Jul 27 2017-Rotary Forum

PROGRAM: July 25, 2017: District Gov. John Weiss: “Annual Club Visit Remarks”

Pres. Jeff King opened the meeting at 12:38 PM by having guest introductions, which included District Gov. John Weiss, his wife, his parents and other close relatives.

Pres. Jeff requested that we all send him our good wishes on Michael Boyer’s birthday today. Scott Astrosky reported that everything is going swimmingly for the Summer Sizzle (SS) fundraiser. John Traversaro circulated SS sign-up sheets for set ups on Friday evening, August 11 and Saturday morning, August 12, the date of the big event. Sharon Ellis asked us to see her if you need more tickets to sell. Ashlea Boyer needs to know what silent auction items each member plans to donate as soon as possible. You can bring them to her office at Keller Williams, 350 James Way, Suite 130, Pismo Beach. Joel Conn reported that so far we have raised $9000 in sponsorships with another $1000 coming in soon. If you haven’t done so already, bring in 2 bottles of wine per member so we can have 100 bottles to auction at SS. Remember for all those coming to Steve Curry’s ranch for the District Gov. barbecue to bring jackets, chairs and 1 food item per family.  Pres. Jeff has instituted a new form of recognition; consequently the first Members of the Month for this month are Club Treas. Lee Ann Liscombe, Bulletin Editor Dick Dannells, and Public Relations Director Shannon Bowdey. Paul Holden gave a few introductory remarks about the Rotary Foundation’s hundredth anniversary and had Connie O’Henley come forward to present Jenny Dierck her first Paul Harris Fellow.

Next week’s program will feature Jim Lewis on his trip to Cuba. The August 8 meeting will include Steve Curry and Karen Zappia on their trip to Uganda.

PROGRAM: District Gov. John Weiss: “Annual Club Visit Remarks”

Assistant Gov. Melinda Thomas introduced the District Gov. who began by thanking us for the privilege of being here. This year he will be stressing membership, sharing the Rotary experience with others, and Celebrating Rotary, which is his theme for the year. He also mentioned that having fun is another key aspect of being a Rotarian.  He thanked the hundreds of friends and well-wishers that responed to the email concerning his abdominal tumor, which is to be removed tomorrow. He mentioned how important it is to visit clubs in other countries. In Rotary, we are on both the receiving and giving ends. We receive when we get together in our socials as we do tonight at the barbecue. We give when we support our community fundraising projects and provide service to our local community and to the world. We should invite non-members to come in to talk about their business as a good means for obtaining new members. Human trafficking is a true tragedy and is the next project that Rotary International will undertake now that our worldwide efforts to eradicate polio are coming to a close. RI’s Group Study Exchange program has included 9000 Rotarians from around the world, so become involved.  He called upon Joel Conn to come forward and accept the Paul Harris Service Fellow award for his past great work with Rotary including his phenomenal ability to bring in major sponsors for our fundraisers. We all know the 4 Way Test, but do we know the 3 Way Test: (1) Is it fun? (2) Will it hurt anyone? (3) Will anyone find out?  He pointed out that when Rotary started in 1905 with 35, 36, 41 and 43 year old men, respectively, it had a retention problem by 1907. Is it any surprise we have the same problem 110 years later. He recalled a time when he began an Interact club in Morro Bay and and asked the high schoolers to give them their name, only half responded. The next time he met he asked him to give them both their name and their passion. Tey all came forward to share this information, which goes to show they did not consider their name to be that important but were very willing to express their passion.

“Success is never so interesting as struggle, not even to the successful.”

PROGRAM: July 25, 2017: District Gov. John Weiss: “Annual Club Visit Remarks”

Pres. Jeff King opened the meeting at 12:38 PM by having guest introductions, which included District Gov. John Weiss, his wife, his parents and other close relatives.

Pres. Jeff requested that we all send him our good wishes on Michael Boyer’s birthday today. Scott Astrosky reported that everything is going swimmingly for the Summer Sizzle (SS) fundraiser. John Traversaro circulated SS sign-up sheets for set ups on Friday evening, August 11 and Saturday morning, August 12, the date of the big event. Sharon Ellis asked us to see her if you need more tickets to sell. Ashlea Boyer needs to know what silent auction items each member plans to donate as soon as possible. You can bring them to her office at Keller Williams, 350 James Way, Suite 130, Pismo Beach. Joel Conn reported that so far we have raised $9000 in sponsorships with another $1000 coming in soon. If you haven’t done so already, bring in 2 bottles of wine per member so we can have 100 bottles to auction at SS. Remember for all those coming to Steve Curry’s ranch for the District Gov. barbecue to bring jackets, chairs and 1 food item per family.  Pres. Jeff has instituted a new form of recognition; consequently the first Members of the Month for this month are Club Treas. Lee Ann Liscombe, Bulletin Editor Dick Dannells, and Public Relations Director Shannon Bowdey. Paul Holden gave a few introductory remarks about the Rotary Foundation’s hundredth anniversary and had Connie O’Henley come forward to present Jenny Dierck her first Paul Harris Fellow.

Next week’s program will feature Jim Lewis on his trip to Cuba. The August 8 meeting will include Steve Curry and Karen Zappia on their trip to Uganda.

PROGRAM: District Gov. John Weiss: “Annual Club Visit Remarks”

Assistant Gov. Melinda Thomas introduced the District Gov. who began by thanking us for the privilege of being here. This year he will be stressing membership, sharing the Rotary experience with others, and Celebrating Rotary, which is his theme for the year. He also mentioned that having fun is another key aspect of being a Rotarian.  He thanked the hundreds of friends and well-wishers that responed to the email concerning his abdominal tumor, which is to be removed tomorrow. He mentioned how important it is to visit clubs in other countries. In Rotary, we are on both the receiving and giving ends. We receive when we get together in our socials as we do tonight at the barbecue. We give when we support our community fundraising projects and provide service to our local community and to the world. We should invite non-members to come in to talk about their business as a good means for obtaining new members. Human trafficking is a true tragedy and is the next project that Rotary International will undertake now that our worldwide efforts to eradicate polio are coming to a close. RI’s Group Study Exchange program has included 9000 Rotarians from around the world, so become involved.  He called upon Joel Conn to come forward and accept the Paul Harris Service Fellow award for his past great work with Rotary including his phenomenal ability to bring in major sponsors for our fundraisers. We all know the 4 Way Test, but do we know the 3 Way Test: (1) Is it fun? (2) Will it hurt anyone? (3) Will anyone find out?  He pointed out that when Rotary started in 1905 with 35, 36, 41 and 43 year old men, respectively, it had a retention problem by 1907. Is it any surprise we have the same problem 110 years later. He recalled a time when he began an Interact club in Morro Bay and and asked the high schoolers to give them their name, only half responded. The next time he met he asked him to give them both their name and their passion. Tey all came forward to share this information, which goes to show they did not consider their name to be that important but were very willing to express their passion.

“Success is never so interesting as struggle, not even to the successful.”