruce – Since I just came up with the idea of doing this today, you’re stuck with just my update for now. I hope you will all join me next week in sharing information so we can keep up with what everyone is doing.
So Suzanne and I have been pretty busy helping out with the child care for our two Grandchildren while both of our sons have been called upon to work long hours in their jobs caring for some of the victims of COVID-19. In between diapers, bottles and playing with trucks, I am also working with the other Coordinators of Cops and Gobblers to do a distribution of gift cards in early April to families that need the help. More on that as it unfurls. And last and probably least, I’m ahead of the game in my recovery from shoulder surgery (or at least I was until my physical therapy clinic closed). Just started running again and I’m looking forward to getting back on my bike.
Other Stuff
Just to bring a few smiles:
This is from a few weeks ago when they only wanted seniors to shelter in place, but do you remember when we were younger and made fake IDs so we could get into bars? These days we need fake IDs just to get out of our house!
Your Grandparents were called to war. You’re being called to sit on your couch. You can do this!
That moment when you’re worried about the elderly and realize that you are the elderly.
They said a mask and gloves were enough to go to the grocery store. They lied, everybody else had clothes on.
Remember, send me some stuff so we can make this interesting and keep it going. And don’t forget the photos. Send it to bbarsi@msn.com. And take good care of yourselves
Thought of the Day: Jerylann Mateo – How Valentines was created.
Songmaster Phil: Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Introduction of Guests:
Cindy Bogard O’Gorman – Los Altos Rotary
Pearl You – Los Altos Rotary
President Elect Paul presented the slate of Officers for next year. The Officers will be voted on at our next meeting on February 18th.
President – Paul Reinhart
President Elect – Heather Stenshamn
Secretary – Bruce Barsi
Treasurer – Fred Storek
Past President – Tom Myers
Membership – Jerylann Mateo
Community Service – Scott Johnson
Community Service – Cathy Merrill
Community Service – Twana Karney
Foundation – Monique Kane
Grants – Anita Grossman
International Service – Jack Wong
Youth Service – Sanjay Dave
Special Presentation from the Los Altos Rotary: Cindy & Pearl reviewed the new Los Altos Rotary Toastmaster. Rotary & Toastmasters working together, this is the first group since creating the partnership. They will meet 2nd & 4th week, evening meetings, figuring out where to meet. $45/every 6 months.
Social: February 25th, 5:30 pm at Paul & Susan’s house
Crab Feed: Alan reported we raised approx. $16,000
Program: Introduced by Jim Spangler.
Mary Chigos from Mission Hospice.
Different ways to serve. Can be referred by doctor or you can refer yourself or by family.
-Team can come out & evaluate – there is no charge for this.
-Continuum of Care – serve patient & family throughout last year of life.
-Curative Care
-Palliative Care
-Hospice Care
-Transitional Care
-Patient makes decisions. Family involved.
-Need volunteers.
-They also have a Hospice House – this is for the last couple weeks of life, if the patient cannot stay at home any longer.
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: Sheila
Thought for the Day: Phil
Songmaster Phil: Home on the Range
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Paul Reinhart – Jim Cochran joined us
Mountain View Rotary is Organization of the Year
– Award banquet on March 6 from 6 to 9 PM at the Computer History Museum
Announcements
Community Service
– Dave was not present. Tom indicated Dave is in good spirits. Please feel free to reach out to him.
Speech Contest – February 4
– Sanjay – Ready to go. Need judges and others to help
Socials - Tori – February – Paul and Susan – Mardi gras party on February 25.
Crab Feed
– Alan indicated we still need help setting up at 1 pm on Saturday.
Endowment
– Jim S. indicated the foundation is doing very well under Jack’s guidance.
Program introduced by Tom
Club Assembly
Jim Cochran created photo books for the more senior members of the Rotary Club. He presented photo books to Jim Cunningham, Dennis, Fred, Ken and Phil. He also has copies for Ernie and Bob. He said he can copy the photos on a thumb drive if you provide one to him.
Tom showed 3 Rotary videos.
Ken made a $100 donation to the local foundation in recognition of Cal’s winning sports teams.
Future Schedule:
Next 4fer is Mandy
Next Vocational Talk is Heather
Next Board meeting is February 20
Have a great week!
And remember…“ Rotary Connects the World, and We Connect Our Community”
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: Our newest member, Mandy Andrel
Thought for the Day: Cathy Merrill
Songmaster Phil: “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning”
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Paul Reinhart
Lavern Gentry, Visiting Rotarian from Boise, Idaho
Vocational Talk: None
Announcements: Jim Spangler enjoyed his visit with his son Nick.
Thank the 4fer – Cathy Merrill
Community Service – Dave Cole has been a bit under the weather and we all wish him well and a speedy return to the Club
Membership – Jerylann is working with the Chamber of Commerce on a reciprocal membership plan. The Chamber’s new CEO, Peter Katz, is invited to attend an upcoming Rotary meeting.
Foundation Minute – Monique- Our Mountain View Club is a 100% participation club! Congrats to everyone!
Speech Contest – February 4
Socials – The Club Assembly meeting and the upcoming Crab Feed on February 1st will replace the 4th Tuesday evening social for January. The February 25 social will take place at Paul and Susan Reinhart’s house at 5:30 pm and celebrate Mardi-Gras!
Crab Feed – Alan Goodman: Crab Feed is less than three weeks away. Sign up for tasks! Help is especially needed for setting up tables and chairs. Please help spread the word to our near neighbor Rotary Clubs. Alan also has more flyers if you need them.
Program introduced by Jerylann Mateo:
Tonya Veitch, County of Santa Clara Office of Sustainability
Tonya Veitch is a Bay Area native and graduate of San Jose State University where she holds a master’s degree in Urban Planning and bachelor’s degree in Heath Services Administration. Tonya joined the County of Santa Clara in 2033 working to promote healthy and sustainable communities through projects focused on policy, improving the built environment and community engagement. Tonya currently serves as a Sustainability Analyst for the County of Santa Clara Office of Sustainability and is responsible for the marketing, education and outreach of the County’s sustainability programs. In her presentation she provided several tips on how to keep a more sustainable and energy efficient household as well as naming several federal and local agencies that will work with homeowners to help achieve those goals. She introduced Lindsey Roark from the Rising Sun organization that focuses on helping seniors who want to make their homes more energy efficient.
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”
President Tom greeting everyone: “Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mountain View. 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.”
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Heather; Scott shared a New Year thought; and Phil led all in a song.
Paul, President Elect, introduced visitors. Mandy introduced Emily as her guest.
Fred gave his vocational talk. This included his entry to Stanford where he was a track athlete, graduated, and started a job in bookkeeping. He has followed this career track since… working in small CPA firms, handling all varieties of accounting. He claims to be the only CPA who actually at one time was a “bean counter,” pinto beans to be exact. He is surely right on that and we are proud of our Rotary friend, past President and long time board member Fred!
Jerylann and Tom inducted our new Rotarian: Mandy Andrei. Mandy has been actively participating in our Club for a time and clearly exemplifies all Rotary ideals and Rotary’s spirit of service. She has a distinguished career in wealth management. We welcome Mandy into our Club!
Tom made announcements:
* Special Dinner for MAT Caparas – Did anyone attend?
* Special Thanks – Jim Cochran has resigned and we thank him for his service. * There will be a regular club meeting on Tuesday, 1/28. It will be a club assembly and also a time for Alan to do final coordination for the Crab Feed.
Monique made some Rotary Foundation recognitions. Cupcakes were given to Alan, Jim Spangler, and to Sanjay. Jim Spangler was also recognized for Paul Harris Fellow – plus 3.
Alan discussed plans for the February 1st Crab Feed. “This is an ALL HANDS ON DECK event for the club” he said. Tickets and flyers/posters were distributed. A sign-up sheet was circulated for volunteer assignments that day. More to come!
Program: Joy Garza, Mountain View Public Safety Foundation
Joy, Executive Director, started her career in Mountain View in 1998 as a Community Service Officer and went on to be a Public Safety Officer in Sunnyvale. She owned and operated a business in Gilroy for several years, was also a health instructor for 19 years and a Police Academy Instructor in physical fitness. Joy has 8 years of marketing experience and 10 years of experience in public safety training and coordinating. She’s worked closely with local, state and federal agencies in the Bay Area, and developed training and delivered public safety training programs. Joy earned an AA in Criminal Justice and a BS in Public Safety and Emergency Management. She has an adult daughter and is newly married to Eddie. Joy and Eddie reside in Gilroy and recently welcomed a new baby in 2019.
Joy shared the mission of the Foundation, as a 501(c)(3) organization. They basically supplement the needs of the Police and Fire Departments. She also presented goals for 2020.
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mountain View. My name is Tom Myers, your President for 2019-2020.
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Connects the World”. Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “We Connect Our Community.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Ernie Hawks and Phil Armi were warmly welcomed back and led us in the Pledge
Thought for the Day: Bruce Barsi spoke of true Holiday Spirit
Songmaster Phil: Phil led us singing “Oh What A Beautiful Morning”
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Tom Myers
Sanjay introduced his wife Dipti
Tori introduced her Dad Bill
Vocational Talk: Bert Raphael
Bert talked about growing up in New York where his Mother inspired a love for the violin. He spoke about his professional career on the cutting edge of Artificial Intelligence and his role in creating Shakey The Robot. He later switch to the travel industry and joined Rotary about that time. He is now back to playing the fiddle and has a few poker groups that he enjoys.
Announcements
Thank the 4fer – Bruce Barsi
President’s Club – New members Jim Spangler and Phil Armi
Special Dinner for MAT Caparas – December 28th at the Elks Club in San Mateo
Special Thanks – Jim Cochran for his years of doing the Facebook page
Community Service – Dave
Thanks to Bert and Cathy for helping at a recent concert.
The Holiday Concert is this weekend and Dave will be there. Hoping for another member to help out as well.
Crab Feed – Alan
Saturday, February 1st
Tickets distributed first meeting in January
Foundation Minute -- Monique
Special Commendations to Jim Cochran who was present and Jack Wong and Hiro Kariya who will be recognized at a later time.
Special Rotary Foundation Two Percent Award to Fred Storek
Sanjay started a new job and made a contribution to the Foundation
Our Caterer Hector was recognized for his great service to our Club and thanked with a Holiday gift.
Socials - Tori – Need a host for January
Program introduced by President Tom
Sandy Mobley, DNP, ACNP-BC gave a very informative presentation to the Club about stroke management. Stroke is the second leading cause of disability. It can be caused by high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or blood clots and it may involve either a blood vessel rupture or blockage. Symptoms include headaches, dizziness, vomiting, drooping, weakness, or confusion. Not all hospitals are Comprehensive Stroke Centers. In this area, El Camino Hospital and Stanford Hospital fit that bill. Surviving a stroke involves following the acronym BE FAST – Balance, Eyes fixed, Face droop, Arms, Speech, Time.
Future Schedule:
Next 4fer is Dave Cole.
Next Vocational Talk is Jim Spangler
And remember…“ Rotary Connects the World, and We Connect Our Community”
President Tom Myers rang the bell and called the meeting to order with the Mountain View Rotary mantra, ““Rotary Connects the World”. Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “We Connect Our Community.”
Dave Cole lead the club in the pledge of allegence.
Jason Commerford shared a quote from Abraham Lincoln “When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad.”
Vocational talk was given by Paul Reinhart, who joined the Marine Corps shortly after high school. He subsequently went to UC Davis for his undergraduate degree after which time he began working in the accounting industry and obtained his CPA license. He then transitioned into working with companies doing software and system implementaions.
General Club Announcements:
Dave Cole updated us about the following Community Projects:
CSMA Concert this coming Saturday, December 7th. Cathy & Bert will be working.
There is a new sign up sheet circulating for future events at CSMA.
Jim Spangler spoke about his trip to New York
Fred contributed to the endownment and spoke of the current local college football rivalries.
Other Club Announcements:
Mat Caparas tribute dinner will be held on Satureday December 28, 2019.
Cathy gave her Red Badge talk where she described how she grew up in upstate New York. She obtained a degree in Parks and Recreations which was what ultimately brought her to the area when she took up a position in Sunnyvale’s parks and recreation department. She has been a avid volunteer throughout her life as a volunteer with Vista and that passion for giving back to the community is what brough her to Rotary after seeing the notice on Next Door.
Foundation update was provided by Monique who reminded us we are shooting for 100% participation club.
President Tom reminded us that we have our regularly scheduled club meeting December 10, 2019 and on December 17, 2019 we will have our holiday dinner event at Don Giovanni’s restaurant (further details to be provided by Paul in the coming days).
A reminder was had that the crab feed will be held again on February 1st, 2019.
Birthday wishes were give to Judy and the club also sang her happy birthday.
SPEAKER:
Sally Perham Chavez a visiting rotarian introduced our speaker Carol Olson who spoke about the Mentor Tutor Connection.
Carol has 20 plus years of experience working with and helping to grow non-profit organizations and is currently the Executive Director for Mentor Tutor Connection. The organization helps to serve youth throughout all schools in the Mountain View and Los Altos schools who have either been identified as in need of assistance or are at risk of falling behind in their studies. At the elementary and middle school level, Carol stated the the program focuses on assisting teachers with students they have identified in need of assistance through tutoring assistance while at the high school level, the program encourages a mentoring based program.
Carol also noed that several of our members either are active members of tutor connection like Paul Reinheart or prior members such as Judy.
Next Week our meeting is on Tuesday, December 10th.
Remember Rotary Connects the World, and We Connect Our Community!!!
Pledge of allegiance: led by some member I can’t recall
Song: Oh What a Beautiful Morning led by Phil
Visitors: Phil’s grandson…let’s go with “Kevin,” Gunther Wobser
New Member Mandy Adrei was with us. She informed us that after visiting the Burlingame, Palo Alto and Mtn. View clubs she decided that Mtn. View is the one for her. Mandy is a Certified Financial Planner with Edward Jones in MV. Formal club membership induction to follow.
Announcements:
Funeral for Bruce Barsi’s mother will be on Thursday 11/7 at 11:00 A.M. at Villa Sienna.
Holiday Dinner will be Tuesday 12/17 at 6:00 P.M. at Don Giovanni in Mountain View. There will be no lunch Meeting that day.
Speaker:
Our scheduled speaker cancelled at last minute and Scott Johnson was kind enough to fill in. Scott gave us interesting information about his service with the CA Air National Guard and specifically about his time assisting in rescue operations in New Orleans immediately following Hurricane Katrina. He shared stories and pictures. Just another example of Scott’s commitment to “Service Above Self”.
11/12 Speaker: District Governor and District Foundation Chair
President’s Greeting: Tom welcomed those in attendance. He reminded us that our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Connects the World”. Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “We Connect the Community.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Jim Cochran
Thought for the Day: Scott
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Paul. Six visiting Rotarians were introduced.
LEAD Program in Africa: Will Smith, visiting Los Altos Rotary member. Will introduced the Club to a potential project in Liberia. Jack, our International Chair, will be discussing the possibilities of joining in on this project with our Board.
Announcements:
Thanks to Scott for being the “4’fer” today.
Tom thanked those who had joined the President’s Club.
There will be a Board Meeting on November 21st, 5:30 p.m., at CSA.
Dave announced there are 10 signups for the Stevens Creek Trail clean-up project this Saturday, Oct. 26th. He passed around the sign-up sheet for CSMA ushering.
Anita gave an update on next Tuesday’s Rotary Social hosted at her house. She will send out an email one more time.
Monique and Tom presented an additional Paul Harris Fellow Award to Heather.
Program: Introduced by Scott.
Mountain View Police Chief Max Bosel gave a department update. Chief Bosel gave a general overview of progress he is making towards three police department goals in the areas of law enforcement, community engagement, and internal affairs. There were questions and answers.
Future Schedule:
October 29th: No luncheon. Rather, there is an evening social at Anita’s house.
Thought Jim Spangler - Remember When Times are tough
No Song – Phil Armi still in El Camino, Alan not present
Meet and Greet
Ring Bell
Visiting Rotarian’s and Guests – Paul
Guest: Bill Atwood (Torrie’s Dad) Tom (Judy’s partner)
Rotarian: Steve Gershikan - Los Altos
Vocational Talk: Tom Meyers. 20 yrs with CSA, heads a team of 32 to assist those in need in our community. Spoke of the effects of Polio on his life and pride of being part of Rotary, doing all to eliminate.
Announcements:
4fer: Jim Spangler
Presidents Club: Fred Storek
Next Board Meeting: November 21, 2019
Com. Services: Dave Cole, Opportunities with CSMA, San Mateo County Emergency response Prep.
Membership: Jerylann – 2 in the pipeline and 1 other possibility
Foundation: Monique, Jim Cochrane honored
Socials: Torrie – Next hosted by Anita, 10/29 5:30
Others: Cops and Gobblers, Sunday 11/24 9AM MVPD
Police and Fire Foundation Dinner 11/2 at Shoreline
Program: Judy Hannaman introduced Dawn Maher, interim CEO of the Mountain View Chamber. Update on multiple programs underway within the Chamber. This years Art and Wine Fest. Was a success and the budget was met. Chamber has nearly doubled their membership to 740 members but still has plenty of opportunity to increase further (only 20% of MV Businesses) Interviews for the new permanent CEO are being held and the replacement should be in place by January. Up coming events are the Athena awards 11/21 and the Tech Expo and Show in July. The mission statement of the Chamber is to Protect the unique and vibrant Community balance we have in Mountain View.
Next 4fer is Scott Johnson. No future vocational talk is scheduled.
President Tom greeted all and reminded us of the theme this year of “Rotary Connects the world”.
Followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
Thought for the day by Monique
Songmaster Phil led with a song
Meet and greet persons in the club
Paul introduced visiting Rotarian Frank Verlot from Los Alto Rotary and guest Ming who came to hear our speaker
The 4fer Monique was thanked
Ken Schwaderer and Jack Wong were thanked for joining the President’s Club
It was announced that the next Board meeting will be on November 21
Dave Cole thanked members for volunteering at the Art & Wine Festival
Nothing from membership this week
Monique announced that she will bring pledges for all to begin fully our Foundation campaign. November is Foundation month, November 5th through November 26th
Social for this month TBD for Tuesday, September 24th
District Governor will hold ‘casual’ meetings in January
There was a mention of Camp RYLA and Hal and Sanjay being involved again this year. Walt also continues with the Enterprise Leadership Program.
Frank Verlot said there is a meeting in Fremont coming up. Avenues of Service may take place in February
Next week’s 4fer is Walt Joyce
Next vocational talk is by Bill Maston on 9/17
The speaker was Kevin Walker from Stat-Medicament-Disposal Corporation. This company has an enhanced ‘drug take back program’. Among other things this program can prevent tainted drinking water if people use this program to rid oneself of drugs/meds. He sees this program as one way to combat the Opioid crisis.
The meeting start was delayed because the caterer was about an hour late for our meeting. President Tom made adjustments which allowed the meeting to proceed with some minor changes.
President Tom introduced himself and the club, giving the theme for RI and for the club.
Scott led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
Roger was the 4’fer for today, conducting the greeter duties and giving us a thought. His thought was about the progress the country has made in recent years in improving the health of persons that have contracted cancer.
Songmaster Phil led us in singing God Bless America.
President-Elect Paul conducted the recognition of six guests who attended the meeting.
Announcements:
Thanks to Roger Kao for bringing the delicious cakes to the meeting, and for being the Greeter today.
President’s Club: Since we had six guests today, President Tom explained the President’s Club and its benefits.
Two Rotarians from Sunnyvale explained to us the golf tournament that their club is sponsoring.
President Tom introduced Sandy who introduced two prospective members that she was escorting.
There will be a Board meeting on November 21.
Community Service: Dave presented the program for club members that will be staffing a booth for tickets at the Art and Wine Festival, next weekend. He gave the names of those participating, their times, and the duties. This will be a good publicity event for our club.
President Tom thanked Fred Stored for his hosting of the recent social event for the club.
Speaker:
Michael Montegut provided the program for the meeting today. His subject was “Working with Youth to overcome challenges”. He gave a story of his experience speaking to teenagers from a position of vulnerability. He told of his experiences with students at Gunn High School, and elsewhere, about the principles he has used to overcome challenges, disappointments, and embarrassments in high school, college, and work.
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mountain View. My name is Tom Myers, your President for 2019-2020.
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary Connects the World”. Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “We Unite the Community.”
Thank you all for joining us today. Please silence your cell phones.
Pledge of Allegiance: Sons of our Guest Speaker, Nicholas Domingo
Thought for the Day: Twana
Songmaster Phil - not present.
Meet & Greet - (2 Minutes)
(Ring Bell after meet and greet)
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Paul
Announcements
Thanks to Twana for being our 4-fer today. The thought for the day was a rumination on the fact that the 50th anniversary of the moon landing and moon walk of July 20-21, 1969 is happening this coming weekend. She recommended the new documentary Apollo 11, with never before seen footage that can be found on YouTube.
President’s Club – Three people have joined the President’ Club already, Alan, Bruce and Dave. President Tom is inviting others to join as well. It is $150 to join, the same as last year. Judy Hannemann decided to join today, in honor of the World Series for 5 to 6 year olds that she recently attended nearby in California.
Board Meeting Date Change – The date of the first quarterly board meeting has been changed from August 15 to August 22 at 5:30 pm at CSA.
Community Service – Dave – Dave was not present but CSA is again volunteering with CSMA and the sign up sheet for events has already been started.
Membership efforts -- Bring a friend to Rotary!
Foundation Minute -- Monique was not present. President Tom is very proud of the fact that Mountain View Rotary is a club that has 100% of its members donate to RI in most years. His goal again for this year is to have 100% of our club members donate to RI.
Socials - Tori – Monthly Social Signups. Tori passed around a schedule for signups for the months in which there are evening socials. She still needs to have a sign up for the evening social which is scheduled for Tuesday, July 30th.
Meeting Set Up/Tear Down – Hiro does a fantastic job of helping to set up and break down for meetings at the Adobe each Tuesday. President Tom is encouraging club members to arrive early and/or stay late to help Hiro with set up and break down.
Any other announcements? - none
Program introduced by Paul Reinhart
“Anti Bullying Youth Program” – with Nicholas and Candace Domingo. Nicholas Domingo is the Executive Director of the 501c3 “Captain Encouragement. He is a 28 year old who has stepped into many arenas of work in his life ranging from manual labor and business development to modeling and acting. Through his acting career, He has been seen on Nickelodeon’s “The Thundermans”, Disney’s “Mighty Med” and The Arsenio Hall show. Through his travels he has shifted his focus to create impact in our world. He has dedicated his life to running the superhero based non-profit youth program, Captain Encouragement, the first superhero teaching real values to kids and showcasing powers based on anti-bullying techniques. He now runs this successful program with his wife, Candice Domingo. Their program has been featured in The Boston Globe, The Rotarian Magazine, The Kansas City Star, The Union Democrat Newspaper, guest on Action 41 news and guest on various radio stations to promote their mission.
Nicholas, with his wife Candice, started the non-profit four and ½ years ago to help reduce violence, bullying and suicide among youth by modeling positive emotions and behaviors for school age children from grade K-3. Nicholas created a positive “super hero” role model named Captain Encouragement to help influence and change the youth culture from within. He emerged dressed in the full Captain Encouragement costume (see pictures) that he wears when he visits school assemblies. At the school assemblies, he teaches about emotional literacy and positive actions in the persona of Captain Encouragement, complete with Captain Encouragement comic books and stickers. Part of the program is to introduce real life heroes to kids like police officers and fire fighters and to help kids learn to identify safe adults. He is looking to implement the program in three elementary schools in Mountain View.
Future Schedule:
July 23 –
July 31 – Evening Social, tbd location
August 22 – Quarterly Board Meeting
It is now time to turn your cell phones back on.
Thanks to our guests for joining us today!
Have a great week!
And remember…“ Rotary Connects the World, We Unite the Community”
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. This is our LAST regular meeting of the 2018-2019 Rotary year.
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Be the Inspiration.”
Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “have fun Being the inspiration.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Jim Spangler
Thought for the Day: Steve Nichols
Songmaster: Phil
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests:
Tom reported he received letters of thanks from groups we support.
Announcements:
Scott announced the club will “Fiddle Bert Out, In Style” this Saturday, June 22, starting at 6:00 pm. A concert at Shoreline Amphitheater will impact traffic to the venue so plan accordingly.
Any other announcements?
Foundation Support: Monique reported all members have contributed.
Guatemala Literacy Project: The Ohio District has been working with students and teachers in Guatemala. See Bert if you are interested in participating.
Vocational Talk:
Walt Joyce, past president, was born in Wisconsin, then moved to California where he started selling shoes in Los Altos. Later, he went into insurance, first in San Francisco, then San Jose. Eventually he joined Ernie Hawks, another past president, in the insurance industry. Although he sold the business, he is still licensed and active as an insurance broker.
Program: Introduced by Bert (Program Chair Jack is absent)
Write and filmmaker, Caroline Cocciardi, has studied the art of Leonardo Da Vinci specifically, knot art. She started with an examination of the Mona Lisa. She recognized the embroidery on the bodice of her dress as mathematical, not merely decorative. Intersecting octagons make up the Mona Lisa “knot”. In fact, Da Vinci included interlocking knots in all of his paintings and were deeply symbolic. She studied his use of circles, squares, and octagons. Her ultimate conclusion: Love conquers all.
Future Schedule:
June 19:Rotary Club of Evergreen Valley chartering even at San Jose City Hall.
June 22: First meeting of Tom’s year.
July 9, 11:45 am: Endowment board meeting.
Future Board Meeting Schedule: Quarterly, Third Thursdays, beginning August.
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.”
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Tom – we had 4 visiting Rotarians today. Glynis Hayes from Victoria Island, Diane Reinhart, Kirty Vadalkar and RC Dombinli Vadalkar.
Announcements
Thanks to Paul for being our 4-fer today
Membership efforts -- Bring a friend to Rotary!
International Conference, Report by Paul – he said the Conference was amazing with thousands of Rotarians from different cultures from all around the world. He also shared that he and friends hiked the Hars mountains in former East Germany. With that he joined the President’s Club.
June 19: Rotary Club of Evergreen Valley chartering event at San Jose City Hall
Vocational Talk: Scott Scott indicated he had a two track career: 1) 35 years with the Army National Guard from which he retired, and 2) on-going work with Non-Profits. He is currently working at Villa Siena which started in 1965. Dr. Steve was the visiting physician and they have a person there who is 105 years old!
Program introduced by Jack Wong
“World Community Service”
Dr. Jack Higgins, a past visitor to our club and a member of the Rotary Club of Los Altos, will give us an update on some of the international projects we have supported, and projects we might support in the future. We have been providing support to various international projects selected and managed by the Los Altos club.
He discussed the on-going work with the Los Altos Rotary AIDS Project (LARAP) that our club has contributed our DDF towards. The project has been going on for 30 years in Africa including Liberia, Tanzania, and Uganda as well as in Nepal. The project’s goal is to reduce mother to child HIV transmission during child birth by treating the mother before birth and the child for 6 weeks after. The delivery of antiretroviral drugs as stopped HIV from being passed on in 98% of cases. In Liberia, it is difficult for people to receive treatment due to the shortage of trained medical personnel and HIV testing. Liberia is quite poor with about 85% of the population living on less than $1 per day.
In Arusha Tanzania, they are working with the Foundation of African Medicine and Education (FAME). They provide HIV testing kits and are working to prevent mother to baby HIV transmission.
Future Schedule:
June 12 – Combined Board/Leadership meeting
June 18: Caroline Cocciardi: About Leonardo DaVinci
Ms Cocciardi is a writer and filmmaker who has been studying the work of Leonardo da
Vinci for more than twenty years. She has lectured for many institutions and museums
about Leonardo da Vinci’s knot art. Her studies uncovered a facet of the
Renaissance painter’s work that was overlooked for centuries
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. See email from Scott..
President’s Greeting by Bert: Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View!
Our International theme is “Be the Inspiration”. Our club’s theme is “Have Fun Being the Inspiration”.
Cathy led the Pledge of Allegiance. Heather shared a greeting of fiddler riddles to celebrate President Bert in his last month as President.
General Club Announcements:
Community Service: Dave shared Twana and Bruce greeted last week and CSMA shared a grateful thank you. Also, Dave and Fred and spouses assisted with CSMA’s Gala and enjoyed the event.
Monique granted a Paul Harris Foundation pin to Jim C.
Kick out on June 22nd sign-up is ongoing, view your email or register at next week’s meeting.
Paul is in Hamburg for Rotary International Conference. 2020 conference is in Honolulu.
There is no BBQ and Golf Tournament this year.
Combined Board Meeting is June 12.
Rotary Club of Evergreen Valley invites all to their formal induction celebration into Rotary International on June 19th at San Jose City Hall.
Tom announced special thoughts and prayers for Scott’s family as his mother is receiving hospice care.
Bio talk by Jason: one of our red badgers shared his professional background, which he began as a student studying accounting in southern California while working as an Emergency Medical professional. He worked in public accounting for a few years while teaching at a Community College. Currently, Jason is working for a private equities firm and is a real estate agent.
SPEAKER INTRO: Jack introduced speaker Kris Manfrina, a Senior Regional Vice President for Nationwide Annuities in the San Francisco Bay area. His provides a consultative approach in topics such as maximization of Social Security benefits, understanding of Medicare, retirement income planning and legacy planning strategies.
Kris shared the average cost of healthcare in retirement is $300,000, 23% on drug costs, 32% medicare premiums and 45% copays or supplemental insurance. The choosing of medicare benefits can be complicated and Kris recommends visiting https://www.aging.ca.gov/hicap/Contact_HICAP/.
Next Meeting is Tuesday, June 11.
Have a great week! And remember…”Have Fun Being the Inspiration!”
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.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Paul
Thought for the Day: Ken
“If Aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans. We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet.” Stephen Hawking
Songmaster Phil
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Paul – none present
Announcements
Thanks to Ken for being our 4-fer today
Community Service – Dave, CSMA June 1 is their major fund raiser in Los Altos Hills. They would like help from 9-12 setting up.
No golf tourney and bbq this year.
Membership efforts -- Bring a friend to Rotary!
Foundation & Polio CampaignReport: MV Rotary is close to 100% club participation. Please make at least a $25 donation to the Foundation if you have not already done so.
Scholarship thank-you letter from Jade Thomas of Saint Francis HS. It was a very personal and heartfelt thank you.
District Conference, President Bert reported on an enthusiastic District Conference. The main speaker was Astronaut Scott Kelley who had spent a year in space. Bert encouraged all leaders to attend next year.
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. The entertainment will include a group of fiddlers. With a possible solo by soon to be past president Bert.
Vocational talk: Sheila Hodgkinson presented a history of her life that began in England. She loved both the arts and sciences. She realized that both of these disciplines come together in Architecture. She graduated in 1946. In 1953 she met and married Peter our former member. They moved to the United States where she specialized in designing Health Care facilities. She then focused on housing and remodeling. Then in 2008, she became President of Mountain View Rotary. Thank you, Sheila.
Program introduced by Anita:
Speakers from two of our grant recipient organizations:
Friends of the Stevens Creek Trail: Greg Unangst presented the history of the Stevens Creek Trail. Founded in 1993, the goal was to have a trail from the Bay to the Mountains. This local community group was established to raise community awareness and support for the completion of a trail in the Stevens Creek Corridor. The Stevens Creek Trail is currently 56.9% complete measured from the mouth of the Stevens Creek Trail on the Bay to the Stevens Creek Dam and 59.61% complete measured from the Bay to the Ridge Trail.
CANOPY Program was presented by Natalie Brubaker and Kammy Lo. Canopy plants and cares for trees where people need them the most. Their mission is to grow an urban tree canopy in Midpeninsula communities for the benefit of all. Canopy was created in 1996, to support the City’s urban forestry programs and engage residents in learning about the importance of trees and how to care for them. Canopy became an independent 501(c)3 in 2002, and has extended its programs to the neighboring communities of East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, and to Mountain View.
Future Schedule:
May 28 -- Dark
June 4 – Kris Manfrina – Health Care – Plan for costs in retirement
June 11 – Dr. Jack Higgins – Los Altos Rotary
World Community Services – Provides us an update on the projects we supported and projects for the future.
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.”
Pledge of Allegiance
Thought for the Day: Jim Spangler – Jim told us about “Decorations Day,” which became Memorial Day in 1967. He thanked all who have served to protect this nation.
Joke of the Week – Two atoms and one was positive that he lost an electron!
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Paul
Reverend Claire Dietrich Ranna, a new Rotarian visiting from Los Altos
Announcements
Thanks to Jim for being our 4-fer today
Community Service –
Golf Tournament and BBQ – Usually the first Friday in June. Let Walt know as soon as possible if you are interested.
Membership efforts -- Bring a friend to Rotary!
Foundation and Polio CampaignReport (Monique)
District Conference, May 17-19 on the Hornet, Alameda
Any “Thought for the dinner” suggestions?
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. More information from Scott to follow.
Don’t forget to pay your Rotating Dinner bills
We still need monthly speaker chairs for next year
New Member Induction – Congratulations Cathy Merrill!
Program Chaired by Anita: Community Grants
One of our Community Grant recipients was present and received the award:
Living Classroom was founded in 2008 with a mission to inspire children to learn about and value our natural world through garden-based education. They provide programs for most or all of the public elementary and middle schools of Los Altos, Mountain View, and Palo Alto.
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.”
Pledge of Allegiance
Thought for the Day: Fred
Songmaster Phil
Joke of the Week – Two atoms and one was positive that he lost an electron!
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Tom
M.A.T. Caparas
Joy Garza, Mountain View Public Safety Foundation
Announcements
Thanks to Fred for being our 4-fer today
Community Service – Dave, CSMA sign-ups May 25th is still available
Membership efforts -- Bring a friend to Rotary!
Polio CampaignReport (Monique) -- Flash campaign results doing well
Auction: “End Polio Now” hat to Tom Myer for $20
Rotating Dinner Report (Anita): A great success! Thanks to Anita for organizing and all who hosted
District Conference, May 17-19 on the Hornet, Alameda
Any “Thought for the dinner” suggestions?
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. More information from Scott to follow.
Golf Tournament -- Mountain View Rotary typically holds a golf tourney and bbq the first Friday in June. Not sure if we have enough support this year with some members injured, etc. Please contact Walt by phone or email if you can play, and how many in your group. We need to have 24 or more to make an event. Walt Joyce 650 814 5569 or Wpjoyce@gmail.com.
Vocational Talk by Ernie Hawks – Ernie talked about life at the Terraces in Los Altos and invited all to come by for a visit.
Program Chaired by Ken: High School Scholarship Awards
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.
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.”
Pledge of Allegiance
Thought for the Day: Jack
"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing -- that's why we recommend it daily." -Zig Ziglar
"If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way." -Napoleon Hill
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." -Steve Jobs
"I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it." -Estée Lauder
"You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them." -Shonda Rhimes
Songmaster Phil
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Tom
We had 3 out of the Country Rotarians from Germany. Rotary Club – Bayerwald Zwiesel. Prof. Dr. rer. Nat. Peter Serber, Johann Kraus, and Joachim Zellner. They presented our club with their flag and bottle of Whiskey.
Announcements
Thanks to Jack for being our 3-fer today
Enza Potter – St. Francis scholarship winner last year – wrote from CMU.
Our sympathy to Tori on the loss of her mother
Community Service
Dave, CSMA sign-ups?
Paul, Stevens Creek Trail: scheduled clean-up April 20th Membership efforts -- Bring a friend to Rotary!
Rotating Dinner May 4th -- (Anita) announcement and sign-up
District golf tournament May 17th in Alameda – Roger is signed up. Any others interested?
District Conference, May 17-19 on the Hornet, Alameda
June 22nd: Rotary Club Kick-Out Dinner at Michaels at Shoreline. Reception/Drinks at 6 p.m., followed by dinner/program at 7 p.m. More information from Scott to follow.
Jim Spangler – won our first Annual March Madness Contest. We had 14 Rotarian that signed up. With his proceeds, Jim decided to donate it back to the Endowment Fund. Total Donation to our Endowment Fund is $280.
Program introduced by Tom
Bob Davila: the Census Process: Bob Davila, former Mountain View Rotary member, who every year works the wine & beer bar at the Rotary Crab Feed (and son of long time Club member Frank Davila) was our speaker. Bob is working for the United States Census Bureau for his second U.S. Census and has a very interesting and insightful talk about the importance and significance of the ongoing National Census. Bob’s program will be multimedia, was just given to NBC News and Univision, and he will have information handouts at the completion of his talk.
Future Schedule:
April 16th: Dr. Marcus and Denise. They will be talking about breathing techniques and guided meditation for stress release. They also will talk about how brain works too.
April 23rd: Darlene de la Cerna has doubled the size of our local Rotary Youth Exchange program. She said she can bring in a student to join her. 408-810-8855 or dmdsc57@gmail.com
President Bert welcomed all in attendance and reminded: Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Be the Inspiration”. Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “Have Fun Being the Inspiration.”
Bert called for the Pledge of Allegiance. Jason shared a thought for the day. Phil led a song. Judy welcomed today’s visitors. B. Cunningham, a visiting Rotarian from Bend, Oregon, was introduced. He is visiting his daughters here in the Mountain View area while transitioning between homes in Bend, Oregon.
Announcements:
Thanks to Scott for being our 4-fer today,
Community Service –CSMA sign-ups are going well. This is a good opportunity to get Rotary’s name out in the community.
Sign up for Stevens Creek Trail Clean Up this Saturday April 6th was passed around.
Sign up for Rotary Rotating Dinner which will be held on Saturday, May 4th, beginning at 5:30 was passed around.
District Training Assembly is April 6
District golf tournament is May 17 in Alameda – Roger is signed up. Any others interested?
District Conference, May 17-19 on the Hornet, Alameda.
Dick Lubman’s wife passed away unexpectedly and memorial service is coming soon.
Vocational Speech: Anita gave a talk about her background starting out in teaching and her transition that lead her to going back to school and ultimately talking with Tom one night at a Rotary social which resulted in her current position in the fundraising space.
Induction of Jason to the Mountain View Rotary club began with a speech by Scott and Jerylann presented Jason with his official acceptance into Rotary. Tom presented the Four – Way Test and its significance to Rotary.
The day was finished with a video of Rotary’s impact on Polio and what the organization along with the help of others has been able to accomplish.
Future Schedule:
April 3: Board/Leadership Meeting
April 9, 16, 23: Regular meetings -- Speakers to be announced
May 4: Rotating Dinner
Future Programs: April 9, 2019 – Bob Davila
Bob Davila, former Mountain View Rotary member, who every year works the wine & beer bar at the Rotary Crab Feed (and son of long time Club member Frank Davila) will be our speaker next Tuesday the 9th. Bob is working for the United States Census Bureau for his second U.S. Census and has a very interesting and insightful talk about the importance and significance of the ongoing National Census. Bob’s program will be multimedia, was just given to NBC News and Univision, and he will have information handouts at the completion of his talk. This should be a great program so please invite friends, relatives, and prospective members to attend.
President Bert welcomed all in attendance and reminded: Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Be the Inspiration”. Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “Have Fun Being the Inspiration.”
Twana led the Pledge of Allegiance. Scott shared a thought for the day. Phil led a song.
Tom welcomed today’s visitors. S. Srindhar, a visiting Rotarian from Bangalore, India, was introduced. He is visiting his daughter in the Mountain View area. S. Srindhar shared some highlights of his Rotary Club’s activities in India and he exchanged a flag.
Cathy Merrill was introduced as a guest. David Cain was a guest, assisting our presenter.
Announcements:
Thanks to Scott for being our 4-fer today
Community Service –CSMA sign-ups are going well. This is a good opportunity to get Rotary’s name out in the community.
Membership efforts -- Bring a friend to Rotary!
Polio Flash Campaign underway—Monique encouraged all to donate.
The sign up for the Club social at Monique’s on March 26 was passed around.
Civil Grand Jury candidates requested –email Bert if interested.
The San Jose East Evergreen Crab Feed is on March 23.
District Training Assembly is April 6 – Signup sheet was circulated
District golf tournament is May 17 in Alameda – Roger is signed up. Any others interested?
District Conference, May 17-19 on the Hornet, Alameda
Speaker: Introduced by Tom
Diana Russell, co-founder of the Silicon Valley North Chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby.
Diana Russell worked as Chief Nursing Officer/Chief Clinical Officer at El Camino Hospital for 12 years. She is a co-founder of the Silicon Valley North Chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby. She is a Registered Nurse and a member of CCL's Health Team. In this role she has been a major contributor to strategies for seeking endorsements from hospitals and healthcare providers. Diana gave a presentation on CCL’s efforts lobbying efforts and a Carbon Fee and Dividend bill currently in Congress. She spoke about CCL’s tie to Rotary through CCL’s founder, Marshall Saunders, who was a Rotarian in Southern California.
Note: see page 43 of the April issue of Rotarian Magazine about CCL’s interaction with Rotary!
Vocational Speech: Alan Goodman gave a talk about his background growing up in Arkansas, getting a degree in international management and how he came to own a promotional materials company.
Future Schedule:
March 26: Evening social at Monique’s (Sign up!)
April 2: Next regular lunch meeting (Speaker still not definite)
April 3: Board/Leadership Meeting
April 6: Steven's Creek Trail clean up at 9am at Whisman Park on Easy Street
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.”
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Paul – We had many visitors today including many Rotarians. These included Andrew Briggs, Carlos Pineda, Renee Zimmerman, Eric Eberle, Greg Gomon, Jerry Moison, Jack Kelly, Fiora Burke, Lisa Blagof, Kamal Della and Roy Love.
Announcements
Thanks to Phil Armi for being our 4-fer today
Community Service – Dave, CSMA signups continue
Sign up for Club social at Monique’s March 26
Civil Grand Jury candidates requested – See brochure; email Bert if interested
San Jose East Evergreen Crab Feed March 23
District Training Assembly April 6 – Signup sheet being circulated
District golf tournament May 17 in Alameda – Let Bert know this week if interested!
District Conference, May 17-19 on the Hornet, Alameda
Southern District 5170 Speech Contest (organized by Sanjay -- Chaired by Alan)
The topic of choice was Inspiration
Speakers
Sawye Raygani
Sawye Raygani is a senior at Los Gatos High School, who will be attending Stanford next fall to study Human Biology and Economics. She loves cooking, kickboxing, and reading New Yorker Cartoons. Sawye is the Chair of the Los Gatos Youth Commission and Captain of the Speech and Debate Team and serves on the Community and Senior Services Commission of Los Gatos. She and her best friends also run a hiking club to explore trails in the Bay Area and take pictures of cool fungi.
Terry Cole, Sponsoring Rotary Club: Santa Cruz Rotary
Parents: Freny Cole
High School: Pacific Collegiate
Year in School: 12th
School Activities: Involved in graphic design and computer science.
Future Goals: Plans to attend Tufts University next year.
Clarissa Lara
GRADE/SCHOOL: Grade 10, Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy (GECA)
ROTARY SPONSOR/CONTACT: Gilroy Sunrise Rotary Club –
ACTIVITIES: Clarissa is a sixteen-year old Gilroy resident who attends the Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy, a dual-enrollment program, where Clarissa is simultaneously pursuing her high school diploma and her Associates degree. She has represented the school in the Santa Clara County Poetry Out Loud competition for two years in a row (2018 and 2019). She is an active member in the school's Writing Club and Red Cross Club. With her mother's support, Clarissa founded a Girls Who Code Club at the Gilroy Library, and she is facilitating a "Google CS First" Class at the library as well. The clubs seek to foster local middle school and elementary school students' interest in STEM-related careers by exposing them to the foundations of coding and computer science. She is an avid reader, an artistic spirit, and a proud older sister to her younger seven-year-old brother.
Jessica Aaron
And the winners were….. Jessica and Terry! Jessica spoke about global illiteracy and the Rotary Foundation’s inspiring role in helping to reduce it. Terry spoke of the inspiration some of our United States Presidents have gotten from Presidents before them like Lincoln was inspired by George Washington or FDR being inspired by Teddy Roosevelt.
And the runner ups were….. Clarrisa and Sawye! Clarrisa spoke about inspiration from leaders like Gandhi and the salt march, as well as Dr. Martin Luther King, both striving to help others. Sawye was inspired by inspirational posters and super heroes and how as humans, we are flawed, but have the ability to learn from our mistakes and to be compassionate.
Judges
Jane Kenney
Joe Maestas
Bill Helfrich.
Donna Cook
Tom Lattie
Future Schedule:
March 19:Diana Russell, a co-founder of the Silicon Valley North Chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby.
President Bert Raphael welcomed everyone to the meeting. Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Be the Inspiration.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “Have Fun Being the Inspiration.”
Jim Cunningham led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Thought for the Day: Bruce offered some quotes about Spring Training and the start of this year’s baseball season.
Joke of the Week: Bert gave us a history lesson about “Knock, Knock” jokes. It seems that the person who discovered them won a “NoBell” prize.
President Elect Tom introduced several guests who were visiting today:
Sofia Baryshera
Nataliie Vert
Sergio Criollo
Cathy Merrill
Maithili Shinde
Veronica Jacob
Nirrvana Nworide
Announcements
Thanks to Bruce for being our 4-fer today.
Crab feed report: Alan stated that we are very close to a $18,000 profit.
Polio Flash Campaign begins now—Monique talked about the campaign which is asking for a $50 donation from each member. The Gates Foundation will match all donations two to one. Checks need to be made out to the Rotary Foundation.
Sign up for Club social at Monique’s house on March 26th.
District Training Assembly on April 6th. This is for new members and future Club Officers. It is free to attend as the Club pays for all costs.
District Conference is May 17th to 19th on the Hornet in Alameda.
Jack has put together March Madness 50/50 brackets. The winner takes 50% and the remaining 50% goes to the Club’s Endowment.
Vocational Talk: Sanjay gave a very inspiring Vocational talk about his experiences working in Silicon Valley and how things have evolved since he started.
Speaker
Tom introduced our speaker, Evelyne Keomian. Evelyne was born and raised in Ivory Coast, West Africa. She was a little girl who was not given much chance at education and became a teen mom at the age of 16. At a very young age, she understands first-hand what it meant to live in poverty, to go hungry and be unable to go to school. She recognized early on that without a good education her options would be limited. Evelyne taught herself how to read, and when she grew older she was able to attend night school. She moved to the United States at the age of 26 where she continued her education.
In 2017 she founded the Karat School Project a direct service nonprofit organization with a mission is to provide education, meals, and other urgently needed necessities to children and women living in extreme poverty in the Ivory Coast. It is currently a 501c3 charity. The program started with 250 children teaching them reading and writing and providing meals. In 2018, a full time education center was opened.
The program has the following needs and they are looking for monthly donors:
Running water at $2,500
Meals 287 x 17
School supplies $500
Future Schedule:
March 12: Southern District 5170 Speech Contest
March 19: Diana Russell, a co-founder of the Silicon Valley North Chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby.
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.”
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Tom – Many guests today
Announcements
Thanks to Tori for being our 4-fer today
Crab feed report: Alan – No update yet
Community Grants – Anita – launching pilot on new grant process
Membership efforts -- Bring a friend to Rotary!
Sign up for Club social at Paul’s Feb. 26 – should be fun!
District Training Assembly April 6 – Saturday with lunch
District Conference, May 17-19 on the Hornet, Alameda
Rotary Vietnam Project presentation (10 minutes)
Sarah Fang a Junior Pinewood High School. Scholarships for at risk youth to combat Human Trafficking through soccer ball sales for $275 each. One ball covers 5 tuitions and the balls are sent to 3rd world countries
Speaker introduced by Twana
Ana Maria Ruiz, General Manager of Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District – an independent special district in the San Francisco Bay Area that has preserved a regional greenbelt system of over 63.000 acres of public land and manages 26 open space preserves.
Began with a grass roots effort with measure R in 1972. With 180 employees and 600 volunteers, the organization is funded via property tax to create, among other land acquisitions in the bay area, a continuous green belt in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Developed a strategic plan in 2011. Measure AA raised $300 million for capital projects only. They provide over 100 docent hikes for guests to hike with a group.
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.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Paul
Thought for the Day: Jim Cochran – Fake News
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Paul - Nina Zheng joined us today. She is visiting several Rotary clubs and is looking to join. Johanna Pascal from Argentina was a visiting scholar with us 12 years ago. She went skiing with us at Whistler Canada.
Announcements
Thanks to Jim Cochran for being our 4-fer today
Crab feed report: Alan – still waiting for final ticket sales numbers
Community Service – Dave, CSMA – looking for volunteers to usher.
Community Grants – Anita – explained that we are funding a smaller number of groups based in Mountain View
Monique: Rotary Foundation announcements – Flash Campaign for Polio – envelope was passed around with an expected contribution of $50 / person.
Club social at Paul’s Feb. 26 – Sign up!
Poker Tournament: Castro Valley, March 9
District Training Assembly April 6
District Conference, May 17-19 on the Hornet, Alameda
Speaker introduced by Twana
Dr. Deborah Wilson Clark, Doctor of Audiology of Pacific Hearing Service in Los Altos. Her topic was Hearing Aid Technology. Dr. Clark demonstrated several devices that would be of help to those with hearing loss. She explained what the audiologist does and the limitations of our hearing.
Future Schedule:
February 19: Ana Maria Ruiz, General Manager of Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
February 20: Board/Leadership Meeting at CSA, 5:30pm
Crab feed went very well due to high club participation!
Community Service – Dave, CSMA - concert on the 10th canceled. Next concert Feb. 17 and we are looking for ushers
Rotary Foundation - Monique will talk about the FLASH Campaign next week
Membership efforts -- Bring a friend to Rotary!
Club social at Paul’s Feb. 26 – Sign up!
Poker Tournament: Castro Valley, March 9
District Training Assembly April 6
District Conference, May 17-19 on the Hornet, Alameda
Rotary Club to start a new club for 20 – 30 year olds
Speech Contest chaired by Heather
Judy: Timer. Fred: Teller. Secret judges.
Three students from two high schools.
Evan Fine, MVHS
Rose Liu, Los Altos HS
Charlotte Zhang, Los Altos HS
Advisor is Julie Harmon.
The first speaker Charlotte speech stressed judging situations and finding a way to do the right thing- to be brave and be an inspiration
The second speaker Rose spoke of the homeless people, some are ex-military with only memories left as they become homeless for lack of affordability of housing. Show compassion.
Third speaker Evan spoke of his own journey to get to be able to talk publicly likes 4-way Rotary test and striving to the light-being an inspiration.
Both of the girls are from China. Charlotte arrived at age 4 and Rose 2 years ago.
The winner of the contest was Evan who will now go on to the next contest at the Marriott
Future Schedule:
February 12: Dr. Deborah Wilson Clark, Doctor of Audiology of Pacific Hearing Service in Los Altos
February 19: Ana Maria Ruiz, General Manager of Mid peninsula Regional Open Space District
February 20: Board/Leadership Meeting at CSA, 5:30pm
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.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Sanjay
Thought for the day: Dave Cole
Song of the Day: Phil with his daughter Jody “God Bless America”
Joke of the Week: A vulture with too much carrion was not allowed on an airplane.
Announcements:
Thanks to Dave for being our 4-fer today
Crab feed update: Alan – Crab feed Saturday! All hands on deck.
Tom: Election of Officers for next year – The club unanimously approved Tom’s slate as presented.
President, Tom Myers
President Elect, Paul Reinhart
Past President, Bert Raphael
Treasurer, Fred Storek
Secretary, Bruce Barsi
Other Directors, and Bylaws changes for next year, in progress.
Social at Paul’s Feb. 26
Community Service – Dave, CSMA? – Thank you Anita and Judy for volunteering 1/28/19
Membership efforts – Jerylann, Tori, Judy, Linda. Bring a friend to Rotary!
Mention “Young Rotarian” program; Rotaract club
Global Grant Scholarships deadline Feb. 3
Poker Tournament: Castro Valley, March 9
District Conference, May 17-19 on the Hornet, Alameda
Leadership Training Date
Program: Introduced by Tori
Chester Santos, “The International Man of Memory,” one of the world’s foremost experts on memory training. In a return performance, Chester Santos wowed us all with his amazing memory gymnastics. If you go to PBS and type in Chester Santos you can watch Mr. Santos in action.
Future Schedule:
February 2: Crab Feed
Sell Crab Feed Tickets!
Feb. 5: Local Speech Contest
February 12: Dr. Deborah Wilson Clark, Doctor of Audiology of Pacific Hearing Service in Los Altos.
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mountain View. My name is Bert Raphael, your President for the first and second half of 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: Jim Cunningham
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Paul – We had a visitors to the club Jim who is a friend of Jerylann.
Club Assembly
Bert:
Thanks to Jim Cunningham for being the 4-fer today.
President’s announcements: Bert announced that our Songmaster Phil has a stroke on New Year’s Eve, but doing well in recovery and rehab
Global Grant Scholarships deadline is Feb. 3
We have sent our signed contract to the city to get Rotary signs Steven’s Creek Trail.
The focus areas for grants will be chosen by the President Elect and will be from the 6 areas of focus for Rotary
Promoting Peace
Fighting Disease
Providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene
Saving mothers and children
Supporting education
Growing local economies
Monique agreed to be the 4-fer for our February 5 meeting
Happy Birthday Scott!
Alan gave an update on the Crab Feed
Crab is looking good
He passed out a sign up sheet to volunteer during the crab feed. This is an all hands on deck event.
Community Service:Dave – CSMA volunteer opportunities are available.
Vocational Talk:Jim Cunningham – Jim spoke about growing up in Wisconsin and following in his family’s tradition of becoming a dentist.
Speakers:
Our Speakers were Ann Chasson and Mary Rubin who discussed their 501(c)(3) non-profit to adopt out adult cats - Dancing Cats. They have a location in San Jose. More information can be found at dancingcats.org
Future Schedule:
January 29: Chester Santos – The International Man of Memory
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mountain View. My name is Bert Raphael, your President for the first and second half of 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: Sanjay Dave
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Tom – We had 2 visitors to the club Diane and Jason. Jason Commerford has submitted his application to join our club. Welcome Jason!
Club Assembly
Bert: Overview.
President’s announcements: Bert announced that our Songmaster Phil has a stroke on New Year’s Eve, but doing well in recovery and rehab. A card was passed along for everyone to sign
Alan gave an update on the Crab Feed
Crab is looking good
we've sold 20-25 tickets online
He passed out a sign up sheet to volunteer during the crab feed. This is an all hands on deck event. He's also looking into hiring 4-5 people from the Day Workers Center to help during the end of the event, 6-10pm.
Tom Myers announced he'll give an update on club leadership during the board meeting on Jan. 16.
Community Service: Jim Cunningham – CSMA volunteer opportunities are available.
Speaker
Our Speaker was Elisabeth Seaman, a mediator. She discussed how we should have civil discourses. It was a lively discussion as members brought up situations where it wasn't always easy to have civil discussions when both parties have strong disagreements. Elisabeth showed her mediation skills and taught us how to evolve those tough conversations into more of a dialogue so we can each learn from one another. She has also co-authored a book which she brought to the meeting to sell signed copies of.
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mountain View. My name is Bert Raphael, your President for the first and second half of 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.”
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Tom – no visitors today
Club Assembly
Bert: Overview.
President’s announcements:
Global Grant Scholarships deadline
Mentor Tutor Connection meeting
President’s Club – now has 12 members. Make that 14 - Ken and Jim S. joined today
Birthdays: Tom, Jan. 4.
Monthly speaker chair still needed for March.
Five Avenues of Service: Vocational, Club, Community, International, & New Generations
Vocational Service: Personal talk by Dave Cole. Dave said he has been a Rotarian for 40 years. He owns Sterling Upholstery since 1968 and has 15 employees.
Community Service: Dave Cole – CSMA has some volunteering opportunities coming up. Please review the signup sheet being passed around.
International Service: Jack Wong – project in Nepal needs the Rotary club there to have financials prepared. They are looking for an accountant. We have $3052 in grant funds for 2018/19.
Tory is out as she has broken her leg.
New Generations:
Sanjay Dave— Speech Contest – February 5. We also are sponsoring 4 kids to RYLA.
Alan Goodman: Interact – Alan is working with MVHS and St. Francis clubs.
Walt Joyce: ELC will be at Asilomar in April. Our club will be sponsoring 3 – 4 kids for $1500. 50% of ELC kids are low income.
Other Committees & Programs:
The Rotary Foundation: Monique Kane – Jim Cochran received has Paul Harris award.
Crab Feed Fund Raiser: Alan Goodman – It’s a go for February 2. Crab availability and pricing is still TBD.
Community Grants: Anita Grossman – This year our club will grant 3 -5 organizations higher grant amounts.
Club Membership Growth Efforts: Judy Hannemann – still a focus.
Club Endowment Fund: Jim Spangler
Scholarship Awards: Ken Schwaderer
Treasurer Report:Fred Storek – club is in good shape financially.
Secretary Report:Paul Reinhart - still working with the city of MV to get a Rotary sign on Stevens’ Creek trail in exchange for a twice year clean up by our club.
Bert: Rotary shifting from Five Areas of Service, to Six Areas of Focus
Promote peace
Fight disease – including polio eradication
Provide clean water, sanitation & hygiene
`Saving mothers and children – including stopping HIV transmission
Supporting education
Growing local economies
Officers, Bylaws, and Plans for Rotary Year 2019-2020:Tom Myers – President Elect Tom is re-writing the club by-laws and will present changes to the Board along with potential Board members for 2019/20.
Future Schedule:
January 15: Bobbi Emel – Psychotherapist in Palo Alto
President’s Greeting - Bert called the meeting to order at 12:34 and reminded everyone of Rotary International’s theme, Be the Inspiration and our club’s theme, “Have Fun Being the Inspiration.”
Pledge of Allegiance - Jack led us in the pledge.
Thought for the Day: Anita shared some inspirational quotes from the late George H.W. Bush
Song – Phil led us in a spirited rendition of “Jingle Bells.”
Visiting Rotarians and Guests – President-elect Tom introduced Bill from Pittsburgh who is in town visiting his son. Visiting guests included Leslie, a friend of the speaker, and Nirvana., who is looking at club membership.
Announcements etc.
Frank and Ernie were celebrated as new honorary members of the club.
Bob is the newest member of the Presidents’ Club.
The Holiday Party is next Tuesday, December 11th at Giovanni’s. The event starts at 6:00PM.
We will be “dark” through the end of December. Our next lunch meeting is on January 8, 2019.
Rotary International is offering a $30K Year Abroad Scholarship for recent college graduates.
We still need a speaker chair for March; see Tom if you are interested.
Dave still has volunteer slots for the CSMA concert series; thank you to Twana for representing the club this past weekend.
Judy and Monique are celebrating birthdays this week; former Rotary International President Matt C., an honorary member of our club, turns 95 on December 28th.
Vocational Talk: Jim Cochran shared highlights from his professional experience as an industrial engineer, facilities manager for two local companies and health/safety/environmental consultant. During his tenure on the MV City Council, the city build the new town hall, revitalized the downtown area and brought the light rail to Mountain View. Jim currently volunteers at the Veterans Administration which he described as “very pleasant and you get paid with a smile.”
Speaker: Relationship Marketing expert Sue Brooks provided some great tips for building a business/customer base by going back to the basics of relationship building. “No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.” Her website is https://suebrooke.com.
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.”
Thank you all for joining us today. Please silence your cell phones.
Thought for the day: Dave
Announcements:
Thanks to Dave for being the “4’fer” today!
(Tom): Monthly speaker chair still needed for March
Dave, Jim, Bruce – CSMA, community service—Cops and Gobblers report
Bert/Jerylann – District emphasis on membership. Bring a friend to Rotary. Pick up a “What is Rotary” reminder card.
Rotaract: Sponsoring a new club (with PA University, Los Altos). Tori representing us.
Tom: Holiday Party December 11. – Sign up? Gift exchange?
Bert: Announce Global Grant Scholarships
Birthdays: Bert, Ernie, Hal
Program: Introduced by Steve Nichols
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. Dr. Martin spoke about embedded systems security, operating system security, vulnerability analysis, reverse engineering, network protocol analysis, anomaly detection, big-data security analytics and cyber-security. Paul is married to Christine, the daughter of Rotarian Dr. Steve Nichols.
Future Schedule:
Next club Leadership Meeting: November 28, 5:30 p.m., @ CSA.
No monthly social – Enjoy Thanksgiving period!
Dec. 4:Sue Brooke, a highly regarded motivational and team building speaker.
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
Promote strategies to protect vulnerable populations and maintain a diverse population.
Housing
Transportation
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.
President Bert welcomed us with our theme to “Be the Inspiration” and as a club, “Have Fun.”
Visiting today was Jason Commerford, newly resident in Mountain View.
Announcements:
Thanks to Sheila for being the “4’fer”.
Speaker Chair still needed for March.
Sign up for our Social at Tori’s home on Oct. 30.
Foundation: Monique presented Sheila with a Paul Harris pin.
Community Service: Alan and Tori had ushered at CSMA recently and volunteers are wanted for this Sunday Beethoven concert.
Rotary Travel and Service: Trips to Central America and to India for Polio immunizations are being planned. If interested, let Bert know.
Rotaract: Our Club is joining with Palo Alto University and Los Altos Clubs to sponsor a new Rotaract Club in our area. Tori has volunteered to work with the group.
Birthdays: Greetings to Jim Cochran and Sanjay for Birthdays this month.
Program: Scott introduced Dwight Perry, Past District Governor and member from Castro Valley, Chairman of the Polio Plus Committee. Scott had met him years ago when both were raising funds for a new Castro Valley Library.
Dwight Perry spoke of the World Polio Day, October 24, and quoted numbers for the progress in fundraising and immunizations since the campaign started in 1998. He described early efforts in the Philippines where “Polio Plus” began and how Rotary’s early fundraising enabled co-operation with the World Health Organization to spread internationally to areas where immunizations could be given. The Gates Foundation has provided matching grants.
District 5170 has been a major supporter. Our president Bert went to Ghana for their first inoculations. Recently India seems free of polio but three countries continued to have cases, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Unfortunately political conditions have made work in these countries more difficult. This year only 19 cases are reported in Pakistan and Afghanistan and we are close to the goal of elimination. It is important to keep up the effort to achieve a Polio free world.
Future schedule: October 30- Halloween social at Tori’s.
President’s Greeting: Bert welcomed those in attendance. He reminded us that our Rotary International theme for this year is “Be the Inspiration”. Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “Have Fun Being the Inspiration.”
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Tom. Judy introduced Tom Moran. Becky, assistant to Dr. Miner was introduced.
Announcements:
Thanks to Scott for being the “4’fer” today!
