Rotary Club of Eureka, California

Meeting of the Rotary Club of Eureka
January 14, 2013



Live from the Eagle House, at a balmy 45 degrees....Indoors.

Past President Kim Bauriedel led the flag salute, while Craig Hanson gave the invocation.

Visiting Rotarians are sitting at the Wharfinger, wondering where we are.

Guests of Rotarians
Barbara Hurvitz from Cal Courts was introduced by Kurt Barthel.  Matt Hague, CPA from David L. Moonie Co. joined Ryan Fray.

Exchange Students

Our exchange student Franco went to a basketball game, went to a birthday party, and had a sleepover.

Birthdays and anniversaries are in the book, congratulations to all.  Chris Freeman forgot to sit at the birthday table, and paid $20 for the lapse.

Announcements
Lunch was free today, paid in advance by Carlton, and you will get a bill by email. No fair blaming your spam filter, write a check!

Past President Bauriedel announced some changes to the Rotary International grant process. It is becoming slightly more complicated and the commitment by individual clubs will increase for projects. See Kim for details.

President Dean reminded members to fill out the member survey, due February 1st.

Small grant requests can still be submitted for one more week.

There is a board meeting Wednesday at the Ingomar Club.

Kayak storage was built on a cold Sunday morning by select club members, with special thanks to California Redwood for providing materials at cost.

So, here we are, at the Eagle House. Beautiful, freezing cold. The Wharfinger Building is costing us money, and we might be changing venues. Stay at the Eagle House? Somewhere else? Let President Dean or Chris Freeman know.

Recognitions

John Bradley went to Maui with his wife, for his 46th anniversary. He went swimming, ate out a lot, attended a Rotary meeting, and won a rainmaker. John notes that Backpacks for Kids kicks off our new season of fundraising, with a steering committee meeting at Ming Tree Realty tomorrow.

Spengler Raffle Winners
$10 to Chuck Ellsworth and $10 to our speaker, Angie Schwab

Program
Past President Carlton Nielsen introduced our speaker, Angie Schwab of Humboldt Made.

Angie works in economic development for the County. She is running the Humboldt Made program  The program is grant-driven and an attempt to create jobs and support businesses in Humboldt County. Humboldt Made works on the export of Humboldt products, particularly food products, and addresses their needs by giving them a unique branding experience, focused on our region.

Check out their website at www.humboldtmade.com.

Humboldt Made helps with technical assistance, regulatory barriers, marketing and business expertise, and unifying the brand messaging of Humboldt's producers.

Humboldt Made is identifying locally produced products on the shelves of retailers in our area, through their Go Local campaign. They are working on a receipt project where it shows how much of your purchase went to local products.

Humboldt Made has launched a Google and iPhone app, allowing shoppers to find local products no matter where they are, through GPS technology.

Humboldt Made is launching another set of films to promote Humboldt and our lifestyle, as well as myriad other projects to create exposure for our local region and producers.

Angie spoke about the success Humboldt Made had with getting local grass-fed beef sold outside of the local market, specifically at Whole Foods.

The speaker was thanked, the library book was signed, and the meeting ended 5 minutes early.

Respectfully submitted, 
John Harper