Meeting 9/9/2015
San Lorenzo Valley Rotary
Club Assembly
Sept. 9th, 2015
-Mike rang the bell
-Janet led the pledge and 4 way test
-Karen had the Thought for the Day
-Joe had Thomas introduce his guests, his employees Chris and Jacob
-Charlie led us in a Happy Rotary Anniversary song for Carol Miller’s 12 years
Announcements
-Roger Miller’s Celebration will be September 19th from 2-4PM at Big Basin.
-Mike presented Perfect Attendance awards of Lottery Scratch off tickets for August and some from July that hadn’t been in attendance last month.
-Janet announced the Road and River Cleanup is the morning of September 19th and each town of the Valley will have a booth. It was suggested that members check the Valley Women’s Club website for more info.
-Janet announced the Second Harvest Barrel Wrap would be September 26th starting at 7:30 AM in Watsonville. Several members volunteered by show of hands to attend and transport Interact members, meeting at the Felton Safeway. A sign up sheet will go out next week.
-We “Socked it to the President”. Prior to the meeting socks donated by Mike and Janet, Linda and Joe, and Karen were paired together with rubber bands and piled on a table. We had President Mike stand against the wall and the socks were distributed to members. We all threw the socks at Mike and then the socks were gathered and bagged. (They were delivered to MCR after the meeting.) Everyone had fun!
-Detective- Ken challenged us with random trivia questions.
-Happy Bucks
Board minutes
-Community report- Steve told us the Dictionary Project would be happening early in the school year. He also told of an idea for a possible project of improving the bulletin boards at SLVHS, in a joint project with Interact.
-Vocation Appreciation Award – Janet reported speaking to Brian Lee at the SLV Water District and he was very excited to be able to honor one of his employees.
Certificates have been ordered and a restaurant gift certificate will be obtained to present to the recipient.
-Quarterly billing- Mike discussed the quarterly billing and the credit for a club make-up was clarified.
-Mike thanked Joe Griffin and Linda Fawcett for again donating $1000 for a scholarship to a deserving SLVHS senior.
New Business
-Venue – Mike and Karen explained the board recommendation of moving the meetings back to Mt. Hermon starting in October. After discussion, the club agreed to move back to Mt. Hermon with the same contract as last year, starting in October. The club realizes it would be much better to find a permanent meeting location in the Valley where we could meet year round, as it would be more centrally located and it would be helpful to have a “permanent place” for our printed membership materials.
-DG Wheelchair project- Mike explained to the club the DG wish that clubs in the District donate $100 per wheelchair and the District would contribute $50 to cover the cost of $150 per wheelchair to be donated to needy areas in Mexico. There had been a question regarding durability and follow up repairs. Mike had contacted the DG and she had responded answering questions regarding the durability but said no follow up repairs were provided. After discussion, the club agreed to donate an, as of yet undetermined amount of money, to purchase wheelchairs. It was suggested members Google the Wheelchair Foundation for further info.
-DG visit- Mike told us the DG visit would be December 16th and there was discussion regarding the conflict with the Holiday Luncheon. It was suggested that the Holiday Luncheon could be hosted at a member’s home this year instead of at Mt. Hermon and the club was agreeable to the suggestion.
-Christmas Shop – Janet described the possibility of having a Christmas Shop project involving finding 5 children through VCUM whose families have endured a hardship this year, and provide $100 each for each child. The Rotarians and Interact members would help the child shop at K-Mart for themselves and their families. A “wrapping party” would follow, where Rotarians and Interact members would help the children wrap the presents and food would be provided and one of the members would be dressed as Santa. The club was agreeable to the suggestion.
-Mike talked briefly about his trip this past weekend to Comunidad in Ensenada, Mexico where this year’s District Designated Funds will be donated.
-Raffle was won by Carol, but she didn’t pick the Joker.
-Mike ended the meeting with Service Above Self and ringing the bell.