Meeting Minutes 04/05/12

Rotaract

Meeting Minutes 04/05/12

Attendance

Whitney Warnick

Dave Mays

Emma Becker

Shradha Gyawali

Kyler McGee

Dayna Kirkpatrick

Katie Hathaway

Fathom Croteau

John Castro

Courtney Baxter

Laura Swinyard

Braun Myers

Meagan Gallagher

Chris Couillard

Don SLRotary Club

Donna Costa SLRotary Club

Rich Nordlund SLRotary Club

Special Guests

The Salt Lake Rotary Club came to visit us to get ideas for a Rotaract Club. They are hoping to restart up the community club. If anyone is not a university student but would like to be in Rotaract, then the community club is the place for you! The hope is that next year we will have both the Westminster based club (which welcomes students from any university), and the Community based club (which also welcomes students from any university as well as those who are not university students).

Oscar

Activities

Clean up at police training academy

Painting and planting trees

Drop Service Project

Saturday, April 21st

The clubs on Westminster campus all have a giant service project

Our club will be coloring food boxes for the Utah Food Bank

Ricky Martin Concert

May not be happening anymore, wait for more information.

Dayna's Dog Walk

Saturday, April 7th

At Liberty Park - Northeast Pavilion

8:00 - Set up

12:30 ish - Break Down

9:30 - 10:30 - Open registration

Need volunteers to supervise the raffle

Need volunteers to man the stations

Easter egg hunt

Games & Food

We stuffed easter eggs with dog treats during our meeting!

Taco Party/Auction

May 3rd around 6:00 (Thursday before Cinco De Mayo)

Emma - pricing a taco stand

Kyler - pricing a taco stand

Fathom - pricing a taco stand

Courtney - checking on Wheeler Farm

Kyler - checking on venue

$10 for tacos and a drink

Columbus Center

Next Year

Service trip to Nepal will be the focus/goal for the year

-Showing a documentary 'The day my God died'

-Next summer

-Raise ticket money $1300 per person

-20ish days

-Setting up a library

-Human trafficking is a major problem in Nepal. It is because people are not educated, so setting up a library would be beneficial in educating the population.

-Fundraiser dinner that we were planning for this year may be bumped to next year

-More information coming after June

Next Meeting

04/19/12 7:30 PM

We will be holding elections

Creating certificates for the auction

Katie - in charge of template

Taking pictures for the auction

-Katie Hathaway

Westminster Rotaract Secretary

Next Meeting!

Hello my fellow amazing Rotaractors,

It is time to have another meeting :]

The meeting is April 5 at 7:00 PM. (A little earlier than usual since we have a lot of planning to do). There will be a meeting either before or after that main meeting for the people going to Mexico so that we can plan our side service project there. (those going to Mexico should let me know what would work better for their schedules) :]

The agenda is as follows:

Announcements (various things that are going on people's lives, service projects, elections, etc.)

• Special guests time
  
• Dog Walk (Dayna)
• Taco Party/Auction (Details and Dates)
• Next year
• Projects
• Events
• Nepal??? :D

In preparation for this meeting, be thinking about what WE as a club want to focus on and promote next year, and what should OUR goal be?

The meeting will be held in Walker 1 on Westminster's campus. (http://www.westminstercollege.edu/campus_map/. It's #30 on the map.)

Also, to get you thinking and interested in our potential international service project for next year, I have provided the following videos which talk about human trafficking in Nepal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm59jilGTwE&feature=watch_response

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuiAXyc2ZXU

If you have any questions or concerns with time/agenda please let me know. Thanks!

Whitney Warnick
President-Elect
Westminster Rotaract Club

Meeting Minutes 03/08/12

Rotaract meeting minutes (made by me, Lucy)

March 8^th 2012, 7:30 pm, Walker 1

Attendance: Crystal and Lily (stopped by), Dayna Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, Andrew Ballard Olsen, Oscar Gomez, Whitney Warnick, Dave Mayes, Zhuldyz Ashikbayeva, Jerika Michel, Lucy Daynes, Emma Becker, John David Castro, Shradha Gyawali, Courtney Castro, Chris Colyard? PhD, Kyler Jacob McGee, John Rodriguez, Jeffery Edward Bennet

Welcome- Jerika

Jimmy Fallon clip

Crystal- project with senior citizens

date: Friday, March 23rd

Dayna- Adopt Me Society, invitation for Rotaract members to attend an adoption prior to the dog walk event, fliers and schedules of upcoming Adopt Me events, fliers are made for the walk, the permit is in, insurance hasn’t gone through yet so we have to wait a couple of days before passing out the fliers.

