Soundings (2/26/08)

Posted by Stowe Talbot 
 
 

Flag Salute and Invocation by Brad Cornwell

Visiting Rotarians:  Jan Marshbanks, Gary Sneider     

Guests:   Diane Flick, Dan Pike, John Stewart 

Announcements:

Roger Long reported on Committee for Charitable Giving:  We approved 13 organizations for funding, 4 denied, one tabled. Total of $39,000 approved.  The request from the Hospice Capital Campaign was tabled for now, and we will be discussing that one more later - stay tuned.  How do we choose which requests to fund? Priority is given to requests that meet the following criteria:

1. Youth focus
2. Proven record
3. Identifiable program or project
4. Local effect
5. Public relations for our Rotary Club
6. Capital projects are better that just funding operating expenses.

John Templeton is proposing that our club become a 100% Paul Harris Fellows.  Very few clubs have achieved that distinction, and we are already close to having that ability right now.  He would like to organize a Fireside meeting two weeks from next Thursday night (March 13th) at his house to discuss this topic.  Stay tuned!

Steve Brummell reported that a Fireside meeting for NEW MEMBERS is scheduled for Tuesday March 11. Details will follow.

Todd Ramsay:  Brewers on the Bay is scheduled for July 27 Sunday 2-6pm.  The first organizational meeting will be next Monday, 4pm at Poppe's.

Don't forget the upcoming Rotary fellowship event for 7 pm May 17th.  First, 7pm dinner at Bayou on the Bay, then go the 9pm MBT's showing of "The Male Intellect: Oxymoron?" - a one man show.  $40/

 

Bucks in the Bay

  • Nichols skiing with grandkids, bucks to a blind Stan;
  • Tim McEvoy for trip to Las Vegas and got to drive fast at the Andretti driving school!
  • Phil X gave $20 for Food Bank project; good progress, building is going vertical finally!  Also for a couple WECU bank branch projects that are both getting LEED status making Pierson a leader in that field;
  • Art Runestrand for grandson Peter made it to Mobile AL, and Kelly successes in swimming;
  • Christine Palmerton for a busy weekend with fellow Rotarians, and thankful that dad is back in her life;
  • Patti weekend in Phoenix watching granddaughter's equestrian successes;
  • Ed Zech recommends seeing high schools' production Les Mis - excellent! 
  • Stan gave beaucoup bucks for a birthday, anniversary and something else.

Sergeant at Arms by Zachary Jones
Judge Nichols for lame grandkid story, Ron as usual, Patti for being late, Todd Ramsay, various trivia, and Rotary pins.

Program
Diane Flick is WWU's very successful women's volleyball coach.  She has been selected as the GNAC coach of the year many years.  The team was GNAC champs and second in nationals last year. She showed a video from one of the games.  Three players are from Whatcom County. 

After going 3 seasons undefeated, they experienced a loss last year, which exposed a lot of problems and led Diane to reconsider the whole stategy and to "rebuild" the team. Three factors that have influenced her teaching:

  1. "We don't see people as they are, but as we are."  
  2. Gender and Competition: How Men and Women approach work and play Differently" a sports book by Kathy DeBoer
  3. "Five Dysfunctions of a Team"  - a business book by Patrick Lencioni.

Respectfully submitted,
Stowe Talbot