President Tori opened the meeting reminding us that “We’re more than a club, we’re a family!”.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited
The Greeter was Bert, whose Thought for the Day was a review of some famous historical errors, with a reminder to “be careful what you say because fifty years from now someone may be quoting you!”
General club announcements:
Kathy reported that we still have $3,000 to $4,000 available for scholarships.
Paul reported on our Stevens Creek Trail cleaning efforts. A clean-up was done by our volunteers recently, and we will schedule another in the fall.
Scott told us about some of our members’ recent bocce ball experiences.
Tory presented the slate of club officers and board members nominated for the 2024-2025 Rotary year.
President: Scott Johnson
President-Elect: Cathy Merrill
Past-President: Tori Atwell
Secretary: Bruce Barsi
Treasurer: Heather Stenshamn
Membership Chair: Jerylann Mateo
Dir. of Community Service: Paul Reinhart
Dir of Vocational Service: Tom Myers
Dir of International Service: Jack Wong
Dir of Youth Service: Catherine Vonnegut
Dir of Club Service: Anita Grossman
All nominees were then unanimously elected by the members present.
Tory then showed us the Rotary International flag for 2024-2025, with its motto “The Magic of Rotary!”
We will not have a regular club meeting for the next two weeks: one week for a club social, and then Memorial Day weekend. We will have three meetings in June, plus the “kickout” on June 14. The first meeting of the next Rotary year will be on July 9.
Speaker:
The program was presented by our own member, Alexander Amoroso, and his cousin, Mathew Lancaster, who are both officers in the U.S. Army Reserve. They described the role of the “Private Public Partnership Office (P3O)”, which finds job opportunities for returning or retiring reservists and their close family members.