Meeting Recap - 7/29/08

Posted by Alicia Crank 
 
 

Pledge of Allegiance:  Frank Davila

Greeter/Thought for the Day: Jim Cochran

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

·         Eros Resmini (Los Altos Sunset)

·         Bill Mayhood

·         Jari Multisilta from Teljan Rotary Club in Finland. (Multi-media professor)

·         Spoke about Finland and how there are 5 clubs in his town of 70,000

·         Dan Messersmith from Route 66.in Kingman Arizona- brought two coins of cars for auction.   Shelby GT 1966 Mustang and Corvette Fastback 1966

 

Car coins - winning bids of $25 by Ball Maston and Jim Spangler.

 

Announcements:

  • August 9 - Day at the Races.
  • August 20 - Board meeting at CSA
  • Sept. 6 & 7 - Art & Wine Festival - sign up for our club activity helping CHAC run the parking lots

Recognition:

  • Peter Early was inducted as a new member.
  • Hiro Kariya joined the President's Club

Fine Master:

Jim acknowledged Alicia Crank's birthday party and campaign kickoff this past Saturday evening, which was hosted at the home of Kris and Sandi McDonough (Rotarians know how to take care of each other!). 

 

Jim fined Alicia, but John Rinaldi stepped in and offered to cover her fine.

 

Jim fined himself for showing up at the party twice! Once on the day of the party, and once the day before.

 

Alan Goodman fined himself for his impending trip back home to Little Rock for a little R&R.

 

Twana announced that she has new job with Acterra. *Green at home* 

Today's Speaker:

Speaker: Kelly Hudson of CommunitySchool of Music & Arts (CSMA), Mountain View


Ms. Hudson joined CSMA in April 2007, having previously served as Director of Marketing and Development for Opera San Jose.  Prior to that, she was Chief Executive Officer of Rich's Business Directories, a publisher of corporate information, specializing in high technology firms in Silicon Valley, for over 12 years.  Ms. Hudson attended UC Berkeley and The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City, where she studied under the legendary Sanford Meisner.  In New York City, she performed at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, Riverside Shakespeare, and Primary Stages.  She is member of Los Altos Rotary Club and a director of the Los Altos Rotary AIDS Project.  She is also a past president of the Peninsula Executives Association, past board member of the Bus Barn Stage Company, and past board member of the Silicon Valley Association of Start Up Entrepreneurs.  Ms. Hudson has been a featured speaker at the National Directory Conference of North America and the National Newsletter Association Conference

 
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