Call to Order
President-Elect Cindy Gentile led the meeting since President Rachelle was out of town.
Pledge salute was led by Ron Cassel.
A Thank you to our Veterans. A slide was shared listing all LG Rotarian vets and they rose to applause.
- Susan Bianchi - Dick Konrad’s daughter
- Ricky Bowman - Andrew Howard’s guest
- Deborah Johnson - new applicant
- Luis Loyola - Pets in Need
- Chelsea Danton - Pets in Need
- Laura Gardner - Pets in Need
- Jean-Marc’s wife Monique Guo
Inspiration by Jean Marc - Engage and Make it So! A tribute to actor Patrick Stewart (aka Captain Jean Luc Picard on Star Trek) who overcame many life challenges and passed away this month.
- Hal Rosen - friend and Rotarian
- Larry Jinks - Friend and Rotarian
Video tributes will be at an upcoming meeting. Thanks Suzanne!
17 members had a balloon on their chair.
First Tuesday Nov. 2nd at Patti van der Burg’s was a great success.
Elaine Ware - Make reservations and bring an unwrapped toy.
CrabFest & Auction
Feb 6th - Still need sponsors! This is our main event that funds all our springtime philanthropy grants. We are only halfway to our sponsorship goal and the sponsor commitment deadline is looming soon after Thanksgiving (Dec 8).
Contact Patti for more details if you can sponsor yourself, or your business, or can solicit from a local business. Sponsorships start at $500. Perhaps a group of 10 wants to join at $50 each, similar to Gae’s Dynamic Race Funders at the Great Race?
CrabFest Tickets: $100 adults, kids $40.
Patti (sponsors) wore her Halloween costume dressed as a chicken with a crab on her head.
Elaine Ware (auction) and Michelle Strachan (chair) also promoted the event. Accepting auction item donations, and boxes 6 inches in height for displaying items.
Lissa Kreisler sent signups. Come walk with us as we promote our club and have some fun… downtown LG on the morning of Dec 5.
Red Badge Presentation
Welcome to our Club - Red Badge Karla Carlen.
Blue Badge Presentation
Blue Badge presentation by Dan Deguara - Superintendent of Los Gatos Union High School, a local boy. Has 2 sons and a wife.
Michelle Strachan presented his Blue Badge.
Vote for our Nominating Committee Members this week - Club Secretary Elaine Ware said to watch for your email invite to vote.
- Thurs 11/12 - Supper Club
- Sat. 11/14 - District Rotary Veterans Day Celebration - Sunnyvale Elks Club
- Mon. 11/16 - Hunger at Home Volunteer opportunities
- Fri 11/20 - Serve Thanksgiving Dinner to seniors at Live Oak
- Tue 12/1 - First Tuesday social at John Pencer’s home
- Sat. 12/5 - Los Gatos Parade downtown Los Gatos
- Sun. 12/6 - Presidents Brunch at Cinnabar Golf Club
- Mon 12/14 - Hunger at Home and JW House Volunteers Opportunities
- Mon 12/14 - JW House Volunteer Opportunities
- JFS Silicon Valley - Embrace-a-Family - Lissa Kreisler
30 for 30
- Dick Konrad - go see the new movie Ghost Soldiers, a movie his grandson-in-law produced!
- Andrew Howard - honored Larry Jinks by noting his distinguished career running the Mercury News, and he was known a gentleman with high integrity. There was a lengthy article on his distinguished life in Tuesday’s Mercury News.
- Avis La Grone - gave $168 since she just celebrated her 68th wedding anniversary.
- Mike Norcia - son just organized his own successful running race for charity for his fraternity. Perhaps we have a future Great Race chair in training?
- Jeff Blum $50 - to honor his wife Lissa who emceed an event last Tuesday for 1000 people and she nailed it! Of course she did…we are lucky to have such a pro.
Guest Speakers - Pets in Need
Sarah Schiltz introduced Laura and Chelsea - “Pets in Need.” See website for more details of this worthy organization: https://www.petsinneed.org
They thanked our club for our Grants and Talents, as 3 board members are/were Rotarians (Barry Cheskin, Doug Brent, Doug Carlen).