The Rotary Club of Kirkland held an in-person meeting on January 6, 2025 at the Fraternal Order of Eagles in downtown Kirkland.

Past President Joanne Primavera presided at this meeting and called the meeting to order at 6:16 p.m.

 

John Pruitt led us in the Pledge; John Storbeck acted as Greeter.

Members Attending: David Aubry, Cody Baker, Gary Cohn,* Sue Cohn*, Don Dicks*, Jocelyn Ellison, Laura Loomis, Jim Meniketti, Rick Ostrander, Rémy Pairault, Joanne Primavera, Angela Pritchett, John Pruitt, Daniel Sada Caraveo, John Storbeck, Pat Swenson. *Attended via Zoom.

 

 

Peter says, "They will be using PowerPoint slides plus selected resources from our website as well as from the City. Depending on our student’s availability and homework load, we will have 1-4 Ambassadors presenting. Our mission is to “rapidly advance a sustainable future” and we have some exciting ways that we are leading by example at home, at school, and in our neighborhoods."

 

The Ambassadors will share our work on Low Carbon Commuting, Switching to Heat Pumps, Going Solar, Shrinking Lawns and Going Native. plus strategies for inspiring more youth to engage in solutions.

 

For more about the program see their Speakers page on the club's website, or click on the Sustainability Ambassadors to view their mission description and examples of projects and successes.

 

A collection of current and former club members gathered recently to celebrate Rotarian Jocelyn Ellison's birthday. Kate Koslosky, Isabelle Kalisa, Joanne Primavera, Rashmi Garimella, and past club member Rachel Knight organized an get-together for Jocelyn at Teatro ZinZarro in Seattle. Jocelyn reports, "It was a lovely outing, and I so appreciated their planning it as this was my first birthday to stay here in Kirkland and not travel to family in Tucson ... the group outing to Seattle made it a very special birthday." Happy birthday, Jocelyn!

The club held six meetings during the months of October, November, and December 2024, including the holiday party. Overall club attendance for the months were 51%, 55%, and 51%, respectively. The attendance ranged from even to 5% lower to 5% higher than the past year during the three months in the four calendar quarter. While attendance is running a bit behind last year's fourth quarter, it is generally ahead of the same quarter two years ago. Club membership in the third quarter rose to 38 members (32 Active + 1 Honorary + 1 Active - Corporate Primary + 1 Active - Corporate Alternate + 3 Active - Spouse/Partner).

 

Club members' readership of The Spokesman during the second half of calendar year 2024 increased compared to the first half of the year, rising from 62% to 65%. However, readership in the second half of 2023 was 67%, which means readership fell 2% compared to the second half this year. Overall, readership dropped about 9%, from 73% to 64% from 2023 to 2024. A bulletin is "read" when the email containing it is opened by the recipient.  During the second half of this year, the number of members receiving bulletins averaged about 36.