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March 2020 Volume 31 | Issue 31

March 4, 2020

Aloha. E komo mai.
Hilo Bay
Service Above Self
We meet Wednesdays at 7:00 AM
Online (Zoom meeting)
P.O. Box 11506
Hilo, HI 96721
United States of America
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President's Announcement
Lorraine Davis
member photo
 
  • Notes from last meeting has been posted on ClubRunner
  • Recording of the June 26, 2020 Installation meeting has been posted on YouTube
 
  • Member Followup:
    • Resignation as of June 30: Patty Sue Salvador, Karolyn Lundkvist, Bettye Williams
    • Leave of absence submitted: Kevin Hopkins (YuYok sent a beautiful card to Kevin to let him know that his Rotary friends and family are thinking about him and his family.
  • Thank you for all who donated to Polio Plus!
  • All East Hawaii Group Meeting held every first Thursday of the month at 12:00
  • District Conference 2021 will be held for the first time in Hilo commemorating 100 years of Rotary on Big Island at Grand Naniloa Hotel on May 14, 15 and 16, 2021.
  • Future Rotary International Conventions
    • Taipei: June 12-16, 2021
    • Houston: June 4-8, 2022
  • Together Talks 

    It is a weekly series of online conversation events, connecting people from across the globe to a range of leading speakers from the worlds of business, humanitarian interest and more.

  • We received a letter from Ku'ikahi Mediation Center. Our club donated $2,500 from our community grant.
Executives & Directors
President
 
Vice President
 
President Elect
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Attendance Secretary
 
Sgt at Arms
 
Director
 
Director
 
Director
 
Director
 
Chairman
 
HRYF Chairman
 
Public Relations
 
Newsletter/Website
 
Newsletter/Website
 
Club Trainer
 
Oktoberfest
 
Oktoberfest Co-chair
 
Announcements
ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • Tim - Requesting someone to help coordinate the event for teaching and practicing sustainability and resilience to climate change that will take place on Monday, April 27. Our club is asked for sponsorship and someone to transport guest speakers between Hilo airport and UH Hilo.
  • Tim - Special recognition to Alan Okinaka at the meeting for contribution to RYLA throughout the years. Also recognizing Kevin Hopkins for participation in Peace Corps.
  • Tim - RI Convention 2020 is still on and 12 people from our club signed up so far.
  • Tim - 44 students signed up for RYLA this year with 99.7% satisfaction!
  • Chester - Boys & Girls Club event will be held on Saturday 3/7 at Hilo Hawaiian Hotel
  • Mike - HRYF recipients took 5 classes last semester with 4.0 avg.
  • Sharon - Saturday, April 25 will be JA Hall of Fame Dinner
A beautiful morning view at the meeting
Rotarian spotlight: Art Taniguchi!
Honoring Alan Okinaka (second to right) for his contribution to RYLA with the chairmen for RYLA this year Tim Hansen (right), Steven Sylvester (second to left), with Noumaru Junichi (left)

Today's Inspiration and Quote

 
“What you leave behind is not what you engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven in to lives of others"
            - Pericles
Quote of the day:
"It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I'm not going to be silent."
             - Madeleine Albright

Guests

Karl Gutknee (right) with Tom Witthans (center) and Marlene Norton (left) :)
Steve Bader (left) & fellow rotarian Art Taniguchi (right) :)

Guest Speaker: Dr. Saeko Hayashi

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Dr. Saeko Hayashi, associate professor of astronomical science at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and one of the founding members of the Subaru Telescope team, provided perspective and status on the approved and to-be-constructed somewhere, Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
 
Dr. Hayashi explained that the Subaru telescope was constructed with a primary single mirror with an 8.3 meter diameter, whereas TMT has six-fold symmetry of 82 unique segments each (492 total) comprising the 30 meter mirror. 
 
The challenge of manufacturing and assembling six sets of 82 unique segments plus one full set of spares is a challenging task to say the least.  Ohara Inc. of Tokyo has been tasked with manufacturing the 574 mirror segments, this work began several years ago and continues today, the hardware for the project is fully funded.  The blanks then need to be polished (up to one month per segment), shipped and then assembled on site.  
 
Interestingly, the chemical composition of the segment (silica) is similar to Pele's hair, Mauna Kea's terrain being similar to Mars, shows coincidental interconnections of the project.
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Marlene Norton
July 15
 
Anniversaries
Steven Jacunski
Jill
July 4
 
Kim Keahiolalo
Ted Keahiolalo
July 6
 
William Barnes
Wendy
July 17
 
Jan Haraguchi-Abundo
John Abundo
July 24
 
Join Date
Arthur Taniguchi
July 1, 1994
26 years
 
Julie Hugo
July 1, 1991
29 years
 
Paul Ferreira
July 1, 2016
4 years
 
Marlene Norton
July 8, 2015
5 years
 
Curtis Sharp
July 9, 2016
4 years
 
Barbara Hastings
July 12, 2006
14 years
 
Emmeline de Pillis
July 13, 2011
9 years
 
Gary Young
July 18, 2018
2 years
 
Suzanne Robotham
July 19, 2018
2 years
 
Junichi Noumaru
July 22, 2015
5 years
 
Tomoaki Saito
July 23, 2003
17 years
 
Lorraine Davis
July 25, 2012
8 years
 
Kevin Hopkins
July 28, 2010
10 years
 

Happy Dollars

Alan Okinaka - ($20) Congratulations Tim & Steven for RYLA and compound humble
Sharon Scheele - ($5) Impressed with RYLA
Tom Witthans- ($50) Twin boys stayed back in New Hampshire and still on track to finish college in June
Art Taniguchi - ($5) For RYLA and Hilo High Dinner success
Ken Barnes - ($2) For Girl's day with his 2 daughters
Mike Carroll - ($??) Need 2 more essay judges, and we have a $1500 donation by David DeLuz
Steve Bader - ($4) Back from working with Governor and coming back to the club

Upcoming Events

Next club meeting - 3/11 at the Hilo Yacht Club

Wednesday, March 11: Dr. Olivier Guyon

Mahalo!

Door prize donated by Deborah Beaver consisting a $50 gift card to Miyo's and won by Tim Hansen

Inspiration by: Junichi Noumaru

Pledge led by: Preston Barnes

Mr. Mike: Emmeline dePillis

4-Way Test: Tom Witthans

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