Rotary Meeting, 07/27/22
Thank this week’s greeter was Will
Next week’s greeter is KJ
Guests - Jeni Kardinal, and Sylvia B. from Bali Indonesia
This week’s scribe is: Mona
Sargent At Arms – KJ
Speaker List: 8/3 Kevin - Brattleboro Housing Market: Challenges and Opportunities, Marcy on 8/10 she will not be here if anyone has a speaker, Toni 8/17 - Mona has someone to come in on the 17th
Quote: “I cannot give you the formula for success; but I CAN give you the formula for Failure, which is - Try to please everybody”. – Herbert Swope
Rotary Anniversaries - Jeff Dunklee and Staci Leffel – 5 yrs on 7/26/17!!
Birthdays - Debra Rosenzweig – July 25th
Rotary announcement : Our next meeting is Aug 3rd at Ramuntos, Aug 10th we will be back at Hampton Inn. Board meeting is on 11th at Hampton Inn.
- Evening gathering went well. 1st Happy Hour Meeting with the Young Professionals last Thursday: good event, mildly successful…Jeff Dunklee attended; along with Sandy, Josh Trager, Phil George (noon club) and Elijah Pell (Satellite Club Organizer). We will have another evening gathering next month.
We received Thank You cards from Hannah Lane, Megan Roberts, ECDC
Kevin: Reminer to those who owe and a run through for student Rotarian fees.
Tristam J: Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Group is working with Greenfield Garden Cinema for free admission for 4 movies for veterans. Aug 4,11,18,25th Thursdays in Aug.
Hospice Scavenger Hunt; August 13th – Rotary Team is “Effective Detective Agency”. Rotary is looking for at least 4 rotarians for the team and the fee is $200.Please feel free to donate also. Scavenger Hunt goes from 12:30 – 3 pm.
Rotary Brags – Jon S missed us, 2 weeks’ vacation – kids and parents went to different countries. Met up with family in Lithuanian. Used medical and dental in Lithuanian.
Josh T: brag for our guests from Bali, biked 200 miles in Cape Cod.
Kevin: father in law turned 92! Favorite past time is gambling. FIL was called on intercom at casino he won $425 free play by spinning wheel! WOW!
Justin: Jess birthday was last week, shotgun’d PBR while kayaking, probably not the best choice even if they were trying to relive some college days. PS – Bedroom did not get painted as requested the week before. J
Stephen D: Brother was in the war, fighting in Ukraine. He was injured recently and had to have 3 surgeries. He is doing much better and headed home to USA!!!
Cards – DON’T FORGET CARDS!!! - Jack of Diamonds, no winner.
Speaker - Jeni Kardinal from Bali Indonesia:
Jeni comes to Brattleboro, VT to stay with Sylvia B. She has just recently started a new Rotary Club in Bali, with 36 members.
Some projects they have been working on in Indonesia:
Carbon Neutral Club: tracking to mileage to club. Planting trees to balance out the carbon footprint. They have locals planting trees to get credits for health care clinic and building schools with carbon credits.
Coral Reef Restoration: adding 6500 corals in Indonesia. Decline of coral reef caused by dynamite fishing and cyanide fishing. Water quality degradation and rising temperatures.
SeaTrek and Ocean Gardener are working together to conserve coral restoration. Buying corals from Ocean Gardener (they grow them legally) and placing back to regrow the coral reefs. Coral grows fast and the fish come back to coral fairly quickly. There diverse fish and many different types of coral and sea grass. This project has been in the works for two years during Covid. They are also doing
education and training to raise awareness: providing goggles to kids, books on education about coral reef, providing educational programs on benefits of seagrass and mangroves. They monitor and measure reefs to track growth.
The two groups are also working with fisherman as the corals bring the fish to the area and they want to support the ecosystem.
Proposal: making racks to support the regrowth of the coral reef. They are building a Rotary Wheel rack, goal is for each club that supports it, to have a rack dedicated to them on the Rotary Wheel. There are a total 21.5 racks. The club is looking at a possible Rotary Global Grant. Sponsorship options: $25, $250, $500, $1000, $5000.
Plastic Solutions: Plastic is major problem in world and Indonesia. The program they have started is called: Plastic Exchange. The locals collected 4000 kilos plastic in 8 months and were able to turn it in for $1200 USD. Community picks of plastic, sorts and bags the plastic, a recycling company comes to pick up plastic. Community gets $ and teaches people to sort and recycle. Other positives to collecting plastic and recycling are that the roads are not flooding and the seas are cleaner. Community is cleaner and people are noticing the change.
Plastic to Fuel: Global Grant Initiative: converting plastic to fuel. Working on building relationship with Kentucky Rotary Club and Indonesia. Plastics are heated and turned to liquid gas and used for cooking.
Health and food: Health for those in need in Karangasem Bali Sehat (stay healthy)
SOS Food Program; scholars of sustenance.
Education and Literacy – They have added 5 libraries in Bali.
Scholarships: Supporting gifted students who cannot afford education. One of the member’s knows and works with a Rotary Club in Japan.
Helping women in villages – The goal is to set up a co-op space for selling crafts in Bali. Looking to build gazebo in tourist area to sell crafts. Women in Indonesia who are not married or widowed have a increased struggle as they do not have access to many services such as medical, dental, jobs etc.…
Water and Sanitation – we did not get time to discuss.
Jeni and the Bali Indonesia Club are really making a huge difference!! Thank you Jeni for coming to share your work with us!!! Just amazing.
See attached pictures of the meeting!!
4 Way Test - Is it the truth, Is it fair to all concerned, Will it build goodwill and better friendships, Is it beneficial to all concerned.