Axis Newsletter-September 5, 2021 (Sep 05, 2021)

Published: September 5, 2021

Sep 07, 2021

Geoff Green

SBCC Foundation

Geoff came to Santa Barbara in 1990 as a UCSB student and found his passion in campus and community organizations working for social justice and environmental health.

He served as Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Fund from 2003 to 2015, during which time the organization tripled in size, built new partnerships, and launched the Youth Making Change program. Geoff is currently CEO of the SBCC Foundation and has led the effort to establish the SBCC Promise.

Geoff is familar to our club for his help coordinating our annual SBCC Career Technical scholarships. His Rotary credentials include being honored as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara North in 2006.

Sep 21, 2021 12:00 PM

Rachel Tennant, CDO Randall Goodman, MD

SEE International

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We meet the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month at 12:00 PM.

Zoom meetings open at 11:45 for those who'd like to socialize before the program begins.

Our Club is joining forces with a local Lions Club to staff a polling place for the September 14th gubernatorial recall election.

Participating volunteers prepared by attending a comprehensive training class offered by the Santa Barbara County Elections Office on August 31st.

Thanks to all who attended.

A recent directive from Rotary International headquarters advised withholding travel or hosting large Rotary events until after December 31, 2021. As a result, the 2021 District Conference dates have been changed.

The conference will NOT be in October. Instead we are looking to confirm new dates at the end of January 2022 at a location in Santa Barbara.

For those who have already registered for the conference, you do NOT need to cancel your registration, unless the new dates do not fit your schedule, in which case your fee will be refunded.

For those who made a hotel room reservation at the Ventura Marriott, you need to call the hotel and cancel your room: 805.643.6000

All previously promoted speakers are available and will be with us in January, so even with this change, we are excited to bring a Conference that is vibrant, interesting, and unique.

Hope to see you there!

Member Birthdays

James Fenkner

September 19

Join Date

Kurt Koenig

September 1, 1993

28 years

John Lucchetti

September 15, 2015

6 years

Fellow Rotarians,

I hope everyone has a wonderful and restful Labor Day Weekend! Special thanks to Bruce and Cathy for hosting a Labor Day celebration at their beautiful home over the weekend!

Thanks also to Annette, Jason, Liz, Kati, Peter and everyone who helped bag food for the Salvation Army last Friday afternoon. Another great “hands on” project brought to you by our excellent Community Service Director, Anita!

Our District has decided to postpone the District Conference in Mid-October in Ventura. This decision was a difficult one but they made the decision based on increasing COVID infections throughout our area, California and the entire Country.

The conference will be moved to late January 2022 and will be held somewhere in the Santa Barbara area. The event will include a District Foundation Gala Event and possibly a District “hands on” fundraising event like the Rise Against Hunger we have participated in over the past few years.

We are excited to begin meeting at the Music Academy of the West starting with our meeting on October 5th. We hope the health situation has improved by then but we will follow all the CDC, County Health and Rotary guidelines on meeting in person. Our plan is to use various Montecito and Santa Barbara restaurants to prepare 3-4 lunch choices for each meeting. We have some very good speakers lined up over the next several weeks and I would like to thank Kati, Kerri and Lora for doing a great job providing interesting speakers for our Club.

Lora and I will plan to Zoom in (from vacation) to the September 7th meeting to hear an update from Geoff Green, President of the Santa Barbara City College Foundation. I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.

Tom

Labor Day Social

Cathy Cash & Tony Morris at the Labor Day Putluck

Cathy Cash and Bruce McRoy hosted members at their home for a relaxing Labor Day potluck. Guests shared fellowship and a delicious selection of home cooked dishes.