Soule Park Morning

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

Zack & David May

Taylor & Granddad Tom Farmer

Nordhoff Interact Co-presidents

Brady, Addison & Dad Bryan

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.

A different pose

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

John thanks Barbara

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

Barbara thanks John

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

Dawn O'Bar our speaker

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

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.

Connor's Family

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

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

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

January
17, 2012 7:00 AM

Hour

Activity and Notes

7:00

Fellowship:

7:10

Pledge:    Linda Burr                       Inspirational  Moment:  Phil Adams

Breakfast:

7:30

Welcome Visiting Rotarians and Guests – Deirdre  Daly (from the “other” club)

RCOW Welcome
Who-

Mystery Greeter(s)  Who – Wade

President’s Remarks – Beeby

            •           Thank Scribe – Nick Oatway

            •           Thank Set Up Crew – Mike Caldwell

            •           Mystery Greeter(s) – Who – Wade

            •           Birthdays:  John Haag

            •           Anniversaries:   Dennis Guernsey

Announcements

            •           Richard McArthur – Dictionary Project 1/24/12

            •           Board of Directors Meeting January 26^th –Eggs N’ Potatoes

            •           POVERTY CONFERENCE – January 28^th 8:00-4:00 UC Santa Barbara

            •           No 5^th Tuesday.  We will have regular meeting January 31st

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Committee Reports

            •           Club – Rob Long – Status of PEN, nobody has stepped up to the plate as yet

            •           Community –

            •           Foundation –

            •           Fundraising –

            •           International –

            •           Youth/Vocational –

Happy Bucks – Who & What

•           Ross Atkinson – son’s visit

•           Donna Jones – 2nd daughter home

•           Louanne – grand daughter’s recognition for writing effort, friend here (Deirdre)

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Fines – Finemaster – Dennis Jones Questions & Who

Does this person look trustworthy to you? Yet we accept his answers!

•           Steve F. – Who played drums on Beatles first two albums? – Alan White

•           Rob Long – Who is the only person mentioned besides Beatles on one of their single
records – Billy Preston

•           Ross A. – What was that song’s title – “Get Back”

•           Paul Thomas – What was the first song the Beatles ever recorded?  – How do you do it

•           Reggie Wood – What band had a hit with “How do you do it” – Gerry and the
Pacemakers

•           Renee Briggs – What is the name of the recording engineer who recorded most Beetle albums? – Geoff Emmerick

•           Nick Oatway – What was Frank Sinatra’s favorite Beatles song? -
“Something”

•           Michelle Henson – Which Beatle hated the sound of his singing voice? – John

•           Bob Denne – Paul McCartney wrote lots of Beatles songs that sound like they were
written in the 1920′s and 1930′s, like “When I’m 64″ and “Your
Mother Should Know”, Who was McCartney’s influence for these songs? – his
father

•           Bryan Crawford – Which Beatles album was recorded last? – Abbey Road

•           John Haag – In which Beatles song does John Lennon sing, “I would like you to
dance” – “Birthday”

Paul introduces our program

Program – Carol Knowles – “Make a Wish Foundation”

Brief Summary:Story of “Ricky”, a six year old who wanted to be a
policeman, died of leukemia in Phoenix, AZ.
71 wishes granted in  2011 in Ventura County

Q & A     Rick Gould asks – one gets picked out,
what about the others?  Answer:  maximum attention is given to all the
children, though one receives the wish at a time;  Ross Atkinson asked, how do you choose the
child who gets their wish granted? Answer:   exhaustive application to
confirm need;  Bob Beeby asked – how does one apply?    Answer: Carol Knowles
referred to the brochure she left on the breakfast tables.

Thought for the Day

“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his
life by conscious endeavor.”

