Rotary International

President:

John Kenny

Rotary District 5160 Governor:

Earl Kilmer

Durham Rotary President: Mike Crump

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Rowel Editor: Phil Price

February 9, 2010

The 2010 Harvest Festival will be held in September 19, 2010

2010 Calendar for Durham Rotary
J a n u a r y
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	3	4	5 Meeting Captain Darren Stratton of the Chico Salvation Army Corp (Phil Price)	6	7	8	9
	10	11	12 Meeting TBA (Glenn Pulliam)	13	14	15	16
	17	18	19 No Meeting	20	21	22	23 Crab Feed (B) Bruce Norlie
	24	25	26 No Meeting	27	28	29	30
	31 (B) Phil Price
F e b r u a r y		1 (A) Client Goss (A) K. R. Robertson	2 Board Meeting at 5:00PM Meeting Mike Wolden, Wildlife Biologist on Refuges in Sacramento Area (Tom Vanella)	3	4 (A) David Jessen	5	6
	7	8	9 Meeting Mr. XXXX-XXX on AA in Butte County (Mike Wacker)	10	11	12	13
	14	15 (B) Joe Nock	16 No Meeting	17	18	19	20
	21	22	23 Meeting Al Lotspeich, CPA on Tax Laws (Roy Ellis)	24	25 (A) Tom Vanella	26	27
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President Mike called the meeting to order. Kent Jackson let the pledge of allegiance. Jim Patterson gave the invocation.

FUTURE MEETINGS:

February Program Chair: Ryan Sutton

February 16^th: No Meeting

February 23^rd: Roy Ellis

March Program Chair: Jane Ziad.

March 2^nd: Bill Apger

March 9^th: Steve Greenwood

March 16^th: Dan Davey

March 23^rd: (being reassigned)

I don’t usually take photographs at regular meetings, but I did this week. But, first, so I wouldn’t get recognized again for not including a photo of the president, I took this one. This may explain why I never did it before!

VISITING ROTARIANS & GUESTS

Dan Davis introduced Red Badge member Travis Edsall. Dar Meyer introduced Red Badge member Dan Driscol. Steve Plume had no visitors or guests at his table to introduce.

NEXT MEETING

There is no meeting next week, February 16th.

The next meeting will be on January 23^rd. Roy Ellis will present former member, Al Lotspeich, CPA. Al will talk about the new tax laws and changes in the old tax laws. He will also comment on the tax advantages of bequeathing to our Foundation.

This meeting will also be a spouses and significant others meeting. Please invite them.

In addition please also bring prospective members. President Mike agreed that the club will pay for their dinner.

REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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 was held during the meeting. Phil Price, the current holder of that office, was re-elected.

Senior Active Honorarium

Dan Davis led the discussion of his proposal to amend the Club Bylaws to create a Senior Active Honorarium (see last weeks’s Rowel for an explanation).

After substantial discussion, it was approved upon a vote of the members.

RECOGNITIONS

Tom Vanella was recognized in the amount of $49 for his 49^th anniversary.

President Mike then called on Travis Edsell for missing the last meeting, but Travis protested that he was at the meeting.

Roy Ellis contributed $50 for a new granddaughter, Eleanor, to become a Bell Ringer.

Dan Davis was asked to contribute $15 for no reason at all, other than he hadn’t done anything to be recognized for (at least that he has admitted).

PROGRAM

The program tonight was XXXXXXX XXXXXX (there is a requirement that names of members not be publicized), a member of AA. He spoke about AA in Butte County. AA began in about 1935 and now has about 2,000,000 members around the world. He noted that the only requirement to become a member was a desire to stop drinking and stay sober. There are no dues and no agenda other than to stay sober and help others to stay sober. He indicated that there about 20 to 25 AA meetings every day in Butte County.

Must be Present to Win” Drawing

Clint Goss was present to draw his own name to win the drawing of that name.

Photos of the Meeting

Greetings District Presidents and Leaders

We are working hared on getting your donations directly to Haiti

In the meantime, be assured, as indicated below, Rotarian aid is flowing to Haiti and District 7020. The need for continued donations (such as ours) will be greatest in the long term, thus, the delay in getting donations to District 7020 is not harming the relief effort, but will actually be more effective as the long term needs will change,

Feel free, to forward this update to your members.

I will continue to keep you updated on conditions in Haiti so that you can keep your club informed

Again many thanks for all that you and your clubs have done to respond to this critical situation, truly demonstrating "Service above Self"

Steve Lack

Chair

District 5160 Haiti Earthquake Relief Task Force

Below - update from District 7020 PDG Dick as of 5 days ago, February 7, 2010
ClubRunner District Services

Greetings All

I have just concluded our assessment of the situation in Haiti , and
have just finished making a number of lengthy calls with the team on
the ground in Haiti . Based on this I wanted to share with you the
situation as I understand it today.

