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October 20, 2022 – The weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Del Mar was back at Jimmy O’s. The guest speaker was Linda Rahn, Executive Director, Fisher House of Southern California. The meeting was lead by President Sharon Schendel. Donna joined me attending the meeting with Omeeka. I hosted the Facebook Live streaming ofContinue reading “Rotary Club of Del Mar”

October 17, 2022 – The session was conducted via Zoom at 5pm. Nick Taylor Club and District Support & Geoff Cochran from The Rotary Foundation, Annual Giving Officer. RI has 8 offices world wide with 800 staff.

October 17, 2022 – I attended the meeting via Zoom at 3 pm. The meeting’s focus on the District Conference. We have now $830K in expectant giving. The committee’s emphasis is to increase legacy giving to The Rotary Foundation Endowment Fund. The goal is $2.5B in 2025.

October 15, 2022 – At Cathedral Catholic High School, a regional post season competition was conducted for robotic teams. The Rotary Club of Del Mar and some it’s members support the Torrey Pines Robotics Club. They are team 3647 The Millennium Falcons. The competition was put on by First Robotics https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc. For short, they areContinue reading “Torrey Pines High School Robotics Club”

October 15, 2022 – I attended the 8th grade overnight camp at Cuyamaca Outdoor School at the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park called Leadership, Ethics, Aspirations and Determination (LEAD) sponsored by Rotary District 5340. It was cloudy, foggy and by the afternoon rain was coming down. It was chilly. I had not brought a coat. IContinue reading “LEAD”

October 15, 2022 – Via Zoom on a Saturday at 9 am, Chief Aid Kay Barron and I conducted a pre President Elect Training Seminar (PETS). The October curriculum consisted of protecting personal data, working working with club leadership and the Rotary International strategic plan. We had 3 guest faculty, Sharon Schendel current president, RotaryContinue reading “October 2022 PrePETS”

October 13, 2022 -Via Zoom at4 pm, I attended the District 5340 Leadership Team Meeting. Foundation – $131,000 in District Grants have been received and is in the process of being distributed. Membership – The District is up 12 members this year. Training – Tom will lead the Treasurer session at DTA. We may bringContinue reading “District Leadership Team Meeting”

October 12, 2022 – Via Zoom at 5 pm, I attended the monthly meeting of all Zone 26 & 27 District Governors Elect with Rotary International Director Vicki Puliz. Vicki reviewed the agenda items and events at the GETS training and for the Zone Institute. We review our progress with PETS with Dan Himelspach, RIContinue reading “RID and DGE Monthly Meeting”

October 11, 2022 – Via Zoom at 6 pm, we reviewed the book Midnight Library by Matt Haig. I listen to the book via Audible. “Between life and death there is a library.  When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her lifeContinue reading “RCDM Book Club”

October 10, 2022 – During this session, we each practiced our 2 minutes speech and received very important feedback. I went first as I logged into the session first.