October 25, 2010 Spokesman
Pres. Pat thanked the greeters and front desk personnel
Introductions
Dan Bartel introduced Stephanie King, Juanita HS Student of the Month
Jason Wang, Exchange Student informed the members that he helped the Club last Saturday construct the Rosehill Playground and has taken part in making his host family home scary for Halloween.
Scott Rethke introduced his wife Annie, who is expecting a baby soon.
Joanne Primavera introduced Doug Carter, who is from Oklahoma, is in telecommunications and is going to be a grandfather soon.
Scott East was also introduced, a guest from the Rotary Bellevue Tuesday noon Club
Announcements
Don Dicks thanked all those who participated in the Rosehill Playground project on
Saturday and Pres. Pat asked those that helped to stand and be thanked.
Don Dicks also thanked all those who went on line to contribute to Polio Plus
through the $200m Gates challenge. The Club donated $3200 over the last week.
Lastly, Don also presented an opportunity to Club members: from November 1st, for
each dollar that a member contributes to the Foundation, the Club will match it
with one Foundation point – these additional Foundation points that can be used
toward obtaining a Paul Harris for self or others.
Dan Bartel reminded members that when thinking of sending gifts to clients, give
Rotary 1st Harvest food donation cards.
Steve Shinstrom reminded everyone to sign up for Bunco, Nov 6th, 6pm at the
Shinstrom home – the theme if black and white.
Classification talk by Terry Cole, CFP
Terry focused the talk on his long career in the financial services industry and started his own firm here 20 years ago, which is associated with Financial Networks.
He specializes in post-retirement clientele and contracts with his clients to provide a holistic approach to managing their financial environment.
Pres. Elect, Brandon Honcoop, presented Terry with his blue badge and the Club welcomed him with a standing ovation.
Paul Harris special presentation
Don Dicks (no, it was not the Don Dicks show but he was busy…) called Brad Green forward to award a Paul Harris plus 3 pin. The Club gave Brad a standing ovation.
New Member Proposed!!! Rick Walter - CPA- Sponsor Dan Bartel
Speaker
Patti Smith announced Dr. Frank Smoll, PhD., Dept of Psychology at UW. He is widely published and in 2002 was awarded the distinguished practice award. His talk was on a project he and a colleague have been working on with a grant from the William T. Grant Foundation called YesSports www.y-e-sports.com <http://www.y-e-sports.com> .
The primary purpose of the project is to get coaches and parents on the same page to help students excel and obtain real lessons that youth sports can provide. The aim is to create a mastery climate of sportsmanship and provide a developmental model of sport as an arena for learning. This is in contrast to professional sports, which is product oriented and is about playing for money. Where the lesson of youth sports is lost is when youth sports is professionalized and the coaches become bottom line oriented and parents become belligerent and demanding. Instead, a supportive and learning environment should be the aim of youth sports.
President Pat announced that Joker Pool would be postponed for a week and adjourned the meeting early.
Respectfully submitted by
Rachel Knight