May17, 2022

 

ROTARY MEETING

 

From Maria Altamirano    Boy am I so excited, the last few weeks have been pretty intense and demanding. Finished all my patients and clinical requirements last Wednesday and just finished my last two finals today. :) On top of the clinical and exams we just wrapped up our class community service event for May with a donation drive for Emerge here in Tucson. It was such an amazing thing to be able to help. Myself and faculty leaders, Ms Richards and Ms Smedley, really pushed for the month long drive with student and other faculty and we were able to donate everything from toothbrushes to suitcases.  I attached a picture of our class holding just a few items we were able to donate. Heading into June I'm getting ready for my student delegate meeting and catching up on some recorded townhall meetings and reading up on some bylaws we'll be voting on in June. I'm so excited to learn this process. I'll start studying for boards this summer and finishing a computer class requirement (not to mention watching my two boys). Hopefully I'll get to see you guys virtually soon.

 

Maria

 

DON – his wife is not feeling well.

DENISE- happy bucks – her cousin starting to talk after a horrific accident.

CAROL– going to Denver to visit niece on Monday to visit family.

RANDY– is in Pismo beach in CA, with Shirley and Dick Grace.

SULEE -had a good weekend in bullhead city.

BECKY– Internet was down .this morning – she is happy to have two beautiful granddaughters

JOHN- Happy they have a grandson graduating from Ironwood HS  - Carter Dooling and he was a grand champion swimmer.

CINDY-8year old grandson  Levi Dooling hit a grand slam in  baseball and she is happy to be able to get to watch her grandson helping to kids who were having some kind of disagreement and he told them they need to respect one another.

HAROLD– That the computer got hooked up.

Dan  - Just happy

ADAM-a lot going on in the financial world, he considers himself a financial therapist at this time.

KATHY – happy her kids are doing well; son graduated and had a visit with her mom.

LAURA- Happy

 

Randy this might be a good time to introduce the past District Governor PDG Diane Goodyear and her husband Gordon.   She said the district started out with 50 clubs and ended with 50 clubs.   She had some special awards for John Dooling #1 the Rotary  Citation (at the first of the year you must state your goals and you must end with those goals).  Polio plus award, 100% foundation giving (every Rotarian every year).     #1 Club in the district. Congratulations John for year well done.

 

Cindy, we have had an outreach from student from Marana  high school who would like to be an outbounds student next year 23-24 school year.   We need to be ready for the inbounds students who will be coming next year coming from Denmark, Spain, Belgium, and Holland.

 

Bob introduced the speaker

 

Don Zavis National Sales Trainer at the Catalyst, Sales Trainer.

 

The need is greater than it has been in volunteer group and less people stepping up to the need.

 

Beneficial for the people – one or two things we might be struggling with what would they be?

 

Kathy one of the problems she sees is there are different areas to give need clarity where to give $, do we give to the club etc.   This is complicated for new members. 

 

He said he developed a program called the member code.  How do I help, how do I do it. The three things we have an opportunity to do is  Time, Talent & Treasures. 

 

Clubs are always talking about get new members – for every  we should all have a Rotary Pamphlet and every day and have a meaningful conversation with someone in our world.  If we do this every day, it will become a  habit it’s the easiest way to  be prepared.  If every day all 17 of us have a meaningful conversation we could increase our club size.  

Polio being its own group can you donate to it, can you get host homes for your exchanges students yes, but we like to reach out to our group.    What  I would like to expect

 

Member Code Road Map

#1-We need to  commit to remain engaged in the club.

#2-All member need to have an opportunity to be creative; expect that every month every member comes up with an Idea. Do we give people the ability to be creative?  

#3-Commit to using my fiscal resources

#4-Commit to brining one new person monthly, to become a member,  the member is a guideline.

#5-Commit to attend every event we have .

#6-Commit to involving yourself – do we have jpeg item we use to promote out weekly session

*it’s about what a wonderful organization, awards people have won... post on social media!

