President Tammy Dunn started the meeting at 12:04 pm and led the members in the Pledge.

 

President Tammy shared a thank you card from Dawson’s Place for the Club’s support of its programs through the Silvertips hockey game fundraiser.

 

Our Students of the Month, Kadalyna Franck-Tolentino, Rae Thomas, and Kenzie Thomas, along with parents and school personnel, from Everett, Sequoias and Cascade High Schools were introduced.  Also, John Chambers of Heritage Bank introduced himself as a first-time visitor. 

 

Pres. Tammy awarded Krissy Davis her Paul Harris Fellow Certificate. 

 

President Tammy also highlighted the upcoming District Conference on May 5-7 as well as the upcoming Board meeting on April 28^th.    

 

President-elect Neil Angst was given for the floor to conduct a vote for new Board members for 2023-2025.  Neil closed the nominations and motioned to approve the proposed new Board members, Cat Wilson, Paul Stroot, Rich Toyer and Kari Petrasek.   Will McMahon seconded the motion.  The motion was approved.

 

Kelly Shepard was a bell-ringer happy for the success of the Everett High auction and its Student of the Month – Kadalyna Franck-Tolentino.  Kadalyna then presented the Club a check for $274 from the Interact club for Club’s adult literacy project in the Dominican Republic. 

 

Mike Holcomb is also $100 happy to celebrate 57 years of marriage. 

 

Walt Greenwood has $10 happy to promote the Public Relations Committee need for new members. 

 

Neil Angst conducted the weekly raffle. Congratulations to our winners this week: Steve Juntwait (free lunch), Kevin Nichols (white wine), Andy Hall (red wine) and Kari Petrasek (vermouth).

 

Once again, the club was honored with the attendance of our Students of the Month from Sequoia, Cascade and Everett Highs.   Each of the students are inspirational representatives of the bright students in our community and their parents and educators are proud of their accomplishments.  

 

Mike Holcomb introduced Kadalyna from Everett High.   Her parents are in attendance.  She is involved with Basketball and Tennis programs and is the President of the Interact Club/   She is heavily involved in outreach programs at the school/community and carries a 3.5 GPA.  She has a love for animals and plans to be a veterinarian.   She will be going to Western Washington University. 

 

Cat Wilson introduced Rae from Sequoia High.  Rae Thomas of Sequoia High is a caring student who takes great pride in her schoolwork and attendance. She plans to attend Seattle Central and study in the surgical technology program. After becoming a certified surgical technologist, she plans to transfer to a university for a bachelor's degree in neuropsychology. Her dream is to become a surgical first assistant or surgical physician assistant. Rae is a kind, thoughtful, and talented student. She is creative and a hard worker.

 

Brian Hollingshead introduced Kenzie. Kenzie Thomas from Cascade High has always been a great example of how to be both accountable in school and sports: stellar grades and a great team player.  She is a four-year starter in softball and a great student-athlete. She always comes to practice with a great attitude and eagerness to improve. She has a generous heart, is very helpful and courteous and respected among her peers. She will be attending WSU’s nursing program.

 

These outstanding students were recognized with a certificate of achievement along with a medallion and Rotary pin. 

 

President Tammy introduced Vice-President Michael Kvistad to lead our club assembly. Michael shared his thought of the day.  He referenced Robert Putman’s book - Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community and its theme of social capital and the drop in contemporary America.   Since Covid, all of us have seen the lessening of social networks and their effect on clubs like our own.  Michael referenced our drop in membership, the loss of the Sargent at Arms Committee, no greeters, and the lack of a House Committee.   He posed a question to the members – How should our meetings be run and what do we want out of our meetings?   Michael asked each table to discuss these questions among themselves for several minutes and then give a report.  Andy Hall will be recording the comments for the board. 

 

After table discussion, a table representative shared their comments.  Some of the comments included: sharing of the committee structure and members with club members; having new members serve on the sergeant at arms committee and serving as greeters; find a more permanent place for the meetings, promote perfect attendance, have programs that enable a member to learn something and profit from, have a mission moment at each meeting and strive to have better speakers.   After the comments, VP Michael thanked the club for its participation and engagement in the process. 

 

President Tammy thanked our guests and thanked the members for their bellringers and happy bucks.  The meeting was adjourned.

 

 

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