February 9, 2021 Meeting Notes

President Earl Crowe started the meeting at 8:00 am with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Jim Adamson lead the club with the Invocation.

Rotary Moment

Earl will be doing the Rotary Moment all this month.

This Rotary Moment was a continuation of the "Women in Rotary" theme for this month. Earl revealed another Rotary story about women wanting to join Rotary clubs as members. The first attempt to allow women in club was in an Indian club in 1950! Further attempts resulted in several Rotary Clubs having their charters cancelled by Rotary International. Finally, in 1989, women were allowed to join!
Jim Huffman added that the first woman to become a member in a Wenatchee Rotary Club was Sarah Urdahl, and the first woman club president was Marla Chase.

Within our Wenatchee Sunrise Rotary Club, 30% of our members are women.

Announcements

Kathleen McNalty reminded the club of a Fund Raising Committee meeting on Thursday, Jan. 11 at 6 pm. If you would like to attend, send Kathleen an email requesting an invitation to the Zoom meeting. (kmcnalty1@outlook.com)

Kathleen McNalty and Jackie Rector are collecting Valentine gift bags for the 16 women and 6 children at the Grace House. Personal care items, Valentine's candies/cards, gloves and sox are some of the items needed. $15-20 limit. Club members volunteered to fill ALL the bags for the women and their children. Contact Jackie Rector 

(RectorRealEstateinWA@gmail.com) or Kathleen McNalty (kmcnalty1@outlook.com) to arrange for your bag(s) to be picked up, or just drop them off with Jackie at Pybus Market on Friday, from 4-5:30 pm.

Wayne Massing announced a meeting of the Public Image Committee on Wed., Feb. 10th at 6 pm. All club members are welcome to this Zoom meeting. Contact Kathleen McNalty (kmcnalty1@outlook.com) to be added to the invitee list. Discussion will center around the club keeping our current website or transitioning over to the ClubRunner website. All inputs are welcome!

John Schapman shared the board meeting minutes from the Feb. 8th meeting:

• The Projects Committee would like to have a work party at the Service Clubs' sign board at the entrance to Wenatchee, near the Wenatchee River bridge. More on that later. They are also asking for projects we might be able to work during "social distancing", such as the Goathead Warrior projects. Remember to get prior approval from the committee chair person of all purchases for a project. Budget limitations may prevent your getting reimbursed. Please use the Club's reimbursement form to getting paid for approved purchases.
• The Bike Ride Committee is waiting until March 2021 to allow registrations for the annual Apple Century Bike Ride to possibly be held the first Saturday of June.
• The Public Image Committee will have their next meeting Wed. Feb. 10th at 6 pm to discuss the future of our website. Keep the FireFly supported website or transition totally over to the ClubRunner site. They are also developing a public announcement template for club-related events, projects and awards that can be given to local media outlets (paper, radio, TV).
• The Challenge Scholarship Committee is discussing how the student candidates for the club's scholarships program are to be "rewarded" for attendance, passing grades, service projects and meeting with their mentors.
• The Social/Fellowship Committee has met all their goals for having social events. They are reaching out for ideas for future socials during the pandemic.
• The Youth Exchange Committee has been put on hold for the year 2021 due to CoVid-19.

Earl received a resolution for him and our club secretary John Schapman to sign regarding Richard DeRock's second year as District Governor (DG). Due to Jordana LaPorte's delay in becoming the next DG, the District is proposing that Richard spend another year in the position. He has agreed, but wanted to make sure no one was excluded from the District Governor progression. Earl asked if anyone had objections to their signing the resolution. None noted. 

Earl also shared with the club that our Treasurer Craig Reese's father has been ill, and has been admitted to a Seattle area hospital. Please keep Craig's family in your thoughts and prayers.

Brags and Confessions

Robin bragged that she is getting her first CoVid-19 vaccine on Wednesday!

Jim Huffman has already gotten the shot and was kidding about get "the chip" in the neck.

Rebecca missed a board meeting and paid a fine of $5!

Alan paid $4 for the fourth month anniversary of his grandson. The family joined the Wenatchee Walkers in celebration at Alan and Kelly's home!

Kevin thanked the club for the cards and condolences for his mother's recent passing!

Jill traveled to Seattle to the UW for an appendix operation, and they found a possible ovarian cyst. Thursday she returns for further surgery.

Chris complemented Alan on setting the bar so low in the club regarding bad taste. Paid $1.

John Schapman touted the St. Joseph's Catholic School Auction. (stjoesauction.com). The live auction returned $42k. One anonymous donor offered to match funds up to $100k!

Program

Shanley Crane, Assistant Governor (AG) for Area 8 was the speaker today.

Shanley is a member of the East Wenatchee Rotary Club. She has been enjoying the position as Assistant Governor, and thanked Carol Adamson for being a great mentor! She complemented Past District Governor Sherry Chamberlain for her mentorship also.

Shanley thanked Robin DeRock for her years and years of being a Youth Exchange host "mother" and coordinator. She also thanked Kathleen McNalty for her various roles within the Wenatchee Sunrise Rotary Club, such as Treasurer and now President Elect.

Strength in Rotary is not a "gender-thing"! When she first heard of Rotary Clubs, they were thought of as "old men's clubs", since it was before women were allowed to join. Her brother was first in Rotary, and he presented her with a certificate for donating funds for a wheelchair. She later joined the Puyallup Rotary Club in Puyallup, Washington. Their club's ingenuity in providing parking for the huge Puyallup Fair allowed that club to buy 2 duplexes.

Earl thanked Shanley her presentation, and said the club would donate a children's library book in Shanley's name to the local library.

President Earl closed the meeting with a quote from Pablo Picasso: 'Action is the fundamental key to success!' Meeting ended at 8 am.