Monthly speaker chairs still needed for January and March
Sign up sheet for this month’s social (10/30) at Tori’s house was passed around
Rotary travel opportunities – Uniendo America trip in Central America and an India trip at the end of January for polio immunizations. If interested, let Bert know.
Bert/Jerylann – District emphasis on membership. Rotaract dual memberships. Bring a friend to Rotary. Pick up a “What is Rotary” reminder card.
Tom – Holiday party: Keep Saturday, December 15th on your calendars
Vocational Talk – Phil Armi. Phil was born in Hanford, near Fresno. He majored in music at San Jose State, then “side tracked” to dentistry, graduating from Northwestern. He practiced dentistry in the military, focusing on children dentistry. After starting his dentistry practice in the Mountain View area, he was invited into Rotary membership … which he has been a member of ever since.
Program: Introduced by Judy.
We received an update on the Foothill-De Anza Community College District from its Chancellor, Dr. Judy C. Miner.
Dr. Miner has worked as a higher education administrator since 1977 and in the California Community Colleges since 1979. She has held numerous administrative positions in instruction, student services, and human resources at City College of San Francisco, the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, De Anza College, and most recently at Foothill College where she served as president from 2007 to 2015.
Dr. Miner said she is constantly inspired by her colleagues at the District. De Anza College recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary and Foothill College celebrated its 60th Anniversary. She provided updates on a number of things happening in the District, including: recent grants received, global learning programs, student accomplishments, musical theater program, the Family Engagement Institute, a new food service provider program with Google, and much more. She said that Measure C, passed in 2006, made such a difference throughout the campuses. Responding to a question, Dr. Miner said the average cost for a student per year at Foothill-De Anza is $1,500.
Future Schedule:
Oct. 23rd – Past District Governor Dwight Perry: Rotary’s program to eradicate polio in the world.
Oct. 24th – World Polio Day!
Oct 30th – Halloween Social (evening), at Tori’s
Next club Leadership Meeting: November 28, 5:30 p.m., @ CSA
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.”
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Tom – we had no visitors or visiting Rotarians
Announcements:
Tom - Monthly speaker chairs still needed for: Jan. and March
Sign up for this month’s Halloween social at Tori’s house. October 30 – costumes optional
Monique recognized members for contributing to the Rotary Foundation – Twana, Paul, Alan, Sheila, Judy, Jack and Bert
Dave – described the current program for CSMA – need volunteers to usher
Bert – Stevens Creek Trail project update – MV wants an original letter from IRS specifying our tax exempt status
Bert – District emphasis on membership. Rotaract dual memberships. Bring a friend to Rotary. Pick up a “What is Rotary” reminder card.
Tom – Holiday party – still working with Don Giovanni’s to get the big room for December 15. Club was ok moving the party to a week night.
Bert/Tori – We are considering sponsoring a Rotaract club for 18 to 30 year olds.
Bert – We are considering a trip to Costa Rica for Uniendo America Projects.
Program: Introduced by Judy
Dr. Ayinde Rudolph, Superintendent, Mountain View Whisman School District.
The district now has a feeding program for youngsters in the summer and winter holidays.
Test scores are up.
The district is experiencing growth and there are plans to expand schools. He also talked about the challenges and expense of acquiring new land (10 to 20 acres per school at $14,000,000 per acre).
A new school is set for near Slater to be called Vargas school. K – 4 next year.
A Charter school is expected from Bullis School in Los Altos.
We now have an all day transitional classes for young kindergartners.
We now have a full day pre-school and it is expanding.
Housing continues to be a problem for the District Trustees.
Future Schedule:
Oct. 16th – Dr. Judy C. Miner, Chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Oct. 23rd – Past District Governor Dwight Perry: Rotary’s program to eradicate polio in the world.
Oct. 24th – World Polio Day!
Next club Leadership Meeting: Tomorrow, Oct. 10, 5:30 p.m., @ CSA
Presidents Greeting: Bert welcomed all. He mentioned the theme for the year—Have Fun Being the Inspiration
Thanked all for attending
Thought for day: Monique on being responsible citizens by voting in elections
Phil led in God Bless America
Intro of visiting Rotarians & guest-Tom
Bert thanked Monique for being the ‘4fer’
Bert reminded all of the upcoming Avenues of Service
Scott introduced the program
Tom served as moderator
The candidates for election or re-election to the Mtn View City Council were all in attendance:
Allison Hicks, Ellen Kamei, John Inks, Lenny Siegel, Lucas Ramirez, Pat Showalter
They each gave an opening statement and responded to questions.
The running themes that seemed of most concern:
*Housing much too expensive for many middle class working persons and for lower income persons
* City in good place financially
*Need to work with developers and companies to help find a balance on building for business and housing
*City seriously looking into developing the North side- Terra Bella area for example
*Need to develop better transportation solutions
* Persons living in RVs are mostly working and cannot afford housing anymore—need for finding a better balance to meet the needs of workers-go back to a diverse city made up of all not just the wealthy. Need a safe place to park RVS
*The homeless/mental health issues/needs and how to prevent homelessness
* Goal to reduce traffic improve other forms of transportation. Not meeting emission goals
*Residents need timely access to information
* Equity-job housing balance
*Citizens missing neighborhood stores, book stores - can’t walk to places
Thought for the Day: Roger explained that South Korea was extending to North Korea with 600 business men spending today and tomorrow in North Korea
Songmaster Phil led us in God Bless America
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Tom
Judy introduced Tom Moran
Announcements:
Thanks to Roger for being the “4’fer” today with a large cake
Tom – Monthly Speaker Chairs for the year – Jan. & March still open
Tori – Monthly social hosts for the year
Monique -- Foundation ; cupcakes were passed out to many who contributed
Dave /Jim CSMA update. Thanks to Jim Cunningham for last Saturday at CSMA
Bert – Avenues of Service Oct. 4 – sign up for good information and free meal
Alan announced the beginning of Yom Kanpur and welcomed improvements
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
Jim Spangler was married this past week. He joined the President’s Club
Close Anniversaries
Nichols, Stephen Ellen, Jo Sep 10 1988 29 years 11 months
Williams, Robert Carolyn Sep 11 1955 62 years 11 months
Program: Introduced by Judy
Dr. Jeff Harding, Superintendent of Mountain View Los Altos High School District and Mike Matheson, Assistant Superintendent spoke to us. They reviewed the major upgrades to our Mountain View and Los Altos High Schools. We heard of the many updates that will be made to provide the facilities that our students need.
Future Schedule:
Sept. 25 – Evening club social, hosted by Anita
Oct. 2 – Mountain View City Council Candidates’ Forum -- Scott arranging
Our members may bring guests, but notify Paul for food scheduling.
Next club Leadership Meeting:WednesdaySeptember 26, 5:30 p.m., @ CSA
Oct. 4 - District Avenues of Service –– Free dinner!
Bert Raphael, President of the Mountain View Rotary Club for 2018-2019 welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Be the Inspiration”. Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “Have Fun Being the Inspiration.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Ken Schwaderer led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Thought for the Day: Twana Karney’s thought for the day was about “Patriot’s Day,” a day of remembrance about the events seventeen years ago today on 9/11.
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil led the group in “America the Beautiful.”
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Tom Myers introduced two visiting Rotarians, Richard Scholerman from the Palo Alto University Club and also the Assistant District Governor for Area 9 and District Governor Tim Lundell from the Los Gatos Morning Club.
Announcements:
Thanks to Twana for being the “4’fer” today!
Tom – Monthly Speaker Chairs for the year
Tori – Monthly evening social hosts for the year:
Anita Grossman invited the club to her home for an evening social on Tuesday, September 25thfrom 5:30pm to 7:30 pm and passed around a sign up sheet. She also said that she would send out an email. Tori Atwell mentioned that Tuesday, November 27th is still available for an evening social and Jim Cunningham volunteered to host a social at his home on that day.
Foundation – Monique Kane had no cupcakes today because the District Governor will be recognizing Rotarians later in the program for donations to the foundation. She mentioned that almost everyone in the club has given or pledged to give to the Rotary Foundation this year.
Dave /Jim –Community Service: Dave Cole reported that the Art and Wine Volunteering was a success, with the Rotary sign displayed at the back of the Glass and Ticket Booth where business was brisk. Rotarians Dave and his wife Cindy, Bert, Jerylann, Monique and her husband Bill and Jack with his daughters all came out to volunteer. Dave also mentioned that the volunteering at CSMA has started again and passed around a sign up sheet. He mentioned that Jim Cunningham had volunteered for this Saturday night at CSMA and that we could use another volunteer to work with him.
Paul/Bert – Stevens Creek Trail cleaning project update
Bert – District emphasis on membership. Rotaract dual memberships. Bring a friend to Rotary. Pick up a “What is rotary” reminder card. Bert asked members to be sure to view the circulating clipboard with the best response to give community members to the question “What is Rotary?”
Bert – Sponsoring a new Rotaract club (Tori)
Bert – Avenues of Service on October 4th– sign up on clipboard. So far, Tom and Bert plan to attend.
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
Bert wished Tori Atwell and Jerylann Mateo “Happy Birthday” yesterday and the club sang to them. Bert also mentioned that Frank Davila had a birthday last week and Frank let the club know that he turned 98 years old.
Scott Johnson shared that there will be a Mountain View City Council Candidates Forum during the regular meeting on Tuesday, October 2nd. He encouraged all the members to bring guests to visit the club.
Bruce Barsi said that he is hosting a non-Rotary event at his home that all were invited to attend. The event is a “Meet and Greet” with candidate John Hirakawa who is running for Santa Clara County Sheriff’s department on October 1st. Please contact Bruce for more information.
DG Richard Schoelerman, introduced today’s speaker District Governer Tim Lundell. Tim Lundell was born and raised in Portland. He came to the Bay Area in 1972 to attend Santa Clara University Law School and stayed. He joined the Los Gatos Rotary Morning Club in 2004 and has served in many roles before becoming District Governor. In addition, he has received several Rotary awards, including Rotarian of the Year and the Richard D. King award.
Program: District Governor Tim Lundell began his speech by talking of the many types of clubs in our District, including some of the largest clubs in the country. He also acknowledged that it is a struggle for many clubs to grow in today’s environment. He mentioned a saying that many are sitting in the shade of trees planted years ago. In Rotary, we are all sitting in the shade of trees planted by Paul Harris 150 years ago. It is time to plant new trees.
When he was the District Trainer, Tim decided that learning was a big part of being a Rotarian. Tim says that Rotary is now bringing back programs that involve learning and people are enthusiastic about those.Tim knows that learning precedes leadership, it leads to the confidence to step forward. The world needs Rotary as much as ever, with Rotarians stepping up to help. He feels fortunate to be serving in the year with the theme of “Be the Inspiration,” chosen by our current RI president who is from the Bahamas. We need to be the inspiration and create the vision that inspires people. The three tenants of his year as District Governor are Learning, Leadership, and Be the Inspiration and Vision of Rotary.
Summing up his Rotary experience, he said “I joined (Rotary) for business and leadership reasons and I stayed to change the world.”
District Governor Lundell then went on to recognize the club members listed below for pledges or donations to the Rotary Foundation, starting with those who donated at least $200, then those who donation at least $500 and finishing with those who donated $1000 or more.
Foundation Recognitions for this year’s donation or pledge:
Double Sustainers (at least $200)
Atwell, Tori
Barsi, Bruce
Cole, Dave
Cunningham, Jim
Goodman, Alan
Grossman, Anita
Hannemann, Judy
Hawks, Ernest
Hodgkinson, Sheila
Johnson, Scott
Karney, Twana
Kane, Monique
Kobza, Dennis
Maston, Willian
Reinhart, Paul
Schwaderer, Kenneth
Spangler, Jim
Taylor, Hal
Super Sustainers (at least $500)
Myers, Tom
Raphael, Bert
Storek, Fred
Paul Harris Contributors (at least $1000)
Cochran, Jim
Karia, Hiro
Wong, Jack
Future Schedule:
Sept. 18 -- Dr. Jeff Harding, Superintendent of Mountain View Los Altos High School District
Sept. 25 – Evening club social, hosted by Anita
Next Club Leadership Meeting:WednesdaySeptember 26, 5:30 p.m., @ CSA
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 is “Be the Inspiration”. Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “Have Fun Being the Inspiration.”
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Tom – we had a visitor Rob Holbrook who is semi-retired
Announcements:
Thanks to Hiro for being the “3’fer” today!
Bert/Dave /Jim – Art/Wine service project update. CSMA update.
Paul/Bert – Stevens Creek Trail cleaning project update – city wants our club to apply for a business license to complete our contract. There is not a fee for non-profits.
Bert – District emphasis on membership. Rotaract dual memberships. Bring a friend to Rotary. “Elevator speech” and guest cards.
Bert – Avenues of Service – he circulated a sign-up sheet
Bert – MTC announcement – see flyer
Bert – Howard Tours trip to West Africa
Members to Remember - Alan was not present as his wife Kathleen has recently had surgery.
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
Anniversaries
Nichols, Stephen Ellen, Jo Sep 10 1988 29 years 11 months
Williams, Robert Carolyn Sep 11 1955 62 years 11 months
Upcoming birthdays:
Frank Davila Sep 06
Tori Atwell Sep 10
Jerylann Mateo Sep 10
Program: Introduced by Tom
Kim Copher, Director of Leadership Mountain View.
Kim is now the LMV Program Director as well as a member of Los Altos Rotary. She moved to Mountain View in 1994 and completed the leadership training in 2013.
LMV is a community leadership program for adults who live and work in MV. The program lasts 9 months and requires a one day a month commitment of active learning. The program has 36 people signed up this year and a total of 760 graduates. More information can be found at:
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 is “Be the Inspiration”. Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “Have Fun Being the Inspiration.”
Thought for the Day: Dennis Kobza spoke to theme that we should all appreciate the day.
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil led us in "My Country 'Tis of Thee."
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Tom introduced Charlie Wasserman who will be providing us with tips and advice for growing our membership.
Announcements:
Thanks to Dennis for being the “3fer” today!
Tom – Monthly Speaker Chairs for next year – still openings for speaker chair in January and March.
Twana – Social next week at her place
Bruce – Vocational talk plan
Tori – Monthly social hosts for the year – most slots are taken!!!
Bert & Dave –Art/Wine service project update
Dave /Paul/Bert – Stevens Creek Trail cleaning project update – we have an agreement with the city
Bert – District emphasis on membership. Rotaract dual memberships. Bring a friend to Rotary.
Bert – Sponsoring a new Rotaract club
Bert – Leadership Academy
Monique - Foundation---Monique recognized several new pledges and donations to the Rotary Foundation, including: Judy, Jack, Scott, Hiro, Paul, Hal and Dennis. Thank you!!
Members to Remember? Alan Goodman's wife Kathleen has undergone knee surgery. She came through the procedure fine and is recovering at home.
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
August Anniversaries: Twana & Bruce Karney, Aug. 13, 24 yrs; Dave & Cindy Cole, Aug. 20, 29 yrs
Birthdays: Heather, Aug.14; Walt, Aug.22; Jack, Aug. 30; Bruce, Aug. 31.
Program: Introduced by Jerylann
Cynthia Greaves, Communications Manager MVLA Union High School District
Next Leadership Meeting:WednesdaySeptember 26, 5:30 p.m., @ CSA
Thought for the Day: Bill Maston – Find the bridge young and old. The elders can share their wisdom with their children and our children can remind us of the wisdom we forgot.
Announcements
Thanks to Bill for being the “4’fer” today!
Tom – monthly speaker chairs for next year – still one or two openings?
Tori – Monthly social hosts for the year
Bert (for Dave) – Sign-up for Art/Wine Service project
Bert – District emphasis on membership. Rotaract dual memberships. Bring a friend to Rotary.
Bert – Should we sponsor a new Rotaract club? – Los Altos Rotary and Palo Alto University Rotary are looking for a 3rd club to help sponsor a new community Rotaract club. This club would be for members between the ages of 18-30. Three clubs are required in order to sponsor the creation of a new Rotaract club. Please share your thoughts about Mt. View’s participation with Bert.
Bert – Membership Seminar Aug. 17: See flyer.
Bert – Leadership Academy – See flyer
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
Upcoming Anniversaries: Twana& Bruce Karney, Aug. 13, 24 yrs; Dave & Cindy Cole, Aug. 20, 29 yrs
Birthday: Heather, Aug. 14; Walt, Aug.22; Jack, Aug. 30; Bruce, Aug. 31.
Welcome back Scott
Short presentation by RYLA Guests – Introduced by Sanjay –
Aristotle Vergara II
Ashwini Sarvepalli
Two student participants in the recent RYLA camp included Aristotle Vergara II and Ashwini Sarvepalli They seemed quite overwhelmed by their experience and shared it accordingly. At first, the large crowd of people made them a little apprehensive. Later many of those faces they had seen for the first time became friends. In the big picture, they left with a greater network of fellow students from schools throughout the bay Area. Both students were juniors at Saint Francis High School. The RYLA leadership program included the following group study sessions
1. Justice or Injustice
2. Paths to Success
3. Health and Wellness
4. Practice of their Leadership Skills
5. Service to the community
6. Speech and Debate
7. Understanding Leadership Skills and Individual Style of being a Leader
8. Discussions on Understanding who you are and your net worth as well as understanding how to net work
9. Building relationships through trust and hospitality
10. Leadership through team sports
Program: Introduced by Jerylann
Dawn Mahler, MV Chamber of Commerce – Dawn joined the chamber in February 2017 after coming from the east coast and also working for the chamber in Palo Alto. Dawn has a very diverse and highly qualified background in private industry prior to joining the chamber. The Mountain View Chamber currently has a staff of 6 with Bruce Humphrey taking over the roll as director of the chamber after Tony Siress recently stepped down to pursue personal interests. Since Dawn has joined the chamber she has been more than doubled the current membership of the chamber to 750 active members. Obviously, she has a special skill set that the chamber welcomes and needs. Dawn shared other aspects of the chamber including upcoming events that include:
Upcoming art and wine festival which needs our help
There is also the upcoming celebration of leaders’ award which is an annual event
There is also is the tech showcase which just happened last week at the Civic Center Plaza
Dawn also discussed a number of scholarship programs that are available through the Mountain View Los Altos school district for high school students. She encouraged all of us to find out what type of scholarships are available and spread the word. There is also a separate high school mentoring program called AVID. It is for families that have a first-time college student. And is specifically formatted to provide opportunities for families who have not had any college experience from any of the family members.
There is so many events and programs in the Chamber that Dawn encouraged all of us to call or visit the Chamber to find out more. Dawn was enthusiastic about the Chambers future. Mountain View is a dynamic city and the Chamber intends to evolve and grow with the city as well. Thank you Dawn for your presentation.
Thanks to our guests for joining us today!
Future Schedule:
August 21: Cynthia Greaves, MVLA High School District
August 28: Social at Twana’s
Next Leadership Meeting: Wednesday August 15, 5:30pm., @ CSA
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 Rotary year is “Be the Inspiration”. Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “Have Fun Being the Inspiration.”
Announcements:
Thanks to Jerylann for being the “5’fer” today!
Tom – Monthly Speaker Chairs for next year
Tori – Monthly social hosts for the year
Monique – Polio campaign, pledge cards; report on district RI Foundation meeting
Jim C.—Volunteers needed for MV Art & Wine Festival, Sept. 9
Bert – Emphasis on membership. Bring a friend to Rotary.
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
August Anniversaries: Fred & Debbie Storek, Aug. 4, 45 yrs
Twana & Bruce Karney, Aug. 13, 24 yrs; Dave & Cindy Cole, Aug. 20, 29 yrs
Birthdays: Heather, Aug.14; Walt, Aug.22; Jack, Aug. 30;Bruce, Aug. 31.
Brief Presentation
The Borgen Project -- Ashley Dargert spoke about their mission to end world poverty. More information can be found at https://borgenproject.org/about-us/
Program: (introduced by Jerylann)
Jessica Nowaski, MV Police Department spoke about the challenges facing the MVPD including recruiting, legalization of marijuana, homelessness and others.
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 Rotary year is “Be the Inspiration”. Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “Have Fun Being the Inspiration.”
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil
Announcements:
Thanks to Tori for being the “4’fer” today!
Tom – Monthly Speaker Chairs for next year – pass around list, if needed
Tori – Monthly social hosts for the year – pass around list, if needed
Bert – President’s Club plan: $50 Rotary Foundation, $50 Club Endowment, $50 club fund.
Bert – District emphasis on membership. Rotaract dual memberships. Bring a friend to Rotary.
Bert – Richard King Tribute Dinner – Fri. evening, Nov.2, 2018
Bert – District 5170 Leadership Academy
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
July Anniversaries: Bruce Barsi & Suzanne, 39 yrs, July 29
Program: (introduced by Tori)
Dr. Leslie Friedman, Artistic Director of the Lively Foundation, will tell us about the International Dance Festival@Silicon Valley, which had its 7th season in Mountain View, June 10 - 23, 2018; and her interaction with citizens and businesses in Mountain View.
Leslie shared her associations with Rotary including her Rotarian grandfather. She has traveled all over the world and has found “rescuers” everywhere – those people who helped her in one way or another. From her perspective, Rotary is an organization of rescuers.
She was a Fulbright scholar twice. In 1984 she was in India. After that she traveled extensively with the State Department.
She has a PhD in history from Stanford but her dual passion was dance. She was humbled by individuals who came up to her after a show and said they found her performance life changing. She developed a performance based on the Gold Rush and presented it to over 1500 4th grade students. She discussed various forms of dance including Tap which is uniquely American combining Irish and African American styles.
Future Schedule:
July 31st – Club Social at Villa Siena – Thanks, Scott!
August 7 -- Jessica Nowaski, MV Police Department
Aug 14 -- Dawn Maher, MV Chamber of Commerce
Next Leadership Meeting: Wednesday August 15, 5:30 p.m., @ CSA
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mountain View for its second meeting of the 2018-2019 Rotary year. My name is Bert Raphael, your President for 2018-2019.
Our Rotary International theme for this is “Be the Inspiration”. Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “Have Fun Being the Inspiration.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Jim Cunningham
Thought for the Day: Steve Nichols (4’fer)
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Gunther introduced his father and other visitors from Germany.
Announcements:
Thanks to Steve for being the “4’fer” today!
Tom – Monthly Speaker Chairs for next year – pass around list, if needed
Tori – Monthly social hosts for the year – pass around list, if needed
Bert – President’s Club plan: $50 Rotary Foundation, $50 Club Endowment, $50 club fund.
Bert – District emphasis on membership. Rotaract dual memberships. Bring a friend to Rotary.
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
July Anniversaries: Bruce Barsi & Suzanne, 39 yrs, July 29
Alan, Twana and Roger joined the President’s Club
Program:
“Observations of Mountain View over 20+ years of public service.”
Mike Kasperzak, Introduced by Bert
Mike Kasperzak, a 42 year resident of Mountain View, talked about his observations during his public service as a Mountain View council member and mayor. He started at the Parks and Recreation Commission in 1994 when housing prices were taking off. At the time, high tech first accounted for 30% of sales tax revenue. This changed when Google became a dominant corporation in the area. He served on the Environmental Planning Commission when downtown parking needed more attention. The Computer History Museum opened in 1996, 11 months after groundbreaking. Don Giovanni changed its facade, the first restaurant to implement the downtown improvement plan. He was elected to the city council in 1998 when new restaurants were opening and plastic chairs were made illegal. He was mayor in 2003 when a new senior center opened. Google was growing and Silicon Graphics was on the way out. High tech companies purchased local methane gas as an energy source. During his tenure he was involved in various housing development plans and construction of trails.
Future Schedule:
July 24th – Leslie Friedman, Artistic Director of the Lively Foundation
“The Lively Foundation is dedicated to presenting the best in artistic and educational projects in dance, music, and related arts. Based in San Francisco since 1984 and on tour throughout the US and the world.
Next Leadership Meeting: Wednesday July 18th, 5:30 p.m., @ CSA
Thank you for visiting our website! Now, how about visiting our club? We are a group of local business, professional, and civic leaders. We meet regularly, listen to and interact with interesting and inspiring speakers, and we participate in worthwhile projects both within our local community and throughout the world.
In 1990 I left a position at Hewlett Packard to help my wife operate a small business in Mountain View, and I quickly joined Rotary to learn more about our community. Since then, Rotarians—in Mountain View, and throughout the world! -- have become some of the key people whom I trust, am friends with, do business with, and am inspired by. Through Rotary, I have personally experienced feeding the poor in Mountain View; delivering wheelchairs to folks who couldn’t afford them in Belize; and helping to eliminate polio in India and Africa.
Our club theme this year is “Have Fun Being the Inspiration.” We organize and participate in fun projects, through which we accomplish significant tasks—but we need more members to help us succeed. Come to any meeting and check us out!
The meeting was called to order at 12:35pm by President Scott.
The Pledge of Allegiance was lead by Bert.
Heather shared two thoughts: The first in honor of graduates by Eleanor Roosevelt “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” The second to wish all the fathers a Happy Father’s Day: Larry Bird said, "If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don’t mean she wouldn’t pay the bank, but the children always came first.”
Bert led the introduction of visiting Rotarians: Sue L (Oakland) and Nick (Evergreen).
Announcements:
Community Service by Dave and Jim shared Community School of Music and Art ushering is complete for the Rotary year. Well done Rotarians!
Club Service by Twana is:
June 15th is Golf Tournament & BBQ at Shoreline to begin at 5:00pm. RSVP to Walt for golf and President Scott for BBQ.
Kick out is Friday, June 22nd, 6 p.m. at Michaels. Alan seeks actors and actresses to be part of the ‘show’!
Monthly speaker chairs for next year are still needed. Please speak with Tom if you can assist.
June 22nd, 4 p.m. at CSA is special celebration to recognize their recent award of “Non Profit of the Year”.
June 21st at 5:15pm is the next Board Meeting, “Combined Leadership” held at CSA.
Thank you letters were received from grant recipients: CHAC, CSA, and Day Workers.
Personal Sharing & Announcements:
June Birthday is Paul and June Anniversaries are Jerylann & Chris, Heather & Fredrik, Jim & Alice (49 years).
Alan shared AMG Enterprises is celebrating 30 years with a new brand phrase: “Promotional products - You can’t get enough of this 💩”!
Special Operations invites all to join them for their Annual Golf Fundraiser to keep the Bay Area safe by arresting sex traffickers. The event is July 23rd at the Los Altos Golf & Country Club https://sosarrests.org/product/fundraisers/.
Today’s program was introduced by Fred of Rotary Vietnam Project. District 5170 Interactors, Xuan and Huongle, shared the mission of Fighting slavery with scholarships — One soccer ball at a time. The project fights slavery through scholarships to help Vietnamese girls and boys vulnerable to human traffickers to attend school at no cost to their family. Often families are deceived by offers of fake jobs. The project seeks donations by directly sponsoring a student scholarship or purchase indestructible soccer balls. The Interactors with support by a few local Rotarians have a current goal of $40,000. For more information: https://rotaryvietnamproject.weebly.com
Future Schedule:
June 19th is Death & Taxes by our very own Jim S and Fred and the 4’fer is Ken.
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mtn. My name is Scott Johnson, your President for 2017-2018.
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Pledge of Allegiance Dennis Kobza
Thought for the Day: Jim Spangler (4’fer) Thoughts about a FATHER
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil – “My Country Tis of Thee”
Presentation from Magical Bridge Foundation
St. Francis High Interact Presentation: Melanie Sam- Video Thank you from Interact Club.
Announcements:
Thanks to Jim for being the “4’fer” today!
Community Service Announcements -- Dave
Community School of Music and Art ushering (Alan handled last event. Fairly Small)
Club Service -- Twana and Tori
Thanks Alan and Kathleen for the great social last Tuesday!
Jerylann - Kick out – Friday, June 22nd, 6 p.m., Michaels
Walt & Phil -- June 15th – Golf Tournament & BBQ at Shoreline-
Need final Count Tues. 6/12
Tom – Monthly Speaker Chairs for next year – passes around list – SUCCESS! Jerylann has stepped up to the plate and will handle August Speakers. Tom still needs assistance with November, December and January.
Reminder: CSA to be recognized as “Non Profit of the Year” on June 22nd, 4 p.m.
Next Board Mtg: June 21st Joint Board Mtg, 5:15 p.m., @ CSA
Members to Remember? (anybody sick, etc. … mention it)
City of Mountain View has offered some tickets to a dinner on Scholarships for Thurs. 6/7 from 5-8. Anyone interested please reach out to Scott.
MV Rotary Endowment Board is required to have elections for the up coming year.
Slate of Members are as proposed:
Bert Raphael Club President
Scott Johnson Immediate Past President
Jim Spangler Board Chair
Jack Wong
Jim Cochran
Sheila Hodgkinson
Anita Grossman
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
May Bdays: Paul, 6/1
May Anniversaries: Jerylann & Chris, 6/1; Heather & Fredrik, 6/19; Jim & Alice, 6/21;
Other things to share?
Program: Carl Guardino – Biggest Challenges Facing SV: Traffic and Housing
Speaker recognition: “In lieu of a speaker gift, we are making a donation to our Rotary “Polio Plus” Program on your behalf. Polio Plus is an effort to eliminate polio from the world.
Future Schedule:
June 12th - TBD Introduced by Fred; 4’fer: Heather
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mtn. My name is Scott Johnson, your President for 2017-2018.
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Pledge of Allegiance Ernie Hawks
Thought for the Day: Fred (4’fer)
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil
Announcements:
Thanks to Fred for being the “4’fer” today!
Community Service Announcements -- Dave and Jim
Community School of Music and Art ushering
Club Service -- Twana and Tori
Kick out – Saturday, June 22nd, 6 p.m., Michaels. Please stop by CSA before hand from
4 – 5:30 for pre-social happy hour
May 29th, 5:30 p.m., evening social hosted by Alan and Kathleen
June 15th – Golf Tournament & BBQ at Shoreline
Tom – Monthly Speaker Chairs for next year – pass around list
Roger shared his perspectives on North/South Korea and the potential meeting between Kim Jung Un and President Trump
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
May Bdays: Bob Williams 5/25
May Anniversaries: Bert Raphael 5/27
Program: Jack Wong – “Market Update”
Jack provided his perspective on where the financial markets are headed.
Speaker recognition: “In lieu of a speaker gift, we are making a donation to our Rotary “Polio Plus” Program on your behalf. Polio Plus is an effort to eliminate polio from the world.
Future Schedule:
May 29th - evening social hosted by Alan and Kathleen, 5:30 p.m.
June 5th - Carl Guardino Introduced by Fred; 4’fer: Jim Spangler
June 12th - Sameera Kahn Introduced by Fred; 4’fer: Heather
President Scott Johnson welcomed everyone and talked about this year’s Rotary International theme, Rotary: Making a Difference, noting that today’s presentation of grant awards recognizes local organizations that are truly making a difference.
Pledge of Allegiance - Twana Karney led us in the pledge.
Thought for the Day: Hal Taylor shared some interesting facts and insights about Flag Day, coming up on June 14th. Hal served as greeter for the meeting and brought in scrumptious home-baked brownies!
Visiting Rotarian – President-elect Bert Raphael introduced Ramesh Sabnis from Kalyan India, District 3142.
Upcoming Events:
May 22nd Meeting – Jack Wong will present on Market Update and Warriors Update; Fred is the 4-fer.
May 29th Evening Social at Kathleen and Alan Goodman’s home
June 15th Golf Tourney
June 22nd Kick-Out – please sign up and indicate your meal preference.
August Speakers: 2019-20 President-elect Tom Myers offered to take a club member out to lunch if s/he signs up to coordinate the August meetings.
Community Grant Awards: Anita Grossman distributed the community grants as follows:
Mountain View Police Officers’ Association - $2,000 for Cops & Gobblers to underwrite food baskets for low-income families during the holidays.
Friends of the Stevens Creek Trail - $1,000 for the September 30th Trailblazer Race & Trail Walk.
JustREAD - $2,250 for expansion of the JustREAD and JustMATH in-school tutoring programs to Castro, Monta Loma and Theuerkauf elementary schools
Living Classroom - $1,500 to develop and lead three new fun and healthful “extension” activities for students in K-4th grades, local elementary schools
Hope’s Corner - $1,700 for the hot shower and laundry program complementing the organization’s Saturday morning hot breakfast program
CHAC - $2,250 for the agency’s social emotional learning program, Just for Kids, for third graders in the Mountain View – Whisman School District. The program teaches third graders healthy coping skills over 8 weeks in small group settings at eight local schools.
CSA - $1,700 to provide direct financial rental and/or utility assistance to low-income individuals and families served through the agency’s Homeless Prevention Services Program.
Day Worker Center of Mountain View - $1,300 to purchase bus tokens for Day Workers so they can commute from their homes to the Center where they have access to resources and potential jobs.
Agency representatives shared highlights about their organizations and how the funds will be used.
Bonus Round - Planting Trees on May 5, 2018 at Crittenden school
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mtn. My name is Scott Johnson, your President for 2017-2018.
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Pledge of Allegiance by Walt
Thought for the Day: Jack (4’fer)
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader” By John Quincy Adams
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” By Barak Obama
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Bert – Be the Inspiration to others as the new upcoming President Role.
Announcements:
Thanks to Jack for being the “4’fer” today!
Community Service Announcements -- Dave and Jim
Tree planting with Canopy, Crittenden School – May 5th (9-12 PM)
Community School of Music and Art ushering
Magical Bridge Playground – Rengstorff Park
Club Service -- Twana and Tori
Rotating Dinner, Sat, 4/28 … Thanks Anita!
May 29th evening social hosted by Alan and Kathleen
Tom – Monthly Speaker Chairs for next year – pass around list
President’s Club: Thanks to all! We are presently up to 25 members for a total of $3,750.
Next Board Mtg: Thursday, May 17th, 5:00 p.m.
Golf Outing – June 8
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
May Bdays: Twana Karney 5/1; Hiro Kariya 5/9; Dave Cole 5/14; Bob Williams 5/25
May Anniversaries: Jim Cunningham 5/6; Bert Raphael 5/27
Ken had a new Baby Grandson
Program: Youth Scholarships – Chair: Ken, Jim, and Judy
Winners:
Hailey Wilson
Trinity Suh
Enza Potter
Jackie Lomeli
Cecilia Esqunel
Sophia Felisch
Thanks to our guests for joining us today!
Future Schedule:
May 8th - Dave Devore – “Sports and Politics” Introduced by: Jack
4’fer: Bob
May 15th - Community Grants Meeting. Chair: Anita 4’fer: Hal
May 22nd - Jack – “Market Update & Warriors Update” 4’fer: Fred
May 29th evening social hosted by Alan and Kathleen
Bert Raphael, or President-Elect opened the meeting with an introduction and a statement of our themes for 2018.
Anita let the Pledge of Allegiance, while Phil led us in God Bless America. John Akkaya gave the thought for the day: Let us have peace.
Announcements:
Thanks to John Akkaya for bringing the desert today.
Several were asked to provide a report on the District Training Assembly last Saturday.
Community Service Announcements – Dave and Jim
Tree planting with Canopy at Crittenden School on May 5th, 9 AM
Community School of Music and Art needs help ushering
The Stevens Creek cleanup project meets at 9 AM, April 22nd
Club Service – Twana and Tori
Anita is chairing the Rotating Dinner on Saturday, April 28, 5:30 PM at the Cunningham’s
Next Board Meeting: Thursday, Aril 26th, 5:15 PM
Program:
Anita introduced Shreyani Shah and Meena Sankaren from the organization, PRERNA. This organization is assisting refugee families from conflict ridden countries. The presentation explained how the government brings in an approved person or family, turns them over to an organization and provides a cash payment to get them started.
When the designated organization finishes with processing, PRERNA takes over and helps the refugee find housing and a job. They also introduce them to classes to learn English, get the children registered for school, and help them find low cost food and temporary housing. They always need contributions of money and volunteers to work helping the refugees get started.
Future Schedule:
April 24th - Dr. Deborah Clark, Pacific Hearing Service: “Hearing Loss and the Aging Brain”.
Scott Johnson, Club President, welcomed all in attendance and reminded that “Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Sheila led the Pledge of Allegiance and Phil, 4’fer for the day, gave a thought.
THE GARDEN
In my garden I would first plant five rows of Peas:
Let us be faithful, Let us be loyal, Let us love one another
No garden is complete without Turnips:
Turn up for meetings, Turn up with a smile, Turn up with a new idea, Turn up with determination, Turn up to work
Songmaster Phil led a song and Oh What a Beautiful Morning
Announcements:
Polio Plus Flash Campaign – $315 raised!
Monique presented Bill with a cupcake and awarded him his Paul Harris fellow pin
Walt updated us on ELC held at 1440 Multiversity in Scott’s Valley
Community Service Announcements -- Dave and Jim
Tree planting with Canopy, Crittenden School – May 5th at 9am
Community School of Music and Art ushering needed this weekend
Stevens Creek Trail Clean up April 22 at 9am
Club Service -- Twana and Tori
Rotating Dinner, Sat, 4/28 … chaired by Anita
President’s Club: Thanks to all! We are presently up to 25 members for a total of $3,750.
CSA Empty Bowls Soup Supper, Sunday, April 15th
Next Board Mtg: Thursday, April 26th, 5:15 p.m.
Update from Camp RYLA student
Program: Bert and Anne on Surprising Morocco
Interesting program about their trip to Morocco with the Commonwealth Club. Morocco is a very pleasant place with nice people in an area about the size of California. Contrary to what most people think, Morocco is not all desert and in fact has mountain ranges just like California. Morocco and the USA have had the longest country to country relationship as Morocco recognized the USA in 1777. Morocco was French at one point so the food and bread are excellent.
Future Schedule:
April 17th - Shreyani Shah & Meena Sankaren “PRERNA – Empowering Refugee Families
From Conflict-Ridden Countries” 4’fer – John Akkaya
April 24th - Dr. Deborah Clark, Pacific Hearing Service “Hearing Loss and the Aging Brain”
Scott Johnson, Club President, welcomed all in attendance and reminded that “Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Scott led the Pledge of Allegiance and Linda, 4’fer for the day, gave a thought.
Songmaster Phil led a song and Bert introduced visiting Rotarians and Guests.
Announcements:
Polio Plus Flash Campaign –the envelope was passed around
Tom passed around a sign-up sheet for monthly program chairs, next year
Community Service Announcements -- Dave and Jim
Tree planting with Canopy, Crittenden School – May 5th
Community School of Music and Art ushering needed weekend after next
Club Service -- Twana and Tori
THANKS to Bruce & Suzanne … last Tuesday’s pizza social
Rotating Dinner, Sat, 4/28 … chaired by Anita
April 21st 40th Annual Mtn View Downtown Spring Family Parade – idea of an entry from Mtn View Rotary. Any volunteers, let Jim Cochran or Scott know.
President’s Club: Thanks to all! We are presently up to 25 members for a total of $3,750.
CSA Empty Bowls Soup Supper, Sunday, April 15th
Next Board Mtg: Thursday, April 26th, 5:15 p.m.
Update from Camp RYLA student Melanie
Program: Regional Rotary Speech Contest – Chaired by Sanjay
Top Finalist: Lisa Deng, Rotary Area 9, Los Altos High School
Top Finalist: Karl Goeltner, Rotary Area 8, Monte Vista High School, Cupertino
Finalist: Channing Bushman, Area 6, Morgan Hill
Future Schedule:
April 10th - Bert Raphael “Surprising Morocco” 4’fer – Phil Armi
April 17th - Shreyani Shah & Meena Sankaren “PRERNA – Empowering Refugee Families
From Conflict-Ridden Countries” 4’fer – John Akkaya
April 24th - Dr. Deborah Clark, Pacific Hearing Service “Hearing Loss and the Aging Brain”
President Scott welcomed all to the meeting and reminded the club of Rotary’s themes: Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Tori Atwell and Phil led the club in a belated Saint Patrick’s Day tribute of “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.”.
Bruce Barsi offered the thought for the day with quotes about persistence and never quitting.
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests was done by Bert. Honorary Members Thomas Dittler and Gunther Wobser joined us today.
Announcements:
Thanks to Bruce for being the “4’fer” today!
Community Service Announcements -- Dave and Jim
Thanks to Jim Cochran and Anita Grossman for volunteering at CSMA event
Next CSMA event is April 21st and Judy Hannemann is signed up to help
There will be a tree planting event at Crittenden Middle School on May 5th
Club Service -- Twana and Tori
Club Social Pizza Party at Bruce and Suzanne’s house next Tuesday, March 27th, starting at 6:00 pm. Contact Bruce if you haven’t already signed up.
Rotating Dinner is on Saturday, April 28th. Anita is coordinating the event and there is a signup sheet being circulated.
The Kickout is on Friday, June 22nd, at Michaels at Shoreline. Jerylann is coordinating the event.
President’s Club: Thanks to all! We are presently up to 25 members for a total of $3,750.
CHAC Breakfast on Thursday, March 28th. Go to www.chacmv.org for tickets.
CSA Empty Bowls Soup Supper, Sunday, April 15th -- card at table
Next Board Mtg: Thursday, March 22nd, 5 p.m., at Villa Siena
District Training on April 14th in the morning in Saratoga. Signup sheet being circulated. Contact Bert for more information.
Envelope being circulated for Polio Campaign’s final push. Please contribute what you can.
Alan Goodman invited everyone to a performance of his band this coming Saturday night starting around 7:30 pm at the Wine Tasting business in Downtown Los Altos.
Rene Zimmerman from the El Camino YMCA was our speaker today and she was introduced by Jim Cunningham. Renee is currently a member of the Los Altos Rotary Club; she is a past president of the Peninsula Sunrise Rotary in Redwood City and is a Paul Harris fellow. She received her BA from SFSU and a Masters degree from the London School of Economics. She has 26 years of non-profit experience and has been the Executive Director of the El Camino YMCA since January 2016.
Ms. Zimmerman told us about several of the programs sponsored by our local YMCA including:
Afterschool activities and childcare at eight of our local schools
Preschool at two local schools
Summer camps and water safety instruction with scholarships available
Several teen programs including Youth in Government and College Tours
Alta Vista Opportunity program
Reaching out to military personnel at Moffett Field
Future Schedule:
March 27th – DARK FOR LUNCH – Rotary Social hosted by Bruce and Suzanne
President Scott welcomed us all to the meeting, explained the theme for the year and added our club theme. He also asked us to silence our cell phones during the meeting.
Pledge of Allegiance was led by Judy
Thought for the Day: Jim was 4’fer
“The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.” - Henry David Thoreau
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil – “=My Country ‘tis of Thee”
Introductions: Bert introduced guest Tom Moran
Announcements:
Bert reported on PETS meeting for new Presidents. He passed out a roster of proposed officers for the new year.
Our social meeting for this month will be on Tuesday, March 27th, at the home of Bruce and Suzanne. It will be a pizza party starting at 6 PM.
Rotating Dinner: Anita said the dinner will be on April 28. She announced some homes that will host dinner and asked us for a couple
more homes. All food will be furnished by a caterer. An attendance sign-up sheet was passed around.
CSA Empty Bowls Soup Supper is Sunday, April 15. A sign-up list was passed around.
The next Board meeting is set for Thursday, March 22nd, 5 P.M.
The Mountain View High School Madrigal Chorus sent a letter of thanks to us. They enjoyed singing for us and appreciated the $200
contribution we made.
Reports:
We received a report on the club snow ski trip this past weekend to Bruce’s cabin at Tahoe. Three families attended and found that Sunday was a sunny ski day with new snow covering the slopes.
Bert reported on the state of Polio elimination around the world
Bob W. just returned from a teaching trip to Chili. His sessions ran from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM and that pushed his energy limit.
Phil returned from two weeks in Mexico to lead our song today.
Canopy.org told us about the availability of trees for our homes. They will have a planting at Crittenden Middle School, 9 to 12 noon on May 5th. All are invited.
Program: Gary White speaking on “The Climate Reality Project”.
Gary included slides as he presented an understanding for us of the causes of climate change and discussed some in detail. He talked of the low-discharge methods of generating power and described what will happen in the future.
Future Schedule:
March 20th – Rene Zimmerman, “New Approaches at the YMCA”
4’fer: Bruce Barsi
March 27th – Dark at the Adobe BuildingP. Pizza Party at Bruce Barsi’s, 6 PM
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mtn. My name is Scott Johnson, your President for 2017-2018.
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Thought for the Day: Dave (4’fer)
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Bert
Announcements:
Thanks to Dave for being the “4’fer” today!
Mardi Gras Social Report -- Great Event!
Community Service Announcements -- Dave and Jim – Thanks to Scott for volunteering in March
Club Service -- Twana and Tori
Rotary Ski Trip March 8-12 … Bruce
March 27th Social … Bruce
Rotating Dinner, Sat, 4/28 … chaired by Anita
President’s Club: Thanks to all! We are presently up to 25 members for a total of $3,750.
Los Altos Rotary Cioppino Feed – March 9th, 6 – 10 p.m., Shoup Park Garden House
Next Board Mtg: Thursday, March 22nd, 5 p.m.
Kick out – June 22
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
March Bdays: Sheila – 2nd; Fred – 7th; Bill Maston – 10th; Jim Cunningham – 25th;
Big Happy Birthday!
Ken bet with Fred and Jim on the Cal/Stanford basketball “Big Game”
Program: Clara Roe, Life Moves – Introduced by Jim Cunningham
“Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness”
Our speakers: Dr. Brian Greenburg and Nandini Gondhaleker
Speaker recognition: “In lieu of a speaker gift, we are making a donation to our Rotary “Polio Plus” Program on your behalf. Polio Plus is an effort to eliminate polio from the world.
Future Schedule:
March 13th -- Gary White, “Climate Reality
4’fer: Jim Cochran
March 20th – Rene Zimmerman, “New Approaches at the YMCA”
4’fer: Bruce Barsi
March 27th – DARK, no luncheon … But, evening social hosted by Bruce & Suzanne
Have a great week!
And remember…“Make Difference and have Fun!”
Bonus Photo – Susan our wonderful Mardi Gras hostess!
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mtn. My name is Scott Johnson, your President for 2017-2018.
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Pledge of Allegiance Jim Cunningham led Pledge of Allegiance.
Thought for the Day: Sanjay (4’fer)
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil We sang, “If you’re happy you’re in Rotary…”
Meet & Greet - (2 Minutes)
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Bert
Ken Parker from Los Altos Rotary visited us.
Announcements:
Thanks to Sanjay for being the “4’fer” today!
Crab Feed Update -- Alan
Alan announced we’re ~$200 short of reaching $18k profit on our Crab Feed thanks to a generous donation from Bob Williams. Ken Schwaderer generously donated the extra $200 to get us to >$18k profit.
Foundation Minute: Monique (no update)
Community Service Announcements -- Dave and Jim
Jim Cunningham announced more volunteer opportunities with CSMA. Volunteer aprons are available if wanted.
Club Service -- Twana and Tori
Rotary Ski Trip March 8-12 … Bruce
Bruce stated there are a few more openings in case anyone is interested.
Mardi Gras Party, 2/27, at Paul & Susan’s
Party starts @ 5:30pm and Paul will have some Hurricanes ready.
Rotating Dinner, Sat, 4/28 … chaired by Anita
President’s Club: Thanks to all! We are presently up to 25 members for a total of $3,750.
Gunther received his President’s Club certificate
Next Board Mtg: Thursday, March 22nd, 5 p.m.
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
February Bdays: Jim S. – 1st
Ken Schwaderer shared that Cal Women’s basketball beat Stanford.
Ken announced that applications for our High School Scholarship program ends this weekend and requested anyone who wants to participate to contact him.
Program: Sgt Armando Espita – Introduced by Bruce
“Mountain View Police Department Youth Services”
Mountain View Police’s approach to addressing gang related issues are
Prevention
Suppression
Intervention
Speaker recognition: “In lieu of a speaker gift, we are making a donation to our Rotary “Polio Plus” Program on your behalf. Polio Plus is an effort to eliminate polio from the world.
Future Schedule:
February 27th -- Luncheon DARK; Evening Mardi Gras Social at Paul & Susan’s
March 6th – Clara Roe, Life Moves “Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness”
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Frank led the Pledge of Allegiance; Jim Cunningham shared a thought; and, Phil led the club in a song.
Announcements:
Thanks to Jim for being the “4’fer” today!
Crab Feed went well. Alan asked for all remaining money from tickets sales to be turned in.
Club Service -- Rotary Ski Trip March 8-12
Mardi Gras Party, 2/27, at Paul & Susan’s
Rotating Dinner, Sat, 4/28 … chaired by Anita
President’s Club: Thanks to all! We are presently up to 25 members for a total of $3,750.
Next Board Mtg: Thursday, February 15th , 5 p.m. at Villa Siena
Program: Speech Contest -- Chaired by Sanjay and Judy
Four outstanding students presented their speeches to the Club.The students, with the place they finished the competition, were:
1st Place – Lisa Deng; 2nd Place – Evan Fine; 3rd - Payton Fong; 4th Place – Charles Xu
Prize checks were presented.Karen Keefer, their Speech Coach, was also congratulated on her accomplishments with the students and regarding her upcoming retirement after 22 years of speech coaching.Jack Kelly, visiting Los Altos Rotarian, was thanked for his ongoing help with the speech contest.
Future Schedule:
February 20th - Sgt. Armando Espita, Introduced by Bruce
“Mountain View Police Department Youth Services”
4’fer – Jim Cunningham
February 27th -- Luncheon DARK; Evening Mardi Gras Social at Paul & Susan’s
President Elect’s Greeting: President Scott welcomed everyone and talked about this year’s Rotary themes:
Rotary International - Rotary: Making a Difference.”
5170 District Governor Orrin Mahoney - “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.”
Mountain View Club - “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Pledge of Allegiance - Jim Cochran
Thought for the Day: Anita shared an excerpt from Bryan Stevenson’s book Just Mercy
Song of the Day: Song master Phil led us in a spirited rendition of “God Bless America”
Bert welcomed former Rotary International President and Mountain View Honorary Member M.A.T. Caparas. Under MAT’s leadership as RI President in 1986-87, women were welcomed to the fold and Rotary International secured a permanent home on Ridge Road in Evanston. Dave Cole noted that MAT was the first person who joined his President’s Club when he was Club President way back in the day.
Crab Feed: Alan reminded everyone he will need to know how many tickets sold are for people who will be eating no later than next Tuesday, January 30th. Twana discussed the recycling containers that will be at the event. .
President’s Club: Judy joined the President’s Club, bringing the total number of members to 24 and $3,600 received.
Foundation: Monique thanked Phil Armi for his gift to the Foundation and noted that there are only five gifts to go until we reach 100% club participation. February is Polio Prevention Month and a great time to make your gift if you haven’t already done so.
Ski Trip: There is still room for the March 8-12 Ski Trip; please talk with Bruce as soon as possible if you would like to participate.
Program: The Club was treated to a wonderful concert by the Mountain View High School Madrigals who will be travelling to South Africa later this year for a tour. The group, which has been in existence for 21 years, sang about 10 songs.
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mountain View.
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Thought for the Day: Judy (4’fer) - Make sure to read your weekly MV Rotary Bulletin all the way to the end so you can find out if you are the 4-fer! J Otherwise there won’t be cookies L
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Bert – Dennis Potter, Linda Eckols and Bob Adams.
We sang happy birthday to our beloved and esteemed President Scott
Announcements:
Thanks to Judy for being the “4’fer” today!
Crab Feed, February 3rd, 2018 -- Alan – Sell your tickets! Let Alan know if you want more
Foundation Minute & Presentations: Monique – our club is rocking the donations!
Mentor Tutor Connection -- Bob Adams and Linda Eckols. 1/17 Noon Open House (flyers at tables -- Mentors for HS students & Tutors for K-8)
Club Service -- Rotary Ski Trip March 8-12 (pass clipboard)
President’s Club: Thanks to all! We are presently up to 23 members for a total of $3,450.
Next Board Mtg: Thursday, January 18th
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
January Bdays: Tom – 4th; Roger – 15th; Matt – 28th
Speakers: PDG’s Russ Hobbs & Joe Hamilton -- “The Rotary Foundation- Humanitarian Projects all over the world”
We change lives – a nice tribute to our members.
M.A.T. Caparas – when RI President allowed women to enter Rotary. He also started the beginning of the Polio Plus Campaign
Future Schedule:
January 23rd - The Madrigals Chorus 4’fer: Anita
January 30th – Alan crabbing at us about the crab feed 4’fer: Alan
President Scott welcomed everyone at 12.30 pm at The Adobe Building with reminders of this year’s themes.
Phil led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and hailed “The Gang’s all here”
Ernie had greeted everyone and gave us words from Emerson.
There were no visitors or guests but our honorary member, Gunther, was welcomed.
A “Trivia Questionnaire” showed who watches T.V. and movies.
Alan had handed out tickets for the Crab Feed on Feb 3. Later he checked for crab supplies which may not be what he had expected. Watch for more information.
A sign-up sheet to help at the event was passed around. Posters are available.
Number of people expected to attend should be reported to Alan by Jan 30.
Bruce needs final count for the Ski Trip which is on Mar 8-12.
Bert was thanked for organizing the Holiday Party in December.
Scott had visited Dick Lubman, now settled in Paradise Valley.
Birthday greetings to Tom who also celebrates a 20 year Anniversary.
Monique presented Paul Harris certificates to Jim Cochran and Jack Wong.
Our contributions to Rotary Foundation continue well.
Another trivia test was conducted by Alan with mixed success.
Bert, as President Elect took the chair as Scott left for Sacramento.
Walt spoke about the forthcoming Enterprise Leadership Conference to be held at Multiversity in Scotts Valley in April. Our Club contributes $1000 and has sponsors attending. Orientation sessions are at Mission College in February.
Club Trainer, Tom, wearing the blue shirt, encouraged members to show our Rotary connections and urged us to read the current Rotary magazine for accounts of different members’ activities around the world.
Anita will help as before with non-profit organizations supported by the Crab feed fundraising event.
JimCunningham sent round a sign up sheet for helpers at CSMA concerts.
Fred reported Club finances to be in good shape and dues have been billed.
Next week, Past District Governor, Russ Hobbs, will speak about The Rotary Foundation. Joe Hamilton, PDG will also be coming. (4’fer is Judy)
Mountain View Rotary Meeting Minutes - January 9, 2018
Meeting Agenda - December 19, 2017 – Notes by Monique
President Scott called the meeting to order at the Mtn. View Rotary.
Anita led the Pledge of Allegiance
Monique shared an inspirational quote about the “power of love”
Songmaster Phil led us in Jingle Bells, a festive holiday song
President Scott asked us to greet members we had not yet spoken to at the meeting
Bert, President Elect asked for visitors to be introduced. One visitor was Mr. Mathur from a Rotary Club in India. Jim introduced his son Tom. Fred introduced two future members for our club Elena and Gloria.
Bert announced that the San Jose club was having a bike tour fundraiser for Polio Plus of 20-150 miles. For further information check with the San Jose Club. The bike tour is on sat. April 14 Details to follow in January. Entry fee of $65 & $85 depending on when one registers.
Forty-four people attended our holiday party. All had a good time! The singing group was much appreciated.
Gunther our honorary member from Germany was welcomed!
Envelopes were passed to give a gift to Steve and Phillipe for the service of taking care of the building and serving of lunches every week.
Monique had a cupcake moment for the Rotary Foundation giving and expressed hope that in the coming months everyone would give something to make 100% GIVING FOR THIS YEAR.
Dick L and his wife are now living in Fairfield. Scott will drop in on them when he goes to Sacramento to thank Dick for his wonderful service to our club!
Alan reminded all that the Crab- Feed is scheduled for February 3rd.
The next Board of Directors meeting is on January 18th.
Presidents Club had $3200 and Jim Cochran gave today which raised it!
The popular auction item of Tori’s house in NM has several bidders. Checks on the bid should be made out to the Rotary Foundation Endowment.
Ken S has a birthday on Dec. 22nd and was congratulated. Tom has his birthday on Dec. 25th!
Fred announced that with the tax rate going down that this is a good year to give to non-profits.
Our speaker Maria Marroquin, Executive Director of the Day Worker Center was introduced by Tom M. Maria has been a driving force behind the success of the Day Worker Center of Mtn. View for nearly two decades. Today the center, which is a striving non-profit has its own building, staff and community wide support. Maria is known for her contagious passion and dedication for helping others. AS a result, the Center has large numbers of volunteers. She works tirelessly to organize and advocate, build community alliances, raise funds and work for reforms on the national, state and local level.
In 2003 she was named Woman of the Year by Assembly women Sally Lieber, then Immigrant Advocate of the Year by Siren in 2006 and the Mexico Award by the Mexican Consulate in 2006, the Athena Award in 2016. These are but a few of her many honors for her promotion of human kindness and support of human rights.
The works of the Day Worker Center are many. They do training in ‘labor rights’, ‘workers rights’ and train workers for varied jobs offered in our communities. They are in demand as there is a growing shortage of workers due often to the high price of rentals. Workers are available to work in construction/carpentry, as handyman, painting, furniture assembling, gardening/landscaping, gutter cleaning, deck/ fence work, cement, tile and paver work, remodeling/demolition, moving, house cleaning, childcare/eldercare, food prep, cooking catering, holiday lights, party décor and event setup and more with asking!
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mountain View. Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Bert – Mountain View Residents Gloria Mungo and Elena Romierz as well as Monique’s husband Bill.
Announcements:
Thanks to Walt for being the “4’fer” today!
Last week’s auction … Thanks Tori! $6,000 raised
Holiday Party, Sat Dec. 16th -- Bert – there will be a gift exchange. $20 - 25 gift that can be wine.
Dick to be leaving club … pass around card. Gift to be presented at Holiday Party
Foundation Minute: Monique – Jack was recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow.
Endowment Fund Gift recognition:Jim and Dee Cunningham ($4,768)
Community Service Announcements -- Dave and Jim
Bell Ringing, Salvation Army, Sat, Dec 9th raised over $300!
Club Service -- Twana and Tori … Rotary Ski Trip March 8-12 (pass clipboard)
President’s Club: Thanks to all! We are presently up to 22 members for a total of $3,300.
Next Board Mtg: December Board mtg canceled.
Need someone to transfer food for Hope’s Corner Saturday morning as Dick is moving away
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
December Bdays: 3rd – Judy; 4th – Monique; 22nd - Ken S.
Speaker: Pastor Michael Love with Trinity Methodist Church-- “Mtn View’s New Winter Shelter for Women & Families”
Pastor Love has done a lot of work in Fiji
Shelter project will house 50 people. Lots of support from city and CSA. CSA will be referring potential people to the program prioritizing women and families. Needed to install an expensive fire alarm system and remove all the pews to make room in the church. The neighbors around the church were brought into the project. He thanked our Rotary club for our on-going support.
Speaker recognition: “In lieu of a speaker gift, we are making a donation to our Rotary “Polio Plus” Program on your behalf. Polio Plus is an effort to eliminate polio from the world.
Future Schedule:
December 19th -- Maria Marroquin “Day Workers’ Center of Mountain View”
President Scott Johnson welcomed everyone to Rotary, to make a difference, have fun and develop lifelong friendships, internationally, in our district and in our club.
After the pledge of allegiance, Sheila’s Thought was of Peace and War, a hundred years after her father was in the trenches at Arras on the western front, hoping such war will not happen again.
Phil Armi, our songmaster, started the season with “To wish you a Merry Christmas.”
Visiting Rotarians were our Assistant District Governor, Steve Ross, from Palo Alto University Club and Tim Dahl from Brentwood Club.
Guests were Kathleen Goodman, Hartomo Sutanto and Gloria Mungo.
Announcements: President Scott announced the Presidents Club fund has reached $3300; he presented a certificate to Bert for his recent contribution.
Dick Lubman will be leaving the Club after our Holiday Party on December 16.
Twana reported an enjoyable social meeting at Anita’s home last week.
The President, from the discretionary fund, has sent $105 for the Rotary Float at the Rose Bowl Parade.
For Community Service: Dave, Bert and Anne, had helped at CSMA last week.
Bell-ringing for the Salvation Army will be at Shoreline Safeway.
Toiletries collected at Villa Siena were passed on to CSA for the homeless.
Birthday Wishes were sung for Monique and Judy.
Sign-up sheet was passed for the Ski Trip. March 8-12.
Auction: To raise funds, Tori offered her spacious Santa Fe vacation house for a week’s use by up to 12 people. Alan called for bids and found two buyers: for separate weeks,
Bob Williams and Kathleen Goodman will each give $3,000.
Speaker: Tom Myers, with Hart’s support and fine photography, described their exciting trip to Antarctica in February, visiting Georgia Island and areas where Shackleton adventured.
Next meeting: December 12- Pastor Michael Love “ Mtn View’s new winter Shelter for Women and Families. 4fer – Walt Joyce.
December 19- Maria Marroquin “Day Workers’ Center of Mountain View.”
President-Elect Bert Raphael opened the meeting and welcomed us all. President Scott is away.
Thought for the Day:Roger spoke of his travel originally from Korea to the United States of America, and how thankful he is for the welcome he received and the education he obtained here. He then told us that he was giving $1000 to the club foundation.
We had two visitors from Egypt today. The mother is a Rotarian and she brought her son. She exchanged banners with Bert.
Monique recognized Walt and Bob with a cupcake to honor their contribution to The Rotary Foundation this year.
President-Elect Bert reminded us of the club party on December 16th.
Anita told us of the social meeting next Tuesday at her place, 5:30 PM. The lunch meeting will be dark.
Tori described the auction of time in her house in Santa Fe, NM. The auction will be December 7 at our club meeting. The time will be any non-rental time for the house. Link below:
The Bell Ringing project for the Salvation Army on December 9th now has a full complement of members to staff the bucket for the Saturday.
Bruce reported on our social project last weekend: Cops and Gobblers. He said that 400 baskets of food were prepared and delivered to Mountain View families by hundreds of people.
Bruce said that the club ski trip is now scheduled for March 1 to 5. Individuals and families that want a weekend in the snow at his Tahoe house are invited. He said the date could be changed if there is a big conflict.
Ken (Cal graduate) came to the meeting wearing a red Stanford shirt. Stanford won the Big Game last weekend by only 3 points which did not meet the 16 points he had been given. Jim and Fred agreed to pay the club foundation the bet. Ken also announced that he has a new grandson.
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Dick Lubman introduced our speaker: Mr. Robert E. Lee, board member and founder of the Hope’s Corner. He gave us an update on how important this service is to the people of Mountain View.
People are hungry in our community. Even if employed, people earning minimum wage cannot afford both rent and food. People who are without a home need not only a meal, but a place to feel welcomed. Hope’s Corner is addressing these needs every Saturday between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. by providing a nutritious breakfast and providing a bag lunch. They are also providing showers and fresh clothes for homeless people on Thursdays. They are working to expand services and provide more value to those in need.
