President Ces Butner called to order the 5,344th Civic Thursday meeting of the third oldest Club in the Rotary world to raucous applause from the California Ballroom for this first meeting in-person since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teresa Weyand provided the thought of the day. California has opened up but instead of taking hand sanitizer and masks out in public, courage and compassion are needed. She included a quote from aviatrix Amelia Earhart: “No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind of action leads to another. A good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and roots spring up and make new trees.”
C J Hirschfield introduced our newest Rotarian, Lois Corrin. Lois bleeds Cardinal Red (Stanford) and has known Kamala Harris since childhood. She is a mom who describes herself as an “extra” extrovert who is glad the pandemic is nearing an end. President Ces read the Rotary Four-Way Test and presented Lois with her red badge. Welcome, Lois!
President Ces announced the annual recipient of the Dan Lasar Good Job award. This year’s winner is Leeann Alameda, co-chair of the Public Image/Communications Committee, The Rotary Foundation Campaign Committee, and Board Secretary Oakland Rotary Endowment. Next year she will be President of Oakland Rotary Endowment. Kudos to Leeann!
President Ces recapped his hectic year as Club President and gave special thanks to the following members for standing with him and providing necessary support:-
- David Stein
- Isaac Kos-Reid
- David Kittner and Steve Nicholls
- John Holmgren
- Fred Morse and Steve Blair
- Renia Webb and Phil Bennett
- Linda Chew - Peter Sherris
- Joe Goralka and Leeann Alameda
- Kathleen Sims - Jack McAboy
- Celeste Gordon and Greg Knight
- Sandeepa Nayak and Jack Iles
- Pat Williams and Jesse Bowdle
- Linda Boessenecker and C J Hirschfield
Allison Bliss introduced this week’s speaker, Brad Howard. Brad is a past district governor and past Board Director of Rotary International. Through his work, he has helped lead 1,600 people in polio vaccination internationally. Brad spoke about the Rotary Peace Mural Project and diversity goals which are very important to him, Rotary, and the community. He also shared the origin of the idea to build this mural.
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