Meeting on Sept 17, 2014

Pres Lisa presiding.

 

Emerson the greeter and provided inspirational quotes by Winston Churchill, who he described as the most influential person of our time.

 

Ken went on a road trip last week to Portland, Oregon. He visited the San Juan islands and some wineries, and did orca whale watching. He continued his trip to Seattle and Vancouver, where he met with friends and clients.

 

Roland presented about what business types and areas the IRS will be focusing on for 2015.

 

Cammie is looking forward to the Masquers theater event on Thursday.

 

Lisa went to a Giants game last week with her husband Kyle. She got to sit in a luxury box, but there were many Dodgers fans in the box and it became a litter overwhelming.

 

 

Roland will be having breakfast next Wednesday at West End Café, in light of having no meeting.

 

Lisa reminded us of the Masquers play on Thursday and that it will be a great time. We should invite all our friends to join us.

 

Matt reminded us of our hands on service project this Saturday at the Marin Food Bank.

 

Lisa announced there will be no meeting next Wednesday.

 

Cristy talked about the upcoming Rotary Foundation event on November 2^nd, which will be taking place at the Aquarium by the Bay.

 

Barbara announced the Call of the Sea fundraiser on October 19^th. It will be a 3 hour cruise which includes food and drinks.

 

In highlight of New Generations month, Lisa played a Rotary RYLA video. (Rotary Youth Leadership)

 

 

Dr Mike was selected but did not win.

 

 

Dave Jeffries, from the Marin Emergency Radio Authority (MERA), discussed emergency management and cross county emergency communication. MERA is a collection of public agencies formed in partnership to provide and operate a public safety radio system. As such, MERA provides a crucial communications delivery system that is interoperable between public agencies in order to efficiently and effectively facilitate critical (emergency) communications.

 

Dave stated the current issues being faced are having a reliable system that has the capacity and coverage to meet the upcoming compliance regulations. Dave highlighted the goals of the new program, which is seeking funding from the new parcel tax that will be on the November voting ballots.