#7-Creat a leadership group everyone needs a leadership role, where they gravitate to.  We need to put the members in rolls that fit them.

 

Team 100 concept = $100 each month, 100 minutes of time and 100 minutes of our talent each month.

 

If you want a better club, be a better member, better spouse, if you want a better boss be a better father, child etc..   We need to look at the time/challenge/treasure

 

Also remember clubs are a  way to cure loneliness  for some people.

 

 

 

May 3, 2022

Marana Rotary Club

Hybrid meeting

 

Meeting was called to order by Randy Brooks, John Dooling lead us in the Flag Salute.

 

Randy stated that he would like to cancel the Board Meeting.

 

Adam  Potential member was introduced in person.

 

Mary said that Felicia’s Farm came in under budget both the District Funds and funds donated by the Rotary Club of Marana.  From our club it was $123.00 Peter Mack motioned to donate the funds back to Felicias Farm vs taking the money back and Harold Butzloff  second the vote was made, and it was will in favor.  The district funds will have to be returned to the Charitable Funds for 5500.

 

Randy announced the sad news about the passing of Liz Cohn on 5/2/22.    The District is going to give her a Rotarian for life.  Also her club wants to create a Scholarship Fund in her name for the UofA.

 

Lynne said we grossed $1535.00 from the shred event.  Randy said Don offer to pay the Shred Truck.

 

50/50 tickets were sold  Denise was the lucky one and pulled the Joker the pot was $180.00, and she donated it back to the club.

 

Happy Bucks

Bob the Computer is working we have Biffy from all the way in Africa

Lynne did not have a good day yesterday, but the Startbucks server had a wonderful smile.

Kathy said she is just happy.

Adam happy to be in person

Dan just happy

Sulee Just Happy

Harold Happy Computer worked for zoom

John Shredding event was a great event

Becky Happy she gets to babysit grand baby.

Pete Happy that someone else has learned the computer

Lynne told one of her great jokes “Did you hear about the hen who laid orange instead if egg and all the little chicks were running around, saying look at the orange mama laid”. Hahaha

Kathy Dooling said they had a great outbound exchange student orientation

Denise is happy

Laura said she didn’t have a good week and didn’t elaborate

Mary happy her brother is visiting

Carol happy her 95-year-old mother few across the country to come and visit (I hope we can all do that someday)

Randy he is happy that Biffy is with us today – he also gave a statue to John and Cindy Dooling for the daughter because she said she just bought a bicycle built for two.

 

Speaker was Elizabeth (aka BiffY) Danckwerts from the Eastern Cape of Cape Town.  Biffy was brought up in Eastern Cape and did a short stint in Johannesburg for 4 years in the 80’s.  She joined Rotary in May of 2005 and was awarded a PH in 2009 and again 2019.   Biffy serves in her club.

 

Biffy is currently starting new Satellite Club called the MAD Rotary Club, she said this should be a fully-fledged club within a year.

What an interesting lady – wish the vocals would have been better.

 

She is the happiest working in Khayelitsha, it means new home) and her second language is Xhosa.     She showed us pictures of the houses they are nothing more that shacks.  Some of the small houses have 3-8 children in the tiny little house.  

 

She showed us a great PowerPoint about the school she is working to improve.   The kids there are so excited to go to school.  She has done so much to help the kids have a great education.  She showed of the school, library, courtyard, lunch area.    She showed us the original computer room and now they have an updated computer room the kids have 90 minutes per child to work on the computer there are 96 computers in the room. 

 

There are 1205 children in the school each day and it’s a very sandy play area.  She had tried to grow trees, but they won’t grow.

 

The kids must be feed breakfast and lunch each day.    And they all sit in the cafeteria on the floor in the lunch area.  Most of these kids come from homes with illiterate parents most of them don’t know how to read or write. 

 

Most of the children had never heard any kind of classical music, the now have a conductor and the children are playing instruments. 

 

There were 46 children per classroom before now they have hired more teachers.

 

This was a great presentation from her.  

