Meeting Notes -- May 13, 2025

Mountain View Rotary Club
Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
 
Greeting/Ring Bell (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 Alex led us in the Pledge of Allegiance for his last Club Meeting before being deployed for Operation Spartan Shield.  Scott presented Alex with a card signed by Club Members wishing him well.
 
Thought for the Day (Tori) Thoughts about how this will affect me in five years and will I even remember in ten years.
 
Introduction of Guests (Cathy) No guests today
 
Club Business/Announcements
 
  1. Updates
    1. Congratulations to Fred Storek, our incoming President Elect for the 2025/2026 Rotary Year.  Fred passed around a sign-up sheet to schedule speakers for the year.
    2. The Community Services Agency held its ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly remodeled building on May 9th and it was very well attending by Rotarians and community members.  Tom reminded everyone that CSA serves everyone and no one should have fear for seeking service.
    3. Mountain View PAL held the Youth Extravaganza on May 9th and several Rotarians volunteered to make the event very successful.  A big thank you to everyone that helped out.
  1. The MV Rotary Rollers were at it again at the Villa Siena Bocce Ball Tournament.  No trophy this year, but we won more games than we lost and a good time was had by all.
  1. Upcoming Club Dates:
    1. MV Rotary Pickleball – Fridays, 9:30 a.m., Rengstorff Park
    2. Friday, May 16th – Chamber Athena Awards – Club Presidents’ table
    3. Tuesday, May 20th – Social hosted by Tom and Hart, 5 p.m.
    4. Wednesday, May 21st – Rotary Board Meeting, 5 p.m., Tori’s Office
    5. June Luncheon meetings: 3rd, 10th,17th (Jack speaker chair)
    6. June 11th – MV Chamber event “A Taste of Mountain View,” 4 p.m.
    7. June 13th – Golf Tournament, 11 a.m. at Shoreline Golf Course and BBQ
    8. June 21st -25th – Rotary International Conference, Calgary – Cathy attending
    9. June 27th - Kick Out
  2. Golf Tournament, Friday, June 13th – Stephen Nichols and Walt Joyce.  Stephen circulated a sign-up sheet.
 
Program
 
Cathy introduced Peter Katz who is the CEO of the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce.
 
Peter spoke about the role of the Chamber of Commerce in the Mountain View Community.  It is not affiliated with city government and most folks don’t really know what the Chamber does.  Its primary role is to work on the economic vitality of the city.  He went on to talk about many of the Chamber’s programs that help blend businesses and the community.
 
Adjournment (Scott)