February 18, 2014 Club Meeting

Meeting called to order by President Ron Sandidge

Pledge: Vince Garcia

Thought: Mark Bisbee "The limitless possibilities of human potential are always constrained by the limitations of human nature."

Guests: Karina Cervantez, Mayor – City of Watsonville

Visiting Rotarians: Kathy Bisbee (Gilroy), Carlos Palacios (Watsonville)

Correspondence and announcements:

Sandy/Paul 30th Annual Casino Night, March 15

Each member requested to: get table sponsors, sell tickets, secure two gift prizes.

Food will be BBQ chicken and tri-tip, pasta bar with three sauces (red, green, white), salads, cake.

Trina: Please deliver books to 79 Monte Vista Ave., Watsonville for Freedom Rotary’s Mountain View Lodge free library. Rotary theme for March is literacy.

Area 7 Richard King Rotary Youth Speech contest Friday, Feb 28 noon S C Rotary

Mark: Interact Dinner Charity Dinner is Saturday, March 1, 900 High Street, Santa Cruz.  We’re looking to fill a table for nine; contact Mark Bisbee if you will attend.

Detective:  Fred Betz in lieu of fines asked some members to share good news - Bill Barton daughter’s wedding, Mark Bisbee mother’s 88^th birthday, Vince Garcia new grandchildren, Patsy Gasca continues employment with Red Cross, Katie Mahan has attended three meetings this month, Aloke Mukherjee being present, Kathy Morrow has launched Pemako Health Initiative video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC3-KF8QF2A Carl Pimentel good medical test results, Ron Sandidge’s wife finally has 9:00 – 5:00 job, John Skinner’s twin brother celebrated 70^th birthday

Raffle: Steve Bennett gifted Heather with aromatherapy (she threatened to share this with kids’ bath), Brian with Spin the Bottle game, Vince with a 2013 calendar, Aloke with wine, Carl with tire pump, and Ben with pocket size games.

Program feature: 

Speaking with us today about Community Television of Santa Cruz County is Kathy Bisbee. She works simultaneously at Community Media Access Partnership in Gilroy and Community Television of Santa Cruz County. At CTV of Santa Cruz County Kathy has developed an efficient business plan on a reduced budget while striving to produce relevant broadcast content. After the Winter Holiday Season, CTV will be limiting its services to the public while undergoing restructuring.  CTV programming and channels will be unaffected. In 22 states around the country, traditional public, educational and government access media centers have lost their funding due to state legislation initiated by the cable companies. California is one of these states. Over 50 media centers in CA closed their doors in 2010. Community Television in Santa Cruz County is one of the media centers affected by this legislation and could lose all of its traditional funding within the next year. Most media centers do not have experience raising funds in any other manner, and are 100% dependent on these traditional sources of operating dollars. CTV is a valuable community asset in Santa Cruz County, reaching over 75,000 viewers, airs thousands of hours of local government in order to keep our democracy transparent, and provides training and mentorship for hundreds of local residents. In order to assure that CTV will continue to operate, the organization must meet requirements set forth by the County of Santa Cruz. The only way Community TV will survive is through the community supporting this station, and through streamlined operations.

Reminders:

February 25, 2014

Thought: 

Detective:  Mark Bisbee

Raffle:  Fred Betz

Speaker:  Mike Wallace / New Book:  The Borina Family of Watsonville

Recognition of Outstanding Student:  Calabasas Elementary / Todd Westfall - Principal