The position we took last week in which we said to hold off on further
deliveries of medical supplies not already in route was the correct
one. Currently in the Port au Prince area there is no shortage of
these medical supplies. In fact the challenge is now the sorting and
the distribution of these items. This is at a critical stage because
of the volume of random medical inventory received and specific needs
that may currently be outstanding. As far as medical supplies are
concerned the advice from the team is do not send anything else
unless it is specific in terms of the location and the product". We
need to be sure we coordinate this so we do not duplicate the supply
chain and add to the problem.

There are a number of private Hospitals in the rural areas that are in
need of some specific things, but there are also others that have an
excess of supplies. We are in the process of balancing this as best we
can now. After that specific orders will be processed as they come in.
I am told that most of the Government Hospitals are getting the
supplies they need with the exception of a few specifics which we are
trying to address on their behalf through the Rotary Leadership in
that area. That seems to be more equipment related than medical
supplies.

The food and shelter needs are still very high on the priority list.
The challenge we have on the ground now is the storage and
distribution logistics of the food and shelter items. In Port au
Prince in particular there are numerous International Organizations
that are distributing food in the quake region. For the most part
their capabilities for this are better than ours so most of those
efforts should be left to them. Our Rotarians on the ground are doing
some food and shelter distribution as well from the supplies Rotary
has sent. It is important that they continue to do this and that we
continue to supply them. Not only is it helping the most needy, but it
seems to be providing our Rotarians a purpose on the ground in their
respective communities. Keeping the Rotarian alive in spirit is
essential at this difficult time and it must be rewarding for our
Rotarians to be able to help their neighbors and their communities
through this. I will try to get further specifics to you on what we
should continue to supply, but bulk rice, beans, flour, proteins,
vegetable oil etc and Tents are a safe bet for now.

There are in excess of 10,000 Shelter Boxes in Haiti and most of them
set up or in the process of being set up. The distribution is being
done through a number of international organizations. Rotary has had
an allocation of them for the use of Rotarians and their families in
need. As of today there are about 45 in our possession still not
distributed but they will be sent out in the next couple of days.

There has been a great response with Water Boxes, Purification Systems
and water supply. In many instances these resources have been sent
directly to Rotary in Haiti for distribution. In my discussions with
the team on the ground it appears that the distribution of these
assets would be best handled by the Haiti Water Commission and the
selected agency it is working with for the distribution. They are
better equipped to know where the camps are set and what the needs
are. They also know what supplies are available to each of them from
the organizations currently on the ground. My advice to Claude was to
help train the group doing the distribution on the use of the
equipment before they deliver these units to families and groups. And
then assist by providing the assets to them for distribution.

The rural situation remains the same. The need is for shelter, food,
school supplies and the support for secondary medical, education etc.
The bulk food supply is still available in most areas in the country.
Our best help there is to fund the purchase of the basics while it
lasts. This is what we have been doing and will continue although this
can be very expensive and a little more difficult to manage.

I am expecting a specific request from our leaders for their regions
that will identify the exact number of Schools, families and students
we are talking about. The consensus is the rural areas have each grown
by in excess of 20% since the earthquake.

The response to this has varied from funding bulk shelter and feeding
camps, providing international NGO's that provide food and shelter
with bulk food, to each Rotary family committing to look after a
specific number of displaced families.

There is the potential for hoarding and other issues with this, but we
are taking all precautions practical and possible at this time. Long
term we will need to be better at this if we want to continue with
it.

The long term response to this disaster is going to be an enormous
drain on our human and financial resources for some time to come. I
believe that we should begin discussing our role in the long term
recovery and rebuild effort right away. I think our response going
forward should be more and more in line with what we ultimately
identify as our long term sustainable strategy. To do this we will
need to get a sense very soon of where we are going to fit in the
grand scheme of things in Haiti . Will it be an emphasis area, will it
be communities, will it be in the planning? Who knows!

I have approached a well respected international investor and business
man who has developed a sustainable settlement tradition in The
Bahamas. He has a concept and some ideas that I believe could well be
at the core of our response to the future development of Haiti . His
concept addresses the creation of a sustainable settlement that takes
into account social, financial, cultural, health, and environmental
elements. I believe this is an opportunity that needs to be explored
as a possible Rotary solution in its long term response. I will keep
you posted on the progress of this idea when I hear back from those I
have sent it to.

There are some immediate needs that will come up that we must still
fulfill but we must also begin to recognize that response must move
from the immediate to the medium and long term.

PDG Dick