President Dick Bauer opened the March 13th meeting and then gave the mike to the honorable Doug Haaland who conveyed the "Pledge" and "Thought for the Day" to members and guests:
“The Ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Guests
ESTEEMED ASSISTANT GOVERNOR DESIREE WILSON (SPEAKER) AND GUEST DAN MATTHEWS
►The definition of Rotary is a fellowship and service organization that helps ordinary people do extraordinary things!
► CRAB FEED REPORT: Crab Feed Chair Vince Iosso reported that the Crab Feed was a great success and netted perhaps the best bottom line ever - $23,500! Now we have the resources to accomplish our projects in GregHerrera's year. Thanks to the total Club effort!!
► DISTRICT CONFERENCE - May 11-13, 2018: All will have a great time at the District Conference, May 10-13, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency at Lake Tahoe, Incline Village.
There will be a significant contingent from the Carmichael Club . You will meet many great Rotarians in the District, great programs and this year, we will have our District "Speech Contest" at the conference. There is a special price of 150+ per night for rooms. Contact Deb Thornton (Conf. Chair) - debbiesan@comcast.net ; or Daniela Calvitti (Registration) - dccalvitti7@aol.com Flyer is further down in this bulletin. PRESIDENT DICK BAUER HAS ANNOUNCED THAT WE HAVE MET THE CRITERIA FOR RECEIVING A PRESIDENTIAL CITATION AND IT WILL BE AWARDED AT THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE!
► BLOOD SOURCE: Give blood from April 16, 2017 and April 15th, 2018 and our Club will make points toward awards. See flyer further down in this bulletin.
► ROTARY CLUB INFORMATION ON THE CLOUD:
For those who are interested, you have access to our Club's documents including the club budgets, bylaws, strategic and membership plans and power point presentation of the Uganda Water Project. You may also add any items you feel are important to be stored for retrieval by club or district 5180 members. Documents or archival pictures.
To get to this site, contact Dick Bauer and you will get the Cloud address, username and password.
There is no charge for using this site.
Once something has been added, it cannot be removed without permission of the webmaster.
♦ DISTRICT 5180 LEADERSHIP ASSEMBLY: April 7, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. at the Inderkum High School - see flyer further down in this bulletin.
► A FIRESIDE CHAT A second Fireside chat will be held at an appropriate time in near future to help explain some of the intricacies of Rotary. It is for those who were unable to attend the last meeting.
► R.I. CONVENTION - May 10th to 13th - Toronto
► SACRAMENTO'S PREMIER ASIAN FOOD EVENT - Festival of Asian Food benefiting "My Sister's House" and put of by the Twin Rivers Rotary Club. Saturday, March 24, 2018. $50 per person. See Brochure further down in this bulletin.
► DISTRICT INFORMATION/RI/INSURANCE INFO: See information further down in this bulletin:
Schedule of Event
♦ UGANDA WATER PROJECT: The Uganda water project going well. At last meeting we had $53,000 cash and pledges. We are getting close to our goal of $56,000. TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS! Rotary Clubs that will be or have been recently visited by our committee are Arden Arcade, Granite Bay, South Placer, Woodland, Fair Oaks, Rancho Cordova, Orangeville, South Sacramento, Auburn Sunrise, Rancho Cordova Sunrise, and Roseville.
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♦ SAVE THE DATE: There will be a lecture on Peace resolution at Sacramento State, Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. by President Nana Akufo Addo who is president of Ghana. It should be very interesting. See flyer further down in this bulletin:
CALENDAR
♦ DISTRICT PUBLIC IMAGE CHAIR - March 20th - Ruth Gordon
President Dick Bauer and A.G. Desiree Wilson hold up banner which Desiree received during her trip to India
So today we had our esteemed Assistant Governor and speaker, Desiree Wilson, who, on a moments notice came to fill in for another speaker and (talk about being totally dedicated) told us that it was her 4th Rotary meeting for the day! Desiree reported on her recent Rotary trip to India and gave a nice presentation with pictures. She heard about a trip to India to vaccinate children as part of the Polio Plus project and went for it. She went with Cal India Tours which is owned by two brothers who are Rotarians in India.
She described what it was like to help out with giving out flyers to people about their impending vaccinations and then going to 16 different places to immunize children who are 5 years of age or younger. She explained that it is necessary to continue to immunize children even though India is polio free - due to it's proximity to Pakistan, which is not. It was a wonderful experience. She described one school that they went to that was three stories and the kids lived at the school.
