• Katie started off by thanking John Martin for directing the club for as many meetings as she had.
• Member Attendance-50
• Guests
  • Visiting Rotarians- John Reddish - Rotary Club of Woodland
  • Guest of the Club-
  • Guests- John O'Malley
  • Speaker- Sandy Briggs

• Katie clarified the donations proceedures for this year- clearly I did not get all of the details so I suggest that you check your new president folders
  • First payment is $100 to the Woodland Sunrise Rotary Club
  • Second payment is a donation of $106 to The Rotary Foundation
  • Third payment is a donation of $100 to the Woodland Sunrise Rotary Foundation
  • Fourth payment is a donation of $20 to Polio Plus
• New member BBQ August 6 at Julia Larsons beginning at 6:30
• Katie thanked John Smythe for committing us to a fun and fellowship event for the Beer Booth BBQ. We were told to come and enjoy food and the work was done. Au contraire, we gathered and actually built the thing
• Katie reminded us that we will be working the beer booth at the fair on August 13-17.
• Brad VanSant reported that the noon Rotary folks noticed that the Sunrise Rotary took charge of building the beer sales ticket booth
• Pat Butler asked that the Salmon BBQ decorations committee meet after today's meeting.
• Gary Wright announced that there will be a Foundation Seminar in Fairfield on August 23rd. Gary will be going. If you want to go, contact him.
• Katie read an invitation to the 100th anniversary event for Rotary #2 in San Francisco. It will be filled with fun and events.
• Katie reminded us that next year's International Conference in Birmingham, England will celebrate 100 years of Rotary.
• Robb Wallace announced that everyone had a great time last weekend at the Family Fun Day event on Saturday July 26th to raise money for Backpacks for Kids. Robb thanked the club for the donation to the event.
• Golf tournament annoucement has been postponed
• Wednesday, August 6 at 7 AM the Salmon BBQ committee will meet at Don's Diner.
• Katie thanked the bear knitters. We are way way ahead of all of the other clubs.
• Katie auctioned off a bejeweled set of snack tools from Africa. The winning bid for the family jewels went to Jim Campos. She also brought back a bottle of liquor made from fruit that is the favorite of giraffes. Campy asked for clarification on what exactly it is. Sold to Dave Dumars.
• Katie encouraged us to send a card to Jack Potter
• Tom Wendt announced that tomorrow night is the first Woodland Downtown when something other than the Stag will be open in the evening.

• Birthdays- Jim Gillette in Champaign-Urbana, IL (7/21/??), Bob Pye (7/25/56) in Woodland , Jim Rodgers (7/25/51) in Vallejo, CA, Tawnya Galleazzi in Chester CA in 1979.
• Anniversary- Donna Neu and her wonderful husband, 7/28/73 in Minneapolis, MN, Chuck and Linda Santoni, Dave and Karen Dumars in Larkspur, CA 19 years ago
• Rotary Induction Anniversary -none
• Miscellaneous-none
• Happy Bucks -Brad VS for a week at Tahoe and for proof readers at the Daily Disappointment; Neil R. going to his 58th high school reunion and then a trip on to Vienna for the talk he practiced on us; Patty B. for her mother coming home from the hospital and for food from Jim's mom; Gary W. enjoyed 4 days at Lake Almanor; Phil M. met with Katie and he can retire; Lynn J. for the giraffe bowl from Katie and for Don S. who is fun to work with and who is really good at what he does; Wayne for putting together the entertainment schedule for the County Fair and another buck or three for the T-shirt that Peter C. brought to him; Pete C. a recovery $.37 for having done college visits and spending a week with 3000 high school students; Patty A. for a chance to go camping for the first time in several years.

Jim Rodgers introduced Sandy Briggs with the Woodland Public Library. In short, "she is a really good person." She oversees a $1.78 M budget and handles administrative tasks, oversight and planning. Myth #1 Libraries are sentimental favorites we need to support. Myth #2 Libraries are no longer necessary in the Internet age. Sandy spent the remainder of her presentation dispelling these myths. The Woodland Public Library was started in 1892 and is the oldest continuing operating Carnegie Library in California. They serve 20,000 people per month. The Library is currently undergoing an exterior rennovation of windows, stucco, and roof tiles. Sandy discussed the interior rennovations that the library underwent in 2005. These rennovations continues the role of the Library as the Community's Living Room.

