Across Many Mountains: Three Daughters of Tibet. by Yangzom Brauen

From our International Service Chair, Peter Ingle:



In December I read a really great book called "Across Many mountains: Three daughters of Tibet" by Yangsom Braun. While it is not Bhutan specific the story mirrors the concerns of some Bhutanese (who are often of Nepali descent). It might be an interesting read for people who are helping with the citizenship test. I think it can help us to understand what giving up ones citizenship is like for many people. They often do not want to become citizens of another country but have no other choice.

Directions to our new business meeting location

Directions to Waldron and Susan Marks’ office

Waldron’s offices are at 2150 South 1300 East, Suite 500, Salt Lake City in the Parkview II building.

Two really fun events dispel February doldrums for Millcreek Rotarians

Outside of Valentines Day (which for many is a bummer), there is not much to celebrate in February unless you love cold weather, dreary days, and snow. Millcreek Rotarians brightened up the month with a unique social and a really rewarding vocational service project.

Kiler Grove Winegrowers is Salt Lake's only winery, and though the grapes are Californian, the wine is made right here. It is a wonderful way to while away a winter's evening: a wine tasting at their downtown Salt Lake location.

All of these Millcreek Rotarians made it to the social event, Thursday, Feb. 23: Jason Collier, Ann Nielsen, Julia Wee, Kim Williams, Laura Rogers, Linda Book, Margareta Vlasic, Marlin Clark, Megan Dunn, Mustafa Celebi, Peter Ingle, Sandra Clark, Laurie Pisani, John & Judy Zone. Everybody brought guests, spouses, and potential members, so it was a substantial and very merry crowd. Annie Nielsen wins the 'bringing most potential members' award with three guests! Two of which are signing up. Good job, Annie!

The next evening, five Millcreek Rotarians kept the good times alive by attending a Speed Mentoring Event with Salt Lake based Rotaract (college based Rotary Club). Under the skillful direction of Rotaract Club president Jerika Michel, our Millcreek Rotarians and five Sugar House Rotarians (along with a couple of spouses) answered questions about professional development, work place issues, mistakes we've made in our careers, and advice we'd give for getting off to a good start in employment.

The format was really good (2-3 Rotarians at a table talking with 2 Rotaracters for about 8 minutes before rotating tables. The questions the college students from all over the valley asked were thoughtful and thought provoking, and it was also interesting to hear other Rotarians talk about their work lives.

This was a terrific vocational service project, and we hope we have another chance at Speed Mentoring!

For more photos of both evenings, click the See More link!

Utah Rotary's New Website

Our member (and Rotary Guru), Judy Zone, has been working very diligently to make the Utah Rotary Website user friendly and full of information.

Please refer your friends and more importantly check it out for yourself.

Thanks Judy for working so hard to promote Rotary!!

Utah Rotary Website

Meeting Minutes - February 9, 2012

(Minutes were taken by Miriam and transcribed by Megan)

We were called to order with a ring of the gong.

There were 14 members present: Marty Gelman, Laura Rogers, Marlin Clark, Mustafa Can Celebi, Margareta Vlasic, Peter Ingle, Laurie Summers-Pisani, Kim Williams, Annie Nielson, Jennie Ferguson, Pablo Fiesta, Susan Marks, Megan Dunn, Miriam Kramer

* New Member Announcement: Kim Williams got her application in!! Whoo hoo!! We're so lucky to have her join us.

* Members introduced their guests:
~ Ashley Rinehart (guest of Megan Dunn)
~ Alyson Brennon (guest of Susan Marks)
~ Beverly Christy (Assistant District Governor)

President Megan, Vice-President Laurie, Member Marlin, Guest Ashley

Guest Alyson ringing our gong

* Pablo and Marlin were recognized for their Rotary ads and how handsome they looked!

