Opener

President John Martinka called the meeting to order at 7:30am and mentioned it is always sunny at the BBRC when the District Governor joins us.

Madeline Gauthier gave an invocation about Christmas in July, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Tom Smith introduced the visiting Rotarians and guests, including District Governor Ann Liberato, from the West Seattle Club; Assistant Governor Chris Boland, from the Woodinville Club; and John McDermott, from the Wenatchee Club.

Rotarian of the Month: Paul Osborn

Immediate Past President Chuck Kimbrough presented Paul Osborn with the Rotarian of the Month award for June 2011, due to Paul's work on DaCdb.

Seattle Children's

Jim Carney presented Eve Kopp, of Seattle Children's, with a check for $12,000. Eve thanked BBRC members for their generous donation and introduced Aurora Bearse, President of Seattle Children's Autism Guild.

Aurora told us her heartfelt story about having a daughter, Sara, who was diagnosed with autism in 2009, and how grateful she was for all of the help that Seattle Children's Autism Center has provided her and her family. She told us that the Center is her family's hub for support and could not imagine how families with autistic children managed before the Center opened in August 2009.

Aurora believes that it truly takes a village to raise a child with autism. She encouraged us to attend the 3rd annual Seattle Children's Autism Center gala dinner and auction, to be held at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel on October 8.

Goodbye to Claudia Rodriguez

Chris Monger, Mike Ralph, and Ann Norman brought our exchange student from Chile, Claudia Rodriguez, up to the front of the room for the last time, for BBRC members to bid her farewell.

Claudia was wearing a jacket covered with Rotary pins. She told us that she would miss us and that we made her year.

Sparkling Wendi Fischer

Our sparkling Sergeant at Arms, Wendi Fischer, talked about the I Am Already Covered (IAAC) card. If you purchase this card for $40, you will not have to pay the $1 to $2 sparkle dollar fines that the Sergeant at Arms doles out on occasion.

When Dick Brown was fined due to lousy weather at the golf tournament, he quickly opted to buy the IAAC card. Dick then told us that he received a call from a Rotary Club member from suburban Chicago who had a golf tournament on the same day at the Willows Golf & Country Club — and the weather was beautiful. So, apparently the weather gods heard Dick's plea for good weather, but they didn't get it quite right.

If you believe this story, I've got the cruise deal of the century to sell you.

In addition to fining Dick, Wendi asked anybody who was not wearing a Rotary pin to put $1 on the table.

Community Service Committee

Jane Kuechle gave us a brief report on her committees:

• Preserve Planet Earth Committee
• Rotary First Harvest Committee
• Scholarship Committee
• Service Project Committee
• Vocational Service Projects Committee
• Youth Service Committee

International Service Committee

Chair Mike Ralph reported the following goals for the year for the World Community Service Committee:

• Leverage our club contributions with matching grants from District and RI.
• Get more BBRC members involved in the projects (not just donations).

There are two approved projects for the year:

1. Africa Water Project, headed by Curtis Cummings, will be a continuation of previous projects in Kenya to supply clean water to the Munanda Primary School. This year, we will put in a solar powered pumping and distribution system. This water project will supply clean drinking water to 500 students and the community of 3,000 people.
2. Antigua Project, which will be a continuation of the project with the Rotary Club of Antigua and the Antigua School System. We will be installing additional computers in the schools, providing every third grade student with an illustrated dictionary, adding 30 more classrooms to the First Move Chess program, and also teaching sewing classes to better utilize the sewing machines we donated in 2009.

Youth Service Program
For three years running, the BBRC has hosted an inbound student. This Rotary year, the BBRC will be hosting Farina Boeck, who will arrive from Germany on August 17. Ann Norman will take over as Chair of the Youth Exchange Program.

RI Foundation Committee

Committee Chair Kim Shrader reported the BBRC’s goals for The Rotary Foundation for 2011-2012 are:

• Provide educational information on the Rotary Foundation
• Have each BBRC member donate to the Rotary Foundation (EREY)
• Average $300 per member

Kim distributed the Friday Morning Quiz at the BBRC about the Rotary Foundation. This quiz listed the following acronyms and dollar amounts (answers are provided):

1. TRF = The Rotary Foundation
2. EREY = Every Rotarian Every Year
3. $100 = The annual donation to the TRF required to be a Paul Harris sustaining member
4. $300 = The amount which we would like every BBRC member to contribute annually to TRF
5. $1,000 = The amount which a member must contribute to TRF to become a Paul Harris Fellow; if a member contributes $1,000 per year, he/she becomes a member of the Paul Harris Society

