Posted by Elsie Casida on Feb 28, 2018
MORRO BAY ROTARY MEETING
FEB. 27, 2018
 
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY:  Prez Pete
INVOCATION BY:   Heidi
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG:   Prez Pete
JOKE:    Plumber joke......uh, we didn’t get it.
WE RECITED THE FOUR WAY TEST.
Visiting Rotarians:   Not today
 
Guests of Rotarians:  Dan brought his wife Linda and Mother, Brit.  Judy introduced our speaker, Hershel Parker and his wife, Heddy Richter.  Judy also brought her friend Karen Clinton.  Fire Marshall, Matt Veira  was brought by Chief Knuckles.  Melissa brought Jr. Rotarian Stella.  Tom Kelly, a friend of our speaker, was here to visit as well. 
 
Pete gave a short presentation on Human Trafficking; we will be helping put on the Human Trafficking Summit on September 15th at the Community Center.  He also and announced our President Elect Nominee for 2019/2020 will be Melissa Davis and our President Elect Nominee Designate for 2020/21 will be Lou Dubnow. 
 
The Board approved a donation of $1,000 to be given to Monticeto to help with relief in the wake of the fire and mudslides, and $150 to be given to Ecuador for the planting of trees.   We have declared January as our special Rotary Giving Month in an effort to give to our own Rotary Foundation.  This year we will emphasize extra gifts be given to the Morro Bay Foundation in March with a goal of $100/person for those who can/want to give this gift.
 
MBHS’s Crab Feed is sold out.  Ours is coming up on April 7th and we will all need to sell tickets, to make this fund raiser a great event.  We will have a signup sheet next week for help to set up, run the bar, be a food runner, sell desserts, sell 50/50 tickets, take down and other duties.
 
Ken Casida was fined $10.00 for each year of marriage....$80.00...... $13.00 less than our marriage license!!
 
Satisfaction survey was on the tables, we came in at a +47 this month with 13% responding.   Mostly positive comments.....it’s good to have feedback so we all know where we can improve the club.  
 
We are considering picking a Monday night to feed the homeless at the Vets Hall.   It would be good to do it once to see if it is something we want to do on a regular basis. 
 
Melissa announced that Stella won first place with a drawing she made and entered in the Estero Bay Women’s Club Contest.
 
We have two Master PRLS graduates - Jude and Melissa; a worthwhile weekend for both of these future presidents.
 
 
Our speaker was Hershel Parker, a Morro Bay resident and world authority on Herman Melville and more.  Although he is an expert on Melville and Moby Dick, he also loves ancestry.  He has researched his own family and found many interesting facts and has even accumulated 3200 documents about his ancestry.  You can find almost anything you want to know online.  If you research wills, land transfers, military pension applications and records, newspaper articles, affidavits, tombstones etc., it is possible to find many historical facts.  Fold3 is an excellent source for military records.   It was an honor to have Hershel and his wife and friends with us today.
 
Enjoy the week....next week’s speakers will be mom and daughter bee keepers.   
50/50 won by Steve Carnes
 
Ecasida