As most of you know, Sue and I are moving to Eugene, Oregon on May 6th to be closer to our older daughter and her husband. However, I'm not leaving the club (Camarillo Rotary will always be my "second family"), so I'll continue writing the bulletin and maintaining the website after the move. The Hub will be on vacation for the next two weeks, though, until my computer is up and running again at our new house. Thanks for your patience.
David Simmer will address the issues of life on the Navajo Reservation—the reasons for as well as the extent of the water poverty that exists there. He will also present the work of DigDeep—how they learned of the problem and the work that they have been doing to resolve it. As 2019-2020 District Governor for District 5495 (northern and central Arizona) David used that platform to raise the level of awareness of the water poverty tragedy in the Navajo Nation. He will recount how Rotary has engaged in the effort and supported DigDeep with a series of global grants, including future global grants.
Last week, we had an interesting, live-on-site program about Mono Lake from Rose Nelson, Education Director of the Mono Lake Committee. She told us that Mono is an ancient saline lake located at the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada mountains, and is home to trillions of brine shrimp, millions of birds, and the world-famous Tufa Towers. The shrimp are the only animals that live in the lake, and estimates are that the total number of them would equate to 1000 for every person on the planet.
Rose also described the successful legal fight that stopped excessive diversions of water to Los Angeles, protecting Mono's delicate ecosystem. To learn more, visit the Committee's website at https://www.monolake.org/
Zoom link for last week's meeting: meeting recording Access passcode: TQ9h4L#k Speaker's presentation begins at 23:28
5/12 Timothy Massawe Timothy Massawe, Past President of Rotary Club of Hai-Kilimanjaro, Tanzania will join us from Tanzania to explain the efforts of local Rotary Clubs which are empowering vulnerable children through quality education by classroom renovation, building toilets, supplying books and other projects to poor resourced schools as well as offering educational scholarships for those children with academic potential in the area.
5/19 J. Allan Danelek Was the first UFO “flap” in modern times really evidence of extraterrestrials or could it have been an example of an early but hidden man made technology? Author and researcher J. Allan Danelek looks at the issue in his book The Great Airship of 1897 and demonstrates how it might well have been evidence of both human ingenuity and mysterious tragedy being played out for a national audience. His book, along with his many other works and various paranormal and spiritual writings can be found at www.ourcuriousworld.com and www.quest4spirit.org.
5/26 Business Ethics Awards One of the key pillars of Rotary is Service Above Self, which can be carried out in a number of ways, including through one’s vocation. Camarillo Rotary will host its annual Business Ethics Awards, recognizing and celebrating individuals and businesses in our community who have exemplified service to others and have operated under the highest ethics.
Congratulations to Gretchen Cook (5/1) and Dennis Gaiser (5/26).SUMMER BBQ—MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Past President Roberto and his committee have set a date for our Summer BBQ: Saturday, July 10, 2021, at the home of Al and Petra Lowe. It will have a Country/Western theme ("Sweet Home Camarillo"), with hats encouraged. Look for a flyer in your email soon.
CARE FOR KIDS AUCTION/RAFFLE ITEMS
Again this year, Kathy Long is planning a great raffle and auction as part of our 29th Annual Care for Kids Golf Classic (Monday, July 26, 2021), and she is looking for item donations. If you (or someone you know) can help, please download this form and send it to her. Always welcome are things like gift cards, basket items, getaway vacation items, dinner at your house, wine baskets, etc. You can also team up with another Rotarian to create something special. If you have any question, call or text Kathy at 805-217-5389.
BUSINESS ETHICS AWARDS
President Dave has announced that nominations are now open for our annual Business Ethics Awards, honoring those in our community (non-Rotarians) who represent the values of Rotary and the Four-Way Test. Please submit nominations to Charlie Von Rueden (charlie@servicemasterpbm.com) on or before May 15. Please use this form to submit your nomination: Business Ethics Recognition Form 2021 The awards will be announced at our meeting on May 26th.
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE
If you know a person or a business that would make a good addition to our Club, the first thing you need to do is download a membership application, which you can do on our website. For an Individual Member Application, click here; for a Corporate/business Application, click here.
EASY ACCESS TO YOUR ROTARY WEB INFORMATION
We've added three new links at the bottom of this page that are quick shortcuts to pages on our website: 1) Officers & Directors takes you a list of all our club executives; 2) Edit My Profile will connect you directly to your personal page on the website, where you can review and/or edit your contact information; and 3) View Club Directory brings up a list of all of our members, with their contact information.
VIEW RECENT BULLETINS
Past issues of The Hub dating back to 2007 (when The Hub switched from print to electronic format) can be viewed in the Club Documents folder in the My ClubRunner section of our website.
Do you have a new e-mail address? Cell phone number? Have you moved? Anything else changed lately? If so, please click HERE, then click on your name in the directory. Click the EDIT box on your page, make your changes then click SAVE.
Last week, we had an interesting, live-on-site program about Mono Lake from Rose Nelson, Education Director of the Mono Lake Committee. 
CARE FOR KIDS AUCTION/RAFFLE ITEMS