Membership Committee

Director Colleen Turner presented the following membership goals:

• Raise awareness among BBRC members of the importance of bringing new members into the Club. We will continually remind members to bring guests to all of our events, including our breakfast meetings, fellowship gatherings at the Rock Bottom, Rotary First Harvest, and all of our work projects. By the end of this year, it should be second nature (part of our DNA) to carry a stack of BBRC member cards with us and invite guests to our events.
• Promote BBRC membership at our events.
• Make a concerted effort to reach out to Rotary alumni in our area.
• Develop a Satellite Club Pilot Program focused on leadership development, with a goal of attracting younger members.
• Reach out to mid-level executives of companies we specifically target in certain industries.
• Develop a more structured mentor program for new members which outlines the duties and responsibilities of a mentor.

Club Administration

Director Paul Chapman gave us a brief report on his committees:

• Audio/Visual Committee
• Fellowship Committee
• Program Committee
• Reveille Committee
• Website Committee

Last Minute Announcements

Norm Johnson announced that the next New Member meeting will be held at Hopelink at 7:00am on Wednesday, August 3.

PROGRAM

"The State of District 5030," District Governor Ann Liberato

Assistant Governor Chris Boland gave a brief introduction of Ann Liberato, Rotary District 5030 Governor. He mentioned that Ann’s classification is Mortgage Banker, she is a WSU graduate, and she has a huge heart and great passion.

Reach Within to Embrace Humanity – this is Rotary’s theme for 2011-2012. The new RI President, Kalyan Banerjee, asks us to search first within ourselves, to understand that all of us, everywhere, have the same dreams, the same hopes, the same aspirations, and similar dilemmas.

Our first emphasis in this Rotary year will be the family. The family and the home are at the core of all our work — all our service begins here — and through the family, we approach all of our community and all of humanity, as an extended family, in which all members care for each other. Our second emphasis will be continuity – finding the things we do well and making them bigger and bolder. Our third emphasis will be change.

Ann mentioned that when she first joined Rotary, she attended every committee meeting; she just didn’t know how to say “no.” Ann believes that Rotary is a gift that keeps on giving; Rotary gives back. Ann’s goal during her year as District Governor is to get all 3,200 members of District 5030 involved, so that they can fulfill their passion.

Ann spoke briefly about the improvements in the District DaCdb, which will allow Rotarians to connect with each other more easily. She also mentioned the Rotary PR grant which will help the District increase its outreach for volunteers.

Ann also promoted the next District Conference, to be held April 20-22, 2012, at the Coeur d’Alene Resort in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Web Fun

Actual Quotes Taken from Employee Performance Evaluations
Courtesy of Phil Salvatori

Actual quotes taken from employee performance evaluations:

1. "Since my last report, this employee has reached rock bottom and has started to dig."

2. "I would not allow this employee to breed."

3. "This employee is really not much of a has-been, but more of a definite won't be."

4. "Works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap."

5. "When she opens her mouth, it seems it is only to change feet."

6. "He would be out of his depth in a parking lot puddle."

7. "This young lady has delusions of adequacy."

8. "He sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them."

9. "This employee is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot."

10. "! This employee should go far, and the sooner he starts, the better."

11. "Got a full 6-pack, but lacks the plastic thing to hold it all together."

12. "A gross ignoramus --- 144 times worse than an ordinary ignoramus."

13. "He doesn't have ulcers, but he's a carrier."

14. "I would like to go hunting with him sometime."

15. "He's been working with glue too much."

16. "He would argue with a signpost."

17. "He brings a lot of joy whenever he leaves the room."

18. "When his IQ reaches 50, he should sell."

19. "If you see two people talking and one looks bored, he's the other one."

20. "A photographic memory but with the lens cover glued on."

21. "A prime candidate for natural DE-selection."

22. "Donated his brain to science before he was done using it."

23. "Gates are down, the lights are flashing! but the train isn't coming."

24. "He's got two brains, one is lost and the other is out looking for it."

25. "If he were any more stupid, he'd have to be watered twice a week."

26. "If you gave him a penny for his thoughts, you'd get change."

27. "If you stand close enough to him, you can hear the ocean."

28. "It's hard to believe he beat out 1,000,000 other sperm."

29. "One neuron short of a synapse."

30. "Some drink from the fountain of knowledge; he only gargled."

31. "Takes him 2 hours to watch 60 minutes."