Rotary Club of Tahoe-Incline

Christmas Trees

For the first time ever, we sold out of Christmas trees. Dennis had a small forum of members after a meeting in January with a discussion of what we did right and wrong. The consensus was that we did a lot of things right this year. The final tally is not yet in, but will be over $11,000.

Rotary Dinners

The Foundation dinner in November and the Christmas party in December were both well attended by Rotarians from our club and both were great social occasions where we had a lot of fun with Rotarians from other clubs and learned more about Rotary.

Membership

Several members have recently resigned, so we are looking a for new quality members. Please see Ted Fuller with names of prospective members. He is planning a small fireside for prospective members only.

The PDF file of a new member proposal form is on our Tahoe Incline website, www.tahoeinclinerotary.org.

Workshop

On January 21 from 6-8 pm, there will be an energy efficiency workshop at the Parasol Building. A separate flyer for this is attached.

Haiti Relief Effort

The Rotary Foundation has established the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund for U.S. Rotarians who want to donate toward recovery efforts after a powerful earthquake rocked Haiti on 12 January. You can also donate to www.ShelterBoxUSA.org, which has been very successful in getting help to Haiti.

Fireside

A Fireside for all members will be held at the Incline 3rd Creek Clubhouse on March 4.

Volunteer Opportunities

Bob Mimiaga and Mary Jurkonis are spearheading our club’s literacy project, in which members will volunteer to read at Incline Middle School during the lunch hour one-on-one with students. More volunteers are needed.

Rotarians have also been asked to volunteer when the Special Olympics come to Diamond Peak March 5-7. Email valerieo@sonc.org if you would like to volunteer. A separate info sheet is attached.

Upcoming Meetings

This week, January 21, weather permitting, our speakers will be Brian Befford & Pat Bruce from Friends of NV Wilderness. Next week, January 28, we will hear from Chad and Allison again about their bicycle trip through Eurasia. The first two meetings in February will feature the annual music and speech contests. This week, John Clark will have tickets available for the Boosters Crab Feed, which will be on February 6 this year.

International Projects

Our 3H eye program is up and running. The official grand opening is the end of this month. The training class starts on Feb 22. Most of the equipment has arrived, including the vehicle. Our commitments to RI for the Bukoba Playground Project n Tanzania have been met with members’ Rotary Foundation donations.

Local Projects

Our Relay for Life team has been registered so members can donate now at: Participant Center. In addition, our board has approved a $500 donation to Relay for Life, which will be on July 23-24 at Incline Middle School this year. The board also approved $3000 for the Boys and Girls Club in Kings Beach and $1000 matching funds for the music program at Incline Elementary School.

Makeups

Members can make up any missed meeting within two weeks before or after a miss. Please email Marianne Ericsson at ericsson775@hotmail.com.

You can do a makeup online at

http://www.rotaryeclubone.org/

You can also visit the noon club any Monday noon at the Parasol Building.

Websites to Remember

Rotary Club of Tahoe Incline:

http://www.tahoeinclinerotary.org/

District 5190

http://www.rotarydistrict5190.org/

Rotary International:

http://www.rotary.org/

District 5190 Newsletters

http://www.rotarydistrict5190.org/newsletters.asp

Upcoming Events

April 10

District 5190 Assembly at the Atlantis in Reno. Nine specific training tracks will be offered to all President Elects as well as the entire Rotary Club leadership team (club officers, board and committee members) Note: Detailed District Assembly contact information, Assembly information, schedule, agenda, and registration form are available if you login here as a guest or a member. Current District officers, Club Presidents, and Secretaries may login as members. All other Rotarians, including 09-10 Club officers may login as guests.

May 21 -24

District 5190 Conference at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno.

June 20-23

RI convention in Montreal, Canada.

July 23-24

Relay for Life at Incline Middle School

Rotary Club of Tahoe-Incline

Governing Board 2009/2010

President Dennis Jones

Secretary Marianne Ericsson

Treasurer Shawn Noe

Community Service Bob Mimiaga

- Christmas Trees - Mike McCallum

- RWTB/New Fund Raisers - Allen Ferris

- Sink em and Hold em - Gary Lee

- Parasol Liaison - Open

- Rotarians at Work - Open

Club Service Alan Tiras

- Programs - Ginny Yates

- Membership - Ted Fuller

- Communications/Awards - Sue Welsch

- Greeters - Bruce McNulty, Randy Adkins

- A/V Support - Open

Vocational Service Thalia Routsis

- Music - Ginny Yates

- Speech Contest - Susie Parks

- Scholarships - Thalia Roustis

- RYLA - Sandra Richards

- RYE - Randy Adkins

International Service Wend Schaefer

- Foundation Dinner - Diane Morrison

- Foundation Funding - Jim O’Brien

Sergeant At Arms 1 Jim Jervey

Sergeant At Arms 2 Geno Menchetti

Sergeant At Arms 3 Mike Menath

Sergeant At Arms 4 Ted Fuller

Sergeant At Arms 5 Alan Tiras

Sergeant At Arms 6 Sue Welsch

Sergeant At Arms 7 Mary Jurkonis

Sergeant At Arms 8 Gary Lee