With his usual vigor and grace President John Moffat called us to order, and some of us actually obeyed. He noted that Seattle had relatively good results in athletics this past weekend, with the Huskies winning, the Mariners splitting the home stand, but the Seahawks lost to a last-minute field goal. Oh well, can’t win them all, I guess.
Bob Kuenzel led us in the song “Somewhere to Begin”, a song about hope. And Steve Grey gave the invocation, urging us to action to make the community better.
Guests:
Monty McAllister introduced Melissa Olson with Home2 & Hampton Inn
Members on Zoom: Brad Burdick & Sandy McIntire
Club Events and Committee Announcements
Announcements:
The Service Fund Committee is taking applications for Grants.
Please send applications to Nathan Twining or Sandee. Each applicant will need a Rotarian sponsor.
TIME TO VOTE FOR YOUR CHOICE OF MEETING LOCATION:
Aaron Booker made a presentation regarding using the voting link which will expire October 14, 2025.
Here is the presentation which explains how to use the voting link. CLICK HERE
Note: The explanation for each choice is BELOW the voting area. Please scroll down and read the pros and cons for each location before you vote and that to vote, you DO NOT CLICK on your choice, you drag it to the top of the list. Click and drag and set the order of the votes to what you prefer.
Larry Halgren made an announcement regarding the November 18th joint Brainstorming Club meeting:
Larry told us that there will be an important meeting of Whatcom County Rotary Clubs on November 18 from 5 pm to 9 pm at the Hotel Bellwether. All are invited. The topic will focus on the reduced membership of Rotary Clubs everywhere. The agenda will be to have a serious discussion about recruitment and possibly the consolidation of one or more Clubs. The meeting will include members of the Clubs from Whatcom North, Bellingham Bay, Sunrise, Mt. Baker, Ferndale and RCOB. The meeting will have a question-and-answer format, with no plans to make final decisions that day. Larry urged us to sign up through Clubrunner Events. CLICK HERE FOR LINK
Happy Bucks involved trivia about our revered President John. This was inverse of the “program”. The program was “Find Someone Who…” by Prexy John, and involved finding out trivia about other members. We were to fill out a questionnaire by interviewing other club members. The questions were similar to “Find someone married for more than 50 years.”
This was an effort to involve us all to get to know the members of the club by finding out facts about them. So, there was little for this humble reporter to report on. I did notice that near the end of the time there seemed to be a conclave that formed in the corner near the exit doors. Whether that location was significant, was indeterminate. This was a good exercise to determine which pens the club has were actually working.
At the end of the session, there was a short debriefing. No startling facts were discovered. More’s the pity…
Closing:
The Prez called a halt to the proceedings, advised us to do good in the world, rang the bell and released us to the larger community.
RCOB apparel, including polo shirts, dress shirts, vests and hats is now available. These are items that every Club member simply must have in his/her wardrobe! Besides looking great, Club members will be contributing to branding for the RCOB as well as supporting our Club's Foundation, which will receive part of the proceeds.
Click on the button below for the the clothing catalogue, with the Order Form on the last page. Fill out the order form, turn it into Vinson Latimore at a meeting or email a scanned copy to embroidery@choicesscrubs.com.
