Bwana Russell opens the meeting.  Forrest leads the flag pledge.

Double Header Quotes of the Day:

Debra Chapman quotes Winston Churchill:
“We get to make a living, we give to make a life.”

Debra Matteri quotes James Robertson, dean SSU school of Business: “What is right is right, even if no one is doing it.  What is wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it”.

Today’s Secret Toucher: el presidente  Rice.  The firing squad for you if you didn’t touch him (or a dollar in the bucket bail)

Guests:
Bill Hammerman, Bill Paxton: Speakers...
Chris Albertson, Petaluma Fire Chief, Petaluma Rotary
Michael Caruana, Petaluma Rotary,  
Dennis Hammonds, Novato Rotary,  
Monica Parker, Washington Mutual
Mary Celeste, Sonoma National
Kallee Cool, Connie and Jims granddaughter
Jim Tuck, now of the Russian River Rotary club
Cindy Dunovan (?), Novato Club
Marsha Pyre (?)

This month’s PVR theme: Focus on Membership.

Dave Johnson: shows off the club’s new Hal Alexander banner put together by his wife Karen. Looks awesome, many thanks Karen!
 
Sunshine and showers
Sadly, Kathy Flynn’s father has passed.  Our sympathy and condolences to Kathy and her family
for this difficult time.

Debbie Chapman’s arm is out of her cast, yea!

Recognition (Fine) Time:

Jerrie Patterson celebrates a birthday- Happy Birthday Jerrie!  Rickie- celebrates a birthday, and takes a limo to the Ritz for relative’s Nevada wedding!  That’s style!

Chuck and Loretta Hartley celebrate 32 years of marriage.  Wow!

Austin moves to a new house- and puts in for Gardner Bride’s Paul Harris for his help in the move.

Derek back from honeymoon in Hawaii.  
Aloha Derek!

Russell describes his nine day Africa trip- Victoria Falls, Botswana, and New York.
  Welcome back to reality, bwana!

Fred Vaske is working for a new firm in St. Helena and celebrates a recent holiday trip.



Announcements:

•  No board meeting August 8.  August 10th 10am at Rooster.
• Signups: Ron Jons for those interested in mentoring new members.
• August 12: Movies in the Park, 6pm, PVR food booth so sign up.
• August 12: Foundation Seminar 9-2pm, Cotati Police Station.
• August 25: SF Giants/ Cincinatti Reds game outing by Petaluma Rotary- bus, food, and a good time so sign up.
• Jerrie: free Shakespeare in Park ends 8/13 in Windsor, don’t miss it!
• Rotary T-Shirts- see Rickie for orders.  We need more for the minimum order.
• August 19/20 First Petaluma Waterfront Jazz Festival, sponsored by the Petaluma Chamber of Commerce.  Work the PVR booth, signups see Sheila.
• August 30  DG Erna Stevenson visits us (note: 10am board meeting)
• August 31 Association Dinner in Sonoma
• September 22/23: Rotary on the River, reserve cabin space with Connie soon if you need them.
• August 9:  Hot August Nite,  gambling party sponsored by Guerneville Rotary.
• Sept  9, Sebastopl Cajun Zydeco Festival 11-7pm
• Oct 21: PVR Octoberfest- members please keep the date open.  We need a good membership turnout to man the event.

Raffle:
Jerrie Patterson draws, but alas, no luck.  Pot is up to $390 and five marbles!
           

Speakers
Bill Paxton and Bill Hammerman on Emergency Preparedness

Bill Paxton: CERT: Community. Emergency  Response Team
Retired insurance manager, CERT instructor, Rancho Adobe Fire District volunteer

Bill Hammerman: NERT: Neighborhood Emergency Response Team
Educator, Argus Courier blog, founder PetalumaNet.

Introduction: in the next 30 years, there is a 27 percent chance of a major earth quake in Sonoma County.  Disaster conditions will be: communications and utilities will be out, roads unpassable, buildings badly damaged, emergency response will be overwhelmed and unavailable.   For one to three weeks, YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN.

CERT was established by FEMMA, a part of the Home Land Security department, as a citizens core group mandated with organising a medical reserve corp,  emergency preparedness training, a fire fighting corp, and like minded volunteer groups.   The CERT course is modeled after a course made after the 1982 LA firestorm.  In Sonoma County, there are so far 25 instructors and 300 trained volunteers, mainly restricted by monentary budgets.  The CERT course totals 27 hrs of training: with 8 team units taking 24 training hrs plus 3 hrs final team exercise.

For disasters conditions- CERT trains for worst, hope for best.  Topic covered: Self reliance, Extrication from danger, Safety, First aid, Water, Food, and Shelter.  Training teaches disaster preparedness, fire safety (extinguisher location, uses, which fires to fight), medical ops- triage and treatment, light Search and Rescue (use of levers, debris removal, victim extraction), disaster psychology, and terrorism.  The next course is in September with 9 sessions of 28 hrs- sign ups available.

NERT is the localized version of CERT whose mission is to promote public events and training opportunites for local neighborhoods to cope with survival needs following a disaster such as earthquake, flood, or wildfire.  NERT proposes starting STAR (Safe,Trained, Alert and Ready) Neighborhoods whose components would be a team leader to coordinate planning activities, have 3 neighbors who are CERT trained, one who is a HAM radio operator, one who would monitor an neighborhood electronic network, supply 50 percent of homes with disaster supply kits, and register as a neigborhood watch group.  Consider organizing one in your neighborhood.  Contact Bill Hammerman if you are interested in organizing such a group, 762-6593.  Are you ready for the Big One?


Arrivederrci!