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mtn. My name is Scott Johnson, your President for 2017-2018
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Thought for the Day: – Rotarian Bill Maston shared his thoughts on our current President. His hopes are that regardless of what each person thinks of the President’s actions, it will inspire more of us to be more involved in our government.
Song of the Day: – Songmaster Phil led us in the classical “lacucaracha” in honor of our fellow Rotarian Frank. The song proved to be a tongue twister for sure
Meet & Greet - After a few minutes of socializing, visiting Rotarians and guests were introduced. Fellow Rotarian Thomas Ditler was not present but his sister and mother from Germany came in his place. We could all see the family resemblance. Thomas’ sister is also a Rotarian in Germany. Also in attendance was a couple from North Carolina who had come for a visit as part of a trip to the Intuit campus in Mountain View.
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Scott
Announcements:
Thanks to Bill for being the “4’fer” today!
Vocational Service Minute: Dick
Auction. – Tori who is offering her vacation home in Santa Fe as an auction item provided us with beautiful photographs of her lovely remodeled home. It is over 4,000 sq. ft. 4 bedrooms and 4 baths with two master suites. This home is located in the Santa Fe city center only a block away from the downtown city plaza. This unique home is graciously being offered by Tori, please get your checkbooks ready for this once in a lifetime offer. The auction will take place in two weeks and our auctioneer will be the world famous fellow Rotarian Alan. See link below.
FaceBook Promo. – Fellow Rotarian Anita gave us a brief demonstration about how to get to the Mountain View Rotary Facebook page in hopes that we will visit their page and click both “like” and “follow”. Of course, doing so will increase our visibility in the community.
Community Service Announcements? -- Dave and Jim
Bell Ringing, Salvation Army, Sat, Dec 9th … Jim
Cops & Goblers, Sun, Nov 19th … Bruce
Club Service Announcements? - Friendly reminders, Anita is hosting our next social starting at 5:30pm on November 28th at her home. Mark the date, the address is to follow. Also, don’t forget our December Holiday Party on Saturday December 16th. A no-host cocktail hour starts at 6:00pm with dinner to follow and will take place at Don Giovanni’s, 235 Castro Street, Mountain View.
President’s Club: Thanks to all! We are presently up to 21 members for a total of $3,150.
Next Board Mtg: Thursday, November 16th. 4 p.m. due to Julie Rose’s retirement party.
Members to Remember? - Bert unfortunately had a minor eye injury. He’s assured us that he will be ok but cannot drive at the moment. It would be great if we could reach out to him.
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
November Bdays: 16th – Ernie Hawks; 16th – Bert Raphael; 22nd – Hal Taylor
November Anniversaries:
Other things to share? - Keeping with tradition in anticipation of “the big game” between Stanford and Berkeley, Fred and Ken placed their $50 bet on the game. Fred generously provided Ken a 16-point spread on the game. Can’t wait to see the outcome.
Speaker: - Our guest speaker was Marsha Deslauriers is Executive Director of Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC). She has taken over the helm from our own fellow Rotarian Monique Kane. After a brief introduction, Marsha focused on the changing trends and needs of the clients making use of the resources at CHAC. The CHAC programs help more than 3,500 kids and young adults in our immediate community each year. The majority of those services are provided by CHAC interns who volunteer their time. Each intern on average has more than ten years of training experience. The focus of the classes they teach to individuals is based upon understanding social and behavioral skills which hopefully leads to prevention.
Marsha firmly believes that the 44-year history of CHAC has had a long term, positive ripple effect on our community. Marsha’s observation is that most all of their new clients are dealing with major anxiety and stress which is emphasized by the pressure cooker of Silicon Valley. These stress and anxiety issues are unfortunately visibly apparent in young children as young as 8 or 9 as well as young adults and older family members. Unfortunately, the problem has become so bad that the overall suicide rate has gone up more than 50% in the last 8 years. A matter of fact, suicides in young people is now the #2 cause of death in the United States for their age group. Youth depression has also increased as young children feel as they have no control over their time. Parents are also stressed for the same reason due to conflicts in balancing work with home life and children. This has unfortunately created a situation where many time kids are raising kids.
Another major influence on the increase of anxiety, stress and depression has been social media. Marsha pointed out that when we were kids if we did something bad very few people knew about it and it was forgotten about within days or weeks. However, with social media regardless of what you do, everybody in the whole world instantly knows about it. This unfortunately has many negative effects. Kids are bullied, they have a loss of self-esteem, it increases their anxiety and stress, and adds to depression, the feeling of hopelessness, suicide and death. While in many ways the talk by Marsha was a little overwhelming, it emphasizes the importance of CHAC and the services they provide to the community. However, as with many non-profit organizations, CHAC’s resources are being stretched. Fewer volunteers are able to volunteer, client cases are more complex and take more resources, and the number of clients in the community has continued to increase. Marsha is optimistic about the community and future of CHAC. We were happy to hear Marsha’s updates about CHAC’s roll in the community.
Future Schedule:
November 21st - Leslie Carmichael Hopes Corner 4’fer: Roger Kao
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mtn. My name is Scott Johnson, your President for 2017-2018
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Pledge of Allegiance – Ernie Hawks
Thought for the Day: Twana (4’fer)
Twana shared thoughts on Veteran’s Day which is coming up on November 11.
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil – “God Bless America.”
Meet & Greet - (2 Minutes)
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Scott Johnson (Bert Raphael absent)
Guest of Rotary: Jamil Shaikh, Mountain View resident
New Member Induction: Linda Wang …. By Tori (Sponsor) & Jerylann (Membership)
Scott shared that Linda Wang was born in a small village in northeast China. She shares Rotary values and is a great match for the club. She received her education while having two babies and went into real estate in 2013. Linda mentioned that she loves her work and her goal is to help as many people as possible.
Announcements:
Thanks to Twana for being the “4’fer” today!
Foundation Minute: Monique Kane - absent
Community Service Announcements? -- Dave and Jim
Bell Ringing, Salvation Army … Jim. Dec. 9th at the San Antonio Safeway. Contact Jim Cochran if you want to sign up.
Cops & Gobblers … Bruce – Nov. 19 at the Police Station. Starts a little before 9am.
Club Service Announcements? -- Twana and Tori: Next holiday social at Anita’s home on Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 5:30 pm, the week after Thanksgiving. Signups next week.
Condiment Collection Drive in Sunnyvale - Jack Wong. See flyer, can drop off at meeting or Jack’s office until November 10th.
Auction. Tori will be auctioning off her Santa Fe house. (4K sf, 4 bedrooms, 4 baths … 12 people). The rental will be for 5 nights and the date of the rental is flexible.
President’s Club: Thanks to all! We are presently up to 21 members for a total of $3,150.
FaceBook Promo. Thanks Jerylann for sending out that email link to FB.
Next Board Mtg: Thursday, November 16th. Question: Move to 4 p.m. due to Julie Rose’s retirement party.
Crab Feed: Save the Date for Saturday, Feb. 3rd, 2018.-Alan
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
November Bdays: 16th – Ernie Hawks; 16th – Bert Raphael; 22nd – Hal Taylor
Speaker: Judy Chow is the Director ofProduct Management in the Business unit at Symantec Corporation. She will address the topic of digital security.
Introduction by Sanjay. Judy Chow gave a very interesting presentation cybersecurity and understanding the threats. The goal is for more people to be aware and to know practical things that they can do to prevent being a victim. She mentioned that identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the United States. With many questions and high interest, Judy promised to send a copy of her slides to the club.
Future Schedule:
November 14th - Marsha Deslauriers “CHAC Update” 4’fer: Bill Maston
November 21st - Leslie Carmichael, Hopes Corner 4’fer: Roger Kao
Meeting Notes - October 31, 2017 – Notes by Heather
President Scott or the Great Pumpkin shared Halloween greetings at 12:30.
Stephen led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Heather shared: “When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers 'tis near Halloween”, by Unknown and Max says: “It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus!”
Phil led us in song and a special Happy Birthday wishes to Stephen. Bert led introductions of many friends and spouses. Dick shared a vocational minute to remind us of Rotary’s initial foundation is Service and still a strong part of who we are today.
Monique’s ‘Cupcake Moment’ was presented to Jim C, Hal, Dave and Judy. Plus special recognition to Jim Cochran for Paul Harris 5+.
Members shared “fun was had by all” at last week’s social with creative costumes, fun decorations and enjoyment of meeting Tori’s family members. Thank you Tori!!
Dave shared Community Service update of CSMA event was sold out and Jim passed around bell ringing sign up for December 9th at Safeway on San Antonio.
President’s Club continues to grow and 2 more members were recognized as presently at 21 members.
Upcoming Events:
November Board Meeting is Thursday, November 16th at 4pm.
November 19th at 9am: Bruce announced is Cops & Gobblers, meet at MV Police Station to assemble and deliver.
February 3, 2018 is our very own Crab feed. Mark your calendar as a new weekend to build support with Interact clubs.
Upcoming Auction item for endowment fundraiser: Rental of a Santé Fe house that is 4 bedrooms/ 4 baths that sleeps 12 people.
Today our Speaker was Nancy Unger and she spoke of “Bob & Belle La Follette: Progressive Models for Today”. She shared 10 lesson of life as evidence in the history of politics when the La Follette’s lead reform as Progressive Movement in Wisconsin and USA in the late 1800s to 1920s. History is a good resource to assist with solutions for today’s political matters and noted there are several parallels of the LaFollette movement and today.
She concluded with sharing a 2 minute sound film of La Follette giving a speech in 1924:
President Scott started our meeting at 12:30 with his introduction and welcome to all.
Sheila led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Songmaster Phil Armi gave us God Bless America.
Bert introduced Rotarians and visitors. Two Rotarians were from Los Altos: Dennis and Karen. Linda Wong, a member prospect was introduced and then Tom Moran.
Monique gave Foundation recognition to Tori, Bruce, and Sheila for their contributions.
Announcements: Thanks to Dennis Kobza for being 4fer for today
Dave passed around the sign-up sheet for those willing to usher at the CSAM music events on coming weekends. Dave also canvassed for those willing to be Bell-Ringers for the Salvation Army this December. Members agreed to provide participation.
Next week there will be no noon Rotary meeting. Instead, a gathering will be held at Tori’s home, 5:30 to 7:30 PM.
Mentor Tutor Connection: High School is having an information open house at the District Office, on Wednesday, October 18th, 5:30 to 6:30 PM.
Next Board meeting is Thursday, October 19th, 5:15 PM at Villa Siena. Rotary District 5130 has a donation FIRE RELIEF FUND and information is at: www.larca5130.org
Today our speaker was Dr. Jeff Harding, Superintendent of the local High School District. His talk was about “Equity in Education” in which he explained the differences in student ability and outlook, depending on their socio-economic position.
The district, with the financial support of the MVLA Educational Foundation, is doing much to level the students with a boost for those in the lower levels. The biggest item may be the AVID program that is open to all focusing on kids who would be the first in their families to attend college and provides an extra class period for students with many enrichment parts. The district also faces a substantial growth to the current 4200 students with a likely increase in enrollment if the Mountain View North Bayshore growth occurs with its 1100 students.
Scott, President for 2017-2018, welcomed all to the meeting at 12:30pm.
A special thank you was shared for Hiro as he presented a Thought for the Day.Hiro is always the first member to arrive on Tuesdays to ensure the room is ready to welcome all members.Thank you Hiro!!
Special songs were lead by guest of Songmaster Phil, his daughter Jody and husband Fred who are visiting to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary.Beautiful harmony was enjoyed by all.
Bert lead the introduction of several guests and visiting Rotarians with a special announcement that a new member application by Linda was submitted.Dick shared a Vocational Minute including how Rotarian businessmen in City of Chicago started public restrooms so extend the shopping day.
A cupcake Foundation Minute by Monique was enjoyed by several.
Announcements:
•Club members enjoyed a beautiful performance of “An American In Paris” last Saturday and dinner after.
•Community Service activity with CSMA will begin October 22nd.A sign-up was passed around. The Trailblazer run was a success on September 24th with Rotary sponsorship on the T Shirts, several shirts are available for taking.
•Mentor Tutor Connection is holding Volunteer Information Open House on Oct. 18th, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. at the MVLA District Office.
•Tom invited all to share farewells to Maureen on Thursday, October 12st at Don Giovanni’s.
•Jim joined the President Club to celebrate his engagement that became official on Saturday and a wedding being planned for next year.
•Next Board Meeting is Thursday, October 19that 5:15 p.m.
Today’s Speaker was introduced by Judy.Dr. Ayinde Rudolph, Superintendent of Mountain View Whisman School District.Dr. Rudolph shared his reflection of climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and a new Response Instruction Program at all schools.He is taking the lead to meet every students needs and providing resources to make this a success.President Scott shared Dr. Rudolph is truly a visionary leader and thank you for all you do for our children and community.In lieu of a speaker gift, the club is making a donation to our Rotary “Polio Plus” Program on Dr. Rudolph’s behalf.Polio Plus is an effort to eliminate polio from the world.
Remember…“Make a Difference and have Fun!”Meeting was adjourned at 1:30pm.
President Scott welcomed all to the meeting and reminded the club of Rotary’s theme’s: Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Jim Cunningham and Phil lead the club in a song.
The thought for the Day & Toast on the occastion of German Unity Day and Oktoberfest was done by Honorary Club Member Gunther Wobser. Gunther was joined by his wide Manuela in providing German refreshments and delicious apple strudel.
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests was done by Bert. Dick provided an appropriate Vocational Minute.
Announcements:
· Jim and Twana provided an update on our “An American In Paris” Theater Social scheduled for this Saturday, October 7th.
· Tori thanked Tom & Hart’s for the social they hosted last week. The food was great and socializing were great!
· Monique is away today, but there will be a “cupcake moment” next week. $4,330 has been raised so far in the annual Rotary Foundation campaign.
· The President’s Club is up to 18 members, for a total fo $2,700 raised.
· Mentor Tutor Connection – Volunteer Information Open House on Oct. 18th, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. MVLA District Office. A flyer was distributed.
Next Board Mtg: Thursday, October 19th 5:15 p.m.
· Members to Remember?
· District 5170 Rotary Avenues of Service meeting, Thursday, Oct 5th, 5-9 p.m., Santa Clara Biltmore Hotel, Santa Clara. Flyers on table. Going so far: Bert, Tori, Jack, Sanjay, & Scott
· Interact Fall Leadership Conference – Sat, Oct 8th, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Independence High
School, San Jose
Happy Birthday was sung honoring Thomas Dittler and also Phil Armi
Club Assembly
· Jim gave an update on the Mountain View Rotary Club Endowment Fund
· Bert gave an update on International Service and announced that Jack Wong had accepted the position of International Service Chair for the Club.
Future Schedule:
October 10th - Dr. Ayinde Rudolph, Superintendent 4/fer: Hiro Kariya
October 17th - Dr. Jeff Harding, Superintendent 4’fer: Dennis Kobza
President Scott rang the bell, and welcomed us to the club. He announced that there had been a scheduling mix-up and our speaker would need to leave by 1pm—so we will perform our normal weekly activities mostly in reverse order!
We did the
Pledge of Allegiance and then immediately invited Tori up to introduce the speaker.
Tori introduced Barbara Dehn, a well-known Nurse Practitioner who has worked extensively with FAME, the Foundation for African Medicine and Education, in Tanzania. Barbara gave a fascinating presentation on “the Miracle of Mistakes”, and how poor African folks struggle to be helped with modern medical technology. Find out more about what Barbara does at her website, www.nursebarb.com.(Paul and Barb may actually be cousins)
After the talk, Monique came up to award cupcakes to Tori, Bert, Paul, and Scott, for their recent Rotary Foundation donations. We hope every Rotarian will make a donation to the Foundation, in any amount, each Rotary year. Donation made within the next couple of weeks will make the donor eligible for a drawing prize from the District.
We then stood to let Songmaster Phil lead us in singing “Oh! What a Beautiful Morning”, followed by a two-minute “meet and greet” period.
Then Bert came up to introduce visitors. We had one visitor, LindaWang who might be a candidate to be a future member. Tom introduced Gunther again, but since Gunther is an Honorary Member he no longer needs to be introduced as a visitor. Twana introduced visiting Rotarian Anitha Shah, president of the Rotary Club of Bangalore (India), and we exchanged banners with her.
Then Bert, as his Thought for the Day, repeated some comments by various personalities about the game of Football.
Announcements:
Thanks to Bert for being the “4’fer” today! (greeter, thought, meeting notes, and his wife’s brownies for dessert)
“An American In Paris” Theater Social, October 7th – update by Twana: Dinner reservations after the show are still up in the air since the restaurant we had selected isn’t sure it will be open.
Mtn View Art & Wine Festival service project – Volunteer Appreciation Party, Shoreline Amphitheater, Wed, 9/20, 5-7 p.m. All those who volunteered are invited.
Hurricane Harvey Relief Effort? - no info yet on what Rotary will do… take the option of doing this on your own.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation has Harvey Relief & Irma Relief funds
President’s Club: Thanks to all! We are presently up to 18 members.
Next Board Mtg: Thursday, Sep. 21st, 5:15 p.m. at Villa Sienna.
District 5170 Rotary Avenues of Service meeting, Thursday, Oct 5th, 5-9 p.m., Santa Clara Biltmore Hotel, Santa Clara. Members are encouraged to attend.
Dick is away at a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force.
Thanks to Jim Cochran and Paul for maintaining our club Facebook presence and website. All members are encouraged to be a Facebook Friend of the club.
CSMA will be taking sign-ups for volunteer ushers very soon.
RI Toronto Convention Hotel room reservations – due by Sep. 29th. That convention is June 23-27, 2018.
Next week no meeting; we will have a social hosted by Tom and Hart at their facility, from 5 to 7pm. The following week, Oct. 3, we will have a Club Assembly (instead of a speaker).
Tom announced that Maureen Wadiak, the long-time “neck” of CSA, is retiring soon.
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mtn. My name is Scott Johnson, your President for 2017-2018
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Bert
Thought for the Day: Steve Nichols (4’fer)
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil Armi
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Bert Raphael
Monique introduced her husband, Bill.
Jerry Hirschfeld, a visiting Rotarian from St. Cloud, MN, presented a banner with a picture of a water fountain built with financial backing from Rotary.
Scott introduced Gunther Wobser as an honorary member.
Foundation Minute: Monique Kane
Passed out pledges.
Club Announcements:
Thanks to Steve for being the “4’fer” today! (greeter, thought, dessert & meeting notes)
“An American In Paris” Theater Social, October 7. Twana is arranging dinner at SAMS American Eatery at the theater and at Dirty Water 0.2 miles away.
Mtn View Art & Wine Festival service project – volunteers for Sunday, Sep. 10th. - Thanks to those who volunteered. Reports!
Tree Planting project, RI President …. Heads up.
Mentor Tutor Connection – volunteer opportunities and open house, Sep 13th, 12:00pm-1:00pm, El Camino YMCA, 2400 Grant Rd, Mountain View.
President’s Club:Dennis and Ken celebrated an 84th birthday and a CAL win, respectively.
Tom announced Hometown Heroes Recognition Breakfast, Friday, September 29, 2017, 7:15-9:00am, Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View.
Tori introduced Wahed Magee and Jodie Pierce from the MVPD. Officer McGee organizes, coordinates, and presents public outreach activities and programs related to crime prevention. He serves as a liaison with other community outreach organizations, both public and private, as well as other law enforcement partners. Officer McGee is assigned to the neighborhood and event services unit. He assists those in need and those living in RVs and the homeless. He works with CSA, city council, and neighborhood associations in order to implement compassionate ordinances to address these problems. He identified Rengstorff Park and Shoreline near 101 as particularly troublesome areas for homeless living in RVs.
Future Schedule:
September 19th - Speaker: Barbara Dehn, FAME Hospital in Africa. 4’fer: Bert
September 26th - Dark, Club Social Toyon Farm -- Tom and Hart
Bonus Round: Volunteering at the Art and Wine Festival
Meeting Minutes - September 5, 2017 – District Governor Visit
Notes by Ken
President’s Greeting:
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mtn. My name is Scott Johnson, your President for 2017-2018
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our District Governor Orrin Mahoney’s theme is “Developing Lifelong Friendships, While Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club is “Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Thank you all for joining us today. A special welcome to our District Governor, Orrin Mahoney, here for his annual visit to our Club. Joining Orrin in his visit is Gregory Giusiana, Lieutenant Governor and also Richard Schoelerman, Assistant District Governor Area 9.
Pledge of Allegiance: Walt Joyce led the pledge with gusto. Welcome back Walt.
Thought for the Day: Ken Schwaderer: Modification of a quote from our District Governor Orrin Mahoney: People are like stars; They all don’t shine the same way; But they all have their own special place in the shy.
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Scott Johnson
In addition to District Governor Mahoney, Area 9 assistant Governor Richard Schoelerman and LG Gregory Giusiana, we hosted quest Dr. Gunther Wobser, and three prominent Rotarians from India.
Vocational Minute/Spotlight: Dick Lubman reviewed future programs in September
Foundation Minute & Recognition: Monique Kane recognized Jack Wong, Jim Cochran, Tom Meyers and Fred Storek for their generous contributions to the Rotary Foundation.
Club Announcements:
Villa Siena Social, last Tuesday, August 29th was an unbelievable event as Twana reported. Thank you President Scott for hosting.
“An American In Paris” Theater Social, October 7th – Looks to be an excellent event. Dinner groups are being organized.
Mtn View Art & Wine Festival service project – MV Rotary will staff a ticket and glass booth for the Chamber of Commerce on Sunday September 10th.Rotarians wishing to volunteer contact Dave Cole or President Scott.
Hurricane Harvey Relief Effort? - The District will have a post Hurricane Harvey relief program: Stay tuned.
Mentor Tutor Connection – volunteer opportunities and open house, Sep 13th. Flyers were distributed on tables. Those interested contact Bruce Barsi
President’s Club: We are presently up to 14 members. Dr. Bob Williams joined today.
Next Board Mtg: Thursday, Sep. 21st, 5:15 p.m.
Other Announcements:
Signup sheet for the District 5170 Rotary Avenues of Service meeting, Thursday, Oct 5th, 5-9 p.m., Santa Clara Biltmore Hotel, Santa Clara. Flyers on table.
Interact Fall Leadership Conference – Sat, Oct 8th, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Independence High
District Grants Training, Sep 1st … virtual online.
RI Toronto Convention Hotel room reservations – due by Sep. 29th. That convention is June 23-27, 2018.
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
September Bdays: 6th – Frank; 10th – Tori; 10th – Jerylann; 23rd – Anita; 26th – Phil; 30th - Dennis
September Anniversaries: 10th – Steve; 11th – Bob; 20th - Phil
Speaker: District Governor Orrin Mahoney
Introduction by Scott
District Governor Orrin is a graduate of Carnegie Melon University and received a graduate degree from Stanford University. He had worked for HP for 35 years. He presented a very interesting analysis answering his favorite question:” Have you ever thought about Rotary”. He basically presented the financial impact each one of us has as a Rotarian.
Rotary is a service organization. The service project is an idea and developed in the local club which will raise a finite amount of money to support the project. The project is presented to the District who in turn may contribute multiple times the initial investment. The project is then present to the Rotary Foundation which could designate again multiple times of the now current investment. An initial worthy investment of $5k could potentially become a $25k, $50k, or even a $100k project.
Membership development is a difficult subject to approach. Many of us have been involved to varying degrees of success. This is just one extra trinket in the value of a Rotary Membership.
Facts:
The western area had the largest membership growth in Rotary last year. In addition Rotary Club requirements are changing to have more friendly attendance requirements.
Our district 5170 has the largest Interact program in the world. Our other strong youth programs include RYLA, Youth Exchange, and the Speaking Contest.
Conclusion: “Rotary Makes A Difference”. “Have You Ever Thought About Rotary?”
Speaker recognition: “In lieu of a speaker gift, we are making a donation to our Rotary “Polio Plus” Program on your behalf. Polio Plus is an effort to eliminate polio from the world.
Future Schedule:
September 12th - Speakers: Mtn View Police Department – Officer Mike Taber & SGT Wahed Magee 4’fer: Steve
September 19th - Speaker: Barbara Dehn, FAME Hospital in Africa. 4’fer: Bert
And remember…“Make Difference and have Fun!”
Bonus Round: Photos from Social Event at Villa Siena
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mountain View. My name is Scott Johnson, your President for 2017-2018
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “Mountain View Rotary: Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Alan
Thought for the Day: Paul Reinhart (4’fer) Foot Ball references
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil Armi – “God Bless America”
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Scott Johnson - Bob Chamberlain from Bend Oregon Rotary
Vocational Minute/Spotlight: Dick Lubman – Free Little Libraries – there are 1000’s of them! They were started by a Rotarian from Wisconsin. Also 91% of youth worldwide are literate.
Club Announcements:
Thanks to Paul for being the “4’fer” today! (greeter, thought, dessert & meeting notes)
“An American In Paris” Theater Social, October 7th
Mtn View Art & Wine Festival – volunteers for Sunday, Sep. 10th.
Reminder to the Board: there is no Board Meeting in August. Next: Thursday, Sep. 21st.
President’s Club: Recognition of new members (present certificates). Thanks to all! We are presently up to 12 members for a total of $1,800. Heather signed up today and Ernie was recognized for joining last week.
Villa Siena Social on Tuesday, August 29th - BBQ Social
Question: How many will be able to attend the District Governor visit on Sep. 5th? May re-schedule if not enough Board members can make it.
Other Announcements:
“Save the Date” for the District 5170 Rotary Avenues of Service meeting, Thursday, Oct 5th, 5-9 p.m., Santa Clara Biltmore Hotel, Santa Clara. Flyer available.
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
August Bdays: 14th – Heather; 22nd – Walt; 30th – Jack W.; 31st – Bruce
August Anniversaries: 4th – Fred & Debbie; 13th – Twana & Bruce; 20th – Dave & Cindy
Speakers: Ellen Thayn and Candace Bowers, Mtn View Library
Introduction by Scott
Lots of stuff going on at the library including monthly activities like story time, speaker program as well as book and eBook check out. Stop by!
Future Schedule:
August 29th - Dark, Social at Villa Siena, 5:30 p.m.
September 5th - Speakers: District Governor Orrin Mahoney visit. 10:30 a.m. pre-meeting.
Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mtn. My name is Scott Johnson, your President for 2017-2018
Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “Mountain View Rotary: Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Thank you all for joining us today. Please silence your cell phones.
Pledge of Allegiance- LED BY SCOTT JOHNSON
Thought for the Day: Jim Spangler (4’fer) “PRIDE OF A FATHER”
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil Armi “MY COUNTRY TISS OF THEE”
Vocational Minute/Spotlight: Dick Lubman - ENCLUSION OF MULTIPLE GENERATIONS
Club Announcements:
Thanks to Jim for being the “4’fer” today! (greeter, thought, dessert & meeting notes)
“An American In Paris” Theater Social, October 7th – update – Jim (38 Rotarian’s going. Still need checks from Sanjay David, Heather Stenshamn and Walt Joyce- Please mail to Jim at 799 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041. Information about dinner groups, car pooling and tickets will be provided in about three weeks)
Mtn View Art & Wine Festival – volunteers for Sunday, Sep. 10th. - Twana (Opportunity to have a “ROTARY” booth, please sign up, need 6 volunteers for Sunday)
Reminder to the Board: there is no Board Meeting in August.
Villa Siena Social on Tuesday, August 29th …. This is where our Month end “Social” will be
President’s Club: Recognition of new members receiving the Millions Dollar Bill from Rotary (Tom Meyers and Hiro Kariya). Thanks to all!
We are presently up to 12 members for a total of $1,800.
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
People taking special trips to see the eclipse next week- Twana heading to Boise, ID, Bert to the Tetons National Park, Tom Meyers to Portland (and Salem to catch the first “Eclipse delayed baseball game), Judy to Nashville, TN and Hal to Bend, OR with his son’s.
Other Announcements:
District Membership Seminar planned for Saturday, August 19th, 9 a.m. to noon, at Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton. Flyer available.
“Save the Date” for the District 5170 Rotary Avenues of Service meeting, Thursday, Oct 5th, 5-9 p.m., Santa Clara Biltmore Hotel, Santa Clara. Flyer available.
Speaker: Elaine Lung - Improv to Improve Communication - Introduction by Twana
A Certified World Class Speaking Coach and Distinguished Toastmaster. She is a founder of the first Bay Area Toastmasters club that specializes in applied improv skills.
Consultant and Coach on Improving Communication or “How to Speak on your feet. Speak up under pressure”. Elaine Lung spoke about and coaches people on applying improv skills to speaking, leadership and team building. She uses techniques commonly uses by Improv performers. Showed us tools that we can all use. We had 4 exercises using the “Yes, And…” (always agree and add something to the conversation), how to avoid using the blocking phrase “Yes, but….” And then how to LISTEN to a speaker all the way through to the last word….. , pause and THINK of the whole thing the other person is trying to relay and finally how to act as “A team, making the OTHER person look good. These are being taught and used by Google and various Business Schools and presentation was very informative and thought provoking. Her website is ElaineLung.com
Future Schedule:
August 22nd - Speakers: Ellen Thayn & Candace Bowers, Mtn View Library
4’fer: Paul Reinhart
August 29th - Dark, Social at Villa Siena, 5:30 p.m.
President Scott Johnson welcomed us. The Rotary International theme for this year is “Rotary: Making a Difference.” The Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “Mountain View Rotary: Having Fun Making a Difference.”
Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all.
Thought for the Day: Tom Myers, who read Emma Lazarus' poem "The New Colossus" which is enshrined at the base of The Statue of Liberty.
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil Armi, who lead us in a rendition of "God Bless America."
Meet & Greet
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Bert Raphael. Tom Myers introduced Haruhito Ema, visiting from Iwata, Japan. Mr. Ema brought greetings from the Iwata Rotary Club President Ken Fukunaga. He was accompanied by his son and his son's friend, both of whom were Sister City exchange students.
Vocational Minute/Spotlight: Dick Lubman, who introduced Twana Karney. Twana talked about her career, going from Chemical Engineer to working in the nonprofit sector.
Club Announcements:
· Thanks to Tom for being the “4’fer” today! (greeter, thought, dessert & meeting notes)
· Twana & Alan … update on “An American in Paris” outing on October 7.
· Reminder to the Board: there is no Board Meeting in August.
· President’s Club: Recognition of new members (present certificates). Thanks to all! We are presently up to 9 members for a total of $1,350.
· Auction: We will be doing auctions again this year to raise funds for our Endowment Fund, so please see President Scott if you have anything to donate. Following up from last year, we are hoping to have a rug from the Rug Center.
Other Announcements:
· Rotary Youth Exchange District Interviews for the future class of 2018-19 will be held on Sunday, Nov. 5th, 9:30 a.m., Bruno’s BBQ, Scotts Valley. (per district newsletter)
· District Membership Seminar planned for Saturday, August 19th, 9 a.m. to noon, at Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton. Flyer available.
· “Save the Date” for the District 5170 Rotary Avenues of Service meeting, Thursday, Oct 5th, 5-9 p.m., Santa Clara Biltmore Hotel, Santa Clara. Flyer available.
Personal Sharing/Announcements:
· August Bdays: 14th – Heather; 22nd – Walt; 30th – Jack W.; 31st – Bruce
· August Anniversaries: 4th – Fred & Debbie; 13th – Twana & Bruce; 20th – Dave & Cindy
Speaker: Tony Siress, CEO, Mountain View Chamber of Commerce
Twana Karney introduced Tony, who told us about the history of the Chamber, the changes that have happened in the 18 months he has been CEO, and his vision of the Chamber's future.
Future Schedule:
August 15th - Speaker: Elaine Lung, “Improv to Improve Communication”
4’fer: Jim Spangler
August 22nd - Speakers: Ellen Thayn & Candace Bowers, Mtn View Library
The Mountain View Rotary Club was brought to attention by the ringing of The Bell at 12:30npm by our illustrious president Scott Johnson who led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Song master Phil led us in the song: God Bless America.
We had several visitors and guests today. Rita Yang from the Rotary Club of Beijing Mandarin was here with her daughter Melissa Lu who is also living in Beijing. Melissa grew up in Mountain View, so as she said, “She has gone full circle.” Melissa has an equestrian business in Palo Alto. Kim Copher from Los Altos Rotary joined us.
Guests attending today were: Joerg Dittmer, a guest of Dick Lubman, Vivian Lai from Mountain View, and Nancy Mendelssohn.
Rita Yang commented that restrictions by the Chinese government have made it harder for her club to survive.
Dick quoted various noteworthy individuals and the one he will mention here is by Mother Teresa: “Peace begins with a smile.”
Four New Millionaires were recognized by President Scott for contributing to the Presidents Club. (See Picture.)
Twana announced that we have a good response to An American in Paris, our club’s social for October 7 at 2 pm. Tickets are $100 each and checks should be made out to Jim Spangler.
Anniversaries this month: Debbie and Fred
Twana and Bruce
Cindy and Dave.
Tori Atwell introduced our speaker, Max Hauser, who reminded those of us of eating establishment that are long gone: Andy’s, Saint James’s Infirmary, Linda’s, Chili and Sandwiches, 101 Club, and others. The downtown area has about 110 restaurants and the turnover can be fast. We are soon going to have our first “liquid nitrogen” ice cream parlor. Max’s talk got many of us that have lived here for many years reminiscing about the “good old days.”
Max, Thank you for a very informative and interesting “talk” down memory lane.
Next week: Tony Siress: Mountain View Chamber of Commerce.
President Scott Johnson welcomed everyone to the second meeting of the 2017-8 Rotary Year for which the theme is Rotary: Making a Difference. For the District it’s Rotary: Building Lifelong Friendships, Making a Difference. For Mountain View Club it is HavingFun making a Difference.
We started the meeting with a video from District Governor Orrin Mahoney.
We had a guests today – Doris who retired from the Chamber of Commerce and Mountain View resident Irene.
Announcements:
Next Board Meeting is July 20, 5.15pm at Villa Siena, 2nd floor.
No fines this year. $150 to join the Presidents Club, of which $50 goes to our Endowment and $100 to the Club. Thanks for Tori and Alan for joining last week. New members this week include: Bruce, Dave, and Twana.
We will do auctions again this year to raise funds for the Endowment. If you have anything to auction, let Scott know.
News of absent members:
Walt Joyce was present and he is recovering well from heart surgery and has a new pacemaker.
Monique, convalescing after surgery, hopes to be back to meetings in August.
Ernie plans to move to Mountain View soon and hopes to come to Rotary.
District Announcements:
Stressing Membership this year, President Scott urged attendance at the District Seminar on August 19 at Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton from 9 to noon.
Avenues of Service will be on October 5th from 5 – 9 pm at the Santa Clara Biltmore.
Our District Governor. Orrin Mahoney will visit the Club in September.
Personal Sharing and Other Announcements:
Evening Social at Cascal’s on July 25 at 5:30
Jim Spangler’s son Nick will be performing in SF in “American in Paris”. Twana will try to arrange a Club Outing to see a performance.
July Anniversaries Monique and Bill and Bruce and Suzanne
Speaker:
Our speaker today was Amy Andonian from Avenidas in Palo Alto as well as Rose Kleiner in Mountain View. Amy is also a Rotarian from the Palo Alto club. She discussed the senior programs that Avenidas offers: Lifetime Learning, Health & Wellness, Caregiver services, Handyman services, Door to Door transportation, and Generations Lab. She also said they are doing a $20 million upgrade project to support the ~ 8,500 people to whom they provide services.
Next Meeting; August 1 with speaker Max Hauser. Heather will be our 4 –fer.
President Scott closed the meeting with “Make a difference- have fun!”
President Scott Johnson welcomed everyone to the first meeting of the 2017-8 Rotary Year for which the theme is Making a Difference. For Mountain View Club it is HavingFun making a Difference.
After the pledge of allegiance, Hal Taylor’s Thought was about the Statue of Liberty and people who lived on Liberty Island, the National Park Rangers and military families. Tourists could climb to the top of the torch until 1916 when German agents ignited the store of war materials on Black Tom Island nearby and shrapnel hit the statue. The seven spikes on the crown represent the seven seas and continents. The mother of the sculptor, Frederic Bertholdi, was the model for the lady statue.
Phil Armi, our song master, followed up with “God Bless America”
Visiting Rotarian from Los Gatos Club was Canan Sunok, originally from Istanbul, now working in California on Home Care.
Heather introduced her guest, son, Daniel.
Announcements: Hal and Heather had attended the recent RYLA Barbecue where our club sponsored students, two from Mountain View High and two from St. Francis.
Next Board Meeting is July 20, 5.15pm at Villa Siena, 2nd floor.
No fines this year. $150 to join the Presidents Club, of which $50 goes to our Endowment and $100 to the Club. Alan is the first to join.
News of absent members:
Walt Joyce is recovering from heart surgery and has a new pacemaker.
Monique, convalescing after surgery, hopes to be back to meetings in August.
Ernie plans to move to Mountain View soon and hopes to come to Rotary.
Recent Collection for the End Polio campaign raised $600.
Stressing Membership this year, President Scott urged attendance at the District Seminar on August 19 at Castlewood Country Club.
Avenues of Service will be in Santa Clara on October 5.
President Scott thanked Hiro, Paul and Bruce for their setting up before the meeting which now is a Club Assembly. He had been impressed by his personal meeting with International President Ian Riseley, and a video of Riseley speaking at the Convention was shown.
Our District Governor. Orrin Mahoney, will visit the Club in September.
Club Trainer, Tom Myers, hopes all members will have read the current Rotary magazine to learn more of Rotary History and Values and R.I. President Ian Riseley, whose message included “we can do more together than we can do alone”.
The new pin which Scott had handed out represents the diversity of Rotary. Scott urges all members to invite new people to join. He himself has been in five different Clubs and knows the importance of being invited. The new Board is a great team and board members came up to speak.
Tori, Club Service, passed around a sign-up sheet for organizing and hosting socials, nine this year, the first on July 25. On August 29, it will be at Villa Siena.
Dave Cole, co-chair with Jim Cunningham for Club Service, will circulate a list again for helping at CSMA. Later we will help with CHAC parking, Cops and Gobblers and the annual Stevens Creek Trail clean-up.
Jerylann and Judy for Membership are making appointments to meet with representatives from organizations like CSMA, and schools.
Sanjay will continue with Youth Service, following up with Heather for RYLA.
Alan Goodman continues with Interact and the Crab Feed.
Dick Lubman, for Vocational Service, hopes everyone wears their pins and knows the Four-Way Test.
Anita announced the Rotating Dinner will be April 28, 2018.
Bert, as President Elect, is scheduling speakers, needs help for September and January.
International Service still lacks a chair-person.
Treasurer: Fred announced that fees will not change.
Co-Secretaries, Paul and Bruce will keep supporting the Club.
Jim Cochran will continue the Facebook connection and the photographs.
Next Meeting; July 18, Amy Andonian CEO of Avenidas in Palo Alto.
President Scott closed the meeting with “Make a difference- have fun!”
Opportunity! That is what comes to my mind as I think about this Rotary year (July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018). Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is "Having Fun Making a Difference." What an opportunity we have to serve our community, our region, nation, and the world through Rotary, and have fun doing it together!
In 1980 I was invited by a business acquaintance to join Rotary in Southern California. I joined for the networking opportunities with top leaders in our community who comprised Rotary membership. I found these connections very beneficial. But, I stayed in Rotary and developed a strong internal motivation to participate because of opportunities to serve; to serve not only our local community in a variety ways, but to serve beyond local, out to the entire world through this amazing Rotary network. I also experienced the fun of participating in worthwhile activities with leaders who became my friends.
This year, the Rotary Club of Mountain View has plans to continue making a difference in our community, nation, and world ... and, have a bunch of fun while doing this! We will continue our proud club tradition of "service above self," which goes back to the founding of our club over 90 years ago. As Rotarians we stand ready to welcome new members into our club. Come and check us out!
Jack – Greeter and Thought for the Day – Congratulations to the Golden State Warriors. Great Quotes from the players.
Doesn’t matter where you come from, what you have or don’t have… All you need to have is faith in God, and undying passion for what you do, what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be a successful at whatever it takes to be successful at whatever you put your mind to. --- Stephen Curry
I’ve learned what it feels like to lose, believe me. But I think in the end that is just going to make winning that much better. --- Kevin Durant
I know that hard work got me here. And the day I stop working this can all go away. --- Kevin Durant
You can’t get much done in Life if you only work on the days when you feel good. --- Jerry West
Phil Armi – Songmaster, sang “Let me call you sweetheart” He’s celebrating his 65 year anniversary.
Dick discussed why he joined Rotary Asked other members Jim, Burt, Judy, Hal, and Twana told their stories.
President reported that we presently have 29 members of the presidents club.
Our auctions have added over $2,250.00 thus far.
Scott provided us an update on his Atlanta Rotary International Trip. The theme of the event: celebrating 100 years of the Rotary Foundation. Bill and Melinda Gates were present to pledge another 1.2 billion matching to fight polio. His goal to validate this is 2020. It was a great learning experience for Scott.
District Announcements:
Jerylann – Polio Flash Campaign. We ask that every member contribute $26.50 to the End Polio Now campaign. Why $26.50? That was the amount of the very first contribution to the Rotary Foundation in 1917.
Speaker for today – Vickie Grove, Executive Director & Marcos Senz, Community Relations Director of Community School of Music & Art (CSMA) (http://arts4all.org), here in Mountain View. They are celebrating 50 years of service. Vickie thanked the Rotary for their service for this concert season. The school provides music and art to everybody from full paid vs non-paid. The school provides art and music to over 50 schools. In addition, they provide lessons to businesses such as Google and Intel. Vickie and Marcos played a concert piece from one of these concerts. All concerts can be viewed via you tube. If other businesses, nonprofits, need meeting space, the facility can be rented out.
Club Announcements:
Next Board Meeting is Thursday 6/22, 5 pm at CHAC (It will be a joint board meeting with Scott’s Johnson’s Board.
Kick out at Michaels on June 23 at 6 pm.
Dave Cole provided updates on the community services projects.
New Board for 2017-2018 was approved last week.
We are dark next Tuesday and the first week of July to celebrate July 4th. The next meeting will be Tuesday, July 11
Bob - Thought for the Day - Discussed some statistics about D-Day.
Discussed origin of flag day & the school teacher, B. J. Cigrand, known as the father of flag day.
Visiting Rotarian - Steve Ross
Dick discussed why he joined Rotary Asked other members & Alan, Tom, Jim & Steve told their stories.
Tom submitted the list of officers for next year. They were approved with a 100% vote.
President reported that we presently have 29 members of the presidents club.
Our auctions have added over $2,250.00 thus far.
Tom auctioned off two bottles of Champaign today - purchased by Steve Ross for $60.00.
Speaker for today - Mike Toy was named 2015 San Francisco Entertainer of the year in comedy magic. He recently published a book "Its Not Magic: Secrets at Performing Your Best". He graduated from UC Davis and decided he want to start a business. After "two setbacks", he realized there are several important things to being successful:
1. One needs help - people work with someone they know they can trust.
2. Show interest in others - they will trust you & help you. Then they will be interested in you.
3. Words matter. How you talk with someone - must not offend - be positive.
Club Announcements:
Next Board Meeting is Thursday 6/22, 5 pm at CHAC
Jerylann – continued circulating the signup sheet for monthly Speaker Chairs for next year.
Kick out at Michaels on June 23 at 6 pm.
Tom shared the results of the Future of the Club meeting at his place. Future club Presidents (in order) are Bert, Tom, Sanjay, Paul and then maybe it will be Jack’s turn. Great job! Another take away was that we are a small club so let’s not bite off more than we can chew.
District Announcements:
Jerylann – Polio Flash Campaign. We ask that every member contribute $26.50 to the End Polio Now campaign. Why $26.50? That was the amount of the very first contribution to the Rotary Foundation in 1917. A district video was also played.
Tom provided today’s thought on D-Day in WWII on June 6, 1944 about remembering those who served and what it means for all of us today.
Vocation: - Dick reminded club members that having a diverse membership in our club has advantages. For example we could benefit from having bankers, lawyers and other professionals join us who we can then get to know and trust.
Guests: - Judy introduced Tom Moran. Two individuals from Living Classroom, Noelani Hunt and Dan Blueklo were presented a grant from our club by Anita.
Club Announcements:
Dave Cole– Updates on Community Service Projects. CSMA has 2 more events scheduled in June.
Next Board Meeting is Thursday 6/22, 5 pm at CHAC
Presidents’ Club: We will not be doing fines again this year and I would like to encourage our membership to join the Presidents Club. 27 have already signed up.
Jerylann – continued circulating the signup sheet for monthly Speaker Chairs for next year.
Kick out at Michaels on June 23 at 6 pm.
Annual golf event has been canceled.
Given we do not have a President-Elect-Elect, Tom volunteered to host a Future of the Club meeting at his place at 6 pm on June 6. Let him know if you plan on attending.
District Announcements:
Jerylann – Polio Flash Campaign. We ask that every member contribute $26.50 to the End Polio Now campaign. Why $26.50? That was the amount of the very first contribution to the Rotary Foundation in 1917. A district video was also played.
SPEAKER: Esperanza Phoenix – a talented balloonologist, did very interesting things with balloons. She works with BubbleMania …This organization provides educational, entertaining programs on the science and fun of soap bubbles for children of all ages ---that means Rotarians too!
Children are naturally interested in science and very curious about the world around them. The goal is to keep them interested for the rest of their lives with a memorable experience and strive to inform them that learning is fun. Rotarian Dave Cole is shown with the speaker.
Jerylann in a bubble
Auction:
- Jerylann’s Incline Village Lake Tahoe Timeshare week is still available for 11/25-12/2. Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath units with a loft, sleeps 6-8 comfortably. Let Jerylann know if you are interested in the November dates.
- We should have a rug to auction at the end of June. We are doing these auctions to raise funds for our Endowment Fund. So far we have raised over $2300 so far!
At the start of the meeting, President-Elect Jerylann greeted all: “Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around!!! Our International theme for 2016-2017 is Rotary Serving Humanity. Our District Governor’s call to action is And our Clubs call to action is: Make the World A Better Place! Thank you all for joining us today.”
Song Master Phil was not present.
Next Week:
Next week on June 13, our 4-fer will be Bob Williams
Jerylann reminded all to “Make the World A Better Place!” … and the meeting was adjourned.
Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, yet the youngest you’ll ever be.
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.
Always remember Life is not measured by the number of breathes we take but by the moments that take your breath away.
Song Master Phil led is in “Oh What a Beautiful Morning”
Vocation: - Judy gave her vocational speech. She went to school in Denver and wanted to be a teacher. She attended Graduate school at Stanford after which she became Assistant Dean of Students. Her 3 passions/hobbies are family, community service and education. She served on the school board for 37 years. She has 3 children and 7 grand-children.
Club Announcements:
Dave Cole– Updates on Community Service Projects. June 10 the city is looking for volunteers for the Multi-Cultural Event. CSMA also needs a volunteer on June 22.
The Rotating Dinner was a success. Cost should be ~$32 per person. Photos below.
Next Board Meeting is Thursday 6/22, 5 pm at CHAC
Presidents’ Club: We will not be doing fines again this year and I would like to encourage our membership to join the Presidents Club. 27 have already signed up.
Twana – continued circulating the signup sheet for monthly Speaker Chairs for next year. Kick out at Michaels on June 23 at 6 pm.
Annual golf and BBQ will be on June 9. $65 for golf and $35 for dinner.
Given we do not have a President-Elect-Elect, Tom volunteered to host a Future of the Club meeting at his place at 6 pm on June 6. Let him know if you plan on attending.
Anita let us know that CSA is turning 60 so there will be a party at CSA on August 19.
Steve Ross also visited our club today and thanked us for all of our service.
Auction:
- We have auctioned off one of Jerylann’s Incline Village Lake Tahoe Timeshare weeks but 11/25-12/2 is also available. Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath units with a loft, sleeps 6-8 comfortably. Let Jerylann know if you are interested in the November dates.
- We should have a rug to auction at the end of June. We are doing these auctions to raise funds for our Endowment Fund. So far we have raised over $2300 so far!
SPEAKER: Dan Rusanowsky – the voice of the Sharks on the radio. He has been with the team since 1991 after moving from Connecticut. His job is to spread the word about the Sharks hockey and San Jose. He said the 5 things the team looks for in players are: 1) character, 2) hockey sense, 3) love of the game, 4) make other players better and 5) be at your best when it matters the most.
At the start of the meeting, President-Elect Scott greeted all: “Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around!!! Our International theme for 2016-2017 is Rotary Serving Humanity. Our District Governor’s call to action is And our Clubs call to action is: Make the World A Better Place! Thank you all for joining us today.”
Next Week:
Next week will be dark. On June 6, our 4-fer will be John Akkaya
Scott reminded all to “Make the World A Better Place!” … and the meeting was adjourned.
Jim Cunningham/Dave Cole– Updates on Community Service Projects. Living Classroom planting was at Theuerkauf school on May 13 (photos below).
There will be a Rotating Dinner this year on May 19 which Anita will be organizing. The evening will start at Jim Cunningham’s home, then dinner and dessert at Tom’s.
Next Board Meeting is Thursday 5/18, 5 pm at CHAC
Presidents’ Club: We will not be doing fines again this year and I would like to encourage our membership to join the Presidents Club. 27 have already signed up.
Twana – started the signup sheet for monthly Speaker Chairs for next year. She sweetened the pot by offering to buy lunch for anyone who signs up.
Kick out at Michaels on June 23 at 6 pm.
Annual golf and BBQ will be on June 9
Auction:
- We auctioned off one of Jerylann’s Incline Village Lake Tahoe Timeshare weeks. Week of 8/20-8/27 went to Fred for $500! 11/25-12/2 is also available. Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath units with a loft, sleeps 6-8 comfortably. Let Jerylann know if you are interested in the November dates.
- As you all know we are doing these auctions to raise funds for our Endowment Fund, so please see me if you have anything to donate. So far we have raised over $1800 so far!
SPEAKER: Anthony Ross from Outlet. They work with CHAC and provide counseling support services for people from the ages 10 to 25 who are LBGTQQIA+. There are 2 levels of services: Direct and Community Education.
Scholarships:
Judy presented the scholarship awards for 2 Alta Vista seniors.
At the start of the meeting, President Jerylann greeted all: “Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around!!! Our International theme for 2016-2017 is Rotary Serving Humanity. Our District Governor’s call to action is Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! And our Clubs call to action is: Make the World A Better Place! Thank you all for joining us today.”
Tori provided today’s thought on appreciating your health and being here
Song Master Phil led is in “God Bless America”
Next Week:
Next week will be our 4-fer will be Phil Armi
Jerylann reminded all to “Make the World A Better Place!” … and the meeting was adjourned
Bonus Photos: Theuerkauf Living Classrooms volunteer event on May 13
Auction: Two tickets to next Thursday’s Celebrity Form with Astronaut Scott Kelly were auctioned off at today’s meeting. The tickets were very generously donated by Bert Raphael and the bid was won by Bob Williams. Next week we will be auctioning a one week stay in a Timeshare resort at Incline Village in Lake Tahoe. We are also looking for more donations with the proceeds going to the Endowment Fund. Please see President Jerylann if you have anything to donate.
SPEAKER:
Anita Grossman is the Club’s Grant Coordinator and she introduced representatives from the following organizations to receive their awards:
Organization Name: Mountain View Police Officers’ Association (MVPOA)
Accepting Check: Bruce Barsi
Sponsoring Rotarian: Bruce Barsi
Amount Granted: $2,000.00
Project Description: We are seeking to provide 400 Thanksgiving baskets of food to less fortunate families in Mountain View in 2017, as well as additional food staples that will last beyond the holiday.The date for Cops and Gobblers in 2017 is Sunday, November 19th.
Organization Name: Friends of Stevens Creek Trail
Accepting Check: Ross Heitcamp
Organizational Mission: the Friends of Stevens Creek Trail promotes community pride and involvement
Sponsoring Rotarian: Sanjay Dave
Amount Granted $1,000
Project Description: Trailblazer Race & Trail Walk on September 24, 2017 featuring 5K & 10K Races, 3 mile Trail Walk, and free children's races, face painting, and inflatable games. Discounted prices for youth runners (19 & under) and senior trail walkers.
Organization Name: Day Worker Center Mountain View
Accepting Check: Maria Marroquin
Sponsoring Rotarian: Frank Davila
Amount Granted: $2,000
Project Description: English classes and job skills training for workers at the Day Worker Center of Mountain View.
Organization Name: Community Services Agency of Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills
Accepting Check: Nicole Fargo Nosich
Sponsoring Rotarian: Tom Myers
Amount Granted: $1,500
Project Description: New client brochures that reflect the initiatives set forth in the agency’s recently completed Strategic Plan and translated in English, Spanish, Mandarin and Russian.
Organization Name: JustREAD
Accepting Check: Alison Kibrick
Sponsoring Rotarian: Judy Hannemann
Amount Requested: $2,000
Project Description: General Support for JustREAD and Just MATH Tutoring Programs in Mountain View for the 2017-2018 academic year. Funds will be used to deliver remedial literacy and math tutoring services to English Learners in Graham and Crittenden Middle Schools, and at Mountain View High School.
Organization Name: CHAC
Accepting Check: Margot Harrigan
Sponsoring Rotarian: Bruce Barsi
Amount Requested: 2,500
Organizational Mission: CHAC exists to provide alternatives to self-destructive behavior, and to help create healthy lives for the children and families of Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Sunnyvale and surrounding communities. CHAC programs are in four major areas: community, schools, clinic and assessment and training.
Sponsoring Rotarian: Bruce Barsi
Amount Requested: $2,500
Project Description: CHAC graciously requests funding for the Just for Kids (JFK) Program. The JFK program is a "living skills" program for third grade students that teaches healthy ways of coping with family and environmental pressures. JFK teaches and encourages self-awareness, self-confidence and healthy coping skills. This program takes place on the school campus during lunch as "opt in" choice with parental permission.
Organization Name: Hope's Corner, Inc.
Accepting Check: Mike Hacker
Sponsoring Rotarian: Sanjay Dave
Project Description: Funds to support Hope's Corner's hot shower program, which complements their Saturday morning hot breakfast program.
Organization Name: Living Classroom
Accepting Check: They were not here to accept the donation.
Sponsoring Rotarian: Twana Karney
Amount Requested: $2,500
Project Description: Fund to expand our school day and after-school educational programming to the approximately 3,800 elementary and middle school students in Mountain View (Mountain View Whisman School District).
At the start of the meeting, President Jerylann Mateo rang the bell and called the meeting to order with the Mountain View Rotary mantra, “We are a Fun, Enthusiastic and Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the best Rotary Club around!!!” She reminded us that our International call to action for 2016-2017 is “Rotary Serving Humanity,” our District Governor’s call to action is “Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done,” and our club’s call to action is “Make the World a Better Place.”
Paul Reinhart led us in the Pledge of Allegiance
Bruce Barsi shared quotes about the value of philanthropy.
General Club Announcements:
President Jerylann thanked Bruce for providing dessert today.
Jim Cunningham updated us about the status of our Community Projects.
Jim also welcomed back Dennis Kobza who has been under the weather for several meetings.
Anita Grossman talked about the upcoming Rotating Dinner on May 19th. There are currently 25 people on the list and we are hoping for more signups. The event kicks off at 5:30 pm at the Cunningham’s’ home for appetizers and cocktails. Then we will be off to different homes for dinner (we still need 1 or 2 more volunteers for this). And we will conclude the evening for dessert at Tom Myers’ home
Twana Karney continued to circulate the signup list for monthly Speaker Chairs for next year’s meetings.
Twana also circulated a signup sheet for President Jerylann’s Kickout on June 23rd at Michaels.
Finally, Twana congratulated CSA for receiving one of the $100,000 Inspire Grants recently awarded to Non Profit Agencies in Mountain View, and noted that Anita had done a great job writing the winning grant proposal.
Other Club Announcements:
The next Board Meeting is Thursday, May 18th, at 5 pm at CHAC.
District Announcements:
Several members of our Club attended the District Conference last weekend in Santa Cruz. They reported that the Conference was a lot of fun with many interesting speakers.
President’s Club: There are currently 27 members in the President’s Club.
Next Week our meeting is on Tuesday, March 16th. Our Speaker will be Anthony Ross from Outlet, an organization supporting LGBT teens and young adults in the community. Our 4-Fer for next week is Tori Atwell.
President Jerylann opened the meeting with a warm greeting at 12:30 PM.
Heather led us in a pledge of allegiance
Jim Cochran gave the thought for the day: “So what will matter?”
Phil led us in My Country Tis of Thee
Scott, President-Elect, was prepared to introduce visitors but none were present. Scott did tell us that Rotarian Dave Cole was in the hospital for some circulation correction procedures.
Club Announcements:
Next week, May 9, we will auction off the Club Tahoe Timeshare week (either 8/20 -8/27 or 11/25-12/2. It is a beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 math unit with a loft that sleeps 6-8 comfortably. Rotarians should be prepared to bid to the benefit of our Endowment fund.
Our club project working with Living Classroom will meet at Theuerkauf School on May 13, Saturday, at 9 AM. We will be helping prepare planter boxes for the students.
There will be a Rotating Dinner this year on May 19. There has been a good sign up of members.
District Announcements Several Rotarians will be going to Santa Cruz this weekend for the Annual District Conference.
Speaker: Dr. Ken Schwaderer, as the chair of our Scholarship Committee, introduced Rotary and our club to our guests, scholarship recipients. Members of the scholarship committee were: Judy Hannemann, Bruce Barsi, Jim Spangler, Walt Joyce, and Alan Goodman.
The following were given Rotary scholarships: Bruce Barsi introduced Kameswari Potharaju from Saint Francis High School.
Alan Goodman introduced Viktoriya Semenina from Mountain View High School.
Alan Goodman introduced Haley Ecker from Los Altos High School
Ken hosting the awards
At our meeting on May 09 Anita Grossman will be introducing those from the community that will be awarded Community Grants.
The 4fer for the May 09 meeting will be Phil Armi.
Dave Cole– Updates on Community Service Projects. Steven’s Creek Trail Clean-up was on April 15th (photos below). Please sign up. Living Classroom, planting at Crittenden on May 13.
There will be a Rotating Dinner this year on May 19 which Anita will be organizing.
Next Board Meeting is Thursday 4/20, 5 pm at CHAC
District Conference scheduled for May 6-7 in Santa Cruz. A good group will be attending from MV Rotary. Twana and Bruce K. will host a reception in their room before dinner (BYOB).
Presidents’ Club: We will not be doing fines again this year and I would like to encourage our membership to join the Presidents Club. 27 have already signed up.
Twana – started the signup sheet for monthly Speaker Chairs for next year. She sweetened the pot by offering to buy lunch for anyone who signs up.
Annual golf and BBQ will be on June 9th
Auction:
- In May we will auction off Jerylann’s Incline Village Lake Tahoe Timeshare weeks…you may take your choice for the week of 8/20-8/27 or 11/25-12/2. Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath units with a loft, sleeps 6-8 comforably. So start looking at your calendars now!
- As you all know we are doing these auctions to raise funds for our Endowment Fund, so please see me if you have anything to donate. So far we have raised over $1600 so far!
SPEAKER: Jack Wong introduced our speaker, Paul Reinhart who spoke about his camping trip to South Africa and Botswana last September. Susan and Paul, along with their friends from Amsterdam drove 1600 miles over 14 days while getting their 4 WD truck stuck a number of times in the not so friendliest of spots in the game preserves.
At the start of the meeting, President Jerylann greeted all: “Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around!!! Today is Tuesday April 11th, week 41 of our Rotary year. Our International theme for 2016-2017 is Rotary Serving Humanity. Our District Governor’s call to action is Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! And our Clubs call to action is: Make the World A Better Place! Thank you all for joining us today.”
Scott led the Pledge of Allegiance. Song Master Phil led us all in singing “Let me call you Sweetheart”
Next Week:
Next week will be dark but there will be a club social at 5:30 at Cascal’s on Castro.
May 2nd will be our presentation of scholarships to deserving students.
Our 4-fer will be Jim Cochran
Jerylann reminded all to “Make the World A Better Place!” … and the meeting was adjourned.
Bonus Round - Stevens Creek Trail cleanup on April 15, 2017
Dave Cole– Updates on Community Service Projects. Steven’s Creek Trail Clean-up will be April 15th from 9 am – 12 pm. Please sign up. Living Classroom, planting at Crittenden on May 13.
There will be a Rotating Dinner this year on May 19 which Tori will be organizing. Stand by for more information.
Next Board Meeting is Thursday 4/20, 5 pm at CHAC
The District Assembly is schedule for April 13th at the India Community Center in Milpitas.
District Conference scheduled for May 6-7 in Santa Cruz. A good group will be attending from MV Rotary.
Presidents’ Club: We will not be doing fines again this year and I would like to encourage our membership to join the Presidents Club.
Twana – started the signup sheet for monthly Speaker Chairs for next year
Auction:
- Sanjay donated Celebrity Forum tickets. These tickets are for Scott Kelly on Thursday, May 18th, two tickets are very close, row F. A little information about Scott Kelly: As a veteran astronaut, he was selected for a special yearlong mission to the international Space Station. His twin brother, Mark Kelly, also an astronaut and married to Gabby Giffords, remained on earth to serve in the research of the comparative stress of being in space. Hal was the winner with a bid of $100!
- In May we will auction off Jerylann’s Incline Village Lake Tahoe Timeshare weeks…you may take your choice for the week of 8/20-8/27 or 11/25-12/2. Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath units with a loft, sleeps 6-8 comforably. So start looking at your calendars now!
- As you all know we are doing these auctions to raise funds for our Endowment Fund, so please see me if you have anything to donate. So far we have raised over $1450 so far!
SPEAKER: Scott Johnson introduced our speaker, Bruce Karney who spoke about Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE). SVCE is alternative to PG&E for clean energy. 14 states use the western utility grid SVCE will help 11 communities in Silicon Valley get more energy from clean, renewable sources. Enrollment will happen from April to July 2017.
At the start of the meeting, President Jerylann greeted all: “Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around!!! Today is Tuesday April 11th, week 41 of our Rotary year. Our International theme for 2016-2017 is Rotary Serving Humanity. Our District Governor’s call to action is Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! And our Clubs call to action is: Make the World A Better Place! Thank you all for joining us today.”
Roger led the Pledge of Allegiance. Song Master Phil led us all in singing God Bless America
Next Week:
Next week, our very own Paul Reinhart will present on their camping trip to South Africa and getting stuck in Botswana.
Our 4-fer will be Dave Cole.
Jerylann reminded all to “Make the World A Better Place!” … and the meeting was adjourned.
