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Meeting Minutes September 19, 2012
by John M Thompson
Sunnyvale Sunrise Rotary
Minutes
September 19th,
2012
Present:
Dave Myrna Donn Charlie
Colleen Han Narada Jim
Paul Mike
Many thanks to Mike for organizing the wine pairing social
last Sunday, which was enjoyed by everyone.
There was further discussion about how to follow up with guests and
prospective members who joined us for the event. Lester, Membership Chair, should contact
those guests with calls or letters inviting them to an upcoming meeting. It was suggested that the October 3rd
meeting would be a good time to invite guests as Lisa will be presenting her
trip to Haiti. The club agreed that we
should also begin planning more social events like this so we have
opportunities to invite guests.
Club members were urged to search out the Meetup.com site on
the internet just to see how it works.
This is the site that the Rotoractors are using to attract new members
to their club. The name they have chosen
for their club is Silicon Valley West.
Perhaps this site could be of use to us, also.
Tomorrow is Club Day at Fremont H.S. Colleen will pick up the popcorn machine
today and Myrna will be on hand at the
school tomorrow.
Update on Crabfeed from Dave and Paul, who met with Lions
club members, Jim Gould and Al Knox last night.
Tickets will be available October 12th. Prior to that date, our club needs to
estimate how many tickets to the first seating they will need. In the same way, the Lions will establish an
estimate for the second seating. By
mid-December all unsold tickets will be returned and handled by their
respective clubs, Lions 1st seating and Rotary 2nd
seating. A ticket is not sold until
there is money in-hand! Seating will be
handled, once again, by Myrna.
Speaker today was Dave explaining the Foundation
giving. November is Foundation
Month. The expectation within this
District is that each member will be a Double Sustainer, requiring a donation
of $200. All of our members were double
sustainers last year. Handouts were
provided to explaining Foundation Funding.
Our club received $1,556 in DDF for the current year.
| Meeting Minutes September 26, 2012
by John M Thompson
Sunnyvale
Sunrise Rotary
Minutes
September 26th,
2012
Present: Guests: Austin and
Mike John Charlie Lester Richard
from Rotaract
Donn Narada Jim Colleen
Dave Joanna Emil
Reminder: Poker
Tournament on Oct. 27th. It
is important to keep sharing the E-vite and flyers for this event. Value of each additional player is actually
$70! We still need items for the flash
auction.
Fundraiser coming up for RotaCare. It is November 7th at 5:30 at Del
Monte.
October 3rd is the District Cabinet Meeting. Doubletree Hotel at 6:30, $30 for dinner.
Crabfeed reminder:
Ticket sales begin on October 12th, $45 each. All tickets
need to be paid for by mid-December.
Rotary club is responsible for 2nd seating tickets. If you are interested in any tickets for 1st
seating, you need to request them soon!
Avenues of Service is October 25th at 5:00. Plesae let Donn know if you are going to
attend.
March 21-24, 2013 is the District Confrence in Napa. Anyone interested in planning a private wine
tasting while at the conference, please let Mike know.
Current balance in Money Talks for 2012-13 year,
$705!!! Great start for the Fremont H.S.
funds.
| Meeting Minutes October 3, 2012
by John M Thompson
Sunnyvale Sunrise
Rotary
Minutes
October 3, 2012
Present:
Charlie John Myrna Lester
Donn Paul Lisa Narada
Jim Mike Emil Dave
Avenues of Service reminder from Donn. October 25th at the Doubletree
Hotel.
Please let Donn know if you are attending.
Jim reported on some difficulties that have arisen with the
RI Foundation transfer of funds for the Ghana and the Sri Lanka Projects. The Foundation has to release these funds to
complete the projects, however, they feel that the money is not being routed in
the proper way. Jim is working closely
with the District to clear this matter up.
Paul will e-mail everyone a list of the specifics on the
Rebuilding Project coming up. There will
be opportunities for everyone to help.
The project is on October 27th.
