Meeting Notes - January 15, 2019

Mountain View Rotary Club

Club Meeting Agenda - January 15, 2019

Notes by Sanjay

                                                             
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:         Sanjay Dave
 
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests:  Tom – We had 2 visitors to the club Diane and Jason.  Jason Commerford has submitted his application to join our club.  Welcome Jason!
 
 
 
Club Assembly
 
Bert: Overview.
  • President’s announcements: Bert announced that our Songmaster Phil has a stroke on New Year’s Eve, but doing well in recovery and rehab.  A card was passed along for everyone to sign
 
Alan gave an update on the Crab Feed
  • Crab is looking good
  • we've sold 20-25 tickets online
  • He passed out a sign up sheet to volunteer during the crab feed.  This is an all hands on deck event.  He's also looking into hiring 4-5 people from the Day Workers Center to help during the end of the event, 6-10pm.
 
Tom Myers announced he'll give an update on club leadership during the board meeting on Jan. 16.
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Community Service: Jim Cunningham – CSMA volunteer opportunities are available. 
 
Speaker
  •  Our Speaker was Elisabeth Seaman, a mediator.  She discussed how we should have civil discourses.  It was a lively discussion as members brought up situations where it wasn't always easy to have civil discussions when both parties have strong disagreements.  Elisabeth showed her mediation skills and taught us how to evolve those tough conversations into more of a dialogue so we can each learn from one another.  She has also co-authored a book which she brought to the meeting to sell signed copies of.
 
Future Schedule:
            January 16: Club Board/Leadership Meeting
 
 
Have a great week!
 
And remember…“ Have Fun Being the Inspiration!”