Dick introduced Bob for a “Vocation Spotlight.” Bob was born in Alabama, spent 4 years in the Air Force during the Korean War and then graduated from Ohio State. Bob says the most influential events in his life were the Korean War and tennis. Through his military service he learned how to take care of himself and he also understood the world better (there were places other than Alabama). Tennis “opened doors” to his eventual profession: dentistry and orthodontics. In addition to significant community service and leading businesses, Bob further distinguished himself through teaching internationally orthodontics for 25-plus years and he opened orthodontic teaching centers in 16 countries.
Auction:
- Roger donated a beautiful Tea Set, which was auctioned off. Winning bid: Alan. Thanks Alan!
- Our next auction item which we will acution in April 11th will be for Celebrity Forum tickets donated by Sanjay Dave. These tickets are for Scott Kelly on Thursday, May 18th, two tickets are very close, row F. Little information about Scott Kelly: As a veteran astronaut, he was selected for a special yearlong mission to the international Space Station. His twin brother, Mark Kelly, also an astronaut and married to Gabby Giffords, remained on earth to serve in the research of the comparative stress of being in space.
- In May we will auction off the Club Tahoe Timeshare weeks…you may take your choice for the week of 8/20-8/27 or 11/25-12/2. Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath units with a loft, sleeps 6-8 comforably. So start looking at your calendars now!
- As you all know we are doing these auctions to raise funds for our Endowment Fund, so please see me if you have anything to donate. So far we have raised about $1450 so far!
SPEAKER: Jim Cunningham introduced our speaker, Karen Ross, who talked about “HeartFit for Life”. Her presentation centered on eating in a healthy way. She spoke to a handout she distributed which included the benefits of a Mediterranean diet. Additional hints she gave included using smaller plates for meals and remembering that it takes 20 minutes for your brain to register that you are full.
President Jerylann greeted all: “Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around!!! Today is Tuesday March 21st, week 38 of our Rotary year. Our International theme for 2016-2017 is Rotary Serving Humanity. Our District Governor’s call to action is Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! And our Clubs call to action is: Make the World A Better Place! Thank you all for joining us today.”
Tom led the Pledge of Allegiance. Steve Ross, visiting Assistant District Governor, presented a thought for the day: promoting the upcoming District Conference in Santa Cruz. Alan led all in a song.
Club Announcements:
Dave Cole & Jim Cunningham – Updates on Community Service Projects. Alan volunteered to take a vacant volunteer position for the CSMA service project this Saturday3/25. Steven’s Creek Trail Clean-up will be April 15th from 9 am – 12 pm. Please sign up. Living Classroom, planting at Crittenden, working on date and will advise.
There will be a Rotating Dinner this year in April or May. Stand by for more information.
Walt – ELC this week 3/22 – 3/24. Walt will be a mentor and Scott will be a judge on 3/24. We are sponsoring 2 students.
Next Board Meeting is Thursday 4/20, 5 pm at CHAC
The District Assembly is schedule for April 13th at the India Community Center in Milpitas. Sign up sheet was passed around.
District Conference scheduled for May 6-7 in Santa Cruz. Sign up sheet was passed around.
Presidents’ Club: We will not be doing fines again this year and I would like to encourage our membership to join the Presidents Club…we have had great participation so far, 26 members, please join them!
Next Week:
Next week, March 28th we will be Dark. We will have a Social at Cascal which begins at 5:30 p.m., please just show up, no charge at the door, you will just pay for what you order!
Next meeting here will be Tuesday, April 4th, our speaker will be: Barry Eggers, VC Investor talking about VC in the world today & how he convinced St. Francis HS to invest in SnapChat.
Jerylann reminded all to “Make the World A Better Place!” … and the meeting was adjourned.
Dick Lubman informed us about the Rotary Peace Fellowship program. There are 6 programs worldwide with 1 being at Duke University. These programs operate in partnership with several premier institutions of higher learning. The program in the U.S. is through Duke University. The goal of this program is to develop leaders who become catalysts for peace and conflict resolution in their communities and around the globe. The program relies on Rotarians to help identify potential candidates with a goal of selecting approximately 50 master’s degree fellows each year.
Stevens Creek trail cleanup scheduled for Sat. April 15th
Guest Speaker: Neil Bonke – “Silicon Valley: The Secret Sauce”
Neil has been in Silicon since 1986 and has worked at numerous companies and founded his own company which was taken public in the 1990”s.
Neil shared what he believes are the 5 unique combination of things that are available in Silicon Valley which allow for the continued growth of the technology industry.
These are:
Smart People
World Changing Ideas
Risk Taking Attitude
Connections with educational institutions
Availability of money for capital investment
The combination of these elements have allowed for a mindset and economic model that has changed the world.
Other Club Announcements:
The next Board Meeting is Thursday, March 16th, at 5 pm at CHAC.
District Announcements:
The District Assembly is scheduled for April 13th at the India Community Center in Milpitas. Our Club pays for the cost of members to attend this event.
The District Conference is scheduled for May 6th through 7th in Santa Cruz.
President’s Club: There are currently 26 members in the President’s Club.
Auction: The next Auction item will be a tea set that Roger Kao is donating. We are also looking for more donations with the proceeds going to the Endowment Fund. Please see President Jerylann if you have anything to donate.
President Jerylann Mateo rang the bell and called the meeting to order with the Mountain View Rotary mantra, “We are a Fun, Enthusiastic and Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the best Rotary Club around!!!” She reminded us that our International call to action for 2016-2017 is “Rotary Serving Humanity,” our District Governor’s call to action is “Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done,” and our club’s call to action is “Make the World a Better Place.”
Bruce Barsi shared a quote originally brought to the Club by Past President Dan Alexander which speaks of living life to the fullest.
Songmaster Phil Armi led us in an exciting version of “My Wild Irish Rose.”
Julio Nino of Mountain View joined us as a guest at our meeting today.
Dick Lubman quizzed us and then gave us insight into the Rotary programs of Interact, Rotaract, and RYLA.
General Club Announcements:
Dave Cole updated us about the following Community Projects:
CSMA Concert this coming Saturday, March 11th. Dave, Cindy, Alan, and Kathleen will be working.
CSMA Concert the following Saturday, March 18th. Twana and Sara will be working.
There is a new sign up sheet circulating for future events at CSMA.
Stevens Creek Trail Clean up is on Saturday, April 15th. A sign up sheet will be forthcoming.
A Living Classroom work day will be coming in May
Heather Stenshamn spoke about the ski trip. It was a smaller group, but much enjoyed by all who attended.
Paul Reinhart said that everyone had a nice time at last week’s Marti Gras social. He said the event made a few bucks and he donated $50 to the Endowment.
Other Club Announcements:
The next Board Meeting is Thursday, March 16th, at 5 pm at CHAC.
President Jerylann shared the following member events:
Happy Birthday to:
Sheila Hodgkinson on March 2nd
Fred Storek on March 7th
Bill Maston on March 10th
Jim Cunningham on March 25th
Happy Anniversary to:
Dick Lubman 35 years
Tom Myers 14 years
Sanjay visited with former Club Member Brodie while he was in Las Vegas recently. Brodie is doing well and sends his regards to everyone. He has been promoted to manager with Linked In and he may be returning back to this area.
Sanjay advised that there is a City Council Meeting tonight (Tuesday, March 7th) to deal with the issue of homelessness in Mountain View if anyone was interested in attending.
Sanjay also spoke about the Inspire grants which are currently open and available to local Non Profit Organizations.
SPEAKER:
Jim Cunningham introduced our speaker R.C. Peck who is a Certified Financial Planner, talking to us about the Investment Diversification Myth.
Mr. Peck considers himself to be a financial heretic. He was told by financial professionals that managing his investments by himself was much too complicated and that he needed to let them handle it. He wasn’t satisfied with that and continued to ask why during his development in the financial world.
He spoke of the three big myths of investing:
1) You need to have diversity
2) You need to rebalance your investments periodically
3) Never get out of the market
In simple terms, Mr. Peck suggested that you learn which direction the market is heading and either jump in or out accordingly.
He said that one of the greatest social goods you can do is understand how to protect your wealth…because one of the most important currencies we have is how we affect others.
District Announcements:
The District Assembly is scheduled for April 13th at the India Community Center in Milpitas. Our Club pays for the cost of members to attend this event.
The District Conference is scheduled for May 6th through 7th in Santa Cruz.
President’s Club: There are currently 26 members in the President’s Club.
Auction: The next Auction item will be a tea set that Roger Kao is donating. We are also looking for more donations with the proceeds going to the Endowment Fund. Please see President Jerylann if you have anything to donate.
Next Week our meeting is on Tuesday, March 14th. Our Speaker will be Nell Bonke, talking about “Silicon Valley: The Secret Sauce.” Our 4-Fer for next week is Alan Goodman.
Introduction of Visitors: Heather’s son joined us.
Vocation Spotlight: Jim Cochran – from Iowa State to California making aircraft. Locally, he went to work at Teledyne where he held various positions including facilities manager which sometimes led to creative problem solving. He was elected to the MV City Council and became mayor.
SPEAKER INTRO: Twana Karney introduced our speakers today: Cindy Murphy and Ken King from El Camino Hospital. Cindy helped us understand the difference between the El Camino Hospital and the District. Ken walked us through the construction changes that will be happening in the next few years at and around the El Camino Hospital.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Jim Cunningham for providing dessert today.
Dave Cole & Jim Cunningham – Updates on Community Service Projects. CSMA – we are committed through June and will need volunteers starting on March 25.
Other Club Announcements:
Board Meeting is on Thursday March 15, 5 pm at CHAC
District Announcements:
District Assembly schedule for April 13th at the India Community Center in Milpitas
District Conference scheduled for May 6-7 in Santa Cruz.
President’s Club: Scott – led the meeting today. We will not be doing fines again this year and I would like to encourage our membership to join the Presidents Club…we have had great participation so far, 26 members, please join them!
Auction:
We will be auctioning a Tea Set that Roger Koa is donating next meeting.
We are looking for more donations, as you all know we are doing these auctions to raise funds for our Endowment Fund, so please see me if you have anything to donate.
Next Week’s Speaker:
Next week, February 28st we will have a Marti Gras themed social at Paul and Susan’s
President’s Greeting:
I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around!!!
Our International theme for 2016-2017 is “Rotary Serving Humanity”
Our District Governors call to action is “Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! And our Clubs call to action is: “Make the World A Better Place!”. Thank you all for joining us today.
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Ernie Hawks – Your presence is a present to the world. You are unique and one of a kind. Your life can be what you want it to be. Take the days just one at a time.
Song of the Day: Let me call you sweetheart
Introduction of Visitors: We had Dick’s wife Patricia and his brother-in-law George as well as Bert’s friend Nancy joining us today.
Vocation Spotlight: Anita Grossman – she discussed her journey here from Chicago in the 70’s, her search for a teaching job and working at the City of Mountain View. She has been working in various fund raising positions for 30 years.
Seth is a national speaker who has been extensively published. He said there will be 4 areas with big discoveries in the 21st century: 1) Biology – understanding diseases and aging, 2) Space Living – big rotating cans orbiting the planet where people live, 3) Finding proof of other life in space, and 4) Artificial Intelligence – machines that can think. Very interesting discussion.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Ernie for providing dessert today.
Dave Cole & Jim Cunningham – Updates on Community Service Projects. CSMA – we are committed through June and will need volunteers starting on March 25. Tickets are available for Celebrating a Leader (Rick Myer) dinner on Feb 24.
Alan/Bruce – Crab Feed/Art Auction – club raised ~$15,600! Auction raised ~$1300 of that.
Bruce Barsi – Ski Trip on Feb. 23 – lots of snow bring your chains!
Read Me A Picture – Books have arrived. Barbara Orth has provided a label template for us to put into each book. Judy will work with School District on when we can deliver the books.
Personal Sharing & Announcements:
Scott joined the President’s club with the announcement of his new Grand Baby.
Paul announced the February Social will be at his home on February 28 at 6 pm. He also had 4 United Club passes if anyone is traveling this month.
Other Club Announcements:
Board Meeting is this Thursday 2/16, 5 pm at CHAC
District Announcements:
District Assembly schedule for April 13th at the India Community Center in Milpitas
District Conference scheduled for May 6-7 in Santa Cruz.
President’s Club: We will not be doing fines again this year and I would like to encourage our membership to join the Presidents Club…we have had great participation so far, 23 members, please join them!
Auction:
We will be auctioning a Tea Set that Roger Koa is donating next meeting.
We are looking for more donations, as you all know we are doing these auctions to raise funds for our Endowment Fund, so please see me if you have anything to donate.
Next Week’s Speaker:
Next week, February 21st our speaker will be Cindy Murphy & Ken King – El Camino Hospital
Our 4fer was supposed to be Judy Hannemann but she can not make it. Can someone please volunteer to take her place/switch dates with her?
President’s Greeting:
Good afternoon and Happy Valentine’s Day! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around!!!
My name is Jerylann Mateo, your President for 2016-2017.
Our International theme for 2016-2017 is “Rotary Serving Humanity”
Our District Governors call to action is “Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! And our Clubs call to action is: “Make the World A Better Place!” Thank you all for joining us today.
Mountain View Rotary Club Meeting Notes- February 7, 2017
President Jerylann welcomed everyone at 12.30 pm at The Adobe Building with reminders of this year’s themes.
After the Pledge of allegiance, Sheila spoke of the awfulness of war and the need to make peace.
Phil led us with God Bless America.
President Jerylann welcomed visitors including Valerie Thys, our past Exchange Student and Rotary Scholar.
Dave has scheduled helpers for CSMA in June. Alan reported good attendance at the Crab Feed and promised a more full report next week.
We are encouraged to see articles in the Voice and The Town Crier reporting Hope’s Corner plans for $300,000 fund to make a larger kitchen and new showers for the increasing number of homeless and needy people in Mountain View.
Three Students were present to compete in the Speech Contest. Sanjay explained the rules and time-keeping by Scott. Each student had 5 minutes choosing their subject and relating it to Rotary.
3rd place was Alyssa Sun, a junior from Los Altos High School.
2nd was Stephen Lee, King’s Academy home schooling.
1st was Sophia Hwang, junior from Los Altos High School.
Next Board Meeting will be Feb 16 at 5 pm at CHAC.
District Conference, May 6-7 in Santa Cruz.
Next meeting, Tuesday, Feb 14, the speaker will be Seth Shostak PhD. To talk about the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
President Jerylann opened the meeting at 12:30 PM with her welcome.
Roger Kao was the greeter and gave the Thought for the Day: He is celebrating his 50th year since graduation from high school in Korea and gave thanks for his education and friends here in the USA.
Scott introduced Steve Ross, Richard Schoelerman from Palo Alto University Club, Deb Hope, and Duncan MacVicar.
Dick introduced Tom Myers for his Vocational Talk: Tom was educated in communications, but after 3 years in Liberia in the Peace Corps he changed to working for non-profit corporations and is now the Executive Director of Community Services Organization in Mountain View.
Dave gave his report concerning CSMA hosting: On Monday evening, January 30, Sara and Judy will be the ushers. He has signups for the next month.
Sanjay reported that he and Judy will be managing the speech contest for high school students at our club on February 7th and will need assistance
Alan collected information from all present concerning ticket sales for our Crab Feed fund raiser. The big event will be held next Saturday (1/28) and all members will be needed to staff the event during the day Saturday. He recruited Dave to pick up bread on Friday evening and Scott to pick up food from Milk Pail on Saturday morning. He asked that those coming to work in preparation on Saturday morning to bring knives. Twana suggested that we label our knives to avoid confusion.
Tickets can be sold on line up until noon, Saturday.
Bruce is managing the art silent auction at the same time as the Crab Feed. Art will be displayed around the room at the Buddhist Temple and will run from 7 to 8 PM.
Bruce also said today is the last day to sign up for the ski trip to Tahoe on 23 to 27 February. There is a great amount of snow at Tahoe and should be great skiing.
Dick announced that J. Gibbons will be speaking on the History of Silicon Valley at the First Methodist church in Palo Alto on February 5, 7 PM. Gibbons was one of the earliest founders in the semiconductor industry in the valley.
Speaker:
The Orphan Train Movement
Speaker: Jeanne MacVicar, Real Estate business, Rotarian in Los Altos, CA
Jeanne has a lifelong interest in history which led to extensive research on the Orphan Train Movement. It was a supervised welfare program that transported orphaned and homeless children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest. The orphan trains operated between 1854 and 1929, relocating about 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children
Next Meeting: February 7, 2017. The Speech Contest will be held.
Jack gave his vocational speech today. Jack’s focus has been on giving back which fits very well with Rotary.
Club Announcements:
Dave gave updates on community service. The CSMA event this past Saturday was great. Volunteers for the Community School of Music and Art service project are set for the next 2 months or so.
Next Board Meeting, Thursday January 19th, 5 pm at CHAC to end at 5:45
President’s Club: We are not doing fines again this year. Club members are encouraged to join the Presidents Club
The District Conference is scheduled for May 6-7 in Santa Cruz. If you would like information on hotels, please let Jerylann know.
Speech Contest for our Club is February 7th (Judy & Sanjay in charge). The Area 9 contest will be hosted by the Los Altos Sunset Rotary Club on March 14.
Alan discussed the January 28th Crab Feed. He needs to know by next week how many tickets will be sold and how many people will be coming.
Walt, “4 fer” for the day, shared a thought. He was thanked for providing the dessert.
Mountain View Rotary golf tournament and BBQ will be held on June 9.
Dave Cole auctioned Tori’s generous offer of a night at her Half Moon Bay studio – a $250 value. After a tremendous bidding war, Roger was the winner with a generous offer of $295. Way to go Roger!
Speaker:
Jim Mobley RN at Stanford discussed CPR and saving lives. Jim is an expert in CPR and emergency services. Jim explained the history of resuscitation attempts. 46% of cardiac arrest victims can be helped by CPR without help, only 1% survive. Good Samaritan laws in California protect people who try to help.
Next Meeting: We will see you on January 24th. Our 4fer will be Roger.
President Jerylann greeted all at the start of the meeting and led them in repeating the slogan: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around! She also announced the International theme for 2016-2017: Rotary Serving Humanity, and our District Governor’s call to action: Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! …. our Clubs call to action is: Make the World A Better Place!
President Jerylann greeted the club and said the welcome to the club of MV Rotary. We are fun, enthusiastic & inspiring rotary family---we are the best rotary Club around!!
Introduction of guests by Scott: Phil’s grandson and a woman called Christina who will be starting a Start-Up incubator program and is looking to rent an inexpensive room locally. Let Heather know if you know someone.
Vocation spotlight on Ernie Hawks who spoke of his long career. He said that when he had his insurance office on Castro when there was only one Chinese restaurant!
Dick L attended the Rotary International President meeting at which he heard a good talk by John Germ.
Monique presented Tom M with a Paul Harris pin! She thanked him for his generous gift.
Scott presented Sanjay with a 4-way test paper weight as a thank you for his getting the December speakers
The speaker this week was Jaqueline Kabat, an Improv comedian and teacher. She did interactive comedy with the club which was lot of fun!
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Monique for bringing desserts and the thought for the day on compassion.
The next weekly auction will be a place to stay in Half Moon Bay
Dave said the Community Service Project was going well and had volunteers into March
Alan and Bruce spoke about the Crab Feed. Tickets were distributed to sell. Volunteers were asked to sign-up.
There will be an Art/Memorabilia Auction at 7 at the Crab Feed
Monique will seek volunteers from CHAC
Bruce reminded people to sign up for the ski trip
The Board meeting on the 19th at CHAC is to start promptly at 5:00 and will be for 45 minutes this month
22 club members have joined the President Club
Tori will have the next month speakers
Our International theme for ’16-17 is Rotary Serving Humanity
Our district Governor’s call to action is “Attract the young, have lots of fun, get more done!” Thanks for joining us today.
The Mountain View Rotary Crab Feed is back this year and it will be better than ever. All the delicious crab you can eat and we will also have an exciting Art and Memorabilia Auction. It is certain to be a great time and all proceeds go to support community programs and projects. Please join us!
Dick introduced Sheila who gave an interesting and informative vocational speech about her career in architecture. She and her husband Peter moved from Great Britain to the Bay Area in 1959. She told about her invitation to join Rotary. She later served as our Club President in 2008.
Club Announcements:
Jim Cunningham gave updates on community service. The CSA project this past Sunday was great. Volunteers for the Community School of Music and Art service project are set through the New Year.
Next Board Meeting, Thursday January 19th, 5 pm at CHAC
President’s Club: We are not doing fines again this year. Club members are encouraged to join the Presidents Club…we have had great participation so far, 22 members, please join them!
Our Auctions are going great…our next auction is in January….please let us know if you have anything you would like to donate as an auction item.
The District Conference is scheduled for May 6-7 in Santa Cruz. If you would like information on hotels, please let Jerylann know.
Speech Contest for our Club is February 7th (Judy & Sanjay in charge). The Area 9 contest will be hosted by the Los Altos Sunset Rotary Club on March 14.
Alan discussed the January 28th Crab Feed. It was decided that $50 will be the ticket price and Alan will have the tickets ready for distribution at our next club meeting: January 10th. This year an art auction will be added.
The RI Internation President’s Dinner is January 3rd at 6 pm at the SJ DoubleTree.
Dick made the Club aware of a San Jose Mercury News article about Hopes Corner that includes Dick and Sanjay.
President Jerylann presented Jose and Steve, who support our club meeting each week, with gifts.
Speaker:
Jack Wong, Club Member, was our speaker. His topic was: “Outlook 2017 – Wealth Management Perspectives.” He presented several “bottom-line” recommendations, among them: “The old economy recovery has been ongoing all year. The Trump victory simply ‘turbocharges’ the same trends that were already in place prior to the election – rising inflation and interest rates and cyclically geared sectors outperforming defensive areas like bonds and interest rate- sensitive assets.”
President Jerylann led us all in repeating the slogan: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around! She also announced the International theme for 2016-2017: Rotary Serving Humanity, and our District Governor’s call to action: Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! …. our Clubs call to action is: Make the World A Better Place!
Judy led the Pledge of Allegiance. Scott, “4 fer” for the day, shared a Holiday thought. He was thanked for providing the dessert. Phil led the club in songs: Jingle Bells and We Wish You A Merry Christmas. No visitors were present.
Next Meeting: We will be off for the holidays for the next two weeks… no meetings on 12/27 or 1/3. We will see you on January 10th. Our 4fer will be Monique.
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Hiro Kariya – you’ve heard the expression No Pain, No Gain. In Hawaii they have a slight twist on that: No Rain, No Rainbows
Vocation Spotlight:
Dick Lubman – what is the objective of Rotary? Opportunity for service, high ethical standards and Fellowship.
Dave Cole – enlightened us on his background. After picking fruit and delivering newspapers, Dave had 3 jobs: 1) Gas Station, 2) Sears, and 3) Custom upholstery which he still does today after 50 years at Sterling Custom Upholstery in Mountain View. He has 15 employees and upholsteries about 150 to 200 feet per week.
Foundation Minute: Monique Kane.
Paul Harris pin presentations to: Jerylann, Anita and Twana. Jim Cochran received a letter from the Foundation. Way to go all!
Auction – Dave Cole:
Today we auctioned off a wine rack with 8 bottles of wine to Tom for $150. Thanks Tom! Please let us know if you have anything you would like to donate as an Auction Item.
According to Jim Spangler, the Endowment Fund has grown from $110,000 last year to $137,000 this year. ! Let’s keep growing the Endowment!
SPEAKER INTRO: Sanjay Dave introduced our speaker today, Michael Fitzgerald from El Camino Hospital who spoke about Mental Health and Addiction Services. Addiction and mental health issues tend to be stigmatized in our society as well as under treated. California has been a leader in patient care for these individuals but costs have gone up dramatically. For example Impatient Care cost $75 in 1973. Adjusted for inflation, that would be $395 today, but in fact, that service cost $1250 in 2013. With the reduction in beds for patients, prisons and homelessness are where these people end up today. Looking ahead, he says we need to: Reduce mentally ill people that are in prisons, homeless, committing crimes, reduce overall costs and improve patient outcomes.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Hiro for providing dessert today.
Dave Cole & Jim Cunningham – Updates on Community Service Projects: CSA this Sunday.
District Governor Partner’s Project…Read Me A Picture – Judy Hannemann, has been mailed for $500.
All – Holiday Party was Saturday and was great!!
Alan – Crab Feed, January 28th
Bruce Barsi – Ski Trip Feb. 23 to 27
Personal Sharing & Announcements – Ken wanted to know how much he lost on the Cal/Stanford Big Game. Estimates were from $2 to $2000!
Other Club Announcements:
Board Meeting this week, Thursday 12/15, 5 pm at CHAC
District Announcements:
District Conference scheduled for May 6-7 in Santa Cruz. If you would like information on hotels, please let me know.
Speech Contest is in February (Judy & Sanjay). The Area 9 contest will be hosted by the Los Altos Sunset Rotary Club on March 14.
There is a new Passport Club. Meets the first Saturday of each month in Milpitas. They want to assist other clubs with their projects and are ready to volunteer.
The RI International President’s Dinner is January 3 at 6 pm and SJ DoubleTree, cost is $85.
President’s Club: We will not be doing fines again this year and I would like to encourage our membership to join the Presidents Club…we have had great participation so far, 21 members, please join them.
Next Week:
Our speaker next Tuesday, 12/20 will be: Jack Wong
Our 4fer will be Scott Johnson
President’s Greeting:
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around!!!
Our International theme for 2016-2017 is “Rotary Serving Humanity”
Our District Governors call to action is “Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! And our Clubs call to action is: “Make the World A Better Place!” Thank you all for joining us today.
DICK LUBMAN enlightened us about some significant happenings on this date in history and along with other quotes left us with this one by George Eliot:
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
The IMPRESARIO, PHIL ARMI, led us in a rendition of “Home On The Range.”
VOCATIONAL SERVICE PRESENTATION: JIM SPANGLER told us how lucky he was to be able to work with his father in the family business for fifteen years. He values the Rotary club as a respite from his hectic pace at work which he gets from being at the meeting with friends.
DAVE COLE reminded us that December 18 is the “Holiday Store” project with the Community Service Agency. If you can, plan to join other club members for an AM or PM shift for this very gratifying community project.
BRUCE BARSI brought to our attention the HOLIDAY SKI TRIP starting February 23 through February 27. A signup sheet was passed around during the meeting.
ALAN GOODMAN told us that the crab he had recently was very good and a great precursor for our ANNUAL CRAB FEED fund raiser on January 28, 2017.
PRESIDENT JERYLANN told us that at this time we have 21 members that have joined the President’s Club.
SANJAY DAVE introduced our speaker for today, JON HAVEMAN, PH.D.
Topic: City of Mountain View - Income and Poverty
Dr. Haveman presented these significant findings:
US prosperity is anything but shared—Massive transfers are being made from those at the bottom to those at the top.
The United States now has the highest percentage of low-wage workers.
-They make less than two-thirds of the median wage of any developed nation.
-Fully 25% of all American workers make no more than $17,576 a year. This income, as no surprise to those of us living here, is out of line with reality in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Federal Poverty Statistics are flawed for the San Francisco Bay Area. The Federal analysis fails to account for regional differences in the cost of living and also the declining importance of food in household spending.
He also referenced the long term effects of poverty related to Physical Health, Cognitive Abilities, School Achievement Outcomes, and Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes.
Policy Options he feels we have are: Providing Direct Assistance, Employment Services, Job Training, Improving Public Education, and Early Childhood Development.
Those of you that want more information about this topic can visit the Marin Economic Consulting website at: MarinEconomicConsulting.com
Next week’s program: Mental Health Needs In Our Community
Presenter: Michael Fitzgerald from El Camino Hospital
4fer for next week: HIRO KARIYA
Auction Item for next week is displayed below: A wine rack with 4 bottles of Red and 4 of White wine. Bring your checkbooks!
HOLIDAY PARTY THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 (6:00 to 9:00 PM)
LOCATION: RESTORANTE DON GIOVANNI’S
BRING A GIFT FOR THE GIFT EXCHANGE OF $20-25 IN VALUE.
Scott Johnson, President-Elect substituting for President Jerylann, greeted everyone to the meeting and led them in repeating the slogan: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around!!! He also announced the International theme for 2016-2017 is “Rotary Serving Humanity” and our District Governors call to action is “Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! …. our Clubs call to action is: “Make the World A Better Place!”
Speaker:
Dick Lubman introduced our speaker, Renee Zimmerman, Director at the YMCA. Renee shared the proud heritage of YMCA and of its founding in Mountain View in 1980. She addressed their current key focus areas of youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.
Next Week: Our speaker next Tuesday, 12/06 will be: John Haverman, Ph.D., Principal at Marin Economic Consulting, who will speak on “Poverty in Silicon Valley.” Our 4fer will be Dick Lubman
Fred Storek led the Pledge of Allegiance. Dennis Kobza, “4 fer” for the day, gave some appropriate and humorous thoughts. Dennis was thanked for providing the delicious desserts. Phil Armi led a song. Visitors were introduced.
Dick Lubman introduced Alan Goodman who gave an enlightening and entertaining vocational speech. It was suggested that Alan had enough material that he should write a book.
Monique Kane recognized several club members for their foundation contributions and thanked the club for their generous foundation support.
General Club Announcements:
Dave Cole gave updates on the Community School of Music and Art service project
Cops & Gobblers went very well. Bob Williams gave some insights on that day.
Scott Johnson reminded all of the upcoming Holiday Party on December 10th and passed around the clip board for sign up.
Next Board Meeting, Thursday 12/15, 5 pm at CHAC
President’s Club: We will not be doing fines again this year and I would like to encourage our membership to join the Presidents Club…we have had great participation so far, 21 members, please join them!
Our Auctions are going great…our next Auction will be December 13th….please let us know if you have anything you would like to donate as an Auction Item.
District Announcements:
District Conference scheduled for May 6-7 in Santa Cruz. If you would like information on hotels, please let Jerylann know.
RYLA, we must confirm if we will send our allocated spots, which is 4 by 11/30. Must pay for them by January 30th. (Heather)
Speech Contest is in February (Judy & Sanjay). The Area 9 contest will be hosted by the Los Altos Sunset Rotary Club on March 14.
There is a new Passport Club. Meets the first Saturday of each month in Milpitas. They want to assist other clubs with their projects and are ready to volunteer.
The RI International President’s Dinner is January 3 at 6 pm and SJ DoubleTree, cost is $85.
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Twana Karney recognized that Veterans’ Day was on November 11 and took the opportunity to thank veterans at the Club, their family members who are veterans and a general thanks to all our Troops.
Introduction of Visitors: Scott Johnson introduced visitor Jan Carey.
Vocation Spotlight: Dick Lubman: Dick reminded us all to wear our Rotary pins to the meetings and when we are out and about, since we never know who we are going to meet! He surveyed the club and found that around 10 club members had Rotary plaques in their office. He then explained that the Rotary 4-Way Test was developed to save a company from going out of business and was adopted in 1934.
Phil Army and Bruce Barsi gave their vocational talks.
Briefly, Phil’s grandparents come to this area from Italy at the turn of the 20th century. Phil was the first in his family to go to college and attended SJSU to become a band teacher. He then decided to apply to dental school in Chicago and was accepted. Phil married in 1952 and graduated from dental school in 1954. He took over a practice in Sunnyvale before opening his office in Mountain View. He joined Rotary in 1977 when his friend Jim Cunningham was president. He retired in 1992 after 40 years of practice that he loved. His son Greg became a dentist and took over his practice.
Jim Cunningham and Dick Lubman both thanked Phil for covering for them in their own practices and generally being extremely helpful and welcoming.
Bruce Barsi knew at the age of 5 that we wanted to be a cop. He grew up in this area. In 1977, he became a police officer in San Mateo, working on traffic tickets, then narcotics and then investigations. He was promoted to Sergeant and started the first gang prevention unit in San Mateo. He went to Millbrae as a Captain. In 1999, he came back to Mountain View as a Captain in the MVPD. His philosophy is not busting heads; he recognizes that there are many good people out there.
SPEAKER INTRO: Dick Lubman will introduce our speaker today, Greg Unangst, Board Member of Stevens Creek Trail
Speaker Greg Unangst is retired from Lockheed Martin and now serves on several bicycle/environmental boards. The board that he spoke about was the Friends of the Stephen’s Creek Trail and Wildlife Corridor. www.stevenscreektrail.org.
The concept for the Steven’s Creek Trail was developed as early as 1961 by the County of Santa Clara County. In 1992, building began on the trail, using leftover City paving material near the Mountain View levees. This first segment was 1.5 miles long and was done over a weekend.
The Friends of Stevens Creek Trail formed shortly after this. Their mission became to complete a trail and wildlife corridor from the SF Bay to the Santa Cruz Mountains. To date, 5 miles of trail have been completed through Dale Avenue in Mountain View. Approval has been received to extend the trail to MVHS but is awaiting funding.
In 2012, citizens from of Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Cupertino and Los Altos started a joint working group and delivered a report in 2015 to recommend the route for the next segments of the trails. The citizen’s group has disbanded and the work is now being done by city staffs.
The hope is to ultimately connect to Steven’s Creek Blvd, although at least one neighborhood along the proposed route is opposing the trail.
Each year, the Trailblazer Race is held in Mountain View as a major fundraiser for the Friends. Greg thanked Rotary for our support.
The Trail also serves as a wildlife corridor, since the creek is one of the more natural creeks in the area. A $50K grant has been awarded to eliminate fish barriers in the creek.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Twana for providing dessert today.
Dave Cole & Jim Cunningham – Updates on Community Service Projects
Thanks to Scott, Walt, Tom and Sheila for volunteering at CSMA.
On December 3rd, there is an opening at CSMA – contact Dave if interested.
Hopes Corner is November 19 from 9-11 am.
We are volunteering at CSA’s Holiday Sharing in December.
Bruce Barsi – Cops & Gobblers is this Sunday at 9am.
District Governor Partner’s Project…Read Me A Picture – Judy Hannemann asked club members to donate money to buy books to donate to the MVWSD. Goal is $700.
Scott Johnson – Holiday Party is on Saturday, December 10.
Social ideas, would like to get a few people together to plan, anyone what to volunteer to help plan this?
Alan Goodman announced that Crab Season is on!!! Typically, it is the last Saturday night in January, which is Jan. 28th this year.
Personal Sharing & Announcements
Fred Storek announced that the “Big Game” between Stanford and Cal is this weekend although Ken Schwaderer was not there to place a wager.
Other Club Announcements:
We have a board meeting this Thursday 11/17, 5 pm at CHAC
District Announcements:
District Conference scheduled for May 6-7 in Santa Cruz. If you would like information on hotels, please let me know.
RYLA, we must confirm if we will send our allocated spots, which is 4 by 11/30. Must pay for them by January 30th. (Heather)
Speech Contest is in February (Judy & Sanjay). The Area 9 contest will be hosted by the Los Altos Sunset Rotary Club on March 14.
There is a new Passport Club. Meets the first Saturday of each month in Milpitas. They want to assist other clubs with their projects and are ready to volunteer.
The RI International President’s Dinner is January 3 at 6 pm and SJ DoubleTree, cost is $85.
Auction:
Our Auctions are going great…our next Auction will be December 13th….please let us know if you have anything you would like to donate as an Auction Item.
And remember…“Make the World A Better Place!”
Our International theme for 2016-2017 is “Rotary Serving Humanity”
Our District Governors call to action is “Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! And our Clubs call to action is: “Make the World A Better Place!”
Next Week:
No meeting next week, I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Our speaker for 11/29 will be: Renee Zimmerman, Director at the YMCA and
Mountain View Rotary Club
Tuesday, November 08, 2016
Thanks to Bill Maston for providing dessert today and also his thoughtful comments about voting in America.
Announcements –
Bruce Barsi reminded us of the Cops and Gobblers Thanksgiving packaging later this month. Check with Bruce for the exact dates if you would like to donate your time to that great cause.
Judy Hannemann reminded us that additional donations for the district governor’s “Read me a Picture Project” are still needed. Your donations would be greatly appreciated.
Burt Rafael gave us an overview of his colorful career. He shared his education in mathematics and sciences and his history with artificial intelligence which brought him to Silicon Valley in its early years. After many years working on very significant projects in the valley, Burt went into semi-retirement to help his wife run compass point travel, again another successful venture. Today Burt enjoys traveling and community service projects.
Speaker – Dick Lubman introduced our guest Reverend Michael Love from Hope’s Corner. Hope’s Corner is right here in downtown Mountain View on the corner of Hope and Mercy Street which is the reason for Hope’s Corner’s name. Reverend Michael explained that Hope’s Corner came about in response to a very important need; feeding and providing limited services to the homeless. Hope’s Corner started barely four years ago and has already served more than 40,200 meals noting that 10,000 of those meals have been served in just the past 9 months emphasizing the need. Hope’s corner averages over 250 meals on Saturday mornings alone. When Hope’s corner was created there was only a partial understanding of how great the community need was. Philosophically, Hope’s Corner believes that in order to have a sustainable community, acknowledging the homeless community and providing their needs is what helps make our community sustainable. Hope’s Corner has lots of friends in the community including CSA, Second Harvest, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, our Rotary Club, and many others.
Homeless people come in many sizes, shapes, and needs. For the most part, what surprised Hope’s corner the most was that homeless people in our community don’t fit the stereotype. Many of them are working but can’t afford the high prices to live here. Many have also been forced out as the local economy has passed them by.
In addition to providing food, Hope’s Corner recently started providing a place to take showers. This new service was in response to their patron’s needs. The next big project is the building of a new commercial kitchen that will be certified by the county health department. This will allow Hope’s Corner to make better use of the different food sources that are available to them. However, this large project needs our help. The estimated cost for this new commercial kitchen is approximately $680,000. Contributions totaling over $200,000 have already been committed. They are looking for additional financial help.
Going forward, Hope’s Corner hopes to strengthen their relationships with a number of different organizations including our own Rotary. The Mountain View Rotatory will be participating in a Saturday breakfast on November 19 from 8am – 10am. Please consider donating your time and/or your other resources to this valuable community organization.
Thank you reverend Michael for sharing with us this valuable service to the community.
Tom Myers provided the thought that, even though the rhetoric and partisanship of this Presidential election has been quite depressing, we should still remember that our participatory democracy is what makes us special among nations.
President-Elect Scott Johnson introduced our visitor, David Simpson past-president of the BallyMoney club in Northern Ireland. He is in California visiting relatives including his son in Mountain View.
Dick Lubman introduced two club members for vocational talks. The first was Sanjay Dave, who told us about growing up and going to college in Colorado, then coming to California to work in the technology sector. Later Paul Reinhart told us of his experience going from the Marine Corps, into various start-ups, finally to Genentech and then a leap to the Peace Corps.
Dave Cole and Jim Cunningham talked about volunteer opportunities in the coming weeks. They include serving breakfast at Hope's Corner, ushering at Community School of Music and Art, and the annual Cops and Gobblers.
Personal Sharing came from members Jim Spangler, who shared that the first reviews of his son Nick in An American in Paris have been great; Bob Williams, who shared that he is back from Xian, China; and Jack Wong, who shared the not so good news of his recent identity theft and the hurdles one must undertake when that happens.
President Jerylann requested ideas for upcoming social gatherings.
Judy Hannemann announced that she is always looking for donations of toiletries and other items for Community Services Agency. These items are terrific for homeless individuals.
Judy also announced that she is seeking donations for the read me a picture from our District Governor.
The District Conference is scheduled for May 6-7 in Santa Cruz.
The Thanksgiving week in Incline Village is still available, for those who want it. And next week, we will be auctioning off two Warriors tickets with a $700 value---thank you Jack Wong!!
Dick Lubman introduced our speaker, Mountain View Mayor Pat Showalter. The Mayor talked about the affordable housing crisis affecting Mountain View and some ways that the city is dealing with it.
President Jerylann’s Greeting:
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around!!!
Our International theme for 2016-2017 is “Rotary Serving Humanity”
Our District Governors call to action is “Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! And our Clubs call to action is: “Make the World A Better Place!” Thank you all for joining us today.
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around!!!
Our International theme for 2016-2017 is “Rotary Serving Humanity”
Our District Governors call to action is “Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! And our Clubs call to action is: “Make the World A Better Place!” Thank you all for joining us today.
Vocation Spotlight: Dick Lubman…Scott Johnson talked about being the marketing director at Villa Siena. He reflected on his experience in The Boy Scouts of America and his interest in fundraising for non-profits. Jerylann Mateo grew up in Mountain View and ultimately became a real estate broker. She particularly enjoys getting people into their dream homes.
Foundation Minute: Cupcakes were given to Jack, Alan, Fred, Scott, Dick, Ernie, and Dennis for their contributions to the Rotary Foundation. Jeff Orth presented bronze, silver, and gold coins commemorating the hundred year anniversary of the Rotary Foundation to Rotarians making pledges.
Monique and District Governor Jeff Orth recognized Jim Cochran for being a Paul Harris+4.
Other Club Announcements:
Bruce announced that “Cops and Gobblers” is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 20 at 9am. Over 400 food baskets will be distributed. All are encouraged to help out.
Dave recently volunteered at CSMA and announced they are looking for volunteers to serve breakfast at Hope's Corner on Saturday, November 19.
President’s Club: Heather and Steve joined today.
Auction:
-We have some great auctions coming up!! Remember if you have anything to donate, please contact Jerylann. The Thanksgiving week 11/19-11/26 is still available at Incline Village, so let me know if you or anyone you know is interested in this great week! Our next Auction will be 11/8 for 2 Sideline Club Plus VIP parking to Golden State Warriors vs. Atlanta Hawks game on 11/28, these are great seats donated by Jack Wong!!
SPEAKER INTRO: Steve Ross introduced District Governor Jeff Orth. Jeff awarded pins of the Order Of The Stinking Rose to Bert, Jerylann, Bruce, Paul, Sheila, Hiro, Alan, Monique, and Judy for contributions to Rotary. Jeff joined the Gilroy Rotary Club in 1999, but became a Rotarian when he learned about the cleft palate project at the Salinas club. He was overcome with emotion when a man who had his cleft palate repaired thanked Rotary for giving him the ability to kiss his wife for the first time. Jeff described his trip to Monterey, Mexico when he worked on the wheelchair distribution project. He believes lasting peace will be achieved through organization like Rotary. He praised Mountain View Rotary for its accomplishments and encouraged us to attract younger members. He promoted attendance at the upcoming International Convention in Atlanta and the District Conference in Santa Cruz.
SPEAKER INTRO: We had an exciting program: …Ken introduced Congresswoman Anna Eshoo.
Ms. Eshoo is a former resident of Mountain View who has served in congress since 1993. Her interesting presentation focused on health issues and innovation. She pointed out that Social Security took many decades to “fine tune”, once the first version was implemented in the 1930s. Similarly, the Affordable Care Act is the first successful implementation of a national health system and has made major accomplishments (such as removal of life-time caps, pre-existing condition exclusions, and sex discrimination), but we should expect it to be tuned by future administrations. We need to invest more in innovation and we need more research to overcome disease.
She said “I’ve witnessed the destruction of the Republican Party”. She lamented the apparent lose of the ability of party leaders to work together across the aisle. “John Boehner did not deserve to be removed.” She also emphasized the need for more investment in infrastructure.
Next Week:
Our next meeting here will be Tuesday, October 25th and our District Governor Jeff Orth will be here.
Our 4fer next week will be Steve Nichols
Thanks Everyone! Have a great week and I look forward to seeing you all next week
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around!!!
Our International theme for 2016-2017 is “Rotary Serving Humanity”
Our District Governors call to action is “Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! And our Clubs call to action is: “Make the World A Better Place!” Thank you all for joining us today.
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Paul Reinhart
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil Armi – “Take me out to the Ballgame” Go Giants!
Foundation Minute: Monique Kane - Continues to provide cupcakes to those supporting the foundation. Thanks!
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Paul for providing dessert today.
Due to timing for program today, we will not have any club announcements or sharing, so please check out this week’s bulletin for those.
Other Club Announcements:
Next Board meeting, Thursday 10/20, 5 pm at CHAC
Dave is looking for volunteers for this weekend to usher at CSM. If you have time please let Dave know.
District Announcements:
District Governor Partner’s Project…Read Me A Picture
-Judy will be leading this project.
Avenues of Service will be held October 22, 9 am – 3 pm, Doubletree in San Jose. Lunch will be served; we will pass around the signup sheet. This is an event that the Club covers the cost and we would like to have a good showing.
President’s Club: 15 members so far, please join them! Newest Member is Dennis Kobza. Oh wait, Paul announced the birth of his first grand baby – a baby girl named Remy. He will also join the President’s Club
Auction: This week we will be auctioning a Week at Club Tahoe in Incline Village, enjoy Thanksgiving there the week of 11/19-11/26, two bedroom unit that sleeps up to 6. If you know someone who would like to go, the bidding started at $500.
We have some great auctions coming up!! Remember if you have anything to donate, please contact me.
SPEAKER INTRO: We have an exciting program for you today…Candidate Forum for the Whisman School District Board. I’d like to bring Ken Schwaderer up to introduce them and start the program. Ken allowed the 4 candidates who are competing for 3 openings to introduce themselves: Tamara Wilson, Jose Gutierrez, Laura Blakely and Peter Darrah.
Next Week:
Our next meeting here will be Tuesday, October 18th and our Speaker will be Congresswoman Anna Eshoo.
October 25th we will have our District Governor here.
Our 4fer next week will be Bert Raphael
Thanks Everyone! Have a great week and I look forward to seeing you all next week
12:30 President Jerylann Mateo rang the bell and called the meeting to order.
Pledge of Allegiance Led by Tom Meyers
Ken Schwaderer’s thought for the day: “Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves - and the only way they could do this is by not voting.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd president of the United States
Song: Take Me Out To The Ball Game led by Phil
Introduction of Visitors: Scott Johnson introduced many.
Club Announcements and District Announcements were kept to minimal because of the length of the program.
Thanks to Ken and Tory for providing dessert
Foundation Minute: Monique Kane – Foundation Kick off
Other Club Announcements:
Next Board Meeting Thursday 10/20, 5 pm at CHAC
District Announcements:
District Governor’s Partner Project – Read Me a Picture
Judy will be leading this effort
Avenue of Service at the DoubleTree in San Jose October 22 9 am to 3 pm
Interact’s Fall Leadership Conference October 9 at Independence High School in San Jose (Alan / Heather)
Presidents Club:
14 members so far – please join
Next auction October 11 will be for 1 week in Incline Village in Lake Tahoe Nov. 19 - 26
Ken presented the candidates for the Mountain View City Council. All eight candidates were present for the forum. They were:
Margaret Abe-Koga
Ken Kacey Carpenter
Chris Clark
Greg Coladonato
Thida Cornes
Lisa Matichak
John McAlister
Lucas Ramirez
Each candidate introduced themselves and presented why they should be elected to the city council. The forum was well received. There were many issues covered by all of the candidates and they all made excellent presentations.
Next Week:
October 11 - Candidate Forum for the Mountain View Whisman school district – 4 candidates. Paul Reinhart will be the 4-fer
October 18 – Congresswoman Anna Eschoo
Thanks Everyone……
The meeting was adjourned by President Jerylann Mateo at 1:30.
The candidates remained to answer additional questions.
“The Superior man or woman is distressed by the limitations of his/her ability; they are not distressed by the fact that people do not recognize the ability that they have.” “ If you are yourself at peace, the there is at least some peace in the world. Then share your peace with everyone, and everyone will be at peace.”
Song: “Home on the Range” led by Phil
Visitor: Eric Hawks
Club Announcements:
Community Service was kicked off at CSMA by Jim Cochran and Jerylann this past weekend. Everything went smoothly
Hopes Corner: Date for next event was chosen. November 12th
Next Tuesday, 9/27, No regular lunch. Evening Social event at Jerylann’s
Next Rotary Board Meeting: Thurs. 10/20 5PM at CHAC
Additional District events announced
Rotary endowment: Jerylann’s donation of $100 was the first winner of the Auctions to be held for the benefit of the Endowment Fund. Sanjay won the second event held today for 2 Stanford vs. Washington State football tickets for $150. Next item to be auctioned off will be held Oct. 11th for a week at Club Tahoe in Incline Village during Thanksgiving week- 11/19 to 11/26. Please consider bidding as well as offering anything to be donated for this cause.
Judy introduced our speaker, Dan Rich, City Manager of Mountain View who spoke on the hot topics concerning Mountain View. Primarily Housing, or lack of affordable options as well as the complicated transportation issues the City and Region now faces.
President Jerylann greeted the club. Heather shared a thought about the outdoors. Phil lead us in an oldie “I’m looking over a Four Leaf Clover”, glad he had sing-a-long sheets. Visiting Rotarians and visitors were greeted
General Club and District Announcements were shared:
Monique shared her appreciation as CHAC’s parking lot fundraiser was successful with earnings of $8700.
Dave Cole reminded Community School of Music and Arts orientation is Wednesday at 5:30pm.
Jerylann shared September birthdays and Rotary Anniversaries: Sheila 18 years, Bruce 16 years and Sanjay of 3 years - Congratulations Rotarians!
Our next Social is September 27th at Jerylann’s home.
Personal Sharing & Announcements: Paul shared he is happy to be home after an adventure to Africa of self-drive and camp.
Next Board meeting is Thursday 9/15 at 5 pm at CHAC.
Avenues of Service will be held October 22 from 9 am – 3 pm at the Doubletree in San Jose.
Interact’s Fall Leadership Conference is October 9th at Independence HS in SJ. More than 4000 Interactors are expected to attend.
Dave was our auctioneer for the first Auction to fund the Endowment Fund. Jerylann was the top bidder for 2 tickets to the Celebrity Forum, October 13th to see George Takai, donated by Bert.
Next month’s item is a Week at Club Tahoe in Incline Village, enjoy Thanksgiving there from 11/19-11/26.
SPEAKER INTRO: Judy introduced, Jeff Harding from the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District. Jeff shared a few success stories and various projects that have happened the past year. He continues to seek solutions to ensure all students have an equal education and fill gaps that the diverse student body has at MVLA. The growing population is a concern that the school board will be addressing to ensure all students have a high school to attend along with more creative ways to assist teachers to afford housing in the area.
Next Meeting is September 20th and Dan Rich, City Manager of Mountain View is speaking. Our 4fer will be Jim Spangler.
President Elect Scott Johnson greeted the club. Fred Storek shared a few profound thoughts. Tom Myers stepped up to cheer all with a song.
General Club and District Announcements were shared:
Dave announced September 14 at 5:30pm is training for those who desire to usher at Community School of Music and Arts events.
Sanjay seeks delivery assistance on Saturdays from 6:30am to 7:30am for Hopes Corner.
Heather read a thank you note from Sydney Sheffield regarding her RYLA experience.
Heather will be setting up the next Club Social on September 27th, with more details to follow.
Next Board Meeting on Thursday, September 15th, 5 pm, at CHAC.
District Governor Partner’s Project…Read Me A Picture is lead for our club by Judy. Donation request will happen soon and more details forthcoming.
District 5170 unclaimed District Designated Funds has provided 22 laptop computers to at-risk youth. Email from Bob Goetsch that they are accepting applications.
Monthly auctions will begin in September to raise additional funds for our club’s Endowment fund to keep scholarship giving strong. Our first auction will be held on September 13th, for 2 tickets to the Celebrity Forum with guest George Takai presenting on October 13th.
The club seeks additional auction items, let Club President know if you have something to donate.
This week’s speaker was Dr. Ayinde Rufdolph, Superintendent of the Mountain View Whisman School District. Dr. Rudolph discussed the strategic plan for the district which currently provides education to 5,083 children in grades K to 8. Scores in the district are continuing to rise in all categories.
The club meeting on September 13th will present Dr. Jeff Harding, Superintendent Mountain View Los Altos High School District and our 4fer is Heather Stenshamn.
2. Visiting Rotarians: Bala Sarma (from Chicago area), Steve Ross (Palo Alto University) District Government.
Visitor: Stewart Roller
3. Vocation: Dick Lubman suggested starting next week that members give a very short CV.
4. Alan Goodman's mother passed. Our prayers & sympathy.
There are 13 President Club members to date.
Next board meeting Thursday 5:00 PM at CHAC.
General Club Announcements
Monique – Update on CHAC parking for Art & Wine Festival. Volunteers Needed. Please sign up.
Jerylann - Next Board Meeting is Thursday, August 18 at 5:00 pm at CHAC.
Next Social Event will be August 30. Looking for location.
Jerylann – Reminded everyone there won’t be fines this year so please join the President’s Club. Also we want to increase the Endowment so if you have items to auction let her know.
Jim – Endowment Meeting before today’s meeting. Still looking to increase the corpus of the Endowment fund to pay for scholarships. You can pay more than the $150 for the President’s Club and that will go into the Endowment fund.
Dave – Community Service Projects
Dave is working to have our club volunteer at concerts. He passed out a signup sheet for volunteers.
District Announcements: There are 2 more training seminars this summer and you can register on-line. Let Jerylann know if you are interested in attending.
Rotary Foundation Grant Training – Saturday 8/20 8:30 – 12 in Hayward
Rotary Membership Training – Saturday 8/27 9 – 12:30 at the Milpitas Embassy Suites-
Program: "Adventures in Swaziland"
By: Wendy & Rick Walleigh
They are retired Silicon Valley executives: Wendy (Marketing) & Rick (Engineer). They asked themselves what to do with their lives now. They wanted to do something that was beneficial to all concerned; they could give back of their talents and enjoy new experiences. They found the answer thru TechnoServe a company that offers business solutions in "third world" countries. They were in Swaziland six months and Kenya one year.
Their many talents were put to work helping individuals establish a business, organizing education programs, and working with farmers to improve their business relations. Rick said he never knew that a bride's family had to give the groom's family 17 cows - one of his many learning experiences.
Their objective in presenting this talk was to encourage you to follow your goals - like they did. Help others - feel good about your work and yourself.
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family… we are the BEST Rotary Club Around!!!
Our International call to action for 2016-2016 is to “Rotary Serving Humanity” Our District Governors call to action is “Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done!”
Our club’s call to action this year is “Make the World a Better Place!” Thank you all for joining us today.
Please silence your cell phones or put them on vibrate.
Pledge of Allegiance: Bert Raphael led the pledge
Thought for the Day (4Fer): Jack Wong
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil – “Take me out to the Ball Game”
Introduction of Visitors: Scott Johnson – We had 1 visiting Rotarians: Uday V Deshpande from Mahim, Mumbai
General Club Announcements:
Monique – Update on CHAC parking for Art & Wine Festival. Volunteers Needed. Please sign up.
Jerylann - Next Board Meeting is Thursday, August 18 at 5:00 pm at CHAC.
Next Social Event will be August 30. Looking for location.
Jerylann – Reminded everyone there won’t be fines this year so please join the President’s Club. Also we want to increase the Endowment so if you have items to auction let her know.
Paul – Regarding the Stevens Creek Trail Clean up – wanted to see if the club was ok to pursue a Rotary sign on the trail. Everyone was ok with it.
Jim – Endowment Meeting next Tuesday at 11:15 AM. Board Members are required and club members are welcome to join.
Dave – Community Service Projects
Dave is working to have our club volunteer at concerts. He passed out a signup sheet for volunteers.
District Announcements: There are 3 training seminars this summer and you can register on-line. Let Jerylann know if you are interested in attending.
· Rotary Foundation Grant Training – Saturday 8/20 8:30 – 12 in Hayward
· Rotary Membership Training – Saturday 8/27 9 – 12:30 at the Milpitas Embassy Suites-
Fred introduced our speaker this week, Stacy Dean Stephens, Knightscope Inc. Advanced Physcial Security Cutting Edge Anomaly Detection Autonomous Presence 24/7.
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family… we are the BEST Rotary Club Around!!!
Our International call to action for 2016-2016 is to “Rotary Serving Humanity” Our District Governors call to action is “Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done!”
Our club’s call to action this year is “Make the World a Better Place!” Thank you all for joining us today.
Please silence your cell phones or put them on vibrate.
Pledge of Allegiance: Jack Wong led the pledge
Thought for the Day (4Fer): Twana Karney
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil – “God Bless America”
Introduction of Visitors: Scott Johnson – We had 2 visiting Rotarians: Klaus Heinemann and Grady Mateen
General Club Announcements:
Jerylann - Next Board Meeting is Thursday, August 18 at 5:00 pm at CHAC.
Jerylann – Reminded everyone there won’t be fines this year so please join the President’s Club. Also we want to increase the Endowment so if you have items to auction let her know.
The social at Tori’s was a lot of fun. Her pig enjoyed it too! She is looking for someone to host the August 30th social if anyone is interested. Also there is an ice cream social this Sunday in Old Mountain View if you can come out in your Rotary shirts and pass out info on Rotary.
Birthday’s this month included: Heather, Walt, Sara, Jack and Bruce. Rotary Anniversaries included: Twana and Jerylann.
Club Assembly:
Twana – Past-President’s goals
1) Plan the kick out, 2) Annual Fund raiser (50/50 chance of this), and 3) support Jerylann
Jim S. – Endowment
Endowment fund does not generate enough income to pay for the $7500 in scholarships we give out each year. The fund gets contributions through $50 for new members, $50 for the President’s Club and generous donations such as by Bob Williams
Dave – Community Service Projects
Dave is working to have our club volunteer at concerts. He passed out a signup sheet for volunteers.
District Announcements: There are 3 training seminars this summer and you can register on-line. Let Jerylann know if you are interested in attending.
Rotary Foundation Fund Development – Saturday 8/6 8:30 – 12 TBA
Rotary Foundation Grant Training – Saturday 8/20 8:30 – 12 in Hayward
Rotary Membership Training – Saturday 8/27 9 – 12:30 at the Milpitas Embassy Suites
Fred introduced our speaker this week, Jim Colton, a professional photographer discussing his latest trip to Cuba
Next Meeting of the Year: is Tuesday, August 9
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FLASHBACK: Jerylann's First Club Assembly (seems like only weeks ago! ;>)
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family… we are the BEST Rotary Club Around!!!
Our International call to action for 2016-2016 is to “Rotary Serving Humanity”
Our club’s call to action this year is “Make the World a Better Place!” Thank you all for joining us today.
Please silence your cell phones or put them on vibrate.
Pledge of Allegiance: Jim Cochran led the pledge
Greeter & Thought for the Day (4Fer): Phil Armi
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil – “Home on the Range”
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Phil for providing dessert today.
Jerylann - Next Board Meeting is Thursday, July 21st at 5:00 pm at CHAC.
Sara Tierno was inducted today. Welcome Sara!
District Governor here on October 25
Club Assembly:
Board Members introduced their goals for this year.
Jerylann’s Major Goals as President
Increase Membership
Foundation – 100% participation and $7500 raised
Socials
Community Service every month
Vocational Spotlight
No fines but everyone joins the President’s Club!
So far Bruce, Alan, Dave, Jack, Hiro, Tom, Phil, Twana, Tori, Jim Cunningham
Increase Endowment Fund through auctions every other month
Scott – Speakers Program
Interesting, professional and inspirational speakers to attract new members and engage our club
Dick – Vocational Chair
Impart Rotary history, engage members to speak of their backgrounds, increase community service
Paul – Secretary
Continue to provide superior club administration
Sanjay – Membership
Grow club to 40 members. People join Rotary for service but stay for the camaraderie. We can potentially volunteer at the Sept. 10 – 11 Art & Wine festival
Tori – Social
Next social is next Tuesday at Tori’s theme is Pets (or Animal Planet)
Dave Cole and Jim Cunningham – Service Projects
Continue to support local projects like Cops and Gobblers, CSA, CHAC, St. Stevens Trail Clean up among others. We can possibly volunteer at free monthly concerts.
Monique – Foundation
100% club participation and a goal of $7500 raised. Cupcakes for all!
Bert – International Service
Although we do local projects, Rotary has a global presence with many international projects. Our club will need to define how we want to direct our funds this year.
Tom / Judy – Club Trainers
Provide whatever club support is needed
Alan – Mr. Crab Feed
Lead the annual Crab Feed
Ken – Scholarships
Lead the annual scholarship program
Next week we will have Heather discussing Youth Service, Jim Spangler discussing the Endowment as well as a few words from our Past President Twana.
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We are a Fun, Enthusiastic & Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the BEST Rotary Club around!!!
My name is Jerylann Mateo, I’m your President for 2016-2017. I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July holiday.
Today is Tuesday July 12Week 2 of our new Rotary year
Our International theme for 2016-2017 is “Rotary Serving Humanity” (presented the new flag)
Our District Governors call to action is “Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done! And our Clubs call to action is: “Make the World A Better Place!” Thank you all for joining us today.
Please silence your cell phones or put them on vibrate.
Pledge of Allegiance: Jack Wong let us in the Pledge of Allegiance
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Tori Atwell…we are a lucky club in a great area!
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil Armi led us in God Bless America
Introduction of Visitors: Scott Johnson introduced our visitors: Assistant DG Steve Ross & Burt Raphael’s wife Anne.Thomas is back for the summer.
Vocation Spotlight: Dick Lubman asked if anyone knew the meaning of Rotary…In the beginning meetings rotated to different businesses every week.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Tori for providing dessert today.
Tori – Socials. Our next evening social will be Tuesday, July 26th, at Tori’s house. She will provide more information next week.
Personal Sharing.
19 of our members joined in July, we have some very long standing members & this month anniversaries range from 24-59 years of membership!
Jack Wong went to DisneyWorld with family.
Judy just returned from Africa with 7 women.
Hal’s son got married.
Other Club Announcements:
Board meeting, Thursday 7/21, 5 pm at CHAC
District Announcements:
There will be three district training seminars offered this summer, you can register online, so please let me know if you are interested in attending:
Rotary Foundation Fund Development Training, Saturday, 8/6, 8:30 – noon, location TBA
Rotary Foundation Grant Training, Saturday, 8/20, 8:30-noon in Hayward
Rotary membership Training, Saturday 8/27, 9 am – 12:30, Embassy Suites in Milpitas.
President’s Club: We will not be doing fines again this year and I would like to encourage our membership to joining the Presidents Club…we would love for you to become part of our President’s Club!
First to Join the Presidents Club…Bruce Barsi, also joined: Alan Goodman; Dave Cole; Jack Wong; Jim Cunningham; Dick Lubman; Twana Karney; Tori Atwell; Phil Armi; Hiro
SPEAKER INTRO: Scott announced our Speaker this week, Martha Kendall.
Martha told the story of Steven Foster. She played music that he wrote. He was a song writer, not a performer. He wrote about 200 songs. There are 265,000 videos on YouTube that include his songs. He lived to be only 37 years old, with only .38 cents in his pocket. ASLAP was started in his honor.
Martha also displayed her books.
Next Meeting: Tuesday, July 19th
We will have our New Year Kick Off Club Assembly next week and I hope you can all make it. You will get to hear from our new Board members and we look forward to reviewing our plans for the year. We will also be inducting our new member Sara Tierno.