 

An alarming trend noted in a National Endowment for the Arts report is that people are reading less and less each year. The social implications are profound both in a positive context for people who are good readers as well as those who do not read. To address some of these concerns, the library staff have completely refreshed the collection, through targeted spending in various areas over the last several years. The Library currently has over 95,000 items in their collection broken down over children's to adult large print items. There are over 30,000 items checked out each month. The Library hosts the Woodland Literacy Program, offers tutoring programs at Monroe Detention Center and Juvenile Hall in an attempt to break the cycle of illiteracy. They also offer programs at the Wayfarer's Center and a No Barriers Program. One of Sandy's favorite activities is the summer reading program that has just concluded at the Library this year. Programs like the summer reading program have been shown to prevent the erosion of literacy skills during the summer. This year, over 700 children participated. Providing community based programs such as author visits, museum exhibits, magicians, etc. is another outreach program of the Library and thier staff.

 

Sandy is proud to be involved with a community based program that has such widespread support and enthusiastic particpants. Sandy concluded her presentation by answering members questions. One thing that the library did this year was provide fliers and personal contact at every school in Woodland.

Jim Gillette gets a free breakfast next week.

•   August 7- Courtney McLaughlin talking about her trip to Panama

• Member Attendance 43-This did not include our President Katie who is in South Africa. President-elect John Martin served as lead cat herder for the day.
• Guests
  • Visiting Rotarians- Pat Scribner- Winters Rotary:
  • Guest of the Club-
  • Guests- John O'Malley, Courtney Mc Laughlin, Hyangryn Kang from South Korea
  • Speaker-
  • Sponsor

• July 25- Chairmen for the Salmon BBQ meeting tomorrow morning 7AM at Don's Diner
• July 26- Family Fun Day to raise money for the Backpacks for Kids program. The event will be held on July 26th at the Gibson Mansion. He needs two shifts of people to help set up and pick up. See Robb if you can volunteer.
• July 27- Beer Booth BBQ and Social @ County Fairgrounds- Contact John Smythe
• August 7- Red Badger BBQ @ Julia Larson's 6:30 PM
• Tom Wendt September 27 1 PM Golf at Wildwings
• Jerry Knapp needs to get information from members to update the membership directory. If you have not already contacted him, please do so SOON!
• Jerry made a card with our meeting picture to circulate and send/take to Jake
• John Martin announced that we had received a thank you from the Yolo County Backpacks for Kids committee for our donation.
• Correspondence
• Thank You's from the Wheelchair Foundation and from HELPS for the donation of $ for stoves. John read the text of the thank yous for the club. John also thanked our members for their participation
• Patty Arriaga announced that next week we will have an opportunity to sign up to donate to the Salmon BBQ silent auction.

• Celebrations-none
• Birthdays- John Martin (7/23/56) in Deadwood, SD
• Anniversary- Tom and Tanya Galleazzi (7/29/06)
• Rotary Induction Anniversary - Rick Pomeroy (7/23/99- Bruce Riker)
• Recognitions other than the above:
  • John Beatty for daughter's performances-Aladdin is the show, times were shared but missed by the scribe.
• Happy Bucks-Charles M. 3 weeks on the farm in Maine and coming home again, Frank C. appology from Campie for missing the meeting, Carol B. daughter is doing well, and grandson's who just finished Willy Wonka, Jerry K. John S. for soemthing, Bob P. who read King of California and found a quote by John Smythe, John M. happy for Katie's pending return

John Smythe introudced - Bonnie Fernandez Executive Director of the Center for Produce Safety. Bonnie reported that in the last 9 months there have been over 900 product recalls. After the spinach recall in 2006, the USDA decided that we needed to take back control of the monitoring of produce safety. A produce production organization contributed $2M for set up costs and Taylor Farms contributed another $2M for research. The new name for the center is the Center for "Where+How+How". Essentially, this is what they are trying to determine in all cases of product safety.

 

Bonnie described the advisory structure of the Center, located at UC Davis, and dealing with global produce safety issues. There are a variety of interests sitting on the board including producers, researchers, and distribution. The Center for Produce Safety (CfPS) has 4 strategic priorities

