February 21, 2012

Meeting Agenda
February 21, 2012 7:00 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hour Activity and Notes
7:00 Fellowship:
7:10 Pledge: Brady Crawford                                          Inspirational Moment: Fr Steve
Breakfast:
7:30 Welcome Visiting Rotarian’s and Guests –
Zack May (Dave’s son), Tom’s granddaughter Taylor, and Brian’s children, Brady and Addison and out three lovely Interact co-presidents Amanda Landis, Jessica Slaght & Camile

Mendoza

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mystery Greeter(s) Donna Jones & Les
President’s Remarks – Beeby
1. Thank Scribe – Phil Adams
2. Thank Set Up Crew – Bryan, Les, Mike, David
3. Mystery Greeter(s) – Donna Jones & Les
4. Birthdays: CJ McLeod
5. Anniversaries: None
6. The board will meet on Thursday at 7AM at Eggs n’ Potatoes
7. Michael Daley has been “bootcamped” and has paid his initiation fee. He is therefore an official member even though we still need to “induct” him.
8. Each table read aloud a thank you note from a student to whom we gave a dictionary.
Announcements

1. High school CERT training: 2/25, 3/3, & 3/10. We will be helping and doing snacks for them
1. March 6th – Training for “Responsible Serving”:5:30 In Camarillo. Please contact Angela, David or Brian for information

2. March 9th. Last day to suggest a Living Treasure
2. March 13th – Joint meeting with the Friday Club, Speaker John Robinson, cost $45 but it will count as a makeup so the normal meeting fee will be credited next quarter.
3. April 10th – PHF Dinner 6:00P at Soule. We’ll award 22 new PHFs and one new major donor, and celebrate over 300 club PHFs. Gentlemen: Jacket and ties. We’d like to have all members and significant others attend. The district governor will join us that evening.
4. RYLA 4/19-22/12 at Camp Ramah needs lady counselors
5. The board will meet on Thursday at 7AM at Eggs n’ Potatoes
6. March 12, Wine Festival Meeting at Bryan’s office. 6PM
7. March 15th, Sponsorships for the Wine Festival Due
8. Get your ballots for living treasures in now.
9. April 26th we sponsor and work the Tennis Tournament BBQ-this is an all day event
10. May 1st: “5th Tuesday”BBQ at Lake Casitas. Social for you and your significant other.
11. March 3rd: Nordhoff Dance Dept. fundraiser. A community event. “Dancing with the (Ojai) Stars. Jim Halverson asks, “Please attend or make a donation”
12. It’s time to get your tickets for this year’s Nordhoff musical “Beauty and the Beast”. We’ll have a program at Rotary about this soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORDHOFF INTERACT ANNOUNCEMENTS
The club has had some major accomplishments so far this year:
1. Donated $1500 to Ojai Homeless Shelter
2. The Pancake Breakfast raised $2600 enough to pay for ten cleft palate surgeries.
3. “Caroling for Cans” came up with 250 nonperishable food items for the elderly.
4. Collected toiletries for CAP (HELP of Ojai)
5. The club now has 4 active committees: Clean Water, Elementary School, Spaghetti Dinner organization, and Spaghetti dinner cleanup.
The club’s next fundraiser will be its spaghetti dinner to be held March 24th (venue pending) to aid the Changing Tides Orphanage in Haiti.

