Mountain View Rotary
September 10, 2024
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 by Alex
Thought for the Day by the 3'fer Bruce shared some trivia from what it was like back in 1924 when our Club was started.
Introduction of Guests Cathy introduced several guests attending today’s meeting. They included visiting Rotarians Tony and Rose from Uganda and Randall Toch from Morgan Hill. Also attending were Susan Reinhart and her friend Angela as well as Tess Manjarrez who is the Campaign Coordinators for Sam Liccardo.
Club Business/Announcements
- Art & Wine Festival Report – Paul thanked Members for staffing three booths at last weekend’s Art and Wine Festival. The Volunteer Party is on September 24th at Shoreline Amphitheatre for those who would like to attend.
- 100th Anniversary Event is this Friday evening. Tori and her Committee Members have worked hard to make this a great event! Hope to see everyone there.
- Presentations: President Scott presented Past Presidents Judy and Bruce with Rotary Banners from their Presidential years.
- September Birthdays to note: The Club wished Tori and Jerylann a happy birthday and Scott presented a $1,000,000 Rotary Note. A rousing version of “Happy Birthday” by Club Members filled the room!
- Some upcoming dates: Pickleball Fridays, 9:30 a.m., Rengstorff Park; Tuesday, September 24th Social hosted by Sanjay and Dipti (no luncheon meeting that day); Wednesday, September 25th, 5 p.m. Board Meeting at Tori's office (or Zoom); Tuesday, September 17th, District Governor Jill Duerig's visit (meet with board at 11:15 a.m.).; October 5th - Steven's Creek Trail Clean-up; Saturday, October 19th, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. – District "Avenues of Service" Conference in Milpitas.
- President Scott updated the Club on the current list of President’s Club members and encourage more members to join.
- Clipboard of District Dates
Program – Sam Liccardo, Candidate for 16th Congressional District
Mr. Liccardo spoke about several issues facing our Country including a major housing crisis. He proposed raising the capital gains exemption to allow more people to sell their homes without tax consequences noting that the exemption has not been raised since 1997.
Mr. Liccardo told us that he is running for this office because he wants to get things done and he is frustrated by the partisanship at the federal level and inability to find common ground. He mentioned previous times when Democrats and Republicans could have conversations over a beer and find solutions, but that doesn’t happen anymore.
Mr. Liccardo has written a book called “Let’s Get It Done,” which speaks to some of the problems we are facing and the solutions he is advocating.
Speaker Recognition President Scott thanked Sam Liccardo for speaking to the Club with a donation to Polio Plus in his honor
Announcement of Next Meeting/Event Our next lunch meeting is Tuesday, September 17th.