* Miriam spoke about the Citizenship Class with the Bhutanese community. It will be held at the LDS church (2280 South 300 East), Saturday February 18th. The class will be held from 5:30-6:30 pm. Afterwards, everyone will go to dinner at Fiddlers Elbow (1063 East 2100 South). The following members volunteered to attend the class: Susan Marks, Kim Williams, Laurie Summers-Pisani, Annie Nielsen, Peter Ingle, Margareta Vlasic, Mustafa Celebi, Laura Rogers. If you would like to help out, please email President Megan (megan@xmission.com) ASAP!!

Just for fun... try taking the Citizenship Test.

* Speed Mentoring is going to be held on February 24th from 6-8pm at Westminster College. Please refer to previous post for details (Rotaract Speed Mentoring). We will be meeting with a diverse group of students with all different backgrounds. Assistant Governor, Bev Christy, added that even though you may not have the same career, you can still have input on what your major is (probably not related to the field you are in now) and how experience in any field is good to add to a resume. We should be helping them on how to network, get all sorts of training (paid and unpaid) and build their portfolios.

* We briefly spoke about Westminster's Rotaract and the Community Based Rotaract (which is being sponsored by Salt Lake Rotary Club). If you know of any college students, please refer them to either Jerika or Colleen Malouf.

* Our February Social will be held on February 23, 2012 from 6-8pm at Kiler Grove Winegrowers (53 West Truman Ave). The cost will be $5 for members and $10 for guests.

* Fundraisers: We had a great discussion about fundraisers our club could have for our club.
~ Assistant Governor Bev Christy presented an idea for our club to work with other clubs in our area to do an Art Auction. We talked about having local artists featured and having them receive 70% of the profits and 30% going to the clubs. Possible date of April 21st. We will talk with Caputo's and Trolley Square for getting space donated.
~Also talked about doing a Frisbee Golf tournament in May/June. We will look into this and talk more at our March Business meeting.

* International Service Chair, Peter, talked to us more on the RI Grants. After some digging (thanks Judy for your help), we found that, right now, our club is too small and the task too daunting for us. We have decided to focus on District Grants for now. Possibly to work on projects in Thailand.

* Susan Marks, our amazing Rotary Learning educator, presented us with a Rotary Learning quiz consisting of 20 questions. Please refer to prior emails, Rotary International website, and Rotary Club of Millcreek blog. Susan is also looking into using her office space in Sugarhouse. They have a conference room that holds 30 people. It has a large counter, tables, chairs and tons of parking. She will let us know what she hears.

* Susan wanted to commend Judy and Megan for their work on Facebook and the blog. We are getting the word out and people in the District are taking notice. Everyone is welcome to post something. Please do!

The meeting adjourned and all those who wanted to ring the gong, could do so for $1. We received $32.



PS - Special shout out to Laurie Summers-Pisani for picking up food for the night. It was AMAZING!! And if you weren't there to sample some of her homemade sugar cookies... YOU MISSED OUT!!

Rotary Learning: Answer 20 Questions and win some Rotary schwag!!

Our member, Susan, is challenging us to see what we've learned so far. Answer the following questions and bring them to the next business meeting, March 1st 5:15pm @ Youthlinc Office (1140 E. Brickyard Rd #76).

20 questions - let’s see what everyone has learned in the last 3 learning exchanges and from reading our club’s Facebook page and fabulous blog!

1. In what year was Rotary started?

2. In what city was the first Rotary meeting held?

3. Where are Rotary International’s headquarters?

4. To which Rotary District does the Rotary Club of Millcreek belong?

5. What are the names of our District Governor and District Governor-elect?

6. How many clubs are in our District?

7. On what date will the Northern District Assembly be held at Riverview Jr. High?

8. Who should attend this training?

9. How many Millcreek Rotarians have already signed up to attend this Assembly?

10. What 3 areas form the Guiding Principles of Rotary?

11. What is the Object of Rotary?

12. How many Avenues of Service are there in Rotary?

13. What are the names of the Avenues of Service?

14. Who wrote the Four Way Test and when was it adopted by Rotary?

15. On what date was our Club chartered by Rotary International?

16. What happens when a Millcreek member RSVPs for a paid event and does not attend?

17. Who is our new Membership Chair?

18. When will Millcreek Rotarians be working with the Bhutanese refugees and on what?

19. Where is our new Interact Club located?

20. What are Judy Zone’s two District titles?

Bonus question – when did you bookmark or create a favorite for the Rotary Club of Millcreek’s Facebook page and the blog?

