Rotary Club of Tahoe-Incline
March 20, 2008
Rotary Club of Tahoe-Incline
March 20, 2008
Meeting Today
We certainly had a lively meeting today. Paul Guttman sang a
poop song to us and was summarily given a $100 fine.
On a more serious note, Marianne Ericsson was inducted
into the Paul Harris Society by visiting District 5190 Area Chair Lud Spolyar. This means that she is the seventh member of
our club to commit at least $1,000 per year to the Rotary Foundation. Congratulations to Marianne, who also brought
one of her business partners from
Many Rotarians admitted to absences and brought gifts,
but the most outstanding gift came from Mark Pardue,
who couldn’t find anything interesting in
Mark also announced that our meeting room will be
demolished later this year to make room for an upscale deli. He promised to find us a nice new spot for
our meetings. He welcomes suggestions for the deli.
Our speaker was Mike Richards, who has designed an
unmanned aerial vehicle to be used for humanitarian missions and search and
rescue missions. Mike brought his tech
guy, Kevin Brown, with him, but still couldn’t get the PowerPoint presentation
to work with our projector, so he winged (no pun intended) his presentation.
The actual plane was on
display for all to see and touch. It is made of handcrafted carbon fiber and
can go up to 85 miles per hour on land or water. It can carry a payload of up to 50 pounds and
is unique because it has dual engines. A
similar military vehicle costs upwards of a million dollars, but his will sell
for around one hundred thousand. It will
be flight tested in one week, and Mike stated that he already has one
order. His presentation made us proud to
have such a creative humanitarian guy in our community.
Makeups
Marianne Ericsson, our club
secretary, reported that many of you are not reporting makeups
to her. You need to make up any missed
meeting within two weeks before or after you miss. Please email her at ericsson775@hotmail.com.
Remember, you
can do a makeup online at
http://www.rotaryeclubone.org/
You can also visit the noon
club any Monday noon at the
Upcoming Events
District Assembly – April 5,
Harrahs in
Recommended
for all board members and all those wanting to learn more about Rotary
operations. Sign up with President Bob at RotaryBob@acecasinoevents.com
District Conference – May 1-4
Peppermill in
Recommended
for all Rotarians in District 5190.
See the finals of the speech contest and music contest, as well as outstanding
speakers. Sign up at the District 5190 website at: http://www.rotarydistrict5190.org/
International Convention – June15-18
The Rotary International
convention gives a Rotarian an international perspective on our
organization. The convention will never
be closer. Do not miss it. Sign up at
the Rotary International website at:
http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/Events/Convention/Pages/ridefault.aspx?housead
Next Week, March 27
It looks like the meeting
next week is a surprise. However, since
it is literacy month, as noted in this month’s Rotarian, we have been asked to
bring at least one children’s book to Rotary next week This should be new
or almost new and will be given to
Tahoe Incline Board Members
President – Bob Ellsworth
President Elect – Gary Lee
President Nominee – Dennis
Jones
Secretary – Marianne Ericsson
Treasurer – Doug Driver
Foundation Chair – Sue Henricksen
Club Service – Sandra
Richards
Community Service – Barbara
Richard
Vocational Service – John Paganelli
International Service – Wend
Schaefer
International Service – Loanne Kuller
Youth Service – Thalia Routsis
Programs – Michele Norris
Sergeant at Arms – Jim Jervey
Communications – Sue Welsch
Membership – Alan Tiras
Christmas Trees – Alan &
Ellen Castator
Sink ‘em
and Hold ‘em – Bob Ellsworth
Red White and Tahoe Blue –
Allen Ferris
Dinners in Incline – Bill Ferrall