Meeting June 23, 2016

Posted by Jeff Hata on Jun 23, 2016

Bill Spellman led us in the Flag Salute.

Guests today were former member, Donna Turner. Guest of Greg Frye was his son Zach and guest of Tom Hashbarger was Giovanni Mariscio (Rotarian from Milan, Italy). Visiting Rotarian from Taos, New Mexico was George Pilakas.

Sara Masterson gave our Inspirational Message followed by the joke of the day delivered by Jeff Hata.

President Bruce asked Giovanni to tell us a little about his club in Milan. Giovanni explained about the layout of Milan and that he is here because 10 years ago he fell in love with a woman from Ventura. Now they are planning on getting married!

Todays raffle prize was 2 Mastercard gift cards donated by Laura Shannon.

Pam Lindsay and Jeanette Perez spoke about what's going on at GoCare. Jeanette is here for GoCare's annual meeting. Jeanette is a member of the Rotary Club of Managua.

President Bruce took the opportunity to present Michelle Cekov with the Rookie of the Year award.

Nicole Kreutz spoke about the opportunity to help out with the July Fourth Fireworks show at Ventura College and help out Downtown. Sign up sheets were passed around.

President Bruce spoke about the Push em Pull em parade. More to come next week.

President Bruce said this was your last opportunity to complete your roster sheet. If you do not turn it in you will be assigned an avenue of service to work in next year.

President Bruce and Jim Emch went through the storage locker and threw a lot of stuff away, but there is also a lot of history in the locker. President Bruce asked if anyone had some room to store what we have left and if anyone would like to be the club historian.

President Bruce showed off a new 4 Way Test banner that came out of the storage locker.

Jeff Hata let the club know that the Rotaract Cook Books were done and ready to sell.

Laura passed around the club duty roster, please take the time to sign up.