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Meeting Notes from September 24, 2024
Los Gatos Rotary Meeting notes The Cat Tale
 
Meeting opened by Doug Brent at 12:30
 
Pledge lead by Lydia Norcia
 
Visiting Rotarians and Guests:
  • CJ White social media consultant 
  • Jeanie Colclough -first rotary meeting (reached out to to Doug)
  • Elaine Knoernschild  
  • Sarah Schiltz
  • Patricia Hibben
  • Barbara Regan
Inspiration by Barry Cheskin -Barry shared the grit and courage of Rosa Parks. She is a nationally recognized symbol for the civil rights movement.  
 
Rotary Foundation update by Marty Fishman shared a video about the impact of the foundation and reminded all about the Anonymous Donor Match. 
  • Donor will match 0.50cents for every one dollar over last years total. 
  • If this years total reaches $100,000,an additional $25,000 will be contributed by our Anonymous Donor
Current Donations
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Meeting Notes from September 17, 2024
Los Gatos Rotary The Cat Tale new member
 
Doug called the meeting to order at 12:30. Jean Marc led the flag salute.
 
Doug’s Rotary fact of the week: Rotary’s official avenues of service include club service, vocational service, community service, international service, and youth service. Which have you participated in?

Guests: 

  • Marjory Brent, Ian Brent, and Ariana Brent (family of Doug Brent)
  • Debbie Johnson (Paul Johnson’s wife)
  • Elizabeth Synder (Dan Synder’s daughter)

 

Inspiration:

Barry Cheskin gave our inspiration, continuing his theme of lessons in leadership. Queen Elizabeth II was one of the most beloved monarchs with incredibly high approval ratings. Why? She listened. She was present. She had a sense of duty in her service to the people.
 
 
 
 

Club business:

  • Marty Fishman reminded us the Rotary Foundation Drive is in full swing with a fun new twist. Remember, we are not just part of Los Gatos Rotary, we are part of Rotary International and its foundation does incredible philanthropy around the world. We have an anonymous donor willing to match any funds we raise over the amount we raised last year! Let’s do this! Contribute what you can! Reach out to Marty with any questions.
  • Volunteer at our local schools! There are a few STEAM nights and some bike rodeo (bike safety) mornings where you can volunteer. Please look for emails from Jeffrey Blum to sign up. Doug shared some photos from last week’s STEAM event. It’s great to see Rotary partner with our fantastic community schools.
  • Paul Johnson talked about the Guatamala School Project, a LGUSD project we gave a grant to last year. Over 1600 books - purchased through LGUSD, Rotary Club, and the Interfaith Council - were brought to 7 schools in Guatemala this past spring. These are schools that had NO books at all. Paul shared how the kids swarmed the table of new books and started devouring them. We made an impact on thousands of children. The project also donated more RACHEL computers. We will be doing another Spanish book drive this year because of its success.
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Meeting Notes from September 10, 2024
Los Gatos Rotary Meeting notes The Cat Tale
 
Doug Brent began meeting at 12:30 pm
 
Pledge led by Mike Frangadakis
 
Object of Rotary shared by Doug Brent

Guests:

  • Lydia introduced her friend Sarah
  • Doug introduced his wife Marjorie Brent
  • Barbara Rogan
  • Patricia Hibbard
  • Goutam Metha and his wife and granddaughter
 
Inspiration by Barry Cheskin – Todays inspiration recognized Margaret Hamilton as a woman in leadership. Hamilton  is credited as one of the first software programmers responsible for the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon
 
 

Recognition For Rotarian Goutam Meta honoring his 50 years of rotary service.

 

Birthdays and Rotary Anniversaries

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Meeting Notes from August 20, 2024
Los Gatos Rotary Meeting notes The Cat Tale
 
Doug Brent began the meeting at 12:30
 
Pledge: Andrew Howard
 
Recited the Four Way Test
 
Inspiration: Ramon Ware apologized for missing his turn at inspiration last month. He hilariously told us that to confuse the months of August and February takes a lot of dedication, distraction and denial. He went on to say to make the most of every opportunity we have, and do not let anything stop us from pursuing our passion. We move forward as a club, not just with the intention to lead, but also with hearts to forgive, learn, and inspire.
 
