Rotary International President: John Kenny Rotary District 5160 Governor: Earl Kilmer Durham Rotary President: Mike Crump _____________ Rowel Editor: Phil Price
	July 14, 2009	The  2009 Harvest Festival  will be held on September 13, 2009.

2009                          Calendar for Durham Rotary
J u n e		1 (B) Clint Goss	2 Meeting Jan Holman on the history of Durham (Dar Meyer)	3	4	5	6
	7	8	9 Meeting Curtis Colgan a glass expert from a supplier of Miller Glass (Bruce Miller)	10 (A) Norm Larson	11	12	13 (A) Kent Jackson
	14	15 (B) Dan Davis (A) Bruce Norlie	16 Meeting CoorLise Smith-Peters, volunteer dinator in the Park Division of the City of Chico. on volunteer program for Bidwell Park (Dave Mulqueeney)	17	18	19 (B) Bill Apger	20
	21	22	23 Meeting Tentatively scheduled for a Club Assembly when Pres. Glenn will review his accomplishments and Pres. Elect Mike will present his plans for the 2009-2010  Durham Rotary Club year (Joe Nock)	24	25	26 (A) Jim Kirks	27
	28 (A) Dan Davey	29	30 Meeting Demotion (the calendar says Steve Plume, but I believe the immediate past president does this).  Spouses and significant others are invited. (Steve Plume)
J u l y
				1	2	3	4
	5	6	7 Meeting Upward Bound program and CSUC. (Dave Mulqueeney)	8	9	10	11 (B) Dan Driscoll
	12 (B) Ged Andrusaitis	13	14 Meeting Club Assembly (Steve Greenwood)	15	16	17	18
	19	20	21 Meeting Dr. And Mrs. Mosche (spelling?) from Tanzania Rotary Club will speak about the need for clean water (Craig Hastain)	22	23	24	25
	26	27	28 Meeting Beale AFB Captain Sean Naylor, pilot of Middle East reconnaissance drone (Dan Davis)	29	30	31

 

Again I am not here.  But I have notes from Jim Kirks.  Again my  thanks to Jim for this week’s notes and helping Jen complete last week’s Rowel with his notes.   President Mike called the meeting to order.  He asked Steve Greenwood to lead the pledge of allegiance, which he did.  Jim Patterson gave the invocation.

FUTURE MEETINGS:

July Program Chairperson is Dave Jessen.   July 21st: Craig Hastain will have Dr. And Mrs. Comaro from the Moische, Tanzania Rotary Club, who will speak about the need for clean water.   July 28th: Dan Davis will have beale AFB Captain Sean Naylor, pilot of Middle East reconnaissance drone   August Program Chairperson is Andy Farrar.   August 4th:  Bill Apger.   August 11th:  Chris Hatch.   August 18th:   Mike Crump.   August 25th:   Kent Jackson.

VISITING ROTARIANS & GUESTS

 

Apparently there were no visiting Rotarians or guest because Mike Wacker introduced red badge member Dan Driscoll and Daryl Polk introduced red badge member Craig Hastain.

 

NEXT MEETING

 

Craig Hastain will have Dr. And Mrs.  Comaro from the Moische, Tanzania Rotary Club who will speak about the need for clean water at our July 21st  meeting.  

 

There will also be a reception for the couple at Butte Creek Country Club on July 23 from 6:30-8:30pm

 

REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

District 5160 Conference

 

The annual District Conference will be held this year at Lake Tahoe on October 1^st – 4^th.

 

Group Study Exchange

 

A Group Study Exchange (GSE) team is arriving from Monterey, Mexico. They are invited to our October 6th meeting. Chico Morning Rotary Club is looking for interesting things for the GSE to learn and do while in the area. Durham Rotarians were invited to contact Pres. Mike about things the GSE could do in our area.

 

Past International President to Speak at Chico Rotary

 

Pres. Glenn again urged all Durham Rotarians to hear former RI President Rick King when he speaks to the Chico Noon Rotary Club on Tuesday, September 22nd.   The Board of Directors voted to make this a meeting of record.

 

River Cats Rotary Night

Pres. Glenn shared that there will be Rotary International night at the River Cats game on August 9th.  This is a Polio Plus fund raiser.

RECOGNITIONS

 

Dan Driscoll was called upon and asked when his birthday is. After a while Dan admitted his 60th birthday was in July and Dan chose no song.

 

Chris Hatch was called on as he wasn't present last week. It turns out the grandchildren came to visit from Chico.  He definitely won't make up.

 

Bruce Miller missed several meetings. Bruce has been out-of-state, but made up the missed meetings.

 

Daryle Polk was recognized for $10 for missing last week's meeting.

 

Past President Glenn and his wife Bonnie camped at Santa Cruz for a week. Glenn was recognized for $10 for missing the meeting, $5 for helping Pres. Mike and $5 for enjoying Santa Cruz.

 

Jane Ziad announced that all three sons have now graduated from college. Jane was recognized for $30 for the three sons completing their degree programs.

 

Dan Davis was called on as Pres. Mike had been told that Dan had helped the Orland Rotary Club very much. Dan was recognized for $10.

 

When Pres. Mike resumed the podium, after the program, he asked Chris Hatch if he heard a cell phone ring. Chris was recognized for $5 and reported that the emergency had not been resolved even after receiving two cell phone calls.

 

PROGRAM

 

Steve Greenwood presented information about the Harvest Festival. September 13th is fast approaching. Fundraising booths are limited to Durham nonprofit groups such as 4H, Women's Club, Boy and Girl Scouts.

