Welcome Windsor Rotary President John LeCave opened the meeting at 7:30 am. Flag Salute: The flag salute was led by Diane Brabetz. Inspiration: Susan Cole inspiration came from her experiences in “forest meditation” . Specifically, her walks through Armstrong Grove inspired her with words from Robert Louis Stevenson: “It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.” Song: JB Leap led the Club in a rendition of “Row, row, row your boat”. The left side of the room was a clear winner over the right side of the room. Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Art Diaz Dorothy Rodela was introduced as a visiting Rotarian from Sebastopol Noon in the classification of banking. Pam Jeana, was introduced as our keynote speaker representing the Sonoma County Water District. Dick Bishop introduced his friend and caretaker, Madison. Warin Parker introduced our Student of the Month, Gisella Silva who introduced her parents and bother, Giovani Silva who had also been recognized as Student of the Month. Michael Kaufman, Humanities Teacher at Windsor High School was also introduced as the presenting teacher. WHAT’S HAPPENING! Student of the Month: Giselle Silva was introduced by Waren Parker as our Student of the Month for March. Michael Kaufman, Humanities Teacher, shared a few of her incredible accomplishments being a 4.0 student, a member of the WHS wrestling team and a long standing volunteer in the community. Giselle then spoke of her volunteer work in Cali Calmecca kindergarten class and her senior project with local migrant workers. Windsor Rotary March 7, 2017 Bulletin Board Acknowledgement: Diane Brabetz was welcomed back from Playa Del Carmen and reported out on a kidnapping of a fellow Rotarian from the Playa Del Carmen Club. She asked that our thoughts and prayers be with him and his family. Ken and Pam Moulton were recognized for placing first in the Marti Gras Costume Contest at the recent Sebastopol Sunrise fundraiser. Finally, our exchange student to France, Mena, was shown visiting Paris. March Wedding and Birthday Celebrations: Congratulations to MJ Girard (30), Ken and Pam Moulton (28) and Rich and Nancy Mucci (10) who will celebrate wedding anniversaries this month. Congratulations to Dick Bishop, Diane Brabetz, JB Leap and John Le Cave who will be celebrating their birthdays the month of March. Mark Your Calendar: March 8: Town Green Ribbon Cutting for the new playground equipment for Windsor March 11: Rotary sponsored performance of “Transcendence” at the Wells Fargo Center. April 8: Steve Klick will be representing Windsor Rotary at the annual Windsor Chile Cookoff. May 5: Windsor Day Parade with Rotary balloon. See Ken Moulton, Art Diaz or Dick Bishop if you want to assist. Rotary Business – Call to Action: March 10: Board meeting March 27-30: Week of Service, Re-forestation Project, Lake County March 30: SCARC, Fountain Grove Restaurant, Jim Flamson on “The Rotary Foundation”. April 1: District Assembly, College of Mendocino, Ukiah May 12-14: District Conference, Incline Village, Lake Tahoe June 10-14: RI Convention, Atlanta, Georgia Lobster Fundraiser: Tom Hassur reported out on the progress for the May 20 Lobster Feed Fundraiser. The event will be held at the Boys and Girls’ Club and the cost per ticket will be $125. A professional auctioneer, Eric Gold, has been hired for the event and will be present at this week’s fundraiser meeting to be held at 5:30 pm on Wednesday March 8 at Tom Hassur’s place of business. John Hackenburg reported on the special raffle that will be part of the fundraiser. The six teams were encouraged to get their donations identified and to him as soon as possible Windsor Rotary March 7, 2017 Raffle: Bill Bolster had the drawing ticket but was unable to locate the “X marked” quarter for the $330 pot…and the pot grows until next week. Program: Pam Jeane, Assistant Manager Sonoma County Water District Sue Nelson introduced Pam Jeane , Assistant Manager for the Sonoma County Water District. Pam is a civil engineer by training and served in the Peace Corp in Nepal before becoming an employee off the SC Water District in 1991. Pam addressed the status of Sonoma County beginning with an overview of the origins of water storage in the County with the creation of the SC Water District in 1959. Water storage became a serious issue with the flooding of the Russian River in the 1940’s. The Army Corps of Engineers became involved in the 50”s with the planning and eventual building of Lake Mendocino and Lake Sonoma. Both were constructed for flood control but became a source for the storage of water as well. Today, Sonoma County gets is water from both lakes and Lake Pillsbury, built later and maintained by PG and E. Sonoma County Water District provides water to Windsor, Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Valley of the Moon , Sonoma, Petaluma and Cotati. The water District is currently focusing on water conservation and additional sources of water including managing ground water, storage of storm water and finding additional aquifers. Climate change is being address as “climate adaptation” as change is inevitable. Closing: President John LeCave thanked guests for attending and closed the meeting at 8:32 am with the closing thought of “Go Do Something Rotarian”. Greeter: Rich Mucci Raffle Tickets: Steve Jorgenson and Dave Koch Scribe: Ken Moulton Set-up: Daniel Meyers