Our 4fer will be Phil Armi
Thanks Everyone! Have a great week and I look forward to seeing you all next week!
President Twana Karney rang the bell and called the meeting to order with the Mountain View Rotary mantra, “We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!” She reminded us that our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World” and our club’s call to action this year is “Being the Best We Can Be.”
Ernie Hawks led us to a Pledge of Allegiance to our flag.
Bruce Barsi shared some quotes of inspiration from some of our country’s founders.
Songmaster Phil Armi led us in a most enthusiastic version of the “Marine Corps Song.”
Ernie’s son Eric Hawks joined us at our meeting today.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Bruce Barsi for providing dessert today.
Saint Francis High School and Mountain View High School are sponsoring a joint Interact Fundraiser by holding a clothing and household goods drive on Wednesday, June 22nd. If you have items to contribute, call 844-512-8802 to arrange for a pickup. Be sure to give them the Donor ID # B0882714.
The Kick Out Dinner is Friday, June 24th, at Michael’s at Shoreline, from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. The attire will be casual, but no shorts. This is a mandatory event and you need to sign up ASAP. Call Alan Goodman no later than today if you haven’t signed up and still want to attend.
We will be dark next week on Tuesday, June 28th, and then again on the following Tuesday, July 5th.
District Announcements:
Camp RYLA will run from June 26th to July 1st at Mission Springs in Scotts Valley. Heather Stenshamn is coordinating with the attendees sponsored by MV Rotary. The concluding BBQ and Graduation will take place on Thursday, June 30th at 5:30 pm. If you are interested in attending the BBQ and Graduation, please let President Twana know.
Personal Sharing:
Alan Goodman shared that former First Daughter Amy Goodman graduated from college and she will be looking for employment in New York.
President Twana thanked everyone in the Club for a great year and the privilege of leading the Club during that time. And she is looking forward to another great year with Jerylann.
President Twana held a very rousing auction for some of the Karney Homemade Honey. After a rather contentious bidding war, Roger Kau emerged with the prize and our Endowment is $30 richer.
SPEAKER:
Dave Cole introduced our speaker Carl Honaker, talking to us about the future of Moffett Field.
Carl reviewed the transition we have seen at Moffett Field since it was established in the 1930’s. It began as the base for the dirigible, USS Macon. After that, it housed army aircraft and then served as a base for the coastal patrol blimps during WWII. Following the war, the base was used for military transport aircraft and it became the West Coast Fighter Town. That was followed by the P3 Orion era which patrolled the West Coast to maintain national security. And eventually, the base was turned over to NASA.
The new era for Moffett Field started with the base transition in 1994. In 1997, a master plan was developed to make the base into a research park with an academia element. Unfortunately, they were unable to attract partners to participate in this endeavor. The base floundered a bit for a few years after that with no solid direction. In 2013, the federal government decided to partner with a civilian entity and put out a bid to manage the majority of the base and make necessary renovations. Google won the bid and has a 60 year lease with another 36 years of potential extensions. They have already started working on some of the buildings. The three major projects are reskinning Hanger One, renovating the other two hangers, and making improvements to the golf course.
For those who would like to get on the base to play golf, eat at the restaurant, or visit the museum, you just need to present government issued identification like a drivers license at the gate.
Our next meeting is on Tuesday, July 12th. Our Speaker will be Martha Kendall and her presentation is entitled “DOO Dah, The Life and Music of Stephen Foster.” Our 4-Fer for the meeting on July 12th is Tori Atwell.
Remember to Be a Gift to Your Club, Be a Gift to the World!
President Twana Karney rang the bell and called the meeting to order with the Mountain View Rotary mantra, “We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!” She reminded us that our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World” and our club’s call to action this year is “Being the Best We Can Be.”
Judy Hannemann led us to a Pledge of Allegiance to our flag on Flag Day.
Bruce Barsi shared some quotes of inspiration about the LGBT Community, focusing not on the recent tragedy in Orlando, but on the Celebration of Pride during the month of June.
Songmaster Phil Armi led us in a patriotic version of “Anchors Aweigh.”
Carl Honaker from San Jose Rotary joined us at our meeting today.
General Club Announcements:
We received two letters of thanks for our Community Grants from Community Services Agency and Just Read.
Thanks to Bruce Barsi for providing dessert today.
President Twana thanked Walt Joyce and Phil Armi for organizing the Golf Tournament and BBQ dinner last Friday. It was a small, intimate affair, but a very nice time was had by those attending.
Saint Francis High School and Mountain View High School are sponsoring a joint Interact Fundraiser by holding a clothing and household goods drive on Friday, June 17th, and Wednesday, June 22nd. If you have items to contribute, call 844-512-8802 to arrange for a pickup. Be sure to give them the Donor ID # B0882714.
The Kick Out Dinner is Friday, June 24th, at Michael’s at Shoreline, from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. This is a mandatory event and you need to sign up no later than this week. Call Alan Goodman ASAP if you haven’t signed up and still want to attend.
There is a Board Meeting this Thursday, June 16th, at 5:00 pm at CHAC. This will be a Joint Board Meeting with this year’s Board and next year’s Board, let by our incoming President, Jerylann Mateo. All are welcome to attend.
District Announcements:
Camp RYLA will run from June 26th to July 1st at Mission Springs in Scotts Valley. Heather Stenshamn is coordinating with the attendees sponsored by MV Rotary. The concluding BBQ and Graduation will take place on Thursday, June 30th at 5:30 pm. If you are interested in attending the BBQ and Graduation, please let President Twana know.
Personal Sharing:
Bruce Barsi told the Club that Suzanne and he had just returned from New York where they attended their son Chris’ graduation from his Medical Residency in Emergency Medicine. Starting in October, he will be working for Kaiser in Walnut Creek.
SPEAKER:
Dave Cole introduced our speaker Captain Tom Spink, USN (ret.), talking to us about the history of Moffett Field and the Moffett Field Historical Society Museum.
Prior to becoming a military base and airfield, the land where Moffett Field is located was used for orchards. In the early 1930’s, The Whipple Family sold the land to the Navy for one dollar. The base was initially called the Naval Air Station in Sunnyvale, but shortly after it was established, the Air Field was named in honor of Admiral Moffett,
The first building on the base was Hanger 1 which was constructed between 1931 and 1933 to house the USS Macon. The dirigible was described as a flying aircraft carrier which patrolled the west coast. Unfortunately, the USS Macon crashed in the area of Big Sur in 1935.
During the Second World War, a squadron of blimps tasked with patrolling the West Coast for enemy ships and submarines was housed at Moffett Field. During that time, additional hangers were built. After the war, the base was used for transport aircraft and it later became the Navy’s first master jet base.
In the late 1940’s, wind tunnels were built at Moffett Field to test future aircraft. In the late 1950’s, NASA was established and Moffett Field became a hub for research and development in the space program. More recently, the base hosted a fleet of P3 Orions which patrolled the West Coast to maintain national security and also performed search and rescue operations when called upon. The California National Guard, 129th Air Rescue Squadron is also stationed on the base.
Much of the history of the base can be found in the Moffett Field Historical Society Museum including several aircraft. The museum is open Wednesday through Saturday, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Next Week our meeting is on Tuesday, June 21st. Our Speaker will be Carl Honaker, Airport Manager of Moffett Federal Airfield. He will be presenting on the future of Moffett Field. Our 4-Fer Greeter for our meeting next week on June 21st is Bruce Barsi.
Remember to Be a Gift to Your Club, Be a Gift to the World!
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
My name is Twana Karney, I’m your president for 2015-2016.
Our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”
Our club’s call to action this year is “Being the Best We Can Be.” Thank you all for joining us today.
Please silence your cell phones or put them on vibrate.
Pledge of Allegiance: Brodie
Greeter & Thought for the Day (4Fer): Brodie Yazaki
Unfortunately our club will be losing Brodie and Helen as they move out of the area. Best of luck!
Bye Brodie
Bye Helen
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil
Take me out to the ball game
Introduction of Visitors: Jerylann Mateo
Foundation Cupcake Minute: Monique Kane
Just got back from a trip to Chicago and LA. Cupcake for Walt, yay!
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Brodie for providing dessert today.
Twana/Walt: TheGolfTournament and BBQ dinner are on!!!: June 10th at Shoreline. Golf begins at 11:00 and dinner begins at 5:30 at Michaels. Golf is $60 and the dinner is $35 per person. Please make your checks payable to Mountain View Rotary Club and give those to Sheila today or on Friday. Walt has all the information.
Twana/Alan: Kick Out Dinner: Save the date, Friday, June 24th.
Scott: Jim Cunningham is going to take the March speaker series spot that we needed, thank you Jim!
Twana Joint Board Meeting is Thursday, June 16th at 5:00 pm at CHAC.
Thank you for $2000 grant for living classroom. Introduced new farm to lunch program and have been able to fund all 8 of the programs that are in the mtv/whisman district.
District Announcements:
Video: of the Wheelchairs in Monterey, Mexico
Shingai Samudzi of the Oakland Rotary club is putting together an exchange similar to Rotary's group study exchange in South Africa this coming October through SeedAfrika (www.seedafrika.com. He is specifically focusing on identifying investment opportunities in early stage South African companies who are providing significant social benefit. If you are interested in participating in this, please do let Twana know.
The District is holding an event on June 23 to Toast and Toast the outgoing District Governor Susan Valenta and to welcome the incoming District Governor. All are welcome to attend the BBQ being held at Gilroy Gardens from 5:30 – 8:30 for $37. See the information on the clipboard going round.
Personal Sharing: If you share news with us and donate, those donations go to the Endowment and are used to generate scholarships for worthy local students.
Jim Spangler- Grandbaby was born Kennedy. Donated $100 do endowment fund.
Jack – Got to meet a few famous people in the past few weeks.
Monique – Got to have lunch with Marsha Duloria (new CHAC director), great person.
Alan – Going back to little rock for 40th high school reunion.
SPEAKER INTRO: Dave Cole introduced our speaker Candace Bowers of the Mountain View Historical Association, speaking on “Ohlone, Orchards, and Offices: A Brief History of Mountain View.”
2015 – 2016 President of Mountain View Historical Associate
If you’re on facebook find them on facebook and like the page, they share a lot of really cool stuff.
If you join association you get a
quarterly newsletter
Access to quarterly programs
Events (Ex: Annual picnic)
Great facebook page for reminiscing and reconnecting.
Presentation: “History of Mountain View: Ohlone, Orchards, and Offices”
“The Valley of the Hearts Delight”
Ohlone and “Costanoan” tribes were the first known settlers
1769 – 1883: DeAnza expedition came up and started putting down missions.
Crisanto Castro grandfather of Mountain View
Villa Francesca was built on the land where Rengstorff Park is now
The house was burned down in 1967
1849 John Whisman starts a stagecoach service on what is now El Camino Real
“The prune and apricot exposition”
Everything changed when the southern pacific railroad came through.
Businesses moved down to the train tracks and Castro started to get populated
Original Disney Rides were manufactured in Mountain View
The Wandermen House is in MTV and is privately owned, but sometimes has tours.
Questions:
What Brought People?
Gold Rush
Fertile Lands
Shipping Lanes
How do we Join?
$15/year ($25/year for family) – There might be online applications (maybe). Events are for public, even if you don’t join.
Date for picnic
Check FB
Mountain View History Center
Open Tuesdays 1 – 5 or by appointment
MTV Library 2nd floor
Website is basic information
Facebook is “where the action is”
Next Week our meeting is on Tuesday, June 14th.
Speaker: Our Speaker will be Captain Tom Spink, USN (ret.), of the Moffett Field Historical Society Museum. Captain Spink is the editor of the Museum's Newsletter The Sparrowhawk, "From lighter-than-air to faster than sound" –
Our 4-Fer Greeter for our meeting next week on June 14th is Helen Meeks.
It’s time to turn your phone back on.
Thanks Everyone! Have a nice Memorial Day and see you on June 14th!
President Twana opened the meeting promptly at 12:30 with greetings and a welcome
Pledge of Allegiance: Heather Stenshamn
Greeter & Thought for the Day (4Fer): Jim Cochran
Song of the Day: Song master Phil Armi led us in “Home on the Range"
Introduction of Visitors: Jerylann Mateo introduced guests Helen Meeks and Sarah Tierno
General Club Announcements:
Presentation to Hope’s Corner, Inc.: Bob Lee from Hope’s Corner Inc joined us today. We are very pleased to be able to present a donation in the amount of $1,000 to his organization to help feed and provide services for individuals who participate in the weekly Saturday breakfasts.
Pictured:
President Twana, Bob Lee from Hope’s Corner.
Thanks to Jim Cochran for providing dessert today.
Scott:Work Project last Saturday - Living Classrooms: There were 9 of us and we worked very hard. We prepared the raised beds to go from winter crops to summer crops, set up a little outdoor seating area for children to learn, and prepared another raised bed area right outside of a classroom. Sheila impressed us all with her strength and stamina.
Pictured is President Twana (left), President-Elect Jerylann, and Paul.
Bruce B: If you haven’t paid for the Rotating Dinner yet, the cost of the dinner is $32 per person and we ask that each of you who attended pay $32 per person to Sheila. Checks are preferred and should be made payable to the Mountain View Rotary Club.
Walt:GolfTournament and BBQ dinner: June 10th at Shoreline. Sign Up sheet.
Alan:Kick Out Dinner: Save the date, Friday, June 24th
Twana:We will be dark next week, Tues. May 31 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday
Twana:JointBoard Meeting is Thursday, June 16th at 5:00 pm at CHAC.
District Announcements:
The District is holding an event on June 23 to Toast and Toast the outgoing District Governor Susan Valenta and to welcome the incoming District Governor. All are welcome to attend the BBQ being held at Gilroy Gardens from 5:30 – 8:30 for $37. See the information on the clipboard going round.
Personal Sharing:
Hal Taylor explained his health recovery: Last year he spent around 2 months in the hospital. He was told that about 50 other persons had his disease and they were mostly dead. Hal has made a 99% recovery and is almost through it. He thanked the club for our support for him.
Hal also said that his son Bret is getting married at the end of May, 2016.
Bert Raphael told us that he and Ann were celebrating their 54th wedding anniversary. Bert contributed $100 to the Endowment Fund for this honor.
SPEAKER: Bruce Barsi introduced Manny Martinez, a staff member of the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce. Manny told us of the purpose and activities of the chamber, along with the task and organization that the chamber has. He explained that there are many things going on in the city and many of them have implications for chamber members.
Next Week: We will be dark Tues. May 31 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.
Next Regular Meeting of the Year: is Tuesday, June 7th. Our speaker will be Candace Bowers of the Mountain View Historical Association, speaking on “Ohlone, Orchards, and Offices: A Brief History of Mountain View.”
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
Our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”
Our club’s call to action this year is “Being the Best We Can Be.” Thank you all for joining us today.
Please silence your cell phones or put them on vibrate.
Pledge of Allegiance: Paul led the pledge
Greeter & Thought for the Day (4Fer): Dave Cole – Yesterday is the past – it’s history, tomorrow is the future – it’s a mystery, today is a gift – that’s why they call it the present!
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil – “America the Beautiful”
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Dave Cole for providing dessert today.
Twana: May Community Service Project is Saturday, May 21st from 10am to 1pm. We are looking for volunteers for one of our grantees, Living Classrooms, for several fun “hands on projects.” Location is TBD but most likely at one of the public schools in MV. Projects include setting up a seating area out of log rounds, expanding the native garden, and planting fruit trees.
Twana: GolfTournament and dinner: June 10th at Shoreline. Sign Up sheet. Maybe can move until June 17. See Walt for more info.
Alan: Kick Out Dinner: Save the date, Friday, June 24th
Twana - Next Board Meeting is Thursday, May 19th at 5:00 pm at CHAC.
Bob Williams - was recognized for 3 major accomplishments: 1) He received a pin for being a RI Foundation major donor, 2) a pin for his generous gift to the MV Rotary Endowment, and 3) it’s his birthday this week!
SPEAKER - Anita: Grants:
Organization
Project Funds
Grant
CHAC
Mental Health Services
$2600
Just Read
Middle & High School Remedial Tutoring
$2275
Cops & Gobblers
Food Baskets
$2000
Enterprise Leadership Forum
Conference Expenses for students
$1000
RYLA
Camp
$1720
CSA
Life lines for low income seniors
$1500
Friends of Stevens Creek Trail
Support for Trail Blazer Race
$1000
Living Classrooms
Lesson Kit and Garden supplies
$1000
Day Worker Center
English classes and computer training
$2000
$15,095
Next Meeting of the Year: is Tuesday, May 24th
Our 4-Fer Greeter for next regular meeting on May 24th is: Jim Cochran
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
Our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”
Our club’s call to action this year is “Being the Best We Can Be.” Thank you all for joining us today.
Please silence your cell phones or put them on vibrate.
Pledge of Allegiance: Bill led the pledge
Greeter & Thought for the Day (4Fer): Jim Cunningham
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil – “Take me out to the ballgame”
Introduction of Visitors: Jerylann Mateo
Visiting Rotarians: Glynis (Vancouver Rotary
Guests of Rotary: Sara Tierano – interested in joining our club!
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Jim Cunningham for providing dessert today.
Scott: May Community Service Project is Saturday, May 21st from 9am to 12pm. We are looking for volunteers for one of our grantees, Living Classrooms, for several fun “hands on projects.” Location is TBD but most likely at one of the public schools in MV. Projects include setting up a seating area out of log rounds, expanding the native garden, and planting fruit trees.
Bruce: Rotating Dinner was a success and the Greek food was enjoyed by all
Walt: GolfTournament and dinner: June 10th at Shoreline. Sign Up sheet. Maybe can move until June 17.
Alan: Kick Out Dinner: Save the date, Friday, June 24th
Jerylann - Next Board Meeting is Thursday, May 19th at 5:00 pm at CHAC.
SPEAKER: Dennis Potter Los Altos Rotary was supposed to speak on home security systems but spoke mostly about other things.
Next Meeting of the Year: is Tuesday, May 17th and grants will be given to local charitable organizations
Our 4-Fer Greeter for next regular meeting on May 17th is: Dave Cole
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
Our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”
Our club’s call to action this year is “Being the Best We Can Be.” Thank you all for joining us today.
Please silence your cell phones or put them on vibrate.
Pledge of Allegiance: Monique led the pledge
Greeter & Thought for the Day (4Fer): Sanjay Dave
“The world’s favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May.” Edwin Teale
“Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun.” Kahlil Gibran
“Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life.” Prince
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil – Gave a shout out to frank and sang La Cucaracha for Cinco de Mayo
Introduction of Visitors: Jerylann Mateo
Visiting Rotarians: Dennis Potter (LA Rotary), Bob Adams (LA Rotary)
Guests of Rotary: Katie (Ernie’s granddaughter)
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Sanjay Dave for providing dessert today.
Twana/Scott: May Community Service Project is Saturday, May 21st from 9am to 12pm. We are looking for volunteers for one of our grantees, Living Classrooms, for several fun “hands on projects.” Location is TBD but most likely at one of the public schools in MV. Projects include setting up a seating area out of log rounds, expanding the native garden, and planting fruit trees.
Bruce: Rotating Dinner is set for Saturday, May 7th.
Twana/Walt: GolfTournament and dinner: June 10th at Shoreline. Sign Up sheet.
Twana/Alan: Kick Out Dinner: Save the date, Friday, June 24th
Twana Next Board Meeting is Thursday, May 19th at 5:00 pm at CHAC.
District Announcements:
A good time was had by all at the District Conference Dinner, which included a $1000 prize for a student talent contest and hospitality suites afterward.
Dennis Potter – RotaCare Party on Thursday to celebrate 26 years and the restaurants who donated food.
SPEAKER INTRO: Ken Schwaderer will introduce this year’s 7 scholarship recipients for our Mountain View Rotary Club.
Scholarship Criteria: Students may select to attend any College and they must enroll to receive the scholarship.
Community Service and School Community Service
Academic achievement
Financial Need
Mountain View Rotary Scholarship Winners:
Saint Francis HS – Bruce Barsi
Corey Wallace – starting linebacker for Saint Francis. He will attend Northern Arizona University where he will play football and major in Television & Broadcasting specializing in sports broadcasting
LAHS - Walt Joyce
Tatiana Gibson – mother Martha Gomez – Will attend Cal Poly and major in Physics and Astronomy
Sung-Yaa (Sofia) Guo – mother - Will attend Cal Berkeley and major in Economics
MVHS - Jim Spangler
Griulia Martins – Will attend Notre Dame and major in Business and play on the soccer team
Alta Vista – Judy Hannemann
Juan Carbajal – mentor Bob Adams – Will attend De Anza and major in Criminal Justice
Jena Knight – teacher Leslie Schwarz – Will attend De Anza and is undecided
Eliud Soto – father Sergio Soto – Hasn’t decided where/if he’ll go to college
Next Meeting of the Year: is Tuesday, May 10th and Dennis Potter will be speaking on Security.
Our 4-Fer Greeter for next regular meeting on May 10th is: Jim Cunningham.
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
Our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”
Our club’s call to action this year is “Being the Best We Can Be.” Thank you all for joining us today.
Greeter & Thought for the Day (4Fer): Alan Goodman
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil led us in “Oh What A Beautiful Morning”
Introduction of Visitors: Our visitors included Asst. Dist. Governor Steve Ross from The Palo Alto University Club and Dr. Helen Pillsbury. Dr. Pillsbury shared her fond memories of receiving a Rotary scholarship in high school. She was then promptly stalked for the rest of the meeting by Past President Alan in an attempt to get her to consider joining the club.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Alan Goodman for providing dessert today.
Scott: Community Service for May: Living Classrooms on Sat., May 21st from 9 am to 12pm at Theuerkauf school. Address was provided but I was too busy stuffing my face and didn’t get it. Stay calm….it will be provided in a timely manner.
Bruce: Rotating Dinner is set for Saturday, May 7th. Save the Date.
Sanjay: New Volunteer Opportunity with Hope’s Corner delivering food on Saturday mornings. We still need some more volunteers.
Twana: Signup sheet going around for an extra community service work opportunity in April to help Hope’s Corner place a new floor. This is not part of our monthly community project but is an extra one. Sign up to help on April 22, 23 or 24th.
Twana/Walt:GolfTournament: June 10th at Shoreline. Save the date and more details to come.
Twana/Alan: Kick Out Dinner: Save the date, Friday, June 24th
Volunteers wanted to perform with the MV Rotary Repertory Players.
Twana Next Board Meeting Thursday: – April 21st has been cancelled due to poor planning on behalf of President Twana or some such situation. Honestly..once she said it was cancelled I quit listening while I was still ahead.
Hate those board meetings……….
Ken informed the group that our club gave out $7000 in scholarships this year and that they will be presented at our next meeting on May 3rd.
The clip board to sign up to be Speaker Chair for a month was circulated.
District Announcements:
District Conference: We will have a table for our Club at the District Conference on Saturday night, April 30th. If you are interested in attending, please sign up. Dinner is $75. There will be a Chinese Dance show, an Interact talent show and Cliff Dockerman speaking that evening.
Personal Sharing:
Fred Storek announced that his son had a baby recently. Father and son are doing well and father looks forward to getting his figure back in time for swimsuit season.
Jim Spangler announced that his son Nick will be a lead actor in the nationwide traveling production of A Gentleman in Paris. The show will be in San Francisco in Sept. of 2017 and we hope to plan a club social event to attend.
SPEAKER INTRO: Jack Wong introduced today’s speakers, Stephanie Kleinheinz (try saying that 3 times in a row at a rapid speed) & Dr. Angela Bymaster from the School Health Clinics of Santa Clara County. This is a program that is very similar to the RotaCare Health Clinics with the primary goal of providing free or low cost medical care to the low income, uninsured and medically underserved children from infancy to age 19. They currently have 6 clinics throughout the county. For additional information please go to their website: www.schoolhealthclinics.org
Our Program on May 3rd will be the presentation of scholarships to high school recipients chosen by our selection committee.
Our 4-Fer Greeter for next regular meeting on May 3rd is: Sanjay Dave
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
Today is our day to celebrate! (Cue background music - “Celebration” by Kool and the Gang).
Our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”
Our club’s call to action this year is “Being the Best We Can Be.” Thank you all for joining us today.
Pledge of Allegiance: Heather
Greeter & Thought for the Day (4Fer): Anita Grossman who shared some funny, insightful comments on celebrating life by Bay Area writer Anne Lamott
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil led us in “Happy Days are Here Again”
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to so many people for today’s celebration, among them the following: Heather, Sheila, Paul, Alan, Jose and Jerylann.
Scott: Community Service for April: Steven’s Creek Trail Cleanup on Sat., April 16 from 9 am to 12pm meeting at Whisman Park, 310 Easy Street. Sign-up sheet.
Bruce: Rotating Dinner is set for Saturday, May 7th. Save the Date.
Sanjay: New Volunteer Opportunity with Hope’s Corner delivering food on Saturday mornings. We still need some more volunteers.
Twana: Sign-up sheet going around for an extra community service work opportunity in April to help Hope’s Corner place a new floor. This is not part of our monthly community project but is an extra one. Sign up to help on April 22, 23 or 24th.
Twana/Walt:GolfTournament: June 10that Shoreline. Save the date and more details to come.
Twana/Alan: Kick Out Dinner: Save the date, Friday, June 24th
Twana shared a slide “11 Reasons to Celebrate” which included the following Club accomplishments: 1) RYLA – sent 6 students to camp; 2) wheelchair drive – chairs for 9 children, 3) CSA toy drive – gifts for 19 children, 4) (virtual) Crab Feed donations - $15,150 to distribute to local nonprofits, 5) Polio Plus Drive - $2,046/$6,128 with matching funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 6) Rotary International Foundation - $9,000 and counting, 7) scholarships – 7 students for a total of $7,500, 8) growing the Endowment, 9) Enterprise Leadership Conference – sent 4 student to participate in this leadership development program, 10) community service events – at least 9 and counting, 11) breakfast for those in need at Hope’s Corner - $1,000. A 12th accomplishment was added – “Taylor’s Trailer” at United Methodist.
Twana thanked everyone and noted that “We are a mighty Club for our size!”
Club Assembly:
Election of Officers for 2016-17:
President: Jerylann Mateo
President-Elect: Scott Johnson
Treasurer: Sheila Hodgkinson
Secretary: Paul Reinhart
Co-Secretary: Bruce Barsi
Foundation: Monique Kane
Membership: Sanjay Dave
Club Service: Tori Atwell and Helen Meeks
Community Service: Jim Cunningham and Dave Cole
Youth Service: Heather Stenshamn
Vocational Service: Dick Lubman
International Chair: Bert Raphael
Club Trainers: Judy Hannemann and Tom Myers
Alan called for approval of the slate “before they change their mind.” The motion carried. Congrats to all!
New Member Talk – Helen Meeks: Helen grew up in Sunnyvale and went to elementary and high school with Tori. She moved to Oklahoma where she raised her family. Tori offered her a job and after much consideration, “I’m back!” She enjoys bicycling, the beach and her family.
Paul Reinhart gave an overview of the highlights of this year’s Enterprise Youth Leadership Conference; he and his wife participated as Rotary Team Advisors.
Anita presented this year’s community service grant awards and led an initial discussion about the possibility of changing the grant making process over the next few years so that our grants can have more impact. This issue will be taken to the Board and brought back to the Club membership for additional discussion.
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
Our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”
Our club’s call to action this year is “Being the Best We Can Be.” Thank you all for joining us today.
Greeter & Thought for the Day (4Fer): Judy Hannemann
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil led us in “God Bless America”
Introduction of Visitors: Jerylann Mateo. Our visitors included Ellen Kamei who is interested in becoming a member. Also we welcomed Imelda White, Kim Copher from Los Altos Rotary, Kathy Hall, Thida Carnes and Dennis Potter.
Foundation Cupcake Minute: Monique provided an update and also received her 2nd Paul Harris Award.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Judy Hannemann for providing dessert today. Also to Sanjay for sharing the chocolates he received from our former exchange student Valerie.
Scott: Community Service for April: Steven’s Creek Trail Cleanup on Sat., April 16 from 9 am to 12pm meeting at Whisman Park, 310 Easy Street. Sign up sheet.
Bruce: Rotating Dinner is set for Saturday, May 7th. Save the Date.
Sanjay: New Volunteer Opportunity with Hope’s Corner delivering food on Saturday mornings. We still need some more volunteers.
Twana: Sign up sheet going around for an extra community service work opportunity in April to help Hope’s Corner place a new floor. This is not part of our monthly community project but is an extra one. Sign up to help on April 22, 23 or 24th.
Twana/Walt:GolfTournament: June 10th at Shoreline. Save the date and more details to come.
Twana/Alan: Kick Out Dinner: Save the date, Friday, June 24th
Twana: Next Tuesday, April 12, at our regular time of 12:15 here at the Adobe, we will have a Club Assembly with a theme of Celebration. Please join us – there will be cake and music and lots of fellowship.
Twana Next Board Meeting Thursday: – April 21st 5:00 pm at CHAC.
Ken informed the group that our club gave out $7000 in scholarships this year.
The clip board to sign up to be Speaker Chair for a month was circulated.
District Announcements:
District Conference: We will have a table for our Club at the District Conference on Saturday night, April 30th. If you are interested in attending, please sign up. Dinner is $75. There will be a Chinese Dance show, an Interact talent show and Cliff Dockerman speaking that evening.
Personal Sharing: If you share news with us and donate, those donations go to the Endowment and are used to generate scholarships for worthy local students.
SPEAKER INTRO: Jack Wong will introduce today’s speaker, Vice Mayor of the City of Mountain View, Ken Rosenberg. He will talk on the “State of the City.
Our Speaker at our next regular meeting on Tuesday, April 12th: Club Celebration, Anita Grossman will speak about how we are spending our Crab Feed Funds, Helen Meeks will give her new Member talk and Paul Reinhart will talk about Enterprise Leadership.
Our 4-Fer Greeter for next regular meeting on April 12th is: Anita Grossman
It’s time to turn your phone back on.
Thanks Everyone! See you on April 12!
Be a Gift to Your Club, Be a Gift to the World!
Bonus Round
Photos of fruit picking last weekend at Bruce’s house
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
Our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”
Our club’s call to action this year is “Being the Best We Can Be.” Thank you all for joining us today.
Please silence your cell phones or put them on vibrate.
Pledge of Allegiance: Dick Lubman
Greeter & Thought for the Day (4Fer): Ernie Hawks – his thought was about doing things such as staying in touch today and not waiting.
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil
Introduction of Visitors: Jerylann Mateo: Mike Fishetti and Betsy McGuire visited our club.
End Polio Now Initiative: Twana: We have completed our March drive to support Polio Plus – I’m very proud to say that as a club, we have donated a total of $ 1,946 which will be matched 2 for 1 by the Gates Foundation. With the match, the amount our club will effectively be donating to End Polio Now is $6,000. Thank you, MV Rotary!
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Ernie Hawks for providing dessert today.
Twana: Sheila, Judy and I participated in the tour of the MayView Clinic. As you know, the patients from the closed RotaCare are being transitioned to the MayView Clinic. Instead of being free, it is a sliding scale clinic for payment starting at $20 per visit, but no one is turned away.
Scott: Community Service for April: Steven’s Creek Trail Cleanup on Sat., April 16 from 9 am to 12pm meeting at Whisman Park, 310 Easy Street. Sign up sheet will be coming.
Bruce: Rotating Dinner is set for Saturday, May 7th. Save the Date. Also everyone had a good time on the ski trip.
Sanjay: New Volunteer Opportunity with Hope’s Corner delivering food on Saturday mornings.
Twana: Sign up sheet going around for an extra community service work opportunity in April to help Hope’s Corner place a new floor. This is not part of our monthly community project but is an extra one. Sign up to help on April 22, 23 or 24th. I’ve asked the
Tom:Evening Social, Next Week!!: Tuesday, March 29th is our Evening Social at Tom Myer’s and Hart’s House on March 29th. Sign Up Sheet to come! $15 per person. If your birthday is in March, you get in for free. Bali Hai is the theme and grass skirts are optional.
Alan: Kick Out Dinner: Save the date, Friday, June 24th
Twana Next Board Meeting Thursday: – April 21st 5:00 pm at CHAC.
Mike Fishetti from Hope’s Corner thanked us for the $1,000 our club donated and how the meals they prepared only cost $2.62 so we provided hundreds of meals to our community. He also said homeless kids sleeping in cars have become a big problem in MV.
Phil let the club know Dennis Kobza is now home from the hospital and is recovering.
District Announcements:
Rotary U (District Assembly): Jerylann: Thursday, March 24th at the India Community Center. Club pays for your attendance at this event which includes dinner. This is an educational event. All new members, officers and committee chairs are encouraged to attend. Sign Up Sheet is being passed around. The dinner speaker will be Fred Marx, an Oscar and Emmy nominated director and writer of the film “Hoop Dreams.”
District Conference: We will have a table for our Club at the District Conference on Saturday night, April 30th. If you are interested in attending, please sign up. Dinner is $75. There will be a talent show and Cliff Dockerman speaking that evening.
Personal Sharing: If you share news with us and donate, those donations go to the Endowment and are used to generate scholarships for worthy local students.
Dick let the club know he had a great trip to Australia and to donate $38 to the President’s fund for the 38 years he has been part of Rotary.
Heather said she had a great time on the ski trip and donated $20 to the Endowment Fund.
SPEAKER INTRO: Tori introduced today’s speaker, Dr. Fabienne Slama, and the title of her talk is FabYOUlicious. She is a life coach, hypnotist and the author of a book.
Next Meeting of the Year: Evening Social at Tom and Hart’s House: Tuesday, March 29th
President Twana welcomed everyone at 12.30 pm at The Adobe Building with
reminders about our calls to action.
After the Pledge of allegiance, Sheila expressed thanks for fine weather and all the good things we have in Mountain View.
Phil in a green hat got us singing about Irish eyes.
President –Elect Jerylann welcomed Jim Spangler’s family- Rotarian father, Martin, son, Jake,and grandson, Benjamin. Also visiting the Club was Leslie Dean.
President Twana reminded us that donations during March to the “End Polio Now Initiative” will be matched 2 to 1 by the Gates Foundation. Goal is to have every Rotarian give a minimum of $30.
Monique presented Bob Williams and Steve Nichols with cupcakes in recognition of their support for the Rotary Foundation.
General Club announcements:-
Tour of the Mayview Clinic Wednesday , March 16, arranged by Dennis Potter. 4 to 5pm at 900 Miramonte Avenue, above CSAA office.
Community Service, Stevens Creek Trail cleanup. MeetApril 16, 9am at Whisman Park, 310 Easy Street. Sign up sheet will be coming.
Rotating Dinner, Saturday, May 7.
Hope’s corner still needs volunteers for delivering food on Saturday mornings.
Sign-up sheet also going around to get help to place new flooring April 22, 23 or 24.
Exact times to be determined.
Next evening social, Tuesday, March 29, a Bali Hai theme, being arranged by Tom Myers and Hart at their home. Sign-up sheet to come, $15, free for March birthdays.
Alan Goodman announced the Kick-out Dinner will be Friday, June 24, 6pm at Michael’s at Shoreline.
Next Board Meeting, Thursday, March 17 at CHAC, 5pm.
Monique to be away 2 weeks for her daughter’s wedding in Hawaii.
District Events:-
Rotary U (District Assembly), Thursday, March 24 at India Community Center, Club pays for your attendance and dinner. An educational event, all new members, officers and committee chairs should attend. See sign-up sheet.
District Conference, April 29, 30, 31, in San Ramon.
Video with District Governor Susan Valenta shown. Our Club will have a table for the Saturday dinner. Sign-up for dinner ($75) a talent show and Cliff Dockerman speaking.
SPEAKER: Jeremy Theil, Sustainability scientist.
“Now that we are out of water, what are we going to do about it.”
With a 50% deficit in water and half our food supplies depending on it, our speaker showed details of its use and possibilities for economies and supplies.
Next meeting, Tuesday, Mar 22, speaker is Fabienne Smith, subject FabYOUlicious.
President Twana welcomed all to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – “We’re More Than A Club …We’re a Family!” She reminded us that Rotary International’s Call to Action is: “Be a Gift to the World;” and, our Club’s Call to Action is “Fun Through Service.” This year's club focus is "Being the Best We can Be."
Helen led the Pledge of Allegiance. Scott shared his “Thoughts for the Day,” and he was thanked for being the Greeter and bringing the treats.
Jerylann Introduced visiting Rotarians and Guests ... Rotarians: Kim Copher. Guests: Geofe Thompson, Max Hauser, Jeremy Theil, Jan Carey, Tony Siress, Ben Dodson, Mai Ngu, and Ellen Kamei.
General Club Announcements:
Twana announced a "Flash Campaign" for Polio Plus where minimum $30 donations are being sought through March, to be matched 2:1 by the Gates Foundation. Checks can be made out to Rotary Foundation. An envelope for this will be circulated during March.
A sign-up sheet was passed around for a tour of the Mayview Clinic in Mountain View, scheduled for Wednesday, March 16th, from 4 to 5 p.m. Dennis Potter is the contact for this tour.
Scott announced the Steven's Creek Trail Cleanup for Saturday, April 16th, from 9 a.m. to Noon. A sign-up sheet will be distributed at future meetings.
The Rotating Dinner, being organized by Bruce, is set for Saturday, May 7th, 5:30 p.m.
Sanjay announced the new volunteer opportunity for Hope's Corner, delivering food on Saturday mornings. A sign-up sheet was circulated.
Twana asked for a show of hands on who would be interested in holding a luncheon meeting at the Forum, with a tour to be included. That will probably be set for the 3rd or last Tuesday in June.
Tom announced the next evening social to be on Tuesday, March 29th, at Tom's and Hart's house. Cost will be $15 per person. If your birthday is in March, you get in for free.
Rotary U (District Assembly) is set for Thursday, March 24th, at the India Community Center in Milpitas. The Club pays for your attendance, which includes dinner. A sign-up sheet was circulated.
We will have a table for our Club at the District Conference on Saturday night, April 30th. If you are interested in attending, please sign up. Dinner is $75.
Twana passed around a sheet for International Piano Competition: Sandra Wright Shen performing, on Sunday, March 20th from 7 to 9 p.m. in San Jose. General admission is $35.
Jerylann reported on the PETS training she just attending for incoming club presidents. She reported she came back with many ideas to implement during her presidential year. She is asking everyone to be involved.
SPEAKER INTRO & PRESENTATION: Twana introduced Joe Simitian, Santa Clara County Supervisor.
Joe addressed the group about trust in government and the "small behaviors" or "micro-aggressions" that seem to push people away from their government. He answered questions. After the presentation, President Twana announced that “as a token of our appreciation," we will be making a donation in your name to Rotary Polio Plus.
President Twana announced next Tuesday's speaker, March 15th, as being Jeremy Theil, a sustainability scientist. His topic will be "Now that we are out of water, what are we going to do about?" The greeter for next week is Sheila Hodgkinson. She then adjourned the meeting.
Walt Joyce thought for the day- political quotes from history-
No songmaster-no song, visiting Rotarian John Adams from San Juan Bautista club, & Dennis Potter from Los Altos,
Monique Kane reported almost 100% participation in Rotary foundation for this year- if you haven't given, please do so ASAP.
Ski trip on for 3/17-- if you want to participate, contact Bruce Barsi,
Sign up went around for tour of the Mayview clinic- contact Twana if interested,
Scott Johnson announced Stevens Creek trail cleanup for Sat April 16, see Scott to sign up—
Sanjay started a food delivery signup sheet for March, Hope corner breakfast for homeless, see Sanjay to sign up, 6am one Saturday morning, need van-
March 29 will be final Tues PM social at Tom Myer's & Harts condo clubhouse, signup to follow,
Board meet 3/17 5pm at Chac, District assembly 3/24, see Twana,
District conference April 29/30-May 1, Sat dinner is $75-
New member Helen Meeks inducted, she is a long time friend of Tori Atwell, both realtors at Alain Pinel.
Speaker for the day Cammie Brodie of PNC bank. She is a mortgage lender, and described the new landscape of lending since the 2008 financial meltdown and mortgage crisis. In short, normal
loans at very low rates can be made to super qualified buyers only, and consist of max amounts of $620,000. Jumbo loans to a high limit can be made at higher rates for local multimillion $ home sales. All borrowers have to meet strict standards, which leaves many potential buyers out. Banks are making record profits-- system is working, however, restraints may be a bit too strenuous. Many local home sales are to foreign buyers for all cash or nearly so. Market is being skewed upwards by this activity. Future outlook is unknown, probably continued tight home mortgage credit. Rates to remain fairly low.
Our President Twana Karney opened the meeting by ringing the bell and greeting everyone.
Roger Kao was the greeter at the door today.
Ernie Hawks led us in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
Phil Armi led us in a rendition of “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” after he was given a “sweetheart” balloon by President Twana.
President Elect Jerylann Mateo was not present due to her husband being in the hospital.
President Twana introduced two visitors from Los Altos: Jack Kelley and Dennis Potter.
Helen was introduced and she will be inducted as a member on March 1st.
General Announcements:
Thanks to Roger Kao for providing the little custards today, from the Hong Kong bakery in Mountain View.
Ski Trip: We were reminded of the March 17 - 20 dates for the trip to Tahoe.
Crab Feed: Past Chairman Alan Goodman announced that all except 7 members have made their cash contributions.
Evening Social: Our next social will be on Tuesday, February 23rd, 6 PM at Paul and Susan’s house. Our noon meeting that day will be dark.
Board Meeting: The next club board meeting will be Thursday, February 18, 5 PM at CHAC. Jim Spangler will speak on the Endowment Fund.
District Announcements:
The Silicon Valley Peninsula Rotaract Club that we sponsor for Area 9 is looking for a liaison to work with Bill Doyle from the University Palo Alto Club. If you are interested in working with this active group of young adults, please contact Twana.
The Wheelchair Trip to Monterey is happening for sure March 30-April 3. Still room.
Rotary U (District Assembly): Thursday, March 24th at the India Community Center. Club pays for your attendance at this event which includes dinner. This is an educational event. All new members, officers and committee chairs are encouraged to attend. This is an afternoon and evening event.
District Conference: We will have a table for our Club at the District Conference on Saturday night, April 30th. If you are interested in attending, please sign up. Dinner is $75. There will be a talent show an Cliff Dockerman speaking that evening.
Speaker:
Today Sanjay Dave and Judy Hannemann presented our annual Speech Contest. They have been coaching and encouraging a student club of those giving speeches from the Mountain View and Los Altos High Schools. Today three of the students were competing in the contest to select the best two to go on to the District Contest. A number of club members assisted as judges, timekeeper, etc.
The club members and several guests heard from the three contestants. We were amazed at the quality of the presentations. This made it hard to select a winner.
The winners were: Third was David Xiong, second was Bennett Rosenberg, and first place was Ms. Leah Lam.
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Next meeting: February 16th, Scott Johnson will provide a panel to discuss “Senior Care - Trends and Options”. The panel will provide three senior care professionals.
The 4fer Greeter for next meeting is Monique Kane.
Speech contest participants: Left to right: Bennett Rosenberg, David Xiong, Leah Lam, Rotarian Judy Hannemann
The meeting got off to its start with President Twana Karney calling on all of us to the Rotary International Theme for 2015-2016:
BE A GIFT TO THE WORLD!
Paul Reinhart led us in the pledge to the Flag and Twana filled in for John Akkaya in reading his thoughts for the day. Phil Armi “Our Song Master Supreme” led us in “Somewhere over the Rainbow” with his respects to Judy
Garland.
Visiting Rotarians today were: Narendra Rao from Mumbai and our “Los Altos member in Residence”: Dennis Potter.
Guests today were: Subraya Mallya, guest of Narendra Rao;
George Carpenter, guest of Dick Lubman;
Helen Meeks was visiting us again today.
Evonne Morantes; (Communications Director) was a guest of our speaker.
Brenda Taussig: (Government and Community Relations) El Camino Hospital
President Twana had a drawing for the President’s Club Members for her home produced KARNEY BEE HONEY. Alan Goodman was the lucky person to have his name drawn.
ROTACARE CHANGES: Barbara Avery, Director of Community Benefits, from El Camino Hospital gave a short presentation on the changing demographics that are impacting the patient base at the RotaCare Clinics here and around the Bay. The Affordable Care Act has given more people access to their own doctors and also the cost of living has forced people to leave the area. She and El Camino Hospital are very appreciative of all the efforts that members of our club have done over many years in supporting the RotaCare Clinic.
Patients are being directed to a more comprehensive clinic located in Mountain View in the AAA Building: The MayView Community Health Center. For more information Google: mayview.org. Barbara stated that there is still a need for volunteers at this facility.
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS:
There will be an Endowment Board meeting at 11:45am prior to next Tuesday’s meeting.
Scott Johnson has graciously agreed to be our Club President for the 2017-2018 Rotary year. “Congratulations” to Scott from all of us.
The Ski Trip is on for March 17-20.
Alan Goodman made comments concerning the payments that are due for the “Crab Feed.” Something about the fact that if you don’t call him, he “will” call you.
The Speech Contest will be held at the February 9 meeting. From past experience, members will be most impressed with the quality of the presentations.
Next Board Meeting; Thursday, February 18 at 5:00pm CHAC.
February Evening Social: Tuesday, February 23 at Paul and Susan Reinhart’s home.
Today’s Program: 23 and Me
Ken Schwaderer introduced today’s speaker, Catherine Afrarian, Director of Public Relations at 23 and Me
The company’s name comes from the fact that there are 23 human chromosomes. The Human Genome Project was completed in 2003.
The sequencing of the human genome holds benefits for many fields, from molecular medicine to human evolution. The Human Genome Project, through its sequencing of DNA, can help us understand diseases including: genotyping of specific viruses to direct appropriate treatment; identification of mutations linked to different forms of cancer; the design of medication and more accurate prediction of their effects and other benefits.
The National Institute of Health was the largest funder of this research.
Understanding your own genetic information can help you to make better health decisions.
23 and Me offers:
Carrier Status reports to find out if you are the carrier of an inherited condition.
Ancestry Reports which can tell you about your family history.
Wellness Reports that can help you make more informed decisions about your diet and exercise.
Traits Reports which explore what makes you unique from food preferences to physical features.
Thank you, Catherine, for a very interesting and informative presentation.
NEXT WEEK’S PROGRAM, FEBRUARY 2: HOPE’S CORNER
Leslie Carmichael will be telling us about the great work her organization is doing in Mountain View to help feed those in need.
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Jerylann Mateo shared some New Year motivation quotes!
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil: Oh What a Beautiful Morning
Introduction of Visitors: Steve Ross, Assistant District Governor & Dennis Potter from the Los Altos club were visitors today.
Foundation Cupcake Minute: Heather Stenshamn was presented with a Paul Harris Certificate & Pin.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Jerylann Mateo for providing dessert today.
Speech Contest on February 9th: looking for mentors and judges, please let Sanjay or Judy know if you can help.
Ski Trip – March 17 – 21: Bruce Barsi, there are 13 people signed up so far
Crab Feed: Alan Goodman: Checks payable to Mountain View Rotary Charities, please give your check to Jim Spangler by end of this month.
Alan’s band LB Blisters will be playing at Maltby’s this Saturday from 8-11 pm.
Twana Next Board Meeting Thursday:– January 21st, 5:00 pm at CHAC.
Twana: We will be meeting on Tuesdays at our regular time all month – there will be no evening social.
District Announcements:
District Cabinet Meeting will take place on Wed. Feb. 3 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm at the India Community Center in Milpitas. The theme will be Community Service. Clubs are encouraged to take a table and display their projects. If you are interested in attending, please let Twana know.
The District is looking for a person to be the district wide liason with the new Rotaract Club of Silicon Valley Peninsula (SVP). If you are interested, please let Twana know. The club is off to a great start and as their first project, they put together toiletry kits for homeless youth through the Bill Wilson Center.
Wheel Chair Project and Trip: Over $116,000 has been raised by Susan Valenta and the trip is scheduled from March 30-April 3. The deadline has been extended to January 15 to sign up. Trip is $999 per person plus air fare.
We will have a table for our Club at the District Conference on Saturday night, April 30th. If you are interested in attending, please sign up next week.
Jerylann Mateo will be attending Pre-PETs this Saturday as she begins her training to become President on July 1.
Personal Sharing/Happy Bucks:
Scott Johnson joined the Presidents Club.
SPEAKER INTRO: Ken Schwaderer introduced our speaker Gisela Zebroski.
Gisela spoke of her personal experience with the 1948 Berlin Airlift.
Stalin challenged the West to a showdown between communism & democracy. Berlin set the stage. By blocking all land access routes to the city he took 2.5 million Berliners hostage – doomed to starve to death unless the West surrendered the city to the Soviets. A massive blackmail. Stalin wanted the Allies out. Truman vowed not to surrender what American men fought & died for. Over the following 11 months, the Allies airlifted 4.6 billion pounds of food and coal to Berlin sparing them from Soviet occupation. The candy bomber treated the starving kids to sweets, his kindness got media attention and set off a wave of empathy throughout the US. Donations poured in and treats falling from the sky in little parachutes brought hope to the statrving children. Soon former enemies became friends and allies in the defense of liberty. The blockade was lifted. They celebrate freedom!
Gisela shared two books that she has written: “The Baroness” & “Mephisto Waltz”.
Next Meeting of the Year: Tuesday, January 19th
Speaker on Tuesday, January 19h is Tim Dec - Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL)
Our 4-Fer Greeter for next meeting on January 19 is:. Bill Maston.
President Twana opened the meeting with the usual greeting:
Good afternoon and welcome to the Rotary club of Mountain View where:
We're more than a club... we are a family!
Our international call to action for 2015–2016 is to "Be a Gift to the World"
Greeter and thought for the day: Stephen Nichols
Song of the day: Phil Armi not present, no song :(
Introduction of visitors: Jerylann Mateo
General club announcements:
Tom Myers announced the last day for a CSA toy drive. He requested gifts and cash for seniors be delivered to CSA by 12/23/15.
Twana recapped the holiday party. It was a great event enjoyed by all!
Ski trip–March 17-20 arranged by Bruce Barsi
Crab feed–Alan Goodman again announced there will be no crab feed this year. Please make out checks to Mountain View Rotary Charities in the amount you committed. Please get checks to Jim Spangler by the end of January.
Next a board meeting Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 5 PM at CHAC.
We will be dark on Tuesday, December 22 and 29.
Wheelchair Distribution Project scheduled March 30–April 3 to Monterey in Mexico. All Rotarians welcome.
Round of applause for Jose, our caterer.
Sanjay Dave will host a holiday party on Sunday, December 20, 3–6pm, at 435 Kentmere Court, Mountain View. Rotarians are welcome.
Happy birthday to Ken, he finally turned 40.
Jim Spangler introduced our speaker, Russell Hancock, president and CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley. Established in 1993, this organization brings together area leaders including university presidents, mayors and CEOs in order to spotlight issues and provide innovative solutions. He defined the Silicon Valley as the entire Bay Area. He mentioned the Silicon Valley Index, a publication about the health of our community and the strength of our economy. He said our local economy is as strong as ever, the best in the world. We are seeing the biggest boom ever with record breaking innovations, an increase in the number of jobs, patents and IPOs. Our growth is driving other areas such as construction and education. He did not feel this is a bubble about to burst like the 2000 dot-com collapse. The Silicon Valley led us out of the 2008 financial crisis by being the first to create jobs. The economy is poised to move into new areas: cybersecurity, encryption, data mining and the internet of things. The economy is only going to get hotter. However, there are issues we must tackle. Income inequality stands to gut the middle-class. Wealth is ending up in the hands of engineers, scientists and CEOs. Technology has eliminated support positions. In some respects we are one of the most impoverished regions based on the redistribution of wealth away from blue collar jobs. There is an increase in restlessness and tension in the life of our community for which we have no solution yet. Housing is limited and very expensive. There is a lack of land on which to build; we need to build taller buildings for housing. Finally, transportation infrastructure is not going to grow. Our current transportation system was completed in the 1960s–1970s; it is getting harder to get around. But there is a ray of hope through technology. Drones, self driving cars and more efficient use of roads are examples. Encouraging the use of bicycles may help but the current bicycle network is fragmented.
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
Our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”
Our club’s call to action is “Fun Through Service. This year’s club focus is “Being the Best We Can Be.”
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Bert Raphael
In honor of Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday known as the Festival of Lights, Bert read some old Jewish proverbs, concluding with:
“Do not approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any direction!”
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil led “Jingle Bells,” although the words got away from us for a bit!
Introduction of Visitors: Jerylann Mateo
We had three visitors and potential future members: Mandy Andrei, a financial advisor, for her second visit; Frank Reyes, a computer scientist and tutor, who is a past Rotarian; and Lamyle Porter.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Bert Raphael’s wife Anne for providing dessert today—home made Hanukkah cookies.
Community Service: Scott Johnson reminded us of the CSA Toy Drive. Next week will be the last opportunity for us to bring in toys, puzzles, games, etc., to donate through CSA.
Ski Trip: Bruce and Susannah Barsi will again host us at their Tahoe cabin from March 17 to 21. Sign-ups needed for planning purposes. You don’t have to ski to enjoy the fun weekend!
Holiday Party: Jerylann reminded us to mark our calendars! The holiday party is set for THIS Friday, December 11 at Don Giovanni’s here in Mountain View, at 6:30 pm. This is a mandatory event—you will pay, so you may as well come. About 50 people are already signed up. Optional gift exchange: Wrapped gifts in the $20-$25 range, but not wine or gift certificates.
Twana: Next Board Meetings will be a brief meeting before next week’s (Dec. 15) regular meeting at the Adobe (come at noon), and Thursday, January 21st, 5:00 pm at CHAC. No other board meeting in December.
Twana: Reminder that we will be dark on Tuesdays, December 22 and 29 in observance of the holidays.
Crab Feed Update:Alan confirmed that, since there is no locally-caught edible crab this year, our annual Crab Feed has been canceled. Since this has been our primary fund raiser, we are asking members to simply make voluntary, tax-deductible donations to the “Mountain View Rotary Charities” account (an arm of the Mountain View Rotary Endowment Fund, a 501(c)3 organization). These are the funds we need for charitable purposes in our local community—please be generous! Checks should be given to Jim Spangler. Donations made by next week should be deductible in your 2015 tax returns.
Foundation Announcement: We are trying to maintain our donation record of “every Rotarian, every year”. This is the main source of funding for Rotary’s international projects. Checks in any amount, even if just $10 or $20, made out to “The Rotary Foundation”, should be given to Monique or Twana by next week if you want a tax deduction this year. (Give $100 per year to be a “Sustaining Member” of The Rotary Foundation, $200 to be a “Double Sustainer”, $500 for a “Super Sustainer”, or a cumulative $1,000 for each Paul Harris Fellowship.)
Special Presentation:Dennis Kobza was presented with a plaque announcing his participation in Rotary, to be displayed at his place of business. The Board will provide plaques to any other Rotarians who have public facilities where they might like to display them.
District Announcements:
Wheelchair Donation Trip: District Governor Susan Valenta invites you to join her in Monterrey, Mexico, March 30-April 3, 2016 for the culmination of the Governor’s Wheelchair Project. Since July 2015, clubs in District 5170 have donated over $100,000 to purchase wheelchairs for those in need. This trip will provide an opportunity to meet those who will directly benefit from the generosity of the clubs in Rotary District 5170. The five-day trip costs $999 plus airfare. Such trips are incredible opportunities to experience Rotary’s impact on the world. For a complete timeline, pricing and information on how to reserve your space, please download a brochure from this link - https://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/00000050083/en-ca/files/homepage/wheelchair-distribution-in-monterrey-mexico/Monterrey-MX-trip.pdf
Many members of our club have participated in similar trips in the past and often describe them as life-changing experiences.
Youth Service Project Faire:Heather recapped the Dec. 2 Faire at the District Cabinet meeting. Rotaract and Interact members played major roles.
RI President Ravi Ravindran will be speaking at the Double Tree Hotel in San Jose on January 3rd. It is a very special dinner event that will feature the current RI president and three past RI presidents, including MAT Caparas, Cliff Dochterman and Rick King. Sign up through Brittany at the District.
After coming to California in 1999, Commander Kirtland worked in nursing positions at Stanford, El Camino and Good Samaritan Hospitals. She was trained as a military trauma nurse at Camp Pendleton in California and at Fort Dix in New Jersey. She has been highly decorated by both the Navy and the Marines. In 2012 she was deployed to the hospital affiliated with Kandahar military base and airport in Afghanistan. Her graphic description of life on a military trauma team in the midst of action in Afghanistan was riveting.
President’s Greeting by Twana: Good Afternoon & 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 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”. Our club’s call to action is “Fun Through Service" This year’s club focus is “Being the Best We Can Be.” Thank you all for joining us today.
Pledge of Allegiance: by Frank
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Paul shared some Thanksgiving and Ben Franklin quotes
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil led us in “Everything’s Going My Way”
Introduction of Visitors: Jerylann led the welcome of visitors to our club: Dennis, Pablo from Argentina, and Helen who will be becoming a new member soon!
General Club Announcements:
· Thanks to Paul for providing dessert today: homemade cookies (BTW - he baked them himself)
· Community Service: Scott In December, the club will assist CSA with their holiday PJ and game drive. 4 bags of PJ’s and games were collected today.
· Community Service: Bruce announced that the Cops and Gobblers event had 250 people who filled 375 food baskets which were then delivered in the community.
· Winter Social and Snow gathering is once again hosted by Bruce is March 17-20 at Tahoe. A sign-up will be available for the next few weeks.
· Holiday Party: Jerylann shared the holiday party is set for Friday, December 11 at Don Giovanni’s in Mountain View. Please RSVP as soon as you can. We will include a gift exchange of $20-25 and it was requested no gift cards or wine.
· Board Meeting is Thursday, January 21, at 5:00 pm at CHAC. No December Board Meeting – Twana’s gift to the Board.
Foundation Cupcake Minute: Monique acknowledged Heather’s contribution to the Foundation. Also District Governor Susan Valenta was on hand to recognize Jim Cochran and Jack Wong who each donated $1000.
Crab Feed Update: Twana announced the Crab Feed will be canceled due to the lack of confidence in having healthy crab available. The Board voted to cancel at the last Board meeting.
Stanford / Cal Big Game Update: Cal beat the 15 point spread toughly negotiated by Ken. As a result Jim S. donated $50 to the Endowment fund.
Miscellaneous: Sanjay was traveling when the horrific events happened in Paris. He said security became tight at airports. He also said he was in contact with our past exchange student Valerie and she is ok. With his update, he said he would donate $100. Twana donated $20 with her announcement that hubby Bruce held a new born baby for the first time.
District Announcements:
· District GovernorSusan Valenta informed the group that the district raised $15,000 for wheel chairs to go to Mexico. Rotarians from the district are welcome to come to Mexico when they are delivered March 30 – April 3.
· Youth Service Project Faire: Dec. 2, 4:30-6:00 pm, Interact leads District Cabinet meeting—6:30-8:00pm. India Community Ctr. 525 Los Coches St. Milpitas. Sign Up Sheet going around.
· RI President Ravi Ravindran will be speaking at the Double Tree Hotel in San Jose on January 3rd. It is a very special dinner event that will feature the current RI president and three past RI presidents, including MAT Caparas, Cliff Dochterman and Rick King.
SPEAKER INTRO: Jim S. introduced speaker Matt Ackerman of Kranz and Associated who spoke about the new SEC Regulation A which allows new fund raising options for businesses.
Next Meeting is Tuesday, December 8th. Our 4-Fer Greeter for next meeting on Dec. 1 is Bert Raphael.
President’s Greeting by Twana: Good Afternoon & 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 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”. Our club’s call to action is “Fun Through Service" This year’s club focus is “Being the Best We Can Be.” Thank you all for joining us today.
Pledge of Allegiance: by Stephen
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Heather shared a story about thankfulness including “hope”
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil led us in “God Bless America”
Introduction of Visitors: Jerylann gave the floor to Tori who introduced one guest.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Heather for providing dessert today: homemade brownies and fruit salad.
Community Service: Scott shared last week was a special day assisting with refreshments at the Veteran Day Ceremony on November 11. November activity is Cops and Gobbler, see below. In December, the club will assist CSA, date and time details coming soon.
Community Service: Bruce announced great weather forecasted for Cops and Gobblers this Sunday, Nov. 22 at MV Police Station at 9am. Wear your layers as basket filling will be outdoors. Gently used stuffed animals are requested to bring with.
Winter Social and Snow gathering is once again hosted by Bruce is March 17-20 at Tahoe. A sign-up will be available for the next few weeks.
Holiday Party: Jerylann shared the holiday party is set for Friday, December 11 at Don Giovanni’s in Mountain View. Please RSVP as soon as you can. We will include a gift exchange of $20-25 and it was requested no gift cards or wine.
Board Meeting is Thursday, November 19, 5:00 pm at CHAC.
There will be no meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 24th, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving Holiday.
Foundation Cupcake Minute: Twana shared November is foundation month and strongly encourages all members to give for the club to reach 100% participation.
Crab Feed Update: Alan shared our annual fundraiser is being reviewed due to the health of local crabs. He requested member’s ideas and thoughts to allow the Board to review this week.
District Announcements:
Youth Service Project Faire: Dec. 2, 4:30-6:00 pm, Interact leads District Cabinet meeting—6:30-8:00pm. India Community Ctr. 525 Los Coches St. Milpitas. Sign Up Sheet going around.
RI President Ravi Ravindran will be speaking at the Double Tree Hotel in San Jose on January 3rd. It is a very special dinner event that will feature the current RI president and three past RI presidents, including MAT Caparas, Cliff Dochterman and Rick King.
Personal Sharing/Happy Bucks: The Cal - Stanford football crew agreed to a 15 point spread. Twana presented plaques to 5 members who were interested in posting at their place of work.
SPEAKER INTRO: Dick introduced speaker Jack Wong who spoke about the Stock Market and the Outlook for 2016. Jack quizzed us about the stock prices 7 to 10 years ago (Apple & Disney) and S&P increase since January of this year (which is flat). Jack shared his prediction of areas that will be strong in 2016 and does not foresee the feds will increase interest rates next month. He reminded us about the new social security provision to end the right to claim the spousal benefit that was part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. Stay diversified as interest rate increase and slowing economy could affect your portfolio.
Next Meeting is Tuesday, December 1st. Our 4-Fer Greeter for next meeting on Dec. 1 is Paul Reinhart.
Be a Gift to Your Club, Be a Gift to the World! Happy Thanksgiving!
Ernie at his 90th Birthday party. Happy Birthday Ernie!
