May 23 Meeting Notes

 

May 23 Meeting Notes

 The meeting was called to order at 7 am by President Robin DeRock.

National Lucky Penny Day

Guests:

• Becky Cummins - Chapel of the Valley

Announcements

Goathead Warriors (6/17, 6/24)

• Julie Banken (new member and Joel's better half) will lead the Event
• Volunteers needed

Pass the hat for exchange student (pearl) to fly home for her fathers funeral

• He drowned in the river recently. He appears to have had a heart attack before drowning

Transition Dinner - June 13th - 5:30pm - $28 per person added to your bill

• Spouses and families welcome
• Bar-B-Que Grill

Richard DeRock is joining the Chelan Port District

Ruth's Birthday was yesterday!

Brags and Confessions

Ruth Dagg

• Ruth participated in a fundraiser for the Ukraine refugees
• She sang at the event and those in attendance were very excited about her performance
• The event raised $14,000

John Schapman

• He took his kids to the festival

Alan Walker

• He picked up his mom at Seatac and drove her to Ellensburg
• C+O Nursery Building project will be starting in June. It is expected to finish by the end of the year.

Robin DeRock

• The District Conference was a great event

The District Conference Student Exchange Group

Sunrise Rotary Student Exchange Student - Francisca

• There was a 2 day conference event looking for a good local project
• It was recommended to develop a community compost project

• Robin won the Magellan Award for taking the longest time to solve the puzzle in one of the events

Program - Travis Hornby - Pybus Market

Travis is a community focused hands-on leader with a proven track record of success working with board driven organizations to achieve financial growth and stability. He has 15 years of customer service focused experience and a passion for small businesses. Most recently he was the President of the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to the vision of building and sustaining trail systems throughout the Northwest.

Travis is the General Manager of Pybus Market and also the Pybus Market Foundation Director.

Pybus Market has been in business since 2013. This year is the 10 year anniversary.

There are 2 organizations involved in Pybus Market:

• Pybus Public Market
• Pybus Charitable 

No franchises are allowed in the market. Only locally owned businesses are accepted.

Pybus offers discounts for non-profit organizations to use their meeting facilities.

Here is a link to a great video about Pybus. Click here 

Once the video comes up, click the play button. 

A $1.4 million dollar renovation and improvement will begin Tuesday May 30th. (The funding is about $200,000 short but funds are being sourced to make up the shortfall.) The project completion date is set for 

The renovation includes:

• A replacement of the parking lot will result in pavers that will prevent oil from asphalt parking. A drain will send runoff through the pavers into a $40,000 filter that will capture contaminants and output water at nearly drinking level quality.
• Outdoor coverings the full length of the building. 
• The south gravel and dirt parking lot (which is owned by the city) will have 2 electric charging stations added at a cost of $8,000 to get the power to the location.

Here is mock up of the new look!

A couple of positive results from the renovation include:

• Pybus signed a 10-year contract with the Farmer's Market Association.
• A traveling Art Show will be coming to the market after the remodel.
• There will be "night markets" after the area is renovated with new coverings and lighting.

Travis contributes to the community at Pybus and as a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He is an asset to the community and deserves our support. He supports us by providing us with a great meeting space to honor the contributions that Rotary makes to the community.

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The raffle was $607. Only 7 marbles in the bag. Wayne Steele did not draw the winning marble. The pot keeps growing.

Next programs

• 5/30 - Sheriff Mike Morrison
• 6/6 - Willard Fields - History of Chelan PUD

Rotary Anniversaries

• Kelly Walker - 5/26/2023 - 3 years
• Glenn King - 5/20/2023 - 1 year
• Robin DeRock - 05/17/23 - 16 years