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AUGUST 19, 2008
PUBLISHING ITEMS IN THE BULLETIN
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Jesse Tam, District Governor 2008-2009, Rotary District 5030 | Message from the Programs Committee | Memorial Mass & Reception for Roy Wahle | Annual Fall Golf Fellowship | 2008-09 Bellevue Rotary Community Grants | Rotary District After Hours Social | GSE Team Leaders Needed
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Alan Fulp, 08/16 PLEASE NOTE: If your birthday is this month but does not show in the list, you need to add it to your directory page online. |
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Jesse Tam
District Governor 2008-2009
Rotary District 5030
Jesse Tam has been a Rotarian for over 24 years, starting as a charter member of the Seattle International District Rotary Club in 1984. The Club was one of the first to accept women into Rotary after a successful lawsuit to the US Supreme Court in 1987. He served as club president in 1994-1995 and has been active in various Rotary leadership roles both at the club and district level. He has been an Assistant Governor, District Conference Chair and many other service chair positions. He has traveled extensively on Rotary business around the world including places such as Nepal, China and attended a number of Rotary International Conventions around world. He was also an early participant in the District Academy.
Professionally, Jesse is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Regal Financial Bancorp, Inc., which is the holding company for Regal Financial Bank which he formed in 2002. It is an independent community bank headquartered in Seattle, with offices in Boise, Idaho, and Las Vegas, Nevada. He has over 30 years of experience in banking and he has established numerous de novo banks in the Seattle area prior to Regal Financial Bank. He has also held senior management positions with Bank of America, Rainier Bank in Seattle, Washington, as well as with First Security Bank in Boise, Idaho.
Jesse is a graduate of Boise State University and the Pacific Coast Banking School, and holds an MBA from City University of Seattle. He is also very active in community leadership, serving on the boards of several professional organizations in the Seattle area. These include the Western Independent Bankers Service Group Corporations Board; the Seattle University MBA Mentorship Program; and Chairman of the Albers Business School Advisory Board.
As a supporter of Rotary Foundation, Jesse is a multiple level member of Paul Harris Society. Both he and his wife, Lilly are Paul Harris Fellow as well as being the benefactor of the Rotary Permanent Fund.
Jesse and Lilly have two grown sons Kevin and Jon who both graduated from University of Washington. They both reside in the Greater Seattle area and are employed with Deloitte with a career in the field of information technology. Lilly is a retired teacher from the Renton School District. They have lived in the Greater Seattle area for almost 30 years and currently are residents of the City of Newcastle, Washington. Both Jesse and Lilly are also active members of the Boise State University Alumni Association in the Puget Sound region.
Message from the Programs Committee
The Programs Committee is actively filling programs for the 2008–2009 Rotary year. As programs are selected, they are classified into one of the following categories: Arts & Entertainment, Business, Education, Environment, Health, Politics, and Social Services. The committee is always looking for good speakers, and the Rotary membership is often the best source of referrals. Please refer any speaker ideas to Program Chair Alan Fulp.
In particular, the committee is looking for more ideas in the “business” category. We appreciate your help to make the programs schedule interesting and vital to our membership!
Memorial Mass & Reception for Roy Wahle
Please join family, friends and colleagues for a special memorial mass and reception to celebrate the life and work of Dr. Roy Wahle, faculty emeritus, on Friday, August 22, 2008, at 1:30 P.M. At the Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle University. Reception immediately following in Hunthausen Hall, 2:30 - 4:30 PM Parking is available in the lot near the main entrance off of 12th & Marion.
Please RSVP by August 20 to susancj@seattleu.edu.
Annual Fall Golf Fellowship
Brad Hunt
We have reserved 32 spots for our Annual Fall Golf Fellowship on Wednesday, September 17th, at Bellevue Golf Club. The cost is only $80.00 for carts, golf, prizes and a BBQ after the event.
The format is a "Scramble," and the first tee time is 12:00 noon. We will fill the 32 spots on a first-come, first-served basis. So far, 14 persons have signed up.
Contact Brad Hunt for more information.
2008-09 Bellevue Rotary Community Grants
Peter Wang
The 2008-09 Bellevue Rotary Community Grants Bellevue Rotary is soliciting applications for community service grants until October 15, 2008.
The following are some of the guidelines, not limiting to:
1. The funds must be community service oriented, beneficial primarily to the residents of the City of Bellevue and secondarily to residents of the neighboring Eastside cities.
2. Funds will be granted for capital investments in service projects and not for general operating expenses such as overhead and salary, etc.
3. The maximum grant per organization is $5,000.
4. A simple Letter of Inquiry must be filled out and received by October 15, 2008.
- The Letter of Inquiry should provide the following information:
- Organization information (name of organization, contact person, address, & telephone number).
- Single summary sentence of service project.
- Population & number of people benefiting from project.
- Total estimated budget of proposed project.
- Grant proposal and how the grant money will be utilized.
Upon favorable review, a Full Request may then be requested by a Bellevue Rotarian of the Community Grants Committee for final review.
The Community Grants Committee will then select the final list of grant proposals for approval by the Bellevue Rotary Executive Board.
Please send all Letters of Inquiry on or before October 15, 2008 to:
Bellevue Rotary
Attn: Community Grants
P.O. Box 523
Bellevue, WA 98009
For further questions, contact Peter C. Wang, Chair, Bellevue Rotary Community Grants Committee (Ph 425-241–0110), or Phil Noble, Vice Chair (Ph 206-689-2129.
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Rotary District After Hours Social
District Governor Jesse Tam would like to invite everyone to the District's first quarterly after-hours social on Thursday, August 28, from 5:00 pm-7:30 pm, at Maplewood Greens (Maplewood Golf Course), 4050 Maple Valley Highway, Renton. Admission is $5.00 and there will be a no-host bar,along with hors d'oeuvres provided by Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club (BBRC) and District 5030, as sponsors of the event. Space is limited and RSVP is required to Lilly Tam. or click the link on the home page of the District website.
All Rotarians and guests are invited to this after-work fellowship/social event. If you have potential Rotary members for your club, bring them to this event so they can see the larger Rotary experience! Come meet new friends or renew acquaintances from other clubs.
If you can't make this event, we will have three more after-hour socials over the course of the Rotary year, in different parts of our district. Check the District calendar for updated information.
District 5030 needs Team Leaders for exchanges to India and France in 2009. Club members are encouraged to submit applications to serve as GSE Team Leaders for upcoming exchanges to India (01/24/09 to 02/23/09) and Southwest France (03/28/09 to 04/26/09). Fluency in French is required for the latter.
Past President Gary Zimmerman has served as a Group Leader for several exchanges and would be happy to discuss the duties and benefits from serving in that position. The application deadline is September 9, 2008.
For more information contact Judd Lees at or go to the GSE website.