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2016-17 CLUB-LEADERS

OFFICERS President: Kevin Lancaster President-Elect: Danny Davila Secretary: Greg Rabaey Treasurer: Josh Little & Stephen Bentley Sergeant At Arms: Immediate Past President Sarah Carriker VP Club Service Kristin Stephens VP Community Service Danny Davila VP Vocational Service Jesus Chavez VP International Service Audrey & John Cochran VP Youth Service Rick Hoffman Member-At-Large Mark Dietz Member-At-Large Paul Ott

SPECIAL PROJECT CHAIRS Bulletin Harold Coleman Communications Sheila Allee Kershaw Early Act First Knight Tim Buckley Endowment Chair John Voss Foundation Ken Dickensheets Fundraising Sarah Carriker Membership Beatriz Zilveti & Don Shindler Past Presidents Council Photographers Hanspeter Tobler & Oliver Smith PolioPlus Kent Miller Program Committee David Davis Website Sheila Allee-Kershaw Weekly Meeting Volunteers Brigitte Benquet

At last Saturday’s district installation picnic held at Reunion Ranch, our own Gene Holiman was sworn in as DG for Rotary Year 2017-18. Gene is shown here with outgoing DG Bruce Golden. Best wishes, Gene, for a successful reign as DG for District 5870!

photo by Sarah Carriker

Rotary’s “4-Way Test":

1. Is it the TRUTH? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

ROTARY CLUB OF NORTHWEST AUSTIN Friday, June 23, 2017 – 7:00 A.M. Meeting at Balcones Country Club

Call to Order – Kevin Lancaster, President June is Rotary Fellowship Month

TODAY’S PROGRAM AT OUR LAST MEETING Michael Gill, “Senior Living in Austin” Jimmy Flannigan, Austin City Council Member District 6

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.”

Samuel Johnson

NEWS & EVENTS Today’s speaker is Michael Gill, owner of Texas Senior Living Locators, which specializes in understanding assisted living communities,

residential care homes and skilled nursing facilities. Michael and his elder transition advisers work with the individual's unique circumstances

to find the best senior housing options. He will tell us about this important time of passage for the folks he assists and provide us with an update of the resources available in Austin and surrounding

communities. Mike can be reached by calling (512)630-7133 or by email at mgill@texassll.com. For more information, go to:

http://texassll.com/about-us/

PLEASE BE RESPECTFULL TO OUR SPEAKERS: TURN CELL PHONES OFF OR TO VIBRATE AND LISTEN! THANK YOU!

Greeter: Gene Holiman

Prayer & Pledge: Sarah Carriker Sunshine Basket: Joe Ramirez 50/50 Ticket Sales: Andy Macfarlane

Setup: David Benjamin

Looking Forward (speakers are also listed on our website): Next Week: Frank Leffingwell Jr., “Regional Transportation Planning” July 7 Chuck Space, “Texas Legislature Tales”

July 14 DG Visit – Gene Holiman

JUNE Birthdays 02 Debbie Tam 22 Audrey Cochran

Are there any other June birthdays?

JUNE Club Anniversaries 01 Hanspeter Tobler (39)

01 Tim Buckley (29) 01 Tom Perkins (29)

03: David Lott (12) 12 Emma Sue Smallwood (2) 17: Tom Applegate (37)

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WEBSITES TO KNOW: Club Website: http://www.nwaustinrotary.club

Club Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/nwaustinrotary Club Fruit Sale Website: rotaryfruit.org

District 5870: http://www.rotarydistrict5870.org/ Rotary International: http://www.rotary.org/

MAKE-UP MEETING LOCATIONS: due to frequent changes in

club meeting times and places, go to the District 5870 website and click

on the When and Where Clubs Meet link under the Clubs tab for a list of area club meeting places and times. Online Rotary Club makeup: www.rotaryeclubone.org

Last week’s speaker was District 6 City of Austin Council Member Jimmy Flannigan. Council Member Flannigan updated us on

activities of the Austin City Council, focusing mostly on transportation issues. Jimmy brings over a decade of service and

leadership on city issues as former president of the AGLCC, member of the Austin Chamber’s Transportation Committee, and co-founder and sole organizer of the Northwest Austin Coalition.

As Vice Chair of the Mobility Committee and appointments to the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation

Policy Board and the Capital Area Council of Governments Economic Development District Board, he brought us his perspective on a number of issues facing Austin and Central

Texas. For more information, go to: http://www.jimmyflannigan.com/ & http://www.atxd6.org/

Greeter: Scott Isaacson Prayer & Pledge: Danny Davila

Sunshine Basket: Arval Headrick 50/50 Ticket Sales: Chris Gilberto Setup: Mike Moser

Humorist Emeritus: Kent Miller

NOTE: Unless otherwise announced, Sunshine Basket proceeds are split between PolioPlus and TRF Annual Fund.

