June 19, 2019
Wailea, Maui
Please note: No luncheon meeting on Wednesday, June 26.
Today's Meeting
Meeting Opened: 12:01 p.m. by Joanne
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Greeting from: Joanne….“E Komo Mai! Welcome, Lucky we live in Maui-our beautiful aina-our Maui no ka oi!”
Pledge to the Flag: Gloria
Aloha greetings all around to all present.
Inspiration by: Margie……“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world”….Albert Einstein
Hawaiian Word of the Day: Continuing with “Place words” Lahaina….“Cruel Sun”-Said to be named for droughts, dry weather; ancient name was Lele. Lahaina was a gathering place for whalers; Capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom from 1820 – 1845. It is the sight of Moku’ula, a royal 1 acre. Lahaina has the largest Banyan tree in the United States, and it was planted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the missionaries.
Introduction of Guests:
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Harlan Hughes: Upcountry Club on Maui
Ron Capanash: Arizona Rotary Club
Jeeni Casey and her Mom, Leah Phillips: Modesto Rotary
Jade Torgerson: Senior at Kihei Charter School; HRYF recipient
Maui Minute: Jade Torgerson shared her best Maui Moment that will remind her of home when she’s away at college: Jade loves watching the whales when she is out on the ocean. She works on boats that offer whale watching, snorkeling, and dinner cruises.
Announcements:
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Harlan had tickets for the Upcountry Club's “Golf Ball Drop,” which supports Women Helping Women.
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We will be celebrating our year-end award, “Club of Excellence”, on Saturday, 6/29, at 6pm. Pizza and salads will be provided; BYOB. Please RSVP to Elizabeth by email or text.
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Speakers:
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June
June 26 No meeting
June 29 Club of Excellence year-end award celebration at 6 p.m.
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July
July 3 Justin Yanagida, Fighting sickness with fitness
July 10 Lehua Huddleston-Hafoka, Kihei Youth Center
July 17 Bridget Bongaard, Hawaiian Cancer Wellness Retreat
July 24 No meeting
July 31 Pau Hana
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August
August 7 Pending
August 14 Mayor Michael Victorino
August 21 Pending
August 2 Pending
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Induction of new member: Mark Harbison introduced our newest member…(re-member)..Sally Dean. Sally hails from Nova Scotia and was originally a member in 2017. She took some time away, but she is back and we are glad she is. Membership came forward to congratulate Sally with hugs and our alohas.
Presentation of our $5000 HRYF scholarship award recipient, JADE TORGERSON. Jade is going to get her BS degree, then spend 8 years in the U. S. Army. She then will start her Medical schooling. When she is finished in Medical school, she plans on becoming a Doctor who does humanitarian work in depressed countries. Congratulations Jade, and Good Luck with your future plans.
Guest Speaker: Mark Harbison, our Director of International/District Grants, gave us a report on his time early this month in Hamburg, Germany on the Rotary International Convention. Lots of information on Hawaii convention, “Honolulu 2020”. Networking and fellowship:
Some details of the Convention:
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Our Sister District is 2650 (Nara, Kyoto, etc). Our Sister Club is Kashihara. We have 11 Sister Clubs in our District, including Lahaina Sunset and Yamato Mahoroba (also in Nara). They are considering a pledge of $30,000 DDF and more club cash to our Dr. Mark Barry's Uganda VTT this year.
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Go to this website to see our Rotary areas of focus… https://www.rotary.org/en/our-causes
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You can go to the UN’s website… https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs which defines their Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)
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And the last night networking party, Women in Rotary, was sponsored by Jennifer Jones, who is the woman most likely to become RI’s first female president.
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2020 International Convention in Honolulu in June 2020.
15,000 people at the Hamburg convention already registered for the 2020 convention; up to 35,000 are expected next year. If you haven’t registered yet for this event in our back yard, the least expensive $395 time frame ended 6/6/19, however, you can go to https://www.riconvention.org/en/honolulu/registration-fees to register and check fees.
Convention fee increases over time:
$450 from 6/15/19 thru12/15/19 — $550 from 12/16/19 thru 3/31/20 — $650 from 4/1/20 thru 6/10/20
Some other fees are less expensive for under 30-year-olds. -
The Convention is looking for volunteers to assist from all islands; Paige Fontaine is our 2020 Contact: paige@tiki.net
Mark can be contacted at markaharbison@gmail.com. His slide show with photos of the Convention is attached. An eblast with more of Mark's information will be sent in the future.
Happy Dollars: Elise
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Smita was happy for: Her son recently graduated from UC Davis
Ron was happy for: He is glad to be on Maui and appreciates the hospitality of the folks he is staying with.
“Acts of Kindness”:
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Karin helped a couple of folks get through doors in a walker and wheelchair that they were having trouble negotiating. No one else seemed interested in helping. BIG MAHALO, KARIN!
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Dray’s act of kindness was to bring us a big basket of Apple bananas to share with one and all.
Magic Marble: Paige Fontaine
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Pot value: $794 Number of Marbles: 13 Blue Person drawing: Sally Dean, our newest member pulled a blue one, not the anticipated gold marble.
Flag Exchange: Jeeni Casey from Modesto Rotary exchanged a Club Flag with Joanne
In the World Wacky of Unusual Commemoration Days (or Wacky Month):
WORLD SAUNTERING DAY. So, dear members and friends, forget fast walking or walking for exercise. Sauntering allows one to not just “stop and smell the roses”, but to be totally present and mindful in discovering the little things along the way.
4 Way Test: Joe Mitchell led us
Meeting ended at 1:07 p.m.
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Stu—sang us out the door. Mahalo nui loa--Thank you very much and a hui hou! --until we meet again.