Program for Friday September 19, 2003 Ridgeway Banks, Inventor Ridgeway Banks will discuss the subject of his life's work, Nitinol. What the heck
is that you ask? Well it is a rare alloy of titanium and nickel that was discovered
by accident in the 50's by the US Defense Department. The metal has the
astounding property, once it is bent in cold water, of violently returning to its
original shape after is is placed in hot water. But you say that after a couple
of cycles the metal will fatigue like all metals and fail - wrong again. He
has a small piece of wire in his shop that has been cycling 24 hours a day non-stop
for 5 years !! Amazing stuff and you will see in in action. Door Duty: Judith Kafka and Judith Morgan * * * * * * * * * Program for Friday September 26, 2003 TBA Door Duty: Henry Kelman and Donald Miller * * * * * * * * * Program of September 12, 2003 Laura Holmes Susan Howe introduced our speaker for the day Laura Holmes, founder of Goody Goody,
a local Richmond business. Laura designs and distributes colorful and artistic
textile based products. Laura started making her own clothes and shoes when
she was a young child. After making some shoes for her new baby she decided that
she should be able to turn what she loved to do into a business. Starting in her basement and armed with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, she embarked on the entrepeneurial road of small business. She quickly outgrew her basement work space and expanded into a public storage facility to ship her products from. Goody Goody merchandise is produced all over the world in places such as China, Spain and Mexico. The company expanded again into an old car dealership on 23rd Street in Richmond. Describing herself as the "Queen Bee", Laura and her workforce made up of lots of local kids and a few permanent employees, box and distribute their wares to over three thousand active accounts. You can find Goody Goody products at Marshall Fields, Nordstroms and many museums and galleries. Laura circulated a broad range of her work to the audience. The many beautiful items included slippers, baby shoes, cosmetic cases and scarfs. I'm not sure if they all returned safely to the front table. Many Rotarians were interested in purchasing from Goody Goody . You can do so at www.goodygoodyshoes.com Claiming to be an "accidental business woman" Laura and her husband are enjoying their twelth year in business. We all know that it takes a lot of hard work and maybe a little luck but Goody Goody's sucsess is no accident. Thank you Laura for an interesting program. FYI In an effort to educate and better comminuvcate to the club what Richmond Rotary and it's Directors are doing behind the scenes, President Stoney introduced Secretary Joe Nusbaum. Joe described how your dues and donations are spent. Of the $150 paid in dues, $89 goes to Rotary International and District 5160. The balance goes into the Club's General Fund. Each year we fund many programs. This year $2000 will go to Peres School and $2000 is ear marked for our Centennial Project. The cost of running the club comes from this fund. Happy/ Sad dollars and Raffle proceeds also go into the General Fund. The basket that circulates every meeting goes into scholarship funding. With this money we send kids to Camp Royal and a leadership program in Oakland. When former Rotarian Carl Reyfus passed, he left a big chunk of money to the club. It was his desire to promote Rotary in Richmond. Many of us have had matching Paul Harris dollars from this fund. The plan was to let the principal grow and use the interest only. The idea was to establish endowment that would benefit many Rotatrians to come. When you donate to this fund you are furthering this cause. Donations to Rotary International go to helping others world wide. Erle Brown stood up to explain how to write your checks so you get propper credit for foundation donations. Please make checks out to "Rotary Foundation" and in the memo section indicate where you want this money to go. For example, Paul Harris for you or someone you designate, Polio Plus or some overseas project that might be matched by the Foundation. If you leave the memo line blank the donation will go to the Rotary International General Fund. If you have questions that need answers please contact any club officer or director. You can email them directly by folowing this link www.richmondcarotary.org/directors and clicking on the the person you want to contact. . |
` Last Week In the cozy basement room at La Strada Restaurant President Stoney opened today's meeting with a silent prayer for freedom and peace on earth. Joe Nusbaum then led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Feeling rather poetic, Stoney delivered the following verse as the thought for the day Truth is the trial of itself And needs no other touch. And purer than the purest gold Refine it ne'er so much Ben Johnson, On Truth, 1616 Guests Susan Howe and her friend Chely Knox were guests at the front table today. President Stoney presented his guest Rhonda Harris (who may be buying her own lunch soon) and Werner introduced Joe Boome of Orion Logistics Warehouse in Richmond. Prospective New Members Pres. Stoney has proposed for membership Thomas Cameron under a classification of Printing-Graphics, and Paul Washington under a classification of Banking, Investments. Any objection to these nominees should be forwarded to Secretary Nusbaum on or before 9/24/03. Announcements See Paul Hodgen for raffle tickets to the Rotarian Brazilian Carnival in Dixon on Oct. 18th. This is District 5160's Paul Harris fund-raiser and Family Fun Day for the year 2003. The cost is $10 per ticket and will be credited towards your Paul Harris. Please make your checks out to "The Rotary Foundation". Erle Brown will be greatful. You can win great prizes and trips in this fund raising event. Just ask Leslie Levy or Bill Reid who both won trips abroad. Our Prez is promoting membership this year and the drive is on. All members are encouraged to bring friends and potential Rotarians to upcoming meetings. Growing the size of Rotary is one way to advance the Polio Plus campaign. Recognitions In what was indisputably the longest winded ramble in recent club history, David K described in painful detail his 9/11 "anti-terrorist' birthday fishing trip that yielded him a chance encouter with Dan Ercolini in the boatyard parking lot at six am as well as 25 pound halibut! David had a C note for Polio Plus and two bucks for grins. Sunshine Report David K reports that Don Hardison has broken his leg! Dave Ninomiya is doing better and John Nicol had a nasty spill while at a golf benefit in Tahoe last week. President Stoney received a lovely thank you card from Lea Schwarz who is looking forward to "seeing us all soon" Happy/Sad $$ Dan Ercolini had $20 to give up. Ten happy dollars that his daughter Ellen was well grounded in Chile for the next 18 weeks in the UCSC Extension program and ten uncertain dollars while he teaches his youngest daughter Alice the relationship between the accelerator and the clutch as it applies to the road as well as his wallet . Special Recognition Dr. Herb Cole led the club in a large round of applause ito acknowlege Erle Brown for his outstanding work of keeping our club's Paul Harris and Rotary Foundation books in great order. Raffle After recovering from the shock of having his named drawn from the bucket, President Stoney did the right thing and pulled the white ball. President Stoney rang the bell with zeal and adjourned the meeting. Door Duty Reminder 10/3/03 John Medlock and Father Nick 10/10/03 David Kuchenthal 10/17/03 Donald Lau and Bud Martin 10/24/03 Jonathan Lawlis and Norman Lundberg 10/31/03 Leslie Levy and Oscar Lugo Important Dates 10/18/03 Brazilian Carnival in Dixon 11/28/03 No Meeting. Happy Turkey! 12/05/03 Holiday Auction and Club Elections 12/11/03 Holiday Party at Mira Vista CC 01/25/04 Annual Reno Train Trip 02/20/04 Help celebrate Rotary's 99th B'day 06/04/04 D-Day meeting on The Red Oak Victory Where to Make Up San Rafael Monday 12:15 Seafood Peddler Albany Tuesday 12:30 Mira Vista G&CC El Sobrante Tuesday 12:15 Joe's of El Sobrante Berkeley Wednesday 12:15 His Lordships Hercules Wednesday 7:15 am Hercules Senior Center San Pablo Wednesday 12:15 San Pablo Casino El Cerrito Thursday 12:15 Mira Vista G&CC Pinole Thursday 12:30 Outback Steak House Vallejo Thursday 12:15 World Holiday Inn |
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