1. Good Morning! - Rotary Club of Windsor!
2. Pledge of Allegiance – Dianne Brabetz
3. Inspiration – John Hakenberg presented historical quotes from John Adams
4. Song – Susan Cole, Rotary Rock
5. Visiting Rotarians – Welcome our own RCW member District Governor Tom Boylan
6. Guests – Cherise Arnold, SRJC Public Safety Training Center
7. Windsor Historical Moment - NW Pacific Railroad completed through the town in 1872.
8. Windsor HS – Windsor High Scholl is looking for volunteers for the Senior Mentoring program.  Chief Raasch discussed his great experience last year mentoring a Senior student through his senior project.  (Who wouldn’t want to shadow the Chief of Police!)
1. Halloween Party – Carol Martin.  October 21 Funding Food & Toy Drive at Odd Fellows Hall. Dancing and fun with the other service clubs.  This event will sell out.
10. November 4 – Monica McCabe is leading our club in Daffodil Planting 4500 bulbs! 2.5 hours planting followed by quick lunch at the Senior Center.  Great opportunity for hands-on community service and we’ll see our bright results next spring.
11. Website Barbara thanked Tom Boyland for developing the “Giving Time” District website for members to find opportunities to participate in hands-on Community/Environmental projects throughout our Rotary District.
50. Fundraiser – Michael Juric is hosting planning meeting for our next “Fun”raiser efforts, small, medium, and large. 
1000. SCARC – RCW hosting this month’s SCARC on Thursday, here at Charlie’s.  International theme “we are the world”.  Any costumes or photos for slideshow decorations, etc. would be welcome.  See Pam if you have something to loan to the club for the meeting on Thursday.
14. Tee Shirts coming for RCW members to wear during service projects.
15. Membership – Maureen leading membership meeting if you have membership questions, here is a great opportunity to learn more about sponsoring and being a Rotarian.
16. Windsor Parade is on Saturday – Saturday Rotary float, plus Wonderbread 5 Concert on the Green and the RCW Margarita Bar.
17. Rotary Foundation Paul Harris Fellows – Brian Ling described the donation process on the RI website and the Donation Report that is available to each Rotarian.  DG Tom Boylan encouraged participation and the pride he has seen throughout the District and Internationally by being a Paul Harris Fellow.  Brian presented recognitions to our members:
    • Kurt Mitchler – Paul Harris + 1
    • Barbara McChesney – Paul Harris + 1 and +2
    • Pegi Ball – Paul Harris +5
    • Bill Bolster – Paul Harris +7

18. Program – Cherise Arnold, SRJC Public Safety Training Center
    • Received Rotary Scholarship from Sebastopol Club, happy to go “full circle” and be presenting to Rotary Clubs today
    • Established in 1960, Two Rock area
    • Moved to Windsor in 2002
    • 6000 Annual Enrollments
    • Programs: Fire Technology, Law Enforcement, In-Service Corrections and Dispatch, Emergency Medical Care, Administration of Justice
    • Classes, degrees, training, certificates, +++
    • Strong Workforce Program
    • Proud to be part of the Windsor Community

19. Thank you to our guests and volunteers.
    • Setup/Domingo Calleja
    • Greeter/John Hackenburg
    • Song/Susan Cole
    • Scribe/Brian Ling
    • Inspiration/John Hackenburg
    • Photography/Barbara McChesney

20. Closing comments and Adjourn – President Doug talked about his career in Fire Service and maintaining active certifications.  He has watched the success of the Training Center from Two Rock to Windsor and it has produced thousands of terrific servants to our community.

1.  7:30 Good Morning Rotary Club of Windsor
2. Pledge of Allegiance – Dave Doht
3. Inspiration – Leah Hansen:  Work hard on your dream and don’t let anyone discourage you from reaching it!
4. Song – Geoff Harrison:  Lean on Me
5. Visiting Rotarians: none
6. Guests: none
7. Covid Update:  Diane Brabetz shared that while there isa new strain of Covid it does not appear to be as devasting as previous strains.  Check with your health professional about vaccine recommendations and availability.
8. Volunteers are need to move items out of the previous storeroom to a container on the same sight.  This will be at 2pm on Thursday.  Meet at the flagpole at the business center right at Conde and Shiloh.
1. Vote on Bylaws: Larry McCabe has revised and updated the bylaws, sent them to all members for review and discussion, edited with those reviews and requests a vote on the revisions.  A move to approve the updates was made by Heather Cullen, and seconded by Diane Brabetz.  A show of hands passed the updates.   Thank you, Larry, for your careful work on this project.
10. Program Committee announcement:  Larry McCabe announced that there will be an informal workshop to discuss how JB has successfully identified, booked and supported guest speakers.  If you are interested in learning how this is done (in hopes of taking over this critical role) please contact JB or Larry.
11. Club Scholarship recipient Noel Leon introduced himself, and shared his plan to attend UC Davis this fall.  He would like to be a surgeon in an emergency room.  His success in high school was based largely on his relationships with teachers.  He feels today’s leaders need to focus on helping everyone feel a part of a community, and helping everyone become educated on the basics of health, safety, fire and earthquake readiness.  Good luck, Noel!
50. Michael Juric on fundraising.  Choosing to have a fundraiser is a lot of rewarding work that can benefit both the Club (through comradery, common goals and work) and the community.  To be successful we as a Club must get behind and support the process. After we say yes to having a fundraiser, we choose which area of the public sector we want to help, invite applications for funds, choose a target for the funds, and then plan a fun-raiser.  Michael asked if the Club was in support of this and the answer was YES!  More to come – it’s a group project!
1000. Recognitions:  Today is our exchange student, Anne Louise’s, 16^th birthday.
14. Program: Heather Cullen on the Windsor Academy of Performing Arts.  Heather gave a heartfelt presentation of the good that the Academy provides students, from talented thespians to kids who struggle with finding their place.  She has witnessed students transform from shy, unconfident wallflowers into woodworkers, set builders, and stars of the stage.  Her “no negative talk, even in jest” is a powerful message.
15. Comments: 
    1. Maureen, Membership Chair, reports that we have had a few new guests already.  Please be sure to work with your membership team to invite more guests.  We don’t invite them to join Rotary – that is a Board decision, but we can invite friends and neighbors to come and find out about Rotary. 
    2. Thanks to Carol for leading us through two nights of budget meetings.  That was a lot of work and very appreciated.
    3. The Festival of Brotherhood, a long tradition in our Club, is coming back in November. More information to follow!
    4. Please be sure to check in when you come into the meeting.
    5. Reminder to pay your dues, if you haven’t already.  If you have, thank you!
    6. Monica is looking for raffle prizes for the Halloween party on October 21, at the Oddfellow’s hall, to benefit the Food and Toy Drive.   Diane Brabetz volunteered a basket of champagne and chocolates!  Thank you, Diane!
    7. Still looking for helpers to wash the Rotary Float on September 29 and to hold the Rotary Float ropes at the parade at the Windsor Day Parade, September 30.  Leah Hansen is your contact!

Good Day fellow Rotarians, friends and family who are reading our weekly bulletin.  Today’s minutes are from TUESDAY August 22, 2023