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
Our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”
Our club’s call to action is “Fun Through Service". This year’s club focus is “Being the Best We Can Be.” Thank you all for joining us today.
Pledge of Allegiance:Dennis Kobza
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Ken Schwaderer: “All you need is love.”
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil: “If you’re happy with Rotary, Clap your hands”.
Introduction of Visitors: Jerylann Mateo
Three visitors attended today’s meeting. Welcome back to Hal Taylor.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Ken Schwaderer for providing dessert today.
Community Service: Scott Johnson – The Mountain View Veteran’s Day Celebration on Nov. 11 starts at 10 AM. Ten MV Rotarians have volunteered their time. This year armed forces will be represented including a 2 star General.
Community Service:Bruce Barsi – Cops and Gobblers is on Sunday Nov. 22 at the Police Station begins at 9AM. The goal is to distribute 375 baskets of food. Please bring anyone who wants to help us in this project.
Asante: Thanks to Judy Hannemann for organizing our involvement in Asante. The event was on November 5th at the Elk’s Club in Sunnyvale. It was a successful event supporting RotaCare with many MV Rotarians attending.
Our next Evening Social: None this month, No meeting on Tuesday November 24.
Holiday Party: Jerylann. Mark your calendars! The holiday party is set for Friday, December 11; 6:30 PM at Don Giovanni’s here in Mountain View.
Twana Next Board Meeting Thursday: – November 19, 5:00 pm at CHAC.
Twana: There will be no meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 24th because of the Thanksgiving Holiday.
Foundation Cupcake Minute: Monique: This month is foundation month. The Rotary foundation has moved up 35 positions to 85th on the Chronicle of Philanthropic Panel in the US. They received a 4 star rating and 92% of all donated monies go to the cause.
Today Monique recognized three Rotarian contributors with foundation cupcakes.
Other Club Announcements:
In mid March 2016 there is an opportunity to travel to Mexico with the District Governor to distribute donated wheel chairs for those in need.
District Announcements:
Ending Polio is now within our sights. Africa has been polio free for over a year and we have only two countries left where polio is being eradicated. Donations are needed. The Gates Foundation has offered a two for 1 matching donation so that, for example, if you donate $100 through the RI website, it will mean $300 goes toward ending polio. Check out the RI website.
Youth Service Project Faire: Dec. 2, 4:30-6:00 pm, Interact leads District Cabinet meeting—6:30-8:00pm. India Community Ctr. 525 Los Coches St. Milpitas. Sign Up Sheet going around.
The District Conference on April 29 – May 1 is looking for sponsorships.
Personal Sharing/Happy Bucks: If you share news with us and donate, those donations go to the Endowment and are used to generate scholarships for worthy local students.
Short Speaker Introduction by President Twana Karney: Elena Pacheco shared her experiences with Rotoplast and Interplast in Latin America over the past 10 years. She has annually traveled and volunteered with missions to many different countries during this time.
SPEAKER INTRO: Dick Lubman introduced speaker John McAllister, Mayor of Mountain View,
The Honorable John McAlister presented a very informative 65 year history on the progress and changes in the city.
John grew up in Mountain View. He is a Los Altos Rotarian and a professional CPA. He was elected to the MV City Council in 2012. He has personally been part of many of these changes. And since he has been Mayor, he has realized that Mountain View is a premier respected city both state wide and nationally.
Since 1950, Mountain View has experienced steady growth with foresight by our city leaders. In 1950, Mountain View was an orchard community with El Camino Real as the main road to San Francisco Airport and a population of 6,563. In 1960, Lockheed came to town, El Camino Hospital and Mayfield Mall were built and the population grew to 30,000.
In 1970, North Bayshore was developed and a company Arrow Development, a designer of Disney Land rides, added more jobs. Our past President and District Governor Walter Schultz was a principal executive in Arrow Development. In addition Old Mill Mall and the 12 story 400 Castro Street building were raised. The population was 51,000. During the 80’s, The new City Hall was constructed, the down town renovation project unveiled and Shoreline Amphitheater was opened. In 1990, we experienced the tech boom and the light rail was completed. The population was 67,000.
In 2000, Mountain View became the center of high tech as Google moved into North Bayshore including taking over the ALZA and SGI properties. In 2010 a general plan public conference which included MV Rotarians as business representatives, proposed policy on housing, transportation and environmental sustainability. The population was 78,000.
Mayor McAllister challenged us as citizens and small business leaders to become and stay involved in the evolving plan for growth and development. Among the issues are protecting small business, minimum wage, transportation including BART, property costs use planning. A quiet voice goes unheard.
Thank you to Mayor John McAllister for a most informative and motivating presentation.
Respectfully submitted,
KNS
Next Meeting: Tuesday, November 17th.
Speaker on Tuesday, Nov. 17th. Dick Lubman will introduce Jenny-Rebecca Saccardowith the Silicon Valley YMCA in Mountain View
Our 4-Fer Greeter for next meeting on Nov 17 is Heather Stenshamn
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
Our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”
Our club’s call to action is “Fun Through Service". This year’s club focus is “Being the Best We Can Be.” Thank you all for joining us today.
Pledge of Allegiance: Judy Hannemann
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Jim Spangler- “Next in Line”
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil- “Oh what a Beautiful Morning”
Introduction of Visitors: Jerylann Mateo
#1) Sanjay’s mother, Rama- Her birthday- All sang Happy Birthday
#2) Dennis Potter from the Los Altos Club
#3) Cynthia Newman – spoke to encourage volunteering for the Veteran’s Memorial unveiling
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Jim Spangler for providing dessert today.
Community Service: Scott Johnson – Hope’s Corner Recap
Veteran’ Day Volunteering, Nov. 11
Community Service: Scott Johnson or Bruce Barsi – Cops and Gobblers, Nov. 22 at the Police Station
Asante: Judy Hannemann - November 5th from 5:30-8PM at the Elks Club in Sunnyvale. Proceeds support the MV RotaCare Clinic. It’s a great cause and a very fun event. Tickets are $55–
Our next Evening Social: RECAP Bruce Barsi -, at Fred and Debbie Storek’s home in Sunnyvale.
Holiday Party: Jerylann. Mark your calendars! The holiday party is set for Friday, December 11 at Don Giovanni’s here in Mountain View.
Twana Next Board Meeting Thursday: – November 19, 5:00 pm at CHAC.
Twana: There will be no meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 24th because of the Thanksgiving Holiday.
District Announcements:
Ending Polio is now within our sights. Africa has been polio free for over a year and we have only two countries left (Pakistan and Afghanistan) where polio is being eradicated. Donations are needed. The Gates Foundation has offered a two for 1 matching donation so that, for example, if you donate $100 through the RI website, it will mean $300 goes toward ending polio. Check out the RI website.
Youth Service Project Faire: Dec. 2, 4:30-6:00 pm, Interact leads District Cabinet meeting—6:30-8:00pm. India Community Ctr. 525 Los Coches St. Milpitas. Sign Up Sheet going around.
The District Conference on April 29 – May 1 is looking for sponsorships.
SPEAKER INTRO: Dick Lubman to introduce speaker Shanna Atherton, City of Mountain View, Environmental Specialist to talk about Shoreline.
Shanna gave an in-depth History of the Shoreline area beginning with the Ohlone Indian’s who first inhabited and used the area which transitioned under the Spanish Mission influence beginning in 1776 and then ownership was handled by treaties, land grants and subdivisions up until major flooding occurred in 1955 in the Mountain View area. Prior to the purchase by the City of Mountain View the 750 acres of land was owned by the Rengstorff family, a Germany emigrant who established a shipping port for various South Bay materials. The City purchased the sight with the primary purpose of flood control for the local area, needing to raise the land twenty feet to protect the area. From 1970 to 1983 this first every “sanitary” landfill was used under a contract with the City and County of San Francisco for landfill using a unique (at the time) process of layering garbage and clay (bay mud) caps over the top to prevent leakage of toxic materials and gasses. Once closed in 1983 the City moved to transform the area into more a more public useable area striving to keep the impact to a minimum. This area is a jewel for our community with miles of trails and open space.
Next Meeting: Tuesday, November 10th.
Speaker on Tuesday, Nov. 10th is John McAllister, Mayor of Mountain View.
Our 4-Fer Greeter for next meeting on Nov 10 is Ken Schwaderer
Mountain View Rotary Meeting - Tuesday October 20, 2015
Minutes by Fred
President Twana Hancock’s Greeting:
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
Our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”
Our club’s call to action is “Fun Through Service" This year’s club focus is “Being the Best We Can Be.” Thank you all for joining us today.
Fred provided the thought for the day
Song master Phil led us in "America the Beautiful"
President Twana thanked Fred for providing dessert for the meeting.
General Announcements:
Scott informed the group that the next Community Service Project will be at Hope’s Corner on October 24. There will be 2 shifts 7:30 – 9 and 9 to 10:30
Judy mentioned that Asante will be on November 5 at the Elks Club in Sunnyvale.
We were reminded that the Cops and Cobblers will be on November 22 at the MV Police Station.
Next Board meeting maybe either on October 22.
Holiday Party will be on December 11 at 6:30 at Don Giovanni’s said Jerylann. The Madrigals will be part of the festivities.
Brodie gave his Red Badge talk. He grew up in Maui and is now a web developer after a few interesting changes in careers including financial services.
District Announcements:
RYLA: We need to reserve for the number of students we want to send to Leadership Camp this summer. Heather is coordinating.
Youth Service Project Faire on December 2 from 4:30 to 6 pm in Milpitas. Signup sheet was sent around. This will be followed by the District Cabinet meeting from 6:30 to 8.
Speaker: Judy introduced Jeff Harding, Superintendent of the MVLA High School District.
Next meeting will be an evening social on October 27at Fred & Debbie Storek’s house.
Our next speaker on November 3 will be Shanna Atherton from the city of Mountain View and the 4-fer will be Jim Spangler.
Alan will be playing at Maltbys in Los Altos on Saturday.
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
Our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”
Our club’s call to action is “Fun Through Service" This year’s club focus is “Being the Best We Can Be.” Thank you all for joining us today.
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Nasim Farya
Song of the Day: Song master Phil
Introduction of Visitors: Jerylann Mateo
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Nasim Farya for providing dessert today.
Community Service: Scott Johnson – Hope’s Corner, Oct. 24th, two shifts. 7:30 to 9 and 9 to 10:30.
Asante November 5th at the Elks Club in Sunnyvale. Proceeds support the MV RotaCare Clinic. It’s a great cause and a very fun event. Tickets – Judy Hannemann
Community Service: Scott/Bruce – Cops and Gobblers, Sun. Nov. 22 at Police Station, 1000 Villa
Next Board Meeting Thursday, October 22, 5:00 pm at CSA. NOTE: Change of location for this meeting only.
Our next Evening Social: Bruce - will be Tuesday October 27th, at Fred and Debbie Storek’s home. ( include next week) It will cost $15 per person who attends. Remember, if your birthday is this month, you get into the social for free!
Holiday Party: Jerylann. Mark your calendars! The holiday party is set for Friday, December 11 at Don Giovanni’s here in Mountain View. As you know, John Akkaya who runs Don Giovanni’s is a member of our Rotary club.
New Member Talk: Naseem Farya
Other Club Announcements:
Many Rotarians have asked about the best way to help with the Butte and Valley fires. District Governor Susan Valenta has put out a letter with recommendations of organizations inside and outside of Rotary who will help, on clipboard.
Chamber Mixer – Wed. Oct. 14 from 5 – 7, Allure Salon, 888 Villa Street. See Clipboard.
District Announcements:
RYLA: A new schedule is out for us to follow. We need to reserve for the number of students we want to send to the Leadership Camp this summer. If you’d like to be involved in RYLA, contact Heather as our Youth Services Director. See the District Clipboard.
Rotary Means Business – Wed. Morning Oct 21 at 7 am, Featuring Speaker Steve Emslie “Working with Local Government: Effective Business Strategies.” Channing House, PA
Youth Service Project Faire: Dec. 2, 4:30-6:00 pm, Interact leads District Cabinet meeting—6:30-8:00pm. India Community Ctr. 525 Los Coches St. Milpitas. Sign Up Sheet going around.
The District Conference on April 29 – May 1 is looking for sponsorships
Personal Sharing/Happy Bucks: If you share news with us and donate, those donations go to the Endowment and are used to generate scholarships for worthy local students.
SPEAKER – ROTACARE: Barbara Avery, El Camino Hospital, VP Community Relations spoke briefly of why and for whom RotaCare was created. Also she informed of the services that they provide.
SPEAKER INTRO: Judy Hannemann to introduce speaker Ayinde Rudolph, Superintendent of the Mountain View Whisman School District.
`Dr. Rudolph is an education consultant and former associate director of school transformation for the Buffalo Promise Neighborhood. Its mission is to eliminate the achievement gab through a “cradle to college” community schools approach that utilizes coordinating all of community’s resources around each child.
Dr. Rudolph briefly walked us through the history of how classrooms were formed after the Industrial Revolution in the UK. He thought that it was time that we change the way education is being taught at our schools. He wants to revolutionize the education system with technology. Make it more personalized to each child’s capabilities.
Next Meeting: Tuesday, October 20.
Speaker on Tuesday, October 20th is Jeff Harding, new Superintendent of the Mountain View Los Altos High School District.
Our 4-Fer Greeter for next week, October 20 is Fred Storek.
Mountain View Rotary Meeting - Tuesday October 16, 2015
Minutes by Bob Williams
Bob Williams thought for the day; “Be Thankful"
Song master Phil led us in "America the Beautiful"
Jerylann introduced visitors:
1. Joe Vlietstra from Ontario, CA - with Northup Corp.
2. Dennis Potter - Los Altos
3. M.A.T. Caparas - former President Rotary International
Bruce reported the last social meeting was success. The next social meeting will be at 6:00 PM at Fred & Debbie's home. Theme is Halloween - costume optional.
Monique had the Foundation Cupcake moment - the following received cupcakes:
1. Jim C.
2. Scott
3. Paul
4. Dick - joined president's club too. Back from 3 week trip to Europe
5. Jim S.
6. Twana
7. Special to Matt
President Twana read a letter to club thanking it for wheel chair donations.
General Announcements:
Scott informed the group that the next Community Service Project will be at Hope’s Corner on October 24. There will be 2 shifts 7:30 – 9 and 9 to 10:30
Judy mentioned that Asante will be on November 5 at the Elks Club in Sunnyvale.
Bruce and Scott reminded us that the Cops and Cobblers will be on November 22 at the MV Police Station.
Next Board meeting maybe either on October 15 or 22. More to come.
Holiday Party will be on December 11 at Don Giovanni’s said Jerylann.
District Announcements:
Interact Fall Leadership Conference October 11 from 8:30 to 3:30 pm at the Independence High School in San Jose
Youth Service Project Faire – Signup sheet was sent around
Speaker: Judy introduced Dan Rich, City manager of Mountain View.
Quiz:
1. How many people used the library in a year = 678,030
2. Water used per day = 10.5 Million gal/day
3. Acres covered by trash = 411
4. Largest source of income = property taxes
He stated that the budget is basically good.
Mountain View Key Projects:
1. Improve Housing: 34,175 . Rental 58%. Council looking at new initiatives to increase housing.
2. Environment: Recycle water - Climate action plans - Increase number of trees - Solar panels & induction lighting - Community choice energy.
3. Transportation: Traffic is terrible Looking for ways to improve it - today too many cars with one driver - Shuttle services by the corporations - bilked lanes - Transit center.
Major city projects:
1. Shoreline athletic field to open in November - 461 acres.
2. Park on Rengstorff Ave. - has community gardens
3. Community Center - new face lift
4. Looking at the master plan.
What is going on in Mountain View = A lot.
Speaker next week will be Ayinde Rudolph Superintendent of the MV Whisman School District
President-elect Jerylann Mateo greeted and welcomed members and guests to the Rotary Club of Mountain View where, “We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!”
President Twana is out of Town.
She reminded us that our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World.” Our club’s call to action is “Fun Through Service.” This year’s club focus is “Being the Best We Can Be.”
Jack shared his thoughts for the day.
“There comes a time when you ought to start doing what you want. Take a job that you love. You will jump out of bed in the morning. I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don’t like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn’t that a little like saving up sex for your old age?”
Warren Buffet
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
Steve Jobs
Song master Phil Armi led us in singing “Oh what a Beautiful Morning”
Thanks to Jack for providing dessert today.
Jerylann introduced our guests. We had one visiting Rotarian from Argentina, Pablo Gutierrez.
Judy Hannemann introduced Patricia Vorreiter from the Sunnyvale Rotary Club.
Patricia announced the save the date “Asante will be held Nov 5th (5:30-8:00 pm),” location has changed this year, it will be held at the Elks Club of Sunnyvale. They would like to have a representative from our club, so if you are interested please let us know. They are also looking for donations for prizes. They are looking for help selling tickets and their next meeting will be 9/29 at 545 PM Sunnyvale Elks Club. The ticket price is $55 a person.
General Club Announcements:
We will have a Speaker Chair meeting next Wed, 9/30 from 6:30-7:30 at Mountain View Board Room
Foundation –Monique.Contribution has been very strong.You can now use your credit card in making donations
October Community Service Project – Scott Johnson – “Hope Corner – Serving Breakfast to Hungry People) Saturday, Oct 24, 2 shifts:7-9 am or 9-10:30 am.Trinity United Methodist Church – 748 Mercy Street, Mtn View (Corner of Hope & Mercy) Afterward, “Post Service Project Social” @ Le Boulanger, 650 Castro Street at 10:45 am.No age minimum.Kids are welcomed.Please plan on arriving 10 minutes prior to the start of your shift.
Evening Social – Our next evening social will be Tuesday, September 29th, at Past PresidentBruce’shome in Mountain View. It will be from 6 to 8 pm and will cost $15 per person. The theme is BBQ Hotdogs with all the fixings.If you are planning to attend, please sign up on the sheet going around to give us an idea of how many appetizers, wine and beer to provide. If your birthday is this month, you get in free!
District Announcement
Interact’s Fall Leadership Conference: Sunday, Oct 11 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm at Independent High School in San Jose.
President’s Club: Updated the list, many thanks, and if there is anyone that I have missed, please let Twana or Jerylann know.
SPEAKER INTRO: Judy Hannemann to introduce speakers Ruth Patrick who will be speaking on Domestic Violence.
President Twana Karney greeted and welcomed members and guests to the Rotary Club of Mountain View where, “We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!”
She reminded us that our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World” and our club’s call to action is “Fun Through Service.” This year’s club focus is “Being the Best We Can Be.”
Tori shared an amusing thought.
Songmaster Phil Armi led us in singing “Oh what a Beautiful Morning”
Jerylann introduced our guests. We had one visiting Rotarian from Argentina, Pablo Gutierrez.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Tori for providing dessert today.
Community Service – Monique spoke of the need for volunteers to help staff the CHAC Parking Lot Project at this year’s Art and Wine Festival on September 12th and 13th. They still need many more volunteers, so please see Monique to sign up for a shift.
Board Meeting – Thursday, September 17, starting at 5:00 pm at CHAC.
Evening Social – Our next evening social will be Tuesday, September 29th, at Past President Bruce’s home in Mountain View. It will be from 6 to 8 pm and will cost $15 per person. If you are planning to attend, please sign up on the sheet going around to give us an idea of how many appetizers, wine and beer to provide. If your birthday is this month, you get in free!
Sanjay announced a Phone-A-Thon on September 16 and 17 to support the MVLA school fund with a target of raising $1.6 million.
District Announcements:
Membership Workshop – The workshop was on Saturday, August 22nd, from 9:30 to 11 am in Milpitas. Twana and Tori attended.
Public Image Seminars – The first in a series of seminars on Public Image will be held on Tuesday, September 22nd, at 7pm at the Santa Clara Police Community Rooms and it is free.
Interact Presidents’ Meeting – The meeting will be on Saturday, September 5th from 10:30 am to 4:15 pm at the Quinlan Community Center in Cupertino.
Interact Fall Leadership Conference – The conference will take place on Sunday, October 11th, from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm at Independence High School in San Jose.
International Announcements:
Bert presented to Susan Valenta the funds our club raised for 9 wheelchairs for children in Mexico.
Personal Announcements:
Ernie had just returned from a trip to Peru.
Brodie was awarded the Paul Harris fellow from Bodies’ uncle who is the Rotary District Governor of Hawaii.
Foundation Announcements:
Susan Valenta, Twana and Monique acknowledged the following individuals for their contribution to the foundation: Jack, Jim Cochran (both Paul Harris fellows) Bruce, Monique, Dennis, Tom, Bert, Paul, Sheila, Hiro, Jerylann and Ernie.
SPEAKER:
Twana introduced our District Governor, Susan Valenta. Susan was the former CEO of the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce. She spoke of all the wonderful contributions being made by District 5170.
Our Next Meeting is on Tuesday, September 8th, starting at 12:15 pm, at the Adobe Building. The Speaker is Alba Alamillo, Hypnotherapist. Our 4fer next week is Kevin Chiapello.
President Twana Karney greeted and welcomed members and guests to the Rotary Club of Mountain View where, “We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!”
She reminded us that our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World” and our club’s call to action is “Fun Through Service.” This year’s club focus is “Being the Best We Can Be.
I missed who did pledge of allegiance (sorry).
Phil Armi lead us in the Song of the Day: Take me out to the ball game, and also shared with the club a fun story about the weekends passed SJ Giants game.
Bruce Introduced Randy, a new member from the Los Altos Rotary Club
Judy Introduced Joe, a visiting rotarian from the Los Altos club and speaker for the day, and Kavita, one of the co-speakers for the days meeting.
General Club Announcements
Alan regaled us with tales of the ball game and Phil’s awesome win, and also wanted to remind the folks that haven’t paid yet to reach out to him directly.
RotarCare Clinic Food Delivery sign ups need more people
Heather attended the Camp RYLA bbq event where she was the rotarian rep for both our students as well as students from Los Altos. She said the students were awesome, and even started a project that ended in the planting of a new tree at mission springs. They will be reaching out to the board via email with thoughts and feedback.
Birthdays and Anniversaries are now set up on the table behind the sign in desk if you want to keep abreast of that information. On that note, if anyone has an extra easel or presentation board that we could mount these announcements on, that would also be very much appreciated.
There will be no meeting next week, and instead we will be having the evening social that day, Tuesday Aug 25th.
Where: Chez Karney
Time: 6pm - 8pm (note this is different from the usual 5:30pm start time)
Cost: $15
Next Board Meeting is Thursday Aug 20 5pm at CHAC
Tuesday September 1st will be the next meeting with our District Governor Susan Valenta. The board will meet with her before the meeting at 10:30 at the Adobe. We will also be taking more donations for the Wheel Chair Drive.
On that note the Wheel Chair Drive has successfully raised enough money to fund 8 chairs! This was in part to a surprise donation by our president Twana. A $100 fully tax deductible donation, will fund a whole chair for a child in need. The district has already filled one container and is trying to fill a second one at this time. Lets help make it happen!
Community Service project: CHAC Parking for September 12 and 13th. We still need 45 more volunteers, please speak to Sheila orMonique about signing up.
District Annoucements
Rotary Business Networking in Palo Alto - “Rotary Means Business”. This event will be held on Wed Aug 19 at 7am at the Channing House in Palo Alto. There will be a talk on crowd funding and lots of networking opportunities.
Membership WorkshopSaturday Aug 22 from 9:30 am to 11 in Milpitas. See Twana if you’re interested.
Public Image Seminars start on Tuesday Sept 22at 7pm at the Santa Clara Police Community Rooms (it’s FREE).
Interact President MeetingSat Sept 5 from 10:30am to 4:15pm at the Quinlan Community Center in Cupertino. Alan will be attending a portion of this event, but more are welcome.
Interact’s Fall Leadership Conference is Sun Oct 11 from 8:30am to 3:30pm at Independence High school in San Jose.
International Service Project Faire: Wed Sept 2nd at theIndia Community Center - 525 Los Coches St. Milpitas Ca. 4pm - 6:30pm
Rotaract Group of Silicon Valley Peninsula was made a legal entity; Yay!
Speaker
Joe Eyre and Kavita was introduced by Judy Hanneman as our speakers for the day.
Joe is a member of the Los Altos Rotary and came to speak to us about the Los Altos Community Foundation. The Foundation served as an incubator for community driven organizations. They were formed in 1991 and “encourage local philanthropy and civic engagement”. The three focuses presented were:
Build a stronger community
Investing in local programs and nonprofits for youth, women, seniors, and families.
Empower and enable Local Philanthropy.
The foundation uses a large grant from the Packard foundation to regnant to local organizations. In the Fiscal Year 2014 they were able to grant out $668,000 to community organizations, causes, and students. Through various types of giving:
LACF sustaining fund
Donor Advised Funds (where donors can choose where their funds go)
Planned Giving (giving over time or with estate assets)
The foundation is able to help local organizations such as Soil and and Water (Kavita’s Organization). As an example of what kind of organizations the LACF gets behind, Kavita gave us a good run down of the Soil and Water organization and their mission to build community through community gardens. They have been gaining traction, and even though they will be leaving their current space, there are a few new spaces that are being looked at to create new gardens. The organization invites all members of the community and offers programs to children, to help them learn about where their food comes from, while they learn to build [good] eating habits. If anyone is interested you can learn more at: http://www.soilandwatergarden.org/. Although they are always looking for more funding, they are also seeking help with advocation and spreading the word within the community of Mountain View.
We have some exciting speakers lined up for Sept including: The Whisman School District Superintendent, The Mountain View High School Superintendent, and the Mountain View City manager.
Next week August 25th there will be no meeting, instead there will be the Evening Social at Twana’s home. Our Next Meeting is onTuesday, September 1st, starting at 12:15 pm, at the Adobe Building. The speaker will be the District Governor, Susan Valenta. The 4fer will be Tori Atwell.
President Twana Karney greeted and welcomed members and guests to the Rotary Club of Mountain View where, “We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!”
She reminded us that our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World” and our club’s call to action is “Fun Through Service.” This year’s club focus is “Being the Best We Can Be.”
Hiro Kariya led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Bruce Barsi shared some amusing thoughts.
Songmaster Phil Armi led us in a very competitive round of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.”
Dick Lubman introduced four guests attending today’s meeting. They included President Twana’s friend, Yvonne Dietrich, and her two daughters, Alex and Becky, as well as Bert Raphael’s wife, Anne.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Bruce for providing dessert today.
President’s Club – Many, many thanks for those who have joined the President’s Club and getting our club off to a strong start. Today Roger Kao and Fred Storek joined the President’s Club. Fred announced that Debbie and he just celebrated their forty-second anniversary. Congratulations to both!
Foundation – Monique Kane thanked Bert Raphael and Bruce Barsi for their contributions to the Foundation and presented them both with a delicious cupcake. Fred Storek became a Super Sustainer today and is looking forward to his “Super” cupcake at the next meeting.
Camp RYLA – The BBQ this year was on Thursday, August 6th in Scotts Valley. HeatherStenshamn attended in her capacity as Youth Services Chair. She said, “The RYLA campers made me feel very welcomed and taught me tons about the program. I saw part of the presentations which included one Mountain View student as the spokesperson for the Sport Committee. Mountain View was proudly represented and as the party was to begin, the students shared with me their cheer and then the music began.”
San Jose Giants Game – The game is this Saturday, August 15th, starting at 6:00 pm at San Jose Municipal Stadium. Those attending should meet in the BBQ Area between 5:45 and 6:00 pm. It’s forecast to be hot so bring sunscreen and hats. Tickets can be picked up at the Will Call Window unless you hear otherwise from Alan. The cost is $26 per person and Alan will collect at the game. So far, we have 36 folks attending. Contact Alan right away if you still need tickets.
Evening Social – Our next evening social will be Tuesday, August 25th, at President Twana’s home in Mountain View. It will be from 6 to 8 pm and will cost $15 per person who. If you are planning to attend, please sign up on the sheet going around to give us an idea of how many appetizers, wine and beer to provide.
Board Meeting – Thursday, August 20th, starting at 5:00 pm at CHAC.
District Governor Visit – Tuesday, September 1st, will be the meeting with our District Governor Susan Valenta. The board will meet with her before the meeting at 10:30 am here at the Adobe. When she is here, we will present her with our donation to the Wheelchair Drive.
Wheelchair Drive – This year, the gift by our club to the District Governor will be a donation for Children’s Wheelchairs. Each $100 we give as a club will provide one wheelchair for a child, thanks to a matching program. The District hopes to fill a container and is halfway there, thanks to the generosity of other clubs in the District. Checks are payable to The Wheelchair Foundation. If you think that you can afford to spend $100 to provide a child with a wheelchair, please do so, and it is fully tax deductible.
RotaCare Food Delivery – Jim Cochran passed around a signup list to pick up food from local restaurants and then deliver it to RotaCare for the staff.
Endowment Board – Jim Cunningham advised that the Endowment Board will meet next Tuesday at 11:45 am at the Adobe.
Club Service – Bruce Barsi talked about plans that have been developed together with Co-Chair Brodie Yazaki. Social events will include the monthly evening meetings as well as gatherings after our community service projects. We will continue with popular events such as the Rotating Dinner, Golf and BBQ, and Ski Trip, and we will try to schedule a day of hiking and a theatre event. In addition, we are looking into a couple of new events which involve a pub crawl and art training with wine. We are looking forward to a fun year!
Community Service – Monique spoke of the need for volunteers to help staff the CHAC Parking Lot Project at this year’s Art and Wine Festival on September 12th and 13th. They still need many more volunteers, so please see Monique to sign up for a shift.
District Announcements:
Rotary Business Networking – One of the reasons to join Rotary is to network with other businesses. Our club has been invited to attend a “Rotary Means Business” event sponsored by the Palo Alto Clubs on Wednesday morning, August 19th beginning at 7 am at the Channing House in Palo Alto. There will be a speaker on Crowd funding and lots of networking. A handout with more details was circulated.
Membership Workshop – The workshop will be on Saturday, August 22nd, from 9:30 to 11 am in Milpitas. See Twana for more details if you are interested.
Public Image Seminars – The first in a series of seminars on Public Image will be held on Tuesday, September 22nd, at 7pm at the Santa Clara Police Community Rooms and it is free.
Interact Presidents’ Meeting – The meeting will be on Saturday, September 5th from 10:30 am to 4:15 pm at the Quinlan Community Center in Cupertino.
Interact Fall Leadership Conference – The conference will take place on Sunday, October 11th, from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm at Independence High School in San Jose.
The District has decided to do away with the Avenues of Service Project Faire that has been held every year in October. Instead, the District plans to allow clubs to showcase their International Projects on September 2nd, at the District Cabinet meeting and all who are interested are invited to attend. A Youth Service Project Faire is planned for the District Cabinet Meeting on December 2nd.
International Announcements:
The last country in Africa where polio was endemic, Nigeria, has now been polio free for one year. This means that all of Africa has been polio free for one year thanks to the efforts of Rotary and others. It is a reason to celebrate and also to hope that Pakistan and Afghanistan will soon join Nigeria in becoming polio free.
SPEAKER:
Dick Lubman introduced our speaker today, Kayla Truneck. Kayla spoke about her journey from Rotary to the Peace Corps and some observations about the time she spent in Ukraine.
Kayla began her Rotary experience as a Youth Exchange Student in Panama. When she returned home to Kansas, she started a Rotaract Club while going to college.
After graduating from college, she joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to serve in Ukraine. While there, she worked with children in a boarding school. Unfortunately, political unrest started in the fall of 2013 and she had to be evacuated out of the country shortly after that. She had hoped to return, but the continuing instability in Ukraine has prevented that.
Following her Peace Corps service, her professional career has brought her to the San Francisco Bay Area, where she employs the skills she learned through Rotary and the Peace Corps on a daily basis.
Our Next Meeting is on Tuesday, August 18th, starting at 12:15 pm, at the Adobe Building. The Speaker is Joe Eyre with the Los Altos Community Foundation. Our 4fer next week is Brodie Yazaki.
President Twana opened the meeting with the 2015 call to action: “Be a Gift to the World”
President Twana recognized Tom who led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Jim Cochran was recognized as the Greeter and gave the thought for the day.
President-Elect Jerylann recognized visiting Rotarians, Dennis and Paul from the Los Altos Rotary. A guest Kathy was introduced.
Honorary member Thomas Dittler returned from Munich with a banner from his club there which is Munich East. He told of a project they have for helping young people now in refugee camps. They helped 50 students get integrated into schools and the culture.
General Announcements:
Directory Updates:
We reviewed the directory for correct information. Paul will be sending you the information that you requested on the signup sheet very soon and will be emailing the spreadsheet for those who would like it. It is always possible for you to update your directory entry yourself by logging onto club runner, but our Secretary Paul is happy to make the changes for you if you send him an email.
President’s Club:
President Twana gave many thanks to those who have joined the President’s Club which is getting our club off to a strong start in the new year.
Club RYLA:
The BBQ this year will be this Thursday, August 6 at 5 pm at Mission Springs, Scotts Valley. Heather Stenshamn will be attending. If anyone wishes to attend and would like to ride with Heather to the event, please email or call her.
Attending the San Jose Giants Baseball Team:
Alan needs all names by Friday. The game is on Saturday, August 15. Game is at 6 PM, the barbeque is after 5 PM with most around 5:30. 25 or 30 are expected.
Board Meeting:
The next board meeting is Thursday, August 20, 5 PM at CHAC on El Camino.
District Governor:
Tuesday, September 1, will be the meeting with our District GovernorSusan Valenta. The board will meet with her before the meeting at 10:30.
Wheelchair Drive:
This year, the gift by our club to the District Governor will be a donation for Children’s Wheelchairs. Each $100 we give as a club will provide one wheelchair for a child, thanks to a matching program. The District hopes to fill a container and is halfway there, thanks to the generosity of other clubs in the District.
Community Service:
We will be volunteering to again help with the parking project for CHAC on September 12 and 13. Paul Schultz of CHAC was on hand to tell us about this important project.
District Announcements:
Rotary Business Networking:
“Rotary Means Business”. One of the reasons to join Rotary is to network with other businesses. Our club has been invited to attend a “Rotary Means Business” event sponsored by the Palo Alto Clubs on Wednesday morning, August 19 beginning at 7 am at the Channing House in Palo Alto. There will be a speaker on Crowdfunding and lots of networking.
Membership Workshop:
Membership Workshop on Saturday, August 22, from 9:30 to 11 in Milpitas.
Our Speaker:
Dick Lubman introduced Mountain View Police Chief Max Bosel.
The Chief lives in Mountain View, has worked for the city for 20 years, and is today celebrating is first anniversary as the appointed Chief of Police. He is a first generation citizen and his parents were from Munich, Germany.
He told us of the size of the police staff and what their duties are. He also spoke of the policies they have and all of the concerns there are while trying to do the job of police with respect and consideration.
Speaker next week:Tuesday, August 11th: Kayla Truneck: My Journey from Rotary to the Peace Corps and some Observations about Ukraine.
Good Afternoon & welcome to the Rotary Club of Mtn. View: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
My name is Twana Karney, I’m your president for 2015-2016.
Today is ___Tuesday_July 21_________ Week _3___:
Our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World”
Our club’s call to action is “Fun Through Service, This year’s club focus is “Being the Best We Can Be.” Thank you all for joining us today.
Please silence your cell phones or put them on vibrate.
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Jim Cunningham
Song of the Day: Songmaster Phil
Introduction of Visitors: Jerylann Mateo.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Jim Cunningham for providing dessert today.
Directory: If you were here last week, you know that we are updating our directory. I’m going to pass around both the directory pages and the sign up sheet again. Put a check on the page if you have looked at it, even if you haven’t made corrections. I think it is also true that things are just not making it around.
President’s Club
Thanks to our three newest members to join the President’s Club, last week, my heartfelt thanks: Monique Kane, Dave Cole and Frank Davila. They join select company, Alan Goodman, Tom Myers and Bert Raphael, who joined the first week. My heartfelt thanks to you for getting the President’s Club, and consequently the club, off to a strong start. You too could become a member of this select club, all you need to do is give the word!
Donation for Chance to Win Gift Basket: Our speaker’s company today, Harrell Remodeling, appreciates the work that we do in the community and has donated a gift basket today for us to raffle off to raise funds for our charities account. We are going to raffle off this gift basket for $5.00 a ticket, all the proceeds of which will go to our Charities Account. As an added benefit, if you join the President’s Club today, you will be entered into the raffle for free. Those who have already joined the President’s Club are automatically entered as well. Our speaker, Sara Jorgensen, will be picking the winners before she begins speaking today.
The speaker program committee will meet on Wed. July 22, at 7 pm at Twana’s house. If you are a Monthly Speaker Chair, please be sure to join us and if you have some great contacts and ideas for speakers, please do join us.
Club invoices: Sheila has reported that sending out our club invoices by email has been a great success so far. She has already received payment for 50% of the invoices sent out. FYI, If you weren’t’ here last week, we are no longer sending out invoices by snail mail, check your email inboxes. You may pay Sheila directly or pay by mail by printing out your invoice and mailing it.
This month, Tuesday, July 28th, we will be dark and we will NOT have an evening social, due to heavy vacation schedules.
Our next evening social will be Tuesday, August 25, at my home in MV. More info to come on that.
Membership Workshop on Saturday, August 22, from 9 to 11 in Milpitas. See Twana.
Public Image Workshop to be held in September in the evening – See Twana if interested.
Rotary Business Networking: Palo Alto – Rotary Means Business – details
Next Board Meeting Thursday, August 20, 5:00 pm at CHAC.
Tuesday, September 1, will be the meeting with our District GovernorSusan Valenta. The board will meet with her before the meeting at 10:30. This is a week before Labor Day, which falls on Monday, September 7 this year, so there isn’t a conflict. I look forward to all attending.
Alan Goodman: San Jose Giants
New Member Induction: Today, we have the pleasure of inducting a new member, Naseem Fariya. It is a pleasure that I hope to have repeated many times this year, with the help of all of you bringing in new members. Twana and Tori Atwell
Speaker: Bruce Barsi:Club Service (5 min)
Speaker Dick Lubman: Speaker Program Committee (5)
Personal Sharing/Happy Bucks: We will not be bringing back fines as long as the president’s club and club finances are doing fine. However, we do encourage members to make a donation when sharing personal or business news, although it is not required. We’ll call those Happy Bucks. We have two club areas to which we encourage you to donate:
Charities
Endowment
Drawing for Basket: Sara Jorgensen, Harrell Remodeling in Mountain View
SPEAKER INTRO: Today our speaker is Sara Jorgensen – Dick Lubman will be introducing her but I will give an intro.
Next Week: July 28th – dark, no meeting or evening social due to heavy vacation schedules.
Speaker on Tuesday, August 4th: Chief Max Bosel of the Mountain View Police Department. Invite your friends!
President Twana Karney greeted and welcomed members and guests to the Rotary Club of Mountain View where, “We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!”
She reminded us that our International call to action for 2015-2016 is to “Be a Gift to the World” and our club’s call to action is “Fun Through Service.” This year’s club focus is “Being the Best We Can Be.”
Dick Lubman led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Bruce Barsi shared some thoughts about Rotarian Frank Davila who is an amazing man and tremendous Rotarian.
Songmaster Phil Armi led us in several energetic verses of “For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow” in honor of President Twana’s first meeting,
President Elect Jerylann Mateo introduced two visiting Rotarian, Sundaram Madurai from the Rotary Club of Mumbai and Larry Lowry who is the current President of the Rotary Club of Richland, Washington.
General Club Announcements:
Thanks to Frank Davila for providing dessert today.
On Wednesday, July 22, at 7 pm, the next speaker program meeting will be at Twana’s house.
If you haven’t received it already, you should be getting your invoice for dues by email for the first time instead of by mail. Sheila is the contact for you on this. You may pay Sheila in person or also pay through the mail by printing out your invoice and mailing it.
There is a Board Meeting on Thursday, July 16, at 5:00 pm at CHAC.
The District Roast and Toast is tomorrow night, July 15th, for outgoing District Governor Ed Jellen and incoming District Governor Susan Valenta.
On Tuesday, July 28th, we will be dark and we will NOT have an evening social, due to heavy vacation schedules.
Our next evening social will be Tuesday, August 25th.
There is a District Membership Workshop on Saturday, August 22nd, from 9 to 11am in Milpitas. See Twana for details if interested.
There is a District Public Image Workshop to be held in September in the evening. See Twana for details if interested.
Tuesday, September 1st, will be the meeting with our District Governor Susan Valenta. The board will meet with her before the meeting at 10:30.This is the week before Labor Day, so there shouldn’t be a conflict and President Twana looks forward to all attending. President Twana and DG Susan traveled together in Brazil and she will be a great DG.
We received a request from a Stanford Research Group seeking interested Rotarians to participate in and automated driving study. See Twana for details if interested.
President’s Club
Thanks to our first three members to join the President’s Club, last week: Alan Goodman, Bert Raphael and Tom Myers. Thank you for getting the President’s Club off to a strong start. New members this week include Dave Cole, Monique Kane, and Frank Davila. It’s also safe to say that the President is a member of the President’s club.
Personal Sharing: We will not be bringing back fines as long as the President’s Club and club finances are doing fine. However, we do encourage members to make a donation when sharing personal or business news, although it is not required. We have three club areas to which you may donate:
Community Service Grants
Scholarships
Building the Endowment
President Twana started this revelry by talking about her recent trip to New Jersey for a family reunion where they celebrated the 90th birthday of her father who is still going strong. She donated $20 to Community Service Grants in honor of his birthday.
CLUB ASSEMBLY AGENDA:
This year we will continue with many of the good things that we have already started, with the idea that we will be the best that we can be. We’ll continue the focus on membership where, under Past President Alan’s leadership, we shone last year. Joining the President’s Club continues to be of tantamount importance to the Club and we’d like to see everyone join. Your name, too, could be up at the podium!
Our focus this year will be on attracting members to the club through our family oriented community service programs, a welcoming atmosphere and excellent speaker programs.
President Elect Jerylann will be chairing our first formal Speaker Programs Committee to bring us dynamite speakers.
Community Service Chair Scott Johnson will be working not only to bring us a family oriented community service event every month but he will be scouting for a club wide community service project that we can take ownership of and be recognized in the community.
Our Flexible Club pilot with Rotary International will allow us to try innovative membership methods for 18 to 30 year olds and with other organizations.
President Twana asked, “How can you be a gift to your club?
1) Join the President’s Club
2) Go out of your way to welcome every speaker and visitor who comes to Rotary. Each is a potential member. Get up, shake their hand, and introduce yourself.
3) Participate in our Community Service Events – we plan to have one each month, including the Crab Feed and Cops and Gobblers. That’s how we get the Rotary name into the community
4) Think of potential members and ask them if they have ever considered Rotary. If everyone here brought in one member, we would double the size of the club and it starts with asking. The benefits of this are many and we can still retain the family feel of the club.
5) Do you personally know someone who is a giant in their field or community and a dynamite speaker? We want to hear them speak here! Please contact Jerylann or Dick Lubman with their name and perhaps make the first contact for us. They will take care of all the details of confirming, etc.
6) Personal sharing or “Happy Bucks” will be encouraged. We’ll be providing time for you to share your significant life events and encourage a donation to one of our local causes, Community Grants, Scholarships, or Building the Endowment.
7) President Twana is going to bring back the opportunity for Vocational talks – all voluntary. She will be passing around a sign up sheet in the future.
It has been many years since we focused on our Club Directory, mainly, because everything has gone online to Club Runner. President Twana and Secretary Paul will be working, with your help, to update our directory and to provide those of you who do not use computers with an updated spreadsheet to use as a directory.
Service Areas
Membership: For the first time in many years, our District 5170 actually increased its membership by approximately 150 last year and it has done so by emphasizing that we are attracting members, not “hooking them.” Rotary is going back to its roots of emphasizing that we are a membership organization first and a service organization second. People join for the community service and stay for the friendships.
Community Service: Scott Johnson – There are several Community Service Projects in the works and we hope to have at least one project each month. We will be doing some of the traditional service projects such as Cops and Gobblers and the Stevens Creek Trail, but we will also be looking at some new opportunities. Members should feel free to make suggestions for different projects.
Our first service project of the year will take place this Sunday, July 19th, at Bruce and Suzanne’s house where we will be picking fruit and vegetables for CSA. We will meet there at 11:00 am. Bring boxes and/or paper shopping bags as well as all assorted picking instruments. The work will be followed by fellowship with snacks and beverages. We hope that many of you will be able to join us.
International Service: Bert Raphael – The District Governor’s project this year is to supply wheelchairs to folks in need in Mexico. Donation forms are available for members who wish to contribute.
Club Service: Bruce Barsi will speak next week
Speaker Program Committee: Dick Lubman will speak next week
Speaker next week: Sara Jorgensen from Mountain View’s own Harrell’s Remodeling, speaking on Trends in Remodeling.
Following a musical introduction of “Hail to the Chief,” President Alan welcomed all to the final meeting of the 2014-15 Rotary Club of Mountain View. “Today is June 23, week number 52 of ‘Club Held Hostage’ where ‘We’re more than a Club; we’re a Family.’”
Rotaract Co-President Jordan Mott led the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a rousing rendition of “God Bless America” led by Phil Armi. Anita Grossman shared some reflections by local author Anne Lamott.
Introductions:Twana introduced Jordan Mott and her neighbor Robert Mullenger.
Announcements: Alan commented on Monique’s lovely retirement party last Friday, congratulating Bruce on a job well done. Monique expressed appreciation for the many Mountain View Rotary club members who came out to celebrate this milestone event. Hal is out of the hospital and hoping to attend the kick-out.
Jordan Mott spoke briefly about the Silicon Valley Rotaract Club for young adults, ages 18-30, and invited all to attend the upcoming mixer on June 30th at Steins Beer Garden. Alan extended an invitation to the Rotaract Club to help out at the Crab Feed in January 2016.
Incoming President-elect Jerylann invited all to attend the Speakers Chair Meeting at Twana’s home on July 22nd.
Presentation: Twana shared photos and anecdotes about her trip to the 106th Annual Convention of Rotary International in São Paulo, Brazil earlier this month, including a weeklong pre-convention tour with other Rotarians offered by Howard Tours.
The tour included the following: a morning tour up Corcovado Mountain by railroad to enjoy the magnificent view and the Christ the Redeemer statue, followed by an exploration of Rio and the world famous beaches of São Conrado, Leblon, Ipanema and Copacabana and several days exploring the Iguaçu Falls.
Twana commented that the Convention was exceptional and thanked the Club for allowing her to be part of this amazing experience. The Rotary International theme for 2015-16 is “Be a Gift to the World.”
President Alan thanked everyone for attending the meeting and capped off his last meeting with a final ringing of the bell.
· Alan opened with “We’re more than a club we’re a family” and “Week 51 club held hostage”
· Ernie led for the pledge
· Phil led the song “You’re a Grand Old Flag”
· Monique gave a spontaneous ‘thought of the day’
· 3-fer for next week in Anita.
· Twana said she’ll update the club on her trip to the international conference to Brazil soon. She thanked the club for the opportunity of going. There were no visiting Rotarians. Tom introduced Naseem who will be joining the club.
· Alan thanked Monique for bringing the dessert, Phil for his great job putting on the BBQ last Friday and Walt for organizing the golf tournament.
· Alan reminded the club that the retirement party for Monique is this Friday, June 19th at 6 p.m. at the Fremont Country Club in Los Altos Hills. Dress is business casual.
· Another pending social event is the Kick-Out for Alan the following Friday, June 26 at 6 p.m. at Michaels of Shoreline-6 to 7 is cocktail hour, dinner at 7 followed by a ‘major production” in honor of Alan’s year as President.
· Bruce gave an update on Hal who had a stroke and is in rehab and his condition will take some time to hopefully recover from. Bruce will visit him again to give a further update. A card was signed for him by members today.
· Final Board of directors meeting will take place this Thursday, June 18 at 5:00 at CHAC. It will be a joint meeting of the current board and the incoming board.
· The club received several thank you letters re the grant received. They were from Living Classrooms, CSA, Day Workers Center and CHAC.
· Alan reminded the club that there is still time to join the Presidents Club
· Twana introduced the speaker Budd MacKenzie who gave a presentation of his work in Afghanistan building schools and helping rebuild the lives of victims of the log extended wars. His non-profit organization is called Educating Children in Afghanistan-Trust in Education. They’ve built several schools and started soccer teams. They’ve provided pencils, paper, computers, clothes and for the soccer teams proper shoes. He and his volunteers were able to convince the women in charge of the girls to let them play soccer as well as the boys. Some volunteers have knitted warm socks and hats as this is what is often missing for them.
· When there were to be town meetings with the Taliban only men were invited. When asked why women could not attend, the man in charge said they have a smaller brain. They’ve got a long way to go regarding women issues. Women are apparently beginning to speak out. Budd reminded us that it took 70 years from the first protest from women in the US to get to vote.
· Budd said their new president is doing a good job of leading and people fear he’ll be killed.
· His organization only has one paid employee for 16 hours a week. All others are volunteers.
These are but a few highlights of his very inspiring talk.
· Alan thanked him and said a donation to RotaCare will be made in his honor.
President Elect Jerylann welcomed all to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – “We’re More Than A Club …We’re a Family!” She continued: “Today is June 9th, week #50 of ‘Club Held Hostage’!” She reminded us that Rotary International’s Call to Action is: “Rotary Lights Up Lives;” and our Club’s Call to Action is “Fun Through Service.”
Walt led the Pledge of Allegiance. Phil led the group in singing: “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” Scott shared some “Thoughts for the Day,” which were about sports… with the Warrior’s game in mind.
Introductions: Heather introduced her son and also Valerie, our Rotary Exchange student, due to speak as part of the program. Paul introduced Naseem, who has visited the club meeting prior.
The following general announcements were made:
Walt reminded all of the upcoming June 12th Golf Tournament at Shoreline Golf Course. There are 23 players signed up and Walt is able to take some late reservations. Phil announced that the BBQ following the golf tournament is all set up. Checks for both the golf and BBQ can be combined ($100) and given to Walt.
Bruce reminded club members of the Kick Out scheduled for June 26th at Michaels Restaurant. The sign-up sheet was circulated.
Bruce also reminded all of Monique’s retirement party on June 19th. This Thursday is the last day for reservations online.
The next Board Meeting is on June 18th, 5 p.m. at CHAC.
SPEAKERS & PRESENTATIONS:
Heather introduced, Valerie, our Rotary Exchange Student for this past year. Valerie thanked the Club for this experience and shared some highlights. It has been 9 months since she came on the exchange program. Last week she graduated from Mountain View High School. Next week she leaves on a trip with other Rotary Exchange students to New York and the East Coast. Then, after returning, she departs for Belgium (home) on June 30th. A definite highlight during her year has been getting to know the other Rotary Exchange students. As part of the year they have been on trips to: Santa Cruz, Hawaii, and Florida. She restated her appreciation to the Rotary Club for the exchange student opportunity and especially was appreciative of the host families, to include Sanjay and his family. After returning to Belgium she will attend a university and plans to study psychology.
Dick introduced Jack Higgins, Los Altos Rotary Club member and chair of the Los Altos Rotary AIDS Project. Jack explained how this program has been in operation for 25 years, making progress in prevention of childhood AIDS. The current focus is mother to child AIDS transmission in Africa. Through a new partnership with “Save the Children,” program expansion is planned to include 28 clinics, with new programs in Ethiopia. Jack thanked Mountain View Rotary Club for the great support provided. After the presentation, Jerylann announced that “as a token of our appreciation, we will be making a donation in your name to our local RotaCare Clinic”… of which Jack is a Board member.
Jerylann announced that next week’s speaker will be Bud McKinsey and Monique will be the “4-fer.” She then adjourned the meeting.
Meeting opened at 12:32- Pledge started by Jim Cunningham
Visiting Rotarians- Bob Adams and Stan Gardini from Los Altos, and Vincent Koenig from Belgium- Vincent told us a bit about his club, same size as Mountain View, and their charitable projects.
Visitors were Ria Toolis and Nasan Tarya who had heard about the club and were checking us out, and Kathy Rowls who is the manager of Don Giovanni's restaurant in Mountain View. She attended as a guest of her boss, John Akaya, owner of Don Giovanni's- who is our newest member as of today! John gave a brief and inspirational speech about what it is like to come here as an immigrant, and how difficult it is to succeed-- no place like the US for a success story like this. John will be a great member for our club.
Walt Joyce was this week’s 4-fer, and in keeping with the season, offered 3 quotations regarding politics-- in spite of the clever sentiment, the club seemed depressed to be facing 18 more months of relentless campaigning.
Song masterPhil then conjured up the truly awful "Are you happy in Rotary" song, which hopefully has been performed for the final time ever.
Pres Elect Twana reported that the Roteract concept is being reworked so as not to be affiliated with any university, but rather function in an area- this is Rotary for the 18-29 yr old segment of the population- new concept already has 8 members, sounds good.
Walt and Phil announced the MV Rotary golf tourney and BBQ for 6/12/15- at Shoreline, dinner at Michaels of Shoreline-- $65 for golf etc, $35 for dinner-- please sign up soon so that we can get a valid count for the course and dinner. Contact Walt or Phil.
Bob and Stan from Los Altos Rotary spoke briefly on the Mentor/Tutor program that is 20 yrs old and serves many Mountain View schools- they asked us to consider joining in to assist youth of all ages- 4 of our members have participated in the program in the past. Contact the Mentor/Tutor program for more info.
Bruce mentioned the Kick-out- last Sat in June at Michaels - be there to thank and razz Pres Alan for another fine year. Sign up soon.
Scott mentioned that we are dark next Tuesday, with an evening cocktail event at Cascal on Castro St- if you didn't sign up yet, please tell Scott that you are coming for planning purposes.
Twana introduced our fine speaker, Shelly Wolfe or KMVT channel 15, from our own Mountain View cable TV station. Shelly explained the many activities, and workshops put on by KMVT-- staff seems nearly to run around in circles to accomplish so much. They have no reliable viewer number statistics, but know that many residents check them out for City Council meets, sporting events, and innovative local programming. This is a real community resource, be sure to check them out and help if you can.
President Alan played “Hail To The Chief” music, rang the bell and welcomed all to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – “We’re More Than A Club …We’re a Family!” He continued: “Today is May 5th, week #45 of a ‘Club Held Hostage’!” He reminded us that Rotary International’s Call to Action is: “Rotary Lights Up Lives;” and, our Club’s Call to Action is “Fun Through Service.”
Dave led the Pledge of Allegiance. Phil led the group in singing a Cinco de Mayo song. Roger, the "4-fer" for the day, gave a thought and announced he would be donating $500 to the scholarship program. Roger was thanked for the generous donation and for bringing the chocolate chip cookies!
Introductions: Twana introduced Steve Ross visiting Rotarian from the Palo Alto University Club, who is also Assistant Governor Elect. Sanjay introduced his guests: Vasanth Namasivagam, Oh Tempmon, and Broadie Yazaki.
The following general announcements were made:
Scott thanked the recent Rotating Dinner hosts and announced that the price per person for the dinner was $38.
Sanjay explained some information at each table regarding some upcoming local events.
Bruce reminded club members of the Kick Out scheduled for Friday, June 26th at Michaels Restaurant. A flyer was available at each table. Appetizers and a No Host Bar starts at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Cost is $55 per person.
Heather updated the club on the health of Hal. He is doing better; is resting at home; and, Heather is scheduling visits by anyone who wants to see him.
Date reminder: Golf Tournament & Party – June 12th.
PROGRAM: In the absence of Ken, Judy explained to the Club the scholarship program. Then, presentations were made to the students winning the scholarships: Jim introduced Alexandra Zaragoza from Mountain View High School; Walt introduced Rita Villanueva from Los Altos High School; Bruce introduced Cheryl Ratman from St. Francis High School; and, Judy introduced Amarilis Cruz-Ortega and Rogelio Marin from Alta Vista High School.
President Alan commended the scholarship recipients for their accomplishments. He then adjourned the meeting.
President Alan played “Hail To The Chief” music, rang the bell and welcomed all to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – “We’re More Than A Club …We’re a Family!” He continued: “Today is April 21st, week #43 of a ‘Club Held Hostage’!” He reminded us that Rotary International’s Call to Action is: “Rotary Lights Up Lives;” and, our Club’s Call to Action is “Fun Through Service.”
On June 28, 2015, the San Jose Sharks Foundation will be hosting their 3rd annual Fitness Face Off in San Jose. If you are interested in racing or volunteering, here are some links to get you started:
President Alan played “Hail To The Chief” music, rang the bell and welcomed all to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – “We’re More Than A Club …We’re a Family!” He continued: “Today is April 14th, week #42 of a ‘Club Held Hostage’!” He reminded us that Rotary International’s Call to Action is: “Rotary Lights Up Lives;” and, our Club’s Call to Action is “Fun Through Service.”
As always president Alan played Hail to the Chief along with his “club held hostage” theme. After our pledge of allegiance and thought for the day, President elect Twana, introduced our young guest Valerie Thys.
Valerie is a foreign exchange student from Belgium and spoke of her extensive travels around the United States including her most recent trip to Hawaii. Valerie was adorned with pins that she collected by exchange with other students from around the world. It appeared that she had a hundred or more pins on her vest. Many commented on her enthusiasm about Rotary and international travel.
Announcements
Please keep in mind the following upcoming events:
April 11 Friends of Steven’s Creek - If you’d like to participate please meet at Whisman Park at 9:00 am
April 17 – 19 Rotary district conference - The theme is on opportunities and friendship. Forums will take place on Friday with the annual dinner Saturday evening. Please consider attending one or more of the functions
April 25 Mountain View Rotating Dinner - With additional volunteers today, the Mountain View rotating dinner has 6 locations. Cost should be about $35 per person. Signups will be available starting next week.
May 5 - We will have no speaker on this day. We will however, be having a scholarship presentation for those young students who will be receiving scholarships from the Mountain View Rotary.
June 12 Annual Golf Tournament - Will be at Shoreline Park with dinner afterwards at Michael’s restaurant.
June 19 - Please consider attending Monique Kane retirement party at Fremont Hills Country Club at 6:00 pm. Tickets are $50 per person. RSVP celebratemonique@chacmv.org
June 26 - Get ready for the annual Kick Out party which will be held at Michael’s restaurant. Our president Alan is ready to retire. Twana will take the reins. Reserve this date for your mandatory attendance.
Month of August – We need someone to volunteer for our speaker series. You only need to organize 3 speakers for the month of August. Please volunteer at our next Rotary meeting.
With the conclusion of announcements, our president Alan, reminded all of us that Nick Spangler (Jim Spangler’s son) is now staring in a new Broadway production of “It should’ve Been You” in New York City. Alan was able to see Nick Spangler in person during his most recent trip to New York and spoke accolades about the performance.
Club member Paul confessed that he had spent a wonderful trip in Ecuador and Peru taking care of a couple of items on his bucket list. From the sounds of his stories we should all add it to our own.
Guest Speaker
Our guest speaker for the day was Missy Zielinski who is part of the public relations team for the Sharks Foundation in San Jose. The mission statement of the foundation is to enhance the lives of youth through education, safety, and character building. Missy gave a wonderful presentation about all of the different events that the Sharks Foundation hosts on a yearly basis. Her overview of the events was quite impressive. Annual events include:
Golf tournament
Bowling tournament
Wine tasting
Fantasy Shark game where winners participate in actual hockey game with the Sharks team
Sharks Fitness Faceoff Run/Ride/Health event which includes a 5k and 10k run plus a 20k and 50k bike event
Other events staged throughout the year include:
Silent auctions
Mystery Pucks
Signed jerseys for sale
Participation in the second harvest food bank
Collection of “Share the Warmth Winter Coats”
Participation in the “Marine Core Toys for Tots”
Gift basket options
Participation in “Reading is Cool”
Participation in the “Save a Life” blood drive
Participation in the “Hockey Fights Cancer Initiative”
It’s amazing to think that the Sharks foundation participates in so many fund raising activities in the course of a single year. In 2014 the Sharks Foundation raised enough money to give out more than $525,000 in grants to local charities and initiatives within Santa Clara County. No wonder Missy sometimes works 15 hour days! At the end of her talk most Rotarians were surprised that the Sharks Foundation is such a well-kept secret and look forward to working with the foundation in the future.
Next Week’s Speaker: Will give us a Polio Plus update and the difficulties of meeting the goals with the unrest in Africa.
As a proud member of the Rotary Club of Mountain View since 1990 I am honored to serve as President for the current year. Rotary has been a great experience which has shaped my life as well as that of my family. Over the years I have met some truly wonderful people, many of whom have become my closest friends. Together we perform service projects in our community and always find time to socialize. I continue to be inspired by all of the people in Rotary and the work that is accomplished.
The Rotary International Mission for this year is “Light Up Rotary,” and our local Club Mission is “Fun Through Service.” Upcoming service projects include food drives, work days, clothing drives, youth scholarships and community grants just to name a few. We are always in search of new ways to improve our community and welcome the opportunity to hear of any projects that may be of interest to you and your family. Social activities include ball games, dinners, theme parties, ski trip, golf tournament, theatre and more. Most of our projects and social activities are family friendly and we encourage family participation whenever possible.
If you are looking to become part of a great organization with outstanding people that are doing great things in the community and throughout the world and who have a blast doing it then this is the club for you. I invite you to join us as our guest at one of our meetings. I’m also happy to provide more information or answer any questions. I can be reached by email at alan@amgenterprises.com.
President’s Greeting: Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View. Judy shared she is President for 4 or 5 meetings more!
Pledge of Allegiance: was led by Ken
Greeter and Thought for the Day: Chuck shared words of wisdom published by a 90 year old woman!
Birthday greetings: In the rush of early May we failed to give proper recognition to a very special BIRTHDAY on MAY 9, Hiro’s 90th Birthday – so let’s all join in singing a Belated Happy Birthday to him.
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians and Visitors: many guests were present as grant recipients and introduced during the program, see below.
Finemaster - three members joined the President's Club: Bill shared his recent travels to Europe; Bert in celebration of his 51st wedding anniversary; and Ken to announce Cal's golf team's success!
Club Fellowship Summary and Announcements
February 28, 2012
Our monthly fellowship meeting was held at the Cantankerous Fish preceded by the Board meeting. A small group enjoyed conversation, including a special welcome to a Guest Rotarian from Malmo, Sweden who is visiting her son who lives in Mountain View.
We hope to make this a monthly or bi-monthly publication, so the webmaster needs your help. Please share pictures and stories for the January/February issue by February 20th.
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President’s Sandi’s Greeting: Happy New Year and Welcome to the Best Rotary Club Ever!
Pledge of Allegiance:Hal Taylor
Thought for the Day:Walt Joyce
Song of the Day:Walt Joyce led us in Auld Lang Syne
Introduction of Visitors:Anita Grossman. No guests or visitors except our speaker, Past District Governor Jim Mealy.
