Weekly Morning Meeting
September 22, 2017
Oakmont Country Club
7am-8:30am
- The Meeting was called to order by President Nina Crowe
- Meeting Roles
- Greeter - Phil Kubel
- Cashier - Keith Sorem
- Inspiration - Keith Sorem
- Pledge of Allegiance - Zainul Abedin
- 4 Way Test - Peggy Smith
- Announcements
- Alex Parajon announced that the club has a volunteer opportunity to work on transforming a portion of the Glenoaks Elementary School playground into a reading corner.
- Volunteers will be needed for various physical and non physical labor. Sign up sheets will be sent to the club soon.
- Anita Wallace conveyed the gratitude of Glendale Community College for the foodstuffs delivered last week
- Cody Smith announced that Coats for Kids will be held on November 4.
- Need Volunteers. Sign up sheets will be sent out to the club soon.
- Done in coordination with Ray Rangwala's laundering service and the Salvation Army
- Yvette Davis announced that the Firefighter Luncheon has been moved to October 17. The venue is still the Glendale Hilton.
- Tri Fritz asked that any email announcements that need to be made to the club should be sent to him for coordination.
- Nina Sonin reminded the club to network with their assigned networking people.
- Nina Crowe reminded the club to sign up to volunteer for the Glendale Education Foundation Breakfast
- Nina Crowe encouraged the membership to become duck buddy sponsors through Rotary
- 50% of all funds raised through Rotary for the Duck Buddies campaign will come back to Glendale Sunrise Rotary.
- This is a show of goodwill towards the Kiwanis club for supporting our Field of Honor event earlier this year.
- Nina Crowe reminded the club to sign up for the Rotary fellowship event.
- A Tailgate party at Glendale Community College coordinated by Rick Dinger
- Dinah's Chicken will be served
- The cost is $20
- Sign up through the Glendale Sunrise Rotary website or see Rick Dinger
- Jeanett Cordon oversaw the fines and acknowledgements
- Our Guest Speaker, Escott Norton, spoke to the club about historic theaters in Los Angeles
- Historic theaters came to prominence in tandem with the Film Industry
- They created a escape from reality with their odd assortment of architectural styles
- Downtown LA is considered the first theater palace district in Los Angeles
- Theater palaces followed the decentralization of business districts, leading to periphery theaters like the Alex Theater in Glendale.
- Nina Crowe presented Escott Norton with a thank you gift from the club
- Jeanett Cordon conducted the opportunity drawings
- Nina Crowe adjourned the meeting