Kyler- Kony 2012, Invisible Children event April 20^th at 5 pm at Pioneer Park , post fliers all over (covering Salt Lake City), Kyler is in charge of everything, fundraising barbeque before postering, incredible momentum, Kyler needs delegates, connections to a copy company, newspaper, radio station, etc., Kyler also needs references to companies that hire people with disabilities for his job (connecting disabled people with employment)

Emma can’t get ahold of Caitlin at an Interact club, we want more Interact clubs connected with us.

Jerika-

• Internship announcements: 1 with Living Planet Aquarium 4 month commitment 18-24 hrs per week, AmeriCorps, look for an email
• Mexico: safety information , houses built with Habitat for Humanity model (the family has to meet requirements to qualify), people going meet after to talk
• Chris is moving to Hawaii
• Everybody introduce yourself (and make up a fake name to make it easier for lucy to take attendance)

Thank You note writing

Our next meeting will be a party next Thursday night at Jeff’s house. Giant Jenga and food.

Speed-Mentoring Activity

Friday, February 24th was our long awaited speed-mentoring activity. This activity was to connect Rotaractors with Rotarians and help us get to know them, learn more about Rotary, and expand our professional networks.

We met at 6:00 PM in the HWAC at Westminster and had some great food, provided by members of our Rotaract Club. There were lemon squares, oreo balls, wrapped sausages (which I call piggies in a blanket), cookies, rootbeer, and more! It was all delicious!

(So delicious it nearly killed Dave)

We had each of the Rotarians split up and sit at one of 6 different tables. We then all picked tables and commenced in a speed-dating type setup where we asked the Rotarians questions for an allotted amount of time and then rotated when the time was up. That way we all had the opportunity to ask each of the Rotarians questions about their profession and how to be successful. Some of the questions that were provided were:

-What are the best/worst parts about your occupation?
-What mistakes have you learned from?
-How long have you been in your profession?
-How did you get involved with Rotary?
-How did you decide on your profession?
-What did you want to be when you were 5?
-What’s your favorite thing to do to relax?
-What was your most embarrassing moment?
-What would you buy if you won the lottery?
-What is something unique about you?
-What is one skill I should have in order to excel in the ‘real world?’

We were not restricted to these questions, of course, but they certainly helped to start off some great conversations. Among the Rotarians present we had representatives from all types of professions. There were a few engineers, financial advisors, teachers of various sorts, a nurse, a real estate agent, a dermatologist, and a few others. They were all amazing and have had such successful careers! It was great to have the opportunity to get to know each of these Rotarians from the Sugarhouse and Millcreek Rotary Clubs so well. I feel much closer to them as an individual and as a club, and I’m sure many other Rotaractors feel the same.

We all had a blast, and I learned that the Rotarians have a fantastic sense of humor. They were more than willing to answer questions about their mistakes, embarrassing moments, and the fun questions like what they would buy if they won $6 million in the lottery. It was an amazing, rare opportunity to get to hear the wisdom of so many happy, successful people who are great humanitarians as well as great professionals. I’m so glad I was able to attend this speed-mentoring activity and I’m sure I speak for all of us Rotaractors when I say I hope we do something like this again soon!

-Katie Hathaway

Westminster Rotaract Secretary

Sugarhouse Rotary 107th Birthday Party

Thursday, February 23rd we had the opportunity to participate in the Sugarhouse Rotary Club’s Birthday Bash to celebrate 107 years of Rotary!

We met at Westminster in the Jewett building for food, fun, and a great program. We began by participating in a delicious buffet in the Tanner Atrium. After eating they opened with a song, as is tradition for the Sugarhouse Rotary Club. We sang This Land is Your Land and then all of the guests, including the many Rotaractors, stood while the regular members sang their Welcome Song:

Welcome to Sugar House Rotary,
We’re mighty glad you are here
We’d like to sing you a long song
But a wrong song might appear
So sit you down and make some friends today...
Right Here!

It was a bit embarrassing, but it was a lot of fun and we all had a good laugh! After the songs we were welcomed by the President Ennis Gibbs and the Assistant District Governor Bev Christy. They then introduced Gary Daynes, VP Enrollment Management for Westminster. After hearing from him we heard from Adam Hiatt, the Westminster Men’s Basketball Coach who had a lot of interesting things to say. Then we had the opportunity to hear the Westminster Chamber Singers sing part of the Valentine’s Day program, directed by Chris Quinn.

After the program we moved on to the birthday celebration part of the night. Of course, we started with another song!

