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November 5, 2020 – Our meeting calendar is noted below. Our speaker was Chris Stewart club member and certified drug and alcohol counselor. Chris talked about leaving home at 15 and path through drug/alcohol abuse and homelessness. Chris has a book: Prayers, Punk rock and Pastry: From a hopeless dope fiend to a dopeless hope.Continue reading “RCDM Weekly Meeting”

October 29, 2020 – Today my friend, fellow Rotarian and President Elect Sharon Schendel, PhD, was our guest speaker. She talked about her work at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology https://www.lji.org/ working on COVID-19 antibodies. I forgot to take live screen shots during the meeting so I have captured a few from our club’sContinue reading “RCDM Weekly Meeting”

October 27, 2020 – District Governor Elect Dan Gensler has been having dinners at his home in Coronado for District 5340 Presidents elect. This date was dinner number 8. We had Greek dinner brought in from Spiro’s Greek Cafe. https://www.spirosgreekcafe.com/ The menu is the same for each dinner. I like Greek food but it tendsContinue reading “Presidents Elect Dinner #8”

October 27, 2020 – I joined a meeting where we discussed the Wine Tasting Event during the 2020 District Conference. Mike Whitehurst (Downtown Breakfast) and from Coronado Club Robin MacCartee, Jane Simeral., Susanne Manual, Pat Flynn, Kitt Williams, Sue Mack, and Dan Gensler attended the Zoom call Scott Anderson is help Dan with negotiating withContinue reading “2020 District Conference Planning”

October 26, 2020 – I was the Master of Ceremony at the Rotary Club of Del Mar’s 8th Annual Chili and Quackers Challenge or otherwise know as Ducky Derby. The event was held at the Viewpoint Brewery in Del Mar in person and via Zoom and live streamed on Facebook Live. We had a lotContinue reading “Chili and Quackers Challenge”

October 24, 2020 – CCI Pup in Program (PIP) Emerald V, 15 month old black lab and I went on a 4 mile walk to raise money for Rotary’s End Polio Now Campaign.

October 24, 2020 – I interviewed for District Governor of District 5340 for Rotary Year 2023-24. This was my 2nd time. I interviewed to be District Governor for Rotary Year 2022-23 October 2019 and was not selected. As can be seen from District 5340 Facebook page, I was not selected again. Saturday, October 24, 2020,Continue reading “Interview for District Governor”

October 22, 2020 – Today began with joining the Youth Service Committee. The committee approved funds for La Colonia and MiraCosta College. We were updated on Sunset High School. There was a discussion about the 4-Way Speech Contest. The Committee Chair asked for volunteers to lead our club’s effort. We heard about how overwhelmed andContinue reading “RCDM Weekly Meeting”

October 21, 2020 – I joined a Zoom meeting with host Aslan Guluev form the Rotary Club of Gronzy, Russia of District 2223. We discussed the collaboration between our two clubs and Open World. The Open World program was established in 1999 to expose emerging Russian political and civic leaders to American civil society throughContinue reading “Grozny Rotary Club Zoom Meeting”

October 20, 2020 – I attended a monthly Assistant Governor meeting hosted by DG Nominee Chuck Pretto. I used the End Polio Now shoes as my background. This was in support of the End Polio Now Virtual Walk on World Polio Day, Saturday, October 24, 2020. Rotaract Leader for District 5340 Bradley Day was onContinue reading “District 5340 AG Meeting”