Our Upcoming Meeting
Next Meeting: May 17, 2012 at 12:00 [Weekly]
Susan Weaver will Chair our next meeting with the Mendocino High School Interact Club.
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Last Meeting: Welcome, Invocation, and Thought for the Day
President Tom welcomed all of us to the meeting and then led us in the pledge. The thought for the day was provided by Jennifer who had two quotes, one of which I will share here:
“My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind…. Michael Jordan”
Visiting Rotarians
District 5130 Governor Maureen Merrill visted, and was speaker for the day. 
We also had a visiting Rotarian from Fort Bragg who's name went unrecorded.
Sunshine Report
Life Insurance
Mary was discussing the various aspects and possible outcome of the insurance policy with the clerk at the Insurance Agency.
During the discussion, she asked. "Suppose I take the life insurance for my husband today for a million dollars, and tomorrow he dies? What will I get?"
The clerk eyed her suspiciously and replied, "Probably a life sentence."
The glass art above was donated as a Raffle Item for our Annual Art Auction Fundraiser. It will be held September 29th at the Mendocino Art Center - save the date!
Announcements
• An update was provided on Ron Ensign's health. We miss you Ron!
• Erich shared that a former member of our Rotary, Ted Hendershot, has donated a painting for the art auction.
Happy and Sad Dollars
Pete provided happy dollars in honor of his grand child that is on the way! Congratulations Pete!!!
Last Week’s Program
Jennifer introduced our speaker DG Maureen Merrill. Before doing so, Jennifer asked several questions, which should have been easy for Rotarians to answer, as they were all related to Rotary history. That however was not the case and many individuals paid fines' much to the relief of those sitting next to them.
We were honored to welcome the District Governor of 5130, Maureen Merrill as our speaker. As usual Maureen was both informative and entertaining although today it was difficult to get past the entertainment aspect of her presentation!
As Maureen spoke she pulled out a Hola Hoop from hiding, put it around her waste and began to twirl it around her waist. We were all mesmerized by this feat and yours truly was even more impressed when she continued with her presentation while keeping the Hola Hoop going!
The theme of Maureen’s presentation was the evolution of Rotary. The Hola Hoop was representative of several aspects of her talk; one being that Rotary should be fun and that certain elements of Rotary need to be maintained. This can only happen with the concerted efforts of all Rotarians working together to help raise and distribute funds for the many worthy causes Rotary supports.
Maureen also spoke about women in Rotary; this is the 25th anniversary of women being admitted into the organization.
She spoke of multi-generational clubs, trying new meeting formats such as every other week, breakfast meetings, or both breakfast and lunch meetings in the same club. All the time making sure that Rotary clubs continue to touch hearts, have great meetings and maintain sound structures.
The best way to summarize her presentation was when Maureen said that Rotary must change in a changing world but that it should be done our way, maintaining the traditions of the past while making changes to meet the future.
The meeting closed with our raffle drawing, I will only say that Harold did not win…
Story of the Day
Scribe :Kevin
Photos :Guenter
Editor:Vivian
