The Rotary Club of Kirkland held an in-person meeting at the Kirkland Eagles Club facility. Vice President Kate Koslosky presided during this meeting. She called the meeting to order at 6:16 p.m.
Alice Volpe led us in the Pledge; Doug Evanson led us in the 4-Way Test.
Members Attending: David Aubry, Bob Auslander*, Cody Baker, Gary Cohn*, Sue Cohn*, Doug Evanson, Monica Fratita*, Rashmi Garimella, Margie Glenn*, Isabelle Kalisa, Chris Kelly-Storbeck, Kate Koslosky, Laura Loomis, Jim Meniketti, Rick Ostrander, Rémy Pairault, Angela Pritchett, John Pruitt, Daniel Sada Caraveo, John Storbeck, and Alice Volpe. *Attended via Zoom.
Guests: Our guests this evening were our speaker, Lou Cutler, and Charles Loomis, husband of Rotarian Laura Loomis.
Rotary Moment:
John Pruitt gave us a Rotary Moment reminding everyone of all the various ways Rotary, specifically our club, serves the community. He asked each member to be sure to sign the greeting card given to each attendee, reminding us all that we will be providing Thanksgiving baskets to a number of families from John Muir Elementary. Instead of food baskets, we will be providing each family with a gift card along with a greeting card signed by a club member.
Registration is now open for the Holiday Gift Wrapping Party & Annual Holiday Dinner scheduled for Monday, December 16, 2024. Rotarians and guests may register using the website ... just click on the bold name above to go to the Club Calendar. The club's holiday event typically begins with gift wrapping at 5:30 p.m., with dinner to follow, and then the club holds its annual meeting for this Rotary year. Club members may register through midnight on Wednesday, December 11 using the club's Calendar event. The fee is $50 per attendee, which covers venue, food, and drink costs, and is paid at the time of registration.
Rotary's Holiday Gifting Party supports John Muir Elementary School families whose circumstances the school staff determines make them eligible for holiday gift donations. Click on the yellow wrapped box to make a holiday gift donation to the Rotary club. Terry and Michelle Cole have committed $2,500 in match for most holiday gift donations ... as of this issue of The Spokesman there is $150 of the match left to be earned by your donations. The Gift Buying Trip to Fred Meyer is Saturday, December 14. Click HERE to sign up!
Rotary Club of Kirkland's Student of the Month for November, Rosie Ying, will visit with membership the evening of the December 2 meeting. Rosie describes herself as committed to being a helping hand to all of those who need it. She says she's dedicated to making the communities of which she is a part better through collaboration and communication. By pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Rosie aims to become a software engineer and to develop technology that can make the world a better and more fun place to be.
Our Music4Life Chapter chair, Prof. Jocelyn Ellison, reports that Music4Life just received a free offer of advertising from the Lamar Advertising Company a couple weeks ago. The Lamar team is devoting billboard space to promote good work like that of our new Lake Washington Chapter of Music4Life. David Endicott notes that, like the piano tuning project on which the organization has embarked, the advertising partnership is a work in-progress. Music4Life ads will appear on billboards throughout the local non-profit's marketing area, from Highline to Everett.
The Rotary Club of Kirkland Board of Directors' nominating committee, this year comprising the vice president, Kate Koslosky, and past presidents Gary Cohn and Rick Ostrander, reported on its work to nominate a slate of officers and other directors for Rotary year 2025-2026. The committee is responsible under the bylaws for organizing a proposed slate of officers and directors for the forthcoming year. The slate will consist of the president-elect, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and members of the board of directors who are chairs of the avenues of service committees, the membership chair, and the programs chair. Normally, the president-elect automatically becomes president, and the president automatically becomes the immediate past-president. In accordance with the club's bylaws, a slate of officers should be presented to the club at the annual meeting, which occurs concurrently with the holiday party on December 16.
During the year past presidents are stepping up to preside at meetings while our president is away from club activities. Thank you to those all of the past presidents who've volunteered to lead meetings during the year. There are several other roles that are necessary for smooth conduct of our meetings, whether in-person or virtual. Please sign up for several "open" meeting duties for this year. Our club needs your contribution to make the meetings effective and enjoyable for all of our membership. The meeting responsibilities matrix is available to you in the "Members" drop-down menu on the home page of the club's website. Like the committee table, the responsibilities table is updated regularly as club members add their names to the duties throughout the year. You may click HERE to jump to the table from this article.
Registration is now open for the 
Rotary Club of Kirkland's Student of the Month for November, Rosie Ying, will visit with membership the evening of the December 2 meeting. Rosie describes herself as committed to being a helping hand to all of those who need it. She says she's dedicated to making the communities of which she is a part better through collaboration and communication. By pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Rosie aims to become a software engineer and to develop technology that can make the world a better and more fun place to be.
During the year past presidents are stepping up to preside at meetings while our president is away from club activities. Thank you to those all of the past presidents who've volunteered to lead meetings during the year. There are several other roles that are necessary for smooth conduct of our meetings, whether in-person or virtual. 
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