The seventh important meeting of the 2019-2020 Rotary Year was opened by President Vicky Boatwrighton August 20th, 2019The "thought for the day"was given by esteemed member Hamid Ahmadi and was a profound one:
Rotary Leadership Institute is designed to help newer members learn more about Rotary and members who want to develop more leadership skills (new 3-part class for newer ones interested in learning more about Rotary and/or if you’re interested in a leadership role in the future). This course is all day, including lunch, and has a $25 fee. Sign up on the Rotary District 5180 website.
Levels1 & 2 are Sat, Sept 14 at the Citrus Heights City Hall.
Level 3 will be in Oct during the District Conference in Reno (guessing they will repeat it for those who didn’t attend the conference).
Rotary District 5180 Conference is Oct 25-27 at the Peppermill in Reno. It is on your club calendar. Sign up soon, and book your hotel room at a reduced rate! We’d like a GREAT TURNOUT from our club so we can have lots of FUN together! Go to the district 5180 website (www.rotary5180.org) and scroll down on the page just a little and there’s a link for Escape to Rotaryville.
Rotary International Convention next June (6-10) is in Honolulu. It’s on your club calendar and you can register at www.RIconvention.org.
A new Paul Harris Fellow Award is given to Past President Greg Herrera!
Past Assistant Governor Joe Scheimer came to our August 20th meeting and made a surprise announcement. He awarded Past President Greg Herrera with the coveted Paul Harris Fellow to recognize his many accomplishments during his term as president last year! Pretty spiffy and well deserved!
♦ SUNSHINE REPORT: Jane Haaland, Tim Marquess's father has passed away, and Jim Thompson reports that Paul Snyder, long time member of theClub, died Sunday - sad news.......
CALENDAR OF CLUB EVENTS
► AUGUST 27 - POST STRATEGIC PLAN ASSEMBLY
► DARK - LABOR DAY
► SEPTEMBER 10 - CLUB FAMILY PICNIC
► SEPTEMBER 17 - Superintendent of Education - Kent Kern
► SEPTEMBER 23 - Interim Executive Dierector - Virginia Stone
Our speaker of the day was introduced by the nearly unrecognizable Programs ChairJay Boatwright(photo left) because he just shaved off his mustache and beard after 20+ years. In spite of that Jay managed to introduce our speaker Mike Reinero who is our current District Membership Chair and Past Charter President of Rotary Passport One. He is also Past President of the Rotary Club of Roseville which was voted the best large club of the year IN THE WORLD in his presidential year! WOW!
Michael's spouse, Leigh-Ann is currently the President of Rotary Passport one and they have two children who are both majoring in cinema arts, Sophia (20) at S.F. State, and Joe (18) at Sierra College slated to transfer to Biola University next fall. Professionally, Mike is president and CEO of Seatninja, a Front of House Software application for full service restaurants to manage reservations, wait-lists, seating and servers. The company has installations in restaurants nationwide. Mike is from Santa Rosa who attended CSUS and never left.
Mikesaid that D.G. Ray Ward had asked him to be District Membership Chair 2 or 3 times and he said “no”, but then, when he thought about it, he thought he could contribute something to the subject.
Mike said that Rotary is growing all over the world except here in North America. In our little old Sacramento, the Region is booming and population is growing but Rotary membership is down.
A statement was made in that regard in 2012 that “we don’t understand who we are.” It is still true today.
Mike suggests that we, ourselves, are our biggest impediment to growth. The problem is that we fall in love with what we have.
Mike suggested stages in rectifying our problem.
Stage I, Discovering about yourself.Mike asks, “how has Carmichael changed in the last 20 years? In population? In demographics? We need to know our community’s needs. If you want to know the needs, just attend some of the city council meetings. Are other non-profits taking over because they are filling the community needs better?
Stage II: Know yourself. Are you just a bunch of guys eating together, or do you try to put on a show to try to motivate and stimulate members to go out and talk to people about how great Rotary is and what is does for the community/world? How well do you know your members and their vocations and avocations? Your member have a well-spring of people they know who might be interested in Rotary.
Mike says that, in his mind, age, ethnicity, gender doesn’t matter because people regardless can find others who have the same interest and are interested in friendship and mentorship.
Mike said that there should be a creative membership “team” in every Club to go out and foster membership, not just one person.
Mike suggested a checklist:
Do you have a “creative team”?
How is your website?
Are you on social media like Facebook, etc?
Do you produce exciting messages about what your club does?
Mike says that if you do all these things, you will thrive, so – are you ready to own your own change? It takes work!
President Vicky proudly announced that "in honor of Mike's presentation" a book will be donated to the Carmichael Library (Sacramento Public Library).
