Don't come to The Ram this week! We're having a road trip to the Boise TechMall at 1550 S. Cloverdale Rd (near Overland). No box lunch this time, we'll have the opportunity to purchase something in their cafe. Phil Sigler will give us a tour. This place is hard to describe! You gotta' see it yourself.

 

"The value proposition of the Boise TechMall is unique. When you visit the Boise TechMall, all of your hi-tech business and consumer needs are met. We have facilitated local experts to grow your business and to discover emerging technologies."  Checkout the high tech website here.

You'll recall those impressive high school kids who showed us their robot as they prepared for this year's competition. This weekend featured the 2016 West Regionals at Taco Bell Arena. There were 30 teams from as far away as Texas and Minnesota. Our team "Team Taters" ranked #1 in the qualifiers but lost out in the finals.  The Arena was packed and the fans were really LOUD!

 

"In FIRST STRONGHOLD^SM, two Alliances are on a Quest to breach their opponents’ fortifications, weaken their tower with boulders, and capture the opposing tower. Robots score points by breaching opponents’ defenses and scoring boulders through goals in the opposing tower. During the final seconds of the, robots may surround and scale the opposing tower.  

We are encouraged to attend the Ethics in Business Luncheon in lieu of our regular meeting

 

 

 

The Rotary Ethics in Business Award program seeks to honor business persons for maintaining high ethical standards while running their successful enterprises and adhering to the Rotary Four-Way Test of the things we think, say or do:

 

The recognition luncheon will held on Thursday April 14th 11:30 - 1:30PM at the Hoff Building, 802 W. Bannock. The luncheon is organized by Boise Downtown Rotary. Please RSVP to Janice asap!

United Way is holding a children's Book Drive next week. Since we're not meeting at the Ram, take your gently used books to one of many drop off points - see their website for the list.  Look for details on a service project on Monday April 11th to help sort all the books.

 

They have an awesome website!! click here.

Reminder that our club has been approved by Rotary International to participate in the Open World Program. We will be hosting 6 Russians (from Siberia!) for 8 days, October 7-15. Our responsibility will be housing, transportation and programs. Cornelia is setting things up. Start thinking about how you will help with this incredible opportunity.

 

Cornelia is now officially looking for host families. Based on the size of your house, you might take more than one. You can also volunteer for 4 days instead of the whole 8. Let Cornelia know if you'd be interested! This is going to be awesome!

In honor of our program last week, we sang a terrible rendition of "Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree"...we didn't know the words, either.........check out www.capitalchristmastree.com - maybe a club project making ornaments?.....  reminder, no meeting next week.....RYLA - we have one kid, need two more..............