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September 30, 2020. Today the Rotary Club of Del Mar had a cooking class broadcast on Zoom called “Not Your Mother’s Pesto.” The class was provided by Matt and Janice Kurth. The 3 recipes are located at the link: https://www.gubernator.com/cooking This was a lot of fun and I learned about 3 different types of pesto.Continue reading “Not Your Mother’s Pesto”

September 24, 2020. Today we inducted a new member Sharon Perkowski. Yeah!!! We had an outstanding speaker today, Karl Zingheim, USS Midway Historian and a professor of military history. His presentation was entitled “San Diego Rising: The Navy Takes Notice.” It was absolutely fascinating what we learned today about the history of the Navy presenceContinue reading “RCDM Weekly Meeting”

September 20, 2020 – I was invited to attend a Zoom meeting with Sister Ethel of Missionvale Care Center of Port Elizabeth, South Africa to learn more about the operation. https://www.missionvale.co.za/about-us-topmenu.html She has 300 students in the school and they service up to 900 in the local area. Here is the link to the USContinue reading “Sunday with Sister Ethel”

September 17, 2020, I hosted a Zoom Meeting for the District 5340 2020-21 Presidents Elect. The topic covered was the Rotary Learning Center presented by Kimberly Kouame of Rotary International. We also discussed the Pre-PETS training curriculum and what would be discussed at our next meeting in October 2020.

September 17, 2020 – US Attorney, Southern District, Robert Brewer was our guest speaker. Bob was a member of the Rotary Club of Del Mar. As a Pilates instructor, President Dugan started the meeting with a simple stretching exercise.

September 16, 2020. I hosted a District Leadership Meeting via Zoom led by DG Steven Weitzen with guest speaker Nick Taylor, Associate Officer, Rotary International, Club and District Support, Americas. Nick reviewed the functions and support provided to Rotary Clubs and Districts. There were just over 40 participants including Club Presidents, Presidents Elect and PastContinue reading “September District Leadership Meeting”

September 14, 2020, the Rotary Club of Del Mar conducted a club social organized by Suz Wagner at the Viewpoint Brewery in Del Mar using social distancing and face masks. I had a Zoom Meeting later in the evening so I participated in the event by Zoom. Four 32 oz cans of different beers wereContinue reading “RCDM Social at Viewpoint Brewery”

Rotary District 5340 has a Advisory Council consisting of past District Governors to advise and support the current District Governor. Tonight I hosted a Zoom meeting of the Advisory Council to review future enactments going before the Council of Legislation. I was not involved in the discussion, I just hosted the meeting. It was goodContinue reading “Advisory Council Meeting”

Very sad news today, David Ringrose a long time member of our club died today in his sleep at home. The club used recognition points to give him his 3rd Paul Harris Fellow in his wife’s name. Our annual Chili & Quakers with event Chair Matt Kurth was briefly discussed. Today’s speaker was San DiegoContinue reading “Weekly Meeting of Rotary Club of Del Mar”

Today we received updates on our project supported by grants: G-2464 Human Trafficking in the COVID-19 Era https://www.matchinggrants.org/global/project2464.html and G-2413 Menstrual Hygiene Project https://www.matchinggrants.org/global/project2413.html One project discussed was the Baja California Clean Water Project, G-1579 using bio-sand filters to support the local schools. There may be another water project for Ensenada using state-of the-art filtersContinue reading “Rotary Club of Del Mar, International Services Committee”