| Girdwood Rotary Club - Exchange Student Caity Wilson on her experiences in Switzerland
9/08/2005 |
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Girdwood Rotary Club (31180) |  |
| September 8, 2005 |
The meeting was called to order by President David Alexander at approximately 7:15 pm with Gene Bjornstad leading the Pledge of Allegiance followed by Rosemary Zimmerman offering an inspirational message.
Members and guests present are listed in the tables below.
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Members |
Present Absent |
Members |
Present Absent |
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Alexander, David – President |
P |
Johnson, Lana |
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Bjornstad, Eugene |
P |
Kester, Elizabeth |
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Burson, Ronald - Secretary |
P |
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Daniels, Larry - Director |
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Liddicoat, Jody - Community Service Chr |
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Demain, Eileen - Director |
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Livingston, Diana - Int’l Service Co-Chr |
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Demain, Jeff |
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Livingston, Philip - Int’l Service Co-Chr |
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Domela, Jon |
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May, Chuck – Past President |
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Dorius, Kerry - Vice-President |
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May, Nati - Youth Exchange Chr |
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Esterl, Jennifer |
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McCoy, George |
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Gellert, Hubert - Treasurer |
P |
Osuna, Kenneth - Club Service Chr |
P |
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Grupp, Ginny |
P |
Preston, Cecilia – Sergeant-at-Arms |
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Hall, John |
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Yeager, Tom |
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Hatch, Ken |
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Zimmerman, Rosemary |
P |
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Hickox, John |
P |
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Howerton, Carol – Pres-Elect/Vocational Service |
P |
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Howerton, Mike |
P |
Gulsah Kucuk – Foreign Exchange Student |
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Guest Name |
Guest of: |
Rotarian Club |
Comment |
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Caity Wilson |
David Alexander |
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Guest Speaker |
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K.C. Wilson |
David Alexander |
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Mother of speaker |
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Joyce Kiana |
Ron Burson |
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Announcements
The BOD meeting will follow the regular September 15 meeting. Issues to be discussed are:
o approval of Joyce Kiana’s membership
o purchase of computer and projector
o report of the Tour of Homes Committee for the event on April 28. This will not conflict with the April 22 Avalanche Express because they are different events.
Other:
o Highway clean-up is this weekend at 9 A.M. behind the Ice Cream shop.
o October 6 is our first Member Orientation with Paul McGuire
o November 17 will be the Palmer exchange. President Tammy Bruce may join us on October 6.
o Caity Wilson will represent us at Youth Exchange orientation in Wasilla. Gulsah has not arrived yet.
Introduction of Guests
Jody Liddicoat introduced our guest for the night – see list above.
Guest Speaker
Caity Wilson gave an animated and interesting summary of her time in Switzerland (and her travels throughout Europe) as an exchange student. She had a great time and the host families were mostly wonderful people. School was great and she was able to get credit for her school year – after a lot of communicating with the Anchorage School district and personnel. Caity found out two weeks ago that the school here would give her credit for her year in Switzerland. For those of you that were in attendance, I hope you enjoyed this animated young lady’s speaking style and presentation as much as I did. For those of you who were unable to attend, you missed a great speaker – especially so for one so young.
