Meeting on Aug 13, 2014

Pres Lisa presiding.

 

Visiting Rotarians: Sharon Newton (Rotary - New Orleans), Elsia Galwish (Assnt Gov & Rotary - Marin Evening)

 

Jim was the greeter and provided an inspirational quote by poet Billy Collins from "Night House."

 

Lisa auctioned off a bottle of wine, which Paul won.

 

Roland visited Ignacio Valley and had a great time. He recommended we visit other clubs too.

 

Mike welcomed Sharon Newton, who was one of our original founding members.

 

Jim reported back on his Evel Knieval lunchbox he found last week at the Ride 4 Vets event. He returned it to the teacher who had the collection stolen from her. Jim went out and was able to find a couple more laying in the bushes.

 

Will gave a tribute to Robin Williams. Will and Robin used to be in theater together at College of Marin.

 

Lisa reported on her visit to Rotary Central Marin's movie "Happy" with Michael Pritchard. She also recommended as Michael and Robin were very close, to reach out to Michael. Lisa also mentioned her church recently honored Heidi Kuhn, from Mines to Vines, who spoke at our club recently.

 

Patricia discussed her recent volunteer trip to Peru. She went for 10 days where she volunteered, painted an orphanage, funded a roof and garden project. She also went on a backpacking trip to Immigrant Wilderness. Lastly, she was happy as her son is started Redwood High School soon.

 

 

Roland reminded us of the Pacifics game that is coming up on August 23rd at 5PM.

 

Ken discussed the Marin Food Bank project on September 20th.

 

Lisa announced there will be no meeting on August 27th. The DG and AG will be coming next week, for which there will be a board meeting Tuesday at 4:30. Lisa also stated we will probably be staying at our current location for a while now. Lisa went on to play a video of RI president Huang.

 

 

David Gerber talked about 'How to fall in love with your alarm clock.' People have stopped slowing down. We have to focus on what matters to us most and what do we care about. We have to prioritize our life and say yes to what matters and no to whatever doesn't.

 

We should ask ourselves the following questions to help us narrow down our priorities: