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Be the Inspiration
Barry Rassin
R.I. President
2018-2019
Our President
John 'Copy Cat' Milich
2017-2018
Speakers
Jun 27, 2019
Jul 04, 2019
No Meeting Today
Jul 11, 2019
Introduce New Board; Recap Last Year
Jul 18, 2019
How To Grow Your Business/Organization
Jul 25, 2019
Aug 01, 2019
Harmony and Healing
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Schedule of Greeters
June 20
Giles, Ray
 
June 27
Greco, Guy
 
July 11
Harlan, Bill
 
July 18
Harvey, Dennis
 
July 25
Hennigan, Patti
 
August 1
Hornstra, Mark
 
August 8
Jhingan, Priya
 
August 15
Jones, Don
 
August 22
Katiby, Naim
 
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.
Russell Hampton
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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
Phone:
(510) 375-2929
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Meeting June 20, 2019
San Ramon Rotary Club
Crow’s Call
June 20, 2019
 
 
 
The meeting was called to order by John Milich (AKA Copy Cat) at 12:15p following a delicious Taco Salad treat with desserts.  Clearly, our President is going out in style with only one more meeting to go before demotion.  After one year, John has not memorized the theme of Rotary this year “Be the Inspiration” and continues to read a script reminding him of this theme.  Mike Gunning was the Greeter who regaled the club with his thought for the day:
 
“When you feel like yesterday was a struggle and you want to create better tomorrows… Learn from Yesterday, Live of Today and Hope for Tomorrow.”
 
After the flag salute, Mike broke tradition and asked Gary Sloan to lead the club in a patriotic song.  Gary selected My Country Tis of Thee and we sounded like the Tabernacle Choir ascending to the heavens.
 
Mike shared that he has been married for 52 years with 3 sons and 7 grandchildren. (That is, he has a large carbon footprint)  He is originally from Ohio and graduated from the University of Cincinnati.  Mike has been in California for 38 years but who is counting?
 
There were no table introductions but it was noted that Lucky was the only male at an all female table.  When asked how that happened, Lucky replied that is the reason they call him Lucky.  Other members suggested that it seemed like reverse discrimination and female plotting to take over the club.  Oh wait, that has thankfully already happened.
 
Announcements
 
 
Kick Ball Auction Item:  Ana described a wonderful event involving the lucky auction bidder for up to 24 people to participate in a Kick Ball game at Central Park.  With Chris Gayler as the referee, Patti and John as barbecue chefs and a host of Rotarian cheerleaders this 3-hour event/picnic was well received.  Ana and Kathy organized the event involving warm-up and team naming.  Ana said “there was a lot of kicking” and awards were given out.  There were three primary rules: 
 
1) Don’t get hurt
2) Don’t get hurt
3) Don’t get hurt
 
As it turns out, the even was successful without any medical emergencies.
 
Sunny Glen:  Lucky Sandhu read a letter from a Sunny Glen resident despite the fact that English is his fourth language.  A great thank you was expressed on behalf of Sunny Glen residents for the Smoke Detector project!
 
Opera Lovers:  Guy was giving out 2 tickets for tonight’s performance of Carmen.  Lots of interest was expressed.
 
Auction Update:  Don (hero) Bierman, the Chairman of the Auction gave a wonderful summary of how he intends to be successful this year.  His advice was all Rotarians “do what you did last year”.  He planned on talking to Priya regarding social media and indicated that the event would be held from Nov 1-9 (same as last year).  Don met with Vanessa at SRVEF to coordinate efforts and indicated that a flyer and sponsor work sheet would be available soon.  Don announced that this year we would be instituting a pick-up cut off date after which the unclaimed item would be used for other purposes or go to the second best bidder.  Gary Sloan thanked Rotarians who expressed an interest in being a sponsor.  Many members have already committed and Gary calculated that he may have raised $30,000 thusfar with a $45,000 goal.
 
Non-recognitions:  John neglected to note that Steve Wilcox and Gary Sloan shared the same month birthdays.   Gary would have shared his amazing birthday holiday in Pebble Beach at the U.S. Open and wine tasting in the Santa Cruz area. (great Pinot wines)  Valerie Nevarez also celebrated a birthday earlier in the month.
 
 
Program:  Syndicate of Change
Most Rotarians were preoccupied with cars, dating, academics and concerts when we were 17 years old.  Not so for our speaker Aditya Melkote describe as a “young Rotarian in waiting”.  As a Junior at Dougherty Valley High School, Aditya loves Robotics and swimming but conceived of a project initiative to connect “at risk” community members to the digital world.  He posits that we can have an impact on moving people out of poverty by providing them with online connectivity skills and equipment.  Through donations from local businesses, schools and organizations such as scout troops and Rotary, Aditya has obtained “gently used” computer lap tops and smart phones then connected individuals who can teach skills associated with computer connectedness.
 
Through Partner for Change, a not-for-profit organization that seeks to lift individuals out of poverty through job preparedness, it is Aditya’s intention to distribute computers to Livermore (500) and San Ramon (50) school districts to run computer classes for the poor and unemployed. 
 
He would like to get Rotary Clubs involved in that our organization can create legitimacy and lend credibility among the business community as well as be a source of volunteers.  He has six (6) students from high school as the organizing core group.
 
Following questions, Gary Sloan suggested that Aditya connect with his school’s interact club and perhaps facilitate a joint Interact project.
 
Adjournment: Prior to adjourning the meeting, Mark won the greeters gift (wine) and Norbert failed to pull the gold marble settling for $10 blue marble.  The pot is now $270.  Members should consider attending the next meeting to cash in and hear our President’s swan song.
 
Demotion dinner is next Thursday at Crow Canyon.
 
Respectfully submitted,
 
Gary Sloan, scribe
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