PLEDGE
President Marty Fishman led us in the pledge.
GUESTS / VISITORS
Lydia Norcia was a guest again at today's meeting. She is currently in the process of applying for a club family membership.
KIDS / PETS / FRIENDS
Various members showed us their pets through the Zoom system. Very cute, everyone!
INSPIRATION
Doug Brent shared inspiration - a story about Genie Chance's coverage of the 1964 Alaska earthquake. Genie was a radio broadcaster, journalist, and congressperson.
APRIL BIRTHDAYS / ANNIVERSARIES
April birthdays and anniversaries were announced.
BLUE BADGE AWARD
Barry Cheskin virtually received his blue badge today. Congratulations, Barry!
COVID-19 UPDATE
A Covid-19 update for Santa Clara County was given. We were also reminded that Verily is doing Covid-19 testing. Contact Greg Gomon for details.
We were reminded to sign up for the virtual Great Race. Michelle Myers Nelson created a new video for the revised virtual race method which was shared with the club.
CLUB BUDDIES
Fellow Rotarians are available to provide help and assistance to other club members during the current shelter-in-place order. Contact Carol Abela for more details.
AVENUES OF SERVICE
Various service projects remain ongoing in the community. See slide 17 of the meeting presentation sent out by President Marty Fishman for details if you would like to volunteer.
BOOK GROUP
5 people have joined the new Los Gatos Rotary Book Group. Contact President Marty Fishman if you would like to join.
WORLD SERVICE COMMITTEE MEETING
A World Service Committee Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 28th at 4pm. Patti van der Burg is the contact.
POLIO PLUS
Avis La Grone and Dan Snyder will soon be requesting your annual donation for Polio Plus which has shifted it's focus to Covid-19 efforts.
SPEAKER
Today's speaker was Judith Miner, Chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College System. She described what the community college system offers, how it is funded, and how it is managing virtual coursework and its associated challenges. She also described how some of the college's Krause Center for Innovation 3D printers have been loaned to a local manufacturer for making face shields for hospital staff during the current hospital supplies shortage.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 1:30pm.
Slides from this meeting: Click here