March 12, 2007 Spokesman
We were all welcomed at the door by Sharon Chambers as our greeter.
President Steve Brown called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
Patti Smith led our flag salute for the evening. Tom Gant's inspirational moment was about always rising that extra degree and going the extra mile.
Guests
Pamela Wood
was visiting us for the evening. She works for ReMax.
Roger Martindale
of Ballard spoke briefly about the Rotary District Conference. He is on the planning committee and indicated there are still spots available.
Kemper Freeman
of the
Congratulations to David and Anna Aubrey on the birth of their grandchild today at
Old stock of Rotary vests and shirts are now on sale. Buy yours after the meeting. The supply of new inventory will be here in 3-1/2 weeks.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
The April 9thmeeting will be held at
The Board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 14 at 5pm at Evergreen.
The Gambling Commission is doing a random audit of a Duck Dash year. All is prepared for the audit and we should have an answer of their results in about 2-weeks.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
and plan to attend the Annual Rotary Auction to be held on April 14th.
The next Community Service project will be announced Monday, April 2nd at a special meeting to kick off Miracle League.
The Saturday continued with Alcohol Awareness Night held at the Kirkland Lodge at 7pm. It was a fun-filled night of port tasting, presented by a special port expert. Thank you to Dan Bartel for coordinating the event and for Evan Perrollaz for hosting the event at the Lodge.
Plan to attend the fun St. Patrick's Day party at the Auslander's home on Saturday, March 17. Sign up sheets are on each table. Thanks to Alice Volpe for coordinating the party.
Be sure to sign the get well card for Jo Mae Woods. Chuck Morgan gave us an update that Jo Mae is doing better and is currently in a care home. The club did send her flowers and Bill sent a nice thank you note expressing his appreciation.
Bob Webb
gave us a By Laws 101 lesson on what was being updated on our club's By Laws. Most of the changes were cosmetic. One main change to point out was Article 1, Section 2: The fundraising chair and the sergeant at arms would be part of the Board. But because they are appointed positions (versus elected positions), they will not be voting members. Bill Taylor made a motion to approve the proposed changes and Brian Tucker seconded the motion. All members were in favor. Thank you for your hard work Bob.
Rachel Knight
introduced Evan Perrollaz, Executive Director of Kirkland Lodge. Evan's classification talk allowed us to get to know him better. He's lived in the
After his classification talk, Evan received his blue badge, represented by his sponsor: Ev Cox, and his mentor: Steve Shinstrom.
Chuck Brockway
raised lots of happy dollars for the evening.
Our Program
Tonight's program was "Getting To Know You". Chuck Brockway couldn't stay seated so he introduced Gary Redfern.
Chuck announced our second Getting To Know You speaker: Jack Danforth. Jack shared with us that he was born and raised in the Ozark Mountains, and his move to
Honey Pot:
Ev Cox
had the lucky number again! Represented by Rich Bergdahl, Ev drew the Rotary Blue marble too and won again! Congratulations Ev!
Three New Members Proposed!!!
Jean Hernandez, sponsored by Sharon Chambers, classification: Higher Education
Ashish Lakhani, referred by District Governor, Mike Montgomery, classification: Technical Staffing
Miriam Gilbert, transfer from Duvall Club, classification: Executive Coaching
Before adjourning the meeting at 7:45, President Steve kept us thinking with his thought provoking statement: Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?