11:50-12:10 Greeter/Fun Ambassador: Patricia Anderson warmly welcomed the Rotary Zoomers and their Guests
12:08 to 12:15- Start Meeting
Hello & Welcome everyone, my name is Michael Scar, President of the Rotary Club of Ojai.
Pledge: Terry Beckett
Invocation: Suzanne Scar
Thank you, Terry for the Pledge, Suzanne for the invocation, Tara for facilitating our Zoom meeting, Patricia for being our greeter today and Andy for serving as our Reminder Editor. And I also want to thank Terry Beckett for sending out the Zoom link every week.
Are there any visiting Rotarians or guests to introduce?
Kathy: Susan Keller will be listening in on the speaker.
12:10 - 12:20 Announcements:
Therese Brown - Upcoming Programs:
Today - Rebecca Anderson from Lotusland
Coming Up:
- Carol Lynn from the Rubicon Theater Company 3/12
- Stacy Brown from MADD on the Power of Community 3/19
- Candice Alexander - new Rotarian with her Get Acquainted Talk 3/26
Mike Weaver – Global Grant Scholarship recipient video for a doctoral student in Botswana to complete her advanced degree, joining a small group of surgeons serving a large population. Mike described the details on the grant, and what the grant will be able to accomplish for the community.
Any other announcements?
Catherine Lee announced a very affordable fine art and bake sale, with proceeds going to the scholarship fund, focused on art. April 25 is the event date, at her ranch, all outside and safely distanced, framed and unframed fine art. Rotary members are being asked to donate art and/or to offer baked goods. Help is also needed to collect the art. A flyer will be forthcoming and thanks for any help.
Mike Weaver also announced that the Education Foundation is meeting on Wednesday at 1:00PM if anyone is interested in participating.
12:20 – 12:30 - Confessions and Fining –Ren Adam
Several members offered some great confessions, such as a new cat living
with
Betsy.
Fining Questions:
1) Fred Fauvre - What is the world’s largest island? Greenland is the answer.
2) Frank Fink: What is the world’s largest lake? The Caspian Sea is the answer.
3) Jane Spiller: What country produces the world’s hottest chili peppers? The answer is the United States.
4) Bill Weirick: What is the world’s deepest ocean? It’s the Pacific Ocean.
5) Bill Prather: What place recorded the coldest weather on earth? The answer is Vostok Antartica... -128 degrees!
12:30 – 1:00 Program – Therese, can you please introduce our speaker?
Rebecca Anderson Development Director of Lotusland will present to us today, with a long history with Santa Barbara-based non-profits.
Rebecca Anderson joined
Ganna Walska Lotusland in July 2016 as Director of Development, and became Executive Director in 2020.
Rebecca received her B. A. in Sociology from the University of California Santa Cruz and an M. A. in Organizational Management from Antioch University.
She earned a CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive), and is certified in negotiation and mediation.
She was one of fifteen young professionals to participate in Leading From Within’s 2013
Emerging Leaders Program and is a current Director of that organization.
Rebecca and her husband live in Santa Barbara in a 1916 house with their two children and their Goldendoodle Tilly.
Rebecca: Thank you to our volunteers, some of which are Rotarians!
Lotusland has been deemed an essential business, and is now open and a wonderful respite during this COVID time.
Lotusland dates back to 1880. The maturity of the public garden is one of the aspects that makes the space so special. We have been open to the public for 28 years. It took the founding board 9 years and 28 hearings to get the gardens open, since it is in a residential neighborhood.
1800 households make up the current membership. Because of COVID all of the tours are self-guided and not led by docents.
The original name was going to be Tibetland. The founders separated and the monks they intended to host could not come, so the intention of the space changed.
The landscape design was inspired and Avant Garde, which has received international acclaim, named one of the top 14 gardens to visit in the United States.
Global conservation and preservation work is also a large part of our endeavor, working toward sustainability, especially in a changing world.
Restoration work is ongoing and a constant effort.
We have an all-organic gardening program, and a sustainable horticulture and botany/gardening teaching component, and well as keeping plants alive that are now extinct in the wild.
or call (805) 969-9990 to get reservations. Tickets are $50.
Reservations are required. Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays the garden is open, plus the 4th Sunday of each month. The best month to come is July to see the lotus plants in bloom.
Member benefits (various membership levels) include access to the garden and discounts on events
Thank you for all of your support!
Closing Quote -
"The most beautiful face is always the face of the peaceful mind!"
Be safe and have a great week!
