Paul Butler gave a detailed outline of his role as the Foundation Chair (FC). He said he loves it so much that he will be the Foundation Chair next year also :-). He showed Jan Parsons' USB drive that had all the information that Jan collected during her role as FC. Some of his KEY tasks are --
- Monitor and make sure the club is still in the EREY (Every Rotarian Every Year) category - minimum $25 donation from every member.
- Send out emails to all members about the various awards, such as Paul Harris, EREY, etc.
- Present the Paul Harris pin and award to all members that contribute $1,000 or more each year.
- Mail all the checks back to Chicago office.
- Get all the reports online about the various awards and inform all members.
- Attend the Foundation seminar in fall.
- Deposit all the checks collected for Bocce to the Bocce account.
- Club's current cash balance is $52,000 after donating $25k towards the Solutions for Change van.
1. Why did you choose that position? He chose that since he saw Charles and Jan do this and wanted to follow their footsteps :-).
2. How would you improve it? Bringing some videos to show to the club and motivate other members.
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Susan Hennenfent showed pictures of DMSB's recognition on the Solutions for Change delivery van. Our club donated $25,000 towards the purchase of the van.
She also announced that Reality Changers has selected our Del Mar-Solana Beach Rotary Club to participate in the Malin Burnham Awards as a 2018 honoree for the "Reality Changers 100" - an elite group of San Diego leaders and organizations that have changed the reality of San Diego and are most emblematic of Malin Burnham's motto of "Community Before Self."
** Winners will be determined by online voting so we need all members' & freinds' help.
Please go to the following LINK: www.Malin.RealityChangers.org/Vote.
Vote once a day in the category "Most-Admired Service Organization" until April 26th. Please also post it on your social media sites and invite your friends and families to vote for us.
In addition to voting, join us on May 8th at UCSD to learn who has won the award for Most-Admired Service Organization in San Diego by purchasing tickets to the award ceremony. 100% of proceeds will support students at Reality Changers.
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Malcolm gave a quick update on Bocctoberfest. He said that the venue contract has been signed and that the date is Sunday September 30, 2018 at the Surf Cup Sports Park. His budget for this year is $85K but to net $65K.
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Jan announced about the wonderful honor being bestowed on our own George Sousa, who was picked to be an Honor Flight recipient for his service in the Korean War. He will be flying with 80 other WWII and Korean veterans on a charter jet to Washington DC where he will be wined and dined and treated with great honor & respect as they visit various DC memorials from May 4-6. Jan has emailed more details to all members. George knows of his selection.
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Finally, I received some pictures form Bill & Suzanne Sutton after they attended the RIGA International Rotary club in Riga, which is the capital of Latvia. They had wonderful lunch there and exchanged the club flags.
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