–Henry David
Thoreau,

American author
and poet

Rotary Club of
Ojai West – Upcoming Events

Date

Time

Activity

Location

1/17/12

7:00A – 8:30A

Make a Wish Foundation by Carol Knowles

Soule Park

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

January 10, 2012 7:00 AM

Hour	Activity and Notes
7:00	Fellowship:
7:10	Pledge:    Rob Long               Inspirational Moment:  Nick Oatway
Breakfast:
7:30	Welcome Visiting Rotarians and Guests – HAPPY NEW YEAR RCOW Welcome Who- Michael Daley,  Flavia Xavier, Mateas (For those of you who do not remember, Flavia was an exchange student through this club from 2005-2006. She stayed with Linda for part of her visit. She is from Brazil. Mateas is her boyfriend.) Flavia, our 2005-2006 exchange student
	Michael Daley             Mystery Greeter(s)  Who – Kathy Doubleday
President’s Remarks - Beeby
	1.        Thank Scribe – Nick Oatway 2.       Thank Set Up Crew – Lou Torres, Mike  Caldwell, Jack McClanahan 3.       Mystery Greeter(s) – Who – Kathy  Doubleday 4.       Birthdays:  None 5.       Anniversaries:   Pastor John; Paul Thomas  (Can you guess which is which?)         6.       Interact will schedule Rotary members  give “craft”  5-10 min talk 7.       Eco-club   “get start” meet: 1/19, 10am, Help of Ojai, Baldwin Rd.
Announcements
	1.       Board  of Directors Meeting January 26th –Eggs N’ Potatoes 2.        POVERTY  CONFERENCE – January 28th 8:00-4:00 UC Santa Barbara 3.        Richard  McArthur – Dictionary Project 1/24/12  This is the 9th year for our club. Stay after mtg. today for stickers.             4.     No  5th Tuesday.  We will have  regular meeting on the 5th Tuesday (for some reason, we have had a surfeit of 5th Tuesdays in the last 6 months)
Committee Reports
	1.       Club – Rob Long – Status of PEN. Still need one! 2.       Community – Holly Wiggins $500 X 3 to  local projects (Casitis rowing, Paddle Tennis, Nordhoff to keep computer lab open)
Happy Bucks – Who & What
	1.       Jack  McClenahan – Rotary float won “Princess” award @ 2012 Rose parade2.        Rick Gould – 1/3/2012 meeting that wasn’t. Also announced he was the recepient of two books about Steve Jobs at xmas and has offerred to place one of the books in the club library (who knew?) for anyone to check out and read. Check with Mr Secretary, Bill Shouse. 3.        Mike Leigh – gift to RCOW of $100 to scholarships from Joseph & Barbara Pelluso 4.        Linda Taylor – $20 found in Rose committee jacket ( It was hers, she just forgot it was there) She also welcomed Flavia and her boyfriend (who are currently staying with her) and announced she is the featured artist at the Ojai City Hall 5.        Bob Pergson – Thankful for God’s blessings                 6.        Father John – for 37 years of marriage (Jan 10), $1 +  $36 for roses 7.        Bob Denne –for seeing so well again
Fines -  Finemaster – Tom Farmer Questions & Who
	1.        Barbara – 1892, min. age for girls to  marry(Italy) – 12 yrs.2.        Paul Blatz – Everglades species that can’t  stick tongue out – croc. 3.        Rick Turner – Muppets banned in Arabia – due to the pig 4.        Dennis Guernsey – Parking meters first in? –  Oklahoma City 5.        Father Jeff – Ostrich egg makes how many  omelets – 11 1/2 6.        Michelle Henson – Bird weighing less than a  penny – hummingbird
Program         Our own Pat McPherson – “Growing up on the Kern River”Brief Summary:  Pat recalls in book  written by him and a female cousin (Barbara Hinkley) childhood experience’s from 5 years of age in old Kernville now gone under Lake Isabella.  Summer recollections of a carefree adventure filled childhood in a band of “River Children”. Kernville had a Movie Street where Hollywood movies were shot and the likes of Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassity and others could be seen.
Q & A   No time left
Thought for the Day“Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.”–Anonymous“Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. –John Lennon

December
20, 2011 7:00 AM

Hour

Activity and Notes

7:00

Fellowship:

7:10

Pledge: Reggie Wood
Inspirational Moment:  Stephanie Midgett

Breakfast:

7:30

Welcome Visiting Rotarians and Guests – RCOW Welcome  Who- Miguel Arroryo, our exchange student from Spain

Miguel & Friends

Mystery Greeter(s)  Who – Nick Oatway

President’s Remarks – Beeby

            •           Thank Scribe – Nick Oatway

Our Scribe for today

            •           Thank Set Up Crew – Dave May, Mike Caldwell, Brian Crawford, Miguel Arroryo

            •           Mystery Greeter(s) – Nick Oatway

            •           Birthdays:  Richard McArthur; Last week Mike Leigh; Reggie Wood;

            •           Anniversaries:   Next Week – Nick Oatway, Phil Adams, Kathy Doubleday

            •           Board Nominations–Election will be following fines so have candidates in mind.

