<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpee2aff6ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Dear All,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">We had an excellent club meeting on April Fool's Day. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Persons present: Toby, Jeff, Roccie, John Porter, Bob Rogers, Dean Watson, Carstens Zehm, Mike Sandys, Brandt, Harold, Donna, John Cottle, Matt and Gary Hopper, a total of 14. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Bob Rogers spoke on Rotary's efforts at combatting polio worldwide, and talked about why he had personally been inspired to join Rotary's fight against polio.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Amongst others, said that the wild polio variant had almost been eliminated, and said that the Gates Foundation had helped develop an injectable vaccine to counter the vaccine induced variant. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Bob urged our members to support Rotary's anti-polio efforts by donating at least $10 a month to the International Rotary Foundation, and provided our club with a commitment form for our district which is attached.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Lets all get behind this and make the commitment to help eradicate polio.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The Board has approved the applications of Roccie Hill and Scott Roat to join the club. The next step will be to have a virtual breakfast with them (this normally involves the President, Treasurer and Secretary and the new member's sponsor) after which they can be inducted into the club.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Jeff referred to the decision made at the recent Board meeting to use the remaining $800 in International Service funding for Vanuatu ($300) and Fiji ($500), and said that those present at the meeting had pledged an additional $2,800, most of which is with Harold, making the total expected to go out $3,600. Thanks to Matt, Susan Keller, Dean, John Porter, Harold, Donna, Jeff and John Cottle for their generosity.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">We talked about the golf tournament which is underway, although only two teams are currently playing. We need to develop a better spreadsheet to record scores, but for now it looks like Jeff and Toby shot a best ball 60 and Pete and Gary a 61 so the battle is joined. We hope others will join the fun. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Donna said that we would have a talk by Lavender Cinnamon on April 15, followed by Earth Day will be on April 22 and World B Day on May 16th. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The Park is looking good, thanks to the efforts of Matt, John, MHS students and others. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Ryan Rhoads will speak on April 8 about MCCSD and adjustments being made to deal with the looming water shortage in Mendocino. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">If you would like to contribute to any of our projects, please send Harold a check, and </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">See you next Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpee2aff6asignature">Jeff Stubbs, President</div><div class="ydpee2aff6asignature" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Mendocino Rotary<br>P.O. Box 102, Mendocino, CA 95460<br>Home phone 707-937-6026<br>I phone 707-536-6190<br>Skype phone 707-397-5620<br>Skype name jeffrystubbs</div></div></body></html>