 

Randy said when he was visiting Biffy in Africa there was a house that had the Rotary seal on it.   Randy said she has a hug heart and how she has worked with the children.

 

 

Randy called the meeting to order

 

Mary led us in the flag Salute.  

 

Randy said – sad news - Liz Cohen is very ill and was placed in hospice yesterday.

 

Adam Pina a prospective member joined us via zoom (welcome).   He is a financial advisor with Edwards Jones.  He grew up in Tucson and Live in Marana with his wife, he was a private banker for Wells Fargo.  He is a Yankees fan, Mary put on her NY hat, Kathy put on Cubs, Don put on his Boston hat, Laura put on her team hat.   Ya we have baseball fans. (let’s go to a game)

 

Lynne told a joke   The Yankees were playing the Red Sox at Fenway Park a kid goes to the game he meets his priest there they get to talking and after the game the priest says  can I get a ride home the kid says  father, I would be happy to.  So they are driving down the street and here is this Yankee fan all decked out in his garb, hat, shirt the whole 9 yards the kids swerves, and almost hits him.   At the last minute he veers off and looks at the priest and said Father I am so sorry I shouldn’t have done that, and the priest said no worries  my son I got him with the door.

 

 

Harold said he and Bob spent a couple of hours working on getting the computers going at the fire department, so at the next meeting we can be hybrid.

 

Bob also happy about getting the computer going.

 

Kathy – 450 new chicks at the farm we will be at her place to visit on  5/31.

 

Becky – new grandma Elenore, and her other granddaughter June had her 4^th birthday Saturday. 

 

Mary – another treatment  - good news brother arriving today to help Mary.

 

John – question for Kathy – with all the chicken can you use the chicken dropping to make her own compost and she explained how she does that.   Don and Cindy hosted the District Governor and District Governor Elect at their house along with the outgoing foreign exchange students.  Rotary 5500  has students going to Belgium, Thailand & Denmark and we will bring in four incoming students

 

Laura – happy and relieved she is done with the AZ Supreme Court; she won’t know for four or five months if she wins or not.  She said this was called a hot bench. it’s what the call a hot bench:* here is the meaning The Supreme Court justices are talking. And they are talking more than ever during oral argument. The term “hot bench” implies that appellate judges engage in vibrant verbal exchanges with the parties during oral hearings.

 

Don, good news he watched the live streaming of Laura at the Supreme Court he said she was fantastic. Their daughter is an FBI  agent in New York she was just selected to train for the  Hostage Negotiation Team. Shelter Box update sense the beginning of the rotary year district 5500 has raised over $46,000 for shelter box.   That ranks us 9^th out of 150 some districts in the US and second in our zone and were one of the smallest districts in the zone.

 

Sulee – Also watched Laura and we went to Bullhead with 18 family member and had a great time.

 

Lynne happy tax season is off and happy she is semi-retired.

We netted $7400.00 at the Tour de Cookie.

 

 

 

Shredding event this Saturday

 

 

Student of the month:

 

Denise Coronado, Student of the Month Brisel Rivera

 

She went to school at Road runner and Marana Middle School and then to the High School. She wanted to graduate earlier and be with a smaller community.   What she likes best about MCAT: is the schedule and that she has  6^th period to use as independent time so she can catch up on her work.    Denise said that Brisel is the one that really gets her work done!  She will graduate in December she was supposed to be a May 2024 graduate, can you imagine graduating two years early?  She is going to go to the Pima and then the UofA and get her teaching degree.   Info her brother is also a graduate of MCAT

 

Laura asked her what teaching area she is  interested in and she said History.  Mr Bohen is the person she picked to be there with her today he is her History Teacher.  He said  Brisel is supper self-directed she had a lot of questions and always want to know more.  She is willing to help other students that are struggling a little bit.  Because of that other student are also engaging more.  She is a great role model.   Rotary provided her with a certificate and a gift card to the movies. 

 

Brisel said it was an honor to be at MCAT.

 

Denise said that MCAT,  graduation is May 19^th, 2022.  She has four seats for us to join, let Randy know ASAP who is going.
 

