President Ken opened the meeting at 12:15 PM. We sang “God Bless America”; we pledged, and we 4 –wayed, and Bill S. gave Thanks for the food – those who prepared it and those who served it, for the work that we do as Rotarians, and offered remembrances for Don Steel and Chuck Panella. The President asked that we keep Don and Chuck in our thoughts.
Music: Moon River, You Are My Sunshine, and Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella –
Food: Caesar’s Salad, Roasted Chicken Roulade, and Tri-colored Chocolate Mousse Cake –
Guests:
Gail Abrams – Former Club Member,
Keith Buff (Guest of Jon Schwartz) – Keith is the former owner of Felix Auto Parts and was a Club Golf Champion before his injury, and
Marcia Breakenridge (Guest of Addie Schmidt) – Marcia is the Branch Manager of PNC Bank in Red Bank.
Jim Mullevey came out of his retirement as Sergeant-at-Arms – to provide some levity and impose some well-deserved fines -
Happy/Sad Dollars:
(Many Sad $ for Don and Chuck – Sorry I did not get to copy all the names – Definitely out of practice in writing the Cogs)
Jon Schwartz- for Don,
Gail Abrams - noting that it’s a different world from that of Irving Berlin, who wrote God Bless America, and donated the proceeds to the Boy Scouts,
Joe Greca – for his new twin granddaughters – Lily and Hope,
Addie Schmidt – for our guests
New Member:
We inducted a new member into the Red Bank Rotary – Satellite Division – Ellen Korpar – Ellen is currently the Project Manager for A Future With Hope. This organization helps people whose homes were, in effect, destroyed to get back into their homes. (
www.afuturewithhope.org) – Welcome Aboard –
Events:
10/27 – Golf Outing Get-together @ Salt Creek Grille
TBA – Golf Outing wrap-up meeting
11/3 – Regular Meeting – Golf Outing Silent Auction continued
11/5 – Stop Hunger Now project @ CVR in Eatontown
11/9 – Board of Director’s Meeting @ Teak in Red Bank
11/9 – Monmouth County Evening Division Meeting @ Langosta Lounge, Asbury Park
11/17 – 11/19 – Can-a-thon – Sign up or see Denise
Program:
Today’s speaker was Klaus Rittenbach from Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL).
Klaus is a graduate of Princeton University, having spent most of his career working on various electronic communication technologies such as radar and videoconferencing. After retiring in 2011 as an electronics engineer, he joined Citizens’ Climate Lobby as a volunteer. He works with them to raise awareness about what he sees as one of the most pressing issues of our time — climate change, and he works towards putting effective legislation in place to speed the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.
Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change with over 300 chapters worldwide. They are currently working for the passage of
Carbon Fee and Dividend, a proposed climate change solution to speed up the change from fossil based fuels to clean renewable energy based upon the following – It puts a steadily rising
fee on
carbon-emitting fuels, at the source, where they are first introduced into the economy. 100% of the revenues are then returned directly to households, in a monthly
dividend check.
Klaus used an in-depth power point presentation. He was accompanied by Lyn Dash, Group Leader, Lincroft Chapter CCL. For more detailed information, go to the CCL website:
www.citizensclimatelobby.org
The 50/50 was won by our new member, Ellen Kopar.