• #1 Become a clearing house and repository of research information- they know research is needed but they are trying to identify what research has been done and what needs to be done in the future globally. This will be housed on a "bigger than Google" website for all to read. Currently there are about 200 research projects underway;
• #2- Facilitate new actionable research- Initially funded by Taylor Farms. The first RFP has just been released for upto $1M to be announced on November 1. These will be 1 year projects that come from collaborations amongst producer groups. There are currently 23 areas identified to address the Where+How+How questions. In the past 5 years, there have been 5 big leaders in the area of produce safety- cantalopes et al and three pathogens salmonella, e. coli, listeria . In addition there will be another announcement of research funding available from a global research partnership using matching funds from the intial Taylor Donation;
• #3 Provide communication, outreach, and training for industry, research and regulatory sectors-This includes the development of advisory committees reflecting a global produce environment. They realized that product safety is not a competitive issue but is only as valuable as the weakest link in the chain. An example is that the recent tomato recall also impacted other associated produce products such as peppers. Often, we also find that it is not necessarily the products but the transferance of those products
• #4 Fund the strategic plan- Begin by matching the first $1M and matching with other sources of funding. Bonnie's goal is to raise $3M per year. Research is not cheap but it is important. Bonnie emphasized that the food supply is safe, but the major difference is that problems are reported more often and more widely. She also described that many of our food products are imported by many of the same companies that also grow food locally.
• $5 The CfPS will be recognized as the go-to organization coordinating efforts to enhance the safety of produce.

Bonnie concluded her presentation by answering questions from members. One point she made was that produce and meat fall under two different regulatory agencies. One of the problems that regulator agencies have is that many of the pathogens on food take a while to cause illness up to a week or two. This is difficult because many people do not remember what they ate a week ago. One of the biggest challenges is the trail that produce takes from field to table. There are so many places that infection can occur and so many different methods of production and harvest where exposure can happen. John asked Bonnie to clarify the point that there may not be more sickness than in the past, but more reporting. Henry M. asked about the collaboration with CDC- Bonnie reported that CDC recognizes the need for research but shared that sometimes government entities don't work well together and sometimes they also need to be willing to consult with industry as well. John M. asks if there has been a change in the virulence of the pathogens. Have new super bugs evolved? Yes, that is probably happening.

John presented Bonnie with a book for the literacy project.

Don announced that this week's sidepool was the lowest he could rember. Joel Butler held the winning ticket. Joel did not pick the winning card.

• July 31- Woodland Public Library- Sandy Briggs
• August 7- Interact Trip to Panama- Courtney McLaughlin
• August 21- Pain Management- Dr. Kayvan Haddadan
• August 28- District Governor Visit

• Morning Music- Sunny Side of the Street, Blue Skies, Route 66, Silver Bells, Girl from Ipanema, Just in Time, Were in the Money.
• Member Attendance -42
• Guests
  • Visiting Rotarians- Howard Plank- Luna Vista; Clancy Duppong- Rotary Club of Woodland
  • Guest of the Club- none
  • Guests- none
  • Speaker- None /Committee Chairs of Salmion BBQ

• John Smythe- two things coming up dealing with beer...we will be "manning" the beer booth. In preparation for that we will be having two events
  • July 27 building the beer booth at the Fair Grounds in the evening including BBQ and beverage
  • August 13-17 beer booth working. sign up sheets were circulated
• July 25- Salmon BBQ committee meeting at Don's Diner at 7 AM. Committee chairs and hangers on are welcome.
• John announced the major raffle prize for the Salmon BBQ is a week stay at a condo on Maui with a one day visit to the Stille's coffee plantation including dinner
• Robb Wallace announced Family Fun Day for Backpacks for Kids on Saturday, July 19th at the Gibson Mansion. Rob thanked the club for their donation of $1000
• The Club Foundation has purchased 62 backpacks from Costco for the Backpacks for Kids project.
• Tom Wendt announced that the original date for the golf tournament of October 30 may be changing.
• Jerry Knapp in furthering our efforts for communicating our goals, he will be doing directory updates. This process includes the circulation of the information sheets again. Please check your information and sign the sheet to indicate that you have seen it.
  • John asks you to please check the info.

