Rotary Club of Montecito Tuesday’s @ Noon at the Montecito Country Club P.O. Box 40218, Santa Barbara, CA 93140 DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXIS FEBRUARY 4, 2014 Polio Plus Drive 39% of the way to goal, and a long way to go! Our goal is $3,500 this year, which is matched $2 for every $1 donated by the Rotary International Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, for a Ron D. Burton total of $10,500 towards polio RI President 2013-2014 eradication. Our timeline is between now and June 30, 2014 (President John’s District 5240 term). See John for details. Jack McClenahan District Governor 2013-2014 Rosslyn Ray Assistant District Governor 2013-2014 John Glanville The Top 10 Reasons to Join the Montecito Rotary Club President 2013-2014 Marc Fleischman 1. One person can make a difference and together as Rotarians we can Secretary & President Elect 2014-2015 have a stronger impact. (I am one‐Rotary is many.) 2. For camaraderie, and new friendships. Joseph Kirkland 3. To serve locally, nationally or internationally. Treasurer 4. To learn more about other cultures. Murray Ray 5. For a way to share your talent and resources effectively. Past President 6. To have a place to go each week to connect with like‐minded people Directors who motivate you. 7. To make life‐long relationships. Lynda Nahra, Membership 8. To be part of something bigger than yourself. Mark Magid, Service Robert Mislang, Programs & Youth 9. To hear an interesting speaker each week and learn what is going on Aaron Clark, Public Relations in the community. Paul Kresmer, Grants & RI 10. To be able to take advantage of the true “family” of rotary while traveling nationally or internationally. DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXIS FEBRUARY 4, 2014 President's Message February 4, 2014 Any day following rain in the Southwest shows the vibrancy of the flowers surrounding the Montecito Country Club; thus another beautiful day on the hill overlooking Montecito. Karen led off with an invocation and flag salute followed by three verses of "Mack the Knife" led by Del in honor of our speaker Ron Bamieh; more on this old song in the SIDE BAR of this edition of AXIS. We were glad to welcome several guests, which makes Lynda glad as we continue to make progress on our membership goals; remember to invite your friends and colleagues to join us on Tuesdays. Several Happy Bucks received: Harlan celebrating the new Federal Reserve Board Chair, Janet Yellen who is also the first woman to head to Fed. Harlan believes the Fed will maintain low interest rates through the end of this year...stay tuned! Chris Devries has been spotted "bus side" throughout town as part of her career with Union Bank. This led to a lively discussion on what an appropriate fine should be... number of buses with Chris' picture, number of routes, number of Rotarians riding the bus with Chris' picture on it... it was looking expensive for Chris. Thank you for paying up! We also received via Ross two checks from "Andy" Anderson, Past President of RCoM (1969-70) and the first Montecito District Governor of District 5240. He continues to receive a weekly dose of our club news via AXIS. One check goes for Polio Plus and one check goes for club operations. Very much appreciated! Ross then provided an update on the Rotaract Charter event held last Tuesday evening. The event was very well attended and the Rotaract Club has twenty plus members, a great leadership team, and lots of activities on their calendar. Rotaract will share many events and opportunities for service with our Club and vice versa. Well done and thank you Robert on initiating this process! We touched on the great input received for “One good rzzzeason for being a Rotarian” and have included the full list in this AXIS for your reading pleasure. In the method of David Letterman, let's start from the bottom: "10. To be able to take advantage of the true "family" of Rotary while traveling nationally and internationally." More to follow on Membership, the Ignite Report, and an upcoming New Member Breakfast. Speaking of travel, our friend and fellow Rotarian-to-be, Lew Stone headed off to Kauai with the last of our Club Banners. This allowed us to segue to a discussion on Club Banners both as our ABC of Rotary for the day and to the discussion of "what do we want our Club banner to look like"? Various suggestions were fielded from the floor and I believe Chris Devries offered to run a short competition for banner ideas... more to follow on this! Our program today was introduced by Kurt Koenig, who has known Ron Bamieh for a long time... more than 20 years. Ron is a Partner with his own firm in Ventura and with service in the Ventura District Attorney’s office and Department of Justice. The program titled "Chasing Evil... The Road to a Murder Conviction" was well titled and to the point. Much was learned from our fellow Rotarian from Ventura on the death penalty (pros and cons), specifics on a "cold case" (People versus Justin Merriman), a short history of the death penalty in California, who's on death row today, requirements for the death penalty John and Speaker, Ron Bamieh ("special circumstances" required), what makes you eligible as a jury member to sit on a jury for a trial considering the death penalty, specifics to the Justin Merriman case and what persistence it took to effect a conviction, and is the death penalty a law without purpose? Ron delivered a fascinating talk on a matter that effects society and all of us. