<head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 12"> <title>Rotagram for Wednesday, July 2, 2008</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#E07B7B" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval: .5in'> <div class=Section1> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt' valign="top"> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 style='mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes; height:46.5pt'> <td width=21 valign=top style='width:15.75pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:46.5pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="../2007-08/080618.htm"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline: none'><img border=0 width=18 height=15 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://fullertonrotary.com/rotagram/2007-08/Images/previous.gif" alt="http://fullertonrotary.com/rotagram/2007-08/Images/previous.gif"></span></a></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:46.5pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="../index.htm"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-no-proof:yes;text-decoration:none;text-underline: none'><img border=0 width=18 height=24 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://fullertonrotary.com/rotagram/2007-08/Images/home.gif" alt="Rotagram Index Page"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; 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margin-top:0;width:26.25pt;height:26.25pt;z-index:1;visibility:visible; mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://fullertonrotary.com/rotagram/2007-08/Images/rotarys.gif"/> <w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><img width=35 height=35 src="http://fullertonrotary.com/rotagram/2007-08/Images/rotarys.gif" align=right alt="Rotary Wheel" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"></p> </td> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span font-size:18.0pt><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Rotagram - Meeting Notes and Club News</span></span> </td> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p><img width=35 height=35 src="http://fullertonrotary.com/rotagram/2007-08/Images/rotarys.gif" align=left alt="Rotary Wheel" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"></p> </td> </tr> </table> <b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Wednesday, July 2, 2008</span></b></div> </td> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 style='mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=12 style='width:9.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;</span></p> </td> <td width=11 style='width:8.25pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;</span></p> </td> <td width=14 style='width:10.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td colspan=3 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p><i><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Volume 68, Issue 1</span></i></p> </td> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Rota-Scribe: Bill Schenk</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td colspan=3 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <div align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </span></div> </td> </tr> </table> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt: 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="49%" valign=top style='width:49.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'> <p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>No  Hail to the Chief .<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>No  Long live the King .<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>No cop jokes.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Pat</b> called the meeting to order and we all stood and saluted and he began his first Roll Call.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>It wasn t pretty, but Prez Pat managed to survive his first week.</span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>The singers led the club in  I m a Yankee Doodle Dandy and then <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>Rev Fulton</b> sang an a'capella version of  <st1:place w:st="on">Dixie</st1:place> before delivering an invocation that asked that Divine Guidance be bestowed upon Prez Pat.</span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Bill Mathy</span></b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> introduced guests and visiting Rotarians.</span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>A new announcement protocol was inaugurated today (not!) that calls for announcement to be sent in advance to Rick Crane if they are anything BUT Rotary business. Rick Crane, or his assignee, will read the announcement via Town Crier format.</span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Rotarians with any announcements are still encouraged to leave flyers or other junk mail on tables.</span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>This new system didn t work all that well today, but next week <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>Prez Pat</b> guarantees that fines (cash fines, at that!) will be levied for futures infractions.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>NET</i><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>proceeds of these fines will go to the Presidents fund.</span></p> <p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Jim Williams</span></b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> announced that the Boys and Girls Club is selling chances to win a SMART car at $100 a pop (someone said the <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Dan Kiernan</b> should win the car since he s the only one who can fit into one!).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=15 valign=top style='width:11.25pt;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'></td> <td width="49%" valign=top style='width:49.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'> <p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Mike Oates</span></b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> appealed to our sense of Sister-City hood by explaining a chance to help send 5 Jazz musicians from CAL STATE FULLERTON to Yongin, <st1:place w:st="on">S. Korea</st1:place>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Our sister Rotary Club will pay room and Board but funds need to be raised for airfare.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Mike Oates</b> and <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Daniel Kang</b> have put up $200 and challenge Rotarians to match his donation. Contact <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Mike</b> to make a donation.</span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Here s something you don t see everyday!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>An actual ROTARY CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Rick Crane</b> is passing sign-up sheets for a Tri Club fellowship night at Orange County Flyers Baseball.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>$25 per ticket includes VIP room clubhouse seating, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ball</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> food and a Double Header!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>First game starts at 5 PM the second game at 7 PM (seven inning games).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Sign up at the weekly meeting our contact <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Rick Crane</b>.</span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Randy McFarland</span></b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> is accepting sign-ups for Joke Day on <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>July 16th</b>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>There is room for 15 comedians and each one will win a prize plus a committee will award the winner a grand prize.</span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Walt Barnes</span></b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> introduced Newport Beach Rotarian J.T. Warring who gave an impassioned presentation and plea for our club to participate in an international project to build Safe Water Systems in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Myanmar</st1:country-region> (<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Burma</st1:place></st1:country-region>).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>JT told how matching grants can build water derricks that allow irrigation to be applied to life sustaining crops at Burmese Orphanages.</span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>