Cheree Edwards began the meeting at 12:10PM
Fred Coleman lead in the flag salute and Al West in the invocation.
Special thanks to:
Room Set-up: Bill Prather, Fred Coleman, Andy Gilman, Terry Beckett
Desk Duty: Randy Roth
Greeters: Therese Brown, Suzanne Scar
Roving Mic: Deirdre Daly, Kathy Yee
Reminder Editor: Andy Gilman
Photography: Carl Gross
Special Thanks: Ginger for serving us today
Announcements:
- Happy Birthday to the November people!
- Two Visiting Rotarians, and guests from the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy, Ojai Valley Green Coalition, Ojai Valley Women’s Club
- Taste of Ojai - Matt Clements
Matt thanks the committee chairs who helped this the most successful year for Taste of Ojai.
482 total attendance
$68,385 in revenue ($37,000 in sponsorships; $22,000 admission;
$2,830 raffle
$6,195 auction)
$48,672 total income, and anonymous donation to bring us $50,000 ($12,000 over previous record)
- December 20th Holiday Luncheon at the Farmhouse kitchen. Look for invitation soon.
- Upcoming Programs - Bill Gilbreth
Dark next week 11/29/19
Thomas Aquinas College speaker Paul O’Reilly will review the Great Books curriculum at St. Thomas Aquinas School at next meeting,
12/6/19
PE Student of the Month - Becket Furina, age 10 in 5th grade received his award, with parents and teacher Sarah Grante
“Thank you for this great honor. I’m proud to represent Topa Topa and thank you for recognizing that being active is an important part of growing up.”
Presentation - Brenden Taylor from the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy - the completion of the Allen Jacobs trail.
Brenden discussed Allan’s legacy. Here are some of the statistics Brenden discussed:Volunteers: 177
Volunteer Hours: 1,608.5
Staff: 6
Staff Hours: 509.5
Total Trail Workers: 183
Total Hours of Work: 2,118
Length: 1.4 miles
Rate of Build: 3.57 feet built, per person, per hour
Start Date: August 15, 2018
Completion Date: November 16, 2019
Number of Work Trips: 73
The video of Brenden’s presentation will be on YouTube soon.
- Adopt-a-Senior & Food Box Donations - IMPORTANT - December 6th bring in food donations!
- This is Rotary Foundation Month - Nathan
The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.
The following focus areas were discussed:
Peace and conflict prevention/resolution
Disease prevention and treatment
Water and sanitation
Maternal and child health
Basic education and literacy
Economic and community development
This work also includes local projects, such as the fog catchers, sound systems at Matilija, etc. It is both an internal and local focus.
We’re more than half-way to meeting the mark, but more donations are needed. Donations can be made online or through the forms on our tables.
- Paul Harris Awards given by Cheree:
Bill Hatch, Dean Vadnais (not pictured), and Kay Bliss were honored with Paul Harris Fellowships.
- Program - Judy Norris
Judy described her experience as a Staff Council for the District of Columbia Circuit of Appeals, and the friendships she made there, including her experiences with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, and Kenneth Starr. She also spoke at length about the friendship between Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia, and while they differed greatly in their interpretation with Constitution, the had a long, deep friendship… a lesson for all of us.
Judy’s talk will be on YouTube soon.
Closing remarks:
"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."
Happy Thanksgiving!
