THE ROTARY CLUB OF EVERETT Legion Memorial Golf Club Greeters: Nick and Randy Hansen At 12:10 PM, President Will McMahan presided over the Everett Rotary January 16, 2018 Meeting (#27) (5235). He called the meeting to order and we all stood for the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

Glen Bachman then shared the Thought of the Day: Global Gender Parity – including equal access, legal protection and physical security. Glen asserted that if we start now, we can add about $28 Trillion to the economy. Randy Hansen introduced Visiting Rotarians and Guests: Visiting Rotarians: None Guests: Anna Marie Laurence – Speaker Jamyang Dorjec, Community Transit, guest of Todd Morrow Lisa Lefeber, Port of Everett, guest of Glen Bachman 12:11

 

Announcements: 1. Student of the Month Presentations: Suzette “Sami” Chavez, Sequoia High, introduced by Shelley Smith; Courtney Hooks, Everett High (December) and Salima Rugabano Everett High (January), both introduced by Danny Tetzlaff; and and Sequoia High, Brenda Jimenz, Cascade High, introduced by Tammy Dunn.

 

2. ERYF Annual Report – Ed Petersen recounted his year as our immediate Past President. He focused on youth, international, homelessness, and the Centennial. He distributed a report, which did not seem to capture the entire impact he made during his Presidency.

 

3. Annual Fundraiser – Steve Miller announced that the upcoming Annual Fundraiser Will be similar to that of last year with a twist – a world trip prize.

 

4. Ski Fellowship – Joe Gaffney morphed into Judi Edwards, who announced that February 10th is the Ski Fellowship at Stevens Pass – RV parking lot, starting at Noon. Judi also mentioned the January 31 Happy Hour Social at El Parasio in Everett 5. Silvertips Fellowship benefitting Dawson Place – Jim Staniford has tickets, and can get more tickets, for the February 25 Silvertips Hockey Game Fellowship. 6. Fireside at Recovery Cafe – Fontelle Jones mentioned the January 17 Fireside at 5 PM. 7. President Will announced that Rotarians from Thailand are coming to Everett between May 3 through May 8 – we need hosts and drivers. Happy Dollars/Birthday Bucks Ed Petersen put in a bell ringing thank you for the assistance of Walt Greenwood, Dave Schlosser, and Dick Schlosser with the Presidency Report.

 

Brian Hollingworth announced his business has a grand opening next week. Rod Moody shared a strange legal question recently posed to him. Glen Bachman announced the Port of Everett’s 100th Anniversary with a bell ringing donation. Greg Tisdel said that after 29 years of working on it, commercial fights are coming to Paine Field – he also celebrated with a bell ringer. Raffle: Kelly Shephard, Rod Moody, and Jessica Mitchell all won the raffle. Then Judi drew from the Second Chance Bowl and out popped Mark Valentine’s name. Congratulations to all.

 

 

 

Program: Todd Morrow then made the Program Introduction. He shared that he was invited to Henry “Scoop” Jackson’s home for dinner in 1983. He then introduced Anna Marie Laurence, the Jacksons’ daughter, to discuss the Henry M. Jackson Foundation. Anna Marie Laurence shared family photos, and spoke of family field trips to the White House, the Capital, Egypt, Israel, China, Mongolia, England, Scotland, and Norway. She met Lynden B. Johnson, Hughbert Humphrey, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, and John McCain along the way.

Anna Marie said that her family enjoyed outings at the fair, the beach, fishing, sailing, etc. The Henry M. Jackson Foundation was started in 1983 and focuses on international relations, public service, human rights, and resources. President McMahan then thanked the contributors, visitors and guests. He made the following announcements for upcoming events: Next Program: “Everett School District Update” presented by Gary Cohn, PhD introduced by Sean Kelly MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND MAKEUP OPPORTUNITIES: 1. Fireside at Recovery Café, January 17th, 5-6pm 2. VOA Food Bank Volunteering, January 25th, 11am-1:00pm 3. Rotary Board Mtg, January 26th, 3rd Flr Chapel at Bethany on Pacific 4. District Grant Seminar, February 3, 2018, Silver Reef Casino, Ferndale, WA 5. Wheeler’s Meeting, February 13th, Boys & Girls Club, 2316 12th Street 11am 6. Silvertips vs Spokane, February 25th, 4pm (benefitting Dawson Place) 7. District RLI, March 10, 2018, Surrey BC 8. District Training Assembly, April 7th, 2017, Kwantlen University Surrey BC (5 required to attend) Club Pays registration At 1:08 PM, President McMahan adjourned the meeting.