Meeting Minutes - March 7, 2017

 

Mountain View Rotary Club

Meeting Notes by Bruce

March 7, 2017

                                                              
President Jerylann Mateo rang the bell and called the meeting to order with the Mountain View Rotary mantra, “We are a Fun, Enthusiastic and Inspiring Rotary Family…we are the best Rotary Club around!!!”  She reminded us that our International call to action for 2016-2017 is “Rotary Serving Humanity,” our District Governor’s call to action is “Attract the Young, Have Lots of Fun, Get More Done,” and our club’s call to action is “Make the World a Better Place.” 
 
Bruce Barsi shared a quote originally brought to the Club by Past President Dan Alexander which speaks of living life to the fullest. 
 
Songmaster Phil Armi led us in an exciting version of “My Wild Irish Rose.”
 
Julio Nino of Mountain View joined us as a guest at our meeting today.
 
Dick Lubman quizzed us and then gave us insight into the Rotary programs of Interact, Rotaract, and RYLA.
 
General Club Announcements:
 
  • Dave Cole updated us about the following Community Projects:
    • CSMA Concert this coming Saturday, March 11th.  Dave, Cindy, Alan, and Kathleen will be working.
    • CSMA Concert the following Saturday, March 18th.  Twana and Sara will be working.
    • There is a new sign up sheet circulating for future events at CSMA.
    • Stevens Creek Trail Clean up is on Saturday, April 15th.  A sign up sheet will be forthcoming.
    • A Living Classroom work day will be coming in May
 
  • Heather Stenshamn spoke about the ski trip.  It was a smaller group, but much enjoyed by all who attended.
 
  • Paul Reinhart said that everyone had a nice time at last week’s Marti Gras social.  He said the event made a few bucks and he donated $50 to the Endowment.
 
Other Club Announcements:
 
  • The next Board Meeting is Thursday, March 16th, at 5 pm at CHAC.
 
  • President Jerylann shared the following member events:
    • Happy Birthday to:
      • Sheila Hodgkinson on March 2nd
      • Fred Storek on March 7th
      • Bill Maston on March 10th
      • Jim Cunningham on March 25th
    • Happy Anniversary to:
      • Dick Lubman 35 years
      • Tom Myers 14 years
 
  • Sanjay visited with former Club Member Brodie while he was in Las Vegas recently.  Brodie is doing well and sends his regards to everyone.  He has been promoted to manager with Linked In and he may be returning back to this area.
 
  • Sanjay advised that there is a City Council Meeting tonight (Tuesday, March 7th) to deal with the issue of homelessness in Mountain View if anyone was interested in attending.
 
  • Sanjay also spoke about the Inspire grants which are currently open and available to local Non Profit Organizations.
 
SPEAKER: 
 
Jim Cunningham introduced our speaker R.C. Peck who is a Certified Financial Planner, talking to us about the Investment Diversification Myth.
 
 
Mr. Peck considers himself to be a financial heretic. He was told by financial professionals that managing his investments by himself was much too complicated and that he needed to let them handle it.  He wasn’t satisfied with that and continued to ask why during his development in the financial world.
 
He spoke of the three big myths of investing:
            1) You need to have diversity
            2) You need to rebalance your investments periodically
            3) Never get out of the market
 
In simple terms, Mr. Peck suggested that you learn which direction the market is heading and either jump in or out accordingly.
 
He said that one of the greatest social goods you can do is understand how to protect your wealth…because one of the most important currencies we have is how we affect others.
 
 
District Announcements:
 
  • The District Assembly is scheduled for April 13th at the India Community Center in Milpitas.  Our Club pays for the cost of members to attend this event.
 
  • The District Conference is scheduled for May 6th through 7th in Santa Cruz.
 
President’s Club:  There are currently 26 members in the President’s Club.
 
Auction:  The next Auction item will be a tea set that Roger Kao is donating.  We are also looking for more donations with the proceeds going to the Endowment Fund.  Please see President Jerylann if you have anything to donate.
 
 
Next Week our meeting is on Tuesday, March 14th.  Our Speaker will be Nell Bonke, talking about “Silicon Valley:  The Secret Sauce.”  Our 4-Fer for next week is Alan Goodman.
 
Remember to Make the World a Better Place!!!