President Anita welcomed members and guests to our last meeting at the Palo Alto Elks Lodge. 

Monique Kane led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Thought for the Day: Sheila Hodgkinson expressed gratitude for all we have here in California.

Introduction of Visitors:  Frank Davila introduced Kelly Trevethan, from United Capital of San Francisco.

Rotary International Conference:  President-Elect, Judy Hannemann, was back from the International Convention in Bangkok. She described some of the challenges and rewards of travel with other Rotarians.

She urged every club member to take some individual action to help the Club and especially to find new speakers for our meetings.

Special Announcements:

Our next meeting on May 22 will be in Mountain View at the Historic Adobe Building at 150 Moffet Boulevard. Scholarship recipients will be attending along with parents and teachers.

For future meetings at the Adobe Building members will be expected to attend or to give notice for their absence so that the caterer can be informed about the number of meals to be served.

Heather and Fredrik Stenshamn announced the birth of their second son, Daniel, on Tuesday May 8^th.   

Monique Kane will be honored as California Senator Joe Simitian’s pick for Woman of the Year at a special reception next Tuesday evening, May 22, 4:30PM – 6:00PM at the Los Altos History Museum. Members are invited to attend.

General Club Announcements:

*           Judy Hannemann is looking to have a party of members to attend the San Jose Giants’ game on July 21.

*           Foundation Minute – Gerry Felix spoke about R.I Foundation’s support for Ambassadorial Scholars.

                                     Our Club members have given 100% support to the Foundation this year.

*           Club Service-   Walt Joyce reminded members to sign up for the Golf Tournament and BBQ on June 8.

*           Kickout Party-  Sunday June 24 at 6 pm at Michaels at Shoreline. Tom will have sign-ups next week.

Speaker – Thomas Dittler introduced Martin Fugmann, Head of  German International School of Silicon Valley. There are 140 German Schools worldwide, funded by the German Government . The School in Mountain View is one of three in the Bay Area; others are in San Francisco and Berkeley.  Schools are bilingual with academic programs serving a diverse student population. Mountain View has 14 graduates this year. Final examinations are 50-50 in English and German.  Inspections every four years help to ensure high quality education for all students. The Rotary Interact Club in the Mountain View School has about 15 members.

For information see www. gissv.org

Next week we will be awarding college scholarships and returning to our Mountain View Home ( the Historic Adobe Bldg.)  

Greeter:  Frank Davila

President’s Greeting:   Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – the BEST club ever. Our call to action this year is “Reach within to embrace humanity.”

Pledge of Allegiance:

Song of the Day:  Phil Armi

Introduction of Visitors:  Alan Goodman.  Frank Davilla introduced Mike Davis.  Joe Lichenger and Kevin      Chaipeilo from Recology were also introduced as guests and potent ional new members. 

Raffle of computer cases.  Frank Davilla contributed 4 computer cases to the club.  There were raffled for $10 each to: Jim Spangler, Fred Storek, Chuck Osborn and Ken Schwaderer.

General Club Announcements:

·         Foundation Minute – Gerry Felix. Nothing new.  We are 100% in our contributions as well as over the amount we committed to raise.

·         Community Service Minute – Jim Spangler.  The Club Board and the Endowment Board of Directors have approved the distribution of funds raised from the Crab Feed.  A date for presentation to the organizations will be determined.

·         Club Service Minute – Walt Joyce.  Thanked all who made the Rotating Dinner a success.  Save the date of Friday June 8 for our annual Golf Tournament.  Golf at Shoreline and BBQ at the Elks club on the grass by the pool.  He passed around a sign-up sheet for both.  Stay tuned.

·         Membership Minute – Jerylann Mateo.  She has a couple of possible members (at the meeting today) that she will be talking with to join.

·         Nominations Committee Update – Tom Myers.  He thanked all who volunteered to help in the upcoming year as President Elect.  He also mentioned to save the date of Sunday June 24, 6:00 PM at Michaels for the annual Kick Out event.     

Rotary Jeopardy – Bruce Barsi.  All the people needing to play were not present so Bruce asked for confessions. 

