Bruce called the meeting to order.

 

Barry gave the invocation.

 

Guests: Willie Wong who will be rejoining Pittsburg Rotary, David Naro from Antioch Rotary, Mano Mallet, a French exchange student, and Jim Green from Valley Springs Rotary.

 

Happy Dollars

 

Mike and Barbara gave a wedding shower for their granddaughter and Mike and his grandson decided to go to the movies instead of stay at the shower and saw "Pineapple Express" which was more entertaining then the shower to them. 

 

Jim is happy to be out of the hospital...Welcome back!

 

Joanne is glad to be Treasurer.  She is also going to be doing a foreclosure tour of 8-10 homes.

 

Caryn is glad that Joanne is the Treasurer too.....And she is delighted that she was able to do her first run since injuring her leg.....She is looking forward to doing at least half of a marathon.

 

Diana went to Steve Roper's retirement party.  She also got to see her grandson and happy to be babysitting him today.

 

Announcements

 

Diana said we are approved for a grant for $8900 for the dictionaries.

 

Ron passed around a sign-up sheet for the beer booth at the Seafood Festival.  We still need more people....if you have any friends or relatives that would like to work it...please bring them along...

 

Diana said we only have two seats left for the Zin Din at the Seafood Festival....so hurry up and let Diana know if you are planning on joining us. You can e-mail her at: dianamason@comcast.net 

 

Mike told a joke.....it was funny!!!!!

 

Speaker

Lisa Cook spoke on Reality TV.

 

Lisa was on an 8 hour reality TV miniseries on PBS.  The premise of the show was "can 21st century people succeed in a 19th century lifestyle?".  She and her family lived in a 5 room adobe house in 110 degree temperature with no running water, electricity, etc.

 

The name of the show was "Texas Ranch House".  They were there for 1800 hours.  It was filmed 6 days a week up to 12 hours a day....only 8 hours were shown. 

 

It started out with a boot camp where they were kept separate from the ranch hands.  They had no control over their movements and were kept in the dark most of the time.

 

They did meet the goal that was set before them.  They got the cattle to market, paid their mortgage, had breeding stock for the next season and cash in the bank.

 

Lisa said that editing is used to tell the producer's story, not what really happens.  What is left out can be as important as what is shown.  Participants are told one thing, the audience is told something else.  Producers have predetermined the outcome and the characters (agenda) before the show is completed.

 

Lisa gave some good advice :

 

1. Anytime you speak with the press, know their agenda and their target audience.
2. Questions do not always deserve answers.  Answers and comments should reflect your agenda, not answer theirs.
3. Understand that if you choose to speak to the media, they hold the final power.

You can get a copy of the show wherever you rent movies or at Netflix.

 

 The greeter next week will be Mike.

 

Lunch

Chicken and Rice or Cobb Salad and Ice Cream

 

See you all next week!

 

SLee