January 14, 2013 Meeting Notes

President Tim McCall was replaced by Steve Spiller for today’s meeting.  He started to thank today’s Greeter, Valerie Logsdon, but realized she was not there.  Pledge was led by Bobbie Swanson and Steve Sarantopoulos gave the Thought for (of) the Day from information that was found on the District website.  Photographer was Fred Claessens and there were no visiting Rotarians except for our program presenters, so Chuck Elizondo was off the hook.

Confessions:

• Kathy Egenes confessed that she got rid of her 15 year old vehicle and bought a Toyota Highlander Hybrid.  Her youngest son got a job in North Carolina with Nascar in their IT department.  They also are a host family to a young Brazilian girl who will be with them until June.  Kathy’s $50 fine was passed on to Judy Hess and Suzie Gemignani.
• Suzie Gemignani also got a new Toyota Prius.  Suzie was fined an additional $25 for a total of $50.
• Scott Browne confessed that he and Rich Toothman spent 5 days in Seattle with Lee Osnas and his wife around New Years.  All were fined $25.
• Kyle Daugherty confessed that his wife bought a new home at the end of the year and that he sometimes lives there.  A $25 fine was levied amid protests that his wife was the buyer.

Chuck Elizondo reminded Steve Spiller that he had not given the opportunity for introductions of guest, and Steve fined himself for the error!  With that, Carol Lenhard introduced Diane Lane, Kyle Daugherty introduced Masu the new Manager of Tri Counties Bank located inside Save Mart. Peter Lemmon introduced Bill Standley.

Steve Spiller introduced the membership duo, Barb and Andy from the Sparks and Carson City Noon Clubs who talked about the Ignite Program to reverse the 10 year downward membership growth.  Membership is the same number as 10 years ago even though Rotary has brought in over 1 million new members. 

The key to growth is commitment; everybody in the club is on the membership committee.  They went over the 15 tips for success of which the club needs to pick 4 to focus on.  A couple of new ideas are the Dead Beat Rotarian Club, which is a fun way to get Rotarians to bring guests that can be potential members, and the Buddy Club where everyone draws a Rotarians name out of the hat for a buddy.  Then each week they are responsible for calling their buddy to find out what’s new with them for a potential report during the weekly meeting. 

Lee Osnas’s ticket was drawn, but alas, he pulled the white marble.