Presentations:PHF plus 3 – Roger Kao
President’s Club – Chuck Osborn
Club Announcements:
Reminder to those who signed up for the District mid-year meeting, it is this SaturdayJanuary 8, 2011 at the Doubletree in San Jose from 8am – 11am.
A new member proposal has been approved by the board for Barry Cook from Peak Laboratories in Mountain View.
If any member has an objection to this proposal please contact a board member in writing stating your reasons.
If no objections are received within 10 days of this publication the prospective member will be elected to membership.
Our next board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday Jan. 12th at the YMCA at 5pm.
Save the Date – Celebration of Leaders to honor Chuck Osborn is Friday January 14, 2011 at the Four Season’s in EPA.
Crab Feed – Alan Goodman has passed around the sign up for all hands on deck, January 29th. Please see Alan if you have a specific place you want to help out, otherwise he will assign youJ
Please see Alicia Crank for needed raffle items for the crab feed.
The district is looking for Rotary Talent for the District Conference in May. A sign up sheet with audition information was passed around.
Bruce Barsi has graciously invited the club to his cabin in Tahoe in March for skiing & winter fun. Please see Bruce and sign up if you are interested.
Anita Grossman attended the Round Up with RI President Ray Klinginsmith on Sunday and took along our honorary member Matt Caparas. Anita shared that both of these men were very inspiring.
Fine Master – Judy Hannemann questioned several members about their Holiday activities and fined each $10
Speaker – Jim Mealey , District Chair – Gates Polio Eradication Challenge Grant
Mountain View’s total contributions since Dec. 7, 2007 are $3786.84 with our Interact Clubs contributing $1946.84 of those dollars.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given Rotary International $355 million to help us and our Partners eradicate polio from the face of this earth. The challenge: Rotary must raise $200 million by June 30, 2012. As of December 31, 2010 Rotary has raised $157 million with District 5170 raising $337, 187
Rotary power was visible at the Police Station on this sunny morning as we filled baskets, counted stuffed animals, and delivered the baskets to smiling children and parents. Bruce and his team were extremely organized and the largest turnout of community volunteers' assisted this year. Thanks to all!
Jim Spangler urgedus to be grateful for all our blessings.
Phil Armi as the hot weather has passed led us to appreciate “What a Beautiful Morning”.
Visiting were Barry Cook, electrical engineer, and Heather Stenshamn.
President Sandi announced the RotaryEnd Polio walk on October 24 will be from Pier 39 (Not the Golden GateBridge) to the FerryBuilding. Note this in sending the letters.
The Board is to meet on Wednesday October 13 at 5pm..
A film, called “The Other City” about AIDS in America, was made by Jose Vargas who was mentored by Los Altos Rotarian, Rich Fisher. It will be shown at the Roxie Theatre in San Francisco on Sunday Oct 10 at 1.30pm and 3.45pm. Please attend if possible.
Please sign up for Avenues of Service at Double Tree in San Jose on October 21,
Dennis Kobza was presented with his 7th Paul Harris pin. He and Jim Cunningham received certificates for joining the Presidents Club.
Jim Cunningham is organizing a Tail-gate party for Oct 23 game at Stanford vs WashingtonState.
Carla has tickets ($50.00 each) for the A Sante event in Sunnyvale on November 11 Please contribute a bottle of wine or other items for the auction.
Gerry Felix told how effectively Rotary Foundation matches people with money for positive results. 74% of our members have already contributed this year. Join them.
Judy called out Chuck who worked at the Giants’ successful game last Sunday. Bill Maston was fined after giving reasons to join our Rotary Club:- Camaraderie, our profile in the Community and the great lunches each week.
Other fines arose after Hal, Phil and Fred tried to state the population of Mountain View and Kim named three members of the City Council.
Our speaker was Kevin Duggan, City Manager, bringing us up-to-date on the State of the City, balancing the budget and providing services we all enjoy for people and even for burrowing owls.
Next week’s speaker will be Mike Kasperzak, Mountain View City Councilman.
Jenny-Rebecca, urged us to “Do the Right Thing” always..
Phil Armi, to encourage Giants’ fans, took us “out to the Ballgame”
Visitors were Rosanne Macek from the City of Mountain View and Heather Stenshawn.
President Sandi announced Los Altos Sunset Club Blood Drive on October 30. hoping for 5 members from each club to help provide 25 pints. More information to come.
Our Club donated $350.00 to the San Bruno Rotary Club Disaster Fund.
JudyHannemann is looking for volunteers to help plan a Wine/Cheese/’Flu Shot event at the Rotacare Clinic.
Please sign up for Avenues of Service in San Jose on October 21.
For Rotary’s special effort to End Polio Now, each member received a package of letters to send out to friends and acquaintances asking their help with donations.
Tickets for the A Sante event in Sunnyvale on November 11 will be available soon for $50.00 each.
Bruce Barsi & Kim Castro reported that they had attended the Rock Star Event at Shoreline Amphitheatre where Rotary had a table on the stage. The event raised $39,000.
President Sandi reported that the Los Altos/ Mountain View Community Round Table is now working on a Common Grant Application, similar to the common scholarship application. Kiwanis and Lions provided back-packs to students at the start of this school year. NextyearMountain View Rotary will join in this effort.
Kristen Dorset is still collecting names of those who will join the End Polio Now Event in San Francisco on October 24.
Gerry Felix told us how Clubs in Wisconsin helped by Rotary Foundation Matching Grants improved nutrition for children in Panama through their Power Flour Action Network.
Judy H fined herself for losing her glassesAGAIN, but she will still see the Giants play tomorrow. Birthday fines came from Phil, and Dennis (who joined the Presidents Club).
Bruce, Kim, Kristen and Peter also had to contribute. Ken’s recent absences required explanation. Ernie had a celebration for Loraine’s birthday.
Our speaker was Nichols French, Real Estate Broker, warning us of things we should know about buying and selling real state. .
Next week’s speaker will be Kevin Duggan, Mountain View City Manager.
The Greeter and Thought person will be Ken Schwarderer.
Our speaker today was Michelle Chappel, an International Creativity Consultant.
Michelle has been teaching and consulting in the business of self improvement.She wants everyone to become a shining light.She asked if we have done something that we did because someone else wanted us to, but we were not happy doing it.
She said that we may have talents that are not recognized and we need to bring it out.
President elect Alan Goodman opened the meeting at 12:25pm at the Adobe Building in Mountain View.
Following the Pledge of Allegiance, Jim Cunningham gave 2 thoughts for the day: “The tongue has no bones, but is strong enough to break a heart, so be careful with your words.”, and “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”
Phil Armi then called for singing “God Bless America.”
Judy Hannemann introduced her guest, Jan Carey.
Twana Karney re-introduced the District Underwear Program for the homeless.
Tori Corbett announced next week’s meeting will be held at Scott’s on Castro at 5pm in sport attire.
Note dates:
1. Friday, September 20th from 5-7pm-CHAC grand opening of their new building, 590 W. El Camino Real
2. October 17-Avenues of Service for board members at the San Jose Doubletree
3. October 22-Regular lunch meeting at Moffett Field. Colonel Butow will host a tour. Details to follow.
4. December 13h-Holiday Party
5. April 10, 2014-Rotocare to celebrate the 25th anniversary
6. June 13th-Mountain View Golf Tournament and Barbeque
Tom Myers announced information concerning the Community Services Agency breakfast on Friday, September 20th honoring community leaders.
Fine Master Dave Cole fined GerylAnn Mateo $50 for her birthday, and Tori Corbett $51 for hers. For Cal’s gallant stand against Ohio State, Ken Schwaderer was fined $50, and Dave Cole was happy to donate for a positive blood test. Go Dave!
Program: Judy Hannemann introduced our speaker for the day, Betsy Collard, founder of Children Concern Foundation. This foundation is an orphanage in Tanzania that provides a lovely home for the care and education of 36 orphaned and vulnerable children, ages 4-16. CCF is a registered Tanzanian NGO. It receives no government funds and depends entirely upon donations from visitors and friends. More information can be obtained from
“friendsofccf@gmail.org
President-elect Alan adjourned the meeting at 1:30pm
President Bruce welcomed everyone to the Rotary luncheon and reminded all of the "Engage Rotary - Change Lives," Call to Action and of his Call to Action: “Fun Through Service.”
Walt led the Pledge of Allegiance. Scott provided a thought for the day on the Rotary Foundation. Alan led an engaging song.
President Elect Alan introduced guests for the meeting: Sanjay Dave, engineer and on his third visit to the club; and Ally Nguyen, from Interact and Counselor in Training in the recent RYLA Camp. Ally thanked the club for "all the Rotary opportunities."
President Bruce made and introduced announcements:
· Don’t forget to let Paul know (not Chuck or Judy anymore) if you won’t be at a meeting or if you will be bringing a guest. Please let him know by Monday at noon so he has time to contact the caterer. Paul’s email is PHReinhart@gmail.com.
· Also, please don’t combine dues and other payments in the same check. President’s Club and other contributions are now tax deductible and go directly into the Charities Account.
· Twana announced the District Governor’s Spouse Project: collecting underwear. New underwear, needed in all sizes, collected by our club will be given to CSA for distribution to the homeless.
· Our Crazy hat social meeting is on August 27th, 5:00 pm at Scotts on Castro. No noon meeting that day. This social meeting will be followed by a Sports Attire night on September 24th and mask night on October 29th.
· Day At The A’s, Saturday, September 7th . MVPD YSU have requested 15 tickets. Sign-up sheet circulating. 14 folks signed up mostly for 2 tickets. They really can only use 15 tickets, so if we can get one more person on the list, we will only need to buy one ticket each.
· The sign-up list was circulated for CHAC Parking September 7th and 8th. Bruce Bucks will be given to all participating.
· Reminder: The CHAC Open House is September 20th at 5:30 pm.
· Flyer was circulated on “Where Do District Governors Come From?” September 21st, 10 am to12 pm at the Doubletree.
· MVPAL “Night of Laughter” on Friday, September 27th, at 8 pm at the Performing Arts Centre. This will be a social event for the Club. Flyer and signup sheet were passed around.
· Armadillo Willy’s 30th BBQ Birthday Bash will support San Jose Rotary’s Play Garden scheduled to open in 2014 in Guadalupe Park in San Jose. The BBQ will be on Sunday, October 6th at San Jose’s History Park at Kelly Park. Flyer passed around.
· Scott announced that the noon luncheon meeting on Tuesday, October 22nd will be at Moffett Field. Col Steve Butow, Commander of the 129th Rescue Wing will provide tours of facilities and aircraft on that day.
· Reminder of the "Avenues of Service" meeting on Thursday, October 17th, 5-9 pm, at the Doubletree. Carl Guardino is the keynote speaker. Flyer and signup sheet on the Board.
· Alan announced the date of our Holiday Party: Friday, December 13th. Please mark your calendars. Location to be announced.
· The Poinzer Scholarship Empowered’s Career Empowerment Program is an online education program offered through UCLA Extension. Courses start in October and January and last 9-12 months. Normal cost is $8,000. Flyer on the Board.
· Remember the "Significant Person Rotary Email List" for bulletin distribution ... on board
· Bill briefly reported on his recent trip to Fiji and our potential Rotary project there. The local chief there in Fiji (Jeffery) is willing to collaborate on the project. More to come on this project in the future.
· Twana announced the Saturday, October 12th club service project to assist the Trinity Methodist Church in serving a meal to 100-150 homeless. Volunteers will assist with serving and with clean-up. The time: 9:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Tom, Foundation Chair, handed out Rotary Foundation pledge information and ask for all club members to consider their annual pledges and to return their completed form to him.
Dave, Funmaster, related a few excellent jokes and recognized some club members.
Alan introduced our speaker Richard Wexler, from Points of Life, LLC. Richard told how he created Points of Life from personal experiences when he and his wife helped three of their aging parents through crises. He spoke of the increasing high costs of elder care and of resources his organization has to help preparing for these costs. His "Elder Care Assistance Plan" provides contacts with any professionals you might need for taking care of aging loved ones or friends. He encouraged all to maintain a current estate plan.
Reminder: Next week will be our "Crazy Hat" Mixer at Scotts on Castro in Mountain View. No 3-fer is needed for the meeting.
Elaine spoke about the MVPAL "Night of Laughter" fund raiser coming up on Sept. 27th at the MVCPA. Pre-events start at 5:30 with main show starting at 8:00. Host this year is local comedian Brian Copeland and the headliner is D.L. Hughley. Ticket price includes open bar ( beer & wine ) & hors d'oeuvres, live and silent auction and raffle. President Bruce attended last year and said it was a great event. Sounds like a great event for Rotarians to support and attend!!
Bruce Bonus Bucks were distributed to Monique Kane, Dennis Kobza & Paul Reinhart for their admission to the the President's Club as well as to Twana Karney and Jim Cochran for their help in picking fresh fruit for donation to local charity.
Funmaster Dave Cole extracted money from Judy Hanneman, Twana Karney, Sheila Hodgkinson and Heather Stenshamm for various and sundry reasons not least of which was their ability to keep their lunch down in spite of his lame jokes.
Speaker: Dan Harding : Retirement Administration Inc. of Los Altos
Dan pointed out that 35% of Americans say they don't contribute to a retirement plan. Dan then proceeded to give an informative talk about opportunities available to shelter more of your income from the IRS through various retirement plans now available. Among these are:
Cash Balance Plans, Defined Benefit Pension Plans as well as the traditional 401(K) and profit sharing plans.
Chuck (substituting for Judy who had an eye procedure and couldn’t drive) gave a thought from Richard Bach, author.
President Elect Alan called on introduction of visitors. Hal introduced Sunyan who lives and works in Mountain View and is looking for a Rotary home.
Announcements:
*Thank you to those who joined the Presidents Club last week. This year the Board voted that checks for the President’s Club should be made out to the Charities Account to be fully deductible.
*”Bruce Bucks” are back. For every $50 contribution or hour worked on a community project, Bruce will give out a Bruce Buck and put it in a pot for drawing of a prize. The final prize of the year will be a few days for you and 15 friends to spend time in his cabin at Lake Tahoe.
*President Bruce passed around a clipboard for sign-ups for “cookie angels” and for “Friends” who would like to receive the Bulletin and club announcements.
*Chuck passed around a clipboard to sign up for the San Jose Giants trip on Saturday August 10. The game is at 5PM; arrive by 4 to partake in the BBQ dinner. Cost is $25 for adults and $15 for youth. The game is against Bakersfield, a Cincinnati Reds affiliated club whose manager is Ken Griffey Sr.
*Café Venti, our caterer, is opening a full bar. To celebrate, Thursday, July 25 from 5 – 9PM they will serve free food and drinks. Reservations are needed. A sign-up will be available next week.
*Anita and Twana passed around a survey asking for which Community Service Projects we could participate in, any new ones we could think of and times we might be available to participate.
Funmaster;
After firing off a few “jokes”, Dave Cole asked for any confessions, birthdays or anniversaries. Dennis joined the Presidents Club in appreciation for the cake served last week. Bill Maston will be gone for a few weeks to Fiji (poor fellow) ostensibly to work on an international project with a local Rotary Club (8 members strong). Jim Spangler was singled out as the proud father of Nick who had an article in a local newspaper. Among other things, he took his winnings from the Amazing Race and bought a nice condo in NY (all 900 square feet).
Program
Scott Johnson introduced our speaker whom he met at the Palo University Rotary Club meeting. Kerry Hargraves gave a very enlightening talk about “Have you played today?
Did you know: - Kids laugh about 400 times a day? Adults about 17?
-You are 4 times more likely to die in a hospital where the nurses are unhappy?
-The opposite of play is depression?
-Play is contagious?
She asked us to think about what you played when you were 8 or 9. Was it standing on the grass with no shoes? Was it rolling down a grassy hill? Was it blowing bubbles? We have about 25,000 mornings, make the most of them. (We all blew bubbles with the bubble blowers she gave us.)
Next week will be a club assembly, with our Board telling us what they have in mind for 2013 – 2014.
President Bruce welcomed everyone to the first meeting of the new Rotary year, at 12:15 in the Adobe Building. He reminded Rotarians of his Call to Action: “Fun Through Service.”
Dennis led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Scott provided some thoughts on tennis, with July 9th being the first Wimbledon back in 1877. Phil led us in “God Bless America.”
President Elect Alan introduced guests for the meeting: Royce Cablayor, real estate agent, and Jessica Nuwaski, from the Mountain View Police Department … both guests of Jerylann.
President Bruce made announcements:
· Dennis was welcomed back.
· Anita was thanked for the wonderful Kick-Out, honoring immediate Past-President Judy. Bruce presented the “Past President Badge” to Judy.
· District Governor Joe Hamilton’s Roast & Toast will be Thursday, July 18th, at Saratoga Springs.
· A sign-up sheet was circulated for the San Jose Giants August 10th game.
· All were invited to join Judy at this Wednesday’s Mountain View Chamber Mixer at Google. Time: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Location: 1501 Salado Drive, Mountain View.
· The “Rotary Angel Cookie Sign-up List” was circulated.
· There will be a short Endowment Meeting after the lunch.
· A “Significant Person Rotary Email List” sign-up was circulated.
· Reminder: if you cannot attend a meeting or will be brining a guest, let Chuck know by email no later than Monday at noon, prior to the meeting.
Tom gave a “Foundation Minute,” describing his pride in Mountain View Rotary Club always being a 100% Rotary Endowment participation club. He reminded us that we are “this close” to eradicating polio from the world, with endowment donations going towards this project. He announced the first donation for the new Rotary year had been made by President Bruce.
Dave, Funmaster, described his plans for the year, and related some excellent jokes. President Bruce clarified that even though there will be no fines, there will be a President’s Club - $150. Alan volunteered for the President’s Club. Monique announced that CHAC had occupied their new facility, “Miracle on El Camino,” at 590 West El Camino.
Alan introduced our speaker Lisa Huening, of The Shifting Path. Lisa spoke to us about The Shifting Path mission of guiding families through changing elder care, with a focus on the whole family. She shared four critical principles for families as they deal with senior care for a loved one: 1) Your own health 2) A support system 3) Being organized 4) Financial & legal considerations. She talked of ideas for reducing stress.
Next week’s, July 16th, speaker: Kerry Hargraves. Topic: “Have You Played Today?”
The Three – fer next week will be Judy Hannemann
(Check the 3 fer list on our Home Page for your date)
President’s Judy's Greeting: Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View. … 2 meetings more after today!
Our call to action for 2012-13 is “PEACE THROUGH SERVICE.” Our local focus –both District 5170 and MV Rotary - is “Mission Membership”!
Pledge of Allegiance: Bill Maston
Greeter and Thought for the Day: - Jim Cunningham, thanks for filling in for Dennis Kobza.
Song of the Day: Phil Armi -Oh Give Me a Home.
Finemaster Bruce. Fine Free for today. Just answers for fun!
Rotary Moment: POLIO SPREADS
In looking at the latest data on Polio cases by country, the good news is the number of cases is down from 64 last year to 41 this year comparing similar months. The bad news is that 4 cases have occurred in Somalia and 2 cases in Kenya. The message is that until polio is eradicated, it can and will spread to other countries. To date in 2013, Nigeria has 24 cases, Pakistan 9, and Afghanistan 2.
Kevin Chipello was given his Blue Badge. He is the last of the current crop of Red Badgers to receive it. He received a standing ovation from all.
Announcements:
Golf, Barbecue and Poker – last Friday, June 7 – Bill Maston, Bert Raphael, and Alan Goodman, all losers in the Holdem Poker Tournament. Scott Johnson said he had the most fun playing a new Game – Mexican Train (with all women).
Kick-Out – Sunday June 30th - Note: the time is 5:30 to 9:00 pm . A sign up sheet was passed around. All are encouraged to attend because of you this year was a success.
Remember - We will be dark the Tuesday after the Kick-Out - July 2, which almost coincides with the 4th of July Holiday. The location of our meeting on the 25th will be determined later. The AdobeBuilding has been rented to another group.
June Board Meeting – which will be this year’s Board’s Last Harrah! and next year’s Board’s Let’s Get Started! – will be at Judy’s house on June 20 at 4:30.
District Governor Joe Hamilton’s Kick Out – Roast and Toast will be Thurs., July 18 at Saratoga Springs. This is usually a fun event – especially if a group of us go.
Jim Cunningham- Gave an update on Dennis Kobza. He is recovering and will be here next week.
Alan – Monthly Speaker Chairs. August still open. Scott’s 2nd month is February. A sign up list was passed around.
San Jose Giants – Will be scheduled for August 10th. Cost will be $25 and include a BBQ meal and game tickets. A sign up will be passed around soon.
Reminder about RSVP’ing to meetings – if you’re not coming or if you are bringing an extra person. It is very important for you to indicate that you are not coming to a Tuesday meeting…..on Club Runner or by eMailing Chuck by Monday Noon if at all possible.
The Endowment Board of Trustees nominees are: Jim Cunningham, Jim Spangler, Steve Nichols and Monique Kane. Elections for this important Board for us will be held next week. They are responsible for allocating the Net Proceeds from the Crab Feed and selecting our Scholarship Recipients.
Today we are pleased to have as our program Cindy Wilber telling us about Proyecto Itzaes & Rotary.. She talked to us about educating Mayan people in health. What they should eat and drink and what they shouldn’t. The young people, under 15 are the best reciepients of the education. People 15 – 45 are the most resistant. Both Los Altos and Palo Alto Rotary clubs have been instrumental in helping fund the educational programs and in actually helping build the needed facilities.
NEXT WEEK–June 18, rather than Tomi Ryba, the Chief Executive of El Camino Hospital, the speaker will be John Zoglin (son of former MV Rotarian and & Judy’s sponsor! Mary Lou Zoglin) the president of their Board of Trustees. Please plan to not only be here but bring someone with you! Please make a special effort!!
Our “three-fer” for June 18, will be Bill Maston.
On June 25 – two weeks from today – our program will be our own President-Elect Bruce Barsi and his Board giving us a preview of next year. If you have any suggestions or comments, this is the time to speak out!
And Remember Judy’s Dream for our Rotary this year: Each member will attend every meeting possible, arriving before 12:15 each week, taking on at least one club responsibility during the year, and bringing in at least one new member this year!! Don’t forget to wear your Rotary Pin!
President’s Greeting: Judy Hannemann, our President for 2012-13 provided the welcome. She will be president for 4 more meetings!
Our call to action for 2012-13 is “PEACE THROUGH SERVICE.” Our local focus –both District 5170 and MV Rotary - is “Mission Membership”!
Greeter and Thought for the Day: - Ernie Hawks – provided a quote by Norman Vincent Peale
Song of the Day: Led by Phil Armi – God Bless America
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians and Visitors: St. Francis scholarship recipients Allie (going to Brown) and Nicole (heading to UCLA) were welcomed. They brought a shirt as a gift for Alan.
Finemaster: Bruce - Rotary jeopardy snagged Monique for $20, but Burt answered his correctly. Twana and Jim may already have been at their limits so they played for fun. If not, then Twana’s fine was $25 and Jim’s $30.
Announcements:
We also heard from Alan who will be playing at Maltby’s in Los Altos on June 28 from 8 – 11. That’s PM. Also from Bob who is now working with his 3rd group of doctors in China. Dave told us he just got back from visiting family in Europe. Jim recently moved his final child to Manhattan and his other child will be playing the lead in Cinderella in NY.
The list for the Kick-Out on June 30 at Michael’s is MIA so Anita will be emailing everyone to re-confirm.
Pres Elect Alan is still looking for individuals to find speakers for 4 more months. Scott signed up for 2 months so Alan would like to actually find 5 people.
Golf and Barbecue and Poker – Is this week Friday, June 7 at Shoreline. Judy will not be attending due to a “prior Commitment”!! To quote Judy “… while you’re here baking this weekend, I’ll be in cool, colorful Colorado with expected highs of 64º to lows of 34 º!...”
Kick-Out – Sunday June 30th - Note: the time is 5:30 to 9:00 pm (not the 2:30 – 5 that somehow got in our notes). There may be a meeting on June 25 but we will be dark on July 2.
The June District Cabinet and End of Year Celebration and Thank You’s will be Wed., June 5 at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose. If interested, let Judy or Bruce know.
District Governor Joe Hamilton’s Kick Out – Roast and Toast will be Thurs., July 18 at Saratoga Springs. This is usually a fun event – especially if a group of us go.
Jim Cunningham- Update on Dennis Kobza – Dennis is doing well and should be back with us in a couple of weeks.
Tornado Damage Relief -Our district 5170 is in contact with Oklahoma City Rotary regarding the collection and sending of funds in District 5170 to assist those in the path of the recent tornado. These funds would be intended for long-term recovery and not immediate response relief. Just how Oklahoma City plans to utilize funds they collect for the victims will be announced as soon as our District Governor knows. In the meantime, they are collecting funds from individuals and clubs. If someone has a suggestion for a small fund-raiser or passing the hat or whatever, please let me know.
Donations can be sent payable to Rotary District 5170 Foundation to:
Rotary District 5170
2570 N. First Street, Suite 200
San Jose, CA95131
Judy reminded us about RSVP’ing to meetings – if you’re not coming or if you are bringing an extra person. It is very important for you to indicate that you are not coming to a Tuesday meeting…..on ClubRunner or by eMailing Chuck by Monday Noon if at all possible.
Today our program featured Annie Zacanti telling us about Avenidas Rose Kleiner where she is the Director. Annie has 2 children and 2 Master’s degrees.
Avenidas has locations in Palo Alto and Mountain View. Avenidas Rose Kleiner is in MV on Escuela next to the SeniorCenter. They provide senior care services during the day including: adult day care, health care, nursing, therapies, transportation and lunch. They also have activities such as music and interaction with animals. Volunteers help with the back office and other activities. There are 3 payment groups: private (50%), CBAS Medical (40%) and VA (10%). For more information go to their website at:
Judy thanked Annie and let her know that we will make a donation in Annie’s name to the RotaCare Clinic – our local free clinic for low-income, non-insured residents – as a Thank You.
NEXT WEEK– June 11 our program will be Cindy Wilber Proyecto Itzaes and
Rotary .
Judy also reminded us that on June 18 our speaker will be Tomi Ryba, the Chief Executive of El Camino Hospital. Please put it on your calendar – June 18 – and plan to not only be here but bring someone with you!
Our “three-fer” for next meeting, June 4, will be: Jim Cunningham, who volunteered
Judy closed with, “…And Remember my Dream for our Rotary this year: Each member will attend every meeting possible, arriving before 12:15 each week, taking on at least one club responsibility during the year, and bringing in at least one new member this year!! Please make my dream come true! Don’t forget to wear your Rotary Pin!
The Thought for the Day was given by Twana Karney on the topic of success, to celebrate Rotary's success with Polio Plus. At Rotary U last week, it was mentioned that Rotary may succeed in eradicating polio from the world by 2016 if all goes as planned. The quote for the day was "Strong lives and organizations are motivated by dynamic purposes; lesser ones exist on wishes and inclinations. The most glowing successes are but reflections of an inner fire."
Song of the Day: Phil Armi led the group in everyone's favorite, "If You are Happy in Rotary..."
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians and Visitors: Visiting from Los Altos Sunset were Bill Mayhood and Enos Resmini. From Poona, India, Prakash Telany visited our club once again while he is here visiting family. Paul's wife Susan Reinhart was a guest of Rotary.
Finemaster Bruce fined Craig Goldman and Jerylann Mateo in Rotary Jeopardy.
President Judy Hannemann shared a Rotary Moment on the topic of Peace Through Service and what it means.
New Members were inducted by President Judy Hanneman. The new members are: Tori Corbett, Craig Goldman, Scott Johnson, Paul Reinhart, and Jack Wong. Kevin Chiapello was not present but was also inducted as well.
The Paul Harris Fellowship Presentation was made by Gerri Felix to Kiwanian John Akkaya of Mountain View's Don Giovanni Restaurant for service that exemplifies Rotary values. In particular, John opens his restaurants each Thanksgiving Day to serve 1000 to 1500 people a free Thanksgiving dinner.
Announcements:
Squaw Creek at Tahoe: 12 of us will be going this Friday to enjoy the free rooms and amenities won by our Club in the District 5170 Membership and Foundation Giving contest. Among other activities, the group will joining Bruce at his Tahoe home for a barbecue on Saturday night.
Golf and Barbecue and Poker: Friday, June 7. See Walt Joyce for details.
Kick-Out: Sunday June 30th. Anita Grossman mentioned that this is a mandatory event. It is a fun celebration of all that has happened this year.
The June District Cabinet and End of Year Celebration and Thank You's will be Wednesday, June 5 at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose. If interested, let Judy or Bruce know.
District Governor Joe Hamilton's Kick-out - Roast and Toast: This event will be Thursday, July 18 at at Saratoga Springs. This is usually a fun event, especially if a group is organized to go.
Pres Elect Alan Goodman passed around a sign-up sheet for organizing speakers for each month of the year. In particular, he asked for someone to take July, since only three speakers were needed to be lined up. Alan also pointed out that the District website has a list of speakers who have been successful at other clubs and would be open to speaking at other clubs like ours if you need ideas. Please contact Alan Goodman to sign up for your month!
Speaker Program: We were honored to have our own member M.A.T. Caparas, former president of Rotary International, as our speaker. He is a retired lawyer and was the Rotary International president in 1986-1987. He has held two positions in government - the first was as a delegate to the constitutional convention and the second as the chairman of a presidential commission. He is an inactive member of the California bar. He once chaired a California bank owned by the Philippine government. He is also a "Pioneer of Polio Plus" awardee.
M.A.T. Caparas gave his thoughts on Rotary in his talk. He has been a member since 1970. He considers the Red Badge meeting an important occasion, because nothing is more important than bringing in new members. In 1986, Rotary membership reached 1 million strong. He thought that the growth of 20 percent in membership in Rotary over the 27 years since then was simply not enough. Rotary's goal now is to have 1.3 members by 2014. He mentioned that one idea for increasing the membership might be to offer a pin for Rotarians who introduce new members. He commends President Judy for bringing in 6 new members this year to Mountain View.
M.A.T. then urged all of us to help our Red Badgers learn about Rotary as fast as possible.
Rotary, he mentioned, was started by four lonely men in Chicago. We now have 1.2 million members around the world who would welcome us as a friend. We have $100M in grants per year for International projects. 41,000 students were sent to Universities thanks to Rotary. Rotary has a Peace Program at 6 universities in 6 countries. Our greatest conflict prevention program is Polio Plus.
M.A.T also played a role in bringing women into Rotary. He believes that bringing women into Rotary has been a very good thing.
He closed by saying that the most important Rotarian is the ordinary Rotarian.
NEXT WEEK: May 28 we will introduce our Grant Recipients - Non-profits in the community to whom we are giving grants. They will each give a thumbnail sketch of what their organization does.
Our "three-fer" for next meeting, May 28, will be Kevin Chiapello.
President Judy's Rotary Dream for this year: Each member will attend every meeting possible, arriving before 12:15 each week, taking on at least one club responsibility during the year, and brining in at least one new member this year!
President-Elect Bruce Barsi (Judy was out) welcomed everyone. He reminded all (That he was not Judy &) of our Call to Action for 2012-13: “PEACE THROUGH SERVICE.” Our local focus –both District 5170 and MV Rotary - is “Mission Membership”!
Paul Reinhart led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Bruce shared lots of great and funny thoughts about “baseball quotes”.
Phil & our 2 program songmeisters led us in singing "God Bless America” in choir.
There was a visiting Rotarian, Paresh Telang from India w/daughter employed at Google, plus our presenters were the wonderful music group of Narayan & Janet visiting from Seattle. Scott Johnson had a guest from Villa Sienna, and Bert introduced his wife, Anne.
Fine master Bruce:
* Phil paid $20 – Missed “How & Where” is Hardy’s office - Answer was Ken S
* Sheila paid $20 – w/ Daily Double forgiven w/pity ! Best Experience – Trip to South America – Jim in 2004
* Walt paid $40 - w/ Daily Double not forgiven w/pity - Missed where we met, at a mutual friends house – Answer was Dorie
* Hal paid $25 - Most impressive Rotarian and youngest for years with great impression on kids – Right Answer, Jim S
* Hal let us know of his visit to Burn’s Steakhouse in Florida – very expensive and tasty but more importantly that his son graduates from USC (Fight On) with Aerospace Engineering degree - Congratulations
Announcements:
RotaryUniversity – formerly Avenues of Service - Thursday May 16 from 4 – 9pm at the Doubletree. We’d like attendance by all next year’s Board members, all co-chairs, all red badgers, and anyone else who wants to be inspired about possibilities in our Rotary.
Make sure you RSVP to meeting by Monday noon…very important especially if you are not coming or bringing an extra person
Kick-out – will be June 30th @ Michael’s at Shoreline at 2:30 - 5:00 pm Please come, you pay whether you attend or not
Golf Tournament & Barbeque – June 7th at Shoreline includes Los Altos Rotary & Kiwanis – See Walt. Checks due next week.
Live Music on Patio – of Café Venti - Wednesday & Thursday afternoon 4-7 pm…special discount pricing. RSVP at 254-1120
Today's Program:
Bert, introduced our visiting Rotarian singing group from Seattle, Narayan & Janet. Their style displays the same values as the Rotary Club of Music for Peace, Goodwill & the Celebration of Life. They played 4 uplifting songs from their recently completed 3rd CD. Great Music and positive vibes, Favorite Song- Leave your stress at the Door!
President-Elect Bruce’s Closing Remarks:
Next Tuesday, May 21st we will have a Special program – the induction of all Red Badgers as (finally) Blue Badgers and a very special speaker – Former RI President and member of our club, M.A.T. Caparas. Don’t miss it!
Our “three-fer” for next meeting, May 21st, will be Twana.
And Remember Judy’s Dream for our Rotary this year: Each member will attend every meeting possible, arriving before 12:15 each week, taking on at least one club responsibility during the year, and bringing in at least one new member this year!! Please make her dream come true! Don’t forget to wear your Rotary Pin!
This year’s theme is “Peace Through Service” and our local district’s theme is “Mission Membership”
Roger gave the ‘Thought of the Day” by talking of Korea and that there won’t be a war as China does not want one. He said it’s a very nice place to visit.
Phil Armi led us in a patriotic song.
Two visiting Rotarians were introduced, Joe Hamilton, District Governor of District 5179 and Arley Marley, our past District Governor.
No visitors were present except the students receiving scholarships who were introduced later.
Judy thanked everyone for the great time at our Rotating dinner from the appetizers and pink martinis at Walt and Patricia’s lovely home, to main meals at several homes to dessert at Bruce and Suzanne’s nice home.
Announcements: the Kick Out is Sunday, June 30 and it is one of our mandatory events. Anita announced that we will celebrate our outgoing President Judy along with a little bit of a roast as well as welcoming our incoming President Bruce.
Bruce shared his excitement over CHAC’s now being the official owners of the new building at 590 W El Camino. He said CHAC is going form a small building to a larger building that will serve CHAC services for many years to come. In honor of this exciting news Bruce joined the President’s Club.
Bruce than played his Jeopardy game. Fred joined the President’s Club instead of playing the game as he is a new grandfather to a baby boy! Jerylann and Heather were fined.
Program: Ken introduced our program of giving our scholarships to very deserving students. He said that our giving of these scholarships to students is a way that our Rotary Club invests in our future. As we heard their stories it became clear that these students will give back to society when they are adults. To get a scholarship they need to have at least a 3.0, most had 3.5 and up to 4.4. They also have to have done much community service. One student from MVHS wants to become a lawyer to help with immigration. Another Mountain View High student is going to a college in New York to learn to do therapy through music.
One Los Altos High student wants to work from a variety of ways via the media in order to have a positive impact on society. The other Los Alto student was heading to Chapman U to continue his studies in music to become an Opera singer.
The St. Francis student will go to Brown U to study neuro-science and business with the hope of becoming a doctor.
One Adult ED student will attend De Anza then transfer to a 4 year college to become a teacher.
One Alta Vista Student is already at Foothill and plans to become a teacher or counselor.
An Alta Vista student wants to get a BA in Automotive Technology at Sacramento Tech College. The other Alta Vista student wants to be a paramedic and will attend San Mateo College. Some of the stories of the lives of these students were deeply touching. Most of students were in Interact. One of them said that we inspire each other. They are inspired by us and we are inspired by them!
Following the presentations Arley presented Anita with an award for her year as president our club gave 100% to the Foundation!
Following Joe Hamilton praised our club for its rise in membership, our great golfers and that we would again reached 100% goal for Judy’s year! He presented Judy with the Peace for Service Presidential Citation. He also referred to our being #2 of the contest winners.
He also praised and congratulated the students for their scholarships and successes. He told them its important where you end out in life. He said not so much a question of what are you going to do in life as who are you going to be in life?
Judy closed the meeting at 1:30. She asked that we fulfill her wishes for our club and to wear your Rotary Pin!
In addition, at last week's meeting we had a chance to meet our Short Term Exchange student and her parents.
This year's theme is "Peace through Service" and our local and District 5170 theme is "Mission Membership."
Alan Goodman subbed for our songmister with a rousing rendition of "Doo wa Diddy".
No visitors or visiting Rotarians.
Announcements:
--- Rotating dinner, 4/26/13- start at the Joyces- 274 N Clark- Los Altos/ then to a secret home for dinner/ then to Barsi’s for dessert—email will go out to all who are attending.
---Golf Tourney/ joint event with Los Altos Rotary/ Los Altos Sunset Rot/ some others—pls sign up in next few weeks, June 7- shotgun start at 1pm- Shoreline course with dinner at Michael’s right after and small Texas Holdem poker event after.
--Bruce energetically fined Monique, Fred and Roger on the always entertaining Rotary Jeopardy questions.
--Paul Reinhart gave his Red Badge talk- originally from New Jersey (which we don’t hold against him, while others might)- Marine Corps, interest in veterinary medicine, ended up in business school, became a CPA, worked in IT, then Project Management at Genentech, then own company, then the Peace Corps—now a loyal and local volunteer. A very interesting life to say the least.
--Next week's meeting will be held at Scotts on Castro beginning at 5:00. No noon meeting. Our short term exchange student and her parents will be there as our guests. Her parents are both professors at Stanford and her mother was a long term exchange student to France. They are all excited.
Program:
Craig Goldman introduced today's speaker:
Kristin Enriquez, special education teaching coordinator for the Mtn View/Whisman school district. Moved to town 4 yrs ago from Pasadena, enjoys working with pre-school special needs students, gets them started with enough communication skills to make a good start in kindergarten, and beyond. They don’t pretend to cure the children’s ills, but do get them ready to function in the school system. Kristin is a very good speaker, and obviously passionate about the difference that she and her group can make for the children, parents and future teachers. Thanks to April speaker coordinator Craig Goldman.
Our Three fer on May 7h will be Monique Kane.
Don't forget to be at as many meetings by 12:15 as possible, take on at least one project, wear your Rotary Pin and invite a visitor!
PresidentJudy welcomed everyone at 12:30 p.m., at the AdobeBuilding. She reminded all of our Call to Action for 2012-13: “PEACE THROUGH SERVICE.” Our local focus –both District 5170 and MV Rotary - is “Mission Membership”!
Jim led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Hiro shared a thought: "Secrets to Staying Young." Tom led us in singing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game."
There were no visiting Rotarians nor Visitors to introduce.
Finemaster Bruce:
* Jim paid $25 - Heather's trip to the emergency room after a Rotary meeting.
* Craig paid $20 - Chuck competed in a race with a missing glasses lense.
* Sheila paid $25 - Walt's favorite activities of traveling, hiking, biking, and golfing.
* Walt paid $30 - Jim's story of meeting Alice picking keys up for a ski cabin.
* Roger paid $30 - Bert's favorite activities of contradance and playing music.
Announcements:
The 5170 Squaw Creek Resort Contest. Our club now has 6 free rooms for Memorial Day Weekend. Sign-up sheet going around . Rotary 5170 will have 22 rooms so there may be some fun activities – besides the fun of Tahoe, and the historic facilities for Olympics at Squaw Valley.
Stevens Creek Trail Clean-Up – Sat. morning, April 20th. Anita will be providing to us more detailed information.
Tom announced that Jerylann lost her Dad last Friday night. Services are tentatively planned for next Saturday. More information will be forwarded out when services are finalyzed.
Dennis had a pacemaker implanted. He seems to be doing fine and should be at the next Rotary Meeting.
Rotating Dinner April 26 – Walt Joyce. Walt said that two more homes are needed to host a meal.
Scholarships have been decided upon. Thanks to everyone who participated in interviewing and evaluating applicants – especially Ken, Jim, Judy and Walt. The Scholarship winners will be invited to our May 7th meeting.
RotaryUniversity – formerly Avenues of Service - Thursday May 16 from 4 – 9pm at the Doubletree. We’d like attendance by all next year’s Board members , all co-chairs, all red badger’s, and anyone else who wants to be inspired about possibilities in our Rotary. Registration is paid by the club.
Invitation from Anna Eshoo – Dedication…Ballard Post Office 1:00 pm Sat Apr.13th
Today's Program:
Craig, speaker chairman for the month, introduced Betsy Nikolchev, Director of the Family Engagement Institute (FEI) forFoothill College. FEI works with many families, organizations, and schools throughout Santa ClaraCounty, and part of San MateoCounty, in helping children from low income families achieve their full potential. They provide free opportunities and resources to families and their children through existing organizations. Because of their partnership with FoothillCollege they are able to issue Certificates of Completion for the courses that parents complete. Courses include: parenting classes, family literacy, computer basics, strengthening the home-school connection, college preparation, and much more.
President July's Closing Remarks:
Our speaker next week, April 16, will be MVLA High School District Superintendent Barry Groves – on his winter-break trip with LAHS students to build a school in Haiti.
On the last Tues. of this month – April 30 we will have an afternoon social – 5 to 6:30 at Scott’s (formerly Cantankerous Fish) rather than our regular lunch meeting here.
Our “three-fer” for next meeting, April 16, will be Kevin Chiapello.
And Remember Judy’s Dream for our Rotary this year: Each member will attend every meeting possible, arriving before 12:15 each week, taking on at least one club responsibility during the year, and bringing in at least one new member this year!! Please make her dream come true! Don’t forget to wear your RotaryPin!
President Judy welcomed everyone at 12.30 pm at the Adobe Building.
Hal led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Sheila made us consider the Gender of a Computer and Phil led us in God Bless America.
Visiting from Los Altos Rotary was Hinda Weber, Education Case Manager for Alta Vista High School and Advisor to its Interact Club. With her came four Interact Club members from Alta Vista. Their club had worked hard to support us at the Crab Feed for which they made 500 cup-cakes.
Sign-up sheets were circulated for :- Memorial Weekend at Squaw Creek Resort, Tahoe, where we have six rooms available free, Rotating Dinner on April 26.
Scholarships have been decided. Thanks to everyone who participated, interviewing and evaluating applicants, especially Ken Schwaderer, Jim Spangler, Judy Hannemann, and Walt Joyce. Winners will be invited too our May 7 meeting.
Rotary University, (formerly Avenues of Service) is May 16, 4pm -9pm at the Double Tree Inn in San Jose. Members, especially the new Board and Red Badgers, are urged to attend.
Anna Eshoo invites attendance at the Mountain View Post Office on Sat. April 13, 1.00pm for Dedication of the building in memory of Kenneth Ballard, killed in Action. RSVP to Eshoo@gmail.com.
President Judy noted that District 5170 Speech Contest at the District Conference in Napa finished with a win by the student sponsored by Los Altos Sunset Club.
Finemaster Bruce being absent, confessions were extracted from Scott Johnson, glad to be part of our winning Golf Tournament team, Bill Maston for not introducing Laura, teacher from Burlingame. Walt Joyce admitted to having a new Lexus, Jim Cunningham joined the Presidents Club and Ken Schwaderer paid another fine for Cal’s women’t basketball team being in the Final Four.
Stevens Creek Trail Clean-up is Saturday April 20. 9am
Rotating Dinner will be Friday April 26. Walt Joyce has a sign up sheet.
Frank Davilla will not be at the meeting for the next couple of weeks. We need a volunteer to deliver the extra food to the Workers Center after the meeting.
As a Red Badge member, Craig Goldman gave us an outline of his history. Coming from a Mid-West family, his father was in business in Chicago, his mother an elementary school teacher, he enjoyed gymnastics in High School. He left the cold of Chicago to come to Stanford as a student of Human Biology but later went to Law School and worked as an attorney in Los Angeles for five years. He got a teaching credential and a job in Burlingame. He was married and has three daughters. He has been in the MV Whisman District for 15 years, three as Chief Financial Officer before becoming Superintendant.
As Speaker for the meeting. Craig Goldman, told us the MV District started in 1854 and Whisman in 1869. Now combined, they serve about 5000 students in 7 Elementary schools and 2 Middle Schools. There are five members of the Board and Craig is its sole employee. With relentless commitment to the success of students, the District has raised standards and made great progress even with 45 % second language learners. It now compares favorably with Palo Alto even though finances per student are limited. As well as Property taxes, the District receives funds from Parcel tax, Shoreline taxes, lease revenue, several local Foundations and sponsorship from Google, Microsoft, Synopsis and Samsung.
Next Week’s Speaker (April 9):- Betsy Nikolchev, Director of Family Engagement forFoothillCollege. Hiro will be the Greeter and give the day’s Thought.
If you cannot attend or will be bringing a guest, let us know through ClubRunner or by E-mail to Chuck by noon on Monday the 8th.
President Judy opened meeting at 12.30 pm at the Adobe Building.
Following the Pledge of Allegiance, Sheila remembered dates to celebrate, Saint Patrick's Day, which marks this death on March 17,461 A.D. and five centuries before that, the Ides of March, when Caesar was warned not to go to the Capitol.
Phil Armi in his annual shamrocked hat had the Club remember Irish Eyes.
Brad Wardle, Mountain View Fire Chief, was again welcomed as a visitor.
Bruce put more members in jeopardy- Judy, Jim Spangler and Ken.
Ken asked for volunteers to help interview scholarship applicants next week.
President Judy urged attendance at the District Conference in Napa on March 22-24. Rotarian Robert Coultas will speak on Saturday morning. “Rotary changes people..people change the world”. He is inspirational and pertinent to Clubs' efforts to attract and keep members. Dick Henning will speak on Saturday evening.
Bill Maston showed the second installment of his video about work in Fiji and told us more about his challenges and achievements in dealing with villagers and their chief. The Club should consider how we might promote an International Rotary project to help improve the lives and environment of people in Fiji.
Next week, March 19, Carole Leigh Hutton will tell us some facts about United Way, Silicon Valley.
Gerry Felix will greet and think and take notes.
Let Chuck know before noon on Monday if you are not coming to the meeting.
President’s greeting – And call to action for 2012 & 2013 – PEACE THROUGH SERVICE. Our local focus in the District and Club is MISSION MEMBERSHIP.
The pledge was led by Anita Grossman
The thought for the day was given ay Pres. Elect Bruce Barsi.
The song for the day was led by Phil Armi – “America the Beautiful.” We also sang Happy Birthday to Bill Maston and Fred Storek.
There were no visiting Rotarians or Guests of the Club.
We were privileged to have Scott Johnson give his Red Badge talk. Things you might not know about Scott: He was a Rotarian in the Newport Beach Sunrise Club; he has 8 grandchildren; he was asked to join our club by Anita Grossman, Jerylann Mateo and others. He is the Marketing Director for Villa Sienna.
Finemaster Bruce asked for confessions: Jim Spangler went to New York and saw the opening night of Cinderella. Bob Williams spent an evening with the Sister City group. Bruce also had several members play Rotary Jeopardy; JimCochran, Monique Kane and Heather Stenshamn.
Bert Raphael announced that we were set for a short term student exchange this summer. A girl from Mountain View High School will visit France and bring back a girl from there when she returns. He is looking for a couple of female “counselors” who will be available to speak to the girls if needed.
Past President Anita nominated a slate of officers and Board members for the 2013 – 2014 Rotary Year:
President Bruce Barsi
President Elect Alan Goodman
Treasurer Sheila Hodgkinson
Secretary (Internal) Hiro Kariya
Secretary (External) Paul Reinhart
Board Members: Jerylann Mateo, Tom Myers, Bert Raphael, Tori Corbett, Twana Karney, Hal Taylor.
Nominations were closed and the above were elected unanimously.
President Judy reminded us to register for the District Conference before the price of the rooms increased. The Conference will be held March 21 – 24 in Napa.
The program was introduced by Bill Maston. He showed us the first part of a video about the problems facing the Fiji people. He has been working on a project there for many years. His daughter became interested and first invited some students to spend a week on the island for a biology project and after several years some teachers became interested and have spent some summer vacations there reaching the locals how to pollute less and to help save the coral reefs. Rotarians Fred Storek and Jim Spangler have spent time on the islands to see first hand the problems that exist. Next week he will show part two of the video.
Remember to attend all meetings possible (letting us know if you WON’T be able to attend); arrive by 12:15; take on at least one club responsibility during the year; bring in a new member; and wear your Rotary Pin!
The meeting was called to order by President Judy Hannemann.
Pledge of Allegiance was led by Jim Spangler
Greeter and Thought for the Day: Anita Grossman
Phil Armi led us in a round of "Oh What a Beautiful Morning”
Announcements:
Bert reported on the MV Rotary Ski Trip, thanking Bruce and Susanne for graciously hosting the gang and sharing that everyone had a wonderful time.
Judy and others attended the “Celebration of Life” service for Mary Marley on Saturday. Our Club has donated $250 to the Rotary scholarship fund established in her name.
The District Conference in Napa is less than a month away, on March 21-24. There will be a special tribute to 25 Years of Women in Rotary. Our Board voted to place an ad in the program, up to $300.
Anita asked club members to review the slate of officers and let her know if there are any changes or additions to the list which will be voted on next Tuesday. Bruce commented that all Red Badgers will be eligible for Board service beginning in July 2013 so have at it!
Speaker: Adam Scow, California Campaigns Director at Food & Water Watch
Adam is responsible for developing strategy for local, state, and national campaigns, and serves on the planning committee for the annual California Water Policy Conference sponsored by Public Officials for Water and Environment Reform.
Adam spoke to us on “fracking in California” – first providing an overview of what fracking entails and its impact on the environment:
● Fracking goes much deeper than traditional drilling, with lots of water and toxic chemicals employed to break up rock (shale) for gas or oil.
● Hazards included leaks, contaminated groundwater, air pollution, explosions and fires.
● There is no safe way to frack.
For more information, please go to the website – foodandwaterwatch.org/California.
The meeting was called to oder by President Elect Bruce Barsi.
Pledge of Allegience was led by Walt Joyce
Phil Armi led us in a round of "Row, Row, Your Boat"
Bruce was leading the meeting because of Judy's horrific week. She' ll explain at a later time.
Announcements:
Monique Kane reported the Board of Directors approved spending $250 to donate to the Los Altos Rotary club
in the name of Mary Marley for the scholarship fund set up in her name.
Tom Myers also reported that the Board also recommended spending up to $300 for an ad in the District
Conference Program honoring the past women presidents from our club.
Alan Goodman said that there were only two people yet to report their crab feed ticket sales but it looks like
we will net about $15,000.
Tori Corbett gave her Red Badge talk. Tori is a Mountain View native and has been involved in the residential real estate market for more than 20 years. she is also involved with the City of Mountain View mediation program. Tori attended elementary, Jr. and High School in Mountain View and possesses the dubious distinction of every school she has attended has been shut down following her graduation. So far the only school to escape this curse is Foothill College. YOU GO GIRL!! If someone could please notify the adult education dept. at Foothill to be on the lookout for Tori's application it would be greatly appreciated.
Vistiting Rotarian and Speaker: John Nadolski from Los Altos Club.
John spoke to us about the Living Water International Program that is focused on bringing potable water to developing countries. The program has completed more than 11,000 water projects throughout the world in the last 22 years. John shared some of the following statistics with us:
1 Child dies every 15 seconds due to water related disease
2.5 billion people are without adequate sanitation
783 million people lack acccess to safe water ( must travel at least 30 minutes for access )
approx. 2/3 of those without access to safe water live on less than $2 per day
Our call to action for 2012-13 is “PEACE THROUGH SERVICE.” Our local focus –both District 5170 and MV Rotary - is “Mission Membership”!
Pledge of Allegiance: Bill Maston
Greeter and Thought for the Day: Walt Joyce
Song of the Day: Phil Armi “Happy Birthday” - Kevin C. the 4th, Jim S. the 1st, Chuck O. today!
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians and Visitors: Hal Taylor introduced a visiting Rotarian from Bolder Colorado, Tina Pierce, who has relocated and is looking for a new club. Cecelia Babkirk, Cupertino Rotary and chair of the Community Grants program. Tim Bewely and Carol Fellows (the speaker) from Klamath Falls, OR.
Finemaster - Bruce Barsi - Called for confessions: Hal Taylor, a new Toyota; Heather Stenshamm a new Tesla; and Bert Raphael, just on principle. None were able to guess the correct answers in jeopardy.
Announcements:
Update on our CRAB FEED!! Alan Goodman. We served close to 400 people. Our net proceeds look to be around $14,000. The InterAct Club from Alta Vista was very excited – made $200! Turn in your ticket money to him ASAP! He raffled off some left over wine and beer.
Reminder about RSVP’ing to meetings – if you’re not coming or if you are bringing an extra person. It is very important for you to indicate that you are not coming to a Tuesday meeting…..on Club Runner or by emailing Chuck by Monday Noon if at all possible.
District Conference– will be in Napa this year from March 21-24, 2013…There will be a special tribute to 25 years of Women in Rotary. And this will be a good excuse for a weekend in the beautiful wine country! A Fantastic Cave reception only for those members who have donated $1000 to the RF or to Paul Harris Foundation… All of you have donated at least something to TRF so if you planned to give any more, NOW is a good time to do it.!!
If you want to book your hotel room early, go to tinyurl.com/2013DCHotel. When District 5160 held their conference at this resort, rooms sold out quickly at our reduced rates.
Los Altos Rotary Cioppino Feed – March 1 – 6 to 10 pm Shoup Park – Garden House $70.00 Might be fun to get a group of us to go together!
Feb 26 the Communication Technologies Committee will run a seminar on the use of Social Media.
Note: We have been informed of the passing of Mary Marley. She was a past President of the Los Altos Rotary Club and the wife of last year’s District Governor, Arley Marley. More information may be coming at next week’s meeting.
Program today – The Speaker was introduced by Cecelia Babkirk. Carol Fellows, Zone 25 Representative to the Rotary International Centers for the Study of Peace and Conflict Resolution. She showed a terrific Power Point presentation regarding the process of selecting the Peace Fellows and the Peace Centers (Universities) It has been in existence for only 8 years and already has graduated some important people making a difference in the world. The Peace Centers program is an exciting endeavor which offers fully paid, post-graduate fellowships to interested students and those working for NGOs in related fields. ___________________________________________________________________________
Our speaker on Feb. 12 will be Fredd Tittle, Chaplain of the VA Hospital
Our “three-fer” for next meeting, February 12, will be Craig Goldman
And Remember my Dream for our Rotary this year: Each member will attend every meeting possible, arriving before 12:15 each week, taking on at least one club responsibility during the year, and bringing in at least one new member this year!! Please make my dream come true! Don’t forget to wear your Rotary Pin!
Our call to action for 2012 -20132 is “PEACE THROUGH SERVICE.” Our local focus – both District 5170 and Mountain View Rotary is “Mission Membership!”
Pledge of Allegiance led by Craig Goldman.
Greeter and Thought for the Day was Jim Cunningham.
Phil Armi led us in a rousing rendition of “Oh What a Beautiful Morning.”
President Judy called on Hal Taylor who introduced visiting Rotarian from San Francisco Geanette, a lawyer living in Sunnyvale. Alan Goodman introduced a business associate.
Paul Reinhart was inducted into membership of our Rotary club. His sponsor Gerylann Mateo did the honors of pining on his Red Badge.
Announcements:
Alan Goodman, chair of our Crab Feed on Saturday Jan 26th, asked all to give him the number of people they expected to eat as well as collecting money for tickets sold. He also passed around a sign up sheet calling for all hands on deck for the day. There are jobs from 9 AM set up to clean up after serving ends at 7:30. See him, call him, and sign up for one or more positions.
The Baby Blanket project for the District Governors visit, headed in our club by Gerylann, collected a total of 3,733 blankets which were given to the neo-natal department of El Camino Hospital.
At last week’s Board Meeting it was voted to contribute $130 for two students from our Alta Vista Interact Club to attend the PRW Camp in February. It is a Rotary Camp aimed at Presidents and Presidents Elect of Interact Clubs and will be held at YMCA Camp Campbell.
The District Conference will be held from March 21 – 24 at the Meritage Resort in the Napa Valley. All members should get a flyer with the particulars of the Conference. A fantastic Cave reception for only those giving $1,000 this year to the Rotary Foundation will be held. If you are going to give to the Foundation, please make sure it is in by January 31 to qualify. Reduced rates for rooms are available if you book quickly.
Squaw Creek Resort Contest. Our club is in second place now but looks to be in first place by the end of the month. The first place prize is 10 rooms for 3 nights, second place prize is 7 rooms, and third place is 5 rooms at this resort during Memorial Day weekend.
Walt Joyce is looking for some people to fill a foursome for the District Golf Tournament which will be held at the Silverado Resort on Thursday prior to the District Conference.
Program:
Steve Nichols introduced Jim Long, a docent for the USS Hornet. The ship is a floating museum docked in Alameda. One of 5 ships through out the US from WWII which are now museums. Jim reviewed the history of the Hornet, its availability for rentals, hours of operation and viewing by the general public. After his impressive presentation he answered questions from our members.
Next meetings:
Next week we will have our quarterly social meeting at Scotts on Castro in Mountain View. No lunch meeting. The meeting will begin at 5PM. All members, spouses and guests are invited.
Our next lunch meeting will be on February 5th. Our ‘three-fer” will be Gerry Felix.
President Judy’s dream for this year: Each member will attend every meeting possible, arrive before 12:15, take on at least one club responsibility and bring in at least one new member. Don’t forget to wear your Rotary Pin!
Our call to action for 2012-13 is “PEACE THROUGH SERVICE.” Our local focus –both District 5170 and MV Rotary - is “Mission Membership”!
Pledge of Allegiance led by Walt Joyce
Greeter and Thought for the Day: Tori Corbett: Some people improve the neighborhood by moving IN TO it, and some people improve the neighborhood by moving OUT of it.
Phil Armi led us in God Bless America
Bruce President-Elect Introduced Visiting Rotarians from Sunnyvale and Los Altos.
INDUCTION OF NEW MEMBER: Scott Johnson and sponsor Anita Grossman
Announcements:
*Saturday, January 26 – our CRAB FEED!! Alan Goodman Sign-ups etc.
New Red Badge, Jack Wong has already sold 18 tickets!
District Conference will be in Napa this year from March 21-24, 2013…There will be a special tribute to 25 years of Women in Rotary. This will be a good excuse for a weekend in the beautiful wine country! A Fantastic Cave reception only for those members who have donated $1000 to the RF or to Paul Harris Foundation… All of you have donated at least something to TRF so if you planned to give any more, NOW is a good time to do it.!!
If you want to book your hotel room early, go to tinyurl.com/2013DCHotel. When District 5160 held their conference at this resort, rooms sold out quickly at our reduced rates.
Squaw Creek Resort Contest. We are right now in second place, but ….. We plan to have another new member inducted next week but you can still donate to the Rotary Foundation – before Jan. 31 for this contest -. Squaw Creek Resort is where last year’s Dist. Conference was held.
-What’s in it for us? …..The club ending with the highest point total will receive 10 rooms for 3 nights at the Squaw Creek Resort on Memorial Day Weekend in May 2013. The club having the second most points will receive 7 rooms; the club coming in third will receive 5 rooms.
Reminder about RSVP’ing to our regular club meeting – if you’re not coming or if you are bringing an extra person. We need to know to let the caterer know how many meals to fix. Check the events on our club’s Home Page.
Program today – The Rotary Speech contest…..Jim Cunningham was the Program Chairman. Speakers were from the Los Altos/Mountain View Speech and Debate team and from St. Francis.
#1 Abel spoke on “Peace”; #2 Kyle spoke on “The Power of the Internet”: #3 Ally spoke on her “Definition of Peace”; #4 Riyana spoke on “The Key Characteristic”; and #5 Lily spoke “On Make Your Own Look”.
The winners were: Third Place – Kyle; Second Place – Riyana; and First Place - Ally
Thank you, to all Speech Contest participants and their coach Karen Keifer and to Jim Cunningham
The next Rotary Board Meeting will be this Thursday, January 17 at 5:00 at Spangler’s on Castro. Red Badgers welcome – in fact everyone is always welcome!!
Next week’s speaker will be Jim Long, speaking about the U.S. Hornet Aircraft Carrier Museum. And the last Tuesday in January will be our quarterly Social at 5:00 pm at Scott’s Restaurant on Castro St. rather than a lunch meeting.
And Remember Judy’s Dream for our Rotary this year: Each member will attend every meeting possible, arriving before 12:15 each week, taking on at least one club responsibility during the year, and bringing in at least one new member this year!! Don’t forget to wear your Rotary Pin!
Our “three-fer” for next meeting, Jan.22, will be Jim Cunningham
There is no summary of the meeting but there are three items to pass on to you (the members)
#1 - THE CRAB FEED! Chairman Alan passed out ticets to all who were present. Everyone is expected to sell at least 10 tickets as well as help during the day at the Buddhist Temple. He passed around the sign up sheet for various duties. BE SURE TO SIGN UP FOR SOMETHING!
#2 - New member, Jack Wong, gave us his 5 minute talk via hand outs. Included is a summary of what he told us about himself.
Jack has over 19 years of experience in the financial services industry and joined Morgan Stanley in 2011 to open a new Global Wealth Management office in Mountain View, CA. Prior to joining the firm, Jack served as a Senior Vice President and Sr. Financial Advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors since 1994. Jack oversees all aspects of the Mountain View Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and his primary focus is designing investment strategies and implementing comprehensive financial plans for high net worth individuals and families, business owners, and corporate executives.
Jack manages portfolios and delivers exceptional service to clients by way of a “Four Step Investment process”: 1) Client profiling, determining each client’s needs, financial goals and investment objectives. 2) Formulating a customized asset allocation based on short, intermediate, and long-term goals. 3) Investment Selection and management. 4) Monitoring performance by conducting regular portfolio reviews.
Jack has been recognized by local and national publications including Barron’s Magazine as being part of the 2010 Top 100 Financial Advisors (CA) and Top 1,000 Financial Advisors (Nationwide) and San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal 2012 NABCAP Exemplary Advisors. Additionally, he is also part of the Chairman’s Club at Morgan Stanley and is fluent in Cantonese.
