The Youth of Rotary is in Our Hands

Rotary Club of Cayucos-Seaside Thursday, September 17th, 2009 Call to order: 7:10 am In Attendance: Sherry, Jessica, Dan, Emily, Craig, Pam, Gary, Liz G., Jan, Linda, Caz. Pledge Invocation Club Business: ï‚· Tonight is the club social at Emily's house 6:00 p.m. ï‚· Liz W. is in the Bay News for her honor as Rotarian of the Year ï‚· Morro Bay Avocado and Margarita Festival this Saturday where you will find the best ceviche made by our very own Rotarian, Gary Barker. ï‚· We cannot fundraise while screening the documentary. ï‚· Craig is recently back from Baja and thinks he may need help with riding. Craig will attend the board meeting next Thursday morning to continue working on the details. ï‚· Electronic: coastal electronics has agreed to provide storage. ï‚· District conference is coming up at the end of October. ï‚· Morro Bay 50/50 tickets-Get selling! ï‚· October 17th in Oxnard is the foundation meeting. ï‚· If any one is interested in a clean up effort in Baja, the dates are still to be determined. ï‚· Viva Las Vegas in Cambria is the same day as Basic PRLS at 6:00, October 10th. Hit the PRLS seminar and then over for libations, fun and fellowship. ï‚· Turn in your ballots for the next officers. ï‚· Sherry has accepted the position for Group 11 representative. ï‚· Guest Speaker: Dominik Tartaglia Rotaract with San Luis Obispo ï‚· Dominik graduated from Cal Poly and wanted to get involved with the community. ï‚· October of last year was their last meeting. They are 10 strong and continuing to build. They want 15 members in order to charter. ï‚· They are involved with beach clean-ups, high school clean ups, Big Brothers & Big sisters. Involved for 18-30 year olds. They meet twice a month. They have a board but its built into the meeting so they still have time with family and work on their professions. ï‚· Sponsorship is important and they are asking $250 from each sponsoring club. ï‚· This club is the training ground for a future in Rotary. ï‚· Sponsorship involves mentoring and the key component is not telling them what to do, but guiding them but still letting them guide their own meetings and coming up with their own projects. ï‚· They have a Facebook page that helps with recruitment. ï‚· It's important for the Rotaract members to be linked with the local Rotary clubs so they can transition into clubs. ï‚· Meetings are in San Luis at Mother's Tavern the first Tuesday and third Wednesday of the month. ï‚· 50/50 Drawing ï‚· Meeting adjourned @ 8:00 am