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August 24, 2021 – The Rotary Club of Del Mar has a club social at New English Brewery on Sorrento Valley Blvd. Unfortunately, management failed to have a food truck at the brewery so all we had was beer. That was just too bad.😎👍🍺🍻

August 24, 2021 – I joined District Governor Dan Gensler for lunch at 127 West Social House in Fallbrook Village for his official club visit. We had to use 2 stacked booster seats to create a stand for DG Dan’s laptop for his prepared remarks. The West Social House was not open to the publicContinue reading “DG Visit to the Rotary Club of Fallbrook Village”

August 23, 2021 – I attended the District Conference Planning Committee Meeting via Zoom. Room turn over for lunch. All is good for a 30 minutes period. Registration is at 148 for for Friday night and 154 for for the meeting. September 6 is the cutoff for registrations. We need healthcare workers to participate onContinue reading “District Conference Planning Committee Meeting”

August 19, 2021 – We spent the afternoon at the Del Mar Race Track and the Thoroughbred Club as guests of Joe Harper. We enjoyed the buffet and adult beverages. I was able to win $147 on one race betting on the long shot. We were joined by Distict Governor Dan Gensler.

August 17, 2021 – I had a lasagna lunch at Cicciotti’s Trattoria Italiana & Seafood in Encinitas for the DG Dan Gensler’s official visit to the Rotary Club of Encinitas Coastal. This was our 15th club visit.

August 14, 2021 – I hosted the District Membership Seminar on Zoom. We had nearly 40 members attend the meetings. We used 6 breakout rooms to discuss how they plan to increase their membership. I forgot take screen shots of the event. The Zoom meeting was recorded.

August 13, 2021 – The next meeting is August 23 at 3:30 pm. Reviewed that I am reporting numbers every Tuesday morning. Event Marketing – Erika and Rachael – Facebook Live event this morning with DG Dan, 135 people were reached. They need more information from speakers and event chairs so they can do dailyContinue reading “District Conference Planning Committee”

August 213, 2021 – I attended a meeting of the leadership between District 5340 and District 4100 in Northwest Mexico. There were translator helping us Spanish challenged attendees. Human Trafficking – October 1st 2022 Human Trafficking Symposium, D4100 is invited. Mexico Home Building in Mexico – Dan Gensler – D4100 – National Project Fair inContinue reading “District 5340 and District 4100”

August 12, 2021 – District Governor Dan Gensler made his official visit to the Rotary Club of Del Mar. I was running the hybrid meeting setup for the meeting. The meeting was back at Jimmy O’s. Assistant Governor Luis Carranza introduced the District Governor then sat up stairs in the balcony.

August 11, 2021 – Club visit number 13 for District Governor Dan Gensler. We met with the Rotary Club of La Mesa at the La Mesa Community Center. Box lunches were catered in with a Eastern European chicken and rice, not your rubber chicken.