MEETING MINUTES January 12, 2006 at Inn Marin, Ignacio
 

Submitted by John Tanko.

Past President Garry Gast opened the meeting.

Roland Fuette led us in the Pledge and Pastor Stan had the thought for the day.

Visiting Rotarians

Darcy Quinn of Novato Rotary joined us, as well as Dennis Hammond, also from the Novato Rotary.

Guests

Bruce Moeller introduced his guest, Thomas Justice, who heads up a bookkeeping company.

Announcements

Greg Chidlaw discussed the current status of Monte Carlo Night.  The battle cry “STUBS BACK” was heard several times throughout his presentation. 

Monte Carlo Night “Loose End” Round-up: 

Tickets should be ready by next Thursday.

Front of the auction book has been decided.  The auction book itself is still under construction.

Art work is needed from the corporate sponsors ASAP!

Eight Interactors are needed; Roland Fuette will handle this.

Laptops and server are SCREAMING!  With the new system, and proper registration of ticket holders, there should be no line-ups at the doors this year.

Marie Borders and John Tanko will work with Jerry Ghirardo to address the Non-Profits.

Lori Gast is handling the additional ads the program supplement.

Again, get your “STUBS BACK!” for processing, so they can be entered into the system.

Fred Pfeiffer announced that the date for the club anniversary party has been changed to Saturday, April 29^th, due to the Easter/Passover holidays. 

The next Fireside is Feb 10th at Cacti Restaurant, $25pp, no meeting on the 9th.

Stan Dennison discussed the need for our club to participate with San Marin High School's Academy career assisting program.  Twelve more Rotarians are needed to mentor.  Career information would be shared.

Fine Time

Chuck Swensen, our Woodchuck, was not in attendance at the meeting today.  Rob Sundberg stepped in (without the advantage of having the necessary paperwork) leading us in “Dashboard Confessions.”   He simply asked for volunteers.  Many stepped up to the plate once he announced that fines will be half-price:

Bob Carpenter fined himself for taking a day off of work, to go fly fishing in the Trinity River.  His trip was quite successful, as many fish were taken (and returned) to the waters of the Trinity River. 

Marie Borders stood to announce the birthday of her daughter.

Pauline Stuber announced that her husband, John, is having a birthday.  If I heard correctly, he is planning on a trip to Argentina.

John Tanko donated a buck for not wearing his Rotary pin.

Speaker/Program

Mike Parsons, investigator for the Napa County District Attorney’s Office, talked about identity theft.  He discussed understanding it, protecting yourself from it, and what to do if you are victimized by it.   Thieves have acquired information about people through such methods as stealing mail, insider data, purse snatching, and even “dumpster diving,” which he said could be considered an Olympic sport in the Napa area.  Making sure to thoroughly shred your trash (some criminals have been known to scotch tape single shredded paper), and simply being aware of where your important information is at all times is crucial to avoiding identity theft.  To recover from identity theft could take years.  A few in attendance related stories of personal experience with identity theft. 

Raffle

Bruce Moeller had his ticket drawn however he did not have success in his marble drawing.

Meeting adjourned at 1:40pm.

Upcoming Meetings

January 19         John Reese, Operations Manager, Marin Humane Society

January 26         Dr. Michael Kovac, an ex 49er and new Director of the Marin Foundation Buck Fund

February 2

February 9          Dark

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

Board Meetings

Ignacio Rotary Board meetings are the 2^nd Wednesday of the month.  They meet at the Bank of Marin located at 378 Bel Marin Keys Blvd.  They begin at 5 pm.

Upcoming Firesides

February 10                        At the Cacti Restaurant

Upcoming Events/Activities/Projects:

March                        Interact Dinner

March 16                        Blood Drive

April                        MacKey Terrace B-B-Q

April 20 – 23                        District Conference

April 29                        Club’s 30^th Anniversary Celebration

June                        Relay for Life

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

Need to make up a missed meeting?  Now you know where and when:

Day of the Week             Name of Club                  Time of Mtg.    Location of Meeting