On Thursday, February 15, beginning at 5:30 p.m. all club members are invited to join a 30-minute special club meeting to review the organization and major tasks for the 2024 Great Kirkland Rotary Rummage Sale. Use the link provided in this edition of The Spokesman, or visit the Calendar item for the meeting's Zoom link. This year's sale is scheduled on Saturday, July 13, at Kamiakin Middle School. All club members are encouraged to contribute to this major annual fundraising project. Rotarians may find a description of each team and general information about the project on the Rummage Sale Committee page of the club's website. This page may be accessed on the drop-down "Committees" menu on the club's website home page. Club members may view the current membership of teams (and club committees) using the Rotary Committees link under the "Members" drop-down menu on the home page. The matrix is updated periodically in response to volunteer sign-ups.

Rotary Club of Kirkland Student of the Month for March Subhasheni Venkatesh describes herself as a resilient problem solver with a high-priority goal of pursuing a degree in computer science. Inspired by her parents' achievements in the tech industry, she’s immersed herself in the world of programming, hoping to use these skills to meaningfully impact others around her. Subhasheni is the Girls Who Code treasurer, Indian American Community Services secretary, and National Honor Society mentor and tutor. She supports her peers by planning community events, fundraisers, hackathons, managing club funds, taking attendance, and planning meetings. Outside of school, she volunteers at Radiance Learning Academy as an unpaid basic math tutor for preschoolers and kindergarteners.

Registration is open until Thursday, February 8, for the club's Rotary Valentine Dinner for Rotarians, past Rotarians, and prospective Rotarians to gather in celebration of the Valentine's Day holiday.  The event is Monday, February 12 in place of a virtual club meeting and will held be at Kirkland Woman's Club.  If you can help with setting up the event, or you can bring some refreshments to the dinner, please contact committee chair Doug Evanson (click on Doug's name) and let him know you'll assist.  Immediate past-president Amy Mutal is co-leading the effort and working with Rotary Club Service Committee members Bob Auslander, Margie Glenn, Brandon Honcoop, Steve Shinstrom, Pat Swenson, and Alice Volpe.

Club members have an opportunity to join a Rotary community service work party to sort packaged foodstuffs for distribution those in need. The community service event is Thursday, February 29, 2024 from 10 a.m. to noon at Hopelink in Kirkland. There are still a few openings for club members to volunteer, so call or email Dave Aubry (click on his name) to participate in this fun, productive contribution to our community.

During the club's February 5, 2024 in-person meeting, the membership approved an amendment to Article 7, Method of Voting, of the Rotary Club of Kirkland Bylaws. The amendment adds language authorizing an online voting option for conducting club business. Club members may access the club's key documents using these links to those documents:

In the future, club members may access these materials in the "Documents" section of the "Organization" area of the website, which requires one to log into the site.