Club Meeting on Aug 1, 2012
Posted by Farhad Taleghani
on Aug 01, 2012
GREETER: Herman acted as the greeter/pledge and Past President Roland gave the inspiration.
GUEST and SPEAKER: Mary Jane Burke, Marin County Superintendent of Schools (elected for four years), an honorary member of Novato Rotary Club
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
GUEST and SPEAKER: Mary Jane Burke, Marin County Superintendent of Schools (elected for four years), an honorary member of Novato Rotary Club
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Call of the sea going fast please contact Pres Herman or Captain Alan Olson to sign up as soon as possible
- Chuck Orr announced the date for the Dodgers/SF Giants day; he will be sending an email to all of us soon
- Past Pres Ken gave us a quick update on the the Golf Event fund raiser for Aug 17th; we need golfers, donations as well as T-Signs PLEASE HELP this is our major fund raiser and it is the funds that allows our club to be active in the community
- Past Pres Christie K sent an email that we should have about $3,000 from her tennis event. THANK YOU CHRISTIE
LIZ LAUTER 3-MINUTE BIO:
Liz Lauter (born, Liz Raab) in San Francisco, attended Lowell High School, then Mills College in Oakland, then UC Davis. Married David Lauter in 1976 (when I was 19). I always studied painting and art from a very young age, and in college I majored in the sciences and art. I love biology and botany and I double majored with art.
We moved with our 3 children from Davis to Israel for 4 years while David did agricultural research for the Israeli government and I began teaching an after school art program (in Hebrew) to our children and their friends. I also began a hand painted textile design business there from the inspiring Armenian tiles that I saw in Jerusalem. I loved discovering the decorative Islamic arts on ceramic tiles which inspired me to paint these designs onto women's clothing and table linens which became a business while we were in Israel.
A 4th baby was born while we were in Israel, and then we moved back home to San Francisco where my father-in-law bet me a nickel that I couldn't sell my hand painted textiles to Gump's store in S.F. I did and my products were in the Gump's window on Post Street for 3 months.
That success jump started my manufacturing business which silk screened my artwork onto textile gifts, such as aprons, totes, t-shirts, place mats, pillow covers. I sold my garden and gourmet themed textile products nationally in garden gift, gourmet stores and national gift catalogs for 10 years. My company is Liz Lauter Designs (I have a website: lizlauter.com) My products were all made locally in the Bay Area. I also designed products for other companies, such as fabric, ceramic serving collections, and other tabletop accessories.
The economy was in a slump and I stopped manufacturing in 1998 and fell into teaching art at Redwood High school where I have been for the past 12 years. I teach Ceramics, Sculpture, AP Art and Intro to Art mainly. I am a National Board Certified Teacher and learned that I am the only NBCT in Art in all of Marin.
I currently am enrolled in a Master's in Education and Administration at the same time that I am teaching.
I recently organized and am directing the development and management of a community garden out in San Geronimo Valley.
My business website where you can see an array of my artwork is : lizlauter.com
I have a virtual store of my designs which are now out of print, but available for reprinting by Cafe Press. My store is :http://www.cafepress.com/
GOOD TIMES:
Liz Lauter: Had her first visit at RotaCare and took David (her hubby). She truly had a great time and felt the great family feeling that Blanch bring to this great undertaking of Rotary and community.
Lisa: Had a the great fortune to actually find a mural of her father baseball days with his name in SF. He played minor league in N East and then dedicated his whole life to helping youth with Baseball including a $1 per year for USF coaching the team. Great story and very inspiring. Please contact her for the exact location.
Pres Herman:He is thrilled in anticipation of his daughter home coming after the summer work in Mexico. She had very little water to shower or even for drinking. She can not wait to come home for 1-Cold clean H2O, 2-Good warm food 3-Watch movies. She feels like a total spa treatment.
Farhad and Nahal: Had an amazing one hour and a half of golf lessons from David Lauter who has played the game since ten years old. It was totally amazing to see him hit the balls so effortlessly and smoothly; they were just flying into the open space on a straight path!!
PAUL HARRIS PIN PRESENTATION:
Jirayr, our Paul Harris Chair, presented a Paul Harris Pin for Farhad for his contribution over the years on behalf of Nahal, Shireen (daughter), and himself. REMINDER: Paul Harris foundation is the building block of our entire international and domestic source of funding for all programs.
FUTURE FUND RAISER:
Peter David and Chuck Orr presented few exciting facts about the proposed major Marin County Rotary Bike Ride. The revenue potential is huge. Peter came up with this great idea and his daughter who rode for U of C Berkeley is still part of a team of riders and hence Peter's source of inspiration. He feels he himself does not have the time nor does he see others in the club with that same level of energy to push this. Chuck Orr approached Pres Herman to lead in cooperation with many of the other 14 Marin County Rotary Clubs. The Petaluma Club that has been doing this for three years is already in total agreement to help up in anyway we wish to. The key will be the 120 volunteers that we need. The volunteers come from Scouts, Schools Bike teams, Rotarian as well as organizations such as Trips-for Kids that has already agreed to support us.
SPEAKER:
Mary Jane Burke, who attended Dominican College and earned a BA in Education, is now a Trustee of the Dominican University and a mother of kids who attended public schools in Marin. Her deep and sincere passion for Public Education was very inspiring. Her husband has also served as Principal and Superintendent of local schools. She made a real convincing argument in support of Governor Brown's proposals in revamping the financial gaps of the state in the upcoming election. She had a lot to discuss and volunteered to be back at a mutually convenient future date.
