First a huge thank you I would like to extend my sincere appreciation for a great

party last weekend!Special thanks to Jack and Linda Thompson for hosting,

Steve Polcyn for planning and Bill Ferguson for a very amusing skit.

I hope all that attended enjoyed it as much as I did, thanks again.

Rotary International Convention

2011 – 2012Rotary Club of AlamoOfficers and Board of Directors

Club Board Quorum = 7 President – Chris SuterPresident Elect & Membership – John JonesVice President – Chuck OrtmeyerClub Treasurer – Jim SchuppertSecretary – Karen McPhersonRotary Foundation – Brad GaiCommunity Service Chairperson – Dick Olsen

International Service – Vishwas MoreYouth Service – Beth Randall Immediate Past President – Steve PolcynAt Large – Jack ThompsonAt Large – Al MakelyAt Large – Bill Randall

2011 - 2012Rotary Club of AlamoFoundation Board of Directors

Foundation Board Quorum = 5

Chairperson – Chris SuterVice Chairperson – John JonesSecretary – Karen McPhersonClub Treasurer – Jim SchuppertCommunity Service Chairperson – Dick OlsenFoundation Treasurer – Jeff CheneyAt Large – Beth RandallAt Large – Steve PolcynAt Large – Brad Gai

Accomplishments for 2011-12Thanks to the combined

efforts of the Club membership, we had a

very successful year.Here are some highlights

Community ServiceDirector Dick OlsenDick orchestrated a marathon effort to improve the

landscape at the Stone Valley/I-680 interchange in Alamo. Even though the real hands on work has yet to start, a huge amount of effort and preparation has already occurred. The delays are very frustrating, but are primarily due to Freeway construction. We should hopefully get hands on work started this summer.

Community ServiceProject coordinator Steve PolcynRotacare Pittsburg has been a huge success.

The Clinic as seen more than 1100 patients, most living below the Federal poverty level.

Free Pharmaceuticals have been distributed to patientsFree MRI and CAT Scans providedFollow-up medical care with long term care

recommendations.

Alamo Music FestivalChuck Ortmeyer and John JonesAnother highly successful AMF occurred last year.We initiated a process of two co-chairs with one

dropping off and one continuing each year, to assure continuity year to year.

Easter Egg HuntJ.P. FurberThe Easter Egg Hunt, the shortest event we do.

2 months to plan the event 4 hours to stuff the eggs, 2 hours to put out the eggs 4 minutes for the kids to find all the eggs!

Meals on WheelsDon MortonDon and a number of other members continued our long

standing commitment to Meals on Wheels. This program would not be the same without their continued dedication

Youth/New GenerationsDirector Beth RandallBeth and the Monte Vista Interact Club have done

numerous hands on projects in the local and greater bay area communities.

In addition they have participated in an International project, supporting an orphanage in India

International Director Vishwas MoreVish has put together the largest grant in the history of

Alamo Rotary. By combining the funds of Alamo Rotary, several other area Rotary Clubs, and some significant local contributions, Vish was able to get a matching grant from District 5160.

The combined local and District monies were combined with funds from Rotary Clubs in India, to allow a Rotary International grant for $156,500.

ProgramsAlan FahrenkrogAlan organized our speakers all year long. We had great

interesting programs. Great job.

Public RelationsAl MakelyThis year we have received a significant amount of good

publicity, mostly from Alamo Today, but in some cases other publications as well.

The publicity for the Alamo Music Festival as well as the Easter Egg hunt resulted in highly successful events

MembershipMembership was handled by John Jones. We had targeted a net membership increase of twoWe actually inducted five new members and a sixth

member starting July 1st. Overall we achieved our goal and did not exceed the

guidelines set at the fireside meeting, where the decision was to remain approximately the same size

EducationCarolyn ThiessenCarolyn arranged the Educator and Student of the Year

Awards. She handled the Library Books for Alamo School.

Alamo Oak NewsletterJan Robinson – John Jones – Chuck OrtmeyerThe newsletter was outstanding this year, we have a

great record of out weekly meetings in a format that is both informative and pleasing. Thanks to each of you for your efforts

FoundationRick Buxton has once again provided stellar leadership,

making Alamo Rotary the highest per capita club in annual giving in the 680 corridor.

He always makes sure we meet our definition of the “Can Do Club” and have full participation in the Rotary Foundation

The Alamo Rotary FoundationBrad Gai and Jeff CheneyThe Alamo Rotary Foundation has been able to fulfill all

of our planned giving this year. This is due to the hard work of the ARF, to make sure we have the resources but do not exceed our financial ability

We were also able to enhance our endowment by 18%. Admittedly this fund is not large, but moving money into the fund was a priority this year

Club SecretarySecretary Karen McPhersonThe Club Secretary is a difficult and time consuming job.

Karen has done a great job maintaining the minutes of the Club and Foundation Boards as well as managing all the required information with the District and Rotary International

RecognitionsBen MullallyBen has been our fine-master for the past year. Due to

his efforts all of our wallets were a little lighter, but it was all for a good cause. He kept our Club budget in the black, which is no mean feat today!

Club TreasurerOur Club Treasurer has done a stellar job of maintaining

the finances of the ClubWe ended the year with sufficient funds to move into

next year with a positive balance and reservesGreat Job

Not as successfulOne of this years goals was to improve communication

between the members and the Board. I do not think we hit the mark in this area and the Club will continue to strive for improvement.

Another goal was to obtain a central storage facility for Alamo Rotary assets. After extensive searching and exploring ideas, this issue remains unresolved. All the options were either impractical or too costly, we will keep looking, in the hope of finding something

Last but not least I really enjoyed being the President for the

past year. I cannot thank you enough for your support. It has been a fun ride, now it is time to throw our collective support behind our new President John Jones!!!

2011 - 2012Rotary Club of AlamoGoals and Objectives

For the WHOLE club Objective: We will strive to make every meeting and event as

much fun as possible.

Goal: HAVE FUN! I did, I hope you did

too!