MEETING MINUTES February 10, 2005 at Inn Marin, Ignacio

Submitted by Suzanne Bales

Daryl Weinroth led the pledge followed by words of wisdom from Pastor Stan.  President Elect Tony Elshout was in charge of this meeting.  It seems a large group is somewhere in Canada instead of at our meeting. 

Visiting Rotarians

There were no visiting Rotarians today.

Guests of Rotarians

Greg Chidlaw introduced Sol Cohen and Daryl introduced local dentist Melissa Renik

Announcements

Marie Borders is looking for blood donors, March 3^rd.  Appointments run 9:30AM until 2:30PM.  You can contact Marie at marie@investorstrust.com or 893 1616 ext 303 if available to donate.

Larry Levy stated 16 wheelchairs have been purchased.  $75 buys a chair, so let Larry know if you can donate.

Pres to be Tony discussed the Hearts of Plenty dinner, tonight at 6:30.

Fred Pfeifer reminded all of the fireside next Wednesday, the 16^th-Valentined theme at Indian Valley golf course.  $25 pp-let Fred know if you and spouse or other can attend.

Greg Chidlaw quizzed Bill Kelly on the dine around for MC and he passed.  5:30-700 pm.  The restaurants included are Grazie, Cacti, Hilltop, Ricky’s Wild Fox and Graces at Days Inn.  We see $20 to MC for each diner participating.

Greg reminded us that each and every Rotarian buys a MC ticket.  Be sure to check out the web site www.rotarymontecarlo.org.  All silent auction items are due no later than March 1^st.

Daryl is looking for volunteers for this Sat, Scottsdale Pond.

Pauline Stuber stated the Wulbern scholarship money, $2500 per year, 4 years, UC only, will be with us for at least 7 more years.

Jerry Ghirardo awarded Luann Jackman with her Paul Harris award. 

Recognition

Daryl got after Chidlaw for general attitude and demeanor.  Didn’t seem to faze him!

Bob Kane was happy to pay for his trip from San Diego to Lima.  Then Daryl went to work on induction fines:  Jerry Ghirardo and  Marie Borders 

Speaker

Dr. Carol Patterson, of the Marin Community Clinic, executive director, discussed their mission to care medically for the uninsured and underserved of Marin County.  80% of their clients do work full time.  They manage over 50,000 visits a year between the Novato and Marin General location.  They are trying to establish a satellite office in the canal area.  They truly are amazing in how many clients they help.

Upcoming Meetings:

February 16            Fireside at Indian Valley Golf Course for Valentine’s Day

February 17            Dark – no meeting

February 23            Rotary 100^th Anniversary social at Days Inn with other Novato Rotarys

February 24            Dark – no meeting

All Rotarians are encouraged to think about speakers for meetings. If you have a suggestion, please contact Dave Pitchford at 382-8150.

Mark your Calendars Now!

Events:

Our holiday dinner and party will be with the other Novato Clubs – December 3, 2004

Upcoming Firesides:

February 16 at Indian Valley Golf Course

Upcoming Socials:

February 23 – 100^th Anniversary of Rotary

March 4 – Ski Challenge

March 25 – location tbd

May 27 – location tbd

Upcoming Community Service Projects:

Upcoming Board Meetings:

(every 2^nd Wednesday of the Month, 4:00 pm at Circle Bank in Novato

February 16 (special date) before the Fireside

March 9

District 5150 Newsletter and Information

For more information all you need to do is log on to the District Web Site at:

http://www.rotary5150.org/newsletter.htm

International

Rotary Milestones

      1905                     First Rotary club organized in Chicago, Illinois, USA

      1908                     Second club formed in San Francisco, California, USA

      1910                     First Rotary convention held in Chicago

      1912   The Rotary Club of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, becomes the first club outside the United States to be officially chartered. (The club was formed in 1910.)

      1917                     Endowment fund, forerunner of The Rotary Foundation, established

      1932        4-Way Test formulated by Chicago Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor

      1945                     Forty-nine Rotarians help draft United Nations Charter in San Francisco

      1947                     Rotary founder Paul Harris dies; first 18 Rotary Foundation scholarships granted

      1962                     First Interact club formed in Melbourne, Florida, USA

      1965                     Rotary Foundation launches Matching Grants and Group Study Exchange programs

      1978                     RI's largest convention, with 39,834 registrants, held in Tokyo

      1985                     Rotary announces PolioPlus program to immunize all the children of the world against polio

      1989   Council on Legislation opens Rotary membership to women worldwide; Rotary clubs chartered in Budapest, Hungary, and Warsaw, Poland, for first time in almost 50 years

      1990                     Rotary Club of Moscow chartered first club in Soviet Union

      1990-91   Preserve Planet Earth program inspires some 2,000 Rotary-sponsored environmental projects

      1994                     Western Hemisphere declared polio-free

      1999                     Rotary Centers for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution established

      2000                     Western Pacific declared polio-free

      2001                     30,000th Rotary club chartered

      2002                     Europe declared polio-free; first class of 70 Rotary Peace Scholars begin study

      2003                     Rotarians raise more than US$118 million to support the final stages of polio eradication

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