Oct 17, 2017-Rotary Form

Pres. Jeff King opened the meeting with the usual introduction of guests. Steve Curry gave a less than his usual flawless introduction so that he immediately went and spun the wheel, which resulted in a $0.00 fine

Pres. Jeff reported that at the last Thursday’s board meeting an excellent treasurer’s report was given indicating $45,000 in the treasury. He also reported that the November 14^th meeting will be dark because a special joint meeting with the Grover Beach Rotary Club will be held with Past District Gov. Brenda Cressey speaking on Polio Plus. He stated that all fines will be forgiven if a vacationing member brings back a flag from another Rotary Club. A bucket was passed around to celebrate Michael Frederick’s new granddaughter-Mila Brooks Frederick.

Steve Curry reported that Valence Lutaisire will lead our meeting on Tuesday, October 31. Steve will be taking Valence around to speak to the AG Interact Club and other Rotary Clubs. Connie O’Henley stated that the Interact Club will be putting together Halloween bags the children. Our next social is still on for 5:30 PM, Thursday, October 26 at the Cliff’s Restaurant in Shell Beach. Our speaker for the last Tuesday meeting before Thanksgiving will be Michael Boyer’s father who was the Past District Gov. of the largest Rotary District covering Yukon Territory, Canada; Alaska, USA; Siberia; and Far East Russia.  Daniel Bernstein announced that on December 8 his office will be the site of a black-tie “Toys for Tots” event having an admission price of a toy. They hope to fill 3 school buses of toys. In consideration of giving this announcement, he rang Pres. Jeff’s bell, which means he will donate $100 the Club. A $40 per ticket fundraiser serving wines and beer will be held on October 22 from 2 to 5 PM at the SeaCrest Oceanfront Hotel.

Scott handed out profit and loss statement that indicated this year’s Summer Sizzle fundraiser netted $35,959.75, which was $3436.51 less than last year’s event. This was not considered to be bad considering last year there was a separate Dinner with Katcho fundraiser that raised $4375 that was included in the last year’s total. Another factor is that we sold about $1000 less raffle tickets than last year. Michael Boyer bar up the subject of the Edwards Barn as a venue. The pros are that rental is only $1000 and the venue  provides a fine outdoor setting for holding the silent auction where attendees can mingle. The cons are its rather crowded dining room and the fact that we never know until January whether we will be able to have a Saturday or Sunday date. Non-profit weddings take precedent over charity events such as ours. The zoning laws require them to have no more than 16 events per year. There was one suggestion that we go back to a strictly Santa Maria barbecue with tri-tip, beans, garlic bread and salad as we’ve had in the past. We had a few problems with registration since we had a number of volunteers with no experience. One suggestion is that the number on silent auction paddles be placed with a black marker at the time of registration. Compliments were given to the Keller Williams placemats which included the names of the major sponsors. It was recommended that not the same 2 or 3 seek sponsors every year.

Pres. Jeff King opened the meeting with the usual introduction of guests. Steve Curry gave a less than his usual flawless introduction so that he immediately went and spun the wheel, which resulted in a $0.00 fine

Pres. Jeff reported that at the last Thursday’s board meeting an excellent treasurer’s report was given indicating $45,000 in the treasury. He also reported that the November 14^th meeting will be dark because a special joint meeting with the Grover Beach Rotary Club will be held with Past District Gov. Brenda Cressey speaking on Polio Plus. He stated that all fines will be forgiven if a vacationing member brings back a flag from another Rotary Club. A bucket was passed around to celebrate Michael Frederick’s new granddaughter-Mila Brooks Frederick.

Steve Curry reported that Valence Lutaisire will lead our meeting on Tuesday, October 31. Steve will be taking Valence around to speak to the AG Interact Club and other Rotary Clubs. Connie O’Henley stated that the Interact Club will be putting together Halloween bags the children. Our next social is still on for 5:30 PM, Thursday, October 26 at the Cliff’s Restaurant in Shell Beach. Our speaker for the last Tuesday meeting before Thanksgiving will be Michael Boyer’s father who was the Past District Gov. of the largest Rotary District covering Yukon Territory, Canada; Alaska, USA; Siberia; and Far East Russia.  Daniel Bernstein announced that on December 8 his office will be the site of a black-tie “Toys for Tots” event having an admission price of a toy. They hope to fill 3 school buses of toys. In consideration of giving this announcement, he rang Pres. Jeff’s bell, which means he will donate $100 the Club. A $40 per ticket fundraiser serving wines and beer will be held on October 22 from 2 to 5 PM at the SeaCrest Oceanfront Hotel.

Scott handed out profit and loss statement that indicated this year’s Summer Sizzle fundraiser netted $35,959.75, which was $3436.51 less than last year’s event. This was not considered to be bad considering last year there was a separate Dinner with Katcho fundraiser that raised $4375 that was included in the last year’s total. Another factor is that we sold about $1000 less raffle tickets than last year. Michael Boyer bar up the subject of the Edwards Barn as a venue. The pros are that rental is only $1000 and the venue  provides a fine outdoor setting for holding the silent auction where attendees can mingle. The cons are its rather crowded dining room and the fact that we never know until January whether we will be able to have a Saturday or Sunday date. Non-profit weddings take precedent over charity events such as ours. The zoning laws require them to have no more than 16 events per year. There was one suggestion that we go back to a strictly Santa Maria barbecue with tri-tip, beans, garlic bread and salad as we’ve had in the past. We had a few problems with registration since we had a number of volunteers with no experience. One suggestion is that the number on silent auction paddles be placed with a black marker at the time of registration. Compliments were given to the Keller Williams placemats which included the names of the major sponsors. It was recommended that not the same 2 or 3 seek sponsors every year.