• Celebrations
• Birthdays- Chuck Santoni 7/4 (63). The whole family went to Lake Almanor to celebrate, Bruce Dennie 7/10/56 in Spokane, WA. Apparently the Dennie family are late bloomers. Wayne Ginsburg 7/11 in Fresno, CA. He celebrated at the Mammoth Lakes Jazz Festival.
• Anniversary- Marc and Gerta Faye 48 years ago at Lake Tahoe, Pat Lenzi and Mike Cleary 6/30/95
• Rotary Induction Anniversary - John Smythe 7/something- when he returned to Sacramento from the Air Force he needed a job and a place to live and found both in a funeral home (No, he didn't have to sleep in the convenient beds stored in the back rooms). It was quiet. - Ken Price 7/13/95 sponsored by Tom Vail with Jack Potter as the county interogator. Gas was $1.20 when he arrived.
• Other recognitions
  • Angie Fairchilds for WCC Accreditation - 6 years
  • Jim Hilliard for all of his work with the Red Cross
  • Jerry Miller, John Smythe, Mark Deven for a confusing issue about the Dream Team not making it to the Little League sectional tournament. In a strange turn of events, the National League All Stars are playing in the District Tournament instead of the anticipated American League team. The summary is that the National League Team is doing well in the District Tournament
  • First Red Badge BBQ is August 7, 6:30 PM at Julia Larson's house- 403 El Dorado Drive. This appropriate for red badgers, sponsors, and spouses as well as other members. This will be a pot luck. Please contact Tom Galleazzi to RSVP and get your dinner assignment
• Happy Bucks
  • John M. that Scott J's picture is no longer on the web site
  • Frank C, someone paid for his breakfast
  • Bruce D. managed to survive a 4 week family vacation with the tent trailer and a funny story about arriving at Salt Lake City with his neighbor's cat in the back of his camper (the cat was fine even though it traveled across the desert). It turns out that a neighbor was flying through Salt Lake City the next day and with the purchase of a plane ticket the cat flew home.
  • Ken P's grandson arrived 3 months early. He is making progress and is doing fine.
  • John B. a couple of happy bucks for daughter's jaw surgery and wife's stitches to repair a collison with the door jamb while tending to the family dog.
  • Brad V. enjoyed a trip to Ohmaha to visit the grand kids. He and Nancy got delayed in Denver. While waiting he visited the pilot in the cockpit...hmmmm
  • Jim H. was also stuck in the airport that same day after fishing in Wyoming.
  • Pat L. is almost an empty nester again since her daughter just left for Hawaii.
  • Kelly H's son Josh is a wildland firefighter who just returned from fighting the Lime Complex fire and stayed at Camp Royal.
  • John S. spent the week at Lake Almanor and played 90 holes of golf in the smoke.
  • Wayne G. is happy to see Jerry M. back. He also had a strange birthday card story.
  • Donna N's son and wife will be full professors at Purdue and are leaving this week to U Haul it back that way.

PE John Martin asked the members to break up into Salmon BBQ committee meetings to begin organizing for the Salmon BBQ. Committees and the chairman of those committees are:

• Decorations- Tom Wendt and Pat Butler
• Ticket Sales- Jim Gillette, Don Douglass, Don Easton, and Isaac Casteneda
• Kitchen- Greg Stille and Ellen Burriss
• Bar - Bob Pye, Chuck Santoni, Rick Pomeroy
• Auction Administration and Set -up- Frank Crum
• Live Auction- Keith Petkus
• Beneficiaries- Ken Price
• Servers-Kelly Hutchison and Tom McLaughlin
• Clean-up- Neil Rutger
  • We do need to clean up this year, no going back on Sunday
• Publicity- Jerry Knapp
• Treasurer- Lynn Jepsen
• Silent Auction- Patty Arriaga

Rick Pomeroy had the winning ticket but did not pull the lucky card

• July 23- Bonnie Fernandez from Center for Produce Safety - Product Safety- sponsored by John Smythe
• July 30- Sandy Briggs- Woodland Public Library  

• Member Attendance- 52
• Music by Cleve Baker
• Guests
  • Visiting Rotarians- Clancy Duppong, Pat Scribner, Chris Christison
  • Guest of the Club- none
  • Guests- none
  • Speaker- none
  • Sponsor- none

• Welcome back Jerry Miller
• Thanks to Tom Wendt, Bob Pye, Chuck Santoni (in absentia), Jim Campos,
• Finalist in games at BBQ - Egg Toss Patty and Gustavo Ayala, Gunny Sax-Frank Crum and Don Douglas Chipping Contest- Evilyn Wendt - Frisbee Golf- Tom Wendt
• Wheel Tax assessed from Cleve Baker $10
• Katie read a thank you note from Courtney McLaughlin
• Lynn Jepsen announced that dues are due.
• Wheel Tax is really $5 per wheel
• Salmon BBQ meeting tomorrow (Friday 7/11) morning at 7 AM. This meeting counts as a make-up
• Kelly Hutchison reminded members of the family fun night this Saturday
• Robb Wallace announced Family Fun Day for Backpacks for Kids on Saturday, July 19th at the Gibson Mansion. Rob thanked the club for their donation of $1000
• The club is looking for a time share or condo on Maui for 1 week to contribute as a portion of the major raffle prize for the Salmon BBQ.

