MAY 29, 2019 SPEAKER OF THE WEEK Rep. US Politics MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

PP Gene Grounds introduced our speaker for the day: Corbett A. K . Kalama . Corbett is the Executive Vice President of The Harry & Jeannette Weinberg Foundation, IncThe Foundation is one of the 50 largest private charitable foundations in the .

HAWAII CLUB 30 DISTRICT 5000 CHARTERED: JUNE 20, 1939 RI PRESIDENT: President Steve commented that BARRY RUSSIN the District Conference last DISTRICT G OVERNOR: weekend was wonderful! Our WIN SCHONEMAN Club got five awards: Foundation, International Service, Freedom Fighter, Youth Service, and Club Service. We need a volunteer to sew the award symbols to our flag.

District Governor Win Schoneman invited PP Dave Hamil to the podium and awarded him with a pin of excellence for the superb job he did in organizing and chairing the “House of Aloha” at our District Conference.

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President Steve Morgan called the meeting to order. Scheffer, Denny Meyer, and PP Chad Adams He said that the Hilo tsunami happened today in 1960. for their willingness to help.

PP Chuck Braden lead the Club in the Pledge of And, PP/PE Carol forgot to mention that PP Allegiance. Gene Gelfo will be having more surgery on Tuesday. She wanted to request that everyone The Inspiration was given by President Steve. He said think of him and share their prayers. his inspiration was all of us! 5. PDG/P Win Schoneman presented PP President Steve asked that guests be introduced . Rhodora Pagay with a plaque thanking her for Marsha Caldirola introduced Ronda Ching DSay. her service Assistant District Governor this Steve Nikkola from the Rotary Club of Honolulu year. introduced himself. DG Win Schoneman was introduced. All Past District Governors and Past President Steve announced that we would take a few Presidents were asked to stand and be recognized. minutes for fellowship.

PDG/P Phil Sammer invited all guests to come to the PP Gene Grounds introduced our speaker for the day: front of the room. We sang our welcome song to them. Corbett A. K. Kalama. Corbett is the Executive Vice President of The Harry & Jeannette Weinberg Announcements: Foundation, Inc. PP Gene told us that Harry Weinberg made deals with a handshake. His Foundation does 1. President Steve commented that the District good work for the people in and on the Conference last weekend was wonderful! Our Mainland. Club got five awards: Foundation, International Corbett started by telling us that he is a past banker Service, Freedom Fighter, Youth Service, and and PDG/P Roy King hired him for his first banking job Club Service. He shared that we got thank you at First Hawaiian Bank. He also said that the Glenn cards from Kapalama Elementary School and and Tay Perry’s father was influential in his life. The Like Like Elementary School for the books we work they did with canoe racing was really community gave them. June 5 th will be Rotary on the Road building. He then told us how persistent PP Gene was and we should sign up with Sylvia Makk. We in getting him to come to our Club to speak. He said still have four slots available for District Training that PP Gene would not take “No” for an answer. on Saturday at Chaminade. Our 80 th Anniversary Party will be held on June 21. Harry Weinberg founded the Weinberg Foundation in RSVPs are due. 1959. The Foundation is one of the 50 largest private 2. Glenn Perry said we have made 110% of our charitable foundations in the United States. It is Foundation goal. We are still short of 100% dedicated to meeting the basic needs of people participation. experiencing poverty in the areas of housing, health, 3. Sally Blanchard thanked everyone for their jobs, and education. Foundation donations. She said that ten people received the Triple Crown Award for Foundation Five trustees govern the Foundation that serves Hawaii, at the District Conference. She thanked the Mainland, and Israel. The Foundation has 6.2 everyone for the generous giving. Billion dollars. They give money to serve the poor and 4. PP/PE Carol Riley asked that PP Gale needy. They give about 10 - 12 million dollars to Hawaii Warshawky talk about our connection with the each year. Over the years, they have given more than Boy Scouts for service projects and mentoring. 400 million dollars to Hawaii. The mentoring will begin in November with six Rotarians sharing what they did after high Harry Weinberg died in 1990. He was an immigrant. school to get ready for their professions. He only went through sixth grade. He got bored with school. He was a visionary from a very young age. He She then asked for more volunteers to help had a couple of beliefs: Buy land. Don’t sell it. Forty - Scribe next year. Thanks went out to PP Janet two percent of the Weinberg Foundation is in Hawaii real estate. His Foundation is debt free. It looks for

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It looks for direct services and is interested in DISTRICT CONFERENCE MAY 17 - 19 2019 generalization change. Our communities have changed. Good work starts with one person at a time.

