ROTARY NEWSLETTER INFORMATION: DATE: September 6, 2017
Reporter: Marti Correa de Garcia
Pledge & Invocation: Marti Correa de Garcia
Photographer: Tim Bigelow
Song Leader & Song: Blas Garza – University of Texas Alma Mater
Visiting Rotarians:
Name Club
Ann Greenspun Rotary Club of Santa Monica
Rotarian Guest:
Name Guest of:
Mike Conte, MD (potential Rotarian)
Kim Selkoe, Director of FishSB President, Ken Oplinger
Jillian Lipinski, American Riviera Bank (potential Rotarian)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tom Jacobs announced Adams School Back to School Night, 9/11/17, need 3 Rotarians to help. Please sign-up to assist and meet the new Principal.
Club Board of Director’s meeting last week discussed Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. All checks should be made out to: SBN Rotary Club Foundation, mailed to Mike Bergquist, 211 Constance Lane, S.B., CA 93105. Blas Garza pledged $200; he received his Masters at the University of Texas, Houston.
District Governor #5240 will be at our club to speak in October.
Club anniversaries: 28th year in Rotary-Tom Jacobs, 17th year in Rotary-Joe Lanza, 8th year in Rotary-Jordan Porter. CONGRATULATIONS!
Donations (Mega Bucks):
Name: Event Donation
Kim Bish In memory of the death of real estate broker,
Chris Casebeer $25.00
Kim Bish Selling agent for son in Tahoe City ($1M property) $25.00
Jordon Porter With only his briefcase he was stuck in Arizona overnight after representing a client in Federal Court. $25.00
Tim Bigelow Son back East, attending college $25
Blas Garza Donation to Foundation for Texas Victims $200
Mega buck for Grandson the Idyllwild Summer Music Camp $25
Joe Dobbs Travel ticket – going to Hawaii $25.0
Marti Correa de Garcia Travel ticket – going to Greece $25.00
Angel Martinez - Santa Barbara Mayoral Candidate
PROGRAM
Tim Bigelow, Program Chair for the month of September introduced guest speaker, Angel Martinez. Mr. Martinez recently retired from Deckers Brands as CEO/President. He is still on the Board of Directors. He announced his bid for City of Santa Barbara Mayor. He is an innovative business leader with 40-years of experience building successful businesses including Reebok, Deckers Brands, Keen Footwear and the Rockport Company.
He is an immigrant from Cuba, leaving in 1958 and growing up in Brooklyn, New York. His family instilled in him the value of taking advantage of every opportunity available to him. He has been a runner his entire life and incorporated his passion into his business success.
Angel was a founding member of the Board of Advisors for the Reebok Human Rights Awards and was executive producer of the Human Rights Now! Tour in 1988, working with Amnesty International. He served on the Board of the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UCSB. He currently serves on the boards of The Santa Barbara Foundation, The Santa Barbara International Film Festival, United Boys and Girls Clubs Advisory Board, and the National Board of Governors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
Now retired and living in downtown Santa Barbara, he is running for Mayor because he believes we need new leadership to make our city the best small city in America.
As usual, we had many questions from our Rotary Club members.
After his presentation Tim Bigelow asked Mr. Martinez to sign a children’s book for the Adams School Library.
