Meeting Recap - 8/12/08

Pledge of Allegiance was lead by:   Roger Kao

Greeter and Thought of the Day: Dave Cole

Visiting Rotarians:

            Gordon Lounsbach from Peebles, Scotland - presented club with banner
            Michael - Tahoe RYLA student

Guest of Rotary:

Ronit Bryant - Mountain View City Council

Thank you to Dave Cole for arranging our Day at the Races.  It was a beautiful day with lots of people enjoying the spectacle and winning or losing money.  It was a special end of season event which is now history as Bay Meadows may never be the same again.

President Sheila shared a letter of thanks from Jeffry Walker, the Executive Director of the Cummunity School of Music and Arts thanking the club for our grant of $500 to their Annual Fund Campaign.

The Rotary Club of San Francisco is to celebrate their Centenary in November.  They plan a whole series of Events between Nov. 8 and 11.  Watch the Internet for announcements.

Roger shared information about an event on 8/22 held by the Cupertino Club.

Bert Raphael will share details about the ski trip - date depends on the crab feed date.

Sept 6 and 7, M.V. Art and Wine Festival- CHAC Parking Fundraiser.  Please contact Monique Kane if you're interested in volunteering for signing up for a 3-hour time slot.

Special recognition:

Paul Harris fellow: Carla Paul

Ronit Bryant spoke briefly about the Mountain View City Council's work on diversity, and suggested that the City and Rotary might co-operate to extend youth service.

Bert Raphael spoke about Rotary International Projects, and those in Belize in particular.  Bert also shared a film of his visit to Belize.