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February 12, 2021 – Members include Co-Chairs LuAnn Miller and Suzanne Moore. Event is scheduled for September 10, 11 and 12 at the Dell on Coronado. Dan reported that the event has been moved to the Crown Room but will be bumped out by 3 pm for a wedding. March 13 deadline in the contract;Continue reading “District Conference Planning Committee”

February 11, 2021 – The weekly meeting was lead by PDG Janice Kurth. Sharon Schendel gave a presentation of COVID-19 variants. Matt Kurth talked about the current status of vaccinations.

February 8, 2021 – The 6 pm evening meeting included the clubs of Area 3; Carlsbad, Carlsbad Hi-Noon, San Marco and Vista. The meeting was attended by District Governor Steve Weitzen, District Governor Elect Dan Gensler, new Assistant Governor for Area 3 Dawn VanSiclen, and Chief Aide and Chief Assistant Governor Susie Callahan. The meetingContinue reading “Area 3 Presidents Meeting”

February 8, 2021 – Training for Assistant Governors Goal is “Each one, Bring one” for improvement membership from the new RI President. Learning Center has 13 courses in 4 hr, 45 min for Assistant Governors.https://learn.rotary.org/members/learn/lp/121/assistant-governor-basics We spent some time talking about membership growth and how we can improve.

February 4, 2021 – Erika Rodriquez was introduced as the new District Administrator. Chuck as the District Governor Nominee is acting at the Chief of Staff and lead the meeting. Membership Goal 1.3 million for next Rotary year, an increase of 100,000. 2,876 down 23 members from the beginning of the year. We talked throughContinue reading “D5340 Leadership Meeting”

February 4, 2021 – We had a speaker from Grozny, Chechnya, Aslan Guluev speak to the club on the support our club provides them in Chechnya. He was joined by Emiliya Salamova and Rakham Zaburaev.

January 21, 2021 – This meeting is all about Rotary branding and is Pre-PETS Training for Presidents Elect prior to attending Presidents Elect Training Seminars (PETS). The meeting started with PDG Scott Carr talking about branding.

January 21, 2021 – I had the honor addressing the club as their TRF Chair and give them an update as to the status of club TRF giving. The guest speaker was James Mauliola talking about the 30 meter telescope (TMT) in Hawaii. he mentioned that native Hawaiians will suffer if TMT is not built.Continue reading “RCDM Weekly Meeting”

January 14, 2021 – Started out today with the International Services Committee with guest speaker Deborah Plotkin. The project is for Uganda with the Rotary Club of Mbale. https://www.mbalerotaryclub.org/ For the regular meeting, District Governor Steve Weitzen mad his official visit to the club. He was accompanied by his Chief Aide Susan Callahan and theContinue reading “RCDM Weekly Meetings”

January 7, 2021 – I attended the Rotary Club of Carlsbad 7:00 pm meeting as part of my responsibilities at Assistant Governor for Area 3. The club reported charitable giving of $57K for the 2020 calendar year. Chief Neil Gallucci of the Carlsbad Police Department was the guest speaker. Primary topic, policing in the timeContinue reading “Rotary Club of Carlsbad”