Meeting Summary August 23 + other info

President’s Greeting – President Anita

Pledge of Allegiance: Gerry Felix

Thought for the Day: Phil Armi

Song of the Day: “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” led by Phil Armi

Introduction of Visitors:  President Elect, Judy Hannemann

-          Tim Young, our outgoing exchange student, who just returned from Germany.

-          Margan Mitchell, guest with our speaker

Blue Badges were presented to Heather Stenshamn and Jerylann Mateo.

Presentation of Presidents Club Certificates: Ernie Hawks

A Rotary Foundation Minute – Geri Felix

Club Announcements:

-          Our next meeting will be at Savvy Cellars. Our incoming student, Rafael Hermosilla Casado from Spain, along with his host parents – the Andersons of Los Altos - will be joining us.

-          CHAC Fundraiser at the Mtn. View Art and Wine Festival (Monique Kane) is still in need of volunteers to help with parking; Sept 10 & 11.

-          Rotary District 5170 is holding a Foundation Training Workshop next Monday at the DoubleTree Hotel

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-          The District Cabinet meeting on September 7 will include a Tenth Anniversary Memorial for victims of 9/11

-          Save the Date – the annual Avenues of Service program will be held on October 27

-          A special Fund, the Rotary Horn of Africa Famine and Refugee Relief Fund, has been established by The Rotary Foundation. The worst drought in 60 years has gripped the Horn of Africa, leading to acute famine in parts of Somalia where hundreds of thousands of people are now fleeing to Ethiopia and Kenya for aid. More than 10 million people are impacted, including 3.7 million who are at risk of starvation. Rotary’s new fund will support recovery projects in the affected areas. Contributions designated for this fund are eligible for Paul Harris Fellow and Major Donor recognition, but do not count toward the Annual Programs fund. For more information, please contact The Rotary Foundation in Evanston, Illinois.

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Speaker: April Kyle from Schipul. A web marketing company based in Houston, TX. April has recently relocated to the bay area and is working in Sunnyvale and living in Los Gatos.

April gave an extremely enjoyable and informative talk about engaging with the internet for personal and professional purposes entitled “Practical Applications for the Real World”.  April spoke about the various types of social media available such as Facebook, Twitter & Linked In as well as a number of various websites to investigate. One of the most important topics she discussed was privacy and encouraged all of us to be mindful of our privacy settings while accepting the public nature of the web. She emphasized the following:

Connect with a network that matters

Google search hobbies, clubs and schools of interest

Have A Blast!!  You Own the Web!!!

Sites that April recommended for consideration are:

Video Training:    www.vimeo.com

Online Software Training:  www.lynda.com

How To Videos:  www.skillshare.com

Search by topics of Interest:  www.tumblr.com

Food Recipes & Information: www.punchfork.com

Funding Platform for Creative Projects:   www.kickstarter.com

P.S.  The following is an email from our Exchange Student to Gerry Felix:

Hello Ms. Felix,
 
My life in Germany is great so far. I have started school three days ago and the people I met in school are all very friendly. I am currently an eleventh grader in Goethegynaisum.
I also have Karate lessons on Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9 p.m and choir on Friday.
My host mother took me to cities near my village which are  Weimar and  Erfurt. Another awesome place that my host mother took me to is Castle Wartburg.
My host family treats me very kindly and I am very happy to have them as my host family. :)
I still struggle with German but I have improved since I left America. I will continue to work hard.
 
Best,
Bianca  

At the Board meeting on August 30, the Board decided to hold our regular Luncheon meeting on Tuesday September 27.  The purpose will be to hear a most interesting speaker.

The Greeter, Thought Person and Meeting Summary person on September 6 will be Bruce Barsi