Every Rotarian (and that includes YOU) Is Expected To Sell
101 Ducks This Year.
Did you pick up your adoption papers? If not, please come by the Mountain Chalet asap to get your stack with your custom serial numbers.
Have you set up your online account so that your mother, cousin, ex-girlfriend can buy your ducks? Set up your online account here. It's easy! Call Maurice for a remedial tutorial.
You can also sign up for mall shifts online. It's easy! Instructions were sent in an email from Craig Melville on July 20, or go to signup.com.
Speaker:Jill Dougherty is a distinguished visiting practitioner at the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and a CNN Contributor who provides expert commentary on Russia. Her articles have appeared in the Washington Post, The Atlantic, and the Moscow Times. She is also a member of the Rotary Club of Seattle.
Jill was once kissed by Vladimir Putin; she used this experience as a segue into analyzing who he is, and what he is up to! In response to questions from Rotarians, Jill speculated about Putin's "endgame." Russian tanks are symbolic, she stated, what we really should be concerned with is the global investment of Russian money.
Ending on a positive note (with Peter Waanders tugging at her shirt sleeve to leave), Jill mentioned that "something is happening in the minds of young Russians. They want a better life; they don't want Russia cut off from the rest of the world."
Visiting Rotarians: David Grimes , Susan O’Neal, and Donna Jennae
President Scott Russell shared with the club trivia about ice cream. You will not need to know this.
Head Duck Mike Kosdrosky reminded Aspen Rotarians - including our Gold Leaf members - that everyone is expected to have at least one job on Saturday, August 12. You probably have received an email from Susan Gomes with your assignment(s). Questions? Email Susan at susangomes78[at]gmail.com.
Same as last year, The Aspen Backcountry Marathon will have its finish line in the Ducky Derby Park. The first finisher might arrive as early as 9:30 AM; the last finisher? 2:30 PM!
Liz O'Connell Chapman, City of Aspen Waste Reduction and Environmental Health Specialist, gave Rotarians the dismal news that our waste diversion efforts were so poor last year, that every container went to the landfill! She asked Rotarians to do better this year. "anything will be an improvement over last year," she stated.
August 10:NO MEETING! Duck Stickering; 4:30-7:30 PM at the Aspen Sanitation District, 565 N Mill St.
August 17: Bill Browder, author of the New York Times bestseller, Red Notice.
August 24: Tom Baker
August 31: TBA
Mike Taets did not draw the Queen of Hearts. We are now playing with half a deck. Heidi Hoffmann has just returned from India, where she worked on a Rotary project installing solar panels. Christina King is very happy about a new $5k donation to her mental health fund (well, not her mental health fund, but the one she oversees). Bennett Bramson thanked Warren Klug for hosting his CMC students on a site visit to the Aspen Square. Bennett also thanked Stefan Reveal and Dwayne Romero for helping him load the Ducky Derby truck last week.
Donna, a regular visiting Rotarian from Miami said "it's better to be here than in Miami" in August.
Rotary Youth Exchange is seeking a communications coordinator for District 5470's outbound selection process. For more information contact Maurice Emmer at mauricemmer[at]gmail.com
Public Relations (PR) Committee: Help Wanted, Newsletter Editor for September. If you have read this far in the newsletter, you really should consider being our editor-of-the-month for September. Contact Jeanette Darnauer or Steve Wickes.
The Weekly Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Aspen.
