Since the Archdiocese sold the Our Lady of Perpetual Help campus, our meeting place at Hensen Hall is now a thing of the past, as is the year 2022.  We welcomed in 2023 today in a temporary location at a meeting room at President Elect Neil Angst’s offices on Evergreen Way. This room was appropriately sized for the 20+ people in attendance and it was easy to see the other 20+ ZOOMERS on screen.

 

Our speaker today, Dan’l Adams, was passing out Scouting Badges to each table and I told him I had a Bobcat Pin from my brief scouting career that started and ended in the 3^rd grade (We didn’t have a great Den Mother) He said those pins are fairly rare these days and asked if it had a pin with the “push type holding mechanism” or a “safety pin type holding mechanism”.  He said the safety pin type is the rarest. I found my Bobcat pin and it isthe rarest, and eBay said it could be worth $8.95. (I think my baseball card collection mom threw away would have outshined the value of my pin).

 

The 25^th meeting or our Rotary year and the 5,477^th meeting of the Rotary Club of Everett began at noon as President Tammy Dunn led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.  Kelli Thode operated the computer/ZOOMING system and all in attendance were connected and ready for the Show.

 

President Tammy recited this quote from Goran Persson, former Prime Minister of Sweden. “Let our New Year’s resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.” (This quote has a Rotarian theme to it).

 

Kari Petrasek introduced Dan’l Adams who will be today’s speaker and he is also a member of the Marysville Sunrise Club.

 

Kari also introduced Ryan Willis, a lending advisor with Coastal Community Bank’s Colby Branch.

 

President Tammy introduced two visiting ZOOMERS, Ashley Bolden and Kari Quass.

 

President Tammy also welcomed Judi Edwards who ZOOMED in for today’s meeting.

   

Brian Hollingshead announced that the next Rotary Club of Everett social hour at the Courtyard by Marriot on Colby will take place on January 26^th starting at around 5:00 PM.

 

President Tammy said that she and President Elect Neil are still looking for a meeting space that accommodates our Club size, has adequate parking, is centrally located and is affordable.

 

President Tammy mentioned that there will be a District 5050 Grant Seminar taking place in Bellingham on March 11^th.  President Elect Neil and Kari will be attending.  Please contact Tammy if you’d also like to go.  This provides very important information for grants like we have received for our World Community Service Projects.

 

Past President Mark Valentine gave $200.00 (ding, ding) for the two week vacation he and Michelle will be taking to Hawaii to celebrate his retirement after 43 years of providing Dermatology services to our community.

 

Jim Schrader gave a $100.00 bell ringer for his first attended meeting since the Pandemic started and also, to congratulate Zeb Cobbs on his retirement.

 

Jerry Tucker had $3.00 in his wallet, but he was very happy to give it all up to announce he really likes the location of today’s meeting since his office is only steps away from the meeting room we were in.

 

Zeb Cobbs was $100.00 happy (another bell ringer) about his retirement.

           

1.  Sandy Oettel’s ticket was the first to be drawn and she selected the free lunch and popcorn prize.

2.  Kevin Nichols, the second winner, chose the red wine and a box of cookies.

3. Welcome Back Schrader took home a bottle of Tito’s Vodka and a box of cookies.

 

Scouting around the World, the U.S., and Everett, presented by Dan’l Adams.

 

Dan’l has been a scout since he was an 8 year old and has been enjoying scouting for over 54 years. In his scouting life he earned the rank of Eagle Scout from the Boy Scouts and earned the rank of Quarter Master in the Sea Scouts.  In his academic life Dan’l has a law degree from Golden Gate University, School of Law.  He and his wife live in Marysville, they have 3 children, 4 grandchildren and a young dog.

 

Scouting was started in England in 1907.  In 1910 Clubs were formed in the U.S.  In 2019 the Boy Scouts name was changed to Scouts BSA when the program became completely diversified.  There are Scouting programs all over the world but you won’t find clubs in North Korea, China (except in Hong Kong and Macau), Laos, Andorra, Cuba, or Vatican City.

 

Scouts are to be Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean and Reverent.

 

Scouting is available to all children and young adults between Kindergarten age and 20 years old.  The Scout BSA calls their Clubs, Units.  A Unit can be charted for an annual fee of $100.00 and a Unit representative fee of $70.00 per year.  A steering committee of 3-5 people is to be formed, a meeting place is to be established and the support of parents is a must.  The leadership group and all volunteers will have to pass background checks.

 

Dan’l wrapped up his program by thanking our Rotary Club for all the good we do within our community and the world community.

 

Glen Bachman said that when he was younger, he remembered having local jamborees as opposed to just the World Jamboree.  Dan’l said that he was correct, besides the World Jamborees there are National Jamborees and Camporees (local Jamborees). Glen also mentioned an acquaintance he knows that was an Eagle Scout and how well that has seemingly helped him in his career, since he is a problem solver and go getter.

 

Walt Greenwood asked what the benefits are to joining Scouting?  Dan’l said, citizenship training, character development, personal fitness, leadership development.

 

President Elect Neil mentioned that with today’s kids “glued” to their cell phones how do they transition into traditional Scouting activities?  Dan’l said flexibility and tolerance for change is needed.  The kids do find out when they are camping up in the mountains that their cell phones likely don’t get reception and they learn that non-electronic activities can actually be fun and rewarding.

 

Past President Mark asked about friction and bullying that could happen during long camping trips together. How is that dealt with?  Dan’l said that they have zero tolerance for bulling, fighting and overall rudeness. If the leaders can’t handle the situation, then the issue goes to Kevin Nichols to help solve the “problem”.

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President Tammy thanked Dan’l and presented him with a token of appreciation for presenting his program to us today.

 

EQ: How to Improve Your Leadership & Communications Effectiveness, presented by Andrew Ballard.

 

President Tammy adjourned the meeting at 1:00 PM

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

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