The Weinberg grant has gone away, yet Corbett hopes to bring it back! Corbett talked about the work being done with Ramala’s infrastructure. Work is being done on treating all people with respect and understanding. There are many needs there. Dimentia starts with some people as young as 40. As people get older some become blind and deaf. Some children do not start talking until they are 5 years old.

Our speaker drew the lucky ticket. Richard Fukani won, but he was gone so our speaker drew for him. He pulled a red marble so did not win the money!

Respectfully submitted, Carol Riley, PP/PE

The second to last meeting was held on May 16 of the Rotary Board under President Steve Morgan. We took a group shot as two members will be away at the International Rotary Convention next month. Great board! Thank you Steve for your leadership!

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CLUB OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 2018 - 2019 TODAYS SPEAKER: REP. ED CASE

OFFICERS Edward Espenett Case (born September President [email protected] 27, 1952) is Stephen Morgan 352 8383 an American Democratic politician who is VP / President - Elect [email protected] currently the U.S. PP Carol Riley 392 5439 Representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district , which covers the Vice President [email protected] PDG Roy King 737 1991 urban core of Honolulu . He previously represented the 2nd district , which covers Secretary [email protected] the rest of the state, from 2002 to 2007. Ikko Tomita 286 3248

Treasurer [email protected] First elected to the House of Representatives in 2002 in a PP David Hamil 375 3283 special election to fill the seat of , who died of pneumonia , Case represented Hawaii's 2nd congressional Immediate Past President [email protected] PP Steve Koyama 265 4092 district until 2006 , when he unsuccessfully challenged in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate . DIRECTORS

Glenn Perry [email protected] In 2010, Case was one of two Democratic candidates in the special election for Hawaii's 1st congressional district . PP Gene Grounds [email protected] With the Democratic vote split, Republican Kathryn Henski [email protected] Councilman Charles Djou 's 39% of the vote earned him the Adrienne King [email protected] seat. Case ran again in Democratic primary for the

Patti Look [email protected] November general election, but suspended his campaign in May. [1] , Case's fellow Democrat in the Sylvia Makk [email protected] special election, went on to win the primary and the general Patti Mitchell [email protected] election against Djou. Case again ran for the Senate in Paul McGillicuddy [email protected] 2012 after Daniel Akaka announced his retirement, but lost [2] PP Janet Scheffer [email protected] to .

SERVICE CHAIRS In July 2013, Case announced that he was joining Outrigger Bulletin / Newsletter PP Dick Matti Enterprises Group and that his political career was "likely" to be over. [3] In June 2018, however, Case reversed his Club Admin Chair Patti Look decision and announced he would run again in Hawaii's 1st International Service Chair Adrienne King congressional district . [4] Case won the crowded Democratic [5] Community Service Chair Paul McGillicuddy primary election in August 2018, and went on to win the general election. [6] Case assumed office in January 2019. [7] Food Fest Chair PP David Hamil / Patti Look

Foundation Chair Glen Perry /PP Sally Blanchard

Literacy Chair PP Gloria King

Membership Chair PP Joe Gedeon

Public Relations Chair PP Janet Scheffer

Sargent at Arms Kathy Higa PO Box 8622, Honolulu HI 96830 Sister Club Liaison — Japan Ikko Tomita / PP Chad Adams Executive Administrator Linda Collard Sister Club Liaison — Taiwan Flora Lu / Nora Chen 395 2290 | [email protected] Vocational Chair Sylvia Makk Bulletin Editor / Publisher & Web Coordinator Webmaster PP Gloria King PP Dick Matti Youth Services Chair Patti Mitchell 396 3268 | [email protected]

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