Guests: Goutam Mehta and Santosh Mehta visitors and Rotarians from India. Derrick Du, a prospective member. Dan Spalding introduced Bob Gloye, who is a Rotarian with the Almaden-Willow Glen Club.
 
 
St. Luke’s eggs were fantastic again. The theme was Play Ball!
 
2023-2024: Our Club received a citation for the great work we did during this year to help create hope in the world. Thank you to Meghan Burton for her leadership!
 
Thank you letters were received from the Grateful Garment Organization and Skyland Church for our donations to their programs.
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RYLA, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards:  Jeffrey Barnett spoke about our RYLA 5 day program in the Santa Cruz Mountains where high school students learn about ethics, conflict resolution, self-esteem and other leadership skills.  We usually send 2 students from Los Gatos High School and 2 from Leigh High School. This year we were able to send one extra student. Jeffrey shared slides from 2 students about their favorite parts of the week. 

 
Greg Gentile: Recapped the July Rotary Board meeting. 13 Rotary goals were discussed including social activities, service opportunities, membership, youth activities, media presence, etc. 2024-2025 operating budget was discussed and approved. There were committee reports in each area; all things are running smoothly. After the meeting the Charities Board met and approved this year’s budget. 
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Upcoming Events
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Centennial Video
Our club is celebrating 100 years of service in our community. Check this out to see what we've been up to!
Weekly Meeting/Speaker Schedule
Vidya Rajagopalan, VP of Engineering at Rivian
Oct 08, 2024
My Career in the Electric Vehicle Industry
Ken Middlebrook, Historian
Oct 15, 2024
Billy Jones and His Wildcat Railroad
In-Meeting Service Project
Oct 22, 2024
Assembling Backpacks for the Grateful Garment Project
Stan Bunger, Broadcaster & Author
Oct 29, 2024
Mornings with Madden: My Radio Life with an American Legend
Evening Event - NO Lunch Meeting
Nov 05, 2024
First Tuesday (See "Upcoming Events")
Mary Badame, Mayor of Los Gatos
Nov 12, 2024
A Progress Report on Los Gatos!
Dan Gordon, CEO of Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
Nov 19, 2024
The History of Gordon Biersch & How to Make Beer!
Thanksgiving Week - NO Lunch Meeting
Nov 26, 2024
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Our Long List of Service to the Community!
We fed families burdened by extended hospital stays at JW House in August 2024.
 
We assembled hygiene kits in May 2024 for the Catholic Charities Shower of Hope Mobile Van bringing hot showers to the unhoused population in East San Jose.
 
We raised over $14,000 at our February 2024 CrabFest for the Bill Wilson Center Safety Net Shelter for at-risk youth.
 
Every year, we partner with Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley to help fix up a home in our area.
 
Each Fall, we stuff back packs full of essential back-to-school supplies for underprivileged kids.
 
Each year, we help prepare 30,000 meal packs for Rise Against Hunger.
 
We assembled activity kits for isolation patients at El Camino Hospital in February 2023.
 
We helped prepare materials for solar kits for Lighting For Literacy in December 2022.
 
Each holiday season, we donate hundreds of toys for Toys For Tots.
 
We volunteer every year at Second Harvest Food Bank.
 
We volunteer to clean up the Los Gatos Creek.
 
We donated then sorted hundreds of books for children being treated at Stanford Children's Hospital.
 
Every week, we donate food to the homeless at St. Luke's Church Los Gatos.
 
Here we are packing PPE equipment for the elderly at one of our Summer 2022 meetings. 
 
Our Leigh High School Rotary Interact students volunteering at Second Harvest.
 
We donated bikes to Good Karma.
 
We sorting items donated for fire evacuees in Summer 2020.
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