February 20, 2019
Maui Sunset
Today's Meeting
The meeting opened at 12 noon by President, Joanne Doell.
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Aloha greetings with handshakes, fist bumps, and hugs were passed around.
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The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Jane Sawyer.
The Four-Way Test was recited by all.
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Inspiration was shared by Smita Martinez who read a quote from Mother Teresa: “Let us all meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of Love.”
Hawaiian Word of the Day: ‘Kapakahi’ and it means “up-side-down” or “lopsided” which is what our agenda today will be. We have two speakers and an Induction of a new member.
GUESTS: Armin Preiksaitis – Edmonton, Alberta, Jim Samly – Big Rapids, MI; Eric Germain – Edmonton, Alberta; Garry McIntosh – White Rock, BC; Judy Gray – Kihei; Brad Settlemyer & Pat Wolfram - Wilsonville, OR; John McCaffrey-Alberta; Wendy McDonald-Kihei; Milton Rolle-Minot, ND; Win Schoneman, our District 5000 Governor; Paula Baldwin our speaker; Marti Wukelic, Assistant District Governor for our club.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Karin Carlson – reported we had a highly successful fundraiser last Saturday evening. She thanked all who helped make this such a success.
Jay Satenstein reported we may exceed our last year’s proceeds, and last year was a big year.
Stuart Karlan and Joanne Doell continue efforts to clean up and add to our website.
Joanne Doell has emailed a form to all members asking for profile details that may be shared on the club’s membership files. Please get the data sheet emailed by her or brought to our 2/28 Pau Hana or at the latest—to our next luncheon meeting, 3/6/19.
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No luncheon meeting on Wednesday, February 27.
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Meet & Greet Pau Hana – Thursday, February 28, 2019, 5 to 7 PM. New weatherproof location: Kamaole Poolside Bar (the ol' Tradewinds Bar) behind Ami 'Ami restaurant, 2259 S Kihei Rd, S. Kihei Road [see map].
This is an opportunity to invite prospective members and just have fun! Potluck! Bring your chair, own drinks and a dish to share.
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Our next luncheon meeting is March 6th. Margie Flores also has a pineapple tour planned March 28th Upcountry. Can sign up in the binder on 3/6.
Don’t forget the Pau Hana next week instead of a regular meeting!
Speaker's Schedule:
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February
February 27 Meet & Greet Pau Hana, Kamaole Poolside Bar behind 'Ami'Ami restaurant.
March
March 6 Skippy Hau, Division of Aquatics. Resources for State of Hawaii
March 13 Kit Zulueta, Mystery Maui Escape Room
March 20 Chris Wood, Police Suicide and Welfare Fraud
March 27 Meet & Greet Gathering, location TBA
Today's First Speaker
Paula Baldwin​
Paula, the President of Cup of Cold Water, spoke to us about the organization and what it does for the needy on Maui. A van carrying the group’s name is filled with food, water, clothing, and simple first aid items that can be distributed. Each week this van with volunteers goes out on 3 mornings on the weekend. One morning it is the Lahaina area, the next is Kahului area, and the third is the Kihei area. Items are either donated or bought from Costco through donations. This project is run by the Episcopal churches of Maui with the help of several other organizations—churches and non-religious groups. In summary their 2018 Revenues were approximately $67,000, serving about 9,000 people from the Cup of Cold Water mobile service van. Click here for more information or email acupofcoldwatermaui@gmail.com, or call (808) 419-1637.
New Member
Judy Gray
Judy was inducted by District Governor Win Schoneman with sponsor Mark Harbison.
Judy was a member, along with several of our current members, of the Rotary Club of Kihei-Sunrise which met at the 5 Palms Restaurant in Kihei. She will give a short talk about herself and her Rotary journey under our, Rotarian Redux, section of our meeting on Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
HAPPY DOLLARS: Barry Rosenfeld passed around the koa bowl looking for happy people. Many were happy the fundraiser was such a success. Several expressed congratulations to Judy Gray on her new membership with us. (We are the lucky ones!) Bless Young was happy to be here for a couple of weeks. Charlotte Smith was happy her cat didn’t need to go outside yesterday with all the rain we had.
MAGIC MARBLE: The Pot was worth $499 and had 1 gold and 26 blue marbles. A guest drew a blue marble, so on to the next meeting. We have another chance!
Today's Second Speaker
District Governor Win Schoneman ​
Our esteemed District Governor Win Schoneman from Honolulu spoke. He gave us a short version of his background as farmer, navy electrical engineer on submarines for 21 years, and the proud owner of Bubbies Ice Cream & Dessert Shop in Hawaii Kai at the Koko Marina Center for 23 years. He was so inspired 5 years ago when visiting Romania as a volunteer Rotarian helping with the cleft palate surgeries that he wanted to come back and put more effort into being a Rotarian. He was also inspired by a Rotary Peace conference on human trafficking in CA.
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He feels the clubs in Hawaii are strong. Membership fluctuates some but is generally quite steady. Barry Rosenfeld asked about the 2020 International Convention in Hawaii, June 1–4. At this point there isn't any work for our club to do to help but keep an eye out for volunteer opportunities. Also watch for more information on the District Conference in Honolulu this year May 17–19. Peace will be the theme, and it will be presented in a TED Talk format with an opportunity to choose between many excellent speaker presentations on Saturday.
Because 30,000 visitors from around the world are expected, the Hawaiian Hilton Village will serve as a satellite convention site for the overflow from the main Convention Center of approximately 5,000 attendees.
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Win is also working on establishing "issue-responsive" Rotary Clubs, which take on a singular issue for maximum impact. The first one will be an Environmental Rotary Club, with a target membership, not of current Rotarians, but of former Rotarians and interested community members.