The Rotary Club of Kirkland held a meeting on February 28, 2022 at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel.
Past-president Brandon Honcoop rang the bell at 6:25 p.m., calling the club meeting to order.
Mike Hunter led the membership in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Attending were George Anderson, Pete Anderson, David Aubry, Monica Fratita*, Shellie Gehring*, Brandon Honcoop, Michael Hunter, Isabelle Kalisa, Jim Meniketti, Rick Ostrander, Joanne Primavera, John Pruitt, Steve Shinstrom, John Storbeck, and Brian Tucker. *Attended the meeting online.
Mr. Honcoop revived a tradition of Inspirational Minutes by asking for input from attendees. There were several comments from members, including your Scribe’s remark that the sun was shining and it was 70 degrees in Northern California. Members did not sound inspired as rain came down at a record rate of 3.25 inches for the day.
The Rotary Club of Kirkland Student of the Month program continues in March with a student of the month from Lake Washington High School. Lizzie Densmore will meet club members on Monday, March 14. With a passion for biological sciences, Lizzie has spent her scholastic career exploring these subjects inside and outside classrooms. Lizzie participated in a program where she derived stem cells from a skin biopsy within a lab, and differentiated them into cardiomyocytes and tested chemicals on breast cancer cells. Lizzie learned much about working in a lab, as well as the field in general with her mentor's guidance. She also participates in school leadership, utilizing her role to help others as sophomore class secretary and junior class vice president.
During the past two months, approximately 64% of the 42 active club members read the Rotary Club of Kirkland's weekly bulletin, the Spokesman. Readership of the Spokesman has been rising over the past several months. Each edition of the Spokesman is sent via email to all club members with valid email addresses. The Spokesman is also sent to all past Rotarians with valid emails. as well as bulletin subscribers, friends, and the past few years of scholarship recipients. Soon past students of the month will be added to the mailings as well. ClubRunner tracks the number of recipients who "read" the Spokesman, which means those who have opened each edition in their email accounts.
Our host club is a predominantly on-line Rotary club with a single purpose: ending sex trafficking. This Rotary club meets on-line twice a month, holds a fellowship once a month, and meets for one hands-on service project each month.
Please join the meeting as close to 5:00 p.m. as possible to avoid interrupting our host club's meeting agenda. Use our Rotary club's Calendar to download the April 18 meeting information to your personal calendar; the April 18 meeting on our Calendar contains the link to the Zoom meeting. Information about the virtual club and the program are available in the April 18, 2022 item on our club website's Speakers page.
During its most recent meeting, the club's board of directors reviewed badge options for club members and confirmed the selection of rectangular, blue, six-line badges (see five-line image here) to replace the aging round badges used in past years. The board also reviewed existing and proposed classifications for our Rotarians, which are to be assigned at acceptance into the club's membership. In some cases, one of the membership committee members will a contact club member directly to verify the classification to be included in the badge if the member is new or club records are incomplete. Badges are expected to arrive in several weeks from the Russel Hampton Company.
The Rotary Club of Kirkland 
During the past two months, approximately 64% of the 42 active club members read the Rotary Club of Kirkland's weekly bulletin, the Spokesman. Readership of the Spokesman has been rising over the past several months. Each edition of the Spokesman is sent via email to all club members with valid email addresses. The Spokesman is also sent to all past Rotarians with valid emails. as well as bulletin subscribers, friends, and the past few years of scholarship recipients. Soon past students of the month will be added to the mailings as well. ClubRunner tracks the number of recipients who "read" the Spokesman, which means those who have opened each edition in their email accounts.
Rotarians, please make a note on your calendars! On Monday, April 18, we will not meet in-person. Instead of meeting at the Courtyard, we will join the 
During its most recent meeting, the club's board of directors reviewed badge options for club members and confirmed the selection of rectangular, blue, six-line badges (see five-line image here) to replace the aging round badges used in past years. The board also reviewed existing and proposed classifications for our Rotarians, which are to be assigned at acceptance into the club's membership. In some cases, one of the membership committee members will a contact club member directly to verify the classification to be included in the badge if the member is new or club records are incomplete. Badges are expected to arrive in several weeks from the Russel Hampton Company.
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