January 13, 2015, Club Meeting eBulletin
January 13, 2015
Meeting called to order by President Vince G. at 12:30 pm
Pledge: Trina
Thought of Day: by Trina: While the thought was very good, it was long and the reporter was not able to type it fast enough.
Guests
-Eric with the RP
-Gloria Garcia
-Gloria Garcia
Visiting Rotarians
-Rocky Franich, Watsonville Rotary Club
Announcements & Correspondence:
-Jeanie announced the Rotary Foundation is still accepting donations. Vince encouraged people to get their money in.
-Trina announced a Board Meeting this Thursday at Vince’s house.
-Gloria announced the Rotary Foundation Board will meet on January 24th.
-District meetings will now be held in Milpitas at the something Suites. The next meeting is on the 24th. Vince will send around a notice.
-The District Conference will be held in April at the Doubletree (last District event there).
-RYLA – Checks need to be received by Feb. 28th. Ben noted that 16 students requested to attend.
-Casino Night is coming up & there is lots of work to do. More on this to come shortly.
-Lynne announced that Ag History Project has upcoming events.
-Vince shared a story in the Sentinel “From Watsonville to Ivy League”
-Davina announced the speech contest will take place in February.
-John announced that Casino Night will be held on March 21st.
Detective, conducted by Aloke.
-Ron, Danny, Gloria, Doug, John, Vince, Rocky, and Trina were fined $5 for New Year’s trivia.
Raffle, conducted by Steve B.
-Rich, Gloria, Ron, Carl, Brian, and Gloria received a mixture of chocolates, magazines and books.
Guest Speaker: Dan “Nane” Alejandrez is the founder and char of the National Coalition of Barrios Unidos, a national anti-violence organization with chapters in more than 30 cities around the country. Nane is also the executive director of the Santa Cruz Chapter. Nane’s vision and work is focused on the survival and healing of all those wounded through the madness of gang violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and the poverty and oppression of the barrio. The main work Barrios Unidos is to stop the violence by moving people from the darkness to the light. Barrios Unidos work in schools, prisons, penitentiaries and throughout the community. They’ve started a silk-screening business to help put kids to work. Their work is hard to fund, but they find resources through grants when available. They work with children in groups from about 6 to 12 years old, 12 to 17, and then older. They have a retreat in Salinas where kids can go for a few days to get out of their neighborhood for few days and have a change in pace and participate in positive programs.
Adjournment: 1:30 PM