Member Attendance: 49 (of 94 active) 50:50 Pot Winner: Scott Isaacson ($34)

Rotary Minutes • Rick Naylor is giving a presentation at UT on PACT.

• Past DG Rich Kaye presented a District Service Award to Kent Miller for leading the D5870 PolioPlus campaign.

Visiting Rotarians

Rich Kaye – Killeen Heights

Other Visitors & Guests Jeffrey Mayes (of Henry Mayes)

Club Member Make-ups Tim Buckley – NXNE Board Meeting (6/14)

Gene Holiman – International Committee Meeting (6/9) Bill Estes – DG Installation Picnic (6/17) Beatiz Zilveti – DG Installation Picnic (6/17)

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Notes From The Treasurer Annual dues are $150.00. Sponsorships for the bulletin/website

are $100, as are annual PolioPlus pledges. The officer installation picnic is $30.00 per person. I will accept credit cards or checks

this morning for the dues and any other payments you owe. Thank you, Stephen Bentley, Treasurer

UPCOMING NWAR EVENTS Tonight Installation Picnic, Marquee Events

July 14 DG Visit (Gene Holiman) & NWAR Board Meeting

Upcoming District Events & Important Dates Jun 25 Drive-A-Senior Northwest benefit Play, 6 PM, Leander July 7 68th Annual Marble Falls Fish Fry

Aug 5 Public Image Training Day – Bastrop Aug 26 Foundation Seminar – Georgetown Sep 9 Membership Seminar & RYLA Roundup

Dec 9 District AG Training

Installation Banquet Details In order to get your taste buds activated, here are some details about tonight’s Installation Banquet catered by Kristin Stephens:

NWAR Rotary Picnic – Friday, June 23rd @ 7:00pm Marquee Events, 4616 Howard Lane

Casual Attire Menu:

• Hors D'oeuvres: fontina risotto cakes topped with chive

aioli & olive tapenade

• Dinner Buffet o chicken Milanese drizzled with white wine, shallot,

lemon & butter reduction o honey glazed smoked salmon with cucumber cream

sauce o cavatappi pasta with heirloom tomatoes, sweet corn &

tarragon-buttermilk dressing

o arugula salad with shaved fennel, parmesan & meyer lemon vinaigrette

• Dessert: vanilla panna cotta topped with macerated peaches & salted caramel drizzle

$1.2B Pledge to End Polio At the Rotary International Convention, global leaders and key donors affirmed their commitment to ending polio. With polio on the brink of eradication, nations from around the world and key

donors pledged more than $1 billion on Monday to energize the global fight to end the paralyzing disease.

Rotary International President John F. Germ announced that Rotary would increase its commitment and raise $50 million per year over

the next three years. Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, told the crowd of nearly 24,000 that, starting 1 July, his foundation will extend its 2-to-1 match to cover up to $50 million in

donations to Rotary for each of the next three years. The match and donations to Rotary would add up to $150 million per year over the

next three years, which will add up to $450 million to the fight.

Make your Rotary 2016-2017 contribution of $100+ to

PolioPlus before June 28.

TRF Contributions This year - 2017 - marks the 100th Anniversary of our Foundation,

and we need your help to finish celebrating this milestone in a big way. We are asking every Rotarian in the district to help us

achieve 100% participation in the 100th year – meaning, we are asking every Rotarian in District 5870 to contribute something (preferably $25 but anything will be appreciated) to the Rotary

Foundation’s Annual Fund between now and June 30th. We’ve never reached 100% giving. The best we’ve ever done is 87.5%.

This is definitely the year to make that magic happen! But as of today, we’re only at 76.3%. If you haven’t contributed to the Annual Fund yet this year, we urgently need your help to reach

this goal. Important deadlines for your year-end Rotary Foundation contributions:

Checks: • Must be postmarked on or before Friday, 30 June 2017.

• Must be received at The Foundation no later than Thursday,

6 July 2017. • Contributions postmarked after 30 June 2017 or received

after 6 July 2017, will be considered July 2017 gifts. If you or others in your club are planning on contributing early in

the 2017-18 year, please do not send in checks until Saturday, 1 July 2017.

Credit Card Payments: • Via Rotary.org – must be authorized by midnight on Friday,

30 June 2017. • Via fax (847-328-5260), phone (866-976-8279), or mail to

World Headquarters – must be received prior to close of business on Friday, 30 June 2017.

• Credit card contributions by mail are less secure and slower than contributing online.

• For security purposes, please do not send credit card

contributions via email.

Wire Transfers, Securities and Special Gifts:

• Wire Transfers must be initiated prior to Friday, 30 June 2017 and received by Wednesday, 5 July 2017.

• Securities must be received prior to Friday, 30 June 2017.

Bruce Golden, 5870 DG / 2016 – 17

Top 8 Pledges to End Polio Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $450M Pakistan 154.7M

Rotary International 150M Nigeria 134.6M

Canada 75M European Commission 61.4M Japan 55M

United Arab Emirates 30M