Meeting Notes -- June 3, 2025

Mountain View Rotary Meeting
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
 
Greeting (Scott)
Welcome to our meeting of the Mountain View Rotary Club. This year's International Rotary Theme is "The Magic of Rotary." Our local club theme this centennial anniversary year is "Mountain View Rotary: 100 Years of Creating Magic through Service and Fellowship."  
 
Pledge of Allegiance Led by Fred
 
Thought for the Day Bruce shared that the value of a smile, kind word or friendly greeting can be life changing.
 
Introduction of Guests and President-Elect Items Cathy introduced Michelle Nash who is a Rotarian visiting from Thousand Oaks.
 
Club Business/Announcements
  1. Updates:
  • Golf Tournament – Steve and Walt – On Friday, June 13th.  Today is the last day to sign up.
  • Youth Scholarships – Sanjay – Scholarships to students from Mountain View High School, Los Altos High School, Alta Vista High School, Saint Francis High School and Adult Ed.  Thanks to Paul, Catherine, Jack and Bruce for helping.
  • Community Grants – Cathy and Anita – We received six applications for programs to assist vulnerable seniors and after reviewing them, we are considering three.
  • Recognitions from the Mountain View Chamber’s Celebration of Leaders event including a plaque and citations were passed around to members.
  • ClubRunner – Scott provided some brief training about access to Clubrunner.  Contact Bruce if you need to refresh your password.
  • The Club is sending two students to RYLA this month.
  • June Birthday – Paul, June 1st – We sang a rousing, very off-key round of Happy Birthday to Paul
  1. Upcoming Club Dates:
  • MV Rotary Pickleball – Fridays, 9:30 a.m., Rengstorff Park
  • June Luncheon meetings: (Jack speaker chair)
    • Tuesday, June 10th – Member of MVPD/REACT Task Force speaking about cyber security
    • Tuesday, June 17th – Darryl Ng – “Special Needs Financial Planning, 2025 Update”
  • Wednesday, June 11th, 4 p.m. – “Taste of Mountain View” – Chamber event
  • Fri, June 13th, 11 a.m. – Golf Tournament at Shoreline with barbecue after
  • Wednesday, June 18th, 5 p.m. – Joint Board Meeting at Tori’s Office (Los Altos)
  • June 21-25 – Rotary International Conference, Calgary – Cathy attends
  • Friday, June 27th, 5 p.m. – Kick Out, Il Fornaio Restaurant
  1. Other
  • Cathy passed around a schedule for next year’s meetings and asked members to sign up for speaker chair in the open months.
 
Program – Tami Mulcahy, Los Altos Rotary – “Global Plastic Crisis” – Introduction by Jack  
 
Plastics are an environmental issue, but they are even more of a health issue.  Plastics disrupt the body’s hormone structure leading to cancer, diabetes and many other health related issues.  This is a huge concern for children.  Phthalates are a group of chemicals in plastics which can lead to attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity in children.
 
Worldwide, only 9% of plastics are recycled and 22% of discarded plastic is mismanaged.  In the United States, it is even worse with only 4% of plastics being recycled.  The majority of plastic waste in the United States is shipped to other countries to dispose of.
 
Microplastics are now found everywhere in our bodies and they are even found in newborns.  42% of plastic waste comes from food packaging.  Another big source of plastic waste comes from clothing with socks being the biggest hazard.
 
People are becoming more aware of this problem and solutions are slowly being put into place.  We can all contribute by avoiding single use, disposable plastic containers and instead use glass containers as much as possible.
 
Speaker Recognition Scott presented Tami with a laminated certificate of the Club’s donation to Polio Plus in her honor.  Tami thanked the Club for the donation and returned the lamination part of the certification to be reused.
 
Adjournment (Scott)