Bulletins - 2008 - 07/16/2008
This
Week's Bulletin Was Written
By Claire Maytum
This week’s invocation was delivered by Claire Maytum with quotes from Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Love, Pray. And, we were raised in song by Jim Mulvaney to get in the spirit of Opening Day at the Del Mar races.
Visiting Rotarians included our District Governor Pam Russell, Bill Sturgeon of Coronado, Dave Breeding of Fallbrook, Kevin Clark of Club 33, Pauline Lim of Shelter Island, and Berit Durler of Club 33.
Guests included Amy Marron, Thomas Fouguet of Rotaract, Robin Bottomley, Thanasi Preovolos, and Robert Rosing.
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President Mel encouraged members to attend the upcoming Membership Seminar on July 26th.
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Frank De Francesco polled interest in a social event at the Star Trek Experience at the Air and Space Museum.
Bill Sturgeon spoke briefly about the Rotary International Youth Symphony. Twenty students are coming from Europe, and, unfortunately, three boys are still in need of host families. Volunteers should contact Susan Bleicher.
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John Addams updated the club about Rolling Readers and passed around a thank you letter made by the students. The next season will begin in October and volunteers can contact John.
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We received an update about our volunteer activities at Stand Down from activity leaders Dave Ferguson and Frank De Francesco. They thanked everyone you gave their time.
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Jeramy Larson and Susan Bleicher reminded the club of our membership goals and distributed pamphlets on “How to Propose a New Member.”
Joe Ciokon, our military liaison, updated us on the Midway and other ship activities.
 Our guest speaker, District Governor Pam Russell was introduced by David Breeding of Fallbrook. As the first female typewriter repair person, Pam moved up the ranks at IBM. This brought her to San Diego where she began her involvement with Rotary. Pam, alum of Pacific Lutheran University, began her speech with a quiet motion of a heartbeat. She announced that 26,000 children die from preventable diseases each day. But with Rotary, we will make dreams real for these children – fighting hunger, promoting literacy, and providing the essentials of clean water and medical care. The rotary tools that make this possible include our members and club/district activities. And, she described the Rotary Foundation as the fuel for Rotary’s success. Pam both encouraged and challenged our club to have the best year ever, and keep our rotary heart beat strong.
NEW MEMBER PROPOSAL: Mana Mahfoozi, Realtor for Keller-Williams Realty, proposed by Jim Lauth.
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