Mountain View Rotary Bulletin - January 23, 2019 (Jan 22, 2019)

Mountain View Rotary Club

Club Meeting Agenda - January 23, 2019

Notes by Jim Cunningham

President’s Greeting:

Good afternoon! I’d like to welcome you to the Rotary Club of Mountain View.
My name is Bert Raphael, your President for the first and second half of 2018-2019.

Our Rotary International theme for this year is “Be the Inspiration”.
Our Mountain View Rotary Club theme is “Have Fun Being the Inspiration.”

Thought for the Day: Jim Cunningham

Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Paul – We had a visitors to the club Jim who is a friend of Jerylann.

Club Assembly

Bert:

Thanks to Jim Cunningham for being the 4-fer today.
President’s announcements: Bert announced that our Songmaster Phil has a stroke on New Year’s Eve, but doing well in recovery and rehab
Global Grant Scholarships deadline is Feb. 3
We have sent our signed contract to the city to get Rotary signs Steven’s Creek Trail.
The focus areas for grants will be chosen by the President Elect and will be from the 6 areas of focus for Rotary
- Promoting Peace
- Fighting Disease
  - Providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene
- Saving mothers and children
- Supporting education
- Growing local economies
Monique agreed to be the 4-fer for our February 5 meeting
Happy Birthday Scott!

Alan gave an update on the Crab Feed

Crab is looking good
He passed out a sign up sheet to volunteer during the crab feed. This is an all hands on deck event.

Community Service: Dave – CSMA volunteer opportunities are available.

Vocational Talk: Jim Cunningham – Jim spoke about growing up in Wisconsin and following in his family’s tradition of becoming a dentist.

Speakers:

Our Speakers were Ann Chasson and Mary Rubin who discussed their 501(c)(3) non-profit to adopt out adult cats - Dancing Cats. They have a location in San Jose. More information can be found at dancingcats.org

Future Schedule:

January 29: Chester Santos – The International Man of Memory
February 2: Crab Feed
February 5: Local Speech Contest

Have a great week!

And remember…“ Have Fun Being the Inspiration!”