Rotary International President: John Kenny Rotary District 5160 Governor: Earl Kilmer Durham Rotary President: Mike Crump _____________ Rowel Editor: Phil Price
	January 12, 2010	The  2010 Harvest Festival  will be held in September 19, 2010

President Mike called the meeting to order.  Jane Ziad led the pledge of allegiance.  Jim Patterson gave the invocation.

 

FUTURE MEETINGS:

January Program Chair: Daryle Polk   January 18th:  No Meeting   January 23rd:  CRAB FEED   January 25th:  No Meeting.   February Program Chair:  Ryan Sutton   February 2nd :  Board Meeting at 5:00 pm.  Program by Tom Vanella   February 9th:  Mike Wacker   February 16th:  No Meeting   February 23rd:  Roy Ellis

 

VISITING ROTARIANS & GUESTS

 

Tom Vanella introduced Red Badge member Dan Driscoll.  Bill Apger had none at his table so they all contributed

$1 each.  Roy Ellis introduced Red Badge members Floyd Miller and Travis Edsall.  Dave Jessen introduce guest Allen Harthorn (tonight’s program).

 

NEXT MEETING

 

 

Crab Feed

The next meeting will be the Crab Feed on Saturday, January 23, 2010.    Work assignments were passed out.  The work schedule is at the end of this Rowel.   Roy Ellis previously passed out Crab Feed tickets to members.  They are yours.  You will be billed for them.  The extras are for you to bring guests.  Or you can sell them if you aren’t going to use.  If you have not received your tickets, contact Roy.  You will still be billed for them, so you might as well get them.

 

 

REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

Board Meeting before the February 2^nd Meeting

 

Camp Royal Program Needs a Chairperson

 

Roy Ellis  needs a member to take over the Camp Royal Program.  He indicates that the interviews come at the same time as he is dealing with the scholarship interviews an he can no longer do both.  If you are interested call Roy.

 

Club Elections

 

The election committed report that they had nominations for Club Secretary and Club Treasurer for nesxt year (2010-11).  However they were not ready to nominate a President-Elect (to be President in the 2011-2012 year).  They nominated Steven Plume for Secretary and K. R. Robertson for Treasurer.   Upon vote of the Club, nominations were closed and they were elected.

 

Hopefully, the nomination committee will be ready with the President-Elect by the February 9th meeting (when the Foundation election will be held-see below).

 

Notice of Foundation Elections

 

The election for a Trustee of the Rotary Club of Durham Foundation for the three year term beginning July 1, 2010 and ending June 30, 2013 will be held during the meeting of February 9, 2010.   The current holder of that office is Phil Price.

 

RECOGNITIONS

 

President Mike  recognized Phil Price for his 51^st Anniversary.  Pursuant to the new rule, that it goes down one after the 50^th, he contributed $49.

 

Clint Goss contribute $9.  I am not sure what for, other that that he has avoided recognitions this year.

 

Dan Davis contributed $25 for about the same reasons.

 

PROGRAM

 

Glenn Pulliam presented Allen Harthorn who spoke about the wild salmon population in Butte Creek.  He had a lot of information and it was very informative.

 

Must be Present to Win” Drawing

 

Dan Davis, again, was present to win the drawing of that name.

 

From Rotary International:

 International H2O Collaboration work to begin

By Anne E. Stein 
Rotary International News -- 12 January 2010 

Top: María Magdalena Gonzalez pours filtered water into a pan for cooking in her home near Bonao, the Dominican Republic. Bottom:  A bio-sand filter is filled with layers of gravel and sand, which remove organisms too big to make it through. As part of the International H20 Collaboration, Rotarians will install the filters in a cluster of communities in the Dominican Republic. Rotary Images/Alyce Henson

 

Work will begin soon on far-reaching projects that will provide millions of people with access to clean water and improved sanitation.

 

As part of the International H2O Collaboration, an innovative alliance between Rotary International and USAID, the improvements will include long-term water, sanitation, and hygiene projects in Ghana and the Philippines, two of the three countries selected for the first phase of the collaborative effort.

 

A grant application for the third country, the Dominican Republic, is expected to go before The Rotary Foundation Trustees later this month for consideration.

