Dear Rotarians and Friends,

Thursday July 22, 2021 -  12:15pm Hybrid (Live and Zoom)
Paul Schwartz -  Mine Watch and The Rise Gold Mine
Bring your own Brown Bag Lunch $10 (until September 1)

At NEW LOCATION - Litton Engineering

3rd Floor, 200 Litton Drive, Grass Valley
On Google Map

Greetings and Welcome to another wonderful week of Rotary!

After being away for a while, Gayle and I found it so nice to be in downtown Nevada City on Sunday night. We were surprised how many people were still in town, thinking that tourists would have left. But we can see that people who visit are really enjoying their getaway to Nevada City. We had dinner at Lola’s, the new restaurant in The National Exchange Hotel, and found it a very pleasant evening. I can’t help but think, however, about all the times we Rotarians met in that same location when Tom Coleman was our fellow Rotarian and proprietor.  Time moves on, and so do we. And hurray for all the wonderful changes made at that location! In a way, it is symbolic about weighing what things we in Rotary want to keep and what things we want to improve upon.

The club is off to a strong start this year. We’ve already started meeting in person, and we had a personal club meeting with RI Past President Ian Riseley who next year will be the Chairman of the Rotary Foundation. Thanks again to Doug for pulling that together.  Our International Foundation Global Grant has been approved, and we’ll be sending a very talented scholar off to England in a month to perform Artificial Intelligence research. Tom Ryan worked hard and fast to get that first grant of this sort. We Rotarians can rest assured that money given to the Foundation is very carefully expended.

When I say we’re off to a good start, part of that was shown by the fantastic board meeting we had Monday afternoon. Almost all Avenues of Service and Committees were represented, along with all officers. We’re grateful to Rotarian John Hensley for providing such a convenient—and air conditioned—place to meet right on Broad Street.  Several of the committees have already begun meeting and planning, and you are encouraged if you haven’t already to join the efforts of one of our avenues of service.  

Some decisions made by the board are that we are going to “brown bag” our meetings up until September. The meeting committee is weighing various food options to begin at that time.  We, of course, pay rent on our meeting room in The Litton Building, and so we’ll be collecting $10 from each Rotarian to cover our costs.

Tom Ryan and I will continue to alternate presiding over our weekly meetings, and Tom will be at the podium this Thursday. It will be a thought-provoking speaker, given the local interest in his subject.

Co-President Dave

Paul Schwartz -  Mine Watch and The Rise Gold Mine

Paul Schwartz is a long time Grass Valley resident and a member of the Mine Watch Campaign, a group of local activists concerned about the potential impact on public health and the environment of reopening the Idaho Maryland Mine. Paul has worked for 30 years in public sector operations and capital planning. Paul has lived in Grass Valley since 1971, except for 2002-2012 when he relocated to Davis as part of the Chancellors team to expand and modernize the UC Davis campus. He has spent eight years serving on Grass Valley Planning and Parks and Recreation Commissions. He is a member of the steering committee for Grass Valley General Plan and was a participant in the Nevada County General Plan update.

Paul holds an AA in Business Management, Sierra College, BS in Business Administration, California State University, Sacramento, and a Masters Business Administration, California State University, Dominguez Hills
 
He and is wife Ann have two children who live and work in the community and one granddaughter who will be in the 8th grade next fall.  He is an avid tennis player, painter, and gardener.

Your Dues and Happy/Sad Shares make a difference!

With the new Rotary year, annual dues become due as of July 1.  If you have questions about your invoices, our new Treasure John Wilson is happy to discuss your statement with you. Thank you Club members for following the Four Way Test with your Happy Buck and dues pledges to our Club!  And a big Rotary Thank You to John for stepping up to manage our financials!

Your Happy/Sad shares give us glimpses of what is going on in your life beyond Rotary.  They are special moments together especially since so much of our time is on Zoom.  Your associated "bucks" provide a base for us to continue our special services to our community and beyond.  Thanks for sharing you and for following the Four Way Test with your Happy Buck and dues pledges to our Club! 

Stay connected and informed

Robin monitors our news@ncrotary.org email. You can direct questions to that email or to your Club Presidents. 

CoP Dave (and Tom, though they are alternating with the Rotario)

Upcoming Events - LIVE and/or HYBRID

Bring your own Brown Bag Lunch/Snack ~ $10 through September 1

July 22: Lunch HYBRID: Paul Schwartz - Mine Watch

July 29: Fifth Thursday Dark

August 5: Social HYBRID : Co-Presidents meeting & Foundation Moment

August 9: Club Board Meeting: 5:00pm Recreation Realty, 432 Broad St. Nevada City

August 12: Lunch HYBRID : Chris Newsom, Enviromental Sustainabilty Chair - Recycling 101: The Circular Economy

August 19: Social HYBRID : DG Anita Daniels Governor Visit 5:30pm;
pre-meeting with 3:30pm Exec Committee and 4:00pm Board 

August 26: Lunch HYBRID : Leah Schwinn - Health Care for All

August 28: Saturday 6:00-7:30pm LIVE ONLYat Area 4 Social at Condon Park; music by Auburn Winds Band

September 2: Social HYBRID: Co-Presidents meeting and Evani Radiya-Dixit - Global Scholar

September 9: Lunch HYBRID: Jenn Singer:  Bright Futures For Youth   (contact-Chris)

September 16 Social HYBRID:  Keegan Thompson, RYLA (contact-Nancy)

September 23 Lunch HYBRID: Carrie Hawthorne, from Kitkitdizzi (contact = Chris)

September 30  5th Thursday Dark

October 7 Social HYBRID:  Co-presidents’ meeting

October 14 Lunch HYBRID: 

October 21 Social HYBRID: Chris LaCentra: GI Junk (contact = Chris)

October 28 Lunch HYBRID:- “Alumni Day” with the Membership Committee

Special Dates

Club Leadership