Volume 4 Issue 3 Officers, Directors & Committee Chairs President Nick Abbott, Immediate Past Pres. Judy “J” Jakobovits, Secretary John Spangler, Director Henry DeButts & Oran Spotts Tuesday August 7, 2012 Meeting Our meeting came to order at 5:45PM with Janneth Black leading members in the pledge of allegiance followed by Oran Nick Abbott Spotts and the Four Way Test. With the absence of our Presi- Chet Dal Santo President dent Nick, Henry DeButts led the meeting. District Governor Janneth introduced her guest Alexandra Sutterfield. Speaker Schedule Our club is moving ahead Next week Tuesday Henry presented us with the thought of the day: An education with the arrangements for a the 14th we will meet isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how rubber duckie race some- with the DG Chet Dal much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what time in early 2013. A lot of Santo at Judy J’s you know and what you don’t. work is ahead of us and home and partake in Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without everyone needs to get in- a social after the losing your temper and your self confidence. volved if it is to be success- DG’s presentation. ful. Janneth presented com- Board Meeting starts Ross Murakami, CPA was our mittees that need to be at 3PM. speaker representing the Boy filled so if you haven't Scouts of America. He presented signed one of the sheets, 8/21 the history of Scouting in Hawaii please call Janneth and she and an initiative the local Council We will meet at Aina can find an easy committee is undertaking called Imagery in the Koko for you to be on. "ScoutReach" to help make Marina Center with scouting available to more disadvantaged or at risk youth. Andrew Honda on Art Visit to Kaiser High Audy Kimura a former Boy Scout of Troop 1, was commis- Photography. School Interact Club: sioned by the Aloha Council to produce the Centennial Video that described Scouting’s 100 years of history in Hawaii. Few 8/28 know that scouting in Hawaii was established in the same year Michael North (co- that the scouting program was brought over from England to founder) will present the United States. He spoke of the Council’s fundraising ef- information on the forts to rehabilitate their camping facilities primarily to address Zhou-Enlai Peace sanitation issues that have attracted the attention of the EPA Institute at the East and Department of Health. One of the more visible commu- West Center nity service projects that the Aloha Council performs is the preparation of the Punchbowl Cemetery for Memorial Day. The number of community service hours performed by scouts could easily balloon to over 100,000 hours each year. Mr. Details on speakers at www.rotaryclubofhawaiikai.org Murakami fielded several questions regarding the possibility of a collaborative relationship between the Rotary clubs and cub Bulletin prepared by scout and boy scout units. PP Oran Spotts Page 2 August 7th Bulletin Acting President Henry DeButts Speaker of the evening: Ross Murakami Boy Scouts of America .