APRIL 18, 2018
Wailea, Maui
TODAY'S MEETING
President John Moore opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance.
John announced he would be calling on members every week to express their Act of Kindness carried out on any given day. Today's contributions were from:
Heather – Always kind to people every day and if you can't be nice, stay home.
Sally – Extended my kindness to my family and friends.
John extended thanks to Steve Moksnes for the great photos of the Rotary Club picnic on Saturday, April 14th.
Steve reminded members to complete the form in the three-ring binder, "Who would you like to invite to the Rotary Club lunch." Today, $50.00 will go to Heather Ballaine's Rotary Club Foundation Fund on behalf of her guest, Susan Embree.
John commended Kit and Jay for the wonderful picnic, food, fun and fellowship with up to forty people in attendance.
He also thanked Bill Andrews for providing the fantastic setting of Ekahi beach and Hale. The games were a lot fun and Gloria was the star "ringer". She commented all practice came from playing horseshoes in her days living in the hills of Pennsylvania
TODAY'S INSPIRATION
Kathy Haas: Go Confidently in the directions of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. Henry David Thoreau.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Foodbank on Saturday, Apr 21st at Safeway store in Kihei. Volunteer list is filling up but John encouraged everyone to come by and support the cause.
April 28th – Kihei Charter School, Interact club clean up. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Kihei – Wailea
Due to the weather damage in Kauai, the Rotary Club District governor forwarded an email today to announce an assessment will be made and a follow up will decide what and how Rotary will contribute to the disaster.
Day Trip: Thursday, May 24th – Lavender Farm. Crater Road – Kula 10 am. Margie suggested a car pool meet up at Outback at 9am. More information to follow.
TODAY'S SPEAKER
Terry Alling​
Randy introduced:
Terry Alling, member of Team Rubicon Disaster Response Team.
Terry Alling is a member of the Team Rubicon Disaster Response Team. He is a former member of the US Military, Air Force, and Special Operations team.
Team Rubicon was founded by two gentlemen who decided to go to Haiti to help after a hurricane struck the country leaving it in ruins. The organizations will go anywhere in the world. It is based out of Los Angeles with the Distribution Center in Dallas, Texas. There are nine different regions and he is located in Region 9, which is Hawaii. Video followed
The Team Rubicon logo depicts a cross on its side with a river flowing benefits the efforts as it is hard labor.
through it, denoting nothing is impossible. It is the first mass unit outside of the military, approved by the WHO.
What impacted him to get involved was watching, on television, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. He raised $25,000 with four other police officers to go to Louisiana. There he met many other people like himself who wanted to help. He mentioned skills sets relating to people who are teachers, real estate agents, retired military personnel and physically challenged.
Prior to Texas hurricane, the group stood at 25,000 volunteers which have grown to 70,000. 70% of the volunteers are from the military which
When a disaster happens, deployment happens very quickly with leaders contacting the affected and determining their needs. Management sends a person to establish contact, chain of command will say what is needed and each region has their own chain of command. From there, action is taken immediately. For example, Home Depot, in the past, has donated a large inventory of generators.
With the disaster season already in play, Kauai is the most recent disaster relief situation. Their teams are on the ground ready to help. Terry was wearing a Team Rubicon shirt today which he emphasized he did not buy but earned.
Terry showed two very inspiring Team Rubicon videos:
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INTRODUCTION OF VISITORS
FLAG EXCHANGE
ROTARY FOUNDATION
Barry Hyman
John Moore presented Barry a "Berkeley white T-shirt should he "start hallucinating"
Barry announced our club received ER status –every member at the beginning of the year 2018, has given at least $25.00 to the foundation.
NEW MEMBER INDUCTION CEREMONY
Jeri Gracier, Associate Director for the National Geographic Gallery at Shops at Wailea, was inducted as a member today. Jeri expressed she has been watching Paige every week commit herself to Rotary Club and it was very inspiring. She decided to become a member as she wanted to give back to the community, has lots of energy and enthusiasm.
Paige, who met Jeri two years ago like her energy and enthusiasm and she will receive a sponsor pin.
Who is this rookie waiter??
HAPPY DOLLARS!!
MAGIC MARBLE
Kathy Hass
$803.00 in the pot. Terry Alling drew the winning ticket. – Fred picked the marble and did not win.
The Dreaded President's Quiz
Was on National Parks
MEETING CLOSING
The Four-Way Test was led by Sally Dean
The Aloha Song was led by
Stuart Karlan and Frank Schuster
UPCOMING SPEAKERS
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Apr 25, 2018
Chris Speere: Maui Food Innovation Center at Maui College
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NEXT WEEK'S MEETING DUTIES
Wednesday April 25th, 2018