Business meeting minutes Sept 14, 2017

Attendees: Jayne Barnett, Chris Casper, Ronda Eiting, Margareta Hjorth-Vlasic, Frank Lilly, Brian Rollo, Danny Schoenfeld, Erica Wolff, Sonja Woodbury, Judy Zone
Guests: Jonathan Ebert (RYLA) Lilliana White (Youthlinc 2017 Scholarship Recipient) and her sister, Nina

1. Call to Order, Four Way Test and Introduction of Guests – Margareta/Brian – Jonathan Ebert and Lilliana White and her sister Nina
2. Business Items:
a) Club of the Year Award – Margareta Rotary Club of Millcreek was awarded the Club of the Year Award. Woohoo! Very exciting! The award is chosen by the District Governor.

b) RYLA Update and Introduction of RYLA student, Jonathan Ebert – Brian This year’s RYLA Student, Jonathan Ebert and his sister will be sponsored by RCOM and attending the RYLA Conference. Brian gave a little history about RYLA. RYLA was started in Australia in 1959. It is an annual event in Heber City, Utah. Kids come from all over the state to attend. Mostly attended by kids that are sophomores and juniors in high school. Jonathan is a senior, he attends Olympus High School and is very involved in service oriented projects like YMAD and Choice Humanitarian. Highly motivated! Has started his own seasonal storage business. He heard about RYLA from his mom and other family members who are Rotarians.

c) Wine into Water 2017 – Margareta, Judy, Frank, all – Best year yet! Total over $15,000. Frank is working on getting the final numbers. It is a little complicated because of check in. Frank has asked Danny to help him. Work on the opportunity drawings. Erica will follow up with the people who still owe money and possibly didn’t swipe their card. Judy gave feedback. Email chains can cause problems and confusion. As members, we need to be positive in these situations and pick up the phone and talk to each other directly. Has asked each Committee Chair to write up a
task list for next year and give it to her. Check-in went relatively smooth. During the rush, there were about 40+ people in 5 minutes. We need to add American Express – people want to use it to get points. This caused a delay in check in. Need to monitor the amount of wine being served. Have members serve wine and appetizers. UFS worked out well. We will have them come back next year. High West’s cost has gone up to the point it isn’t cost effective. Dented Brick donated all their costs back to Rotary. Discuss as a group the possibility of getting rid of the hard liquor and going back to just wine for next year. Microphone and speakers are a must.

d) Presentation of Liliana White – Youthlinc student – Lilliana shared her experience in Cambodia and how it was life changing for her. She admired how the people there have next to nothing but are very happy. She loved her experience with the other Youthlinc students. She was on the vocational committee – they taught the women how to make skirts and purses. Liliana was wearing one of the skirts they had made she had bought from them. Loved trying new foods. Wants to go back with Sustainable Cambodia. Loved working even in the rain. Learned some of the language and is very interested in learning more. Did her local service at City Academy.

e) Membership – Margareta, Ronda – We are very sad to be losing Jenny Ferguson. Please take the time to email her and wish her well. Some of the potential new members are not ready to committee at this time. We need to keep working on getting more members.

f) District Luncheon – Jayne – Still spots open that the club has sponsored. You can sign up at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/30-years-of-women-in-rotary-tickets-36423969072?discount=MillcreekFree

g) October Social: Shot Ski in Park City – Margareta, Chris – We are supporting the Sunrise Club of Park City’s event. They are trying to break a record for the longest chain of people taking a shot. You can register at http://www.parkcityshotski.eventbrite.com/

h) Board Meeting schedule – Margareta – Margareta purposed that we cancel the board meeting for September because it is so close now to the October 2, 2017 meeting. It was approved by the members.

3. Polio Pig/Adjourn - $39.40 was collected in the Polio Pig

IMPORTANT FUTURE DATES:
• October 2 – Board Meeting , Rose Defa’s house
• October 5 – Business Meeting Cottonwood Country Club @ 5:30 PM
• October 6 – Service Project The INN Between
• October 7 – District All Club’s Luncheon
• October 12 – Business Meeting – Cottonwood Country Club @ 5:30 PM
• October 14 – Social @ Park City Sunrise Rotary Club’s Shot Ski Even 12-6 PM