Reminder: Poker
Tournament, October 27th.
Keep rounding up players and auction items.
Paul has started taking orders for the 1st
seating Crab Feed tickets. Rotary has
already claimed 59 tickets for that seating.
If you are interested in first seating, please let Paul know asap!
Lisa was our speaker today sharing a challenging trip
to Monbontau, Haiti | Meeting Minutes October 10, 2012
by John M Thompson
Sunnyvale Sunrise Rotary
Minutes
October 10th, 2012
Present:
Mike Jim John Donn
Paul Lester Charlie Colleen
Myrna
Justin attended from Interact
This was a general assembly meeting.
Reminder: Avenues of
Service on October 25th, 5-9:00, Doubletree Hotel. 8 members are planning to attend. Please register with Donn if you intend to
go.
Donn attended the President's meeting in Mike's
absence. There was some discussion there
concerning the new Rotaract club's interactions with the other sponsoring
clubs. Future expectations of communication between the Rotaractors and the
clubs needs to be clarified.
E-vite has been circulated again for the Poker Event on
October 27th. Please try to
forward it to at least two friends.
Interactors Report from Justin:
Fall Leadership Conference is this weekend at Independence
H.S. There will be 51 students attending
wearing new shirts for Area 12. They are
the Wasabi Whales!
The club is now meeting every Wednesday and has grown to
about 60 members.
15 Members will be volunteering for the Rock'n'Roll Marathon
for the City of San Jose.
Area 12 Dance is on November 9th at Quinlan
Center. The Interactors need help with
chaperoning, water and food for volunteers.
Lester will follow up
with guests from the club's social and invite them to a meeting.
Dave distributed the Foundation's request for annual
donations and raffle tickets. Please
return pledge cards and/or money to Dave by the November 7th
meeting. Remember that it is the goal of
this club to be 100% double sustainers, if at all possible. He also provided a brief
Polio Plus report: 4
countries continue to report incidents of polio.
Crabfeed tickets for the first seating are now SOLD
OUT! We need to start selling those
second seating tickets now.
Paul reported on a meeting with Fremont H.S. Although grants have been awarded to create a
sustainable garden at the high school, the District has decided not to allow
the project to proceed on the land originally promised. They will suggest another site. This is a great disappointment to both the
Cupertino and Sunnyvale Sunrise Rotary Clubs.
Paul will pursue this further with those at the District to better
understand what the difficulty is.
Jim opened a conversation about the cost of the Wild Palms
site and breakfast. The $35 we now pay
in monthly dues does cover the room and general costs of the club. However, meals are additional. Please consider this before a full discussion
at next week's meeting.
| Meeting Minutes October 17, 2012
by John M Thompson
Sunnyvale Sunrise
Rotary
Minutes
October 17th, 2012
Present:
Mike Jim Narada Joanna
Han Donn Charlie Lester
Dave Emil John
Avenues of Service reminder, October 25th at the
Doubletree Hotel.
Please let Donn know if you are attending.
Reminder: Poker
Tournament, October 27th.
Approx. 25 people attending now.
Crabfeed - Please work on bringing auction items for this
event! Tickets for the first seating
have been sold out. Let Paul know soon
if you need tickets.
Interactors Leadership Conference was Sunday. Dave and Donn both attended along with about
2700 students! They were impressed with
how well-organized and attended this event was.
Dave is now collecting the annual pledge cards and/or
donations for this Rotary Year. Everyone
should have received a statement for the year along with Raffle tickets. Please return the ticket stubs and your
donation to Dave by November 7th to be included in the drawing.
Speaker today was Susan Huff from the League of Women Voters
with information about the coming election.
| Meeting Minutes October 24, 2012
by John M Thompson
Sunnyvale Sunrise Rotary
Minutes
October 24th, 2012
Present:
Paul Mike Emil Myrna
Donn Lisa Charlie Lester
Dave Jim Narada Han
Guests today were Angie and Roger Hassler with the Partners
in Service Rotrian,
Julio Grazioso from Guatemala.
