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 CLUB 470 * DISTRICT 5160  *  ORGANIZED APRIL 29, 1926                   MEETING DATE:  November 17, 2009

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Today's Meeting 

After seven months of practice President Bob Nakken must have been nervous with the District Governor in attendance as it sounded like he almost missed the bell.  Bob quickly recovered and asked Howard Newens to lead the club in the Pledge.  David Janes followed by leading Rotary Grace.

Visiting Rotarians 

Carla Sanborn introduced Fran Peace from Chico.

Guests of Rotarians

Congressman Wally Herger and his Field Rep. Ralph, District Governor Earl Kilmer, Assistant District Governor Ute Turner and District Trainer Laura Day.   Tim Pettit introduced his son Andrew and Peter Faye introduced his daughter Susan Melanson from Burlingame. 

Announcements

Shade Project – This Saturday at 9:00AM.  A few post holes need to be dug.  The project will continue every Saturday until the project gets completed (weather permitting).  Winters is hosting a non-Mardi-Gras-event.  Please check out their website for additional information.  April 20^th – Joint meeting with the Colusa Club.  The meeting will be held at the Colusa Country Club.  Mark Werum made an announcement in regards to the Auction Dinner Raffle Tickets.  Mark noted that everyone who purchases a ticket this year is a winner as the ticket stub will be good for two tickets to a future play at the Opera House.  Duane Ewing noted that he has received 17 silent auction items to date.  He has a goal of 60.  Mark Ullrich said that he is a few items short of his goal of 20 items for the oral auction.  He is looking for anyone willing to donate the use of a cabin, group dinners, wine or artwork.  Remember that the funds from our event go to our scholarship program ($6,000 a year) with the remainder of the proceeds going to the Opera House.  The OH will use the funds to support their two youth productions.  Dona Mast noted that this weekend is CPR Saturday.

Birthdays

George Berrettoni celebrated the 39^th anniversary of his 21^st birthday with a donation of $0.08 for year that he has been alive. 

Anniversaries 

Tabb and Nancy Randolph celebrated their 23^rd wedding anniversary.  They were married in Mt. Vernon, Washington.    Randy Blake celebrated his 21^st anniversary on the 11^th.  

Recognition

Dan Stroski started off recognition by fining himself for finally getting the Christmas lights off of his house.  His topic today was “Famous Lovers.”  Bob Meyer, Herb Chandler, David Janes, Kris Kristensen, Dona Mast, Craig “Greg” Miyamoto, Aniek Ramsay and Carey Sullivan all got the pleasure of donating today.  Jason Smith, Scott Johnston, and Jim McGibbon beat Dan to the punch by donating for Thankful Time. 

Rags to Riches

  Carl Rodegerdts won a free lunch.

Today’s Program

District Governor Elect Karl Diekman introduced current District Governor Earl Kilmer.  Earl joined Rotary in 1985.  He was his club’s President in 2003/04.  Earl loves vacationing and has been a volunteer firefighter for almost three decades.   Earl started off his presentation by presenting President Bob with a bottle of wine.  Earl asked Bob to drink the wine at 12:00AM on July 1^st to celebrate the ending of their terms.  Prior to becoming DG he took time to visit some of the clubs in our district.  Earl noted that there is a misconception in the clubs about the role of the DG and his staff.  The District staff is not the enforcer of RI’s rules and regulations.  Their primary role is to assist the clubs within the district to become the best that they can.  He wants the clubs to be great.  Earl proudly announced that the district will have three new clubs within the next few months.  He knows that every club is different and he wants every club to do what is best for them and their community.  Earl has asked every club to focus on two areas, with the first being membership.  He noted that it is every member’s duty, not just the club’s membership committee, to try and bring in new members.  He asked that between now and the end of the year that every member bring a guest to a meeting.  Based on the fact that roughly half of all guests eventually join Rotary he said that our club could easily jump from 76 to 114 by the end of the year.  He asked that we not be selfish and tell people why we love Rotary so much.   Earl went on to define his ABC’s of a club (A) Activities of a Club (B) Bodies and (C) Cash.  The more bodies that we have, leads to more cash, which leads to more activities.  The lifeblood of any club is the membership.  EREY – Every Rotarian Every Year.  Earl’s second point of emphasis was the Foundation.  Earl asked that we all continue our commitment to the Foundation.  Earl noted that our donations to the Foundation eventually make their way back to the local districts.  A great example is the matching funds the local Rotary clubs received for the Shade Project.  Earl then had the pleasure of presenting guest Susan Melanson with a pin recognizing her fifth Paul Harris Fellowship.  Earl spoke of the good that the Foundation does from Peace and Conflict Resolution to Rotary Exchange.  Rotary is changing the world one person at a time.  Rotary is able to do this while other groups can’t because Rotary is international, and has no political or religious affiliations.

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