President Elect Cheree Edwards welcomed Rotarians and Guests.
The meeting was called to order and President Elect Edwards thanked:
Bill Prather and Fred Coleman for room set up.
Sid Cohn was thanked for the invocation,
Marty Babayco was thanked for the flag salute,
Suzanne Scar and Janet Campbell were thanked for greeting,
Suzanne was thanked as the roving mic,
Bill Gilbreth as the fine master and Dave Watson for assisting.
Anne Carper was thanked for desk duty
and Ginger for serving the club.
Visiting Rotarians: Alexia Parks, Boulder Colorado and Larry Chambers, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Guests: Dr. Joel, Andy Hoagie
Special Guest: Ron Polito
Announcements:
Coming Programs
Bill Prather shared upcoming talks:
January 18th: Jesse Grantham, Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
January 25th: Dulanie Ellis, Producer/Director Ground Operations: Battlefields to Farmfields
February 1st: Living Treasures Program
February 8th: Christine Golden, Ojai Public Art
Don Reed reminded the club that the next Foundation Board Meeting will be at the
Bank of Sierra Conference Room.
Tara shared that she sent her first group email to the club. Please come to our social!
Kay Bliss talked about the Rotary Global brand in India. As with all Rotary projects, it started Sith one person’s passion that infected the rest of us. It started with a visit to the Puri Clubs and working on some smaller projects: Computers for a computer lab, clean drinking water filters, tile and fixtures for the bathrooms, water storage tank. It led to a septic system district grant and now a Global Grant. Our club contributed $4,000 from our International Service Budget, Bob Skankey contributed an additional $5,000 and a non-Rotarian donor who is very supportive of the Prashanti International School contributed $10,000. The Grant is for $87,515. There are 14 clubs that contributed $31,010 and we received District Designated Funds from 3 Districts ($20,500 in DFF) and $36,005 from the Rotary Foundation. It’s incredible to see the power and impact of our contributions globally!
Fining and Confessions
Bill Gilbreth led Fining and Confessions. The fining questions were around impeachment.
The Program: Alexia Parks
Don Scanlin introduced our speaker Alexia Parks. Alexia is a fellow Rotarian from our Boulder, Colorado Club and a frequent guest to our club here in Ojai. Alexia is co-founder of the Alexia Parks 10Traits Institute, which offers actionable advice on how to achieve higher levels of human performance-based on science. An award winning entrepreneur, she has been called “One of 50 Who Matter Most on the Net” by Newsweek magazine for her launch of Votelink, one of the first electronic democracy voting systems on the Internet. As a United Nations Mentor, Alexia mentored the young woman leader who became the #1 Award Winner at Fortune magazine’s Most Powerful Women Summit in 2014. The author of 14 books, she has appeared as an expert on TV, in Time magazine, and formerly wrote for the national desk of The Washington Post.
For more information on her presentation and the 10 Traits, please visit:
www.10traits.com
Final Thoughts
President-Elect Edwards finished with a closing thought for the day:
“None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.”
Mother Teresa
Meeting was adjourned
