President Linda Kaye Briggs rang the bell at 12:03 pm at the first meeting of 2019 at the Tacoma Yacht Club. Robin Echtle, Tacoma Lutheran Retirement Foundation, provided the thoughtful invocation. Elliot Stockstad, Lutheran Community Services NW, led us in the national anthem, accompanied on the piano by Barbara Mead, Moss Adams. Today’s meeting was sponsored by the Projects Committee and Gil Quante.
Visiting Rotarians were asked to stand as John Gaines, Tacoma Public Utilities and Jackie Farrar, Moss Adams brought mics around. There were a large number of guests in attendance, at this first meeting of 2019. President Linda Kaye then called Barbara Mead forward to introduce our newest member – Katrina Self, an attorney at the law firm of Eisenhower Carlson, where she practices Trust, Estate and Probate law. She and her husband, a recently retired Green Beret, moved to this area from work in the Ukraine, and now live in Steilacoom with their two children - a one year old and three year old. Katrina said she is looking forward to becoming involved in the club. Then President Linda Kaye called forward Stacey Ogle, who introduced our next new member, Eric Lind. Eric is returning to the club as he previously was an active member in the club. He is the Interim Sales Manager at Cole Graphic Solutions and a Pastor at a local church in Tacoma. He said that was a role he never thought he would be doing, but is enjoying it now. President Linda Kaye welcomed both and commented on how our club is growing each month with new members.
Then Gil Quante, co-chair of the Projects Committee came to the podium to update everyone on the work of the Projects Committee in the past six months and promote the upcoming opportunity to help at the Science Olympiad. In the first 6 months of the year we have had 18 opportunities for members to be engaged in efforts that benefit our community. There are members who participate in almost every activity, and the Giving Tree saw 82 members who took ornaments and the Stuff the Bus activity in September had about 60 participants. Overall we have tallied 319 engagements. Other projects include Salvation Army bell ringing, EFN food repacks, and the Habitat Build. We were reminded that there were sign-up sheets on the table for volunteering for the Science Olympiad.
President Linda Kaye then invited Missy Zenczak to introduce today’s speaker and our member, Cosette Pfaff. She has a Business Coaching and Consulting Business and is also a visiting professor at Pacific Lutheran University with over thirty years experience. She talked about wanting to achieve our goals in 2019. We need to do goal setting and start first with writing them down. She said there are reasons that we do not meet the goals we set since it requires change and doing something different out of our comfort zone. Employee goals should be connected to company goals and that sometimes there is not enough time to translate them to specific action. She told us the real enemy of expectations is our day job and we should not allow it to take over our life. She told us to schedule our priorities: focus on wildly important goals; act on lead measures; keep a compelling scoreboard, and create a cadence of accountability. On the scoreboard, write them down, keep the score, and use things such as a calendar or day-timer which then can hold us accountable. We should check in weekly and monthly. Cosette received a warm round of applause for her presentation and President Linda Kaye thanked her for being our speaker.
This week’s anniversaries were congratulated and included: Eric Kramer – 1 year, Bill Baarsma – 17 years, Lee Gingrich – 23 years and Tim Daly – 25 years cumulative. John Schneider then came forward to do birthdays for the month of January. Among those present to celebrate their birthday were President Elect Carol Duris, Diane Kelleher, Robin Echtle, Ann Voves, Carolyn Else, Past President Don Hansen, and Bob Fredrickson. Each was asked what their resolutions were for the new year.
There was some time for True Confessions and a number of members came forward: Past President Brien Elvins told us his daughter passed all four areas of the CPA exam the first time; Past President Ray Schuler told us he had missed some meetings; Peter Comfort said he is now happily retired; Past President Becky Fontaine was called into service for the Red Cross in the fire ravaged area in Paradise CA; Robin Echtle is now President of the South Sound Planning Council; Barbara Mead is retiring from Moss Adams; Bob Fredrickson reported his son is going on a thirty day trip to Nepal; Stacey Ogle was pleased to share that she will become a grandmother; and President Elect Carol Duris shared that daughter went skiing for the first time. On a sad note, we were told that our long time member Dick Moe, recently passed away.
Maria Harlow made an announcement on the upcoming Winter Firesides where we continue to need more hosts and co-hosts and she also made a call for table captains for the Auction; and Kathyrn Nelson reminded everyone of the January 10 Thursdays at 5 meeting at the County-City Building to enjoy information on the history of the Courts in Pierce County.
President Linda Kaye thanked Robin for the reflection, Elliot and Barb for the music, Gil and the Projects Committee for being the meeting sponsor. she congratulated our newest members Katrina Self and Eric Lind, and thanked Barbara and Stacey for introducing them. We were reminded there was no social tonight and to sign up for the future meetings.
Now go out and Reignite your Rotary. The meeting was adjourned at 12:56 pm.
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