The meeting in the Community House was opened at 12:20 by President Marie Kuipers. This was followed by the pledge of allegiance led by Heather Higgins and then the Thought for the Day from Rich Lalley. Lunch was served at 12:25 and the meeting was re-opened at 12:40 with 26 members present.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: President Marie noted several things for later in the month.
Barb Tubekis said the Wilmette Rotary has an event tonight at The Bottle Shop in Wilmette.
Patti Van Cleave reported we will be sponsoring 5 RYLA teens this year, two each from New Trier and Regina and one from the WYO.
Joe Nash noted there will be a third KAH benefit at Little Ricky- details to follow.
HAPPY BUCKS: Barb T. was happy because the Nonprofit Training event at the Kenilworth Assembly Hall on "How To Fully Fund Your Nonprofit" sponsored by the Volunteer Center and The Winnetka Northfield Chamber of Commerce - thank you Terry Dason - on February 12th was a huge success - over 60 nonprofit reps in attendance. Thank you to fellow WN Rotarians for attending - Chuck Norton, Patti Van Cleave, Tony Kambich and Krysten Warnes.
Patti happily told us she is the new Ex. Dir. at the Winnetka Congregational Church.
DIG & GRIN: Terry Dason favored us with two quite humorous anecdotes for which she received several mild huzzahs.
SPEAKER- John Thomas introduced our speaker, Bill Hayes. After 25 years in business data research, Bill has recently founded Clear Path Partners as a vehicle to expand the use of renewable electricity. He is also actively involved with the Citizens Climate Lobby that promotes federal policy to address climate change. His well organized presentation started with a brief discussion of climate change and the general scientific agreement that reducing carbon-based emissions is critical. His second area was the need to put a price on carbon emissions so the market can be an important force, in the western world, for reduction. Lastly, he discussed sources of electricity that do not depend on coal or oil generation.
His talk took to 1:30 so unfortunately there was no time for Q&A The meeting closed at 1:31 after the lottery drawing and 4-Way pledge recitation.