 

The steering committee chose the three countries based on need, as well as the demonstrated ability of Rotary clubs and districts and USAID missions there to carry out effective water and sanitation projects.

 

In Ghana, the alliance will work closely with local governments to provide hygiene training, boreholes, mechanized water systems, and new latrines. An estimated 86,000 people will benefit from the work, which will occur in 114 communities spread over four regions.

 

“It’s going to make such a big difference in the lives of these people, though it’s so small a number compared with the total number of people who need this,” says Past District Governor K.O. “Willie” Keteku, who’s helping to coordinate the projects. “Right now, it takes too much time for people to look for water, and the water’s not clean. They get sick, and their time could instead be invested in other ventures, like the children attending school.”

 

In the Philippines, the alliance will be working in five communities -- Davao City, Dipolog, Metro Manila, San Fernando City, and Zamboanga -- to provide new septic treatment facilities, sanitation systems, river cleanup efforts, a mechanized water supply system, and community water taps that will distribute filtered water. The work is expected to help more than 2.1 million people.

 

“We are really fortunate to have been one of the three countries selected,” says Lina Aurelio, a past governor of District 3800 involved in organizing the improvements. “So many children die here because of polluted water. It’s a very big problem, almost all over the country.

 

“Everyone buys water, even those earning minimum wage, but in the slum areas they can’t afford to,” Aurelio says. “There are millions of cases of diarrhea each year that cause 11,000 to 12,000 deaths annually. Because of the very bad sewage system we have, everything is affected.”

 

In the Dominican Republic, the alliance will implement a wide range of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions, including bio-sand filters in a small cluster of bateyes (communities of current and former sugar plantation and mill workers). When the initial phase is completed, the collaboration will evaluate the work and consider expanding it to other nations. 

 

The improvements will cost about US$2 million per country. Rotary will provide up to $500,000 through Health, Hunger and Humanity Grants, and participating clubs and districts in each country will raise an additional $500,000. USAID will contribute $1 million per nation from its mission budget

 

The Rotary International web site is: www.rotary.org District 5160 is: www.rotary5160.org The Durham Rotary Club site is:  www.durhamrotary.org The Rowel Editor may be contacted at pbhlaw@sunset.net

Note:  If any of you have anything to place into the Rowel fax it to Phil at 343 7251 or  E-mail it to "pbhlaw@sunset.net", before 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

 

 

 

 

 

2010 Durham Rotary

Crab Feed Fundraiser

January 23, 2010

Chairman: Chris Hatch

Co-Chairman: Steve Greenwood

Dave Mulqueeney                    

 

Committees and Chairs:

1)         Kitchen Committee: set up 4:30pm, pick up food 3:30pm

a) Bill Apger — Chair

b) Ryan Sutton — Co-Chair

c) Committee Members:

1) Mike Crump

2) Chris Hatch

3) Dan Davis

4) Dan Davey

5) Spiteri's Deli

 

2)         Serving Committee: set-up 5:00pm

a) Dave Mulqueeney — Chair

b) Jim Patterson — Co-Chair

c) Committee Members:

1) Craig Hastain

2) Roy Ellis

3) Clint Gross

4) Dave Jessen

5) Glen Pullian

6) Daryl Polk

7) Travis Edsall

8) Dan Driscol

9) Interact Club

10) Wally Herger

 

3)         Set up Committee: Decorations/theme, order Rotary Brochures

for 1 at each place. Have cards made indicating Rotary's value to Durham. Set up tables at 4:30pm

a) Glenn Pulliam - Chair

b) Phil Price — Co-Chair

c) Committee Members:

1) Dar Meyer

2) Jim Kirks

3) Norm Larson

4) Jane Ziad

5) Interact Club – 4

 

4)         Bar and soft drink Committee: Set up at 4:30pm

a) Bruce Miller — Chair

b) Steve Greenwood — Co-Chair c) Committee Members:

1) Sue Miller

2) Kent Jackson

3) Darci

 

5)         Ticket Sales Committee: Could possibly hand the Rotary Brochures and

Scholarship donation here. Set up at 5:00pm

a) Steve Plume — Chair / Cash Boxes

b) KR Robertson — Co-Chair

c) Committee Members:

1) Mike Wacker

2) Floyd Miller

3) Tom Vanella

 

6)         Clean Up - ALL