Happy Bucks – Who & What
1. Pastor John: Les and Attitude Adjustment for selling tickets to the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at the Methodist Church.
2. Stephanie: For the Eco Rotary Club building momentum and PDG Jane’s work
3. Gayel: For Barbara Jackman staying in Ojai and missing her annual trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras
4. Phil Adams: For Michael Daley joining the club
5. Linda Taylor: For Bill Shouse (in his professional capacity) saving her dog’s life.
6. John Haag: For Barbara Jackman’s contribution to the club during the Valentine’s Day meeting at the Oaks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Dennis Jones: For his continued recovery from knee replacement surgeries.
8. Barbara Jackman for the flowers presented to her by John Haag for her activities before during the Valentine’s Day meeting at the Oaks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fines – Finemaster – Tom Farmer…. About American Presidents since yesterday was President’s day
1. Dennis Guernsey: 4th Pres., Madison, was a Republican, died in 1836
2. David May: 7th Pres., Jackson, was a Democrat (CORRECT)
3. John Haag: 16th Pres. Was Lincoln (CORRECT)
4. Mike Caldwell: 24th Pres., Cleveland was born in 1837 (really close)
5. Reggie: 30th Pres, Coolidge, was a Republican (CORRECT)
6. Jim Halverson: 23rd Pres. Was Harrison
7. Holly: 18th Pres., Grant, was a Republican

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program – Dawn O’Bar – Unite To Light
The organization, Unite to Light, has its web page at www.unite-to-light.org… Please go there for more information or to purchase lights or donate.

1.5 Billion people have no electricity; therefore, no electric lights. Alternatives are few and difficult and some, like oil and kerosene lamps are dirty and health risks. Unite To Light tries to get low cost, rechargeable lights to many people in this population around the world. They have a product which is a solar rechargeable LED reading light. It is shock and water resistant… as it may be placed outside for recharging and not retrieved before it gets rained on or knocked off the roof. Its only consumable part is a rechargeable battery which needs replacing every couple of years if used and recharged nearly every day. The bulb is good for many years.

They started this project when people in Ghana asked for a student’s reading light so the kids could do their homework after dark. But now it is used as part of emergency medical kits, midwife work, etc. 13,000+ lamps have been distributed. They partner with many organizations and are an official project of Rotary International. One of their distribution partners is Direct Relief International (Santa Barbara).

The lamps are available for purchase for $10 if you are purchasing in quantity to distribute through a project and for $27 if you want one for yourself (it’s really a two for one deal… buy one for yourself and they will distribute a second one to someone who is without electricity.)
Q & A
Thought for the Day –
“We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.”
–Seneca,
Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright

Rotary Club of Ojai West – Upcoming Events
Date Time Activity Location
2/23/12 7:00A – 8:30A RCOW and Foundation Board Meeting Eggs N’ Potatoes
2/28/12 7:00A – 8:30A RCOW Meeting – Preview of Beauty and the Beast, NHS Music Dept. Soule Park
3/6/12 5:30P-7:30P Training for Responsible Serving Cantara Cellars
126 N. Wood Rd. #104
Camarillo, CA. 93010
805-484-9600 Winery
3/13/12 DARK In order to attend joint meeting with Friday Club
3/16/12 12:00-1:30 Joint Meeting w/ Friday Club – Speaker will be John Robinson Soule Park
4/10/12 6:00P-9:00P RCOW Paul Harris Fellow Dinner – Note there will be no morning meeting Soule Park
4/19-22/12 RYLA Camp Ramah

