Apr 30, 2019-Rotary Forum

Pres. Scott opened the meeting at 12:39 PM with the introduction of all guests over the age of 19.

Jenny Dierck announced that all of the Disneyland raffle tickets have been sold. Eric Munn announced that we have 104 sponsors and together with the major sponsors we’ve collected $24,000 for the golf tournament. Ashley Boyer says that were behind in raffle prizes and suggested that those who haven’t got time to find some raffle prizes that they contribute money and she will purchase the prizes. Shelby McLean stated we also need a few more golfers to makeup the 18 teams or a maximum of 144 golfers. She also needs more items for the goodie bags. She observed there will be 4 sponsored holes having alcoholic beverages, one hole having a chair massage and only 4 holes that don’t have any sponsored activities. Karen Zappia circulated a sign-up sheet for volunteers for 2 more timeslots for the car giveaway hole if you make a hole-in-one. Pres. Scott reported that there are still a few seats available for the June 20 Rotary Social Los Angeles-San Francisco Giants game. James Simonaro reported on the kickoff for Make-A-Wish fundraiser. He reported that 11-year-old Simon was involved in making a new ice cream called "Plasma Swirl Crunch" to be sold at Doc's Creamery parlors.

Next week’s meeting will feature economic vitality.

Pres. Scott charged Greg Baker, Joel Conn and Karen Zappia $20 IDs, $20 IDs and $5 IDs respectively for interrupting him. He recognized Steve Burnside’s April 8 birthday and his April 23 Rotary birthday. He assessed $108 IDs in recognition of John and Marcia Traversaro’s May 4 wedding anniversary.

Ashlea Boyer introduced the following officers of Interact: Cole Martinez-President; Sabrina Kurth-SeniorVP; Devash Sapovadia-,Junior VP; Natalie Hurtado-Sophomore Vice President; Wendy Teodoro-Secondary and Daniel Gomez-Secondary. Cole explained that his duties were mainly communication and representing the Interact at all major social events. Sabrina stated she was in charge of community service. Natalie’s job was to help with the annual Christmas gift giving. Wendy is in charge of the bulletin and handling the 2019-20 election of officers. Daniel’s job as historian is to be in charge of taking pictures. Ashlea then introduced the RYLA students. She stated that we sent a total of 11 to join the 200 other students from around the district. The boys are placed in one of 4 cabins and the girls in one of 11 cabins. The students are divided into 8 color groups each containing 30 to 35 students so that no other group has students of the same high school except 3 of the students from Arroyo Grande High School who had to double up. A typical day starts at 7:30 AM and lights go out at midnight. When asked what they learned or what was most important to them, the responses included: learning to trust others in the 4 member rock-climbing team; the diversity of the group was great; public speaking was a very important feature; learning to feel compassion for others and don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today; dancing was great because nobody was a wallflower as everyone was involved; service to others was emphasized by the outside speakers, and classes were given on becoming involved in service-oriented activities. Ashlea explained that all of the RYLA students were selected on the basis of their applications, which indicated that they were active in Interact.

“Every year I look forward to Interact and RYLA and who are the creme de creme of the Arroyo Grande High School students and the future of our country.”

Pres. Scott opened the meeting at 12:39 PM with the introduction of all guests over the age of 19.

Jenny Dierck announced that all of the Disneyland raffle tickets have been sold. Eric Munn announced that we have 104 sponsors and together with the major sponsors we’ve collected $24,000 for the golf tournament. Ashley Boyer says that were behind in raffle prizes and suggested that those who haven’t got time to find some raffle prizes that they contribute money and she will purchase the prizes. Shelby McLean stated we also need a few more golfers to makeup the 18 teams or a maximum of 144 golfers. She also needs more items for the goodie bags. She observed there will be 4 sponsored holes having alcoholic beverages, one hole having a chair massage and only 4 holes that don’t have any sponsored activities. Karen Zappia circulated a sign-up sheet for volunteers for 2 more timeslots for the car giveaway hole if you make a hole-in-one. Pres. Scott reported that there are still a few seats available for the June 20 Rotary Social Los Angeles-San Francisco Giants game. James Simonaro reported on the kickoff for Make-A-Wish fundraiser. He reported that 11-year-old Simon was involved in making a new ice cream called "Plasma Swirl Crunch" to be sold at Doc's Creamery parlors.

Next week’s meeting will feature economic vitality.

Pres. Scott charged Greg Baker, Joel Conn and Karen Zappia $20 IDs, $20 IDs and $5 IDs respectively for interrupting him. He recognized Steve Burnside’s April 8 birthday and his April 23 Rotary birthday. He assessed $108 IDs in recognition of John and Marcia Traversaro’s May 4 wedding anniversary.

Ashlea Boyer introduced the following officers of Interact: Cole Martinez-President; Sabrina Kurth-SeniorVP; Devash Sapovadia-,Junior VP; Natalie Hurtado-Sophomore Vice President; Wendy Teodoro-Secondary and Daniel Gomez-Secondary. Cole explained that his duties were mainly communication and representing the Interact at all major social events. Sabrina stated she was in charge of community service. Natalie’s job was to help with the annual Christmas gift giving. Wendy is in charge of the bulletin and handling the 2019-20 election of officers. Daniel’s job as historian is to be in charge of taking pictures. Ashlea then introduced the RYLA students. She stated that we sent a total of 11 to join the 200 other students from around the district. The boys are placed in one of 4 cabins and the girls in one of 11 cabins. The students are divided into 8 color groups each containing 30 to 35 students so that no other group has students of the same high school except 3 of the students from Arroyo Grande High School who had to double up. A typical day starts at 7:30 AM and lights go out at midnight. When asked what they learned or what was most important to them, the responses included: learning to trust others in the 4 member rock-climbing team; the diversity of the group was great; public speaking was a very important feature; learning to feel compassion for others and don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today; dancing was great because nobody was a wallflower as everyone was involved; service to others was emphasized by the outside speakers, and classes were given on becoming involved in service-oriented activities. Ashlea explained that all of the RYLA students were selected on the basis of their applications, which indicated that they were active in Interact.

“Every year I look forward to Interact and RYLA and who are the creme de creme of the Arroyo Grande High School students and the future of our country.”