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Be the Inspiration
Barry Rassin
R.I. President
2018-2019
Our President
John 'Copy Cat' Milich
2017-2018
Speakers
Jun 13, 2019
Growing Your Business
Jun 20, 2019
Syndicate of Change
Jun 27, 2019
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Schedule of Greeters
June 13
Gayler, Chris
 
June 20
Giles, Ray
 
June 27
Greco, Guy
 
Greeter Protocol
 
When you are assigned the duty of being our greeter, you should remember the following:

1. You should be at the meeting by 11:45 AM in order to greet everyone as they come to the meeting.

2. You should bring a "Greeter's Gift" for the raffle. The gift should be approximately $20.00 in value.

3. You will be leading the giving the inspiration of the day, leading the salute to the flag, and introducing the visiting Rotarians. It is a good idea to watch the visiting Rotarians sign in, so that you can ask them about any complicated names or classifications.

4. If you cannot attend, it is your responsibility to find a replacement.
 
 
THE OBJECT OF ROTARY
MADE SIMPLE
 
We all think we choose what path we take in life, who we socialize and mix with, what views we hold. But those decisions are actually shaped by networks of people - David Brooks. The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
 
FIRST: The Development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service. Rotarians have the opportunity to create relationships with many business, professional, and community leaders.
 
SECOND - High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society. Being a Rotarian authenticates the person and their business or profession.
 
THIRD - The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life. Rotarians nurture this personal characteristic; the cornerstone of building and sustaining relationships.
 
FOURTH - The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. Rotarians become better world citizens and often build lasting international relationships.
 
ROTARIANS INFLUENCED BY THE OBJECT OF ROTARY HAVE MADE THEIR FAMILIES, BUSINESSES, COMMUNITIES AND THE WORLD BETTER. WHAT THEY DID IS A BY-PRODUCT OF WHO THEY ARE AND THE IMPACT THE OBJECT OF ROTARY HAD ON THEM PERSONALLY.
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Welcome to the Rotary Club of San Ramon
Service Above Self
We meet Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Crow Canyon Country Club
711 Silver Lake Dr.
Danville, CA  94526
United States of America
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Meeting Notes for June 6, 2019
CROW’S CALL – June 6, 2019
 
As if sensing the finish line, President John Milich clanged us to order.  He introduced Greeter Ed Duarte, who told the story of a famous public figure, well into his twilight years, who was asked what he considered his greatest achievement. “I like to think I haven’t done it yet.” Ed led the Salute and Don Jones led us in “My Country Tis of Thee.”  Ed introduced a guest of Rotary, his friend Ann Marie Johnson, who serves with him on the Dublin-San Ramon Services board.  She worked previously at Chevron.  Ed recently observed his 80th birthday and looks forward to more achievements.  Garth Riopelle, as usual, arrived late so the festivities could begin.
Announcements and Recognitions:
  • Club awards will be held on Copycat’s last meeting, June 27th, followed by the Demotion Dinner that evening, Lucky Sandhu presiding.
  • The Six Clubs are hosting a group of visiting business leaders from Europe in late August and we need volunteers to provide places for some of them to sleep.  If you have a spare bedroom, please contact Colette Lay.
  • The word from the International Convention in Hamburg is that our incoming president, Colette Lay, has managed not to offend authorities.
  • Guy Greco reports that Jay Tonz is doing OK and can have visitors.
  • Our long-suffering major domo, Mo, recently took Militch into the infamous back room and told him the club has until September to get its “crap” moved out.  We will need new homes for our banners, boxes and tangible evidence of previous club embarrassments.  (Dibs on the RotoWheel!)
  • Colette Lay’s inaugural celebration will be held at Gary Sloan’s on July 20.
  • Next year’s International Convention will be in Hawaii.
  • Chris Gayler’s son, almost 6 feet tall, is going into high school and is already lobbying for a car to get to school, which is 11 minutes from home by foot.
  • Pat Paterson paid $75, not for his birthday, because no one can count that high, but for his most recent great grand-child.
  • Dennis Harvey had a birthday last month and paid for it.
  • John Tatum celebrated the famous “Floating Tatum Anniversary” which transpires sometime on Memorial Day Weekend.
  • Chris Gallagher and Renee celebrated his 50th in a beach house on Kauai.
  • Don Jones says all this week is the prolonged Cynthia Birthday Bash.
Program:
President John introduced our speaker, Linda Groobin, appearing on behalf of the Diablo Valley Foundation for the Aging.  This non-profit provides compassionate services to help seniors maintain independence, dignity and peace of mind.  They are the only agency offering fiduciary services for those who require support.
Ms. Groobin, a widow, worked at ATT.  She sang the National Anthem at a Giants-Dodgers game in 1975.  After retiring she volunteered at Caring Hands , the senior program at John Muir.  She shared with us a thank-you note from a co-worker who won an Unsung Hero Award recently from our club.
 
Linda began with a joke about a retired couple at a nursery.  The wife expresses interest in getting some flowering plants. Her husband observes, “But sweetheart, you kill all the plants you try to grow. Why would you want to keep doing that?” “I just want to remind you of what I am capable of.” She now represents the Foundation, spreading the word about its services. As she suggested in the title to her talk, “Who are you going to trust with your trust?” As our population ages, more and more people do not have close family members they can rely on in making financial decisions. The Foundation offers help in such situations.
 
As Linda observed, seniors do not like to be talked to or treated as if they were children.  They have a hard-earned sense of dignity.  The Foundation is the only non-profit agency which offers fiduciary services by volunteers who are both bonded and insured.
 
The Foundation also helps to sponsor a respite center here locally at Valley Oaks Center.  It offers short-term care for dementia patients and those with other challenges to allow care-takers some time off.  The group has a grant request with our club seeking funds to provide 36 exercise/music sessions for seniors which are particularly helpful.  Linda congratulated our club for the special events we offer for older folks, like the Senior Lunch at the San Ramon Community Center and the fire alarm project in Sunny Glen.
 
She closed by urging us to look for signs that older neighbors or friends were in possible distress. Consultations with the Foundation are free, and fees for services are based upon the client’s ability to pay. The agency can be reached at (925) 945-8040.  It was an informative and timely presentation.
Raffle:
The Greeter’s Gift was won by Ed Duarte and was supplied by…..Ed Duarte!
(That was embarrassing!)  Don Jones got to go fishing for the elusive white marble and drew blue, much to the disappointment of his many friends.
 
 
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