4/26/12 Barbeque Tennis Tournament

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February 14, 2012

Meeting Agenda
February 14, 2012 7:00 AM

Hour	Activity and Notes
7:00	Fellowship:
7:10	Pledge:      Fr. Jeff Wilhelm                    Inspirational Moment:   Austin Cline
Breakfast:
7:30	Welcome Visiting Rotarians and Guests – RCOW Welcome  Who-
	Mystery Greeter(s)  Who -
President’s Remarks – Beeby
	1.       Thank Scribe – Ward Wright 2.       Thank Set Up Crew – The Oaks at Ojai 3.       Mystery Greeter(s) – NONE for Valentine’s Day 4.       Birthdays:  None 5.       Anniversaries:   Dennis Jones, John Haag
	Jim has something to say (again)
Announcements
	1.       Valentine’s Day 2.       Reggie Wood – Nanas & Papas will be playing –see Reggie for details 3.       March 6th – Training for “Responsible Serving” 4.       March 13th – Joint meeting with the Friday Club, Speaker John Robison, cost $45 but it will count as a makeup so the normal meeting fee will be credited next quarter.
	Rose Lady Barbara
	Howard has a special tie
Committee Reports –
	1.       Club – Jane McClenahan –EcoRotary meeting February 16th at Help of Ojai.  Come hear the speaker 2.       Community – 3.       Foundation – 4.       Fundraising – 5.       International – 6.       Youth/Vocational –
Happy Bucks – Who & What – none
	Steve loading up
	Table before Steve
	Steve fully loaded
Fines -  Finemaster – NO FINES
	Speaker Sheila Cluff
	Push ups while speaking-who knew?
Program – Sheila Cluff – “How to Live as Long as You Can as Well as You Can.”Brief Summary: inspirational talk on a long life.
Q & A
Thought for the Day – Given by Sara Beeby “If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself and all that runs over will be yours.”–Charles Caleb Colton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rotary Club of Ojai West – Upcoming Events
Date	Time	Activity	Location
2/14/12	7:00A – 8:30A	Valentine’s Day – Bring your Valentine	The Oaks of Ojai
2/16/12	10:00-11:30	Eco Rotary	Help of Ojai West Center
2/21/12	7:00A – 8:30A	RCOW Meeting – Unite to Light, Dawn O’Bar	Soule Park
2/23/12	7:00A – 8:30A	RCOW and Foundation Board Meeting	Eggs N’ Potatoes
2/28/12	7:00A – 8:30A	RCOW Meeting – Preview of Beauty and the Beast, NHS Music Dept.	Soule Park
3/6/12	5:30P-7:30P	Training for Responsible Serving	Cantara Cellars 126 N. Wood Rd. #104 Camarillo, CA. 93010 805-484-9600 Winery
3/13/12	DARK	In order to attend joint meeting with Friday Club
3/16/12	12:00-1:30	Joint Meeting w/ Friday Club – Speaker will be John Robinson	Soule Park
4/10/12	6:00P-9:00P	RCOW Paul Harris Fellow Dinner – Note there will be no morning meeting	Soule Park

 

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February 7, 2012

Meeting Agenda
February 7, 2012 7:00 AM
Hour Activity and Notes

7:00 Fellowship:
7:10 Pledge: Halina Garbacz Inspirational Moment: Bob Denne
Breakfast:
7:30 Welcome Visiting Rotarians and Guests –
RCOW Welcome Who-Bruce Brockman, new member of the other club Cherce Edwards, Kay Bliss & John McCloud (C.J.’s grandfather), O’Malley Family
Mystery Greeter(s) Who –Bob Denne
President’s Remarks – Beeby
1. Thank Scribe – Lou Torres
2. Thank Set Up Crew – Bryan, Mike, Jack & David
3. Mystery Greeter(s) – Bob Denne
4. Birthdays: None
5. Anniversaries: None
6. Student of the Month – Halverson, January S.O.T.M. – Connar O’Malley Jim introduced Tony Henney, a Nordhoff coach and teacher who extolled Connor O’Malleys achievements. Accompanying Connor were his parents, his grandparents and his twin sister, Kaylee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Announcements
1. Valentine’s Day at the Oaks next meeting.
2. Kathy Doubleday – Living Treasures-nominations due by March.
3. March 6th – Training for “Responsible Serving” (see Pres Bob’s email re same-important for Wine Festival)
4. Feb 26th, Foundation Gala – Regan Library

Committee Reports –
1. Club –
2. Community – Holly Wiggins
3. Foundation – Halverson – Poul Harris Foundation Night, 4/10/12 6PM @ Soule Park Meeting Room
4. Fundraising –
5. International –
6. Youth/Vocational – Midgett – High School CERTS programs to be held for high school students
Happy Bucks – Who & What
1. Gayel – “Art at the Bank”1/23-3/16 OCB, reception 2/9 5:30-7PM @ O.C.B.
2. Donna – “Girl’s Trip”
3. Jane – “Eco Club”
4. Bob Pergson “Just happy”
5. Pat – Happy CPUC is coming to town. This is our chance to really let them know how we feel about the water costs we currently pay.

