April 7, 2016 Meeting Minutes

Attendees (11): Liz Sherlock,  Danny Schoenfeld, Rose Defa, Justin Powell, Jim Schott, Susan Marks, Stephanie Chard, Jennie Ferguson, Marty Gelman, Margareta Hjorth-Vlasic, and  Frank Lilly.

The meeting was chaired by Danny Schoenfeld. Meeting held at Café Madrid.

Guests:Tahna Tyler, friend of Susan Marks, Jane Barnett, friend of Marty Gelman.

The Four Way test was recited.

Rotary moment: Service was discussed

Guests were introduced. Marty feels Jane would be a good fit for our club. Tahna and Susan have been friends for several years.

Committees:

Social: A panini making social to be held April 21^st at Stephanie Chard’s house was discussed. Final plans in the making.

The Wine into Water Committee: Venue is secured. The date is Sept. 11, 2016.

Membership: Frank noted that the membership committee is meeting tomorrow. Stephanie said that we need to finish the website in order to attract new members. Brian Rollo said he would help with this. Tanya suggested we look at MeetUp to get info out about our meetings.

Service Committee: Margareta discussed the need to move forward and complete our Rotary grant. The Scott School which has many refugee students and after school programs for them, would prefer Kindle Fire’s  to regular computers. This does not appear to be a problem. It was questioned what they needed them for and how they would track them. Margareta said there would be a checkout system. Frank said he could order them on Amazon.

Since the April service project (dinner for Max) was cancelled, Margareta would like some suggestions for future projects. She discussed the Real Food Rising, a garden that hires refugee teens for the summer. She will get more details.

Marty suggested Robis International, an organization that procures about-to-expire medicines and donates them. They need help sorting and packaging. He also mentioned Operation School Bell, which in the fall sorts coats and school clothes for children.

Frank mentioned that South Salt Lake is also establishing a community garden.

Margareta needs someone to take over the job of Service Chair since she will be the president-elect in June when Chris Casper becomes the President.

Foundation: Susan stated she has reached out to the person who has recognition points available to become a Paul Harris Fellow. There are points available. She would like to see every member of the club a Paul Harris Fellow.

Intergenerational: Jim said the speed mentoring was a big success. There were 9 Rotoractors and about 12 club members who discussed career related issues. Susan suggested that in the past there was an offer of individual mentoring which was very successful.

Susan announced that the District Assembly is on April 9^th from 10-4 at Westminster. Good introduction to Rotary and free.

Also, the District Conference will be May 5-7^th in Cedar City. Danny cannot attend, so Frank suggested the funds be directed to Chris Casper (president-elect) or Rose Defa if Chris declines them.

Next meeting, April 14th, Café Madrid. Board meeting following. All invited.

There will be District Assembly training on April 9^th.

The 2-16 District Conference will be May 5-7 in Cedar City.

Meeting adjourned.