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE CONTINUED... DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXIS FEBRUARY 4, 2014 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE CONTINUED... What is the ultimate lesson? Bad choices by victims can lead to bad results...while it is not their fault, victims can pay the ultimate price for bad decisions. Next week's program is the “What's It Worth; The Art of Valuation” with Alice Karle, Fine Arts Appraiser. We look forward to Lynda, Kati, and Phil's "antiques" getting evaluated and priced. Additionally, see the attached article from the February 5, 2014 edition of the SB News Press on "Winters Sale" for the auction of Jonathan Winters estate... with proceeds to the Teddy Bear Foundation headed by one of our own, Jim Bechtel. Looking forward to seeing you next Tuesday February 11, 2014 at 12noon at the Montecito Country Club; be there! Good Times Doing Good! John Reminder: The next Board Meeting is February 11th at 11:00am! Side Bar: "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" Originally known as "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", this song was composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera. It premiered in Berlin in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm. The song has become a popular standard recorded by many artists, including a US number one hit for Bobby Darin. Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear And it shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe? And he keeps it out of sight. You know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe Scarlet billows start to spread Fancy gloves, though wears old Macheath, babe So there’s never, never a trace of red On a sidewalk, blue Sunday mornin’ Lies a body just oozin’ life Someone’s sneakin’ ‘round a corner Could that someone be Old Mack the Knife? DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXIS FEBRUARY 4, 2014 DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXIS FEBRUARY 4, 2014 Geo Query of the Day What neighborhood in Santa Barbara (city limits) has the highest crime rate? By checking "www.spotcrime.com" (which compiles a map with the current Santa Barbara police blotter) we see that Lower State Street between Hwy 101 and Anapamu has the highest incidence of arrests, arson, assault, burglary, robbery, shooting, theft, vandalism, and "other" crime. While this does not come as a surprise to our locals... this is news you can use! Again, be aware of your surroundings and don't position yourself to be a victim. District 5240 "Celebrating a Quarter PRLS stands for Potential Rotary Leaders Seminars Century of Women in Rotary and Polio and is a program of District 5240 Eradication" Date: March 22, 2014 The schedule and registration information can be Location: Santa Barbara Elks Club found here: http://www.prls.org/calendar.html Time: to be confirmed Upcoming Conferences include: Keynote Speaker: Sylvia Whitlock, first female Notary President Master PRLS 5 – Business Planning and Project Management Saturday, 2/15/14 South Santa Barbara Business College (SBBC) Ventura Committee News: We are in process of updating the Paul Harris Fellow program awards credit for Master PRLS 5 – Basic PRLS (Before Coastal District Assembly) each Rotarian in the Club; please extend a hearty Friday, 3/28/14 thank you to Joe Kirkland and Marc Fleischman Location TBD (last checked 1/29/14) for taking this on. In addition to sorting out what qualifies for PHF credit at TRF (The Rotary Foundation) we will be clarifying what each item on your quarterly invoice is and where your dollars go! ROTARACT Events: Rotaract Web Site for more info: http://sbrotaract.com/ PLEASE NOTE: Please have submissions to Quote of the Day: “The more a man knows, the Maggie Garey at [email protected], by more he forgives.” - Empress Catherine the Great Wednesday morning following the meeting. Thank you! DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXIS FEBRUARY 4, 2014 105th Annual Rotary International Convention 1-4 June 2014 You can take advantage of special travel discounts to make it easier to get to - and enjoy - Sydney, which is packed with family-friendly activities.