Meeting Parking: We have renegotiated with WCC regarding reserved parking and they have agreed to save spots behind our meeting building but if we don't use them we will lose them....
Our meal packing event is on Saturday, April 22 from 8:30 to noon at the Assumption gym. We will pack 30,000 meals, each costing only 22 cents, which will be sent to Sierra Leone in West Africa. We have currently raised $9,000 for the food. Organizers Roland Trenouth and Marty Hainesannounced that, currently, there are 62 individuals signed up for the April 22 event to pack meals for the people of Sierra Leone. They need 100 volunteers, so club members, family and friends are urged to sign up. (Click Here to Register)
The annual Memorial Day parade is on May 27 and RCOB will be both a sponsor and participant.
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. Here is the clothing catalogue, with the Order Form on the last page:(Click Here) Fill out the order form, turn it into Vinson Latimore at a meeting or email a scanned copy to embroidery@choicesscrubs.com.
WE MOVED TO THE SYRE STUDENT CENTER - SYRE THEATER AT WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE. HERE ARE THE DIRECTIONS.
The buildings address is 235 W Kellogg Rd. But this is not where you park. There is no parking off of Kellogg Road. You must enter parking off either Eliza Ave or Cordata Parkway. You are looking for the YELLOW lot (look on light poles for Y2 or Y3).
Enter from Eliza Ave: the driveway between Kellogg Rd and Westerly Rd has a driveway into the campus, follow that about 200 yards until it slopes down, park in the area between the three buildings.
Enter from Cordata Parkway: Just north of the WTA station and Cruisin Coffee before the round about is Orca Lane, take Orca Lane around the first two buildings until you find a large parking lot between three buildings.
You will still receive an email from Sandee each week prior to the Monday 12:30 meeting if you are unable to attend in person (you can start logging in at 12:00 for short socializing) with the link for that privacy-protected meeting. If you have n done so, please download the Zoom app on your computer (you need a camera and microphone on it), iPad or phone. There is no cost to you. If you cannot do either, you can also call in. On the invitation, there are US phone numbers you can call and enter the meeting ID number also indicated on the invitation.
Lunch is $17.00 for soup, salad and bread buffet. We must notify them by Wednesday at NOON the week prior to the Monday meeting as to the number of members attending. We are sending out meeting "Invites" weekly and members are asked to sign-up ASAP. You can also sign-up by going to the event section of our website at bellinghamrotary.org. If you sign up for a meal at the meeting, you will need to pay the $17 even if you don't wind up attending the meeting after the numbers are turned in. If you plan to attend but not eat, PLEASE indicate that on your sign-up so we don't overorder meals and still make sure there is enough seating.
The Club will collect payments prior to the meeting or at the door by Venmo, check or cash.
We urge members of the RCOB to set up a Venmo account for ease in payment of Meeting lunches, Happy Bucks, Minister of Fun, Dues or donations to the club. Our account is @RCOB- Bellingham. If you do not have a Venmo account you can set up an account with your computer then download the app. on your phone (just Google "Venmo" and you will find all the information you need) You then attach it to a debit or credit card (a fee on your end) or attach to your checking account at no cost. Payment will be sent directly to the RCOB checking account. When you use it for the first time it may ask you the last 4 digits of the RCOB phone number which is 0282. Give Sandee a call if you need help. 360-734-5532
Other payment options are to bring a check in the correct amount to the meeting made out to RCOB or cash in the exact amount to speed up the payment process. There is also the option to pay by PayPal. We have a QR Code that you scan and simply click to pay thru paypal.
Website and Phone App instructions:
Here is a tutorial on how to login for the first time. (Click here) Go to belling mrotary.org first. In order to login you need t know your user name and password in your Clubrunner account. The user name is Your first name.Lastname.264 unless you have changed it. Example: Sandra.Lindhout.264 the password is initially set by Clubrunner at 264 unless you have changed it. Sandee can see your Username from her computer but not the password. She can also change your password for you from her computer at your request if you run into problems.
Once you have originally created your User Name and Password you can download the ClubRunner Mobile app on your phone:
Please contact Sandee at 360-734-5532 or rcob@comcast.net if you run into any trouble.
Guests:
Steve Ban introduced today’s featured speaker, Carla Rutschman, her husband Ed and friend Kathy Diaz
Felicity Dye introduced Scott Herman
Special Guests joining the Rotary Brass: Brad Bigelow, Pete Kirkman and Mark Lindenbaum
Zoom attendee members: Dick Tucker, Dennis Williams and Vinson Latimore
Program:
Steve Ban introduced Dr. Carla Rutschman, whose presentation was titled, Meet the Tuba-An Early Rotarian. Carla is Professor Emeritus of Music at Western Washington University and founded the Heavy Metal Low Brass ensemble and has maintained an active low brass studio. She grew up in Denver and earned a BA in Music Education at the University of Northern Colorado, then a Masters in Musical Performance at Arizona State University, and then a PhD in Musicology at the University of Washington. As a conductor, clinician and adjudicator, she is active throughout the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Hawaii. As tubist in the Washington Brass Ensemble for 35 years, Carla brought informative musical programs to schools throughout Washington State and British Columbia.
Carla started playing tuba at age nine, and not by choice. She played tuba at the recommendation of the school, under the premise that her parents would never have to purchase an instrument: Because of their high expense, schools end up purchasing them. Historically, tubas are the most recent addition to the Brass family (in 1845), as it took some technological prowess to manufacture the valves. They consist typically of 18+ feet long of pipe, weigh 35lbs, and start around $5k on up to $30k in price. To make sound with it, you can’t just blow. You have to buzz your lips. Carla demonstrated this with gusto! The tuba arrived on the scene in the Brass family due to the need for lower notes. It has a colorful history with composers, often representing subterranean themes or various story telling uses for dragons, old cartoons, Bugs Bunny, film scores (Jaws, Close Encounters of the “Tuba” Kind), etc. Carla played short examples of each of these. It’s a very versatile instrument used in marching bands, orchestras, German bands, Civil War enactment bands, Dixieland bands and so on. Locally, tuba players play at The Tuba Christmas event down at the Ferry Terminal. It brings people from all over the region, from Northern California to BC, to play. These Tuba Christmases even have groupies that follow them around. “It’s all about the Bass!” Carla concluded with a rousing duet, with fellow tubist Mark Lindenbaum, of The Saints Go Marching In.
Closing:
President Paul praised our dynamic speaker as the embodiment of the term “Forever Young”! He also thanked those who helped with today's meeting and rang us to adjournment at 1:30 PM.
