Mountain View Rotary Meeting Summary - March 19, 2013
Mountain View Rotary Meeting Summary
March 19, 2013
By Gerry Felix
Meeting called to order at 12:30pm by President Judy at the Adobe Building.
Pledge of Allegiance: Jim Cunningham
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Gerry Felix offered a quote from Wayne Gretzky, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” and Helen Keller, “When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened to us.”
Song of the day: Phil Armi
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians and Visitors: Bruce Barsi, President Elect introduced Sunnyvale Rotarian Charlie Wasser and Hal Taylor introduced his son visitor Mark Taylor.
Rotary Foundation: Gerry Felix announced that $8,470 has been sent to RI to fulfill our portion of the Every Rotarian Every Year Program. The Club once again had 100% in member participation. The Club has also sent $1,470 to the Polio Plus Program. An additional $500 will be sent from the Crab Feed 50/50 raffle; total Club contribution to Polio Plus will be $1,970. Foundation Paul Harris pins was given to Judy Hannemann at PHF+3. Hal Taylor was recognized by the Mountain View Club for his work on RYLA with Club’s recognition credits, which have made him a PHF+2. Hal Taylor used his Paul Harris credits to recognize his son Mark Taylor as a Paul Harris Fellow.
Photo: courtesy of Chuck
Finemaster: Bruce Barsi fined Bert Rafael, Walt Joyce and Heather Stenshamn. Jerylann Mateo guessed the correct MV Rotarian in Jeopardy and escaped a fine.
Announcements:
Please remember to RSVP to weekly meeting if you are not coming or you are bringing a guest. Post it on ClubRunner or e-mail Chuck by noon on Monday.
We came in Second Place in the District Squaw Creek Resort Contest and will have 6 free rooms for Memorial Day Weekend. Let President Judy know if you are interested in spending the weekend in Tahoe with fellow club members.
Bert Raphael provided an update on the Short Term Foreign Exchange Student Program for this summer. A Mountain View High Sophomore boy student will exchange with a French girl student. The mother of the Mountain View student participated in a Rotary Exchange Program when she was a youth.
Please see Anita Grossman to participate in the Stevens Creek Clean-up on April 20, 2013.
Los Gatos Morning Rotarian Doug McNeil has been invited to the White House Staff briefing to be held in Washington DC in April. In the news is San Jose Rotary Centennial Project, which is to design and build a play garden park in Guadalupe River Park along Coleman Avenue. The park is scheduled to open in mid-2014 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the San Jose Club.
District Conference this weekend at the Meritage Resort in Napa. MV Club has a team playing in the Thursday Golf Tournament and former Club Presidents, Gerry, Sheila, Monique and Anita will attend the Friday Luncheon. President Judy will attend the weekend conference.
Bert Raphael won the Los Altos Community Foundation Poker Tournament last weekend and is willing to donate the prize of a one week stay at a 3- Bedroom Condo in Puerto Vallarta to a Club fundraising event; details will follow.
Program: Our speaker was Carole Leigh Hutton, President and CEO of United Way Silicon Valley. Prior joining the United Way, Carole Leigh was Vice President and Executive Editor of the San Jose Mercury News. Her comments today focused on the changes at United Way since 2008. Silicon Valley community members and leaders are challenged to educate children for the jobs of the future. The disparity in income levels rises as one of the most significant differences in education achievement. United Way is focusing on ways to build communities to help people help themselves. They have narrowed their work to families with birth to middle school children. The intent is to help these students compete for future jobs by connecting their families in community, focusing on early reading, and rebuilding their trust in institutions. Carole’s program provided statistical findings, planning strategy, and heartfelt hope for students of low income families living in the Silicon Valley.