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July 9, 2021 – I attended the monthly meeting of the District Conference Committee to be held in September 2021. Sponsorships – Luis Carranza – Prime lending will be a $5,000 sponsor. Marketing and Promotion – Erika – She wants to do a Facebook Live event to promote the conference. Wine Tasting EPN – KittContinue reading “District Conference Committee Meeting”

July 7, 2021 – Susie Callahan lead a meeting to review topics related to the District Conference. Eleven of the 16 AGs attended. The ask to the Club Presidents are donations for the End Polio Now and the TRF Polio Fund are $10 per person in each club, $250 auction item from each club. IfContinue reading “DG Meeting with AGs”

June 25, 2021 – I hosted a Zoom Meeting to conduct Special District 5340 Conference with the single agenda of approving the revised District 5340 Bylaws. Suggestions were noted for a few formatting and minor grammar correction. The corrections would be made before the bylaws are published final. The meeting was recorded and Donna tookContinue reading “Special District 5340 Conference”

June 27, 2021 – Donna and joined the Rotary Club of Del for a Community Service Project at the San Dieguito River Park. Are main task was to remove on native plants from the Park under the supervision of the Park Ranger. The project coordinated and lead by Past President Bob Fuchs. We mostly pulledContinue reading “RCDM Community Service Project – San Dieguito River Park”

June 19, 2021 – Donna and I attended the Demotion Party for Dugan Lamoise at Janice and Matt Kurth’s residence. Dugan was proclaimed the Great of All Time (GOAT). And sure enough, she was presented a goat. I was awarded the Chief Cook and Bottle Wash award from Dugan. Lots of fun! Brett Mattei wasContinue reading “RCDM Demotion/Promotion Dinner”

June 22, 2021 – Work continued on downsizing the District 5340 storage unit to one half the size. On this 3 hour work project was DGN Chuck Pretto, Bonnie Welsh and me. Sadly, we needed to throw out all Rotary branded items that were not compliant with the current Rotary branding standards. Plus we sentContinue reading “District Storage Unit”

May 20, 2021 – Our guest speaker was Nick Taylor from RI talking about Club Central, and adding goals. The budget for District 5340 for 2021-22 was presented. The vote was unanimous to approve the budget as seen by the polling results above.

June 24, 2021 – I attended the ceremony at the Agua Hedionda Discovery Center in Carlsbad to demote Ava Payne and promote Bill Walsh to the presidency of the Rotary Club of Carlsbad. District Governor Steve Weitzen was honored him with a aluminum foil cap to prevent EMP from the overhead high power ;line whichContinue reading “Rotary Club of Carlsbad Demotion/Promotion Ceremony”

June 17, 2021 – Dan started the meeting discussing the District Conference. 10 more rooms have been added to the Hotel del Coronado. Auctions Items – The AGs will be contacting the Presidents to capture items to be donated. $333,333 in EPN donation to be matched by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for $1,000,000.Continue reading “Presidents Elect Training Meeting”

May 24, 2021 – I attended the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Carlsbad Hi-Noon as the Assistant Governor for Area 3. They conducted a hybrid at their normal location, the Westin in Carlsbad. I was on via Zoom. The guest speaker was Nita Kurmins Gilson and Steve Hollenbeck off ProduceGood in Carlsbad andContinue reading “Rotary Club of Carlsbad Hi-Noon”