tattler Newsletter March 7, 2016 (Mar 07, 2016)

March 7, 2016

Opening:

President Chuck Snyder opened the meeting mentioning that on March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone.

He then pulled out his phone and reminded members to turn their's off. He also suggested that Mr. Bell probably never imagined the phones of today.

Announcements:

President Chuck announced that there is a RLI (Rotary Leadership Institute) class being held in Canada, March 19th at the Sunrise Conference Center from 8:00 am - 3:00 pm. There are four sessions at a cost of $85, but the club will pick up the cost if you are interested. Contact Sandee or Chuck if you are interested.

Major Project Selection Committee - Peter Theisen and John Griggs, Co-Chairs

Reminder that the Major Project committee is taking applications for next year’s major project. March 30 is the cutoff date. Application forms may be found on the Club’s website.

Board Briefs from the March 8, 2016 meeting:

Phil Gubbins and Arlie Norman have been asked by President Chuck to create a "New Membership Manual" to give new and existing members guidance. The Board will work with them on any changes they may recommended. Thanks Phil and Arlie for your work on this.

The board approved the purchase of a new Audio Visual Projector to be used at our meetings. The quality of ours purchased in 2002 has diminished recently. No you are not going blind!!

New business:

The Board approved Excused Absence status for Dale Kinsley and Peg Larson due to the 85 year rule
They also approved Leave of Absence extensions for John Huntley to 6/1/16 and Stephanie Bowers to 6/30/16 at their request
Dominque is interested in seeing that there are Rotary insignia Shirts available for purchase from the membership like the ones purchased for the International Service Committee for their Buffujja trip. She will look further into this.

Directors Report:

Del VandeKerk: Service Fund Committee – The next round of funds will be distributed around May. He also reported that he attended PETS recently and found it a great experience with excellent speakers.

Sandy McIntire: Sunnyland Memorial

Last week Sandy met with and toured the Memorial with the Gold Star Mom (whose son was the first Whatcom county resident to die post 9/11). Her son is honored in the Memorial and she is familiar with the recent history of the Memorial.

He also met with Marvin Harris, the Bellingham Parks manager who is responsible for the Sunnyland Park. They discussed Rotary's involvement. There are a number of gray areas that need to be worked out.

Paul Grey – International Service: Our partner on the Rotary club in the Buffujja Project has signed off so we are waiting for the last approval from The Rotary Foundation. Bob Trunek is following up to assure final closure.

We have asked this same club in Uganda to propose a second water and sanitation project based on the success of the first project.

We are having a kick off meeting on March 7^th to begin the process of evaluating our next major water and sanitation project.

Kudos to Lisa Saar for spearheading the Stop Hunger project on Feb. 27^th. Several of the International Service Committee members participated in this food packing event resulting in 42,800 meals being prepared for needy people in Viet Nam.

Mauri Ingram – Youth & New Generations Committee – They will begin promoting RYLA in the next couple of weeks. Our YAIL students will speak to the club 4/11/16

Tom Beaumont & Scott Hume: Major Project Fundraising - They are attempting to collect the last few pledges not paid so that the project can be closed out. Our goal of $100,000 is short. Thanks to all of those who participated.

The Next Board Meeting will be held April 12, 2016 at 4:45

Guest of Rotarians:

Lisa Saar brought Christine Destry with N. W. Educational District 4189

Brad Burdick introduced Steve Lyons with Bellingham Theatre Works

Rick Haggen brought Bill Ziels, with YMCA and husband of our Debbie Ahl

Yvonne Cartwright introduced Tyler Michel with Rebound of Whatcom County

Monty McAllister brought Rich Bowers with Whatcom Land Trust

Presentations:

Scott Hume and Yvonne Cartwright received a check for $1,000 from the Service Fund for Rebound of Whatcom County. They offer a seven week Summer Day Camp Program for kids age 5-12 with emotional, behavioral and/or economic challenges. It is called Ray of Hope and is held at Windward High School on Northwest Ave. from end of June to mid-August. In order to be licensed to hold the program at that location fencing around the property is required. The funds will go toward leasing the fencing, set-up and taken down.

Program:

Justin Guillory, member and President of the Northwest Indian College gave a great presentation on the College.

They are the only regional tribal college in the U. S. with 37 Tribal Colleges and Universities with a goal of Education, Self-Determination, access to Higher Education and Tribal National Building.

They started in 1973 as the Lummi School of Aquaculture, in 1983 became the Lummi Community College and in 1989 became the NWIC. In 2010 they became able to grant a Bachelor Degree. The main campus is on the Lummi Nation with six full-service sites. They are the only accredited tribal college in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

They are operating 10 Buildings: Coast Salish Institute, Native Environmental Science Bldg., Salish Sea Research Center, Cooperative Extention, Distance Learning & Technology, Swinomish Classroom/Offices, Kwina Classroom/Offices, Student housing, Early Learning Center, Center Student Success and the Library/Technology Bldg. and two more buildings are in design.

The depth of recent expansion is they offer Four Year Degrees in B.S. Native Environmental Science, B.A. Native Leadership Studies, B.A. Tribal Governance & Business Mgmt. and new is the B.A. CARE Tribal Human Services.

They are participating in recognized research programs such as the Center for Health and NICMERE and recipeint of grants such as NACTEP (Native American Career & Technical Ed. Program.

The NWIC, WWU and UW are partnering on research with the Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Research.

What's next: 20,000 sq. ft. New Health & Wellness Center - Heals the spirit through wellness with access to sports, community celebrations, health education and a sense of home. It includes an open court and indoor track, wellness resource classroom.

Also upcoming is a Workforce training & Technology Building.

Justin encouraged Rotarians to stop by and visit anytime and consider a tour and meal together on campus.

They are holding an event on April 8th at the Silver Reef with a Cultural Arts Auction & Benefit Dinner followed by an "into the night" concert by "The Little Big Band"

May 09, 2016
Dave Blair - Dunham Cellars
The Washington Wine Business

May 16, 2016
Denise Rosenstein - Sun House
Sun House Rotary Project Update

May 23, 2016
Alaska Airlines
Jennifer Clarke, Mark Bocchi & Gina Olan

May 23, 2016
Alaska Airlines
Jennifer Clarke, Mark Bocchi & Gina Olan

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Board of Directors Meeting

Dorothy Haggen Building - 3rd Floor

May 10, 2016
4:45 PM – 6:00 PM

Sunnyland Memorial Park Clean-up

Sunnyland Memorial Park

May 21, 2016
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Board of Directors Meeting

Dorothy Haggen Building - 3rd Floor

Jun 14, 2016
4:45 PM – 6:00 PM

Wacky Wickets - 2016

Jul 23, 2016