Bulletins - 2007 - 03/21/2007

This Week's Bulletin Was Written By Dave McKee

THIS WEEK’S MEETING

President Carol brought the meeting to order promptly at 7:30 and enlisted the services of Jeremy Larson for both the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance. This was followed by a enthusiastic rendition of the Burt Bacharach favorite “Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head” lead by Linda Jalving,  Rosalie Kramm and Craig Choi.

SGT. AT ARMS

Our illustrious president Carol won the raffle prize consisting of smoked salmon imported from the great state of Washington by Sgt At Arms Rosalie herself.

GUESTS

Prospective new members Craig Choi, Robin Lewison, Susan O’Brien, Peter Dennehy, Richard Evans, Becky Steadman were joined by Frank De Francesco’s lovely wife Chris and several visiting Rotarians Kevin Clark and Colin Weed from Club 33 and S. Harden from the Southeast Rotary Club.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Lynn Hamilton’s birthday was celebrated with an announcement and appropriate contribution by Lynn.
• Carol reminded members of the District Assembly Meeting Sat. March 24th, nine members have signed up to attend.
• Eileen Henesey gave a progress report on our Wiggin’ Out fund raiser and passed around a sign up sheet for attendees.
• The Four Way Speech winner will be recognized  April 3rd at the District Council meeting.
• Multiple Paul Harris Fellow awards were presented to Cynthia and Jay Sener. Daughter Gabriel (18 mos) also received her first Paul Harris Fellow award making them a family of Paul Harris Fellows!
• Dave Ferguson announced he had received $25K in commitments for the fall “Holes for Heroes” golf tournament.
• Members were also reminded of the upcoming District Conference in Ensenada May 18th through 20th advising that the host hotel is sold out and they are negotiating rates at a nearby hotel. It promises to be an exciting event!
• Lucy Killea encouraged members to attend a one woman performance of “Native Saint: The Amazing Journey of Juan Diego” written and performed by Luce Amen April 1, 2007 at 5 pm at USD presented by Rachel’s Women’s Center.
• Heather Xitco announced City approval for the Information Kiosks for Balboa Park.
• Alan Talbot, missing of late from our weekly meetings, joined us for breakfast and brought us up to date on the fine accomplishments of both of his sons.
• Not to be outdone Alex Kwoka shared with us the accomplishments of her two sons also.

THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM

Our speaker was, Cecile Bereal, President and founder of RMA Management Alliance, Inc. and she discussed “Intergenerational Issues in the Work Place” or “Who’s on First?” Ms. Bereal identified four different age groups populating today’s workforce, Generation Y’ers, Generation X’ers, Baby Boomers and Traditionalists. Each grew up under remarkably different conditions and developed attitudes and perspectives that are startlingly different, especially when thrown together in the same workplace. Speaking from the leading edge of the Baby Boom generation I confess to being surprised at the differences between the generations and the complexity those differences produce for anyone trying to motivate, manage or simply crate a productive work environment. It was truly an enlightening discussion.