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August 9, 2012

Richmond CA Rotary Posted on by

The Flywheel
Archive issue

NEXT MEETING: August 9, 2012

The Role of Arts & Culture in Our World

Singer/songwriter/radio host and music educator Melanie O’Reilly talks about the importance and value of bringing culture and the arts to our local and global communities.

MEETING OF August 2, 2013

Welcome

Alan Baer stepped in as president for Liliane today.  Alan asked Herb to give the invocation.  Herb asked for a moment of silence for “peace and freedom on earth”.  Sid gave us a thought for the day: “What comes out of your mouth depends on what goes into your brain”

Rotarians with Guests

  • Jim Richardson, a local CPA, was the guest of Josh S. today.
  • Tyler Hester, from Teach for America, joined the club today and will no longer be a guest.
  • Gonzalo, our newest member brought his son to for lunch.
  • Gary Bell, a very young 54 and past member of Rotary, succumbed to the sinus infection he had been in since his election to City Council in October.  Services were held at the Hilltop Community Church on Tuesday, August 8th. A notice of this was sent to Richmond Rotary members the previous day.
  • Don Lau’s mother passed away this week.

Sunshine Report

The Sunshine Report is an invitation to all members to offer support to other members who may be in ill health or have suffered losses. Today’s Report brought little sunshine.

  • Gary Bell, a very young 54 and past member of Rotary, succumbed to the sinus infection he had been in since his election to City Council in October.  Services were held at the Hilltop Community Church on Tuesday, August 8th. A notice of this was sent to Richmond Rotary members the previous day.
  • Don Lau’s mother passed away this week.

Announcements

  • Josh Surowitz, announced a new membership tool.  We are going to have a joint meeting with the Richmond Chamber of Commerce at the Richmond Country Club on Thursday, August 8th, from 5-7.  Should be fun.  So come!
  • Alan Baer let us know that we going to have another poker night and the buy in is $50. The date is August 15th.
  • The Rotary A’s game will be August 31st.  We will meet at 3:30 in Lot A for a little tailgating party, then off to the game at 6:00.  Tickets are $30 each.  See Alan
  • Tyler Hester, who works at Teach for America, was inducted to our club today and is our newest red badge member.
  • Last call for the Flywheel Survey. To date, 30 members have taken the survey. Not bad but far from a strong sampling. So if you still haven’t done so, please take the survey today. Nick will report the results and suggest Flywheel revisions at a coming meeting.

Recognitions

Happy and Sad Dollars

  • After he stopped laughing at Ralph Hill’s comment, above, Dave Brown donated some happy dollars, saying that he wanted to be like Ralph.
  • Herb had a happy $20 and a sad $20.  He is happy that grandchildren have gone home and sad that his grandchildren have gone home.

Norm’s Nonsense

Norm attests that these are real ads, placed in a newsletter for a senior community in Florida:

-Sexy, fashion-conscious blue-haired beauty, 80’s, slim, 5’4″ (used to be 5’6″), Searching for sharp-looking, sharp-dressing companion. Matching white shoes and belt, a plus.

-Recent widow who has just buried fourth husband, Looking for someone to round out a six-unit plot. Dizziness, Fainting, Shortness of breath not a problem.

-I can usually remember Monday through Thursday. If you can remember Friday, Saturday and Sunday, let’s put our two heads together.

PROGRAM

Richmond Police Explorers

Gerald Tong, a 12 year veteran of the Richmond Police Department, talked about the RPD Explorer Program.  After a serious scandal several years, when the program was nearly terminated, the program was re-staffed and is functioning well again.  The Explorer Program is a division of the Boy Scouts and gives students interested in law enforcement careers a first-hand experience of the work.  The Explorers are often used by the Police Department for traffic control, and other support activities.  They also frequently do ride-alongs in the patrol cars.
To participate a student has to be between the ages of 14 and 20.

A testimonial about the benefits of the program was presented by Cadet Guzman, now an RPD officer.  Before he joined the Explorer, Guzam hung out with the wrong crowd, did poorly in school, and lacked a sense of direction in his life.  He said the program taught him how to present himself professionally, how to listen, and how to speak to adults.  Most importantly, he became a role model for his younger brother, Jaime, who, following his big brother, enrolled in the Explorer Program.


Mark Howe, Rotating Scribe

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