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Welcome to the Santa Rosa East Rotary.
Our Rotary International President, John Kenny’s theme for this year is, “The Future of Rotary is in YOUR Hands!” Future projects, future members and future fundraising goals are critically dependent on a Rotary club that has an engaged membership. This year’s theme could very easily be passed over as just another pithy phrase attempting to motivate Rotarians into action. It is my hope that during my year as your President, we can indeed continue to build on the Rotary club’s tradition and history of “Service Above Self”.
During the 2009-2010 I hope we will partner with other Rotarians around the world to continue making a differences for the hungry, sick and disenfranchised.
On the International front, we’ve already put into motion a project, together with two other Rotary clubs and a Rotary International matching grant, funding an electrical generator for a Medical Clinic in Kitwii, Kenya. I am personally going to travel to the project in October 2009 to meet the people we are helping and bring back a report. In addition I’ve set a goal of raising at least $1500 towards the Polio plus campaign this year just by collecting an extra dollar or two each week as we pay for our lunches.
In our own community, we are committed to continuing distribution of dictionaries to third grader but we’ve hoping to do more by developing a literacy project within the Latino community. By distribution of Spanish/English dictionaries to first graders within a large Spanish speaking student populations we can reach their parents with a tool that can help them at home. We are also exploring other local programs and institutions for funding through our educational scholarships and endowment.
These are just a few of the many service projects we are engaging in for good in our community and in the world. As members of Santa Rosa East Rotary I’m asking all of you do at least two thing this year: 1) Find a program niche to get involved in and contact that club committee. Don’t be content to sit on the sideline and let others carry the ball. Everyone gets to play on this team. 2) Bring at least one guest this year to our meeting to introduce them to our club. The strength of any organization is in its membership. You all know people who would be an asset to our club. Invite them. Thanks for all your support and lets have a great year.
In Rotary service together,
John Teague, President
Announcements and Events
October 30 - November 9
Festival of Brotherhood, Guadalajara and Tepic, Mexico. Deposits were due July 1, but call Dale Knight and plead your case if you want to go. Details on District web page.
November 5
Veterans Tribute Lunch. 11:30 to 1:30, Santa Rosa Memorial Veterans Building, 1351 Maple (across from the fairgrounds). Club is dark preceeding Tuesday, Nov. 3.
November 9
Board of Directors Mtg., 5:30 pm, McDonald Leavitt Offices, 2800 Cleveland. November 14
Rotary Foundation Dinner South.
Doubletree Hotel, Rohnert Park,
6:00 PM Champagne Reception with No Host Bar 7:00 PM Dinner and Program Black Tie Optional November 19
SCARC - Rohnert Park/Cotati
December 5 (tentative)
Handicapables. Presbyterian Church of the Roses, 8:30 am. Details to follow.
December 8
Club Assembly, 12:15 pm, Flamingo December 12 (tentative)
Salvation Army Bell Ringing at Lucky Market, Montgomery Village, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.
December 14
Board of Directors Mtg., 5:30 pm, McDonald Leavitt Offices, 2800 Cleveland. December 16 (tentative)
SRE Christmas Dinner/Party. Details to follow.
December 18
Valley of the Moon Rotary Raffle drawing. Win a 14 day luxurious European river cruise for two plus 3 nights in Vienna. Only 1,000 tickets at $50 each will be sold. Call 696-9377 for more info.
December 22
Special Christmas lunch at the Flamingo.
January 28
SCARC - Sonoma Valley
January 11
Board of Directors Mtg., 5:30 pm, McDonald Leavitt Offices, 2800 Cleveland. January 28
SCARC - Sonoma Valley
February 8
Board of Directors Mtg., 5:30 pm, McDonald Leavitt Offices, 2800 Cleveland. Special Valentines Day lunch at the Flamingo. Bring your sweetheart.
February 25
SCARC - Cloverdale Crab Feed. Don't miss this one!!!
March 5-7 (tentative)
PETS for President Elect Kim. Do you know the way to San Jose?
March 8
Board of Directors Mtg., 5:30 pm, McDonald Leavitt Offices, 2800 Cleveland. March 10 (tenative)
SRE annual crab feed at Wild Oak. This one's just for fun. See you there. Details to follow.
March 23
Club Assembly, 12:15 pm, Flamingo March 25
SCARC - Rancho Cotati.
March 26 - 30 (tenative)
Interact Leadership Conference at Alliance Redwoods Camp in Occidental.
March 27
SRE Annual Dinner/Dance Auction. This is our big event of the year and all hands will be there. Pres-Elect Kim says the theme is Roarin' 20s so get your zoot suits and flapper dresses to the cleaners and get ready to dance the night away. Remember to stay away from anyone carrying a violin case. Details to follow.
April 2-3 (tenative)
District 5130 Assembly. Details TBA.
April 12
Board of Directors Mtg., 5:30 pm, McDonald Leavitt Offices, 2800 Cleveland. April 29
SCARC - Santa Rosa Sunrise.
May 10
Board of Directors Mtg., 5:30 pm, McDonald Leavitt Offices, 2800 Cleveland. May 13-16
District 5130 Conference. Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert Park. Details TBA.
May 27
SCARC - Santa Rosa East
June 14
Board of Directors Mtg., 5:30 pm, McDonald Leavitt Offices, 2800 Cleveland. June 20-23
Rotary International Convvention. Montreal, Canada. Details TBA.
June 20-25 (tentative)
RYLA. Westminster Woods in Occidental.
June 24 (tentative)
SRE East BBQ dinner at RYLA camp.
June 29
Club Assembly, President John's farewell PAST- PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE By Dan Drummond New President John has his hands full as he wades in to the new year. While he's handling the real important stuff, and boy is there a bunch of it, I'm taking the liberty of updating the web page and I need your help. One of the issues about this web page is how best to use it. The board of directors is seeking input from all club members as to what features you want, what would be useful. There's talk of putting the membership roster on line. So too with the minutes to the board of directors meetings. Both of these raise some security issues. Currently, this site is available to anyone and for that reason we have not published matters some might consider as personal or confidential. We can create "members only" pages to which only club members would have access. That arrangement would likely require assigning passwords, either as a group or individually. The last thing any of us needs is yet another password to remember, yet a group password would be difficult to control. So, what are your thoughts? Talk to me or John and let us know what you want. This is after all, your web page.
Buck in the Bowl. You see that fishbowl sitting next to Sgt. at Arms Tom everyweek at check-in? No, that's not his margarita glass. That's there to help in our final push to eradicate polio. Every dollar helps and goes to our Polio Plus committment. Pres. John has set a goal of $1,500 by the end of his year. Drop in a buck as you pass by.
Debunking. Thank you once again to Ann, Kenn, Ken, Larry, Marilyn, Julius and Mercedes, Kate (both of you), Richard, John, Steve, Phyllis, Mike, Kay and everyone else who made my debunking the great event it was and my year as president so enjoyable. Thanks so much to you all. It's been an honor.
And on a final, note, yes, we'll be changing the pictures as soon as we can get a good one of John. Anyone know a good photographer?  |
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