DIGITAL EDITION No. 259 March 7, 2018 EDITOR: Mark Burchill PHOTOGRAPHER: Diane Moresi PUBLISHER: Richard Lazovick
Our Program For Wednesday, March 14, 2018
RYE INBOUND AND OUTBOUND STUDENTS
Giordan Vilamoski; Chris Gullixson
RYE Inbound and Outbound Students
It is our great pleasure to welcome our Rotary Youth Exchange students on March 14th. The program will be moderated by Craig Meltzner.
Our inbound student is Giordan Vilamoski, who comes to us from Brazil. He attended Santa Rosa High School while here. His original host family lost their home in the fire, so he has relocated twice since then. Not quite the experience he was expecting when he arrived!
Our returning outbound student is Chris Gullixson. He had a wonderful year in Sweden. Both their power point presentations and perspectives will be informative and impressive. You will not want to miss this!
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Wednesday March 21, 2018: Welcome to the Exponential Age – Colton Briner – Emerging technologies that will disrupt industries
Wednesday March 28, 2018: Lessons Learned on Fire Insurance – Club Fire Survivors
Wednesday April 4, 2018: Past Presidents Day / Jose, Moderator – Speaker will be Willie Tomeyo
Wednesday April 11, 2018: Adult Literacy Services – S C Libraries – Alisa Adams
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
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Opening Ceremonies
Pledge
The pledge was led, with only a minimum of banter, by Michael Moore
Reflection
Cecil Humes told the story of the 4-Way Test, which was originated during the depths of the Depression. This link will give you all the details: http://www.rotary5630.org/history-of-the-four-way-test/
Visiting Rotarians
Jeanne Levin introduced George Batchelter from Santa Rosa East
Debi Zaft introduced Cliff Bernard Nuwakora from the Kampala Munyonyo Rotary Club in Uganda.
Guests
Steve Olson introduced four high schoolers who were to receive help from the Jamison Fund. They were: Sara Riddick and Manuel Arichiga from Elsie Allen HS and Dawn Stornetta and Helen Mills from Santa Rosa HS. Ray Giampoli introduced Sherrie Clark
Bill Rousseau introduced _____________and urged us all to vote for her as his successor.
Rick Allen introduced our speakers
Sunshine
Ginny Cannon reported that Eileen Carlisle’s brother, Bruce, had recently passed away.
Raffle
Michael Moore handled the raffle, again with a minimum of drama. (Do we like the quiet Michael or the rowdy Michael? Raise your hands.) Sam McMillan had the lucky ticket but pulled the unlucky marble, and walked away with the $10 consolation prize.
Jokes
Cathy Vicini told the story of the Russian, the Mexican, and the Korean….. (You had to be there.)
Dan Schell did a very entertaining but convoluted recitation, something about the Jabberwok
Casey Carter told us about the truth-seeking robot’s smack-down
Jamison Merit Awards
Steve Olson presented awards to four high schoolers, two from 4-H and two from FFA to assist in purchasing lambs to raise for the County Fair. He also told of a number of other awards from the Jamison fund to further agricultural education in Sonoma County. Wes Jamison left our club a wonderful legacy.
Birthdays
There were four March birthday boys present: Rick Allen, Mark Burchill, Doug Johnson, and Larry Miyano. The club sang them “Happy Birthday,” and all receive gift bags from Kim Murphy.
Rotarian of the Month
One of our club’s hardest working and dedicated members, Jack Atkin, received a well-deserved nod as our Rotarian of the Month for March.
Announcements
President Julia reminded us that there are no more “missed meeting” fines.
President Julia also announced that our club’s Fire Relief Fund had received a $19,000 donation from the Sonoma Valley Rotary Club Foundation’s Fire Relief Fund.
Jeff Kolin gave us a progress report on Giro Bello. Ridership sign-ups are a bit ahead of last year, and we are 2/3 of the way to our sponsorship goals. If you are thinking of sponsoring the GiroBello, now is the time to step up.
Ann Gospe reminded us that it takes a village, or at least many members of our club, to present a successful GiroBello. Sign up sooner than later.
Jackie McMillan discussed the Rotary River Cruise in August of 2019. The early sign-up discount ends soon.
Ray Giampaoli gave us an update on the raffle. We still have a long way to go to reach our goal. Nevertheless, the winner will be drawn on April 9 at Franchetti’s.
Sharing
Rich deLambert told a story about his grandma following sheep in order to get a free meal.
Program
Rick Allen introduced our speakers, telling us that their product was close to his heart.
Justin Peterson and Bijan Nafea from Medtronic presented information on their stents, and on a new treatment for high blood pressure.
Historical note: Did you know that Medtronic’s Santa Rosa division began as a tiny local company in the 1990’s? The original name was Arterial Vascular Engineering. During their first few years, with only a handful of employees, they began perfecting the technology for their stents. Once their stents were approved by the FDA, they began rapidly growing, and in 1999, were purchased by Medtronic for the princely sum of $3,700,000,000.
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AMA WATERWAYS
ROTARY RIVER CRUISE
AMAKRISTINA AUGUST 19 – 26, 2019
AMSTERDAM TO BASEL ON THE RHINE
Jackie McMillan has been working on details behind the scenes with Eva Atkin and AMA
Sent info to all clubs in our District 5130 – then Gary Lieberstein of Napa – former DA and Rotarian came on board – he is personal friends with the owners of AMA
Introduced a fundraising element to this cruise and a wine host (Monticello – 3 generations Rotarian family)
AMAKristina is a Brand new ship with 79 cabins – 158 people –
AMA is extending Early booking discount until April 30th – usually March 1st cut off and a portion of each booking will go to our District 5130 Fund until April 30th
We want our club to have first choice of cabin category – then we will open to all other Rotary clubs, then to Wine Club members. Lower priced cabins will go quickly!
$400 pp deposit required; balance due 90 days before departure (May 21, 2019)
Faire includes all meals. local wine, beer and soft drinks, all daily excursions and entertainment on the boat, lectures by wine host and tastings, daily cocktail hour, wifi and bicycles
Does not include airfare or gratuities.
Contact Eva Atkin to make your deposit and cabin choice – 529-1865, [email protected]
Governor, District 5130
Bob Rogers, Rotary Club of Sebastopol
Attendance Secretary
Debi Zaft P.O. Box 505 Santa Rosa, CA 95402
Board of Directors
Kathleen Archer, Ray Giampaoli, Steve Marburger, Jackie McMillan, Diane Moresi, Laura Held, Peter Holewinski, Steve Baime and Jeff Kolin