Meeting 12/16/2015
Posted by Julie Haff
on Dec 16, 2015
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Minutes of Rotary Club of SLV
December 16, 2015
Members in attendance: Judy, Don, Laurie, Janet, Linda, Joe G, Julie, Eric, Mary, Cameron, Heather, Mike, Charles, Steve, Ken, Karen, Carol, Bill, Brenda and Thomas. Guests: Brittany Overbeck, Priscilla Weiss, Francine Lapias, and Jim Anderson.
Guest Speaker: Governor Susan Valenta
President Mike opened the meeting with the flag salute, introductions and Thought for the Day. Charlie led the group in birthday, anniversary and holiday songs.
Perfect attendance (absent last week): Julie, Steve
Announcements:
Don said the Food Drive with Scotts Valley brought in $1200 in cash, cans, and turkeys. Eric will be in charge of Thought for the Day in January. Holiday Party will be at Joe and Linda’s house. Speech contest will be held on Jan. 20, 2016. Children and families enjoyed our first holiday shopping trip and meal. Karen thanked Janet for organizing the Christmas shopping trip. Santa Cruz Noon Club is meeting at the Back 9.
Happy Bucks: lots of happiness in our club! Highlights included: a trip to the Artic and giving a kitty to grandchildren.
Guest Speaker: Governor Susan Valenta retired as the president and CEO of the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce. Governor Susan joined Rotary in 1995 and has received numerous leadership awards including: Hearts of Gilroy Award, 2014 Woman of the Year, the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce named a youth leadership award after her, and she was recognized as one of the 100 Most Influential Woman of Silicon Valley.
Governor Susan inducted two new members into the Rotary Club of SLV: Brenda Holmes and Bill Jurgens.
Bill, Brenda and Susan
District 5170 includes 53 clubs in 4 counties and we are divided into 9 areas. We are a growing district and have the largest Interact Club in the world. Susan spoke about her core belief that Rotarians are the ones who will change the course of humanity. Since 2005, over 1000 children have had the cleft palate surgeries. She honored the work of local Rotarians for their contributions including: 1700 children who received eye exams; the drilling of wells around the world; the eradication of polio; and the delivery of wheel chairs.
She recognized the Rotary Club of SLV for the following: dictionary distribution, painting of fire hydrants, shopping spree, Interact Club, Felton clean-up, scholarships, RYLA, annual speech contest, new welcome signs, food drive, vocation appreciation awards, and the collection of socks for MCR.
Our District has just collected $115,000 to make another distribution of wheel chairs in Monterey, Mexico. Governor Susan invited all of us to attend the conference in April. As she demonstrated, Simple Acts can become Bold Acts and Rotarians make it happen
Drawing: Our guest, Francine but did not find the joker!
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30.
Minutes respectfully submitted by J. Haff