2^nd bonus question – have you posted anything to the our Facebook page? Yes or No?

Rotaract Speed Mentoring

Come share your expertise and experience at the Rotaract Speed Mentoring event!

Information from the Westminster Rotaractors:

What: Rotaract Speed Mentoring

Who: Rotarians (Sugarhouse and Millcreek) and Rotaractors

Where: HWAC Special Events Room, Westminster College (#12 on the map).

 http://www.westminstercollege.edu/campus_map/

When: Friday, February 24, 2012

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Why:  A chance to get-to-know the local Rotarians, learn more about Rotary in general, learn how successful people in the community got where they are today and network.

February 2 Meeting Minutes

At the meeting: Susan Brown, Jason Collier, Megan Dunn, Sarah Grant, Paul Halliday, Peter Ingle, Miriam Kramer, Susan Marks, Laura Rogers, Ron Stevens, Laurie Summers-Pisani, Andrea White, Sonia Woodbury and Judy Zone

President Megan Dunn began the meeting and shared the new name badge design. She will make some design modifications, and will bring an updated example to the February 9^th meeting.

She also gave us more details on the vocational speed mentoring event with the Rotaract club at Westminster College on February 24 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The students will be asking questions about careers as well as your experiences as Rotarians. Additional information can be found on the blog. The information you share is valuable, so please sign up.

  

Sarah Grant was appointed as the membership chair. She will handle the details of distributing membership information and accepting new members. As Utah’s first ‘Happy Hour’ club, the clubs growth continues so she should stay busy!  

Laurie Summers-Pisan accepted the nomination to be our club’s President Elect Nominee. Laurie and our current President, Megan Dunn, will attend the District’s President Elect Training Seminar February 24-25 in Provo.  

Sonia Woodbury talked about the Interact (students 15 to 18 years) and Rotaract (18 to 30 years) groups. Both groups want to contribute to local service projects, and are working to raise money for an International Service trip to Mexico. When there, they will be help with building and community literacy. Boxes of beautiful oranges will be for sale by the Rotaract group to raise money for the trip. Miriam will have more information soon.

Susan Marks, District Trainer, shared some excellent information on our first “learning exchange.” She explained about the Rotary’s Guiding Principles, Five Avenues of Service, and the Four Way Test (the guiding principle). If you missed it, the information and a series of webinars can be found at www.rotary.org

If you haven’t already, send your bio and photo to Judy to post on the blog!!!

Again, the marvelous Susan Marks leads us in Rotary Learning

Feb 2, 2012 – District Trainer & Millcreek Rotarian, Susan Marks, gives us a quick overview of Rotary basics & District trainings coming right up!

Important Meeting Reminder – District Assembly: Sat Mar 24, 7:30 AM – 2 PM. Riverview Jr. High, 751 West Tripp Lane (5755 South) Murray, UT. For board, committee chairs, members. Free to club and attendees. Signup – with Susan Marks.

Here is who is already going from our club! Megan Dunn, President/PE; Laurie Summers-Pisani, President-elect Nominee; Miriam Kramer, Community Service Chair; Peter Ingle, International Service Chair/ Foundation; Sarah Grant, Membership Chair; Judy Zone, Special Representative to the District Governor and District PR Chair; Susan Marks, Club & District Trainer; Sonia Woodbury, Youth Committee; Jason Collier, member; Andrea White, member; and Mustafa Can Celebi, member (who was first to RSVP!)

Rotary’s Guiding Principles – more info on the Utah Rotary website 

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;

SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions; recognition of worthiness of all useful occupations; and dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve;

THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;

FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.