September 20th Meeting Notes

 

September 20th Meeting Notes

National Fried Rice and String Cheese Day

Spanish word of the day - Mocoso = Brat

In a sentence: Tu presidenta esuna mocosa si no tiene cafe

Meeting Leader - Robin

Four Way Test

Invocation - Jim Adamson

Thank you - Wayne "the man of" Steele for greeting and Kathleen for setting up

Welcome guests: Allen Blackmon

Welcome Rotary Guests: Pete Van Well - Wenatchee Rotary Club 

Announcements

Pete Van Well

• October is National Polio Awareness Month
• October 24th is International World Polio Day
• October 22nd will be "make a difference day" in Wenatchee
• There will be meals for sale as a fundraiser - $60 for 2 meals
• The meals will be made from scratch by a group from Wenatchee Valley College
• This event is supported by all Wenatchee Rotary Clubs
• Volunteers are needed from all clubs
• More details will be forthcoming
• Pete can be reached at:
• email: pete2@vanwell.net
• Cell: +1 509 679 5214

Glenn King - Newest RLI Graduate

• Training was held in Wenatchee on Sept 17th and 18th.
• There were 20 students
• There were several trainer/facilitators including our own Jim Adamson
• The training was interesting, educational, and fun

Needed - Names for set up/clean-up and invocations starting on 9/27

• Wayne Massing is no longer the sergeant-at-arms
• Until the role is filled volunteers are needed
• Robin, Kathleen and Alan will be away for the next few meetings

Needed - Volunteers for the Farmer's Market Takeover on 9/24

• Please contact Kathleen McNalty for sign-up times

Brags and Confessions

Milt Herman

• Milt shared that $1500 was raised to help the Ukranian refugees in the area.

Earl Crowe

• Earl contributed $25
• He has not been in attendance recently
• He lost both of his parents recently
• He wanted to thank everyone for their cards and for reaching out to him during this difficult time

Jim Adamson

• Jim explained that the RLI training this weekend was a big success
• He enjoyed being a facilitator for the event
• The participants were very engaged, and the group had fun while learning about Rotary
• The Confluence Club had 10 attendees, so Sunrise needs to step up our game

Glenn King

• The training was excellent and well worth the time
• Jim Adamson and the facilitators were all very good speakers and really made the training enjoyable
• The participants were from all over the district, and it was very nice to meet the others and exchange ideas

Allen Blackmon

• Allen thanked Stacy Gold for all of her hard work as his campaign manager
• The November election is approaching quickly

Woody Lotts

• Woody had the honor of officiating a wedding this last weekend
• The PAC season opens Friday September 23rd
• Tickets are on sale now for the upcoming events!
• Here is a link to the events page for the PAC
• Home - Numerica Performing Arts Center (numericapac.org)
• October 4th @ 7:30 there will be an event sponsored by our Club
• National Geographic Live: Photographer Steve Winter
• Let's turn out and support one of our own club members

Robin DeRock

• She and Richard will be traveling to Australia over the next 3 weeks
• They are going to visit 2 of the exchange students they hosted in the past
• Both are like daughters to them
• One of the students is getting married
• Robin promised to "rap" at the wedding (because she is dope and has a lot of street cred)
• They will be visiting opal mines and a very interesting prison with the other student

Program - Glenn King Classification Talk

This classification talk was done a little differently.

Software was used to create a video covering Glenn's life and work experience.

This was done to demonstrate some ideas that may be of value to the club for marketing and other future events.

Here is a link to the video - Glenn’s Classification Talk

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Just a Thought

“Believe that life is worth living and

 your belief will help create the fact.” 

- William James 

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No one won the raffle this week.  $73 dollars and growing

Upcoming Events

September 24 - Pybus Market Takeover - Volunteers Needed

September 27 - Sandy Matthews from Journey Travel is our program

October 4 - Megan Kappler of NCW Arts Alliance

October 22 - Polio "Make a Difference Day" - Volunteers Needed

October - Pet Parade - Stay tuned for details

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JOKE: I saw a snake that was 3.14 meters long... I think it was a pi-thon