Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Announcements and Notes

Remember that there will be no meeting Tuesday, Dec. 15, because our Christmas party on Sunday, Dec. 13 will be our meeting that week.  See you all at Chateau Faire La Ponte at 6:00 for a great dinner and white elephant gift exchange.  Be prepared to have fun.

The Board approved $3500 to contract with Firefly to design and maintain our club web site and the bike ride web site.  Also, we will not be participating in the Seattle Bike Expo this year.  We have received a commitment from Confluence Health to be a $5000 sponsor for the ride, and we are trying to get another $5000 from them.

Our Challenge Scholars and their families will be at our December 22 meeting.

Wayne sent around a sign up sheet for those interested in helping pack sack lunches for the "Packing Friendship" program.  This program provides food for kids who may not have food on the weekends. Our club will help pack sacks every other Wednesday at the Assembly of God church on McKittrick. The Rotaract club will cover the other Wednesdays.

Jill Courtney was presented a blue and bronze back for her Rotary pin by President Wayne signifying having sponsored her second new member.  Erik Holmberg (1) and Lisa Tidd (2) were also recognized.

Be thinking new members.  Starting in January, we will have a competition to see which teams can bring the most prospective member guests, and the most new members.  Members from the winning team will receive a stay at Sun Mountain Lodge near Winthrop.  Jim Adamson gave a minute for membership that defined why people join Rotary, and proposed a simple message we can give people who want to know what Rotary is all about.  Try it as you share your Rotary experience.

Rotary is a leadership and service organization.  We are made up of local business people, professionals, and civic leaders.  We meet weekly, have fun, form friendships, and through these, we get a lot of good things done in our community. 

We passed the hat and collected tip money for our faithful Red Lion server, who has set up and cleaned up every Tuesday morning for us.
Congratulations to our 2016-17 officers who will take office July 1, 2016:

President - Matt McColm
Pres-elect - Erin McCool
Vice Pres - Jim Huffman
Secretary - Joanne Rosenthal
Treasurer - Lisa Tidd
Board Members - Maggie Nelson and Kathleen McNaulty


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