Meeting Notes for Dec. 1, 2020

Announcements

Elections will be held December 8th, next Tuesday.  Be at the meeting so you can see the ballot and vote.  The Board has approved to put Jim & Carol Adamson on the ballot as co-vice-presidents for next year.  Unless someone else has the desire to step in, they will continue to be co-pres-elect, and co-president in 2022-23. We will be using Survey Monkey for the online election.

John McDarment showed us his purple/green wig which made its way from Milt Herman's house! Who gets this wig next! Watch your doorstep!

Carol and Jim Adamson said the Shuswap (Salmon Arm, BC) Rotary Club sent a club banner and Christmas card to our club.

The Tuesday, Dec. 22  meeting will be at 6:00 pm (no morning meeting) to celebrate Christmas with Santa Claus (virtual).  Same zoom link.  We are doing white elephant gift exchange. Gift should be about $20 or less.  If you'd like to participate, contact Earl Crowe (ejcrowe1@yahoo.com ) by Friday, Dec. 4th.  He and his elves will pick up your wrapped gift over that weekend (put your name on it with a Post-It Note), and deliver one to you. He will give you a different gift to save and be opened on Dec. 22nd at our social.

Wayne said that Life Flight Network, a Northwest air ambulance company, notified him about renewal notices to the club members who signed up last January. For those club members, he sent an email with a renewal application and directions for payment. Other club members will receive a separate email with information if they wish to enroll. Follow the directions on the email you receive to renew or initialize your membership.  If you didn't receive the email, check your SPAM folder on your computer, or contact Wayne (wkmassing@nwi.net ).

Our club received a Certificate of Appreciation, from RI President Mark Daniel Maloney, for Wenatchee Sunrise Rotary Club's contribution to the 2019-20 End Polio Now: Countdown to History campaign. The award was also signed by Gary C.K. Huang, Chair, The Rotary Foundation Trustees.  Earl presented the certificate to last year's president, Taro Masuda.

Kathleen announced that there is a meeting for those interested in the club's Road Apple Roulette at the Apple Blossom Festival Parade next year. The Thursday, Dec. 3rd, 5:30 pm. meeting will be on Zoom (same ZOOM meeting number as our Tuesday meeting).

Craig said that club dues invoice have been sent. If you didn't get one, check your SPAM folder in your email.

On Saturday, Dec. 5th at 8:30 am, club members are needed to help clean up the leaves in Ron Griffith's yard (1316 Kittitas, Wenatchee). Bring a leaf rake, if you can help out!

Brags & Confessions

Kathleen made her first pumpkin pie, and has joined the local Toastmasters club, which meets Monday evenings. She is working on her storytelling at Toastmasters.

Earl praised his daughter Emma, a 19 year old college student, for writing her first book, "The Mayor's Daughter" (available at Amazon). She joined a local writing group and is working on her second book, a mystery novel.

PJ said he got out of driving to Wyoming to help Wendell Cayton put windows in his barn. "That's a good thing!' he said.

Rebecca confessed to having little knowledge of internal combustion engines on lawn mowers. Hers sputters and smokes, and she needs someone to loan her a mower, or help her get hers going properly. Shade-tree mechanics, please step forward! Her other option is to get an electric or push mower.

Rotary Moment 

Jim Huffman gave the Rotary Moment today. In its early days, Rotary recognized the differences between nations and proposed a tolerance of differences in 1933. Local customs vs. international customs was to be "thoughtfully avoided" without interfering with laws. It seems to be working!

Program

Craig Reese introduced our featured speaker, David Goodnight and his wife Shelly Goodnight from the Immanuel University (India). David is a Seattle lawyer, who was voted one of the Best Lawyers in America for the past 6 years.

The Immanuel University (IU) was set up as a Christian-based school within a predominantly non-Christian country. The caste system is part of the Hindu religion and is still in place in India, especially in the rural areas. The caste system has 4 levels that are tied to God. They are: 1) the mouth of God, 2) the shoulder, 3) the belly or working, and 4) the Dalit, the Untouchables. The Dalit group numbers between 350-400 million people. The IU was set up to work with the Dalit and tribal groups within India. 

The UI has been in existence since 2011, and has a governing board. It provides legal protection for the children attending the school. A guest house allows traveling professors and teaches a place to stay on campus with security protection. During their schooling, they are given loans for their tuition, and are required to repay those loans after graduation.

After graduating, the students tour the United States, staying on the campuses of Partner Universities, and talking with employers. There has been a 100% placement of these students. 

Scholarship support and load funding gifts are always welcome.

Link for information or to make donations: Friends of Immanuel University.org

Kathleen told David that Wenatchee Sunrise Rotary Club was donating a children's book in his and Shelly's names to The Libraries of North Central Washington.

Meeting adjourned at 8 a.m.