April 9 Meeting Notes

The meeting was opened by Pres-elect Rebecca, who then introduced visiting Rotarian Dan Feil (E. Wen) and guests Jerrilea Crawford (E. Wenatchee Mayor), Veronica Masuda (Taro's daughter), and Isabell VanWeerdhuizen (Kaitlyn's new baby daughter).  Also attending were State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti and his Chief of Staff, Anna Borris.

Announcements

Laerke was not here today, but just got back from a great trip to New York.  She will be joining Abby Prieto (our new outbound youth exchange student), Abby's parents, and Joel and Julie Banken in Penticton this weekend for the district YE outbound student orientation.

Road Apple Roulette - 2125 tickets sold so far.  KPQ and NCW Life will interview our club members about our RAR fundraiser.

Upcoming places to sell: 

• LaVie En - April 12  April 19 from 8:00-11:00
• Firehouse Pet Store - April 13 & 20 from 10:00-2:00
• Apple Blossom Memorial Park - April 27 and 28 - time to be determined
• All Service Club Luncheon - May 1 - 11:15-1:30

Thursday at 7:00pm will be an environmental movie at the museum sponsored by the area Rotary clubs.  They will even have some plant-based food to try.

Earth Day at Pybus is this Saturday.  They will have an e-waste recycling station for computers and other electronic gadget to recycle.

Watch your email for a poll to find out what date is most preferred for our Multi-year Planning session.  This will be led by a district facilitator, and will get us on the way to planning the next few years for our club.  It is important to get 10-15 members to participate.

Brags & Confessions

Taro just returned for chaperoning an 8th/9th grade field trip to New York and Washington DC.

Wayne reported that Mansour is now back from wintering in Phoenix, but fell and injured his hip.

Program 

 Washington State Treasurer, Mike Pellicciotti, gave a financial "state of the state" presentation.  Mike has been the Treasurer since 2020.  He discussed what the Office of the Treasury does, some of the issues involving finances, and left time for questions.

Basically, the office manages state and local investments ($180B), debt, bonds and financing, serves as the state bank (cash flow), and oversees the financial policies for the other state commissions.

Washington currently has the highest AAA credit rating.  The state has saved over $532M by refinancing state loans before the interest rates increased, so we have more to spend on state and local projects.

His office has made a push to get required financial education in the schools.  There are 70 people serving in the Treasury Office.  Mike indicated that the financial health of the state has improved and is in good shape.

After Notes

Kevin's raffle ticket was drawn and he went for the $138 marble pot - but failed to pick the right marble.