Weekly Announcements
February 15, 2005
| Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements February 15, 2005 |
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| Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held tonight, Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. Christine Shimasaki, the Executive VP of Sales & Marketing for the San Diego Convention & Visitor's Bureau (SDCVB), will be our guest speaker that night. You can find all the details here. The beneficiary for our 3rd Annual Ace of Hearts fundraiser (coming in May 2005) will be announced tonight! Read more below. We will be going to dinner at The Shout! House after our meeting. Check out the details below. We're looking forward to seeing you there! |
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| Guest Speaker: Christine Shimasaki from the
SDCVB February Guest Speaker: Ms. Christine Shimasaki Executive VP of Sales & Marketing San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau February 15, 2005 6:30 pm Kansas City BBQ What is San Diego's third-largest economic sector? Tourism! The unique combination of a glorious climate, beautiful terrain (beach and mountains all around!), popular attractions (the world-famous S.D. Zoo, SeaWorld, casinos,...), and so much more, San Diego continues to attract tourists to "America's finest city." Having joined the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau (SDCVB) in March 1993, Christine Shimasaki oversees the marketing and sales divisions of the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau, a position she has held since May 2000. Prior to her promotion to executive vice president of sales and marketing, she served for four years as vice president of sales and marketing, convention center, responsible for a marketing partnership between the SDCVB and the San Diego Convention Center Corporation. Previous positions include director of sales, convention facilities (SDCVB) and a decade as sales manager and director of sales for the Marriott Corporation. More details about our guest speaker can be found in last week's newsletter. |
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| Ace of Hearts Beneficiary Announced
Tonight!!! The board has taken a number of worthy causes into consideration and we are pleased to announce the beneficiary of this year’s Ace of Hearts at tonight’s meeting. Please attend to find out who we will be supporting this year and ways for you to be involved. |
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| Dinner at The Shout! House February 15 (Tuesday) 8:00 pm (after our meeting) The Shout! House, 655 4th Avenue (4th & G) Shout, scream, stomp your feet. Wherever the mood takes you, The Shout! House definitely wants you to make some noise. Downtown's dueling piano bar has all the elements of a prime entertainment venue. The Shout House has a full bar and a simple menu of burgers, pizzas, sandwiches and other munchies but the real draw is the talent … the club employs top-notch pianists, some of whom have clawed their way up a lengthy waiting list. Watch for an evite and be sure to RSVP by 2/14 for this entertaining evening! If you have any questions, please contact Rose. |
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| Centennial Project: Senior Center BBQ February 26 (Saturday) 12:00 - 3:00 pm Senior Community Center, 525 14th Street, Downtown On February 26th, the Downtown Rotaract will be teaming up with Senior Community Centers of San Diego for a BBQ social with the residents located at 525 14th Street, San Diego. The event will run from 12PM to 3PM. All are welcome to stop by and BBQ with our downtown neighbors. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Carl Tiu at 201-841-5042 or at ctiu2@yahoo.com. |
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| North County Rotaract Planning Meeting March 1 (Tuesday) KC BBQ Dick Troncone, our incumbent District Liaison, Bess Wakeman, Asst. District Liaison, and Howard Kummerman, incoming Liaison, will be in attendance at our March 1 meeting and afterwards they will conduct a planning session for the proposed North County Rotaract. We have already had a number of our members who make the commute from North County express interest in founding this club and serving board positions. Our plan is to treat North County Rotaract as a sister club and to make it possible for anyone in the Downtown Rotaract club to attend both club’s meetings. If you are interested in finding out about Rotaract’s expansion into North County, please RSVP to Geoff before March 1. |
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| "ARTS Fore! Children" Golf Tournament March 5 (Saturday) On March 5th, the Downtown Rotaract will be volunteering at the first annual "ARTS Fore! Children" Golf Tournament at the child-friendly Presidio Hills Golf Course in Old Town, located in San Diego, CA. It’s a golf tournament with a twist – the children ARTS serve & care for will be the competing golfers! ARTS is a San Diego-based non-profit organization dedicated to bringing hope, healing, and self confidence to the lives of children and youth facing adversities by providing expressive opportunities through the visual and performing arts. The Downtown Rotaract will be volunteering with chaperoning the kids as they compete. For more info please contact Carl Tiu at 201-841-5042 or at ctiu2@yahoo.com. |
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| Election Time Sooner This Year! The board has decided to move elections up from May to April this year (we hope that this will become a permanent change). New board members will still take office July 1, at the beginning of the new fiscal year, but the additional time as "officers-elect" will allow for a better transition from the current board to the new board. We plan to mentor each new board member, allow the new board to attend board meetings, and provide experience and knowledge transfer for planning events and meetings in advance of taking office. This is another step in the growth of the club and we believe that this extra training period will produce an even stronger 2005-2006 Rotaract year! Mark your calendars now as we need every member to participate in the nomination and voting processes.
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| New Web Page Keeps Track of Former SD Rotaract
Members We will be creating a new section on the web site that displays a virtual "where are they now" to any San Diego Rotaract members who no longer live in San Diego. We’ll mark US and World maps with symbols in the cities where members are currently living and an email address for anyone who wants to participate. Our goal is to show that not only does Rotaract span the globe, so does the San Diego Rotaract! And we hope that this will help our "expat" members stay connected to us as well as let us know where we can find friends when we travel. If you have been a Downtown Rotaract member in the past and you are living in another city, please email Dave and ask him to place your city and email address on the map. And if you happen to know someone who we might be missing, please pass this idea along to them and ask them to reconnect with the club. |
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| SD Rotaract Featured in San Diego Magazine Two pictures from our Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes Fundraiser are printed in the "Seen" section of San Diego Magazine's February issue. You can check out the website to see more pictures that weren't included in the print issue. Here's the link: http://www.sandiegomag.com/seen/february05/seen_jazz.asp |
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| Annual Sponsorship An annual sponsorship package is in development for the purpose of obtaining a single premier sponsor for both fundraising events in 2005 – Ace of Hearts (spring) and the 4th Annual Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes. A final proposal will be available to interested parties in early February. |
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Senior Center 2nd Saturday of each month Volunteers (2-3) are needed the 2nd Saturday of each month from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm to help serve lunch at the Senior Center Downtown. Please contact Carl for details and availability. |
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| Downtown San Diego Breakfast Rotary Meeting The Downtown San Diego Breakfast Rotary Club is meeting every Wednesday at 7:00 am at the Symphony Towers University Club, 750 B Street, Suite 3400. Next scheduled speakers:
For last minute changes, please check http://www.sdrotary.org! |
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Members' Bulletin Board
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| Rotaract
& Rotary Trivia 2003-04 Outstanding Rotaract Project Winner – Africa The Rotaract Club of Abidjan, District 9100, Côte d'Ivoire, sought to alleviate the problems facing AIDS orphans by providing food and educational materials. The Rotaract club provided families affected by AIDS with a monthly food kit, assisting over 90 families. Rotaractors also focused their efforts on the educational needs of the orphans, by collecting school supplies and stationery for 160 needy children. |
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A special THANK YOU to the supporters and contributors of the 3rd Annual Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes!
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| Contact Information If you have information, suggestions or feedback that you think the board might use to improve the club, we'd love to hear what you think, so please send your ideas to info@sdrotaract.org, snail-mail them to
or contact any member of the board directly:
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