In the beginning...
This pas
t Friday, October 14th, Co-president Kay Bliss called the meeting to order where we welcomed our fellow club members for our first ever: Technology and you club meeting.
This week’s invocation was sourced from the Stanford Social Review: “What is Community?”
‘Community’ is so easy to say. The word itself connects us with each other. It describes an experience so common that we never really take time to explain it. It seems so simple, so natural, and so human.
In the social sector, we often add it to the names of social innovations as a symbol of good intentions (for example, community mental health, community policing, community-based philanthropy, community economic development).
But the meaning of community is complex.
First and foremost, community is not a place, a building, or an organization; nor is it an exchange of information [with like minded people] over the Internet. Community is both a feeling and a set of relationships among people. People form and maintain communities to meet common needs.
Members of a community have a sense of trust, belonging, safety, and caring for each other. They have an individual and collective sense that they can, as part of that community, influence their environments and each other.”
That is why I’m here today, and why I’m glad to be a part of this Rotary community.
Kay then thanked:
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Pledge – Bill Prather
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Invocation – Kevin Davis
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Greeter – Sue Gilbreth
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Welcome Table – Michael Scar
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Cash Box – Dave Brubaker
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Room Setup – Dave Watson
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With Sean /Bill
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Reminder Editor – Kevin Davis
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Finemaster – Ren Adam
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Guest Finemaster – Tessa Turner
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Roving Mic – Mike Malone
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Kay and Marty thanked our two attendees on zoom today, Frank Fink and Bob Skankey, in addition to our in-house guests Magda Perkins (guest of Cheree Edwards), special guest Christine Fenn and former member, Rod Owen who is contemplating rejoining.
Sue Gilbreth made the following community service announcements. The Ojai Cemetery Clean-up is fast approaching.
Please see Sue if you’re interested in learning more. In addition we have the second Contra Dancing in Ojai coming up Sunday, October 23rd at the Ojai Art Center. Finally, we are looking for nominees for the Dr Bob Skankey Humanitarian Award.
Kay Bliss then reminded the club that our next “Something Different” 4th Friday will be a community service project at Help of Ojai’s 370 Baldwin Road campus at 12 noon on Friday, October 28th. Lunch will NOT be provided so come fed or bring your own lunch. Please reach out to Kay if you have not already signed-up. She assures us that there will be no heavy lifting.
There’s a slew of upcoming committee meetings
- Rotary Board of Directors Meeting – This Thursday, Oct 20 at 7:30pm in the Library.
- International Service Committee (ISC) Meeting – Next Tue, Oct 18 at 7:30am – KB’s Home
- RCOEF Board Meeting – Mike Weaver - Wednesday, Oct 19th at 8:00am – Aquinas Center Library
Special Events
- Let’s Walk sponsored by Ojai Community Hospital Oct 25th. RCO helps sponsor event For more information, click here.
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Paul Harris Recognition
Co-club president Marty Babayco then made a special presentation to club members Dave Brubaker, Leslie Bouché and Mike Malone to recognize them for their multiple contributions to the Paul Harris Fellow. Rotary International recognizes donors as a Paul Harris Fellow (PHF) when they have given $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation (TRF) – either for the Annual Fund or for an approved Foundation Grant. Donors are recognized as a Multiple Paul Harris Fellows with each additional gift of $1,000. Questions? Talk to Tony Thacher our TRF Chair. For more information, click here.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
21 Oct – Michael Katz – The Ojai Storytelling Festival
28 Oct – 4th Friday – Something Different – Service Project (Meet at Help of Ojai 12:00)
4 Nov – Your Rotary Foundation (TRF)
THIS WEEK’S PROGRAM
Technology and You - Marty Babayco
You, our memb
ers, told us through our recent focus groups that interaction and communication with the club through digital technology is a top priority. Yet, our surveys from last week indicated our limited experience using our own webpage on ClubRunner. Today we’d like to change that.
What is ClubRunner?
- ClubRunner is Rotary International sanctioned software that allows each Rotary Club to make their own webpage, to use it as a member data storage, communication tool, provide a place for Rotary news, and be connected to Rotary International data.
What we learned?
- During this week’s program we learned to access and use ClubRunner webpage, how to login, find the and use the calendar and upcoming programs, how to locate other Rotarians in our directory, and how to make payments online. If we have time, we will download the ClubRunner Mobile app for your phone and have some time for other tech questions.
- To help us today, self-described “experts,” Terry Beckett, Carl Gross, Kevin Davis, Sean McDermott and Bryant Huber were made available to help guide members through the time we spent with ClubRunner.
If you missed last week’s tech session, or if you just need a little more one-on-one help, please reach out to Sean McDermott.
This week’s Life Hack
“Don’t be afraid to ask a question that may sound stupid because 99% of the time everyone else is thinking of the same question and is too embarrassed to ask it.”
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