January 11, 2006

This Week’s Bulletin Was Written By Jenny K. Goodman

THIS WEEK’S MEETING

Substitute President Carol Jensen promptly called the meeting to order at 7:30 a.m.  Frank DeFrancesco provided the invocation and reminded us all that we have choices in life and the better path is to choose to live fully.  Martin Blair lead us in the pledge.  Rosalie Kramm picked out another great song appropriately entitled Downtown.  Thank goodness we have Linda Jalving to help keep us somewhat on key.  Peter McGuire introduced visiting Rotarians and guests.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ø      Ø      Joe Marshall announced that the Fundraiser Committee is considering a Casino Night as its theme for the annual fundraiser.  No matter what the ultimate theme will be, its not too early to start thinking about silent auction items and big-ticket live auction items. 

Ø      Ø      Pat Cowett reminded us of the cocktail party and dinner on February 20th to recognize Past District Governors.  The cocktail party will be hosted by Chris Carstens and the dinner will be on Coronado.  Members are invited to attend either or both events.  Sign-up sheets will be provided at future meetings.

SARGEANT-AT-ARMS

Larry Nuffer is really making giving money fun.  Several fun ways to contribute were utilized this week.  The NFL Playoffs are here and Jack Gilbert, Frank DeFrancesco and Martin Blair all got to draw cards for teams.  Seattle, Indy and Pittsburgh were the teams they respectively drew.  Sadly, my Colts played terrible and were eliminated this weekend.  Don’t know what that does to Frank’s chances in the pool, but it sure makes me sad. 

business recognition program

This quarter’s award goes to the WD-40 company.  This San Diego based organization has been around since 1953.  The formula for the all purpose lubricant with a 1001 uses was perfected on the 40th try, hence the name.  The company is very active in the community both in its financial efforts as well as its volunteer efforts.  Although the company likes to stay out of the limelight and does not highlight their community involvement, we want to recognize and appreciate them for their generous spirit and community involvement.  These are the types of companies that are so important to San Diego.

 

THIS WEEK’S SPEAKER

Nancy Vaughan introduced Mike Rose who was a last second fill in for the original speaker from the Literacy Project.  Mike traveled from Temecula to be here for us.  Thanks for the effort and presentation.  Mike provided us with some interesting, albeit sad, statistics about the pervasiveness of illiteracy in our community.  More than 450,000 otherwise functioning adults cannot read or write.  This problem impacts the business community  in a negative way when productivity is hampered by employees’ inability to read or write.  Mike summed it up best when he quoted Martin Luther King who said, “We don’t know what the future holds, but we do know who holds the future.”  We must do what we can to ensure the future is in good hands by helping others to improve their lives by reading and writing at a proficient level.  Volunteer opportunities require 20-30 hours of training followed by a one-hour a week commitment in your own community to teach someone to read and write. 

 

Next week’s speaker will be Mike Murphy of Sharp Healthcare.  See you there!

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