Special Announcements –

Heather and Fredrik Stenshamn announced the birth of their second son, Daniel, on Tuesday May 8^th.  She will be bonding with him for the next several months.  Pictures will be coming soon.

There will be a reception for Monique Kane on Tuesday evening, May 22, 4:30PM – 6:00PM at the Los Altos History Museum as Senator Joe Simiton announced her as his nomination for Woman of the Year.  Congratulations Monique! 

Next week our speaker is Martin Fugmann, Principal, German International School of Silicon Valley.

The Three-fer person is Ernie Hawks

This will be our last meeting at the Elks Club.  On May 22 we will return to the Adobe Building in Mtn. View.

Greeter:  Jim Cunningham

President’s greeting:   Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – the BEST club ever.  Our call to action for 2011-12 is to “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity”

Pledge of Allegiance:  Bert Raphael

Thought for the Day: Jim Cunningham

Song of the Day:  Phil Armi

Introduction of Visitors:  Alan Goodman - 
            Tomas Dittler – Honorary Member and Kevin Chaipeilo, new
Recology General Manager.

New Member – Tori Corbett was inducted by President Anita and presented her Red Badge and Rotary Pin by her sponsor, Jerylann Mateo.  Her Classification will be Real Estate.

General Club Announcements:

·         Kudos to Walt Joyce for a very successful Rotating Dinner.  Thanks also to hosts, the Cunningham’s, the Barsis, Williams, Kane’s, Raphael’s and Grossman’s.   The next event will be the Golf Tournament (at Shoreline) and BBQ (at the Elks Club) on Friday June 8^th.

·         Foundation Minute – Gerry Felix.  We are now officially 100% participating in Every Rotarian, Every Year.

·         Community Service Minute – Jim Spangler.  All of the applicants have received grants and is being forwarded to the Board for approval.

·         Membership Minute – Jerylann Mateo

·         New Generations Minute – Hal Taylor.  We have 10 applicants for Camp RYLA.  The club is paying for 6; two schools are paying for one each.  Hal is seeking funding from members for another.  Please let him know if you can contribute.  One scholarship is $495.

·         Report from Last Week’s Board Meeting – President Anita reported that we will be returning to the Historic Adobe Bldg on May 22.  No increase in the meal cost at this time.  We are seeking ways to change up the meal to keep the costs down.  Another need of the club is for key leadership (the President).  Since we are not recruiting new members to feed the leadership pipeline, we are in need of Past Presidents to help.  As Alan Goodman suggested, a 3 – 5 year commitment is needed to develop a new crop of leaders.  Past Presidents will be needed to help fill this gap.  Some have said they will help, more are needed.  Tom Myers is the person to contact if you will be willing to help with a 3 or more month commitment.  

Rotary Jeopardy – Bruce Barsi was the Master of Ceremonies for this much anticipated program.  Bill Maston, Jim Spangler, Chuck Osborn, and Monique Kane all contributed.

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Greeter:  Bruce Barsi

President’s Greeting:   Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – the BEST club ever!  Our call to action for 2011-12 is to “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity”  

Pledge of Allegiance: Led by Bert Raphael

Thought for the Day:  Bruce Barsi provided memorable quotes from Ronald Reagan 

Song of the Day:  With the absence or our notable Songmaster and all capable backups, we were silent today  

Introduction of Visitors:  President Anita presided over introductions of our visitors today.  They included:
            Eric Hawks, Past Rotarian and son of Ernie Hawks
            Nick Spangler, current cast member of “Book of Mormons” and son of Jim Spangler
            Justine DeClaro, Saint Francis student and Club sponsored exchange student to Rome
            Joy DeClaro, mother of Justine
            And our Exchange Student from Spain Rafael, staying with Hal Taylor.           

General Club Announcements:  

·         Foundation Minute – Gerry Felix – Gerry provided an inspirational story about support provided by the Rotary Foundation in Africa and she congratulated the Club for 100% participation in contributions to the Foundation. 

·         Community Service Minute – Jim Spangler – Jim told us that the community grant process has started for this year and he will be seeking help from club members to review applications and make recommendations for the awards. 

