Soundings (7/1/08)

Posted by Mike Werner 
 
 
President Tim kicked off the meeting and announced that the theme of this year's RI President Dong Kurn Lee is "Make Dreams Real." His focus is on children, and improving the odds of children worldwide surviving and prospering in childhood and having the opportunity to make their dreams reality.

Visiting Rotarians
Fred Sexton from the big club and Don Anderson, an out-of-towner from Everett.

Announcements
Bob Moles announced that this year Tim Carpenter from the Whatcom North club will be leading the expedition to Honduras, and members of Bellingham Bay are invited to attend. This year's trip will visit water projects as well as further explore a micro credit lending program. Those interested in making this trip should contact Bob for further details.

Our Brewers By The Bay event is quickly approaching. At the current time there are nineteen breweries offering samples of over forty brews. Every member is expected to sell (purchase) at least ten $25 tickets as well as help out on the day of the event. Sign-ups sheets are available at the meetings. Lots of help is needed to make this event a success and it is a lot more fun that selling roses.

President Tim announced that next week's meeting will be a club assembly in which our goals for the year will be further outlined.

 

Bucks

  • Tim for his rotary trip to Los Angeles;
  • Stan for more Rotary history and information;
  • Gerald for his Pier System being used to manage information by the firefighters battling the California wildfires.
  • Steve Spitzer for trips to Stockholm last week and London next;
  • Matt for many missed meetings;
  • Lynn for a successful Ferndale Boys and Girls Club auction. Phil for 29 years at Pearson.

Sergeant At Arms
Bryant fined pretty much everyone using slides for motivation.

Program
Gerald Barron and Joe Moser presented a program about Joe's life as a World War II fighter pilot shot down over France, and held captive by the Nazi's in several of their infamous camps including Buchenwald.  Gerald is ghostwriting a book about Joe's experiences.  More information about both Joe and the forthcoming book can be found at www.buchenwaldflyboy.worldpress.com.

Respectfully submitted,
Mike Werner