June 1 & 8 Business Meeting Minutes

Business Meeting

June 1, 2017

Attendees: Linda Book, Dianne Cochrane, Rose Defa, Jennie Ferguson, Danny Schoenfeld, Margareta Hjorth-Vlasic, Judy Zone, John Zone

Guests: Gene Cochrane, Erica Wolff

1.      Call to Order, Four-Way Test/Rotary Moment, and Introduction of Guests: Margareta

2.      Business Items:

W2W: Judy reminded people to mark their calendars for Friday September 8, 5:30 – 8 pm at Tracy Aviary. Judy reviewed the expectation for club member participation. She asked for reports from W2W Committee members:

Dianne: Save the date has gone out via email to part participants. Theme: Great Wines at a Great Price will be added to invitation.

Judy: (for Laurie): Locating good quality wines and other liquors.

Rose: Will start looking for donations for task items and then locate others. She will talk to Laure about popup tents. Margareta has our two tents in her garage.

Shannon and Anita:  Have secured entertainment.

Jennie:  Will send information to Margareta for sign for opportunity drawing.

3.      Social Update:

June – Danny has arranged for Top Golf on June 29, time TBD, 920 Rivergate Drive 84047.

July – Frank arranging a hike.

4.      Local Service Update:

June – Jennie arranged for activity at Tracy Aviary, June 22. We can enter between 5 and 5:30 pm.  Bring gloves, they will provide tools. Jennie will send details.

July – Cook at the Ronald McDonald House.

Upcoming Key Events

Ø  June 8 – Business Meeting

Ø  June 22– garden work at Tracy Aviary

Ø  June 29 – Business Meeting

Action Items
All: Mark your calendar for W2W; start talking to friends and family!
Rose will talk to Laure about popup tents.
Jennie will send information to Margareta for signs for opportunity drawing.

Jennie will send details about Tracy Aviary service project.

Business Meeting

June 8, 2017

Attendees:  Jayne Barnett, Linda Book, Dianne Cochrane, Rose Defa, Ronda Eiting, Jennie Ferguson, Laurie Summers-Pisani,  Margareta Hjorth-Vlasic, Michelle Wright

Guests: Gene Cochrane, Erica Wolff

1.      Call to Order, Four-Way Test/Rotary Moment, and Introduction of Guests: Chris asked Erica, who plans to join later this month to tell a little about herself. Erica talked about coming to the U.S. and starting a school for Swedish students. She said she is joining Rotary because of her love of service.

Chris asked the club to be thinking of Cesar – his son has been diagnosed with a serious illness. She mentioned Shannon is at International Conference, attending with her father.

2.      Business Items:

Local Service Update:

Chris gave a shout out to Jennie for her excellent work over the last year as Service Chair, especially arranging a variety of activities that appealed to members.

June – Jennie arranged for activity at Tracy Aviary, June 22. We can enter between 5 and 5:30 pm.  Bring gloves, they will provide tools. Jennie will send details.

July – Cooking a noon meal at the Ronald McDonald House. Members each volunteered to be responsible for parts of the meal. (Items prepared at home cannot be brought in – must be commercially packaged or cooked onsite.)

Social Update:

June – Danny has arranged for Top Golf on June 29, 5:30 pm, 920 Rivergate Drive 84047. Rotary will pay for the bays; members can purchase food and beverages at the venue.

July – Frank arranging a hike.

District Grant: Chris and Margareta are working on the application for the 2017-18 District grant. The application is due July 1^st. Chris and Margareta presented some ideas and asked for input:

1. Margareta has contacted Caren Frost at University of Utah, Center for Research on Migration & Refugee Integration.The project we would like to be involved in would preferably support education but also continue on the path to support refugees. Caren Frost suggested that we contact Alexx Goeller, who works with refugee youth.
2. Margareta has also been in contact with Shelly Burningham at Youthlinc (Shelly is the Real Life Program Director) regarding contacts and ideas for Community Centers working with the refugee population and in need of support. Shelly responded and verified that many of the centers they work with need computers and kindle fires for homework. Some community centers are well equipped, but others have no computers at all. Shelly can direct us to the right people.
3. Chris has been in contact with Salt Lake County for ideas on projects in need of support. One idea is to assist with a proposed Farmers Market at Sunnyvale Park, adjacent to Sunnyvale Community Center where we have assisted with after-school activities in the past. The suggestion was that we could assist with children’s activities during the Farmer’s Market and use our grant for supplies. 
4. Michelle suggested the Women’s Center in Midvale and she will look into that.

W2W: Chris reminded people to mark their calendars for Friday September 8, 5:30 – 8 pm at Tracy Aviary. She will send more detail that members can use to interest people in attending. Discussed the baskets; members liked the idea of four baskets to include a Wine basket.

Chris turned the meeting over to Margareta to make comments as the incoming president. Margareta discussed the meeting schedule and possible changes to when and where to hold board meetings. One Board meeting per month could be more extensive and held at a Board member's house. The other meetings could be more informal and be held at a coffee shop alternatively before or after a regular business meeting. Margareta will present her idea at the next board meeting.


Chris talked about how close we are to receiving the Presidential Citation and that she is working on finalizing members and accomplishments. She said the District Conference in Park City was outstanding with many key motivational speakers such as Martin Frey and Shannon Bahrke.

Upcoming Key Events

Ø  June 22– garden work at Tracy Aviary

Ø  June 29 – Social Event at Top Golf, 5:30 pm

Ø  July 6 and 13 – Business Meetings

Ø  July 15 – Service at Ronald McDonald House, making lunch for 40 people, 11 am – 1:30 pm

Ø  August 17 – Installation Dinner, Café Niche, 5:30 pm, detail coming

Action Items
All: Mark your calendar for W2W; start talking to friends and family!

Michelle to look into Women’s Center needs.