[Rotary] Today’s notes from the meeting at the hill house .

Fri Aug 3 08:30:02 PDT 2018

Good job team. Well done and said
G

On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 8:12 AM Donna Schuler <schuler.donna at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have not picked up the papers yet, but I will today and check it out.
> Thanks Jerry!  For those of you who missed the meeting, my thoughts echo
> what Matt said.  Adding to them, our* August 18th golf tournament*, and
> our *September 8th "bar" we will run at the Masonic Hall in Fort Bragg* need
> our immediate focus to be successful, then *poof*  they are done and we can
> continue to work on our Avenues of service.  We need everyone to contact
> Jody or me and tell us how many hole sponsors you sold, or prizes garnered
> for the raffle or auction, or teams you have signed up to play, or what and
> when you'll do to help at the golf tournament. Thank you Wilma for phoning
> me to donate the 18 bottles of wine! We will pick up on August 16th.
>
> We were so pleasantly surprised to see our guest Aleta at yesterdays
> meeting.  I was eager to learn about her new life in Mendocino.  Such an
> interesting person and great addition to our community!  She would make a
> wonderful Rotarian.  You won't know and be able to say hello when you see
> her around town unless you come and meet her!  Thanks for inviting her to
> lunch, Matt.  At the Board retreat I did agree to assist Sean with
> membership.  Anyone who has new member packet materials, please get them to
> me ASAP.  The process must be streamlined and easy.  First of, do not ask
> people to join.  Invite them to lunch. Period. Let them come and learn
> about Rotary. Introduce them to me and Sean so we can help with follow up
> on their interests.
>
> At our Board retreat all committee chairs agreed to continue, and the
> continuity is good!! This is how we gain momentum and improve on what we
> accomplished last year.  Now that we are in a new year, we are seeking
> programs. Brandt is the programs chair.  We continue with 3 club meetings a
> month with the fourth being the board meeting. We will have two speakers a
> month.  One meeting will be for club business. We want a variety of
> programs as we had last year. Some business people, community leaders,
> authors, etc.- I already invited Aleta to be a speaker for our club- she is
> an expert on many things, one being Ornithology and birds of prey! We do
> not want speakers that we had in the past year, unless its Tom Allman. :-)
>
> All members, please send Brandt the interested speakers name, email, phone
> number, and topic.  Brandt will take care of emailing the speaker and
> scheduling. He'll do his best to find a date that suits you and the speaker
> so that you can serve as fine master.  Brandt will let them know how much
> time they have and will find out if they need the projector set up. Once he
> has them confirmed, he will cc me and the club service the name, I'll put
> the info on our website calendar and send on to the paper so they can
> list.  It looks like we are moving meetings to the Mendocino Hotel Sept 1
> so that we do not lose money. This is completely related to low attendance.
> It will be a challenge to set up there, but we'll do what's needed. Next
> Thursday is open. Have a speaker who is ready to go?
>
> Our District Governor, Barb Spangler is coming on August 16th.  We have a
> board meeting with Barb at 10, then our regular meeting at 11:45. You will
> want to meet Barb, I know she wants to meet you.
>
> Gary collected donations for the Fire relief fund. The Mendocino Complex
> fires jumped in acreage last night and many more structures were burned!
> Went from 38% percent containment yesterday to 20% !!  Please see Gary'r
> recent email if you want to mail a check directly. We discussed how
> effective the LARCA fund, established with the Lake County fires three
> years ago has been most effective.
>
> Sunshine wishes for John Porter, Wilma, and Karen Stubbs!
>
> Thanks for feedback on this email thread Jerry and Matt started. Click
> reply all, please.
>
> Donna
>
>
>
> Donna Schuler
> Strategic Management Consulting
> 2017-2018 President, Mendocino Rotary Club
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 7:11 PM, matthew ohalloran <
> matthewohalloran at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Jerry for your email . You are a bright soul .
>>
>> We had a new prospective member today ....it was a new resident ...Alida .
>> She enjoyed the meeting , she is a retired professor from UC  Davis .
>> She just bought a house in the village .
>>
>> Ten Rotarians were at the meeting today  to welcome her , thank you 🙏 to
>> those who attended .
>>
>> John Porter is in  a bad constitution , heart pain and  taking nitro
>> pills ...he gets a pass for not showing up today ...he has done a lot in
>> the past years ...get his mailing list .
>>
>> O    how I hope  , you others can raise to the occasion and attend the
>> next meeting .
>>
>> We need you and new members.
>>
>>
>> Eric Lillybeck is my next new member prospect ....
>>
>> Are there any of you out there , who can hit reply and add your thoughts ?
>>
>> I want to know what you are thinking about rotary and our abilities to do
>> good in the community and beyond .
>>
>> Life is good ,...... true...we are all busy....let’s step up and be
>> counted .
>>
>> Gary did a great job today running the meeting and Donna had a few great
>> follow through contributions  today from her last year as of President  of
>> our club.
>> Donna you are a valued member of Mendocino Rotary, thank you .
>>
>> I need your help in the golf tournament , who is paying attention ?
>>
>> Can you  “ send a email to all “ and say hello 👋 ?
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> Matt Ohalloran Maintenance Matters 7078137747
>>
>> > On Aug 2, 2018, at 5:26 PM, jkk at mcn.org wrote:
>> >
>> > All Rotarians,
>> >
>> > We got the article on our Golf Tournament in the Mendocino Beacon today
>> in
>> > the Sports Section.  Let me know if it also appeared in the Advocate.
>> >
>> > I plan on getting a follow-up reminder article in the papers on August
>> 16th.
>> >
>> > Jody, let me know the status of golfers and Hole Sponsors by Friday
>> August
>> > 10th.
>> >
>> >     Jerry
>> >
>> >
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        GO A's
Gary "Hoop" Hopper
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