Viva La Rotary
Let all good Rotarians stand up and sing...
VIVA LA ROTARY!!!
With service and love let this song loudly ring...
VIVA LA ROTARY!!!
VIVA LA VIVA LA ROTARY...
VIVA LA VIVA LA ROTARY.
Truth is our right; Love is our might...
VIVA LA ROTARY
A friend with a smile is the person we need...
VIVA LA ROTARY!!!
Who truly believes in our Rotary Creed...
VIVA LA ROTARY!!!

VIVA LA VIVA LA ROTARY...

VIVA LA VIVA LA ROTARY.
Truth is our right; Love is our might...
VIVA LA ROTARY

At the end of the song we popped the numerous balloons around the room and enjoyed cake and ice cream while we listened to some speakers. We heard a bit about the history of Rotary as well as hearing some interesting thoughts from a few of the members of the Sugarhouse Rotary Club.

From their printed program, here is a small bit of interesting information:
On 23 February 1905, Paul P. Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram E. Shorey gathered in Loehr’s office for what would become known as the first Rotary Club meeting.

How incredible is it that this enormous, international club that has done so much good was started by four men in an office?

After the celebration the Rotarians went to the basketball court for the game against Carroll College. The Rotaractors, on the other hand, left for our meeting in Walker One.

The dinner was a lot of fun and we’re all very grateful to the Sugarhouse Rotary Club for inviting us to participate in this experience with them!

-Katie Hathaway
Westminster Rotaract Secretary

Meeting Minutes 02/23/12

Rotaract

Meeting Minutes 02/23/12

Attendance

Laura Swinyard

Meagan Gallagher

Jean Rodriguez

Kyler McGee

Shradha Gyawali

Katie Hathaway

Crystal Barard

Dayna Kirkpatrick

Braun Myers

Whitney Warnick

Courtney Baxter

John Castro

David Mays

Emily Thunberg

Lilly Martinez

Cabin Retreat

We are planning to go up to Jerika's cabin again on March 10th - 11th.

We will meet in the South parking lot at Westminster at 1:00 PM on the 10th and carpool to the cabin like we did last time.

Speed-Mentoring

Friday, March 24th at 6:00 at Westminster

Kyler - Bring a gong, plates, cups & utensils

Courtney & John - Some kind of drink

Whitney - Pick up nametags

Jerika - Chairs

3-4 student volunteers for an internship (Mark)

I am looking for some help for volunteer writers/researchers. I am working on a 75 year history of our club in Sugar House and am in need of some writing help to complete this book by April 15th. I am hoping to find 3-4 student volunteers who might get credit for assistance in writing. A lot of the work would consist of transcribing and editing hand written or typed documents and doing some historical research. I estimate about 8 hours a week for 6 weeks. I have also appealed to the college of business. The completed books will be published through Blurb.com.

Mark J. Woodruff

Rotary Club of SugarHouse

mwoodruff@mstar.net

Dog Walk (Dayna's Project)

Still waiting on the permit

We got 3 more full baskets donated!

It will be a free activity but we will be asking for donations

People will pay money for the food and baskets

Dayna is getting food from WholeFoods hopefully

Mexico

11 people are signed up

Fundraising Dinner

Rather than the fundraising dinner we may just do the auction

Online auction?

32auctions.com

The auctioneers would receive an email with an admin code, so it's restricted access to avoid creepers and people that are too far away.

We may be replacing the activity date with a trip to Friendship Manor. We may also have a kick-off for the auction - thinking about a taco stand.

Oranges

Individual orange count is due to Rotaract February 29th so we can send the count to Mike on March 1st.

As a club we are thinking about ordering 5 cases to split up and sell in bags of 6 oranges for $5.

Friendship Manor

Visit with the elderly occupants and set up activities

Need people to commit to some one-on-one time at least once a week

If you're interested, just stop by

Crystal - scheduling a time for us to go up as a Rotaract Club

Replacing the fundraising dinner date with this activity - March 23rd??

Air Concert?

April 28th?

Emily

Next Meeting

March 8th at 7:30

Westminster Walker One

-Katie Hathaway

Westminster Rotaract Secretary

Meeting Minutes 02/09/12

Rotaract

Meeting Minutes 02/09/12

Attendance

Ennis Gibbs (Sugarhouse Rotary President)

Jeff Solomon (Rotarian)

Meagan Gallagher

Jerika Michel

Kyler McGee

Jean Rodriguez

Dayna Kirkpatrick

Lucy Daynes

David Mays

Drew Olsen

Julia Ashikbayava

Brooke Bellows

Whitney Warnick

Laura Swinyard

Crystal Barard

Emma Becker

Shradha Gyawali

Braun Myers

Rotaract Agenda

-The Sugarhouse Rotary President, Ennis Gibbs, will be coming to speak about the Rotary-4-Way-Test (15 min.)

