Mendocino Rotary Club
“Helping People in Our Community and Throughout the World”

Rotary International offers a great list of videos that bring the organization alive. Check out our “This is Rotary” video.

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Well, we have finally turned the corner and are christening the launch of our new Website.  This is exciting and long awaited.   The website will simplify information dissemination for our club. This will include;  club, board and committee meetings.  We will have an online  living calendar of events and meetings. Our Newsletter will now be available on the website and we will have password protected member contact information. The website will also provide links to additional Rotary resources, District and International as well as current topics and efforts from our organization.  And, this is only the beginning!  There will also be internal page links that will detail our major community events, i.e. Art Auction, Golf Tournament and 4th of July Community Celebration.

This new addition to our club will provide us with a one-stop resource for much of the need to know information about our club and Rotary in general. Once we have the initial layout smoothed out, our communications will start funneling towards our new website.

I’m looking forward to the new opportunity of  communicating with our community about who we are and allowing them to learn more about us.   It may lead to more individual interest in our club!  It also  may be a tool in facilitating some of the goals from our recent Vision Program.  Take a look around and enjoy our latest accomplishment.

My thanks to the Website Committee; Bruce Lewis, John Innes, Susan Warner, Harold Hauck and all who have participated with their interest and input into this project.   A special thanks to our designer and supporter Dennis Freeze.   A great manifestation of this year’s theme… “The Future of Rotary is in Your Hands”.

Dean Watson

President

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The Foundation Dinner South on November 14th. was attended by International Chair Harold Hauck and his wife Gloria Linart, as well as your President, Dean Watson and wife Shirley.

The event was well attended and featured Clifford L Dochterman as our key note speaker. Clifford is known for his humor and entertaining presentations. He also offers insight and inspiration in regards to our achievements and future. It was an honor to participate in the evening.

The dinner was held in Petaluma CA at the Sheraton Hotel.

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Here are some handy Latin phrases for the President to use as needed.

Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem.
In the good old days, children like you were left to perish on windswept crags.

Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem.
Stand aside, little people! I’m here on official business.

Heus, hic nos omnes in agmine sunt!
Hey, we’re all in line here!

Conlige suspectos semper habitos.
Round up the usual suspects.

Quidquid excusatio prandium pro!
Any excuse for lunch!

Neutiquam erro.
I am not lost.

Ita erat quando hic adveni.
It was that way when I got here.

Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat.
It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.

Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit!
God, look at the time! My wife will kill me!

Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
The designated hitter rule has got to go.

Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum.
Garbage in, garbage out.

Hodie adsit, cras absit.
Here today, gone tomorrow.

Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.
If Caesar were alive, you’d be chained to an oar.

Id quot circumiret, circumveniat.
What goes around, comes around.

Modo fac.
Just do it.

Nunc hoc in marmore non est incisum …
Now this isn’t carved in stone …

Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri?
How do you get your hair to do that?

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