Business Meeting Minutes August 8, 2019

Members in attendance:  Jayne Barnett, Chris Casper, Dave Chassé, Denise Chassé, Rose Defa, Paul Halliday-Watkins, John Haglund, Julie Jones, Tim Jones, Justin Powell, Laurie Summers-Pisani, Dave Veenstra, Erica Wolff, Pearl Wright, John Zone, Judy Zone

Guests in attendance:  Vicki Halliday-Watkins, Jim Defa

Business items:

1.       Call to order

2.       Wine into Water Committee Updates:

a.       Task – Tents have been identified

b.       Beverage – Wine educators lined-up

c.       RSVP – Please do your part in getting the word out to friend, family, co-workers, acquaintances, etc.  Use social media, direct emails, etc.  Each member needs to get people to show!

d.       Promotion – Encourage the use of social media to get the message out – Pearl is happy to help with image sizing for the various tools (Facebook, etc, etc)

e.       Check-in – No update

f.        Food – Please plate your food and bring serving utensils so food is ready to serve upon arrival at the Aviary

g.       Entertainment – Frank is working on a lead, hoping to get a commitment by 8/12.

h.       Volunteers – Dave V. and Justin will recruit Youthlinc-ers, and Dave V. will manage them at the event

i.         Opportunity Drawing – Please consider if you have items that would be attractive in a gift basket.  Please bring them to the next business meeting.  Wine too!

Our theme this year is “World-Wide Wines”

Other Business items:

Justin was installed as our club President, and pinned!

1.       Jayne reported-out on the past year’s numbers:

a.       15 service projects

                                                                     i.      Top 3 categories of projects: Food insecurity, refugees, disadvantaged women and children

b.       12 avg members participated

c.       $10,348 – value of member’s time donated

d.       $4,233 – in-kind or cash donations by members

2.       Jayne reported our club earned a 2018-2019 Rotary Citation with Presidential Distinction!

Upcoming Events

Aug 15^th – NO BUSINESS MEETING

Sep 5^th – Business Meeting – Youthlinc Office – 5:30 p.m. – Wine into Water final planning discussion

Sep 12^th – Possible Business Meeting - Youthlinc – Depends on Wine into Water progress

Sep 19^th – Wine into Water – Tracy Aviary - 5:30-8:00 p.m.

Oct 3^rd – Business Meeting – Youthlinc Office – 5:30 p.m. – Agenda items include: Chris to report on local service projects; Shannon to report on planned social events

Oct 17^th – Business Meeting – Youthlinc Office – 5:30 p.m., followed by Board Meeting – Special guest at Business Meeting: District Governor Hanrahan