February 27 meeting notes

 Announcements

Laerke gave her weekly report.  Kathleen took her and a friend to Seattle for the weekend.  Lots of food and fun.  She will be playing tennis and doing some theater this spring at the high school.  She leaves in a couple weeks for Hawaii, and then to New York shortly after getting back.

Earl reminded everyone to pay their quarterly dues.  Next quarter's dues will be emailed out in April.

RAR - Wayne reported that about 1200 tickets have been sold so far (3800 to go).  T-shirts will be made at Allie's home next Monday at 5:00.  Everyone is welcome to help.  Her address is 1400 Westpoint Pl, Wenatchee.     Wayne S and Chris will be going to the Chelan club to sell tickets.  Jim & Carol will be visiting Leavenworth (3/8), Cashmere (3/6), Wenatchee (13), and East Wenatchee (3/7).  Let them know if you'd like to join them.  Anyone want to do Confluence?

March 23 will be a non-profit day at Pybus for organizations to set up booths and talk to people about their groups.  We will have a booth to sell tickets and answer questions about Rotary (new members?).

Kathleen reported that we will soon be switching from ClubRunner to DacDB for our website.  There will be a training on the new web system on 3/19 or 3/26, and another on 4/9 to go over the new app we can use to access club and member info.

March 23 from 9-12 the Board will be doing a zoom meeting with district facilitators to work on strategic planning for the coming few years.

Brags and Confessions

Earl has a new grandbaby (Ethan and member Kaity VanWeerdhuizen) named Isabell.

Kelly got to have time with her grandbaby.

Allie spent 3 days skiing at Mission with a friend, but got run into on the first day, so is bruised up.

Wayne (Sgt. at Arms) had Julie come up and recognized her (and fined her $2) for the nice color picture in the paper.  She had an article as a Master Gardener.  He also recognized her for the great work she does in the district youth exchange program.

Program

Mark introduced Ruben Payan Jr. as our program speaker.  Ruben is a former Marine who has climbed the 8 major mountains in the world over the last 10 years.  He talked about how he transformed his life, and is now promoting positive thinking and motivation through his climbing.  Each climb is to honor taking on life's mountains, and inspiring others to reach their full potential and live beyond their limits.

Ruben does motivational speaking, and is a realtor in the Wenatchee area.

Ruben has written a book on his journey and has created a short film.  He is now writing a second book and making a longer film.  More info can be found on his website at www.powerfulhuman.com.

Wayne won the raffle draw.  We now have the option of trying to draw the marble for what is in the pot (now $65) or spinning the wheel to get anywhere between $2 and $30.  He chose the wheel and won $10.