Introduction
President Michael brought the meeting to order at 12:05 and thanked those who contributed to the meeting: Patricia for greeting; Larry for the Pledge; Dewayne for the invocation; and Tara for technical support.
Rotary Visitors and Guests
Bob Skankey was the honorary Rotary guest from Tropic, Utah.
Upcoming Programs
Therese Brown gave an overview of upcoming programs:
8/28-Jennifer Berry--Get Acquainted Talk
9/4-Jeff Loebl on Bioethics
9/11-Patrick Heitkam--Online Magician
9/18-Dr. Sakeena Ali The New Rotary/Peace Corp. Partnership
9/25-Dr. Tiffany Morse--State of the Ojai Valley Unified School Dist.
Special Award
Cheree introduc
ed former DG Savi Bhim who had an announcement: the Ojai Rotary Club has been awarded the
“Platinum Presidential Citation” for its extraordinary achievements. Savi specifically mentioned that Cheree “always goes the extra mile” as a key reason for the recognition.
OVN “Best Of…”
President Michael asked all of us to be sure to vote for the club in the OVN “Best Of…” competition.
Rotary Humor
Fining by Colin Jones
Colin did his usual excellent job of extracting money from our members by asking obscure questions about events in History that happened in August. Some of Colin’s topics were: Hurricane Katrina; Princess Diana; Susan B. Anthony; Marilyn Monroe; and the Macarena.
Program: Jennifer Berry of the CREW
Our new member Jennifer Berry, ED of The CREW, introduced herself to the club.
Her presentation was light-hearted and entertaining as she touched upon the major chapters of her life. She was born in Ukiah, near the giant redwood trees and experienced the dislocation that came from the end of the logging industry in that area.
She did her undergrad work at Long Island University, a school that had only international campuses, so she spent time in such places as Taiwan, India, Turkey, Costa Rica, Peru, etc. etc. She did her grad work at UCSB.
After college, she worked at a number of outdoor educational initiatives around the State. Finally, she arrived in Ojai where she is now the ED of The CREW.
Jennifer will give another presentation in October more focused on the work of The CREW.
Dismissal
President Michael dismissed the group by quoting Ghandi:
“An eye for an eye makes the world blind”