Weekly Announcements
April 19, 2005
| Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements April 19, 2005 |
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| Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held today, Tuesday, April 19, 2005 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. Jack Gilbert, Ed.D., President of New Page Consulting, Inc, will be talking to us about business ethics. More details below. We're looking forward to seeing you there! |
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| Guest Speaker Tonight: Dr. Jack
Gilbert April 19 6:30 pm KC BBQ Whether it's Enron, Martha Stewart or any other story, we could all name corporate scandals & situations that have made headlines recently. Business ethics is a hot topic, and applies to all industries and all companies, large and small. Over the course of working with hundreds of executives, business leaders, and employees, Jack Gilbert has ovserved the phenomenon of ethical erosion. Research shows that it is the small steps and small decisions that lead individuals and their organizations into ethical conflicts, a slippery slope that can ultimately undermine the organization's viability and credibility. Jack Gilbert, Ed.D., President of New Page Consulting, Inc, holds his doctorate from George Washington University, and he is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. For the past thirty years, Jack Gilbert has worked as a consultant, focusing on issues of leadership and large-scale change. His clients have included a broad array of industries including health care, financial services, retail/consumer, manufacturing, and more. On April 19, Jack Gilbert will join us to speak on an issue that has been & will always be important, but has surfaced more & more over recent years. We look forward to welcoming to address this subject and how it affects all of us. Here are some starting points to get you thinking about the topic... - 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2005 - Think we, "grown-ups," know it all? Check out how 6 year olds could teach their elders a thing or two about ethics... - The Fast Company Ethics Monitor |
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| Appointed Board Positions
Available There are 8 appointed positions to be filled so if you would like to be on the board, please make sure that your dues are paid, that your membership requirements have been filled, and that you express your interest to Andrea and her team as soon as possible! This is a very strong group and they are surely going to pick talented people to support them in their offices. Apply for a board position so you can be part of the fun. You’ll be amazed at how rewarding this experience can be. Appointed Board Positions include: Community Service, Fundraising, Historian, International Liason, Professional Development, Public Relations, Sergeant at Arms, Social, Website. |
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| North County Rotaract Planning
Meeting April 27 6:30 pm Neiman’s Restaurant, 300 Carlsbad Village Drive The North County Rotaract is officially underway! Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary will be the sponsoring club and Tom Base has been appointed the Rotaract Liaison (like Martin Blair is for Downtown Rotaract). Come to Neiman’s on April 27 to meet Tom, who will be in attendance with other Carlsbad Rotary members and Dick Troncone and Howard Kummerman from the District Office. We’ll be continuing our discussion on planning to launch the North County Rotaract. Everyone interested in becoming a general member and/or a board member for this club should be in attendance. For more information please email Geoff. |
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| Rotaract's District Project Two Weeks
Away April 30 (Saturday) 12:00 - 3:00 pm Kansas City Barbecue On Saturday, April 30th, Rotaract Clubs from across the region will come together for a day of service benefiting the City of Angels Orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico. This is a day to meet fellow members from UCSD, SDSU, PLNU, and the Lost Boys Rotaract clubs, as well as hear from a representative from the orphanage, who will be on-location to gather donations from all Clubs, and to share how YOUR donations will greatly benefit the 30 orphans currently calling City of Angels home. It's not to late to sponsor an orphan. Cost is $50 per child. For those downtown members who have agreed to sponsor a child – Thank You! An email will be sent to you shortly with final details. If you have any questions regarding this service project, please feel free to call or email Denisse Roldan at 619.992.8901 or denisse_roldan@hotmail.com. |
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| West Coast Walk May 01 2:00 pm Maritime Museum Rotary International Centennial Project: West Coast Walk. You may have read about it in the news - Nathan Auerbach, endurance athlete, will be walking 2,200 miles from Tijuana to Vancouver, British Columbia over 100 days. The aim is to involve Rotary Clubs, Rotaract and Interact clubs and members of the public to raise $1 million for PolioPlus. This is the biggest Rotary Centennial project in the world, and it is launching right in your city of San Diego on May 1st! There will be a television crew filming Nathan and the launch event, which will then be sent out via satelite to all the major national and international media channels (Video News Release). For this reason it is a great opportunity to publicise Rotary Interntational and Interact/Rotaract. The West Coast Walk organizers would love for our members to be able to attend this event. The launch is being hosted at the Maritime Museum at 2pm on May 1st. West Coast Walk T-shirts are being printed which can be distributed to club members to wear for the event. T-shirts are available at the discount rate of $10, with all proceeds going to PolioPlus! More information on the project is available on the website www.westcoastwalk.com, or please contact Clare King, Project Manager for West Coast Walk, who would be happy to assist in answering any queries. If you would like to attend the event and/or would like to buy a T-Shirt, please contact Andrea or Geoff. |
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| 3rd Annual Ace of Hearts General Information Get Your Tickets & Flyers First Sponsor Signed Up Amazing Raffle! 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 Raffle tickets: 1 for $5 or 5 for $20 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 gambling 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. Our online ticketing page has gone live for Ace of Hearts. You can purchase tickets and Raffle tickets instantly with your credit card or with your Paypal account. And if you can’t be with us for the fun and games, you can still make a donation to San Diego Hospice using the online system. Get Your Tickets & Flyers All members and prospects are challenged to sell 4 tickets each! Can you do it? Come to tonight’s meeting where you’ll be able to get your tickets in hand. You can sign them out too…which means you can walk away with 4 tickets in hand and pay us after you’ve sold them. You can reserve your tickets ahead of time by emailing Bianca Mascorro. We’ve got sales collateral too! Come and get your flyers that give the low down on the great night! Attention All Members: Please help us spread the word about Ace of Hearts by sending the page link to as many friends/family as you can think of, even if you know they can’t join us. We need page views for advertising purposes and we would like to beat the Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes 2004 total dollars raised online. First Sponsor Signed Up Special thanks to Winning Mind for being Rotaract’s first sponsor of this years Ace of Hearts. Please visit their website at www.thewinningmind.com. Several companies have been contacted and discussions are ongoing for more! Amazing Raffle! This year’s raffle is shaping up to be the best yet! The grand prize is a trip for 2 to Vegas. The winners will have a private plane to Sin City and a 2 night stay at the Westin’s beautiful location in Vegas. Click here to see more. 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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| Rotary vs. Rotaract Bowling
Championship May 20 (Friday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Mira Mesa Lanes, 8210 Mira Mesa It's time to win our trophy back! Remember our beach volleyball championship with The San Diego Downtown Breakfast Rotary Club last summer? Uh, yeah...sadly, we got spanked and they earned full bragging rights along with the beautiful Chianti trophy. Well, now’s our chance to redeem ourselves and earn that trophy back. Polish your ball, shine your shoes, and mark your calendar! It’s time to step-up, people. We have a bowling competition to win! Don't miss this opportunity to mingle with our sponsoring Rotary Club and meet new, interesting, and influential people. This event will run from 7-9 pm at Mira Mesa Lanes. $15/person includes use of the stylish bowling shoes. Members, prospective members, and guests are all welcome. To ensure we secure enough space, please reply to the evite by May 09. |
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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 / events:
For last minute changes, please check http://www.sdrotary.org! |
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| Rotaract & Rotary Trivia What is the definition of Rotary? Rotary is an organization of business and professional persons united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world. |
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