·         Induction of New Member – Bruce Barsi introduced Craig Goldman as the Club’s newest member.  Craig was originally from the Chicago area and he attended Stanford University, partly because of the quality of education, but mostly for the improved climate from the Midwest.  He originally began his career as an attorney in Southern California, but moved to the field of education and the Mountain View Whisman School District about fourteen years ago.  With the District, he reopened Huff School and served as the Principal there.  He was the Chief Financial Officer for the District for five years before becoming Superintendent two years ago.  Under his leadership, the Mountain View Whisman School District has become one of the top districts in the area.  Craig is the father of three sixteen year old daughters (triplets) and currently faces the challenge of teaching them to drive.  And apart from that when he can find the time, he enjoys hiking and reading.

President Anita formalized Craig’s membership as a Mountain View Rotarian and provided him with his red badge.  He received a standing ovation from members at the meeting. 

·         Justine de Claro presentation – Justine is currently a senior at Saint Francis High School and she was sponsored by the Mountain View Rotary Club as an outbound exchange student to Rome last summer.  She shared several photographs of her host family and their experiences in Italy.  She said the program was a life changing experience and she is very grateful to the Mountain View Rotary for sponsoring her.  She became very close with her host family and learned to respect other cultures as well as herself.  Justine presented President Anita with a banner from the Rotary Club of Rome. 

·         In last week’s meeting, Past President Tom Myers put into nomination the following people for the 2012 2013 Rotary Year:    

§         President – Judy Hannemann
§         Past President – Anita Grossmann
§         Secretary – Chuck Osborn
§         Treasurer – Sheila Hodgkinson
§         Club Service – Walt Joyce
§         International Service- Monique Kane
§         Membership – Jerylann Mateo
§         New Generations – Hal Taylor
§         Special Projects – Bert Raphael
§         Fine Master – Bruce Barsi
§         Web Master – Heather Stenshamn
§         Crab Feed Chair – Alan Goodman 

Voting on these positions will be held at the next meeting.  

Next week’s speaker is Rich Casey from the Los Altos Club who will speak on the Liberia AIDS project 

At a Board meeting after the regular club meeting, it was decided to move back to the Adobe Building in Mountain View, probably in mid May.  The building is currently undergoing some work and we want to give the Elks club 4 weeks notice. We will have a new caterer serving us, Café Venti.  Unfortunately, the Board also voted a cost increase to $20 for members and $25 for guests. 

Greeter:  Dave Cole

President’s Greeting:   Welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View – the BEST club ever.  Our call to action for 2011 – 2012 is: Reach Withink to Embrace Humanity.

Pledge of Allegiance: Bob Williams

Thought for the Day: Dave Cole

Song of the Day:  Phil Armi

Introduction of Visitors:  Judy Hannemann – Anne Raphael, wife of memember &  our speaker today, Bert Raphael.

General Club Announcements:

·         District Conference June 1 - 3

·         Foundation Minute – Gerry Felix

·         Club Service Minute – Walt Joyce—Rotating Dinner, April 27^th  & Club golf tourney and BBQ June 8^th, see Walt for details.

·         Options for moving meetings back to Mountain View – All—President Anita opened the floor for discussion about returning to Mountain View for our meetings. The Club’s fact finding committee has suggested multiple meeting place options—back to our previous meeting place at the Old Adobe Builbing, Michael’s at Shoreline,  Don Giovani Restaurant downtown and continuing at the Palo Alto Elks. After much discussion, each meeting place presents plusses and minuses. The majority of the members favored meeting in Mountain View with the Old Adobe Building (with some adjustments) being the favored meeting place. To be continued……..

·         Induction of new members (Craig Goldman on April 10; Tori Corbett on April 17)

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Next week is a very special meeting: Professor David Cooper will join us to talk about “Responses to Disasters – the Sri Lankan Experience.” His wife, Professor Joy Palmer-Cooper, will also join us. We welcomed Joy earlier in the year when she joined us to celebrate her 30^th anniversary as a Rotary International Scholar.  Justine DeClaro,  who we sponsored last summer for an exchange experience in Italy, will also be our guest.

 Our “three-fer” for next week is Bruce Barsi.

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