            •           Thanks Social Committee – John to introduce committee members

            •           Board of Directors Meeting December 22^nd All invited, especially new Board members

Happy Bucks – Who & What

Stephanie

            •           Cert training for the  (3) wise men: Fr. Jeff, Fr. Steve, Paster John Robison

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Fines -
Finemaster – Rob Long  Questions & Who

Dennis G.

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Steve F.

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Jim Halverson

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Sid Cohn

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Tom Farmer

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John Haag

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Program – Election and Annual Meeting

Brief Summary:

Committee Reports – Introduction – Beeby – revised
club budget due Jan, ’12.

President-Elect Report –Rob Long

            •           Club

a.  Secretary – Bill Shouse: orders supplies, takes
board minutes, is the web master, reports attendance to Rotary Internationl and the District

b.  Treasurer(s) – Rene Briggs & Gayel Childress:
Rene does the “heavy” bookeeping, Gayel writes the checks, goes to
the Post Office, hands out and collects checks.

c.  Sergeant-at-Arms – Bryan Crawford:
sets up the room for our meetings, certifies election of the new board, is
always here

d. Administration – Phil Adams: deals with compliance issues re: non-profit and insurance status, is backup for the
pres. and other  principal issues.

e. Membership – Ross Atkinson:
policy issues re: intro. of new members into the club

f.  Public Relations – Steve Frank:
“public face of the club” (how did that happen?) handles press releases to OVNews

            •           Community – Holly Wiggins:
oversees many projects such as – the “oral history” project, turkeys
distributed, disaster preparedness.

Holly's "Crew"

a.  Rotary Boat – Jane McClenahan/Reggie Wood

b.  Park – Les Gardner: many
years effort in partnership with City of Ojai, maintenance issues to solve with Rotary Park

c.  Ojai Summer Band – Richard McArthur:
Band started by Sara Beeby, balloons very popular

d. Dictionary Project – Richard McArthur: Distributing dictionaries to 3rd
graders in local schools, a project found at a convention in Brisbane. Now into our 9th year

e.  Youth – Michelle Henson/Donna Jones: Nordhoff and Villanova students in Rotary Interact groups
raise funds for projects that benefit the community

            •           Foundation – Jim Halverson:Raised $20,320 this year, well above our original goal of
$17,000+,  handles Paul Harris fellows, Polio challenge, Scholarships and “Student of the Month”

            •           Fundraising – David May/Bryan Crawford: Wine festival!

            •           International – Linda Taylor: GSE, “Eco-stoves”, Eco Club, and micro-credit project described by Jane McClenahan

            •           Vocational –

Thought for the Day

“Someday, after mastering winds, waves, tides and gravity, we shall harness the energy of love,
and for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.”

—Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

Rotary Club of
Ojai West – Upcoming Events

Date

Time

Activity

Location

12/22/11

7:00A – 8:30A

RCOW and Foundation Board meetings – All members are welcome but contact Beeby or
Shouse.

Eggs N’ Potatoes

12/27/11

7:00A – 8:30A

RCOW Meeting – DARK, no meeting

Soule Park

1/3/12

7:00A – 8:30A

RCOW Meeting – DARK, no meeting

Soule Park

1/7/12

8:30A-11:30A

District Mid-Terms Training

Marriott Courtyard – Oxnard

1/10/12

7:00A – 8:30A

RCOW Meeting – “Growing Up
on the Kern River” by Pat  McPherson

Soule Park

1/17/12

7:00A – 8:30A

Make a Wish Foundation by Carol Knowles

Soule Park

1/24/12

7:00A – 8:30A

Dictionary Project – Richard McArthur – Please collect
the dictionaries and assignments at the meeting

Soule Park – Local schools

1/28/12

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

5:30P – 7:30P

5^th Tuesday Social

TBD

2/7/12

7:00A – 8:30A

Tibetan Aid Foundation by Dorjee
Tsewang

Soule Park

December 13, 2011 7:00 AM