After doing immunizations, she went on a short tour and showed us picture of some mosques and the Taj Mahal.
President Dick pleased Desiree by announcing that, in honor of her presentation, a book will be dedicated, in her name to the Carmichael library.
I think "Happy Counselor" Vicky Boatwright again enjoyed eliciting voluntary contributions from her patrons - Bill Baxter jumped up a gave a big $20 because he was now back from Mexico and it was raining here but 80 degrees there - his wife stayed back in Mexico to complete a project; Don Wangberg was just happy; Walter Malhoski spoke of his anniversary, 1 of traveling to California and arriving in 1977 and 2 his son was born on March 17, 1977; Greg Herrera gave a great big THANK YOU for the success of the Crab Feed; Alan Gallaway was happy to be just back from Dubai and will give a presentation in a few weeks; Doug Haaland traveled to Puerto Vallarta where his wife, Jane's daughter, got married.
BELL RINGERS
ED BUNTING (x5); RICHARD BAUER ; MARK BEIL ;JAY BOATWRIGHT (x2); VICKY BOATWRIGHT; ALAN GALLAWAY; STEVE GIRARD, DOUG HAALAND; GREG HERRERA; CHUCK McBRIDE; STAN ROE; EVERETT THORNE
BONG GONGERS
DICK BAUER (2); MARK BEIL; ED BUNTING; JAY BOATWRIGHT; VICKY BOATWRIGHT (2); SHYAMA CHAKROBORTY; BILL DONNOE; ALAN GALLAWAY; STEVE GIRARD; DOUG HAALAND; VINCE IOSSO; WALTER MALHOSKI; CHUCK McBRIDE; RICH PLATH; RICH SHIPP; TERRY SWEENEY; JIM THOMPSON; DONNA THORNE; EVERETT THORNE; DAVID THORMAN(2);(
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 PURPOSE OR OUR NEW WATER PROJECT IN UGANDA)
raffle
Now with an opportunity to draw for the Ace of Spades, for a very, very slowly rising amount (few hundred) in the kitty. Ed Bunting was lucky enough to select with the winning ticket but it was only the 10 of Clubs.
whoop de do!
But boy didEd luck out, he got a consolation prize of a bottle of Vodka (from the Crab Feed)!
Join your fellow Rotarians for Fun in Tahoe at the District 5180 Conference, May 11-13, 2018, at the Hyatt Regency at Incline Village.
U.S. Club Insurance Program information is attached. Rotary International has switched insurance broker and attached is the change of information. Also is a power point explaining how RI insurance works See Below:.
District 5180 Blood Drive Challenge is on! Attached are the flyer and rules.
Five years since its debut, Rotary Club Central has been upgraded. Check out the NEW Rotary Club Central. > Log onto Rotary.org, to My Rotary, to Rotary Club Central <
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL LINKS BELOW:
Stay informed with the Rotary Leader Publication online. Bookmark this great Rotary site for the latest information.
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
As of October, 2017, we have purchased over 120 titles in honor of our speakers! Because of the large number of books, we are not showing them all at this time.
BOOK DONATIONS TO THE CARMICHAEL LIBRARY
PRESENTER
Congressman Ami Berra
"Give Work Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time"
Author: Leila Janah
Catherine Servillas
"The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women: A Social History"
Author: Elizabeth Norten
Keith Simmons
"The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories"
Author: Ilan Pappe
Patty Upslinger
"First Impressions: A Readers Journey to Iconic Places of the American Southwest"
Author: David J. Weber
Roland Wright
"Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the first Mission to the Moon"
Author Jeffrey Kluger
Ann Roach
"In Their Lives, Great Writers on Great Beatles Songs"
Edited by: Andrew Blauner
Catherine Survillas
"The Gardner and The Carpenter, what the science of
child development tells us about the relationship between parents and Children"
Author: Alison Gopnik
Lorenzo M. Smith, Ph.D.
"My Pencil, teaching poetry in the Detroit
public schools"
Author: Peter Markus
Elaine Whitefeather
"Women in the World of Frederick Douglas"
Author: Leigh Fought
Richard Olebe
"Making Local Food Work, the Challenges and Opportunities
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