-Announcements (Shirts, Rotary Mentoring Program, Wai India Dinner, Orange Project, Ricky Martin Concert, etc.) 10 min.

-Reflect (Chili-open, Gala, Crossroads Clothing, Global Peace Initiative, City Academy Interact, Highland Interact, etc.) 10 min.

-Finalize Speed Mentoring Event 10 min.

-Go over assignments from previous meeting

Introduction to Rotary

(Ennis Gibbs)

-1.2 million members in Rotary

-102 years old

Avenues of Service

1 - Club Service - people in the club that make the club work

2 - Community Service - get out and service the needs of the local community

3 - International Service - Go internationally and work with another club there

4 - Vocational Service

5 - New Generations Service - working with the youth

Scholarships

Sugarhouse Club provides $3,000 to Westminster to give to students

This year it will be provided to members of the Ethics team for the Ethics Bowl

-If you are a member of the Ethics team and the Rotaract Club, your chances will be much higher.

Rotary 4-Way-Test

The four-way test of the things we think, say or do

First...

Is it the truth?

Second...

Is it fair to all concerned?

Third...

Will it build good will and better friendships?

Fourth...

Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

Upcoming Events

02/10 - Connecting the Generations 2:30 Walker One

02/18 - The Senior Ball @ The Sara Daft Home 6:30 or carpool from Westminster @ 6:00

-Dancing with Senior citizens

02/23 - Sicko Screening 6:00 @ Gore

-Documentary by Michael Moore about the US Health Care System

02/23 - Rotaract Meeting 7:30 Walker One

02/24 - Speed Mentoring 6:00 @ HWAC

03/17 - Aquarium @ Living Planet Aquarium

-Needs volunteers

03/29 - Wai India Dinner

-Learn about India Culture

-Students can go for about $10-$20 instead of $100 if they help

04/06 - Share the Shred @ 7-10 Gore

04/07 - Dayna's Dog Walk

04/21 - Service Drop

-All the Westminster clubs come and do service together

04/28 - Ricky Martin Concert

-Italian singer singing Dean Martin's songs, reminiscing about growing up with famous singers, etc.

-10-12 volunteers as ushers, guarding auction items

Chili Open Reflection

Whitney Warnick

It went a lot better than last year. Raised about $240,000 for the charities. People really liked the photo booth. The whole event was a success.

Gala Reflection

Emma Becker

About 100 auction items for the silent auction. Really fancy 3-course dinner. Recognized Rotarians and different people involved in the charities there. Raised between $30,000-40,000. Very successful.

Crossroads Clothing Reflection

David Mays

Collecting clothes to take to the refugee homes. Luckily they'd gotten enough clothes that they didn't need them, so they loaded them up in trucks. The house the clothes were in burned down and the clothes were the only things that didn't burn. Took the clothes to Crossroads - they said on a given day they get about 80 families coming in needing clothes, so it was a great donation!

Global Peace Initiative

Whitney Warnick

The next Rotary International President is promoting Peace through Service with a Global Peace Initiative. Big social media campaign. ~If you're serving people and serving with people there will be more peace. Cultural understanding through service together~ They will be creating a website and they want youth feedback - don't have the website up yet.

Lunch with Sugarhouse Rotary

Laura Swinyard

They sang and it was...interesting. It was fun and they were really welcoming.

**Sugarhouse Club meets every Thursday at 12:00 for lunch and we want everyone to go to at least once. Forest Dale Golf Course on 9th. Don't be late! Just show up, you don't need to contact them ahead of time, but do make sure you check the website to see if they're doing regular lunch or something different on any given week.

Speed Mentoring

02/24 - 6:00 at HWAC

Refreshments - Kyler, Jean, Brooke, Courtney

Mexico

-Fliers for fundraising for Mexico

Fundraising Dinner

City Library $400

Sorenson $200 - no catering restrictions

Columbus Center?

Dayna's Dog Walk

-Need people to do follow-up calls for places Dayna has already called.

-David & Laura

-Need people to talk to people who we would like to contribute donations for raffle baskets. Letters are prepared to send out to businesses.

-Laura - Whole Foods

-Jean - places for kid's basket

-Meagan

-Dayna - 541-390-7375

Orange Fundraiser

Contact Mike Wells about oranges

-Katie Hathaway

-David Mays - Smiths & Harmons

Emailing out sign-up sheet

-Whitney Warnick

$15-$25 a box?

Oranges will come in end of March

Club Dues

$25

If you write a check, make it out to Westminster Rotaract Club

Membership Outreach Coordinator

Brooke Bellows

Next Meeting

February 23rd at 7:30

Westminster, Walker One

-Katie Hathaway

Rotaract Secretary