It was a busy affair, the joint evening meeting of Kingston North Kitsap’s Noon Rotary Club and Kingston North Kitsap’s Satellite Club, Wed, Oct 20, at Village Green Community Center.True to the Board’s recent decision to hold one joint evening meeting monthly, this one was rife with updates, presentations, social time, fun and food. The room was full. One could not possibly come away from the get together without being impressed by all the projects and activities this Club has going on. How it cares for its community.
At the top of the agenda was presentation of Paul Harris Fellow Awards to Dr. Brad Anderson and his wife, Theresa “for going above and beyond, doing good in our community during the Covid pandemic.” Here Rotarians De’ MacKinnon and Doug Hallock present the awards.
Harris and three of his associates founded Rotary in Chicago in 1905.
Activities and projects. President Chris Gilbreath reported Kingston North Kitsap Rotary Club will be joining other Kitsap Rotary Clubs to work with Olympic College on internships. Satellite Club President David Winn reminded Rotarians of the online Fall Food Drive, on behalf of ShareNet, Oct 19-31. Go to: charityauction.bid/sharenetfundraiser. Winn also noted the Satellite Club has set a goal to triple the number of holiday cards it delivers to elderly and emergency youth services homes this holiday season. In 2020, the Club delivered 1300 cards. President Chris reminded members of the Pints for Polio event at Western Red Brewery in Poulsbo, Mon, Oct 25, 5p—8p. And he commented on Broadway Night at Kingston’s Firehouse Theater, a food drive and fun-raiser in partnership with Kiwanis and the Kingston Chamber.
Alice Amas updated members on the Club’s Kitsap-Olympic Ale Trail activities in October, where the primary emphasis will on Trail Partners (establishments).
Finally, Kris Libby noted Christmas wreaths will be going up in Kingston Nov 27.
* Kingston North Kitsap Rotary Club’s Community Services Committee approved a $4k grant to Kingston Cares Food4Kids.
* The next meeting of the Noon KNK Rotary Club will occur at 6:30p, Wed, Oct 20, at Village Green Community Center in Kingston.
* KNK Rotarians are encouraged to join with other Kitsap Rotarians Mon, Oct 25, 5p, at Western Red Brewing in Poulsbo. It is Pints for Polio night. Quaff a few.
* KNK Rotary International Committee will meet by Zoom, Wed, Oct 20, at noon.
How to build your LinkedIn presence into a powerful branding and marketing tool. That was the subject of the latest presentation to the Kingston North Kitsap Rotary Club at its meeting, Wed, Oct 13. Thanks to a link from Club Member Clint Boxman, Ross Ruthman and Bruce Johnson “zoomed in” to describe LinkedIn’s value and flexibility in developing business relationships. Ross called LinkedIn the Facebook of today. Bruce explained there are currently 766m LinkedIn users, 171m of whom are in the U.S. 41% of millionaires use LinkedIn. 44% of users have annual incomes in excess of $75k.
LinkedIn is much more than a base of contacts. It is a powerful platform for building a professional presence, establishing a brand, and reaching out to specific audiences in a very granular way. And it is not just personal. Companies and organizations, such as Rotary Clubs, can use the technology to their benefit.
The presentation offered specifics of how to build a presence, how to target audiences, and how to keep that presence fresh and up to date.
OK. Let’s face it. We sort of take clean water from the tap, at the turn of a valve, for granted around here. After all, this is not California. Free-flowing water from the tap would not happen without active management of six wells in Kingston, eight in North Kitsap, and a large aquifer in Seabeck, discovered in 1995. And the community would be less connected without 250 miles of broadband in Kitsap County managed by our local PUD. Kingston North Kitsap Rotarians heard a presentation from Kitsap County PUD Commissioner Debra Lester, Telecom Director Angela Bennink, and Water/Wastewater Director Dave Epperson at their meeting Oct 6.
Rotarians learned the PUD was formed in 1940 to explore providing electrical service as a special purpose District instead of a private company. U.S. entry into World War II and rapid growth in and around the naval shipyard at Bremerton initially delayed and eventually precluded assumption of electrical service by KPUD.
KPUD began providing utility service as a water system manager in the 1970’s. In 2003, with a desire to connect schools and libraries, KPUD began providing telecom service in the County. Such service has gone to areas of the county especially underserved by traditional internet providers.
Next week, Kingston North Kitsap Rotarians look forward to learning how to leverage Linkedin from Latitude 48’s Mel Filbin.
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