Reminder: Tomorrow
night is the Avenues of Service. Let
Donn know if you are attending.
Dave reported that Foundation giving had already reached its
goal. All members need to return their
pledges/checks to him in November. In
addition, Roger Hassler presented the club with a flag in recognition of being
100% sustainers last year.
Rebuilding Together will be working on a local home on
Saturday, Oct. 27th. Please
let Paul know if you can join them.
Cards for a Cause is also Saturday night. Charlie will bring a projector so we can
watch the Giants play in the World Series.
November 7th is the fundraiser for Rotacare at
the Del Monte Bldg.
Myrna reported on Fremont Interact Club. There will be an area dance on Friday,
November 9th at the Quinlan Center.
The kids need chaperones from all sponsoring clubs. We need to provide 5 chaperones who can be
there from 6-11:00 p.m.. Myrna, Mike and
Dave will be going, so we need two more volunteers.
Donn reported that Rotoract will have 39 members attending
the Avenues of Service program!
They will be raffling off a bottle of Silver Oaks wine,
provided by Donn, to help fund the Los Altos Club's pediatric AIDs program.
District Governor's visit is coming up on November 14th. The club needs to consider whether it would
like to give the D.G. money for receiving blankets or purchase/make receiving
blankets to donate at that time.
Speaker today was Julio Grazioso from Guatemala sharing
projects in his country that receive funding from our District.
| Meeting Minutes October 31, 2012
by John M Thompson
Sunnyvale Sunrise
Rotary
Minutes
October 31, 2012
Present:
Joanna Dave Lisa Donn
Charlie Myrna John Han
Jim Colleen Emil Justin
(Interact)
Jim thanked everyone for their help at the Poker Tournament
on Saturday night.
There were 19 players and the tournament netted $1,375.
Also, Mike thanked those who participated with Cupertino
Rotary on a Rebuilding Together Project on Saturday morning. Pictures of the project have been e-mailed to
the club.
Those who attended the Avenues of Service had a good
evening. Emil and Mike attended a
session on attracting younger members.
They felt that there is a need for our club to be more active in using
social media, i.e., Tweet, to reach a younger audience.
Justin reported on Fremont H.S. Interact:
Dance, November 9th, Quinlan Center,
6-10:00. Our club will provide
chaperones.
RYLA - Interviews will begin after Thanksgiving and students
attending will then be expected to actively participate in the club through the
spring semester before going to camp.
Candy collection of leftover Halloween candy.
The Interactors are setting a date to work at the Sunnyvale
Community Services again and, hopefully, Rotarians will be able to join them.
In an effort to support literacy, the Interactors will be
tutoring after school at San Miguel elementary school.
Foundation: Dave
reported that he has currently received $4,225 toward our yearly giving to
Foundation. This is above and beyond our
goal of $3,400.
Crabfeed - Please put
January 26th on your calendar.
We need all hands helping that night with the Crabfeed. First seating is sold out. We need auction items!!!!!
District Governer will visit on 11/14. We will donate money for receiving blankets
for babies at Valley Med when he comes.
| Meeting Minutes Novermber 7, 2012
by John M Thompson
Sunnyvale Sunrise Rotary
Minutes
November 7th,
2012
Present:
Jim Mike Narada `Colleen
Paul Dave Donn Lester
Charlie Myrna Emil
Rotary has a Yellow Pages directory for businesses. Check it out online and add your business.
Hurricane Sandy donations are being collected through the
District Website. Please donate online.
Foundation giving continues, now at $4,425.
Paul will bring a proposal to the club next week for
additional funds for the Rebuilding Together Project that our members participated
in last month. There was a cost overrun
on this project of $2,500.
Narada reported on Roland's Memorial Project in Sri
Lanka. It would be easier to move ahead
on this project before June 2013 when all Districts change over to the new
financial program. The current rules
would allow our club to create an International Project for $15,000 and receive
matching funds. That money will be used
to build new libraries at a cost of $500-600 each. There is currently $11,700
available, so the club would need to come up with $3,300 more to receive the
matching funds.
