October 15 2003

This week’s Bulletin was written by Ken Tablang

THIS WEEK’S MEETING

The morning started with David Buro, greeting guest and Rotarians.  President Frank De Francesco called the meeting to order with his usual "Goooooood Morning Vietnam (actually said, San Diego)" with David Buro providing the Pledge and President De Francesco with the invocation.  As usual, the meeting get off with a rendition of a song, I believe it was "Glory, Glory,” to get the blood flowing this morning.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Anthony Eppert / 2003 Celebrity Golf Tournament:

Ø       - Tues, Nov. 4th; it's just 3-weeks away. 

Ø      Raffle tickets available ($5 each or 5 for $20); take some, sales on honor system. 

Ø      Have 67 golfers for tournament, not what we contracted with the Meadow's Golf Club in Del Mar.  anticipation is to get to 144 golfers. 

Ø      To date we have 7 hole sponsors out of 18 holes. 

Ø      Talk to Don Lang for credit card payments.

Evan Papel / San Diego Downtown Rotaract:

Ø       - If you had paid for the tickets for the Rotaract's Jazz Charity Event and/or a San Diego Entertainment book using a check and gave it to Brent Carlson last week (10/15/03) please contact your bank to stop payment; Brent had his car stolen. 

Ø      Tickets still available for Rotaract’s Jazz Event Charity benefiting Juvenile Diabetes that's upcoming; Thurs. Oct 23rd, 7 PM, downtown at the Gaslamp Quarter at a club called "THIN."  Radio advertising spots can be heard on JAZZ 88 (88.3 on your AM dial).

Gary Green / Rotary Foundation Annual Giving:

Ø      .  Paul Harris Foundation Dinner, Sat. Nov 1st. 

Ø      $125 for six (6) raffle tickets and $100 will be used towards Paul Harris annual membership. 

Ø      Last week (10/15/03) 29 Rotarians already pledged up to $3750. 

Ø      Gary will match each dollar pledged up to $12,500 (we have 100 members in our club and at $125 each). 

Ø      A sign up sheet was past around.  In praise,

Ø      President De Francesco stated " . . . ladies, let your son's grow up to be Realtors."

Ron Erbetta (Boston Red Sox Fan)/ Info From District Meeting:

Ø      Eight (8) Rotarians went to the meeting.  Rotary Club District family tree chart available; tells you where they came from, what year they started, etc.   

Ø      Theme for Nov is "Rotary Foundation," kicking off the "Don't Wait, Vaccinate Against Polio" 90% goal.  Look at the district website (www.rotary5340.org) for more info on district events

Ø      District Youth Exchange / we may want to think about sponsoring someone next year (2004).

Ø      April 23-25 is the district council at Barona (sign up at district website).

Ø      Nov 19th, a representative from each club will go to the "Dialog for Peace" at the Joan Kroc Peace Center at USD.

Ø      Nov 2004 trip with the District Council to Ecuador; info flier is available.

Ø      Camp Enterprise, 80-promising students, that have no means to get ahead in business from different high schools, that Rotary and Rotaract do a case study on groups of 8 to assist them on starting their business

Shannon / Special Request / Partnership for Chances:

Ø      Looking for assistance, support, board members, etc. to continue to grow

Ø      Founded a non-profit organization a year ago that provides people with mental illness with friendship

Ø      18-year old brother diagnosed with a mental illness and could not function; now is much better

DRAWING OF THE DAY

“0 2 1 0 8 2 4" was the winning ticket read, I believe Leah Swearingen-Millet was the winner

SPEAKER

Professor Kathi Diamant of The Kafka Project was introduced by the Honorable Patricia Cowett.  Prof. Diamant is a writer, actress, playwright and professor at SDSU and is a former co-host of KFMB TV's morning TV show "Sun-Up San Diego."  She talked about Dora Diamant, Franz Kafka's last mistress (e.g. life with, during and after Franz Kafka's death).

Kathi Diamant's obsession with Kafka has been ongoing for over 20 years.  Here is an excerpt from the San Diego Jewish Journal written by Sue Garson that pretty much stated what Kathi talked about during our meeting; this article stated it best:

In addition to sharing the same birth surname, Dora and Kathi, born approximately half a century apart, shared an unbridled passion for Franz Kafka. Although he died before a serious body of work was published, more than 15,000 books in every major language have been written about this misunderstood novelist.

With funding from Hadassah International Research Institute at Brandeis and the SDSU Foundation, Kathi has immersed herself in Dora's and Kafka's lives. She has literally retraced Dora's steps in Europe, where she has discovered civil records, neglected archives and lost papers. She has visited Kafka's grave in Prague, the sanitarium in Austria where he died, Dora's grave in England, the graves of Dora's parents in Poland, the Isle of Man and the kibbutz where Dora dreamed of settling permanently.

Dora's life story is still unfolding. In addition to Kafka's 30 letters to Dora, at least 70 more letters written to Max Brod, Kafka's best friend and biographer, are still missing. For this reason alone, Diamant speculates that Dora's biography is still a work in progress.

Meeting ending at 8:30 AM

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