August 10 Business Meeting Minutes

Attendees: Jayne Barnett, Linda Book, Dianne Cochrane, Chris Casper, Rose Defa, Pablo Fiesta, Frank Lilly, Margareta Hjorth-Vlasic, Susan Marks, Justin Powell, Laurie Summers-Pisani, Shannon Tilly, Michele Wright
Guests: Gene Cochrane, Ed Christy, David Veenstra, Julee Attig

1. Call to Order, Four Way Test and Introduction of Guests – Margareta/Frank – Frank introduced Julee and David. Julee and Frank worked together at the State. David and Frank went to high school together and after several years of not seeing each other reconnected on Face Book. David has taken a job at Kearns High School as a Geography teacher. Went on the club hike and picnic and really enjoyed it and the other club members he met. Came to check out the club.
2. Buisness Items:
a) Introduction of District Governor Bev Christy – Margareta – Bev is a long time Rotarian over 20 years. She is now retired and living in St. George.
b) Presentation by DG Bev Christy – Bev was a charter member of Millcreek Rotary in the beginning. She is traveling across the state visiting all the clubs. She gave an update on Rotary International (RI) and explained how they have loosened the rules reducing the fees and making meetings not mandatory so that we can be more inclusive. Bev is pushing inclusiveness. She wants to include people from all walks of life! Rotary Making a Difference is the theme. Showed a video with RI 2017-18 President, Ian H.S. Riseley. He wants every district to plant a tree. Youth groups handling this project, touched on tracking hours to promote rotary’s public image and wants to recruit more youth! Bev gave a number to text to become a member of Mentoring Hub to mentor youth. She spoke about the importance of Satellite Clubs and the being open to it. Announced and spoke about the District 5420 Conference in April – Springdale Utah. Talked about the movement to bring more women in as leaders in Rotary. Losing a lot of members in the United States. Mentioned that there has never been a woman RI President. Question
was asked by Susan and Frank about how to advocate for change? How to get more balance at the top? Bev said to send comments to her sharing your feelings about making changes.
c) Wine2Water Short Update – Margareta, Chris – Coming quickly! Remember to promote and sell tickets!!! Only 47 sold and some donations. Laurie suggested printing some hard tickets to sell. Margareta will print some and bring them to the installation dinner. Reminded everyone to bring a bottle of wine to the dinner for the opportunity drawing.
d) Installation Dinner – Chris - Reminded everyone to bring $25.00 cash to pay for dinner if you haven’t paid Chris.
e) Upcoming Service Projects 2017/2018 – Rose – Calendar is almost complete for the year. Rose discussed a few of the projects we will be doing.
f) District Luncheon – Jayne – October 7, 2017 at the Noah Event Center, Lindon UT. Cost is $25.00 per ticket. Club will be paying for 10 members to attend. Online registration is now open.
g) Other Business – Justin – Justin read the thank you note from Lilly White for the club’s sponsorship of her Cambodia Youthlinc trip.

IMPORTANT FUTURE DATES:
• August 17 – Installation Dinner 6 PM Café Niche (bring $25.00 cash if you haven’t paid Chris)
• September 8 – Wine into Water 2017, Tracy Aviary at 5:30 PM
• September 11 – Board Meeting at Even Stevens
• September 14 – Next Business Mtg – Cottonwood Country Club @ 5:30 PM
• October 6 – Service Project – The Inn Between (details will follow – we need volunteers!)
• October 7 – District Luncheon 11 AM