Fines – Finemaster – Paul Thomas – Topic “Prior Super Bowl Losers”
1. Ross
2. Rob
3. Kathy
4. Austin
5. Bryan
6. Michele
7. Richard
8. Bob Beeby

Program – Tibetan Aid Foundation – Dorjee Tsewang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brief Summary: Dorjee Tsewang shared his story of immigration to the U.S. (eventually Ojai), his role with and the purpose behind T.A.F. and the accomplishments of T.A.F. in his home village in Tibet.
Q & A
Thought for the Day –
“Truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.”
–Nadine Gordimer,
South African writer and political activist

Rotary Club of Ojai West – Upcoming Events
Date Time Activity Location
2/14/12 7:00A – 8:30A Valentine’s Day – Bring your Valentine The Oaks of Ojai
2/21/12 7:00A – 8:30A RCOW Meeting – Unite to Light, Dawn O’Bar Soule Park
2/23/12 7:00A – 8:30A RCOW and Foundation Board Meeting Eggs N’ Potatoes
2/28/12 7:00A – 8:30A RCOW Meeting – Preview of Beauty and the Beast, NHS Music Dept. Soule Park
3/6/12 Training for Responsible Serving

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January 31, 2012

The meeting was called to order by our own Bryan Crawford

The pledge was led by Nick Oatway and our inspirational moment was provided by Father Jeff.

Thanks to the set-up crew which consisted of Bryan Crawford and Les Gardner.

Our Mystery Greeter for this morning was C.J. McLeod

Guests: We had the Following:

Gary Paudler
Walley Hunt
Mike Daley – soon to be member

 
 

 

 

 

 

Paige Wiggins – Holly’s Daughter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interact Members
Amanda Landis, Jessica Slaght, Camille Mendoza

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to you all!!!

Rotary Anniversaries and Birthday’s:

Donna Jones had a B-day last week but due to the dictionary project we postponed her serenade until today!        

Anniversaries go out to Bruce Dunwoody, Pat McPherson and Father Jeff. Father Jeff was alone with the cake

as the other two were absent. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Announcements:

Gary Paudler informed us of the water project he is involved with along with Wally Hunt and our own Rick Turner. They are making water safe in third world countries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valentines Day – Feb 14th the meeting will be at The Oaks. Bring your Honey or significant other.

Nick Oatway has agreed to follow Rob Long as our Pres Elect, Elect for a term of 2013-2014. Thanks Nick!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 10th is Paul Harris Fellow Night. This event will replace the morning meeting.

Linda Taylor informed us briefly about the events at the Poverty Conference.

Bill Shouse could not tell us what went on during last weeks board meeting because it is a secret, or was boring. However, we will be getting invoices.

Dr. Halverson reminded everyone how important it is to obtain sponsors for the Wine Festival this June, emphasizing that all our giving derives from the profits from that event.

Happy Bucks:

Lavon Roberts – Mauve and Andy provided her with her 1st great grandson.

Rene Briggs – Happy for two new cars —hers and Les. Both feel like Princeses now!

Les Gardner – enjoying his car.

Donna Jones – Kathy Doubleday spoke at her event.

Stephanie Midgett – Happy for those interact presidents in attendance.

Rick Gould – India has been polio free for one year and the Wine Festival is on his B-day.

Richard McArthur – no rain on the dictionary project.

Father Jeff – 42nd Wedding Anniversary and daughter opened new medical practice.

 

Fines – provided courtesy of Dennis Guernsey

This week “How Well Did You Follow The News in 2011?”

Paul Blatz – What hit an all-time high in 2011? – Retail sales on the day after Thanksgiving.