Jack graduated with a Masters of Business Administration from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science. in Economics from California Statue University, Monterey Bay. He lives in Cupertino with his wife and three young daughters and enjoys watching the New York Giants and Golden State Warriors.
#3 - President Elect Bruce had a message for all:
Getting your input is important to our club’s success. Therefore, we are inviting you to participate in a short survey about your experience in Rotary and your club so that you can share what you like about your membership and what you think could be improved.
· We are interested in your honest opinions. There is no right or wrong answer.
· Please be assured that all responses are confidential and anonymous. No one will be able to find out how you answered these questions. Rotary International is hosting this online survey and will only provide statistical summaries in the survey reports.
· The survey will only take five to ten minutes to complete.
· Please complete the survey on or before Friday, February 1.
We (Bruce & Judy) look forward to sharing the results with you in April. Together, we will act to make our club better and more successful!
Thought for the Day: Jerylann Mateo: Spend time with those you love. One of these days you will say either, “I wish I had” or “I’m glad I did”.
Song for the Day: Phil Armi: Happy Birthday to Phil (himself) & Dennis (next week)!
Introduction of Visitors: Judy introduced her friend, Deborah, visiting from Arizona; they have known each other since Junior High School.
Club Announcements/Rotary Thoughts:
-Reviewed the memorial service for Tim Sandis last Friday, 9/21.
-Jim Cunningham will be generously donating 2 tickets to the Stanford-Washington State Football game on Saturday, October 27. They will be auctioned off in a week or 2.
-Asante, Nov 7th. Buy your raffle tickets from Carla Paul.
-Baby Blanket Project: We will be presenting the District Governor baby blankets on Nov 6th. Jerylann will be collecting donations to purchase the blankets or you may choose to purchase your own. We will continue to remind members of this project weekly.
-Rotary Funds (Gerry Felix): We are over 50% to goal. 10 more members to pledge to get to 100% participation. We want to reach this goal by the 11/6 District Governor’s visit.
-Holiday Party will be Thursday evening Dec 13th at 6 pm. The Barsi’s will be hosting the Holiday Party at their home! Please mark your calendars.
Fine Master – Bruce Barsi:
-Gerry Felix (she will be a grandmother in April) & Dennis Kobza joined the Presidents Club. Jim Spangler was fined $20 (he will be a grandfather – but not the same person as Gerry) and Hal Taylor $15. Next Jeopardy board is going to be lots of fun!!
Speaker this week:
Oscar Garcia – Mountain View Chamber
Oscar talked about the recent Art & Wine Festival which has a nice increase in attendance & sales!
Reviewed the benefits of the Chamber:
They host over 40 events per year.
Promote the Community.
Leadership Mountain View.
Advocacy.
10 Ways to make your membership work.
The Chamber works with its members so we can work with them to advertise our Crab Feed in their eNewsletter & e-mail blast.
Next week our program will be the Candidates for Mountain View City Council. Please
Three –fer – Carl Paul
Click on the following link to see the Los Altos Rotary Aids Project which is our International Project for this year. info@rotaryaidsproject.org]
Sumary of Sept 25 meeting + Los Altos Aids project
President Judy called the meeting to order at 12:37 pm.
The pledge of Allegiance was led by Walt Joyce and recited by all.
Phil Armi acknowledged the anniversary of 9/11 and led us in singing “God Bless America.”
Tom Myers read a quote off the iPhone of our speaker Young Han, who had googled the quote for Tom. The quote was about having an important relationship with oneself, which is illegal in many southern states.
President-Elect Bruce introduced visitors and visiting Rotarians. Jack Wong was introduced. Jack is a prospective member who works at Morgan Stanley on Castro Street. Also introduced was Klaus who is a member of the Gualala Rotary Club. Klaus is from Germany, but Gualala is in California.
President-Elect Bruce played the ever-popular Rotary Jeopardy with us all. Jerylann was cheered for her birthday and Bob Williams was congratulated on his 57th wedding anniversary.
Announcements:
President Judy talked at length about the opening of school and all the great stuff happening at the high school district.
RotaCare Clinic is (was) having an open house today (last Tuesday) from 5 to 6 pm. All are (were) invited to see this great program that our club was instrumental in setting up and (and still is) supporting.
A Sante, the fundraiser for the RotaCare Clinic is on November 7. Tickets are $50 and available from Carla Paul. Come enjoy wine, food and fun!
Calling all photographers! Are you an aspiring Annie Leibowitz or Ansel Adams? Your club needs your talent. Are you without talent? We still need you….to take pictures of club activities and meetings. Contact President Judy if you’re interested.
Our first meeting in October will be a Candidates’ Forum for people running for City Council. You can submit questions in advance to Twana Karney.
Avenues of Service is Thursday, October 25. Sign-up sheet and fliers are on the reception table at the meeting.
Monique Kane thanked all for participating in the CHAC parking lot project for the Art and Wine Festival. A record amount was raised.
President Judy presented a token of appreciation to Fred Storek for hosting our club at his annual tailgate party prior to a Stanford football game.
Geri Felix told us how well we are doing at fulfilling our pledge to the Rotary Foundation. But we still need more pledges!
Speaker:
Young Han spoke about the new venture GoVoluntr.com. It is a multilevel platform to encourage and increase volunteers to nonprofit service providers.
President Judy welcomed all to the BEST Rotary club ever. Our call to action for this year under International President Sakuji Tanaka is “Peace through Service. Our District focus is Mission Membership.
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Tori Corbett.
The Thought for the Day was led by Chuck Osborn. “The best is yet to come.”
Phil Armi led us in “If you’re happy in Rotary…..”
President Elect Bruce Barsi introduced visiting Rotarian Bill Mahood from the Los Altos Sunset Club and visitor Jack Wong.
Bruce Barsi, acting as our fantastic Finemaster visited Bert Raphael for coming in third in last weeks Texas Holdem Tournament. He mentioned that he won $100 but it cost $175 to enter the tournament. He got to choose something from the Jeopardy Board. As did Walt Joyce, Anita Grossman, Roger Kao and Frank Davilla.
Announcements:
Jim Cochran announced the RotaCare open house next Tuesday, Sept 11 from 5 to 6 PM. There will be snacks and a chance to see the changes made in their expansion. “Where did all of our donated money go?”
We need a club photographer for on-going pictures for the newsletter, weekly Bulletin, etc.
Don’t forget to RSVP for the next week’s meeting on the Mtn. View Rotary website.
Looking for housing for a German teenage tennis player for a few months while he attends a local academy.
Don’t forget to bring in your travel hotel and airline giveaways - lotions, shampoos, conditioners, toothbrushes, whatever. Just bring them to the meeting
and Judy will take them to CSA for distribution.
Jim Cunningham will have Stanford football tickets for October 6th to auction at next week’s meeting.
Foundation
Gerry gave us a minute about “every Rotarian Every year.” We have a goal of $5,000. The District Governor will be visiting in November and she would like to have all the donations or pledges in by his visit.
Program
Our program for today was the District 5170 Vocational Services Chair, Jim Gibson. His Power Point presentation was compromised so he spoke about his experiences with the Cupertino Job Services organization.
Next Week
Our program next week, September 11, will be Young Han speaking about Go Volunteer. Our Three-fer will be Tom Myers.
New Member Proposed:
We have an application from Jack Wong, proposed by Judy Hannemann. He is a Sr. Financial Advisor for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. If you have any questions or concerns please contact our Secretary or Membership Chair. If there are no concerns in the next 7 days, he will be voted on by the Board and given an orientation
President Judy opened the meeting with a welcome and a reading of our call to action for this year.
Dennis Kobza gave us the thought for the day.
Phil Armi announced that in honor of Walt Joyce’s birthday, we should sing Happy Birthday for him.
Bruce Barsi, President-Elect introduced visitors. Judy introduced her friend Susan Silver. Our speakers husband, Ken Blackford, was introduced by Bruce.
Finemaster: Bruce took us into the all-new version of MV Rotary Jeopardy.
Twana told us of her 18th anniversary. She presented us with a bottle of Rotari wine. She missed her question.
Judy missed her question.
Steve Nichols joined the President’s Club.
Sheila missed her question.
Walt was successful with his answer to the question, “Who met their future spouse at the Police Academy?”
Club Announcements:
There will be a Rotary Board meeting on Thursday of this week at Jim Spanglers office at 5 PM.
Gerry was just back from the Rotary Foundation meeting and passed out pledge forms and letters giving us our present giving status. Our budget is $5000 this year. The District Governor will be at our club on November 6 this year.
Judy reminded us to call or email when we are NOT going to attend a meeting.
Save the date:Thursday, October 25 for the Avenues of Service program. For Board members and other interested members. The club pays for this event.
New members of the President’s Club were given certificates: Chuck, Hiro, Alan.
Our next quarterly social meeting will be the last Tuesday of August (the 28th) at Scott’s, formerly the Cantankerous Fish, on Castro. Each member is encouraged to bring a prospect to this meeting.
Monica thanked the club for providing many volunteers to staff the CHAC parking team at the MV Art and Wine celebration in September. We will have another opportunity this year on Sep 8 & 9. Sign up on the clipboard.
Program
Walt Joyce introduced our speaker Liz Blackford. She spoke about analyzing employee and customer personalities which will benefit your company.
Next Week
Our program will be Ms. Alice McGrath who is an expert on low-vision needs. She will be here with her dog.
President Judy greeted all Rotarians, visitors and guests. Our call to action for 2012 -2013 is “Peace Through Service.” Our District and club emphasis is Membership!
Jim Cochran let us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Hiro Kariya gave us a thought to think about, referring to “two old guys….”
In honor of the Olympics, Phil Armi led us in God Bless America.
Hal Taylor introduced three Camp RYLA attendees: Roberto Agular, Tony Montoya and JoAnne Mantoban; all from Mountain View High School. They gave us thanks for sponsoring them to Camp RYLA and told us how they benefited from the experience.
Club Announcements:
Chuck said that we need to know by noon on Monday who will NOT be attending the meeting. We assume you will be here unless you notify us you won’t. Previously the time had been noon EDT it has now been changed to noon PDT.
Jerylann said are all invited to the Chamber Mixer on Wed. evening 5 – 7PM. Rotary is a member of the Chamber which means we are all members.
Judy invited all current Board Members and other interested members to attend the Ave of Service meeting on Thursday October 25 @ the Double Tree Hotel. The featured speaker will be Cliff Dochterman
Our next social meeting will be the last Tuesday in August. August 28 at Scotts on Castro (formerly the Cantankerous Fish)
Our Board will meet next on Thursday evening August 16th at Jim Spangler’s office; 5 – 6:30PM.
Monique Kane reminded us that our next volunteer opportunity would be the weekend of Sept 8 & 9. We will be helping with parking lots for a CHAC fundraiser. She will pass around a sign up sheet soon.
Program
Walt Joyce introduced our speaker, Michael Becker, who was supposed to talk to us by phone from Chicago. However, he was not available when called. Walt did a good job of filling the time by talking about what the speaker was going to talk about and what future speakers in August would be talking about.
With the available time remaining we also had a chance to interact with the RYLA campers and ask them more in depth about their experience at Camp. Hal has them committed to reviving the Interact Club at Mtn View High School.
Next Week
Our program next week will be led by Liz Blackford. She will educate us on Enneagrams.
Three-fer will be Dennis Kobza.
Dave Cole filling in for Hiro as the Three - fer gave us these notes.
Past President Anita opened the meeting in President Judy’s absence.
Gerri Felix led us in the salute to the flag.
Jim Cunningham gave the thought of the day – “Label jars not people.”
Phil Armi led us in “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”
Guests:
Tom Myers asked for introduction of Guests. Bill Mayhood, visiting Rotarian from the Los Altos evening club. A guest from college who found us on the web site was introduced by Hiro.
Announcements:
Bert Raphael wanted us to keep in mind an International project that we, our club, could take the lead on.
Speaker:
Deirdre Marlaw from the Peninsula Bridge project. The project is 23 years old and serves mostly Middle School students. The reason being that if they can get thru High School Algebra, they can go to a State College. They serve breakfast and lunch and provide transportation to the sites for nearly 400 students. The cost is about $1,000 per student. They have a 95% success rate. Nearly 30% of the students are from other countries. Most of their funds come from grants and some come from individuals. Deirdre has been with the program for nearly 2 years. She used a video and power point presentation with technical help from Bert.
An email to our club via Anita:
Dear Anita,
I would like to take a moment to congratulate you and your team, for the great year you had in Annual Giving. You were at $203 per capita giving; 100% EREY; and 129% of goal. A truley outstanding performance.
What a great year, and your leadership lead the way.
For all the people that will be served by the generosity of your members, I thank you and the club again.
Yours in Rotary Service,
Roger
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Roger Hassler
District 5170 Governor 2010-2011
Next week’s program will be Michael Becker on Mobile Marketing. Our three-fer person is Hiro. The meeting will be at 12:15 at the HistoricAdobeBuilding. Please sign in on our web site if you are NOT going to attend!
President Judy welcomed members and guests at 12:30 PM at the Old Adobe in Mountain View.
Phil led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Thought for the Day: President Judy gave us Emerson’s definition of success.
We all sang “God Bless America”.
Visiting from Keelung Club in Taiwan was RotarianLance Lin.
Tom Myers introduced his visitors: his father, Stan Myers, and his brother–in-law, Dan Myers-Power. Bert Raphael introduced his wife, Anne.
Hal Taylor was with three students from St.Francis High school- Nicole Vu, Briant Vu and Alli Nguyen. They all enjoyed camp RYLA, made many friends and thanked the Club for sponsoring them. They were in the picture sent in last week’s meeting recap.
Finemaster Bruce being absent, President Judy asked for news or confessions so we learned that Bert Raphael has a new dog and Judy will be absent next week as she will be joining her daughter and family in Tahoe.
This year our donations to the President’s Club will be $150, of which $100 goes to our Club’s on-going operations and $50 to our local Endowment fund for scholarships. Members are urged also to become Double Sustainers, with the money going directly to the Rotary Foundation.
President Judy and eleven others together attended the Giants Game in San Jose last Saturday. Judy went on from there to hear music in Los Altos where Alan Goodman was playing.
Chuck asked again if you expectto miss a meeting or bring guests you should inform him through our website by Monday morning before the meeting. (The cut-off time has been adjusted as the time was East Coast time. It will now be noon PST) We need to know to know for the caterer how many meals should be provided. You are also urged to consider whom you might invite as a guest and who might consider joining Rotary.
Save the date- Thursday, October 25 when the annual Avenues of Service program will take place at the Doubletree in San Jose. The Club will pay for members who attend.
Bert Rafael was our speaker:- MOUNT KILIMANJARO the subject. He and Anne together in 1960 climbed the highest mountain in Maine. Later they climed Mount Whitney and for their 25th anniversary in 1987 went to see Mount Everest. They planned to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a safari in Kenya and Tanzania when Anne suggested climbing Kilimanjaro. Bert’s splendid pictures and account of their trip to the 19,340 foot summit kept us enthralled. We hope to hear later about the safari.
Next week, July 31, will be a regular meeting at 12.15 pm at the Old Adobe conducted by Past President Anita. The Speaker will be Deirdre Marlowe telling about Peninsula Bridge.
We are looking for a person to be the Three-fer as it was originally scheduled to be a social meeting.
Song: Phil Armi led us in “Home, Home on the Range”.
Bruce Barsi used up the last of the selections for Rotary Jeopardy on Phil Armi, Jim Cochran and Sheila Hodgkinson.
A clip board went around for signups for finding speakers for our meetings. Only four months remain without someone to get speakers.
Jim Spangler confirmed a report by Ken Schwaderer that former Member and School District Superintendent Bill Graft's wife, Marilyn passed away. In addition member Tim Sandis passed away 7/1/12 and Rosemary, the wife of former member Dan Ciernick passed away on 6/17/12.
Chuck Osborn explained in a little more detail about how to decline coming to our lunch meeting so that the caterer will prepare the appropriate amount of lunch. This goes for bringing guests as well.
Once on the Club’s Home page, click on the upcoming meeting, then click on “Members”, after that you will be able to accept or decline or register a guest. The time for registering closes at noon on the Monday prior to the meeting.
Chuck passed around a sign-up sheet for this Saturday’s San Jose Giants baseball game and BBQ. Game starts at 5PM. Alan will be playing with his group at the Main Street Bar until 10PM. One could go to both events.
President Judy suggested that it would be great if more members would go to the events that the district put on as they are really a great opportunity to chat with and get to know more about other members. She went to the roast for outgoing District Govenor Arley Marley and incoming DG Joe Hamilton. It was a great time, but our club was under represented.
Bruce Barsi introduced our speaker today as Lyle Bickley who was one of the founders of the Computer Museum, the president of his own consulting firm and an active community volunteer.
Lyle explained that the Computer Museum is a repository of the computer industry going back over 100 years. Their Vision is to explore the computer revolution and its ongoing impact on the human experience. Their Mission is to preserve the artifacts and stories of the information age.
They occupy a 25,000 square foot building which they own. It took $19 million to set up and they display about 5% of the artifact that they have on a rotating basis. They have an educational program, catalog search, research database, publish Core Magazine, they restore historically significant computers and hold events. Currently they have 46 full time employees and over 200 volunteers.
A picture of most of the RYLA campers at the recent BBQ held at Camp Campbell. Our club had 4 counselors at the event (more than any other club).
President’s Greeting: President Anita welcomed us to her last meeting as president.
Pledge: Dennis Kobza led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Thought; President Anita had the thought for the day.
Song: Phil Armi arrived in the nick of time to lead us in “Oh What a Beautiful Morning.”
President Elect: Judy Hannemann told us there would be a social meeting on Tuesday June 26 and no meeting on July 3. (This has since been revised to no meeting either day) Our next meeting will be for lunch on Tuesday July 10th.
Announcements”
*The annual Roast & Toast for the outgoing District Governor, Arley Marley, will be held on July 12 at Saratoga Springs.
*Bruce is passing around a list for speaker sign ups by month.
*Walt Joyce said there were 24 golfers at Shoreline for our annual golf tournament. Phil said about 40 people showed up at the Elks Club for the BBQ after. If you haven’t paid, please do so to Sheila, Chuck, Walt or Phil.
*There are about 40 people signed up for the Kick Out at Michaels of Shoreline on Sunday evening June 24 @ 6. See Tom Myers for more information.
*Hal Taylor is looking for someone to represent us and meet the RYLA campers at the BBQ on Thursday evening at Camp Campbell. We have seven campers sponsored by our club.
Rotary Jeopardy
Bruce asked for confessions: Phil Armi is celebrating his 60th Anniversary. Fred Storek is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the formation of his company. Roger, Phil & Dennis got to play Jeopardy.
Presentation of Community Grants:
CHAC – Carrie Carsten reported on their activities and reminded us that the upcoming Art and Wine parking would help raise more money for the organization.
CSA – Megan Perdue, a development director for CSA reported on their activities in Mtn. View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills.
Mountain View Education Foundation – Alison Beardsley received their award. She told us of their expansion plans.
Partners for New Generations – Sally Meadows of the Los Altos Rotary Club told us of their activities and needs for Mentors and Tutors.
The meeting was adjourned. The next meeting will be July 10th for lunch.
President Anita welcomed members and guests at 12.30 pm to our second meeting back at the Old Adobe in Mountain View.
Roger led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Thought for the Day: Sheila had thoughts about vacations and holidays here and abroad.
We had no visitors.
Jim Spangler was congratulated for more achievements by his son Nick.
Hal Taylor reported meeting past member Hugh Holden and abalone diving in Mendocino. Hugh is keeping fit as Fire Chief in Ashland, Oregon. Hal also announced that we have 10 students going this year to RYLA.
Tom Myers called for volunteers to get together after this meeting to plan arrangements for the Kickout at Michael’s on June 24. The cost will be $55.00 each and this is a mandatory meeting
Jim Spangler introduced recipients of our Community Awards and spoke of the useful work done in our local area. Representatives of organizations were guests at the meeting to receive checks:-
Friends of Deer Hollow Farm:- $350.00 Joan Lewis spoke of the Educational Programs and Scholarships which are supported by our donation. The Farm has been open now for 18 years. Joan shared letters from some of the 2500 students who have visited it in the last year.
Friends of Stevens Creek Trail:- $250.00 Greg Unangst explained that the award helps to make people aware of the trail and its benefits. Already 20 years since plans were started, it extends now from the Bay through Mountain View to a Bridge over Hiway 85 which will be officially opened on Saturday. Another new bridge over 101 beside Permanente Creek will connect Shoreline to Middlefield Road and Crittenden School.
More studies and plans aim ultimately to make the trail go from the Bay to Skyline.
Hope Services:- $1862.00 Suanne Rinta described how this organization provides employment for clients. For 60 years they have had trucks picking up clothing and other items that can be usefully worked over. They now re-cycle E-waste and have tent screening outside for space to work on the mattresses.
Just Read:- $2500 Alison Kibrick, President of the Board of Jost Read, told of the direct impact of their program on students needing help with elementary literacy and mathematics to bring them up to grade. Volunteers work in a structured program integrated into school schedules. She is grateful for our donation and for all volunteers.
Next week Community Awards will be given to CHAC, CSA, Mountain View Educational Foundation and Partners for a New Generation.
The Three-fer person is scheduled to be Monique Kane.
Pres Anita opened meet at 12:30-- 2 meetings left, then kickout.
Walt Joyce led pledge of allegiance.
Walt gave a short thought for the da y-- "What goes into your
mouth affects only you, however, what comes out of your mouth as
speech affects others-- take extra care in either event".
Phil Armi led us in song, our all time favorite, clap, stamp, etc.-- YUCK.
Bruce Barsi was our able fine master, and promised to do so next
year as well. Jim Cochran lost on a tough Rotary jeopardy question,
Bill Masston paid a fine for his daughter's graduation from SLO (last
one), Bert Raphael volunteered a fine for his and Anne's 50th wedding
anniversary-- congratulations you two!
Walt announced for final time our upcoming Golf tourney and
BBQ-- 24 for golf, and starting time info handed out-- golf starting
at 10:00AM at Shoreline, BBQ 5pm at the Elks Lodge on El Camino in
Palo Alto. Big attendance for the BBQ, will be a fine time.
Jim Spangler announced grant recipients for the next 2 weeks
meetings, and that son Nick will be appearing on the Tony awards TV
program Sunday night, in the first musical number.
Tom Myers announced the nomination for Club President
2013-2014 -- Bruce Barsi, back for another bite of the apple. There
also is a list of past presidents willing to serve again, hopefully
interspersed with newer members who are being groomed for the
prestigious office in the near future. Bruce was unanimously elected.
Congrats Pres-elect Barsi.
Dr Bob Williams, ably introduced by Judy Hanneman, gave his
very interesting and in depth explanation of his occupational passion,
TMJ jaw joint problems and treatments. Bob is a renowned expert in
this Orthodontic specialty, lecturing all over the world on the
subject. 35% of individual adults have some kind of issue with jaw
pain, incorrect bite, possible headaches and ear pain and need to see
a specialist for relief. Many Doctors and regular Dentists are not keyed
into this health problem, and generally the symptoms and treatment are
not taught in med schools. Bob explained the mechanics of a properly
acting jaw, vs a compromised one, and spoke briefly about the various
treatments that he recommends, and uses. Excellent program by a real
expert, and while none of us want to have the condition and require
the treatment, it is gratifying to know that solutions to these
problems exist. Thanks again Bob.
· President Grossman welcomed everyone to the meeting as we returned to the Adobe House in Mountain View.
· Beginning on June 5, 2012, you must let the Club Secretary know if you will not be attending the Tuesday lunch by Monday noon the day before the meeting. Instructions for notifying the Club Secretary on the website will be sent to all members. This notification will enable the Club to monitor the cost of our lunches and provide the caterer with a correct head count.
Pledge of Allegiance: Jim Cochran
Thought for the Day: Gerri Felix gave a quote from Albert Einstein that expresses the essence of Rotary: “The World is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” Rotarians look on do something.
Song of the Day: Phil Armi – God Bless America
Introduction of Visitors: Judy Hannemann acknowledged the scholarship recipients and their families who were attendance.
Special Announcements: Monique Kane was honored today as Woman of the Year at a special reception at the Los Altos History Museum on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Senator Joe Simitian chose Monique as the 11th District honoree and he hosted the reception.
General Club Announcements:
· Community Service Minute – Jim Spangler informed the Club that distribution of our annual charitable gifts to local non-profit organizations will begin at the end of June.
· Club Service Minute – Walt Joyce reminded the members of the June 8th Golf Tournament and BBQ. Golf will begin at 10:00am at Shoreline Golf Club and the BBQ will be held at the Palo Alto Elks Club starting at 5:00pm.
· Kickout Update – Tom Myers has set the date for the annual Kick Out for Sunday, June 24th. The event will be held at Michael’s at Shoreline beginning at 6:00pm.
· May 29th Fellowship Meeting will be held at Judy Hannemann’s house located at 1241 Eureka Avenue, Los Altos, CA. A joint meeting of the 2011/12 and the 2012/13 Board of Directors will be held at 4:00pm at the same location.
Rotary Jeopardy – Bruce Barsi fined himself and announced that his son had graduated from Columbia Medical School. Jim Cochran played Rotary Jeopardy and paid $25 when he did not answer the question correctly.
Scholarship Presentations: Ken Scwaderer, Judy Hannemann, Chuck Osborn, Walt Joyce, and Bruce Barsi had the honor of introducing the 2012 Scholarship recipients. They are:
Mountain View - Bryan Medina
Los Altos - Ricardo Goliza Garcia
St. Francis - Stefanie Kong
Adult Ed - Abhishek Rajbhandari
Adult Ed – Cynthia Ferrarese-Jaffe
The membership was delighted to hear the stories of our students’ path to higher education. All of the recipients expressed their sincere gratitude to the Club for assisting them with the cost of their education. Mountain View Rotarians have long supported students from the Mountain View community to achieve their educational goals. The Mountain View Adult School’s guidance counselor expressed her appreciation to the Club for being the first to support their graduates with scholarship funds.
Next week’s meeting will be a social at the home of Judy Hannemann (see above) 5:30 PM. Light refreshments and drinks will be provided.
President Anita welcomed members and guests to our last meeting at the Palo Alto Elks Lodge.
Monique Kane led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Thought for the Day: Sheila Hodgkinson expressed gratitude for all we have here in California.
Introduction of Visitors: Frank Davila introduced Kelly Trevethan, from United Capital of San Francisco.
Rotary International Conference: President-Elect, Judy Hannemann, was back from the International Convention in Bangkok. She described some of the challenges and rewards of travel with other Rotarians.
She urged every club member to take some individual action to help the Club and especially to find new speakers for our meetings.
Special Announcements:
Our next meeting on May 22 will be in Mountain View at the Historic Adobe Building at 150 Moffet Boulevard. Scholarship recipients will be attending along with parents and teachers.
For future meetings at the Adobe Building members will be expected to attend or to give notice for their absence so that the caterer can be informed about the number of meals to be served.
Heather and Fredrik Stenshamn announced the birth of their second son, Daniel, on Tuesday May 8th.
Monique Kane will be honored as California Senator Joe Simitian’s pick for Woman of the Year at a special reception next Tuesday evening, May 22, 4:30PM – 6:00PM at the Los Altos History Museum. Members are invited to attend.
General Club Announcements:
* Judy Hannemann is looking to have a party of members to attend the San Jose Giants’ game on July 21.
* Foundation Minute – Gerry Felix spoke about R.I Foundation’s support for Ambassadorial Scholars.
Our Club members have given 100% support to the Foundation this year.
* Club Service- Walt Joyce reminded members to sign up for the Golf Tournament and BBQ on June 8.
* Kickout Party- Sunday June 24 at 6 pm at Michaels at Shoreline. Tom will have sign-ups next week.
Speaker – Thomas Dittler introduced Martin Fugmann, Head of German International School of Silicon Valley. There are 140 German Schools worldwide, funded by the German Government . The School in Mountain View is one of three in the Bay Area; others are in San Francisco and Berkeley. Schools are bilingual with academic programs serving a diverse student population. Mountain View has 14 graduates this year. Final examinations are 50-50 in English and German. Inspections every four years help to ensure high quality education for all students. The Rotary Interact Club in the Mountain View School has about 15 members.
For information see www. gissv.org
Next week we will be awarding college scholarships and returning to our Mountain View Home ( the Historic Adobe Bldg.)
Gerri Felix will greet, give a though,t and take notes.
President’s Greeting: Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – the BEST club ever. Our call to action this year is “Reach within to embrace humanity.”
Pledge of Allegiance:
Song of the Day: Phil Armi
Introduction of Visitors: Alan Goodman. Frank Davilla introduced Mike Davis. Joe Lichenger and Kevin Chaipeilo from Recology were also introduced as guests and potent ional new members.
Raffle of computer cases. Frank Davilla contributed 4 computer cases to the club. There were raffled for $10 each to: Jim Spangler, Fred Storek, Chuck Osborn and Ken Schwaderer.
General Club Announcements:
· Foundation Minute – Gerry Felix. Nothing new. We are 100% in our contributions as well as over the amount we committed to raise.
· Community Service Minute – Jim Spangler. The Club Board and the Endowment Board of Directors have approved the distribution of funds raised from the Crab Feed. A date for presentation to the organizations will be determined.
· Club Service Minute – Walt Joyce. Thanked all who made the Rotating Dinner a success. Save the date of Friday June 8 for our annual Golf Tournament. Golf at Shoreline and BBQ at the Elks club on the grass by the pool. He passed around a sign-up sheet for both. Stay tuned.
· Membership Minute – Jerylann Mateo. She has a couple of possible members (at the meeting today) that she will be talking with to join.
· Nominations Committee Update – Tom Myers. He thanked all who volunteered to help in the upcoming year as President Elect. He also mentioned to save the date of Sunday June 24, 6:00 PM at Michaels for the annual Kick Out event.
Rotary Jeopardy – Bruce Barsi. All the people needing to play were not present so Bruce asked for confessions.
Special Announcements –
Heather and Fredrik Stenshamn announced the birth of their second son, Daniel, on Tuesday May 8th. She will be bonding with him for the next several months. Pictures will be coming soon.
There will be a reception for Monique Kane on Tuesday evening, May 22, 4:30PM – 6:00PM at the Los Altos History Museum as Senator Joe Simiton announced her as his nomination for Woman of the Year. Congratulations Monique!
Next week our speaker is Martin Fugmann, Principal, German International School of Silicon Valley.
The Three-fer person is Ernie Hawks
This will be our last meeting at the Elks Club. On May 22 we will return to the Adobe Building in Mtn. View.
President’s greeting: Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – the BEST club ever. Our call to action for 2011-12 is to “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity”
Pledge of Allegiance: Bert Raphael
Thought for the Day: Jim Cunningham
Song of the Day: Phil Armi
Introduction of Visitors: Alan Goodman -
Tomas Dittler – Honorary Member and Kevin Chaipeilo, new
Recology General Manager.
New Member – Tori Corbett was inducted by President Anita and presented her Red Badge and Rotary Pin by her sponsor, Jerylann Mateo. Her Classification will be Real Estate.
General Club Announcements:
· Kudos to Walt Joyce for a very successful Rotating Dinner. Thanks also to hosts, the Cunningham’s, the Barsis, Williams, Kane’s, Raphael’s and Grossman’s. The next event will be the Golf Tournament (at Shoreline) and BBQ (at the Elks Club) on Friday June 8th.
· Foundation Minute – Gerry Felix. We are now officially 100% participating in Every Rotarian, Every Year.
· Community Service Minute – Jim Spangler. All of the applicants have received grants and is being forwarded to the Board for approval.
· Membership Minute – Jerylann Mateo
· New Generations Minute – Hal Taylor. We have 10 applicants for Camp RYLA. The club is paying for 6; two schools are paying for one each. Hal is seeking funding from members for another. Please let him know if you can contribute. One scholarship is $495.
· Report from Last Week’s Board Meeting – President Anita reported that we will be returning to the Historic Adobe Bldg on May 22. No increase in the meal cost at this time. We are seeking ways to change up the meal to keep the costs down. Another need of the club is for key leadership (the President). Since we are not recruiting new members to feed the leadership pipeline, we are in need of Past Presidents to help. As Alan Goodman suggested, a 3 – 5 year commitment is needed to develop a new crop of leaders. Past Presidents will be needed to help fill this gap. Some have said they will help, more are needed. Tom Myers is the person to contact if you will be willing to help with a 3 or more month commitment.
Rotary Jeopardy – Bruce Barsi was the Master of Ceremonies for this much anticipated program. Bill Maston, Jim Spangler, Chuck Osborn, and Monique Kane all contributed.
SPEAKER: Walt Joyce. Walt has recently joined his locally owned business with Hub International to make it a Mega company with lots of pluses for local clientele. He then talked about 4 areas of importance for us: 1. Personal Casualty Property; 2. Commercial Casualty; 3. Life, Disability and Long Term Care; 4. Health Insurance.
Next Week’s speaker is yet to be revealed. And the three-fer is Frank Davilla.
President’s Greeting: Judy Hannemann, president-elect for 2012-13 welcomed us.
Pledge of Allegiance: Jim Spangler
Thought for the Day: Jim Cochran spoke of the Holocaust Remembrance Day April 19. 2012.
Song of the Day: Alan and others sang Do Wat A Diddy
Introduction of Visitors: Judy Hannemann
Lauren Herbstman and Sally Meadows from Los Altos Rotary, Steve Nelson, Deborah Beresford,
Joe Lichtenger, a member prospect living in Mountain View.
General Club Announcements:
· Jerylann Mateo has been down for the count with pneumonia – sending lots of get well wishes her way.
· Jim Cochran passed around a sign up sheet for members willing to deliver food to the RotaCare Clinic on Thursday evenings. All were covered except August 9 and August 30.
· District Conference June 1 – 3, a clipboard was passed for sign-ups.
· Stevens Creek Trail Clean-up is this Saturday, 9 AM, Whisman Park on Easy street off Middlefield.
· We are still working on getting club meetings back to Mountain View, taking price, commute and parking into consideration. The Board will discuss next Tuesday. Send them your opinion. Alan requested “the sooner the better”.
· Community Service Minute – Jim Spangler: Grant applications will be out next week.
· Tom Myers: The Kickout of the President will be 6/24/12 (Sunday) at Michaels.
· Jim Cunningham: The rotating dinner is Friday, April 27; 5:30 PM at Cunningham’s to start.
· Next week is our Fellowship Meeting at 5:30 p.m. at The Cantankerous Fish. The Board will be meeting at 4:00 at CHAC.
Speaker: Rich Casey - Los Altos AIDS Project Chairman.
Mr. Casey described the problem of childhood AIDS to us:
In the USA 100 children are infected with AIDS each year.
In Africa 300,000 children are infected with AIDS each year.
The Los Altos Rotary AIDS Project started in Liberia where 100,000 are infected with HIV. This includes 10,000 infants.
They worked with $20 per birth which gives 90% control of HIV.
They had a grant of $60,000 which was used to train 50 health care workers and provide medication which saved 5000 lives.
He showed slides and a video of the work being done in Liberia. He expects to submit a plan for using $250,000 of a grant from The Rotary Foundation.
They later expect to expand their efforts to other African countries. 15 clubs have been supporting the Los Altos effort with 5 clubs from the Inland Empire providing support.
Next weeks meeting is 5:30 PM at the Cantankerous Fish. $10 drink & hours d’ovoures
President’s Greeting: Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – the BEST club ever! Our call to action for 2011-12 is to “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity”
Pledge of Allegiance: Led by Bert Raphael
Thought for the Day: Bruce Barsi provided memorable quotes from Ronald Reagan
Song of the Day: With the absence or our notable Songmaster and all capable backups, we were silent today
Introduction of Visitors: President Anita presided over introductions of our visitors today. They included:
Eric Hawks, Past Rotarian and son of Ernie Hawks
Nick Spangler, current cast member of “Book of Mormons” and son of Jim Spangler
Justine DeClaro, Saint Francis student and Club sponsored exchange student to Rome
Joy DeClaro, mother of Justine
And our Exchange Student from Spain Rafael, staying with Hal Taylor.
General Club Announcements:
· Foundation Minute – Gerry Felix – Gerry provided an inspirational story about support provided by the Rotary Foundation in Africa and she congratulated the Club for 100% participation in contributions to the Foundation.
· Community Service Minute – Jim Spangler – Jim told us that the community grant process has started for this year and he will be seeking help from club members to review applications and make recommendations for the awards.
· Induction of New Member – Bruce Barsi introduced Craig Goldman as the Club’s newest member. Craig was originally from the Chicago area and he attended Stanford University, partly because of the quality of education, but mostly for the improved climate from the Midwest. He originally began his career as an attorney in Southern California, but moved to the field of education and the Mountain View Whisman School District about fourteen years ago. With the District, he reopened Huff School and served as the Principal there. He was the Chief Financial Officer for the District for five years before becoming Superintendent two years ago. Under his leadership, the Mountain View Whisman School District has become one of the top districts in the area. Craig is the father of three sixteen year old daughters (triplets) and currently faces the challenge of teaching them to drive. And apart from that when he can find the time, he enjoys hiking and reading.
President Anita formalized Craig’s membership as a Mountain View Rotarian and provided him with his red badge. He received a standing ovation from members at the meeting.
· Justine de Claro presentation – Justine is currently a senior at Saint Francis High School and she was sponsored by the Mountain View Rotary Club as an outbound exchange student to Rome last summer. She shared several photographs of her host family and their experiences in Italy. She said the program was a life changing experience and she is very grateful to the Mountain View Rotary for sponsoring her. She became very close with her host family and learned to respect other cultures as well as herself. Justine presented President Anita with a banner from the Rotary Club of Rome.
· In last week’s meeting, Past President Tom Myers put into nomination the following people for the 2012 2013 Rotary Year:
§ President – Judy Hannemann
§ Past President – Anita Grossmann
§ Secretary – Chuck Osborn
§ Treasurer – Sheila Hodgkinson
§ Club Service – Walt Joyce
§ International Service- Monique Kane
§ Membership – Jerylann Mateo
§ New Generations – Hal Taylor
§ Special Projects – Bert Raphael
§ Fine Master – Bruce Barsi
§ Web Master – Heather Stenshamn
§ Crab Feed Chair – Alan Goodman
Voting on these positions will be held at the next meeting.
SPEAKER INTRO & PRESENTATION: Jim Cunningham first introduced Joy Palmer-Cooper who is a former Ambassadorial Scholar sponsored by our club and had been our speaker several weeks ago. She expressed how pleased she was to be back to her “second Rotary home” in Mountain View.
Jim then introduced today’s speaker, Professor David Cooper, talking about “Responses to Disasters – the Sri Lankan Experience.” David spoke of the tsunami which hit Sri Lanka in 2004, killing more and 150,000 people and leaving a half million people homeless. He said as devastating as the physical effects of the disaster were, the psychological effects were worse and certainly, much longer lasting. People’s sense of comfort and security were shattered and many continue to suffer from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The recovery from this disaster for Sri Lanka has been very slow and there are very few resources still available for this purpose.
Next week’s speaker is Rich Casey from the Los Altos Club who will speak on the Liberia AIDS project
At a Board meeting after the regular club meeting, it was decided to move back to the Adobe Building in Mountain View, probably in mid May. The building is currently undergoing some work and we want to give the Elks club 4 weeks notice. We will have a new caterer serving us, Café Venti. Unfortunately, the Board also voted a cost increase to $20 for members and $25 for guests.
President’s Greeting: Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – the BEST club ever. Our call to action for 2011 – 2012 is: Reach Withink to Embrace Humanity.
Pledge of Allegiance: Bob Williams
Thought for the Day: Dave Cole
Song of the Day: Phil Armi
Introduction of Visitors: Judy Hannemann – Anne Raphael, wife of memember & our speaker today, Bert Raphael.
General Club Announcements:
· District Conference June 1 - 3
· Foundation Minute – Gerry Felix
· Club Service Minute – Walt Joyce—Rotating Dinner, April 27th & Club golf tourney and BBQ June 8th, see Walt for details.
· Options for moving meetings back to Mountain View – All—President Anita opened the floor for discussion about returning to Mountain View for our meetings. The Club’s fact finding committee has suggested multiple meeting place options—back to our previous meeting place at the Old Adobe Builbing, Michael’s at Shoreline, Don Giovani Restaurant downtown and continuing at the Palo Alto Elks. After much discussion, each meeting place presents plusses and minuses. The majority of the members favored meeting in Mountain View with the Old Adobe Building (with some adjustments) being the favored meeting place. To be continued……..
· Induction of new members (Craig Goldman on April 10; Tori Corbett on April 17)
Bert’s extremely entertaining program (with the help of wife Anne) explored 43 iconic photos of Bert and Anne’s travels around the world. Each photo defined a place, i.e. the EifelTower=Paris! The club had a great time, some easy some not, discovering the whereabouts of each photo. We are a well traveled group, and did very well at where’s Waldo, uh where’s Bert!
Thanks again Bert and Anne for a great program—and reminding us that some of the best programs come from within.
Next week is a very special meeting: Professor David Cooper will join us to talk about “Responses to Disasters – the Sri Lankan Experience.” His wife, Professor Joy Palmer-Cooper, will also join us. We welcomed Joy earlier in the year when she joined us to celebrate her 30th anniversary as a Rotary International Scholar. Justine DeClaro, who we sponsored last summer for an exchange experience in Italy, will also be our guest.
3 fr—Walt Joyce- wished for political sanity and cooperation among our representatives for a better future.
Pledge- Barry Cook
Song- Phil Armi—When Irish Eyes are Smiling—an Irish subject written by New Yorkers in Tin Pan Alley- not from the auld country.
Visiting Rotarians- PDG Roger Hassler, and PDG Bill Mahood, PA Univ Pres Steve Ross and his successor—PDG Hassler regaled us briefly on awards that Mtn View Rotary could receive, and thanked us for over and above foundation and Polio Plus contributions.
Alan Goodman introduced 6 St Francis interacters, and their advisor, Sheri Thomas. They all spoke eloquently about what the Rotary concept of giving has meant to them. One student has already earned a Paul Harris fellow award for her special projects in India which she has facilitated on-line and with personal visits. Once again, our future is in safe hands with these high quality young people.
Gerry Felix told the club about Health Hunger and Humanities grants, as part of the work of the Rotary Foundation—more good reasons to give generously.
Walt Joyce reiterated our upcoming Rotating Dinner- 4/27/12—looking good for attendance and location hosts. Price reasonable, and food by Cuccina Venti. Walt and Phil also mentioned our annual golf tourney and BBQ for 6/8/12. Golf at Shoreline, $65 for golf, cart, tee prize and skill prizes, BBQ to be at the PA Elks club, and cost to be determined —come to one or both or either. Not a fund raiser, but a FUN raiser- members and guests of all ages and abilities welcome- hope to have some Kiwanians, and folks from other Rotary Clubs as guests for golf & the BBQ.
Our program was put on by Skye Delano, the exec director of E cubed (E3) Youth Philanthropy Board. The organization gives $10,000 each year to local youth projects in Mtn View, Los Altos and neighboring cities. Their funding is provided by the Los Altos Community Foundation, which is in turn funded by the Packard Foundation of Los Altos. Amanda McFarland and Ben Merideth who are board members and high school seniors explained how the board is selected, and the process they go through to provide small grants to youth projects, and other community projects such as our very familiar Cops and Gobblers event. This process certainly seemed to be both worthwhile to the community, and especially educational to the young board members who learn how to pick a realistic project and how to monitor it and measure it’s ultimate success. Once again, our young community leaders are receiving opportunities to shine and being well prepared for present and future success.
The next meeting will be a fellowship meeting at the Cantakerous Fish on Castro in MTV @ 5 :30. Cost is $10 for drinks and snacks. Bring spouse, friend, or potential member. The Board will meet @ 4:15, prior to the regular meeting.
President’s Greeting: Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – the BEST club ever. Our call to action for 2011-12 is to “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity”
Pledge of Allegiance: Steve Nichols
Thought for the Day: Jerylann Mateo, read some of her favorite “I’ve Learned” Quotes
Song of the Day: Tom Myers – Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Introduction of Visitors: Judy Hannemann: Brad Wardell, MV Fire Chief; Thomas Dittler, Germany Rotary (will be honorary member); Marsh Lloyd, Judy’s visitor from Sacramento
General Club Announcements:
● Please look for highlights from past meetings and some interesting membership data. Also, information on the District Golf Tournament on Friday, June 1 at Coyote Moon in Truckee. Plus information on Rotary University on Saturday, March 31st. The program looks fabulous with lots of different offerings. Please sign up would like to have as many club members there as possible.
● Slight change in plans: we will induct Tori Corbett on April 17. Craig Goldman, Superintendent of the Wisman School District, has been proposed for membership.
● Foundation Minute – Gerry Felix: read letter from exchange student Bianca in Germany.
● International Update – Monique Kane
● Club Service Update – Walt Joyce, sign up for Rotating Dinner Friday evening April 27th and Golf Tournament & BBQ Friday, June 8th.
● Interact and RYLA Update – Hal Taylor: Selected 4 from St. Francis and will be interviewing Mtn View students next week for the RYLA camp scholarships.
● We are looking for someone to coordinate the Stevens Creek Trail Clean-Up project on Saturday, April 21. The event itself is a lot of fun and makes a real difference in the community by helping to keep the trails clean and safe for the hundreds of people who use it daily. Is anyone interested in doing this; it will be about 4 hours commitment…please let Anita know ASAP.
● Jim Cochran has been heading up a committee to look for additional places in Mountain View for our lunch meetings. The Board will be reviewing these options over the next week and we’ll report back next Tuesday.
● Any other announcements? Sunday eveningJune 24th – Kick out Dinner, please save the date.
Rotary Jeopardy – Led by Bruce Barsi: Frank $30; Jerylann $40, Walt $20 & Moniquie $25
SPEAKER INTRO & PRESENTATION: Dexter Dawes on “Trekking in the Himalayas.”
Judy introduced Dexter Dawes. Dexter has made eight trips to Nepal in 10 years (1994 – 2004). Talked about how to get started and what to expect. Described the circuits he had been on. Showed us lots of great pictures of the places he has been. Many days you start as a group & string out on your own during the day. Great adventure, camping with how they cook and the miles of each trek.
Some people stayed after the meeting to finish watching his slide show.
President’s Greeting: Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – the BEST club ever. Our call to action for 2011-12 is to “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity”
Pledge of Allegiance: Bill Maston
Thought for the Day: Bert gave us a thought for “Super Tuesday”, by quoting what candidate J.F. Kennedy wrote in 1960:
“I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end; where all men and all churches are treated as equal; where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice; … and where Catholics, Protestants and Jews, at both the lay and pastoral level, will refrain from those attitudes of disdain and division which have so often marred their works in the past, and promote instead the American ideal of brotherhood.
That is the kind of America in which I believe.”
Song of the Day: The St. Francis High School Alma Mater, enthusiastically led by five St. Francis Interactors.
Introduction of Visitors: Judy Hannemann
Visitors included the five Interacters, who told us a bit about their experiences as members of the largest Interact District in the world!
Visiting Rotarians:
Christina Omander, from the Rotary Club of Malmo-Heleneholm, Sweden
Chris Hemphill, Rotary Club of San Ramon
Other Visitors: Sandra Overton, and Janice Latham
New Presidents Club Member: Gerry Felix
New Honorary Club Members: Voted by the Board of Directors at their last meeting:
Ø Thomas Dittler
Ø Beth DeLing
General Club Announcements:
· The Board has approved Tori Corbett’s application for membership, and we’re so excited to welcome her to the Club. We will conduct a sort-of formal Induction ceremony next Tuesday.
· Additionally, the Board would like to welcome Thomas Dittler and Beth DeLing as honorary members. They will have blue badge status and pay visiting member fees for all actitivites and otherwise be considered as club members.
· In honor of Rotary International’s 107th birthday, the District is organizing and underwriting most of the costs of a group ad. We had a group ad that ran in the Palo Alto Daily Fusion, and there is supposed to be an ad in today.
· Foundation Minute – Gerry Felix
India has just been recognized as polio free for more than an entire year! That leaves only three countries in the world—Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria—who still suffer from the wild polio virus.
· Membership Minute – Jerylann Mateo
We participated with other Rotary clubs in a group ad that appears this week in local papers.
· Community Service Minute – Jim Spangler
We will be joining in a Stevens Creek Trail Clean-up project on April 21 from 9 until noon; please sign up to help.
· Upcoming Club Service events – Walt Joyce
1. Rotating Dinner on April 27—More host homes needed; participants need to sign up soon.
2. Golf Tournament on June 8
Rotary Jeopardy – (Bruce Barsi was not present; Rotarians received a reprieve this week!)
Janis told us about how her safari trip to Tanzania a few years ago changed her life. She had studied Swahili before the trip. When she introduced herself to a high school group in Swahili, the reception was so overwhelming that she decided to do something to help that school. She offered to provide them with a few computers, and then learned that the school did not have electricity. She now devotes full time to raising funds and providing solar electric systems, appropriate computers, and educational software, to that school and others in Tanzania.
Next week our speaker will be Dexter Dawes on “Trekking in the Himalayas.”
President’s Greeting: Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – the BEST club ever. Our call to action for 2011-12 is to “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity”
Pledge of Allegiance: Bruce Barsi
Thought for the Day: Ken Schwaderer
“In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity” – Albert Einstein
“I don’t need easy, I need possible” – Jorge Gutierrez ‘2012 Cal senior basketball player
Song of the Day: Tom Myers – God Bless America
Introduction of Visitors: Judy Hannemann. Thomas Dittler, Munich Germany, Monique Kane’s granddaughter, Kimberly, and a visiting member of the Murphy Rotary Club, Beth Deling.
General Club Announcements:
· In honor of Rotary International’s 107th birthday, the District is organizing and underwriting most of the costs of a group ad. Our Board has authorized participation in an Area 9 ad that will run in the Palo Alto Daily - Fusion section this week and in The Image section on March 6th.
· Foundation Minute – Gerry Felix
· International Update (Los Altos Rotary delegation) – Monique Kane
Scholarship interviews will take place in March for 6 schools. Please contact Ken Schwaderer if you want to be part of an interview team if you have not already done so. Usually there are three students from each school and three Rotarians on the interview team at a school. The process takes usually 2 hours. We have printed criteria and forms.
SPEAKER INTRO & PRESENTATION: Ken introduced Susan Harlan and the program:
Seniors and Safety by Susan Harlan, MA, CMC
Susan presented the topic: “Seniors and Safety”. Susan is a Certified Geriatric Care Manager and has a Master’s Degree in Gerontology. She is an elder care consultant with CONCERN / El Camino Hospital. They provide help to seniors, family members, friends of seniors, and caregivers.
Home safety is not just for seniors, but affects many of us. 81% of all home injuries are related to a fall, and most of these falls occur in the bathroom at home. According to the Center of Disease Control, about 235,000 people over the age of 15 years were reported to have visited an emergency room from injuries suffered in a bathroom. Almost 14% were hospitalized. The injury rate is 72% higher for women than for men related to falls. One interesting note is that the older we get, the more injuries happen around the toilet.
Many of the falling injuries can be prevented by having grab bars inside the tub and shower and next to the toilet. Susan commented of other home safety concerns and recommended keeping a short easy to read list of emergency phone numbers by each phone in your house. More information including a home and safety checklist can be found on the AARP website: www.aarp.org.
Next week is our Fellowship Meeting at 5:30 at The Cantankerous Fish on Castro Street. The Board will meet beforehand at 4:
President’s Greeting: Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – the BEST club ever. I am Anita Grossman, your president for 2011-12. Our call to action for 2011-12 is to “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity”.
Pledge of Allegiance: Judy Hanneman
Thought for the Day: Hal Taylor
Song of the Day: Phil Armi, “Let me Call You Sweetheart”. Sung by all to all.
Introduction of Visitors: Judy Hannemann
General Club Announcements:
· Jim Cochran has been scouting meeting locations for us to return to the ‘hood. We will need a few people to check out these venues – availability of parking, quality of food, storage area for our stuff and price. Let Anita know if you are interested.·
· The District Conference will be held on June 1-3 at the Resort at Squaw Creek, Olympic Village, Lake Tahoe. This is the district-wide celebration of the 2011-12 year and its leadership.
· In a continuing effort to improve District 5170 public awareness throughout the world, the District URL of www.rotary5170.org will be changing to www.rotarydistrict5170.org. This is more in line with other districts and announcing that 5170 represents a district.
· Although the $200M Challenge has been met by Rotarians, more money is needed to completely eradicate Polio. To encourage your support, District 5170 has created the "Points for Polio Program". Effective February 1, 2012, as a means to support the clubs in reaching their goal, the District will match any gift for Polio Plus of $100 or more with an equal number of TRF points towards that member's Paul Harris achievement.
· Foundation Minute – Gerry Felix
· Membership Minute – Jerylann Mateo. She passed out the completed new multicolor trifold club brochure to all present. More are available. Please use these as needed.
Rotary Jeopardy – Bruce Barsi lightened the wallets of Hal Taylor as he goes to an Arizona Apache Indian Reservation to help build houses, Jim Spangler rejoices that Jake is home from Afghanistan and Joya is playing in Cabaret. Jim Cunningham, Phil Armi and Judy Hanneman played Fine Jeopardy.
SPEAKER INTRO & PRESENTATION: Ken Schwaderer introduced Alex Von Feldt
Alex works for the non-profit Acterra which serves the Silicon Valley on solutions for sustainable landscaping. They work together with Green@ Home for energy audits, Business and environmental Awards, Be the change, and Acterra Stewardship.
She informed us of the consequences of unsustainable landscapes use more water, require more maintenance and cost more money.
She recommends that we check our irrigations systems for leaks and time it for AM use; don’t blow leaves, they make good mulch; leave grass clippings to compost on the lawn; us natural alternatives for pesticides and herbicides so they don’t poison fish downstream or cause blooming algae.
She encourages native plants that can be purchased at many places. Google it.
Doing this will encourage lizards and birds to return and take care of pests naturally.
Next week’s presenter is Susan Harlan from El Camino Hospital. Susan will present on “Seniors and Safety in the Home.”
Our greeter/thought for the day and scribe is Ken Schwaderer.
Also attached is an invitation from Leadership Mountain View. The event will take place prior to our next meeting, thus the invitation in this summary.
Ni Wakati / Its Time (93 minutes) Director: Michael Wanguhu Country: Kenya / USA An inspiring story that re- introduces Africa’s rich diversity to the rest of the world, as M1 (Dead Prez) and Umi (P.O.W.) travel to East Africa and connect with... Read More
Our monthly fellowship meeting was held at the Cantankerous Fish preceeded by the Board Meeting.
In addition to 23 members and spouses in attendance, there were some potential new members in attendance; Paul Reinhart & his wife, Tori Corbett, and a member of the Murphy Rotary Club who is going to stay in Mountain View with her husband in their second home.
President Anita called the meting to order for a few moments of introductions and a presentation. She read a proclomation thanking Alan Goodman for his great leadership in another successful Crab Feed held Saturday January 28th at the Buddhist temple. In addition to the money raised by ticket sales and drink tickets.
Gerry raised $520 for Polio Plus in a 50/50 raffle; the Interact Clubs at St Francis raised money selling Root Beer floats; and the
German School Interact club sold home made desserts to raise some money.
Several members have recently heard from Ernie Hawks. He is out of the hospital and back in his Palm Desert home. He had pnemonia and was hospitalized since shortly after Christmas.
Ken Schwader, Scholarship coordinator, is in need of several school chairpersons to coordinate the interviews at Los Altos and Mountain View High Schools. The interviews take about 2 hours and will be conducted at the school on a day of your choosing. See him for more details and timing. Applications are not due until March first. Interviews should be conducted sometime in April.
Monique Kane, our International Director, announced that the Los Altos Rotary delegation, which we are supporting with our District Designated Funds, is in Liberia training Drs. in Aids education. Rich Casey, from that club will be at a future meeting describing his experiences and results from the trip.
Several members are investigaing meeting possibilites for locations back in Mountain View. If you have a room, space, or location we should consider, please let president Anita or any Board Member know so further investigations can be done.
President Anita Greeted us with:Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – the BEST club ever. Our call to action for 2011-12 is to “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity”
Pledge of Allegiance: Frank Davila
Thought for the Day:Tom Myers
Introduction of Visitors: President Elect, Judy Hannemann
General Club Announcements:
On January 17, 2012, Rotary International announced that Rotary clubs worldwide met their $200 millionfundraising challenge for polio eradication. Further, the Gates Foundation pledged an additional $50 million to the campaign to end polio.
On Saturday, January 28th, Rich Casey and Allan Varni of the Rotary Club of Los Altos will be traveling to Liberia with a group of six other healthcare professionals to train 50 Liberians in the techniques involved in preventing the transmission of HIV from infected mothers to their newborn infants. The training workshop, which will last one week and take place at St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital, is being funded primarily under grants from The Rotary Foundation and Rotary District 5170.Rich and Allan will be posting news and photos of this workshop on Twitter @LosAltosRotary and on the Child AIDS Prevention Facebook page. Please follow them on these sites next week and share these links with all your other friends who may have an interest in Child AIDS Prevention in Africa.
Rotary Foundation Minute – Gerry Felix
Crab Feed Update - Alan Goodman.He needs your count of tickets sold but more importantly, the number of people attending.LET HIM KNOW TODAY!All hands are needed on Saturday to help set up, serve, and clean up.If you haven’t signed up, call him and let him know what you will be able to do.
SPEAKER CONTEST – Judy Hannemann thankedthe speech and debate teacher from
Los Altos High and Jack Kelly from the Los Altos Rotary club for making arrangements for the students to be at our meeting.We had judges, Jim Cunningham, Ken Schwaderer and Jim Spangler and Timer Tom Myers from our club to assist her.We heard from the three speakers, the judges scored and the winner was selected.They are pictured here.Third was Sonja Tavare, Second was Kyle Evans (Left) and the Winner was Arian Dehnow (right).Arian will go on to the Area Contest at the Los Altos Club in February.
Our meeting next week is a Fellowship Meeting at The Cantankerous Fish beginning at 5:30. In addition to bringing a significant other, please invite a friend or colleague who might be interested in learning more about our life-changing work.
The Board meeting will be held from 3:30 to 5:15.
Thank you again for joining us today. We are adjourned!
President Anita welcomed the assembled to the meeting at 12:36.
All joined Bert Raphael in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Tom Myers reminded everyone that, despite the acrimony that pervades our political process, the most important thing to remember when contemplating our country and our form of government are the wise words that end the pledge of allegiance we just recited:“…with liberty and justice for all.”
Dr. Phil was absent from the meeting, so Alan Goodman stepped in and improvised.Since the 49ers are good (and I mean REALLY good) for the first time in years, we sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”Since there are no football-specific songs that anyone could think of, Alan figured that it would work.Everything started off quite well and all sang robustly…..until the last line of the song, when everyone realized that there really is no way you can turn “one, two, three strikes you’re out” into anything remotely football related.So, we all just stopped singing.
President-Elect Judy introduced our visitors.They included Assistant District Governor for Area 9, Ginny Lear, from the Palo Alto Club; Erika Cagampan, Interact Director for Area 13, which includes the high schools supported by our club; and Marty Spangler, Jim Spangler’s father, previously from Los Altos Rotary.
Assistant District Governor Ginny made a very special presentation to Chuck Osborn and his wife Jan.Chuck and Jan have designated the Rotary Foundation as a bequest in their estate planning, making them members of the “Bequest Society.”This very important group of people is making sure that the important work of Rotary to end polio, work for world peace and foster international understanding will continue long after they have gone.On behalf of everyone in Mountain View Rotary, thank you Chuck and Jan.
Erika Cagampan gave us an update on Interact activities, asking us to give them support in the terrific work they do.
Tom Myers is once again behind the eight ball and needs to get a board together for next year.If you have any interest, please contact Tom.
Jerylann Mateo and Jim Spangler gave quick updates of Membership and Community Service respectively.
Judy Hannemann told us about the speech contest next week.Please attend and call Judy if you want to help out.
CRAB FEED IS JANUARY 28!!!Alan Goodman provided us with a Crab Feed update.NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL OR BUY YOUR TICKETS.PLEASE GET THAT IN TO ALAN BY OUR MEETING ON JANUARY 24.
Hal Taylor was our guest speaker today.He told us about local volunteer opportunities, then talked about his volunteer experiences around the world.He inspired, motivated and challenged us to volunteer our efforts to make life a little better for others.
We will meet again next week at the Palo Alto Elks Club.This will be our Annual Speech Contest.Judy Hannemann promises 4 great high school speakers.
The three-fer person for next week is Steve Nichols.
Today we celebrate Cinco de Mayo, and hope that reports about the diminishing numbers of people in Mexico who have flu is indeed continuing. It is also Children's Day in Japan. So we can think of games and fun :)
Thank you to everyone who helped clean up Steven's Creek Trail.
On Saturday April 25th we celebrated ROTARIANS AT WORK DAY, all along StevensCreek trail and we had a fine walk but less trash than anyone expected. Tom Myers, Jim Cunningham, Fred and Debbie Storek, Bert & Anne Rafael, Alan Goodman, Jim Cochran, Peter Jenni and CJ Early, and Sheila Hodgkinson were hard at work.
The House of Friendship will be "The Place to Be!"
And The Hospitality Suites will be "The Talk of The Town!"
The District Celebration Committee has done a magnificent job in preparing a fun-filled weekend at the newly remodeled Santa Clara Marriott, we are just missing one ingredient and that is YOU.
On Saturday, December 20th, several of our local Rotarians spent the day in front to Trader Joe's in Mountain View to bell ring for the Salvation Army.
We want to thank Fred, Sheila, Judy, Alan, Chuck and the 3 Jims (Cochran, Cunningham and Spangler) for their service!
This fall, and next spring, there will be a number of National Immunization Days and polio eradication efforts in "at risk" countries. Club members are invited to participate in one of these programs. Once you have had the chance to look into the eyes of child who will no longer have the fear of contracting polio, your life will be changed, forever.
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A picture of most of the RYLA campers at the recent BBQ held at Camp Campbell. Our club had 4 counselors at the event (more than any other club).
President Anita welcomed members and guests at 12.30 pm to our second meeting back at the Old Adobe in Mountain View.
Gerry raised $520 for Polio Plus in a 50/50 raffle; the Interact Clubs at St Francis raised money selling Root Beer floats; and the 
Assistant District Governor Ginny made a very special presentation to Chuck Osborn and his wife Jan.
Erika Cagampan gave us an update on Interact activities, asking us to give them support in the terrific work they do.
