Los Altos Rotary Club
Home of the Annual Rotary Fine Art Show
January 9 2014
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Los Altos Rotary ClubHome of the Annual Rotary Fine Art ShowJanuary 9 2014 |
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| Writer: Matt Cabot - Photographer: John Hammerschmidt - Editor: Cynthia Luedtke Issue: #28 2013-2014 |
So how do we ‘spiff up’ a potentially hum-drum meeting like a Club Assembly?
I am sure LARC President after LARC President has mulled this thought over
and over. Here’s a meeting that has to compete with State Senator Jerry
Hill, Steven Yvaska on the value of antiques, The Future of Online Education,
Keena Turner and the 49er’s, pictures of the universe and other exciting
programs we have had so far this Rotary Year.
Well, how about giving everyone a glass tiddlywink of questionable color to
match a colored-coded seating chart to direct one to a particular table for the
day. Well, that would have worked, except everyone coming in had an excuse
to change the color to of their drawn tiddlywink to their ‘regular’ table.
(I included, well, because I have a hard time hearing from some places).
Then there was the Bingo game. That made sense to the older crowd.
At least they had played it before. But have to give kudos to PE KENDRA
and President JACK for at least trying to inject a bit of fun to a typically dry
meeting. It worked…. Sure it did!
We were greeted today by KIRK MAHNCKE, STAN SCARDINO and Carol Garsden.
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PP JOE RENATI (Cioppino Chef Extraordinaire) led the pledge, and PAT GRAY had
a New Year’s Resolution Thought for the day, and Song master, RON STEFANI lead
us in “Auld Lang Syne, with a twist, remembering those Los Altos Rotarians who
died over the past year (or so):
PE KENDRA GJERSETH had us introduce guests (there were no visiting Rotarians). PP DENNIS YOUNG, PP BOB ADAMS and President JACK KELLY each had one.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: JUDY OTT sent around a card for PP DICK DUHRING who is in the hospital
with a
so-far undiagnosed ailment. Get well Dick. We need your
perspicacity, particularly finding the humor in everyday things.
BARBARA SMALL announced an upcoming Los Altos High School HAITI SOLIDARITY CLUB
silent auction fundraiser for SOPUDEP, sister school in Haiti to be held on
Sunday, January 26th 2 to 4:30 PM at 1st and Main. They are looking for
silent auction items, and donations.
BARBARA also thanked STEVE POMEROY
for putting a “link to donation” button on our website. You can also
contact Barbara directly for more information. Like where at 1st and Main.
There is a bar, a gas station, an office building under construction and a
vacant health foods store. My guess is the Bar, First and Main!
CAROL GARSTEN announced the PR Committee is meeting two Thursdays from today, on
Jan. 23rd at 11 at our meeting place, the Garden House. Please come if you
want to be part of this committee.
DONNA VERNA announced a planning meeting for the upcoming Fine Art in the Park
NEXT Thursday before the meeting, at 11:30 Garden House. Here is your
chance to be on the most fun LARC committee there is!
RED TO BLUE- DIANA NEIMAN received her Blue Badge today, completing all the
requirements for Blue. Her sponsor is none other than Membership Director,
JEAN (John) MORDO who was otherwise busy in Hawaii, so President JACK did the
honors of presenting Diana with her well-earned Blue Badge. Congratulations,
DIANA.
JACK HEIDMILLER couldn't attend but he wanted to announce that: 'The Los Altos
Sister Cities Committee (jointly sponsored by Rotary and the City) will be
having its Annual Dinner Meeting this upcoming Thursday evening January 16th.
Social hour starts ~ 5:30PM, Dinner at 6:30 PM (Armadillo Willy’s Barbeque beef
brisket and Turkey with all the 'fixin's'), with a brief business meeting
afterward. All Rotarians are invited. Cost is $10 for the Dinner for Sister
Cities members, $15 for non-members. Membership is tax deductible at $30/family
or $20 single.
