Clark Osterhout, in the absence of Membership chair, Bryan Ludwig, welcomed Lindsey Graves as a new member after an excellent review of Rotary. He spoke about the benefits and responsibilities of being a Rotarian. Josh Graves, as sponsor, then gave Lindsey the Rotary membership pin. The club welcomed Lindsey with applause and a standing ovation.Lindsey has a background in Website, and Social Media, and she has volunteered to take over these roles for the club. Many thanks to Lindsey for her enthusiasm for the Website!

 

Jan Hutchinson, Speaker Chair, thanked all the members that provided speakers for the meetings in 2023-2024. She passed out a sign up for members to provide speakers for 2024-2025.Paul Radcliffe reminded the club that he is stepping down from WCS leadership and someone is needed to volunteer to carry on. Dianne Fix reported that the Little Libraries at 5 elementary schools had broken doors, due most likely to wind and abuse. Jerry Johnson and Josh Graves volunteered to repair the libraries, in a more risk avoidable way, before students return on August 15th.
 

President-elect Greg Kevin opened the Club Assembly portion of the meeting, with a brief message on his club goals for 2024-2025. He said that there will be an emphasis on Service, with a focus on Lincoln specifically. He wants there to be more "hands on" available to the club members. Greg also said that the Committees are the core of the club,  and that he had invited 3 committee chairpersons to speak today. Kris Wyatt, Youth Services Chair, began the discussion saying that she would like to see more opportunities for the Interact Club to work with the Rotary Club. The RYLA program this year had some of the students withdraw from going to the camp. This is the first time this has happened, and she would like to see some wording at the outset of student selection, that involves some consequences if this should happen in the future. RYE didn't happen this year but hopefully will in the near future. She said that High School Scholarships are more meaningful when the club President can present the awards, as Richard did this year. The Cornerstone program continues. The club supports this program with a cost of $9,000 per school. Kris would like to see this extended to another school in the future. She ended with an explanation of the Youth Protection Policy that can be accessed on the District Website. Clark Osterhout, as the Foundation Chair talked about the Programs of Scale. "A significant way in which Rotary members are increasing our impact is through Programs of Scale. This multimillion-dollar initiative funds large-scale, high-impact projects that attract exceptional partners while making the most of the capacity, expertise, and enthusiasm of Rotary members.  But to really fulfill the Action Plan priority of increasing our impact, members should think about scale whenever they're developing projects — not just if they're hoping to apply for the Programs of Scale award."(Quoted from the RI Website.) Again, from the Website: The 2024 Programs of Scale Award recipient: Partners for Water Access and Better Harvests in India is a five-year evidence-based program designed to improve livelihoods of over 60,000 rural farmers across four states in India through the implementation of sustainable agriculture and water management practices. For more information of Programs of Scale go to Rotary International.org. Paul Radcliffe, World Service Chair, gave a quick overview of the various donations that the WCS were involved with, and they have all been completed except Guatemala, with the Cupertino Rotary Club, which will carry over into 2024-2025 until approved for a Global Grant.

           The Four-Way Test

  Of the things we think, say or do:

   1. Is it the truth?

   2. Is it fair to all concerned?

   3. Will it build goodwill and

         better friendships?

   4. Will it be beneficial

        to all concerned?

 

   5. HAVE FUN !!

 

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