~ Newberg Noon Rotary Club Newsletter ~
Rotary Club of Newberg, Zoom Meeting
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
~ Zoom Meeting Participants ~
Shannon B, Mike, Dan, Geoff, Judy, Lynn, Walter, Julie, Paula, Gene, Kim, Lisa, Jim, Larry, Shannon K, Doug, Amber, Paul, Auggie, Denise, Todd.
~ Call to Order ~
President Shannon Buckmaster welcomed Rotarians and Friends of Rotary to the Zoom meeting at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 30, 2020. The Rotarians split out into breakout groups to start the meeting.
~ Flag Salute ~
Judy lead participants in the Pledge of Allegiance.
~ 4 Way Test ~
Walter lead participants in the recital of the 4 Way Test:
Rotary’s Four Way Test of the things we think, say and do:
#1 – Is it the TRUTH?
#2 – Is it FAIR to all concerned?
#3 – Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
#4 – Is it BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
~ Announcements ~
Welcome to Amy Kutzky, who has applied to be a new member of the club!
~ Guests ~
Amy Kutzky, Soon to be new member
~ The Rotary Duck ~
Jim: Apologized that he will be leaving early as he has to take . Also gave a brag for having gotten to see his son get married this past week. The weather was a chilly 30 degrees and with a good three feet of snow, but was a great time. Congrats!
Shannon B: Reminder to Jim and everyone that the meetings are recorded and available if you miss some or all of the meetings.
Walter: Walter did a family zoom and this holiday season he got a walking stick for Christmas. He also got to see his grandkid for the holidays and loved it. He mentioned that his daughter is an RN and reiterated that she urged everyone to take the pandemic seriously. Remember to keep doing your best to wear masks, wash hands, social distance, etc to be safe.
Paula: Was reminded that there were things we all took for granted before COVID and her Church was allowed to re-open safely and with limitations. Lets remember to be greatful for everything we have, even the little things.
Shannon B: Her daughter has a severe peanut allergy and this week they had an accident at a take out restaurant where she had a reaction and was able to get into the emergency room within 10 minutes and the team at Providence was able to save her life. She mentioned that the hospital environment was so impressively clean and organized in terms of COVID. She is now doing great.
Kim: Hiked Silver Falls for the first time this week, rain-free.
Gene: Also gave kudos to Providence for how thorough they have been and provided great service with his Cancer Treatments.
Shannon B: Pointed out that in addition to Providence, our town also has Willimette Valley Medical group. We are very lucky to have two great medical care groups in Newberg.
Lisa: Urged everyone to consider and write down what they hope to see and accomplish in the new year, as this strategy goes a long way to beginning the journey to completing these resolutions. Also mentioned how thankful she is for all of our wonderful club members.
Doug: Gave a shout out and referral donation thanking Joe Morelock for meeting with him last month to talk about the Newberg School District and opportunities for potential cost saving efforts.
Total Collected today for the duck: $135
~ Today’s Program: Doug Utberg – Classification Talk ~
Doug: Doug grew up in Gresham, Oregon. In fact, his parents still live in the house they bought in 1979 for $65,000 (with original carpet and linoleum even!). His first job was delivering newspapers for the Gresham Outlook and went on to hop around between 15 different jobs before he finally started his career at Intel. For fun he loves hiking, camping, and spending time with his family and church.
Family: Seen in the photo is Doug and his mother, his wife, and his kids at Yellowstone National Park (wearing a Yosemite hat: well played Doug). He and his wife have two kids, daughter Jada (14) and son Nolan (11) along with 2 dogs, 2 cates, and 8 chickens.
Church: Doug has been attending Redeemer Lutheran Church in Gresham since 1983. Every Sunday, he and his family drive nearly hour to attend church as he loves the church and the services and the paster there even performed he and his wife’s wedding back in 2001. Between 2009 and 2017 he even served roles of President and Vice-president of the congregation, and is now serving on the Board of Elders at the church.
College: Doug has a local education as he did his undergrad education at Portland State University, graduating in 2000 with a Bachelors of Science in Finance and later served as an adjunct professor in 2018 teaching finance information systems fir the M.B.A. program. He completed his M.B.A. program at George Fox University, completing the Nights and Weekends program and graduated in 2004.
Scouts: Doug joined the B.S.A. in 1988 after 4 years of cub scouts. He earned his Eagle Scout in 1992. His son is now in scouts and Doug served as Nolan’s pack leader through cub scouts and expects he likely will be an assistant scoutmaster in the near future.
US Marine Corps: Doug joined the Marine Corp in 1997 as a Combat Engineer in the Reserves. He served the 6th Engineer Support Battalion and enrolled in Officer Candidate School as he wanted to fly jets as inspired by Tom Cruise’s Top Gun. He attended in Virginia but ultimately opted out due to the 12-year time commitment.
Career: Doug joined Intel Corp in 2000, shortly after a brief stint selling life insurance with Mass Mutual. His career in Finance spanned over 17 years with rotations in Profit and Loss, supply chain, pricing, software, strategic planning, and data systems. He also worked with Lattice Semiconductors for a few years in program management before landing where he is now. Currently, he works for Expense Reduction Analysts partnering with businesses and organizations to negotiate and achieve overhead cost reductions while avoiding layoffs. Their focus is secondary cost categories like telecom, office supplies, merchant fees, medical supplies, packaging, freight, etc. Their model is based on a “success fee”, meaning they do not bill anything until they have achieved savings for the organizations using their deep industry knowledge and years of expertise in cost reduction. Doug’s practice focuses of helping mission-driven organizations and seeks to help them find capital to continue investing and growing. He also pledged a Referral Fee for any of us who connect him to professional opportunities, whereby he will donate $50 to the charity of our choice for successful referrals. He invited any of us to connect with him in this regard at www.MeetDoug.Biz.
Podcast: Aside from work, Doug hosts a weekly podcast called Terminal Value on Mondays at 8am (video stream published on Youtube). His topic includes discussions about the long-term value of entities and ideas. Notible guests he has had on the podcast include Shannon B, Om, Kevin Baty of Hagen Hamilton, Sister Adele Marie of Sisters of Saint Mary, and Mark Garber of Pamplin Media. (www.terminalvaluepodcast.com)
Welcome Doug!
~ Next Week’s Program: Stove Team International by Shelby Kardas ~
Check your e-mails for Mike Caruso’s Zoom meeting access information.
~ Joke of the Day ~
I love when the Drop the Ball in Times Square on New Years Eve…
It is a great reminder of everything I did throughout the previous year.
~ Happy Quotes! ~
“This year, be structured enough for success and achievement and flexible enough for creativity and fun.”
– Taylor Duvall
~ Published 1/5/2021: Dan Keuler, Newsletter Editor ~
