<div dir="auto">Hi Everyone,</div><div dir="auto">Did you notice how the howling wind has died down and how superb the weather forecast is for this Thursday's offsite meeting at Pt Cabrillo?! It will be beautiful!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Here is the brief info:</div><div dir="auto"><div>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Wildlife Biologist Robert Douglas will provide our program.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Title: "My Life Working As A Biologist for A Timber Company--A Natural Historian's Odyssey."<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br></span></span></p>
</div> I have Harvest Market and myself preparing a delicious picnic lunch. I invited the Mendocino Beacon people also, and they did RSVP. Invite new people, bring a guest!! Wear a hat and sunscreen.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Here are a few recent highlights I want to share with you, and I hope you'll discuss amongst yourselves as you lunch during the sunshine on Thursday.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">CLUB VISIBILITY </div><div dir="auto">Our International committee Chair Jeff submitted such an impressive report to the District newsletter, that they have decided to make it the featured article for the next newsletter, which comes about bi-monthly. <a href="Http://Www.rotary5130.org">Http://Www.rotary5130.org</a></div><div dir="auto">Newsletter Editor Tom Hoag Phoned me last night to get facts and photos straight, and tell me the great news! I have encouraged Jeff to submit to the Rotarian magazine also.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">FELLOWSHIP</div><div dir="auto">I had the pleasure of lunching with John Porter yesterday. He has mailed out personalized reports of our historical good work to his loyal donors. He has been getting a response back from people saying things like, " I had no idea how much our community and the world benefits from our Mendocino Rotary Club!" If you have not yet given John a most sincere thank you in person, please do it the next time you see him. It makes a difference!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">GIVING THANKS</div><div dir="auto">Everyone who donated to our recent golf tournament needs to receive, at the very least, a hand written or personalized thank you. That goes for Rotarians who also sponsored a hole and donated. I have a request: Who will take on assisting John and I with this task? His hand can only hold the pen so much.</div><div dir="auto">I wrote thank you's for all the donations I solicited, and then more donations came from them- that is how it works!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">THE ROTARY FOUNDATION</div><div dir="auto">Gary will be attending The Rotary Foundation training on Saturday. Would you like to join him? It helps to have more than one silo of excellence. Anything you learn at this free training is your knowledge to keep. You'll enjoy the commaraderie with Gary. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">YOUTH SERVICE</div><div dir="auto">Youth service could use extra hands. Sometimes Jody cannot make the Interact Club meetings, which are the first and Third Wednesday's at 12:20 in Serena Ackers classroom at the Mendocino HS. The Interact club will join us next week, so here is your chance to meet them and feel really good about our youth. And by the way, there is much more to youth service beyond Interact. Learn more at the next youth service meeting.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">CLUB SERVICE </div><div dir="auto">We are lost without a club service chairperson. Honestly, should your club president be scrambling to fill this need? Pete will not return from Dallas until January. I cannot continue to do all I need to do without the support of club service. Its a great opportunity for a Rotarian who has not taken on a leadership role already this year. Free training!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">YOUTH EXCHANGE</div><div dir="auto">I am in the midst of getting cleared by the Department of State for the Youth Exchange program. I did this last fall, laying the groundwork for firing up our youth exchange program again this year. We have at least two Mendocino High students who applied to go out on an exchange. I need two additional YE officers. And of course, we need host families in this district. This is for a 2018-2019 exchange, but we need to have everything in place prior. This program changes lives and infuses our schools, our club and the community with international goodwill and diplomacy. Talk to me if interested. Our 2017 MHS Grad Gabriel Geiger went to Denmark in 2016. He is now attending University in Amsterdam, studying linguistics and history. A fine example of a successs Rotary sponsored Exchange.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">PROGRAMS</div><div dir="auto">Brandt has taken the helm of programs from this point on, and is scheduling into January. Our programs have all been high quality, let's keep momentum building. We are making small changes to our website to feature upcoming speakers. Click on this:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="Http://www.mendocinorotary.org">Http://www.mendocinorotary.org</a> </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Then click on Events at the top of the page. The calendar will load. Then click on the Agenda tab at the upper right side of the calendar for an easier to read view. Then click on the actual words on the date- say Pt Cabrillo meeting. All the details about our event/ day will be displayed.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">FIRST EVENING MEETING</div><div dir="auto">Thursday October 19th. Please, let's discuss any ideas about food and beverage, format, start and finish times, the invite list, or any detail you care to share. At this point it starts at 5:30 and ends at 6:45. This is all new territory, so let's stake a claim, and make it great!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE Plus Senator </div><div dir="auto">Takes place Oct 19-21. Hosting Rotarians Ray and Debra Alarcon, John and Betty Cottle, and Jerry and Cathy Karabensh have the schedule of each days events. Consider joining them during their stay- it will be fun! Also consider attending Ft Bragg Rotary meeting on October 18th when State Senator Mike McGuire will be the guest speaker. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">SOCIAL</div><div dir="auto">We have a fun Theater night Nov 9- and we bought the house.(!!!) Jerry will bring tickets to every meeting- but let's sell out soon, please, so we can just enjoy the evening together. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you,</div><div dir="auto">Donna</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Sent from Gmail Mobile</div>