Katie's Comments about the themes of the year

• Make Dreams Real RI THeme
  • Preventing Child Mortality
  • Katie introduced the new club mascot named Bruce Lee the Kimodo Dragon
  • John Beatty is the new security officer in charge of the bell and the dragon
• Katie reviewed a variety of thoughts about being a Rotarian
• District Governor's theme is People Make A Difference
  • An example of the club's
• Katie presented Jose Martinez with his Board of Director Pin
• Quotes from Alan Alda
• Katie presented pictures of her view of the year. These included what we dreamed of, what we will get, the dance of the Rotarians, etc. .......
• Katie presented her theme to Have A Lot of Fun

 

• Celebrations - Byron MacConnell in honor of his parent's wedding anniversary, Jerry Miller rang the bell three times for past celebrations
• Birthdays- Cap Thomson 7/4/30 in Berkeley, CA. Father watching the fireworks.
• Anniversary-
• Rotary Induction Anniversary
• Happy Bucks

President Katie Woodward provided an overview of her plans for the year. Each member was provided with club information about committee assignments, upcoming service projects and club activities.

• Goals for the Year
  • $100 per year to TRI
  • $100 to the Woodland Sunrise Rotary Foundation
  • $100 to the Club
  • $20 to Polio Plus as a Rotary Goal
• Meeting Ettiquette
  • Inform the speaker if you have to leave early
  • Do make ups
  • If the person you sponsored is going to miss the meeting for several weeks, please check in with them.
• Katie passed out folders with information about the calendar
  • This is your life- an opportunity to buy for $5 2 minutes to talk about anything you want to talk about at the meetings
  • More on club education
• Committee assignments are included in the folder that you will or have received
  • One change is that the chair of the Development Committee will be Gary Wright.
• There is a calendar in the folders
• Katie is reachable 6 different ways (does that include carrier pidgeon and vectors?) and her door is open for contacts.

Committee Chairs and their overviews. (Details in the packet and available on the web on the Members Page

• Administration- John Martin
  • 14 committees with the chairs introduced
    • Programs- Angie Fairchilds
    • Club Education- Bob Pye, Chuck Santoni, Rick Pomeroy
    • Fun and Fellowship- Tom Wendt
      • Golf at Wild Wings- Shot gun start 1 PM date to be determined. (Originally scheduled for August 30th but that date is being reconsidered due to the fact that it is Labor Day Weekend)
    • Meeting Management- Neil Rutgers and the club
    • Speaker Gifts- Donna Neu
    • Donation Request Review- Ken Price
    • Recognition- Byron MacConnell and the club
    • Sunshine Committee- Sandy Cordoza
    • Music- Cap Thomson
    • Audio Visual- Robb Wallace
    • Raffle- Don Sharp and Zach Wirth
    • Attendance and Make-ups- Cowles Mast
    • Reverence and Cooth- Brad Van Sant
    • Book Project- Peter Cahn
• Public Relations & Communications -Jerry Knapp & Rob Burk
  • Exposure- Patty and Robb- keeping it high
  • Web Site- Rick Pomeroy
    • Members Only message board on the web site (this is a new idea for the web master but we will investigate it)
  • Regular press releases
  • Working on a billboard or a mural (Mark)
  • Brochure of the Woodland Clubs for counter top distribution
• Membership- Tom Galleazzi with Jim Gillette and Julia Larson
  • Goals
    • Maintain 72 members
    • RI Goal is + 10% but we want quality not necessarily quantity.
      • Keep in mind the missing classifications
      • Promote Rotary
    • 87% Attendance
      • Encourage everyone to have at least 90%
      • If attendance falls to 60% the sponsor will be contacted.
    • Work to improve membership involvement and development
      • Red Badge BBQs - August 7th will be the first event at Julia Larson's home.
      • John Martin will be at all of the RBBBQ's
• Development- Jim Rodgers and Gary Wright
  • Will keep track of all donations
  • There will be two sides to this committee
    • Tracking donations to TRI
      • Polio Plus is a sub goal for the club to match the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Donation- Joel Butler will be incharge of this for our club.
    • Honoring our own members and informing club members of the work of TRF
  • Brad Van Sant and Mark Deven received Paul Harris Plus 1 pins for their second $1000 donation to the TRF
  • If you have questions talk to Gary, Jim, et al
• Service Projects- John Smythe & Jose Martinez
  • See the hand out on the members page for names and assignments
  • Projects for this year
    • July 27- Join 6 other clubs to build a beer booth at the Fair Grounds
      
    • August 13-17 County Fair beer sales
    • August 28- Bears and quilts delivered
    • October 4- Salmon BBQ
    • Other Projects
      • Christmas Parade
      • Gibson House Fundraiser
      • 4 Way Speech Contest
      • International Projects
      • Reinstitute the Classroom reading project
      • Barn demolition
      • Development of tri-club brochure
      • New projects
        • bus stop bench installation
        • low income children's activity

Board Meeting Summary Report

Katie presented a summary of the board meeting decisions and discussions

 

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