Meeting Notes-August 16, 2016

 

Mountain View Rotary

 August 16, 2016 – Notes by Bob

 
Pledge of Allegiance - Bill Matson
 
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.
 
By: Bob Williams