Lavon – Who is the Club’s 2013 President Elect? – Nick Oatway

Bob Beebe – The investigation into phone hacking by reporters focused on which News Corp? – News of the World.

Gayel – In the largest U.S. strike since 2007, 45,000 workers at what company walked off the job for two weeks in August? – Verizon

Richard McArthur – The last big name aerospace company based in So California moved its headquarters to Virginia in 2011. – Northrop Grumman.

Michelle – The Los Angeles Dodgers, American Airlines, Blockbuster, and SAAB – Who did not file for bankruptcy? – Blockbuster

John Haag – What 2011 film earned the most at the U.S. box office? – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Todays Program

Today we got to learn a bit more about two of our members – Father Steve Ochoa and Donna Jones.

Father Steve has a love affair with the country of Peru. Spending time there as part of his education, he learned to live with an entirely different culture and learned the meaning of “Needs and Necessities”. Amongst the various trades he learned in Peru, making adobe brick put a smile on his face.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donna Jones was born north of the border in Midland, Canada. In earlier years she participated in the Rotary exchange program, worked for two breweries, and went to school at the University of Waterloo. She met her husband at Lake Tahoe while earning her Masters and they have been together ever since. She currently teaches at Villanova High School and advises young girls at Thacher School.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thought for the Day –

“Education is about the only thing lying around loose in the world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away.” – George Horace Lorimer

Next Week – Dorjee Tsewang from the Tibetan Aid Foundation.

 

Rotary Club of Ojai West – Upcoming Events
Date Time Activity Location
2/7/12 7:00A – 8:30A Tibetan Aid Foundation by Dorjee Tsewang Soule Park

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January 24, 2012

Meeting Agenda
January 24, 2012 7:00 AM
Hour Activity and Notes
7:00 Fellowship:
7:10 Pledge: Donna Jones Inspirational Moment: Fr. Steve Ochoa
Breakfast:
7:30 Welcome Visiting Rotarians and Guests –
RCOW Welcome Who- Paige Wiggens, Holly’s daughter
Mystery Greeter(s) Who -
President’s Remarks – Beeby
1. Thank Scribe – Linda Taylor
2. Thank Set Up Crew – Bryan
3. Mystery Greeter(s) – NEXT WEEK
4. Birthdays: NEXT WEEK
5. Anniversaries: NEXT WEEK
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Announcements
1. Richard McArthur – Dictionary Project 1/24/12
2. Board of Directors Meeting January 26th –Eggs N’ Potatoes
3. POVERTY CONFERENCE – January 28th 8:00-4:00 UC Santa Barbara
4. No 5th Tuesday. We will have regular meeting
5.
Committee Reports – None – Dictionary Project
1. Club –
2. Community –
3. Foundation –
4. Fundraising –
5. International –
6. Youth/Vocational -
Happy Bucks – Who & What None – Dictionary Project
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Fines – Finemaster – None – Dictionary Project
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Program – Dictionary Project
Brief Summary:
Q & A

The new Eco Club met recently at the Ojai West Campus. Prospective new member, Lorinda, made wounderful muffins.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thought for the Day – None – Dictionary Project

Rotary Club of Ojai West – Upcoming Events
Date Time Activity Location
1/24/12 7:00A – 8:30A Dictionary Project – Richard McArthur – Please collect the dictionaries and assignments at the meeting Soule Park – Local schools
1/26/12 7:00A – 8:30A RCOW and Foundation Board Meeting Eggs n’ Potatoes
1/28/12 8:00A – 4:00P Poverty Conference – RCOW has registered and paid but each member must register. There is no fee to members to attend UCSB – Corwin Pavilion
1/31/12 7:00A – 8:30A RCOW Meeting – Craft Talks, Donna Jones; Fr. Steve Ochoa Soule Park
2/7/12 7:00A – 8:30A Tibetan Aid Foundation by Dorjee Tsewang Soule Park

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