Rotary Club of Marana
Meeting minutes 11-1-16
Submitted by Randy Brooks, Secretary
Meeting called to order,  once again, by President Mary Straus.  Pledge and Invocation completed.  No song today …. Maeve told a joke but I can’t remember the content.  Sorry …… would have liked to joke around with you.
 
Guests:  A ton ….. Student of the Month,
 
Jillian Wolford, her mother Kaycee, sister and brother attended. This is in addition to the principal of the school, Denise Coronado, and her teachers Ms. Lippert and Mr. Bower.  What a crew.
 
It was stated that Jo Holt missed “mole day” she surprised all of us by giving everyone a piece of pumpkin pie.  She seemed very pleased that the accusations were wrong. Thank you, Jo.
Peter Mack has made arrangements for the club to visit Kitt Peak, Saturday, January 14, 5 PM Learn about astronomy from a world renowned expert.  That would be Dr. Peter.  Thank you Peter, what a great social. 
John Dooling had two tickets for the Rotary District Foundation dinner but he is unable to make it.  He sold the tickets for $5.00 to Peter and his wife Josie.  Peter saved $95.00 on that deal.  Congratulations Peter, almost the sale of the century. Hummm, it makes the chair of the Club Foundation Committee wonder if you would like to make a donation in that amount to the Annual Programs fund …… just sayin.
Harold says we need more volunteers to help at the aide station for the Michael Harris Ride to End Polio at the El Tour de Tucson.  Thanks to all of you flocking to assist.
Mary informed the club  that for personal reasons, Suelee Edwards resigned from the club. We will miss her.  President Mary will be contacting people to see if you can help with some or the assignments Suelee chaired. 
Dan Contorno mention that there is a GABA (Bike people) swamp meet on Sunday.  Dan is to send out location and times.
Many Happy Bucks this week, honoring our student of the month, smiles, amazing club and a graduation rate increase in Marana of 6% this past year.  Way to go.
 
David Hindman was our program:  What an interesting guy. He is married to a very tolerant woman named Becki and has four children: Hanna, Leah, Timmy and Nate. David was the youngest of 7 children raised in Boise, Idaho.  He loved fishing (catching more), rafting, water skiing and lots of additional sports as a young man. He went on a LDS Church mission to Japan and as a result speaks Japanese.  Says he met wonderful people, learned that all sea food is not bad and met celebrities during a food poisoning scare.
David is a graduate of Brigham Young University and The U of A where he double majored in Law and Business. He works at Mesch, Clark, and Rothchild where he is a partner.  Law focus of the firm includes Business law, commercial litigation, restructuring, appeals, arbitration/mediation, personal injury and real estate.  He said the most often oops people make that make lawyers smile are: handshake deals, policy and procedure manuals not updated, personal guarantees, security loans, etc. 
David and his family enjoy soccer, dance, piano, projects and crafts, cooking, working on the Marana home, riding bikes, (yeah …. Tour de Cookie), hiking, board and card games.
David joined Rotary for the Networking possibility and loves the service aspect of what we do.  Thank you David for selecting our club …. You’re the best.
 
Meeting adjourned by President Mary with the club reciting the 4-Way Test.