Weekly Announcements
March 29, 2005
| Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements March 29, 2005 |
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| Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. Representatives from our Ace of Hearts beneficiary San Diego Hospice will attend our meeting. Check out the details below. Important: Candidates to be our next President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer will be nominated at this meeting. Please be there! You can find more information below. We're looking forward to seeing you there! |
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| Election Nominations Next
Week Candidates to be our next President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer will be nominated at our next meeting. The 2005-2006 Election will be held on April 19, so please plan to attend both April meetings so you can have a say in who will be leading the club next term. If you're interested in serving on next year's board, please make sure that you are a member in good standing and that you have someone nominate you next Tuesday. If you're not yet a member, you can still be appointed to one of the other 9 board positions so long as you fulfill all your membership requirements before July 1. Good luck to all nominees!! Please continue reading to find out more about the responsibilities of the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer!
Roles and Responsibilities of Club Officers With the election nominations coming up next week, we thought potential candidates and all members who will be voting should familiarize themselves with the official job descriptions for offices in question. These descriptions are taken directly from the official Rotaract handbook. Please keep this information in mind when you consider this year’s candidates: President As the club leader, the president helps members develop as leaders and works to ensure that the club's professional and leadership development activities and community and international service projects are successfully promoted and completed. Vice President The vice president presides at all meetings when the president is absent and serves on the board of directors and as an ex-officio member of all committees.The vice president also acts as the "officer at large," responsible for all assignments that are designated by the president. A well-organized and responsible vice president is often the key to a successful Rotaract year.The vice president can reduce the administrative load, allowing time for the president to develop new and exciting club projects and activities. Secretary The Rotaract club secretary has many responsibilities that require a person who is detail oriented and organized. Because the secretary promotes the club through correspondence to the Rotary club sponsor(s), outside agencies, prospective members, Rotary International, and other Rotaract clubs, this individual must have good communication skills. The secretary handles the club's communication with the public, maintains all club records, and takes the minutes for all board and club meetings. Treasurer As the collector and disburser of club funds, the treasurer is responsible for the club's solvency and financial stability. In preparing for this assignment, the treasurer should meet with the previous treasurer and consult the sponsoring Rotary club treasurer and a certified accountant. |
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| Lost Boys Rotaract Club Needs Our
Help April 16 Handlery Hotel, Mission Valley The Evening of Hope fundraiser for the Lost Boys Rotaract will take place on Saturday, April 16th, 2005 at the Handlery Hotel, Mission Valley, San Diego. The event will be a sit down dinner followed by cultural entertainment and an auction. The proceeds will go to the Lost Boys Rotaract to start a community bank and to save for their next service project, which is a return trip to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya to teach English and cultural orientation classes. A ticket to the event is $50 and a table of 8 is $350. Lost Boys Rotaract needs your help obtaining gifts and gift packages for their auction and raffle for the Evening of Hope event. If you know of any businesses that would like to contribute to this fundraiser please let us/them know! They are also looking for businesses that would be willing to sponsor the event. There will be media at the event, and sponsors will have their name in the program and in all media for the night. If anyone has any leads or information or questions, please call Meghan Eagleson (Lost Boys Rotaract) at 408-472-0013 or contact Ethel York (our club's Lost Boys Rotaract Liaison) at 619-379-1297. |
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| 3rd Annual Ace of Hearts General Information San Diego Hospice Representatives to Attend April 5th Meeting PR Committee Annual Sponsorship General Information May 12, 2005 (Thursday) 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm Sidebar $25 Rotaract/Rotary Member $30 Rotaract Prospects/General Public The Third Annual Ace of Hearts benefit will be at Sidebar on May 12, 2005 from 7pm – 10pm. Tickets are $30 for the general public (and Rotaract prospective members) and $25 for Rotary and Rotaract members. A great Monte Carlo night featuring a fun night of casino style gabling with craps, blackjack, roulette and more. This years beneficiary is San Diego Hospice. San Diego Hospice & Palliative Care is a not-for-profit, independent health care organization providing expert pain management and compassionate care to adults, children and infants living with serious or life-limiting illness. Their amazing mission is to prevent and relieve suffering and promote quality of life, at every stage of life, through patient and family care, education, research and advocacy. To learn more about Hospice, please visit www.sdhospice.org. San Diego Hospice Representatives to Attend April 5th Meeting Rotaract is fortunate to have representatives from the San Diego Hospice's administration join us on the April 5th General Meeting to talk and inform the group on what SD Hospice is all about. Don't miss this great opportunity to meet and mix with this years' Ace of Hears beneficiary! Attending from SD Hospice will be: Danielle Hoffman (Manager of Marketing & Community Relations), Julie Tweeten (Annual Fund Director), and Jennifer Wagner (Development Assistant). PR Committee Anyone interested in providing support to the PR committee for the upcoming Ace of Hearts event, please contact Jomi. Responsibilities include District Rotary Meeting visits, passing out flyers in the downtown area in groups, contacting local media. Thank you to Lawrence Huang, Jeff Rice and Quyen Doan for attending the first planning meeting and for volunteering!!!! Annual Sponsorship An annual sponsorship for Ace of Hearts and Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes is currently being sought. A single sponsorship at the $5,000 level is available. If you would like to review the sponsorship opportunity information or would like to forward a lead, please email Evan Papel, Fundraising Chair. |
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| New Opportunity in Unchartered
Territory Our club needs your help to pioneer efforts in creating a Rotaract Fundraising Archive! This archive will provide support to future club leadership by making processes more turn key, allowing for time to make our future events that much more of a success. The club needs a volunteer to gather all materials related to the upcoming Ace of Hearts event from each committee head to create a master event reference file. You won't be alone! With the help of our website team, all materials will be transferred and stored on our website for member only access. Please contact Jomi ASAP for further information. |
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| Upcoming Guest Speakers We can look forward to having the following speakers at our next meetings: April 19 Jack Gilbert President, New Page Consulting, Inc. May 17 Denise Magee Education Department Manager, SeaWorld |
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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 When and where was the first Rotaract Club chartered? The Rotary International board created Rotaract in 1968. The first club chartered was the Rotaract Club of North Charlotte, North Carolina, on March 13th, 1968. |
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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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