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DIGITAL EDITION No. 157 January 6, 2016 EDITOR: Layne Bowen PHOTOGRAPHER: Elizabeth Karbousky
Our Program for January 13th:
2016 ELECTION PREVIEW
Brian Sobel is the principal consultant for Sobel Communications, located in Petaluma, California. Sobel has many years of experience in the corporate and public sectors.
He spent several years working for a major corporation as a writer, training consultant and video producer. He has been the principal consultant for Sobel Communications for over twenty-five years.
In the public sector Sobel has served as a planning commissioner and vice mayor of Petaluma, California and was a candidate for the California State Assembly.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Wednesday, January 20th: PublIc Safety Awards
Wednesday, January 27th: Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
Wednesday, February 3rd: Creatice Sonoma EDB
USEFUL LINKS
Visit our district at: http://www.rotary5130.org
Check out Rotary International at: http://www.rotary.org
Come see us at: http://rotarymeansbusiness
*Due to some scheduling confusion, no one took notes at the meeting today, so don’t believe everything you read here – sometimes, we just make stuff up! J )
Invocation by Cathy Vicini
OPENING CEREMONIES
President Doug kicked off the meeting by asking Sam McMillan to lead us in the pledge. Cathy Vicini gave today’s invocation.
BTW, did you know the answer to the Trivia Question from last week’s bulletin? The answer was: Samuel Clemens.
VISITING ROTARIANS / GUESTS
No visiting Rotarians today. There was one guest today, astronaut Neil Armstrong. 😉
SUNSHINE
Let’s all keep Dan Schell in our thoughts and prayers for a return to good health. We miss your singing and your keen wit, Dan!
Jeff Kolin and Vickie Hardcastle
RAFFLE
Vickie Hardcastle ran the raffle but Jeff Kolin didn’t pick the winning number.
THANK YOU ROTARIANS
This is a thank you to all my Rotarian friends while I was hospitalized with pneumonia.
Pris & I were overwhelmed by your response to her needs for transportation and food shopping. I have often commented to others that my club members are the finest group of friends that one could have.
Thank you again for your prayers & good thoughts and I am so happy to be able to rejoin you each week.
Sincerely,
Jack Abercrombie
Happy New Year!
Rotarian of the Month – Kerrie Chambers
ROTARIAN OF THE MONTH OF DECEMBER
President Doug recognized this Rotarian for all she did in organizing the bell ringing before Christmas for the Salvation Army. Kerrie Chambers, in her second stint as a Santa Rosa Rotarian did a great job organizing and documenting the Rotarians who rang bells and filled the kettles with money.
Some Rotarians performed Christmas music while collecting cash: (Don McMillan with his horn, Karen Ball with her guitar and voice) to help lend a festive atmosphere. Other sang Christmas carols acapella. Layne Bowen and Jack Atkin talked politics while bell ringing and solved most of the word’s problems…….people put extra cash in the kettle to try to get them to shut up. Anyway, great job, Kerrie!
ROTARY MAGAZINE QUESTION
What country was declared polio free on September 25, 2015?
Speaker Dr. Steven Cuellar
PROGRAM
With the minimum wage being raised to $10 in California, it seemed like a good time to have an expert come in to explain the impact on California business. That expert was Sonoma State economics professor, Steven Cuellar, PhD who described the various studies that have been performed to show impacts of past minimum wage increases around the country.
Dr. Cuellar showed us slides of many past studies on the impacts of raising minimum wage. Some studies showed the impact to be minimal, but others support the widely held theory that raising the minimum wage causes some job loss. Dr. Cuellar stated that in spite of some studies showing otherwise, he still supports the theory that job loss happens when minimum wage is raised.
OFFICERS
Rotary Club of Santa Rosa Officers
President:Doug Johnson, President Elect: Jose Guillen, President Elect Nominee: Julia Parranto, Past President: Mark Burchill, Secretary: Jack Abercrombie, Treasurer: Cecil G. Humes, Sergeant at Arms: Jack Geary
President Rotary International
K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran, member of the Rotary Club of Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Governor, District 5130
Erin Dunn, member of the Rotary Club of Fortuna Sunrise
Attendance Secretary
Jack Abercrombie P.O. Box 505 Santa Rosa, CA 95402 707-538-4770
Board of Directors
Jack Atkin, Karen Ball, Tim Delaney, Tim Fawcett, Gesine Franchetti, Bill Hatcher, Will Haymaker, Elizabeth Karbousky, Steve Olson