Mary – Past District governor Eli sent a card thanking for the video sent in for the peace pole. 

 

Laura and Mary have been planning Laura’s installation. She has picked June 18^th  for the date and to be held at Laura’s house and it will be catered.   John recommends that Laura and Lynne put their heads together to discuss the budget for her year.    

 

John said the Annual Programs fund raising is , total contributions are at $8540. That includes polo plus and foundation. Randy’s goal was $10,000.  Lynne has another $1600.00 to go in this will put him over his goal at $10,140.   Membership goal was two and we have three new members, Cindy, Kathy and Carol.

 

John will receive honors for his year as president.  Club also submitted the paperwork we will be honored as a Prestige Club.

 

John kind of related My Rotary, My Rotary in the district people registered 54%.  The only two people in our club who are not registered Kathy and Carol are the only two members not registered. 

 

Next week’s  hybrid meeting the  speaker is Elizabeth "Biffie" Danckwert  from South Africa. 

 

Mary asked on behalf of Jen our Youth Exchange Daughter if anyone would be willing to host her 24-year-old friend for three months.

 

Don led us in the Four Way Test.

 

 

     

 

President Randy and members of the Rotary Club of Marana,

 

Congratulations on receiving your latest ShelterBox HERO recognition!

                                                                          

 

 

 

Randy started saying it felt good to be back in person.

Randy presented Harold with a Paul Harris Fellowship +3 Award, meaning that Harold had contributed $4,000 to Rotary.  When matches are considered, this amounts to $16,000 in total donations!    Harold has been in our club since 1990 doing good deeds.  Everyone joined in a hearty round of applause.  Way to go, Harold!

Mary introduced our guest, Carol Buuck, who will be our newest member shortly.  Mary also announced that a new grant opportunity will soon be appearing for a South Africa water project.  Randy wants to bring this up at the next board meeting, and that it will fall under Laura’s presidency.

Denise presented a $500 donation to the club from her business.  The check is the result of her meeting special goals (“super-goals”) set by the company who chose to make the donation to our club

Don reminded the club that RLI was beginning its on-line course this coming Saturday

Randy was happy to have seen his great granddaughter, 3 yrs old, in Las Vegas while visiting with his son

Harold was happy to have had breakfast last week with John Z who is leaving for Canada for a few months.  Harold was also fighting with over 10,000 slides from his world-wide travels in the 60’s and 70’s; the slides got spilled and were all mixed up!

John happily reported that he turned 73 yesterday

Carol attended the recent book fair on campus and reported delight in hearing authors’ lectures

Mary and Cathy said that Felicia’s Farms was advancing well.  Cathy will be in Rocky Point for a long weekend

Don will be heading again to New York this Thursday where he will visit family

Laura was delighted that the UA women’s (and men’s) basketball teams were so highly ranked ahead of the infamous March Madness tournament

Peter regretted that he had to miss the past several meetings due to travel schedules

Cindy was happy to have had a fantastic time with kids at the UA Festival of Books

Randy was looking forward to attending his first women’s basketball game

Beckie reminded all of the Poker Night fund raising event for the Dove Mtn club.  She also reminded all of the upcoming social meeting at the 390^th Air Museum on March 26.

Don mentioned that the District has donated a total of $12,000 to Shelter Box and that ours and Dove Mtn were the first two clubs to raise the awareness.

 Needing no introduction, Peter Mack spoke of his fascinating career trajectory in astronomy and telescope  construction, repair and restoration; beginning at a young age with a pair of binoculars and evolving into involvement with some the most sophisticated telescope projects world-wide.   His education in England was followed by a stint teaching at Oklahoma, of all places, followed by a several year period at Kitt Peak.  Peter broke from academia and research to form his own, independent telescope restoration and maintenance company which he remains very involved in to this very day.   

Peter’s story is truly unique and the club is most fortunate to have his support and membership.  Everyone hopes to soon hear about his involvement in the JWST space telescope project!