Crabfeed Reminder!!
First seating is sold out.
However, any tickets not paid for in full by December 15th
will be returned. Please keep working on
auction and raffle prizes.
Next week the District Governor will visit our club. The club will donate $100 for receiving
blankets to be donated to Valley Med at that time.
Speaker: Rhonda Pryor
from NOVA in Sunnyvale.
| Meeting Minutes November 14, 2012
by John M Thompson
Sunnyvale Sunrise Rotary
Minutes
November 14th, 2012
Present:
Paul Dave Han Lisa Guest: Joe Hamilton,
Narada Jim Mike John District Governor
Lester Colleen Charlie Myrna
Emil
Reminder: Dark next
week! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
Lisa and Donn have suggested gifts and/or an event to thank
the employees of West Palms Hotel for their support of our move to their
hotel. We have also given gifts or a
donation to Live Oak Adult Day Services each year at Christmas. Please think about how what you would like to
do this year so we can discuss this at the next meeting.
Date and place for Holiday Party?
Lisa had a request from Rotary in Port au Prince, Haiti for
funding for new shelters. Temporary
shelters following the 2010 devastation have broken down and need to be
replaced. International committee can
consider this request.
Narada reported that the paperwork for the projects in Ghana
and Sri Lanka was completed and went to the Board. Joe Hamilton was able to respond for the
Board on the progress of these requests.
The money was released with approval for the projects. Our club needs to write a resolution of how
the money will be used and send it to the District Foundation. Then, we need to send a check to each
place. A copy of each check should be
sent to the District Treasurer, Mary Humphrey.
It is the Board's understanding that our club will not be initiating any
grants, but will be donating to grants initiated through the other clubs.
Thank you from Myrna to Mike and Dave for withstanding 3
hours of loud music and 400 teenagers on Friday night when they chaperoned the
Interactors dance at Quinlan Center!!
Paul will be hosting a Crab Feed meeting at his office
tonight. Anyone interested is welcome to
attend.
Speaker was our District Governor, Joe Hamilton, speaking on
the upcoming District Conference and the Rotary Vision for this year of "Peace
through Service." He also recognized all
those who have contributed to the Foundation this year.
| Annual Crabfeed
by Thompson, John M
Thanks to all who attended and who volunteered to make this a very successful event
We don't have final numbers yet, but it appears we had one of our most successful crabfeeds!
| Meeting Minutes September 26, 2012
by Thompson, John M
Sunnyvale Sunrise Rotary
Minutes
September 26th, 2012
Present: Guests: Austin and
Mike John Charlie Lester Richard from Rotaract
Donn Narada Jim Colleen
Dave Joanna Emil
Reminder: Poker Tournament on Oct. 27th. It is important to keep sharing the E-vite and flyers for this event. Value of each additional player is actually $70! We still need items for the flash auction.
Fundraiser coming up for RotaCare. It is November 7th at 5:30 at Del Monte.
October 3rd is the District Cabinet Meeting. Doubletree Hotel at 6:30, $30 for dinner.
Crabfeed reminder: Ticket sales begin on October 12th, $45 each. All tickets need to be paid for by mid-December. Rotary club is responsible for 2nd seating tickets. If you are interested in any tickets for 1st seating, you need to request them soon!
Avenues of Service is October 25th at 5:00. Plesae let Donn know if you are going to attend.
March 21-24, 2013 is the District Confrence in Napa. Anyone interested in planning a private wine tasting while at the conference, please let Mike know.
Current balance in Money Talks for 2012-13 year, $705!!! Great start for the Fremont H.S. funds. | International Project updates
by Thompson, John M
Please go to our download page and view some of the updates on our International projects. These include Sri Lankan Tsunami relief and the YWCA in Accra, Ghana.
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