July 7 2014 - Rotary Forum

 
Program July 7, 2015: Pres. Joel Conn-“Some Highlights RI Annual Convention in São Paulo Brazil and What We Are Going to Do This New Rotary Year”
By Dick Dannells
Pres. Joel opened his inaugural meeting of this new Rotary year at 12:38 PM by auctioning off the fine-free badge to John and Martha Murphy for $120.
FINES:
Pres. Joel levied $10 fines on the member Rotarians at 3 out of the 5 tables for failing to have any to guests at their table. He levied a $25 fine on Dick Dannells for failing to introduce his wife Sarah Conn.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pres. Joel gave a short video promoting the District Conference to be held on October 3- October 4 in Bakersfield. He then called Greg Baker to the podium to remind everyone that the Summer Sizzle fundraiser will be held on Saturday, August 15. Greg reported that a meeting would be held immediately after this meeting and circulated a sign-up sheet for volunteers to work at this event. Lee Ann Liscombe would appreciate it if anyone found a clipboard at the demotion banquet to let her know. Roger Frederickson announced that he is being deployed to Iraq at the end of September and received a standing ovation for his upcoming service. Jack Hardy presented Pres. Joel with his new Rotary Bell, which he had failed to take home after the demotion banquet. Jack had him spin the wheel indicating a $50 fine. John Traversaro and his wife Marcia reported on that the Pinot for Polio fundraising campaign was going very well and a number of cases of this wine were sold at the recent District Event. They hope that every member will buy at least one case and distribute the bottles among their wine drinking friends and acquaintances.
Program-“Some Highlights RI Annual Convention in São Paulo Brazil”
Pres. Joel began by showing a 10 minute multimedia presentation of him and Sarah’s experiences at the convention and his trip to Rio de Janeiro. He was particularly struck with the poverty in the Santa Marta District of Rio having a population between 300,000 and 400,000 people. The drug lords live at the top of the mountain with lofty views of the ocean and Christ the Redeemer (statue) so that when the police try to make raids on them, their lookouts living below send out warnings.
Program -“What We Are Going to Do This New Rotary Year”
He stated that this year we will our fine record in the District. Some of the goals for the year include: working on small projects in Pismo Beach such as public parklets, of which San Francisco is 43 (Community Services, Monteisa Phelan Lopez); obtaining large sponsorships for Summer Sizzle (Fund Development, Jeff King); 18 Paul Harris Fellows (International Service, Paul Holden); 1 District grant and 1 world grant (Foundation Grants, Steve Curry); net gain of six members (Membership, Michael Boyer); have interesting and engaging programs (Programs, Kari Ziegler); obtain 1000 Facebook likes on our home Facebook page (Public-Relations, Shannon Bowdey); create a database for visitors and a follow-up (Secretary, Deenie Dotson); 3 to 4 vocational visit (vocational services, Cliff Nagler); and continued engagement with RYLA, Interact, and Rotaract (Youth Service, Mark Olson, Michael Boyer and Connie O’Henley). He would like to set up a Crowdsourced Site for fundraising on the social network. He has established the President’s Club with minimum donations of $200. He also started a Happy Buck program. Jack and Sheila’s 43rd anniversary was the first $100 Happy Buck donation and Mike Kee’s sixth anniversary with Lisa resulted in $60 Happy Buck donation. John Traversaro was the first member of the President’s Club with a $500 donation in which he received a bottle of Caipirinha, the Brazilian drink Pres. Joel took back from Brazil. We then raised our paper cups containing a small amount of this drink for a toast for the presidents new year.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY BY MARK OLSON:
"The 4th of July has come and passed, now go in peace.”
 
 
Program July 7, 2015: Pres. Joel Conn-“Some Highlights RI Annual Convention in São Paulo Brazil and What We Are Going to Do This New Rotary Year”
By Dick Dannells
Pres. Joel opened his inaugural meeting of this new Rotary year at 12:38 PM by auctioning off the fine-free badge to John and Martha Murphy for $120.
FINES:
Pres. Joel levied $10 fines on the member Rotarians at 3 out of the 5 tables for failing to have any to guests at their table. He levied a $25 fine on Dick Dannells for failing to introduce his wife Sarah Conn.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pres. Joel gave a short video promoting the District Conference to be held on October 3- October 4 in Bakersfield. He then called Greg Baker to the podium to remind everyone that the Summer Sizzle fundraiser will be held on Saturday, August 15. Greg reported that a meeting would be held immediately after this meeting and circulated a sign-up sheet for volunteers to work at this event. Lee Ann Liscombe would appreciate it if anyone found a clipboard at the demotion banquet to let her know. Roger Frederickson announced that he is being deployed to Iraq at the end of September and received a standing ovation for his upcoming service. Jack Hardy presented Pres. Joel with his new Rotary Bell, which he had failed to take home after the demotion banquet. Jack had him spin the wheel indicating a $50 fine. John Traversaro and his wife Marcia reported on that the Pinot for Polio fundraising campaign was going very well and a number of cases of this wine were sold at the recent District Event. They hope that every member will buy at least one case and distribute the bottles among their wine drinking friends and acquaintances.
Program-“Some Highlights RI Annual Convention in São Paulo Brazil”
Pres. Joel began by showing a 10 minute multimedia presentation of him and Sarah’s experiences at the convention and his trip to Rio de Janeiro. He was particularly struck with the poverty in the Santa Marta District of Rio having a population between 300,000 and 400,000 people. The drug lords live at the top of the mountain with lofty views of the ocean and Christ the Redeemer (statue) so that when the police try to make raids on them, their lookouts living below send out warnings.
Program -“What We Are Going to Do This New Rotary Year”
He stated that this year we will our fine record in the District. Some of the goals for the year include: working on small projects in Pismo Beach such as public parklets, of which San Francisco is 43 (Community Services, Monteisa Phelan Lopez); obtaining large sponsorships for Summer Sizzle (Fund Development, Jeff King); 18 Paul Harris Fellows (International Service, Paul Holden); 1 District grant and 1 world grant (Foundation Grants, Steve Curry); net gain of six members (Membership, Michael Boyer); have interesting and engaging programs (Programs, Kari Ziegler); obtain 1000 Facebook likes on our home Facebook page (Public-Relations, Shannon Bowdey); create a database for visitors and a follow-up (Secretary, Deenie Dotson); 3 to 4 vocational visit (vocational services, Cliff Nagler); and continued engagement with RYLA, Interact, and Rotaract (Youth Service, Mark Olson, Michael Boyer and Connie O’Henley). He would like to set up a Crowdsourced Site for fundraising on the social network. He has established the President’s Club with minimum donations of $200. He also started a Happy Buck program. Jack and Sheila’s 43rd anniversary was the first $100 Happy Buck donation and Mike Kee’s sixth anniversary with Lisa resulted in $60 Happy Buck donation. John Traversaro was the first member of the President’s Club with a $500 donation in which he received a bottle of Caipirinha, the Brazilian drink Pres. Joel took back from Brazil. We then raised our paper cups containing a small amount of this drink for a toast for the presidents new year.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY BY MARK OLSON:
"The 4th of July has come and passed, now go in peace.”
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