 

Durham Rotarians are to park in the baseball field. 30-40 spaces near the main entrance are needed for handicapped parking in the front area.

 

Sponsorships produce $8,000 to $10,000. Steve Greenwood has a draft work schedule. If your name is listed twice, it is intentional. There will be a cell phone list and walkie talkies to help improve communication.

 

Captain Bob's Pancake Wagon brings all the breakfast stuff. If we get breakfast items donated, it would help improve the fundraising. Otherwise the Club pays over $1000 to the Sheriff's department for the breakfast supplies.

 

In-kind donations are welcome. Pro Pacific has donated lettuce and other items. They also lend us a refrigerated truck to store things at the Harvest Festival.

 

The Tri-Tip and hot dog lunch will be under the direction of Roy Ellis. Bruce Miller is handling the beverages. Clint Goss will do barrel roasted chicken.

 

Steve Greenwood plans to ask Ryan Sutton to handle parking since Ryan is always moving cars around.

 

Orange construction fencing was very helpful at last year's Harvest Festival to keep the public out of the "back area". Rotarians suggested that more orange fencing would be helpful for the 2009 Harvest Festival.

 

Dan Davis and Mike Wacker will head up the cashiers.

 

Complimentary food tickets are given to Interact, Boy Scouts and Community Band members who volunteer at the Festival.

 

Dave and Chris Mulqueeney will head up the crafts faire.

 

Chris Hatch is printing raffle tickets. Shelter Cove vacation was last year's grand prize. Ged won the prize and enjoyed the quiet and read some books. Chris Hatch will work with Jim Kirks on the raffle. Jim Kirks is to call Tom Knowles about Shelter Cove and Chris Hatch will call Bill Apger about his condo in Mexico. The Durham Rotary has split ticket sales receipts 50/50 with local non-profits.

 

Andy Farrar has constructed booths for beverage service, raffle ticket sales, etc.

 

The Early V-8 Club will be asked to sell raffle tickets prior to the Harvest Festival, not at the Harvest Festival. There is a need to keep a record of winners. The Rotarians after discussion decided to have only major raffle prizes and stop collecting items from craft faire booths for the raffle as the public is primarily interested in the grand, not the consolation, prizes.

 

Kent Jackson has the snow cone machine and Daryle Polk will get the pop corn machine.

 

There should be more help from local youth groups in 2009. The Boy Scout group has grown to 24 members and Durham High Interact provides 15-20 volunteers.

 

3:30 to 4 p.m. is clean up time on Sept. 13th. This is followed by a time of relaxation and fellowship at the mini-storage facility after the lock is put on the Rotary storage unit.

 

It was agreed that Chris Hatch and Glenn Pulliam should work on development of a safety plan. It would be good to know who can quickly provide first aid in case someone faints or is injured.

 

Saturday, September 12th is set up day. All are asked to come and help pick up items in the storage unit and then set booths up at Durham Community Park.

 

Spouses, family members, significant others are especially welcome to help on Sunday, September 13th.

 

 

“Must be Present to Win” Drawing

 

Bruce Norlie was not present to win the drawing of that name.

President Mike’s Thought for the Day

 

The Thought for the Day from Pres. Mike was a quotation from Thomas Jefferson. "The government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take all you have."

 

From Rotary International:

Building peace from the ground up

• By Joseph Derr 
  Rotary International News -- 19 June 2009 

 

 

Etsuko Teranishi, left, and David Chick, both former peace fellows, talk during a break at the Rotary World Peace Symposium. Both led breakout sessions on development issues. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson

 

Creating lasting peace and facing the challenges to peace-building in the 21st century were some of the topics discussed at the second Rotary World Peace Symposium.

 

Humankind stands at a crossroads, said Paul Rogers, an expert in international security, at the opening plenary session on Thursday, 18 June.

"The period between 1945 and 2045 will be the century where we will have to learn to live with the ability to destroy ourselves," said Rogers, a professor of peace studies at the University of Bradford, home to one of the Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution. Nations tend to fall back on military options to resolve conflict rather than looking at underlying factors, he said.

 

The two-day symposium in Birmingham, England, providesa forum for lively discussion and networking opportunities for hundreds of Rotary World Peace Fellows, alumni, peace experts, and Rotarians. Topics discussed at the symposium included migration, development, religion, and ethnicity.

In his talk about the role of development in peace-building, David Chick, a 2005-07 peace fellow from Australia, discussed his field experience in Papua New Guinea, where he worked as director for Pacific programs at AusAID.

 

"Development is giving an individual an opportunity to use his or her talents to benefit society," said Chick. And simple projects can be effective, he added.

 

For example, to curb roadside assaults, rapes, and thefts, Chick devised a simple communications plan so local officials could use inexpensive megaphones to make announcements to roadside vendors about safety. Violence decreased, and "the megaphones became the biggest show in town, sometimes attracting as many as 5,000 people gathering to listen," said Chick. "It was low cost but also built a lasting security by involving beneficiaries in the process."

 

Etsuko Teranishi, a 2005-07 peace fellow from Japan who has worked for nongovernmental organizations in Cambodia and Indonesia, said that after a peace agreement is signed, the real work begins. "It is critical to focus on working toward political, social, and economic development that will sustain peace," said Teranishi. "Economic development is really part of the peace-building process."

 

Rogers said he was optimistic about the future, adding that Rotary World Peace Fellows will help drive the peace agenda forward, an observation reiterated by Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair Jonathan B. Majiyagbe.

 

"Rotary's investment in peace in the world is reaping rewards through the Rotary Centers program," Majiyagbe said.

 

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