August 20, 2007 Spokesman
Rotary Minutes for August 20, 2007
The meeting was called to order by President Rachel Knight at 6:35 p.m. The flag salute was lead by Carl Boruck and the Inspirational Minute was given by Past President, Steve Brown. (A gentle reminder about the worth of each person.)
Visiting Rotarians and Guests
: Dick Weston, former Kirkland Club Rotarian. Kaminez Castra from Merrill-Lynch, Diana Lansoff, Justin Sloan from John L. Scott, plus 3 exchange students: Kathryn from
Dick Weston has been proposed for membership and approved by the Board at the Wednesday, August 15, 2007 board meeting. This is a notice for all Rotarians of his proposed membership.
Announcements:
Welcome Party for Pascal Weber, our Youth Exchange Student at 6:00 p.m. at Bob and Gail Auslander's home. Please sign up to attend and bring a food item to share. For details see Club Runner.
Northwest Harvest will be celebrating their 25th Anniversary with a special event on Sept. 22nd, please contact Dan Bartel for details.
Dance Class has moved their meeting day to the 3rd Thursday of each Month. First class begins on September 20th. Contact Jim Feek for details.
The three (3) Rotary exchange students (Kathryn, Audrey and Allena gave a brief description of their experiences as exchange students. They all had wonderful educational and cultural experiences and wanted to thank the Rotaries for sponsoring and supporting them.
PROGRAM:
Speaker: Jacque Coe, Communications Director for
The
Lucky Ticket Drawing: The ticket was held by one of our Exchange Students, Allena. She did not get the lucky duck, but Rachel gave her the $30 anyway with cheers from the crowd.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Submitted by your Scribe: Pat Swenson