Please email RSVP to Sister Cities in care of CHUCK LINDAUER:
pblindyg@gmail.com
This email came in from Doreen Bracamontes of Alta Vista High School:
Dear Community Partners,
Hello and Happy New Year! As you may know, Alta Vista High School has an
advisory program on campus; this is our sixth year of implementation. The
purpose of the advisory program is to help facilitate stronger connections
between students and their teachers, school, and community so that each student
is better prepared for high school graduation and beyond.
Senior advisory is designed to spend time focusing on preparation for both
community college and the workforce. During our recent job skills unit, students
prepared resumes and cover letters, as well as reviewed helpful interviews tips.
Now, we need to partner with interested community members like you. Please help
us with a culminating activity for our students' job unit.
On Friday, January 31, 2014 between 9:00 A.M. and 1:05 P.M., we are conducting
mock interviews and need volunteers to fill the role of an interviewer. Our
objective is to provide students with an opportunity to practice their interview
skills with knowledgeable adults before they are in actual interview situations.
We would love to have you help interview students for all or part of the time on
the 31st. We know that having professionals from the community who care about
our students will make this day more meaningful and successful for them.
Students report that Mock Interview Day is the most helpful and relevant
experience that we offer because they gain useful and practical information
about their skills.
When you arrive the day of the mock interviews, you will receive interview
questions to use during the interview sessions and an evaluation form to provide
constructive feedback for each student. The questions and evaluation form will
be sent out in advance to confirmed volunteers.
If you are interested and available to participate for all or part of the time,
please contact Doreen Bracamontes at
doreen.bracamontes@mvla.net
Sincerely,
Doreen Bracamontes
Teacher
Alta Vista High School
10 MINUTE TALK – SHELLEY EMERSON
Shelley is the oldest girl of 6 siblings. Her Mother taught high school.
Her father worked for Standard Oil. She graduated from the UC system,
Davis, Berkeley, and Santa Clara Law. She has held a number of jobs,
including a bond firm, City of San Jose, General Counsel of San Lorenzo, and the
City of Mountain View. During her working days, she practiced public agency law.
She is now retired. She is also a big baseball fan. Her sponsor is
KATHY BERRY.
A FINE FINE TIME
PP DENNIS YOUNG took the gavel to inflict some financial pain on the group.
By my count, he got into 21 member’s pockets. About the most pitiful was
PEN JERRY MOISON, looking for sympathy with a bashed head. He forgot to
duck, as he stepped out of his moving car which was going backwards with or
without him. He also forgot to put the brakes on. Apparently all’s
well that ends well and he lived to tell us the story and pay the fine.
THE AFOREMENTIONED EXCITING PROGRAM FOR TODAY
Because a complete list of slides are on our web site are viewable at:
http:www.losaltosrotary.org/2013-2014/clubassembly-2.docx I will not
relist all the salient points but here are a few teasers:
JEAN MORDO Director of Membership, (surfing in Hawaii) sent via dolphin, the
fact that since July 1, 2012 we have 18 new members.
STEVE POMEROY Director of Operations pointed out the new sound system, and how
it has been tweaked with new mikes (podium) an equalizer, and sound baffles on
the wall.
STEVE also pointed out that we are going to reestablish the Website Committee,
so anyone who has an interest in that, particularly those with web experience,
should contact STEVE, MATT CABOT or DAVE SNOW.
PAUL SCHUTZ, Director of Community Service pointed out the accomplishments in
that area as:
Youth Services Director KAREN GREGURAS in her very professional “teacher mode”
quickly enumerated her talking points. She mentioned that there had been a
noted increase in Interact interest and for Camp RYLA over last year.
FRANK VERLOT Director of International Services pointed out the various programs
that they have going. A lot of them are directed to Nepal, due to the many
years of fine work of ALLART LIGTENBERG on the scene, who seems to have bought a
plot of land there to build a second home.
Comings and Goings - December 2013
| Name | Event |
| Cindy Bogard-o'Gorman | Red Badge |
| Ron Levine | Red Badge |
| Norm Profitt | Resigned |
| Nancy Simon | Resigned |
| Stuart Bowman | Resigned |