THIS IS FROM HER WEBSITE:
One of the things that makes Marin special and unique to me is our interdependence. There is a definite culture of support and encouragement in our community. This has made us a vibrant and strong place — vibrancy that has always fostered creativity and diversity of thought, and strength that gives us the courage to looks at areas where we need to continue our work on being the best community we can be.
Liz Lauter (born, Liz Raab) in San Francisco, attended Lowell High School, then Mills College in Oakland, then UC Davis. Married David Lauter in 1976 (when I was 19). I always studied painting and art from a very young age, and in college I majored in the sciences and art. I love biology and botany and I double majored with art.
We moved with our 3 children from Davis to Israel for 4 years while David did agricultural research for the Israeli government and I began teaching an after school art program (in Hebrew) to our children and their friends. I also began a hand painted textile design business there from the inspiring Armenian tiles that I saw in Jerusalem. I loved discovering the decorative Islamic arts on ceramic tiles which inspired me to paint these designs onto women's clothing and table linens which became a business while we were in Israel.
A 4th baby was born while we were in Israel, and then we moved back home to San Francisco where my father-in-law bet me a nickel that I couldn't sell my hand painted textiles to Gump's store in S.F. I did and my products were in the Gump's window on Post Street for 3 months.
That success jump started my manufacturing business which silk screened my artwork onto textile gifts, such as aprons, totes, t-shirts, place mats, pillow covers. I sold my garden and gourmet themed textile products nationally in garden gift, gourmet stores and national gift catalogs for 10 years. My company is Liz Lauter Designs (I have a website: lizlauter.com) My products were all made locally in the Bay Area. I also designed products for other companies, such as fabric, ceramic serving collections, and other tabletop accessories.
The economy was in a slump and I stopped manufacturing in 1998 and fell into teaching art at Redwood High school where I have been for the past 12 years. I teach Ceramics, Sculpture, AP Art and Intro to Art mainly. I am a National Board Certified Teacher and learned that I am the only NBCT in Art in all of Marin.
I currently am enrolled in a Master's in Education and Administration at the same time that I am teaching.
I recently organized and am directing the development and management of a community garden out in San Geronimo Valley.
My business website where you can see an array of my artwork is : lizlauter.com
I have a virtual store of my designs which are now out of print, but available for reprinting by Cafe Press. My store is :http://www.cafepress.com/
GOOD TIMES:
Liz Lauter: Had her first visit at RotaCare and took David (her hubby). She truly had a great time and felt the great family feeling that Blanch bring to this great undertaking of Rotary and community.
Lisa: Had a the great fortune to actually find a mural of her father baseball days with his name in SF. He played minor league in N East and then dedicated his whole life to helping youth with Baseball including a $1 per year for USF coaching the team. Great story and very inspiring. Please contact her for the exact location.
Pres Herman:He is thrilled in anticipation of his daughter home coming after the summer work in Mexico. She had very little water to shower or even for drinking. She can not wait to come home for 1-Cold clean H2O, 2-Good warm food 3-Watch movies. She feels like a total spa treatment.
Farhad and Nahal: Had an amazing one hour and a half of golf lessons from David Lauter who has played the game since ten years old. It was totally amazing to see him hit the balls so effortlessly and smoothly; they were just flying into the open space on a straight path!!
PAUL HARRIS PIN PRESENTATION:
Jirayr, our Paul Harris Chair, presented a Paul Harris Pin for Farhad for his contribution over the years on behalf of Nahal, Shireen (daughter), and himself. REMINDER: Paul Harris foundation is the building block of our entire international and domestic source of funding for all programs.
FUTURE FUND RAISER:
Peter David and Chuck Orr presented few exciting facts about the proposed major Marin County Rotary Bike Ride. The revenue potential is huge. Peter came up with this great idea and his daughter who rode for U of C Berkeley is still part of a team of riders and hence Peter's source of inspiration. He feels he himself does not have the time nor does he see others in the club with that same level of energy to push this. Chuck Orr approached Pres Herman to lead in cooperation with many of the other 14 Marin County Rotary Clubs. The Petaluma Club that has been doing this for three years is already in total agreement to help up in anyway we wish to. The key will be the 120 volunteers that we need. The volunteers come from Scouts, Schools Bike teams, Rotarian as well as organizations such as Trips-for Kids that has already agreed to support us.
SPEAKER:
Mary Jane Burke, who attended Dominican College and earned a BA in Education, is now a Trustee of the Dominican University and a mother of kids who attended public schools in Marin. Her deep and sincere passion for Public Education was very inspiring. Her husband has also served as Principal and Superintendent of local schools. She made a real convincing argument in support of Governor Brown's proposals in revamping the financial gaps of the state in the upcoming election. She had a lot to discuss and volunteered to be back at a mutually convenient future date.
THIS IS FROM HER WEBSITE:
One of the things that makes Marin special and unique to me is our interdependence. There is a definite culture of support and encouragement in our community. This has made us a vibrant and strong place — vibrancy that has always fostered creativity and diversity of thought, and strength that gives us the courage to looks at areas where we need to continue our work on being the best community we can be.
This culture of support and encouragement has helped to create a school system that provides outstanding educational programs for our children. We enjoy the support and partnership of parents and residents, businesses, local government and community organizations that join us in our goal to provide the best possible education for all of our children in all of our schools.
I invite you to tour the Marin County Office of Education’s website to learn more about the myriad of programs, services and resources that are provided to students, parents, districts, schools and the community through our office and community partnerships.
It is my honor to serve you as the Marin County Superintendent of Schools.