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When Julia presented the idea of helping foster students  by providing basic necessities needed for their dorm rooms, I said "Anything to do to help foster kids, I'M IN!"  ... And so was our membership. Virginia passed the hat around at the meeting and we quickly raised $250. We knew a lot more was required to fully fund the project, so with the generosity of several of our members giving individually up to $500 and our club contributing a large share, and with support of the Rotary Clubs of San Pedro, Wilmington, and Carson-Gardena-Dominguez, over $6500 was raised to purchase the items needed to give the 25 foster everything they needed in their new dorms.

  I will be reading a section of our club's by-laws each week.

 

Article 13: Membership Process 
Section l - Prospective members must attend three club meetings and meet with the Membership chair before an application can be submitted. 
Section 2 -The name of a prospective member, proposed by an active member of the club. shall be submitted to the Board in writing, through the club Membership chair. The proposal shall be kept confidential except as otherwise provided in this procedure. 
Section 3 -The Board shall ensure that the proposed member meets all the membership requirements of the Standard Rotary Club constitution. Additionally, if the applicant is a transferring or fonner Rotary club member. his or her good standing must be verified with the former club. 
Section 4 -The Board, or its Executive Committee, shall approve or disapprove the new member proposal within five (5) days of its submission and shall notify the sponsor, through the club Membership chair. of its decision. 
Section 5 -The name and classification of the prospective member shall then be published in La Rotaci6n for two consecutive issues. 
Section 6 - If no written objection to the proposal stating reasons is received by the Board from any member (other than honorary) of the club within seven (7) days following second publication of information about the prospective member, that person, upon payment of the admission fee (if not honorary membership). as prescribed in these bylaws. shall be considered to be elected to membership. 
If any such objection has been filed with the Board, it shall vote on this matter at its next meeting. If approved despite the objection, the proposed member. upon payment of the admission fee (if not honorary membership), shall be considered to be elected to membership. 
Section 7 - Following the election, the President shall arrange for the new member·s induction and membership materials. In addition. the President or Secretary will report the new member information to RI, and the President will assign a member to assist with the new member's assimilation into the club. 
Section 8 -The club may elect, in accordance with the standard Rotary club constitution. honorary members proposed by the Board. 

We learned that former PVP Rotarian Nancy Crawford recently passed away. Nancy was always so nice and was always a pleasure to be around.

The family will be planning a memorial service for her in Los Angeles. If you message her son Chris at 310-968-0527, he will be sure to keep you apprised of any funeral details.