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March 5, 2003

This week's Bulletin was written by Joe Marshall

this week’s meeting

T.J. Barnes led us in the pledge of allegiance. Tony Eppert gave us the invocation, a poem he received from his grandfather called “The Man in the Glass.” Linda Jalving led us in singing “It’s a Grand Old Flag.” Pete McGuire introduced the guests (there were 12 this week) and visiting Rotarians

Announcements

President Gary Green made the following announcements:

Ø Gary reported on the February 26 meeting of the Fundraiser Committee, noting lots of participation and enthusiasm.

Ø Gary recapped his initiative to move all Red Badgers through the process to a Blue Badge.

Ø Gary excused Linda Fox from the Red Badge requirement of attending a board meeting because of her chairpersonship of the Fundraiser Committee

Ø Gary exhibited a picture of Judge Patricia Cowett at a Mardi-Gras party last weekend, showing her decked out in an outfit created for her by the Somali Women’s Sewing Project.

Ø Evan Papel from Rotaract announced its fundraiser on behalf of the Coastal Community Center, a Monte Carlo Night, held at the Sidebar Nghtclub, with raffles and other prizes, to be held on March 27, 2003. Gary pledged a $250 donation on behalf of the Downtown Breakfast Rotary.

Fines

Lou Scanlon, encouraged by Gary to raise $250 for Rotaract, imposed fines on broad new categories:

Ø Any Rotarian who hasn’t been here for 50% of the meetings over the last two months;

Ø The obligatory group without a Rotary pin;

Ø Men with first names beginning with “A”, “B”, or “C”;

Ø Women with first names beginning with “A”, “B”, or “C”;

Ø Men and women with first names beginning with “U”, “V”, or “W”;

Ø Frank De Francesco for the reawakening of the “Mighty 1090” sports-talk radio station;

Ø Lynn Hamilton for trying to sell a house with no roof;

Ø Linda Fox and Christine Thompson for the typo in the announcement of the fundraiser, misidentifying the date as Saturday, May 2 instead of Saturday, May 3;

Ø Keith French also got married and Alan Talbot’s wife got a new book deal.

Ø Hugh Largey announced a dinner auction fundraiser to be held Sunday, March 23 at the Hilton Mission Bay, benefiting the Women’s Resource Center, a facility designed to help women with crisis pregnancies. Hugh donated two $50 tickets for the event, which Gary raffled off, getting $50 from Tom Sayer.

Ø The Escondido Sunrise Rotary announced “A Night at the Q”, April 5, 2003, with the game starting at 7:05 p.m. Contact Alan Goetz at 760-746-7777 for additional information;

Ø Christine Thompson announced that at each seat there was a form of a donation letter for our use in connection with obtaining raffle and auction prizes for the fundraiser.

Speaker

This week’s speaker was Cynthia L. Goodman, Interim Executive Director for the Foundation for the Children of the Californias, a California non-profit corporation. Cindy was introduced by Steve Waterman. The Foundation is dedicated to the development of a pediatric hospital serving Tijuana and Baja California generally. The Foundation has already completed the first phase of the project, the “Hospital Infantile de los Californias” and has ambitious plans to construct an additional facility, brining the capacity to 82 beds. The hospital, with 150 physicians devoting time and a total staff of more than 300, is able to provide quality pediatric care and wellness programs at a fraction of the cost here in the United States. Only 20% of the staff is paid for their services. Three foundations, one located in the United States, one in Canada, and one in Mexico, provide support. There are also programs for training health care professionals and many other services and facilities are planned for the future. The goal of the organization is focused on keeping kids well. Cindy also told us about the founder of the organization, Betty Jones.

Gary presented the Foundation with a check from the Downtown Breakfast Rotary in the amount of $1,500. Click Here For Website.

Closing

Gary noted that next week’s speaker will be Lois Olson, a professor at San Diego State, who will be speaking on the China International Marketplace.

ProPOSED New MemberS

The following individuals have been proposed as new members and will be inducted under the classifications listed below unless written objection is received by our Club Secretary within ten days of the date of this Bulletin:

Ø Proposed Member: Alan Knoblock
Proposed Classification: Nonprofit Management & Fundraising
Proposer: Lynn Hamilton

Ø Proposed Member: George Thomas
Proposed Classification: Law Enforcement – Management
Proposer: Lou Scanlon

Ø Proposed Member: Jay Sener
Proposed Classification: Mortgage Financing - New Construction
Proposer: Michael Sisson

Ø Proposed Member: David Buro
Proposed Classification: Retail Jewelry
Proposer: Linda Jalving

Ø Proposed Member: Ken Doyle
Proposed Classification: Coaching: Perfomance Development
Proposer: Bill Poirier

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