VIPS: President Vicky Boatwright, Speaker Mike Reinero, Paul Harris Recipient and Past-President Greg Herrera
OK. Now the eminent Chuck McBride, purveyor of “Happy Fines”, opened the session. Jay Boatwright put in $ because he shaved his beard and wife President Vicky did the same because they went on a camping trip, but Greg Herrera, in appreciation of being awarded a PHF by Joe Scheimer, BONGED THE GONG!; Jay Sedlak was happy for Greg and it was a great program today; Walter Malhoski put in some for his deceased mother-in-law’s birthday and that he made his final car payment so now is just living on Social Security – really?; Vinne Iosso BONGED THE GONG because he has finally turned into his boss – his retirement; Joe was just happy to be at the Club he loved (as A.G.) ; George Abraham put in some ‘cause he came in late; Stan Roe said something about his son in Southern Cal went with his family to North Dakota?; Dick Bauer, finally back from knee surgery after two whole weeks said that it went well and he’s released from Doctor’s; Doug Haaland, who is always last to contribute said he is happy that Pres. Vicky found her microphone and has her bell. Oh and I forgot to tell you from last week an important bit of news – Bill Donnoe finally sold his motorcycle! – Two Gong Bongers.
BELL RINGERS
DICK BAUER; MARK BEIL; ED BUNTING; VINCE IOSSO; JAY BOATWRIGHT; VICKY BOATWRIGHT; WALTER MALHOSKI (2); TONY MARQUES; KAREN MUNSTERMAN; RICH PLATH; STAN ROE
BONG GONGERS
MARK BEIL; ED BUNTING ; GREG HERRERA (2); VINCE IOSSO; TONY MARQUES; KAREN MUNSTERMAN
EXPLANATION: A BELL RINGER IS SOMEONE WHO DONATES $100 TO THE CLUB IN A GIVEN YEAR; A GONG BONGER IS ONE WHO DONATES AN ADDITIONAL $100 TO THE CLUB FOUNDATION (FOR GENERAL OR SPECIFIC PURPOSE)
RAFFLE
Jane Haaland got the winning ticket last week and was entitled to draw a card but it was only the 8 of Clubs.
It really didn't matter much because there is only 2 or 3 bucks in the kitty. I also did NOT see a bottle of wine change hands!
THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE will be on October 25-27 at the Peppermill in Reno, "Escape to Rotayville " A discount in registration fee is extended until July 31st.
"Dark Commerce: How a New Illicit economy is Threatening our Future"
Louise I. Shelley
Jay Boatwright
"What Makes Wine worth Drinking: In Praise of the Sublime"
Terry Theise
Deputy Lacy Nelson
"The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well being."
Richard Wilkinson
&
Kate Picket
Moses Osono
"The Seasons of my Mother:A Memoir of Love, Family and Flowers."
The Wonderful Mr. Willughby, the first true ornithologist”
Tim Birkhead
Glenn Fong
“The Spy Who Left Behind”
Michael Pullara
Jay Boatwright
“Einsteins Monsters, The Life and Times of Black Holes”
Chris Impy
Jim Thompson
“Barons of the Sea and their race to build the fastest clipper ship”
Steven Ujifusa
Mark Steffens
“A Forever Family; Fostering Change One Child at a Time”
Rob Scheer
Yourbulletin editor just couldn’t help bringing to your notice the relevance of the last six “Book Donations” by Branch Supervisor, Berta Boegel given “in honor of” our recent keynote speakers to the Carmichael Library (Sacramento Public Library) at our Club meetings. Note that Berta has fined tuned the speakers topic to the subject of the book! They are below:
Missy McCall, who talked about “Human Trafficking”, book donated in her name: Under theBirch Tree: A Memoir of Discovering Connections and Finding a Home by Nancy Chadwick.
Mark Urban, who talked about a trip to Ethiopia, book donated in his name: The Pharaoh’sTreasure: The Origin of Paper and the Rise of Western Civilization by John Gaudet.
Dr. Beverly Wesner-Hoen, who talked about being a part of Rotary Fellowship, book donated Why To Kill a Mockingbird Matters: What Harper Lee’s Book and Iconic American Film Mean to Us Today by Tom Santopietro
Doug Haaland, who talked about his trip to Israel, book donated in his name: Shaya: An Odysseyof Food, My Journey Back to Israel by Alon Shaya.
and 6. Bill Baxter and Rich Plath, who talked about “Fly Fishing” – get this – “On the Fly”: HoboLiterature and Songs 1879-1941 ed. By Iain Mcintyre. How appropriate….
During the incumbency of President David Thorman,(2013-14) it was decided that instead of giving a particular gift, ie coffee mug, pen etc. to honor our guest speaker each week, we would simply donate a book to the Carmichael Library. So below are some of the books that we have donated in honor of recent speakers.
It is the "gift that keeps of giving" because those who will check out these books from the library will derive many hours of pleasure for years to come, and it enhances learning and literacy. The books are chosen byBertaBoegel, Branch Supervisor, Carmichael Library, subsidiary of the Sacramento Public Library.
rboegel@saclibrary.org
SPEAKERS/BOOK DONATIONS TO THE CARMICHAEL LIBRARY
As of June 26, 2017, we have purchased nearly 160 titles in honor of our speakers! Because of the large number of books, we are not showing them all at this time.
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