Weekly Announcements
August 23, 2005
| Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements August 23, 2005 |
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| Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. Please note: There will be no meeting on August 30, 2005! We only meet on the first and third Tuesday of each month. We're looking forward to seeing you there! |
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| Volleyball Beach Party at Martin Blair's Carlsbad
Home August 27 (Saturday) 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Martin Blair's Beach House, 2655 Ocean Street, Carlsbad, CA 92008 Come on down to Martin Blair's Carlsbad Pad for the 2nd Annual SD Downtown Rotary vs. Rotaract Volleyball Tournament. We'll be playing for the Blair Cup and bragging rights! So far, it's 2-0 in favor of the Rotary. Come on Rotaractors, we need to win one of these! We'll be bbq'ing, so bring your appetites! Make sure to check off what sidedish you'll be bringing when you make your reply. And while Martin will be kind of enough to have some beer there, we're asking that you bring some beverages of your own choosing. It's a great social event where you can meet all sorts of good folks just hanging out in our natural Southern California habitat, the beach. This will be a great opportunity to meet fellow North County Rotaractors as well. See you there! Check out the evite or send Felix an RSVP. |
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| Munich Interota Conference
2005 September 11 - 18 (Sunday - Sunday) Munich, Germany Themed "Be Rotaractive - Create Future", Rotaractors, Rotarians and their guests from all over the world are invited to come together at the Interota conference in Munich from September 11 - 18, 2005. The conference aims at picking up the Rotaract principles: Learn, Help and Celebrate. The conference will also serve as a platform for getting to know Rotaractors worldwide, making friends and establishing transcontinental partnerships with the help of atmospheric celebrations as well as an attractive culture and sight-seeing program. For more information visit http://www.interota.org. |
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| Annual Rancho Jireh Picnic September 18 (Sunday) 2:00 pm Crown Point South A new date has been selected and we are excited to start the planning process for this event! Join us on September 18th for our annual Rancho Jireh Picnic. Rancho Jireh Foster Homes is a non-profit Christian ministry serving the needs of abused and neglected children. Founded in 1988, Rancho Jireh has successfully placed hurting children with Christian families in San Diego and Riverside counties who have opened their homes and provided individualized care and nurturing, helping children heal and blossom to their true potential. The picnic will be a day of BBQ, games, and a whole lot of fun for new families and Rotaract. We need planners! Volunteers are needed to plan games and get prizes, organize cookie decorating and face painting and also help set up for the event the day of. Please contact Miguel to help in the planning stages. It's sure to be a good time! |
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| Volunteering for the San Diego Festival of
Beer September 23 (Friday) 8:30 pm-Midnight Intersection of State & A Streets, Downtown The San Diego Festival of Beer is an event sponsored by the San Diego Professionals Against Cancer (SDPAC) that allows guests to sample beers from a large number of Microbreweries. SDPAC is a non-profit organization in the San Diego area that volunteers their time to help raise money to combat Cancer. This is your chance to help in that fight! The Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego is partnering with them as volunteer bartenders for the night! This is a very fun event and over 3800 people attended last year. All volunteers must be at least 21 years old, attend a fifteen-minute orientation session (which will be given at the start of your shift), and sign a Responsibility Release Waiver. Beer Pouring volunteers will not be allowed to consume beer during their shift... but rumor has it that we'll be all heading downtown for our own fun after the event. Make sure to sign up at the meeting or contact Miguel to secure your spot for this fun event. See pictures from last year's SD Festival of Beer. |
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| Tijuana Homebuilding in October October 08 (Saturday) All day Tijuana, México On Saturday, October 8, Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego members will be heading South of the Border on a day-long trip to help build homes for needy families in Tijuana, México. No experience necessary. This is one of the most impactful community programs in Downtown Rotaract history. You won’t want to miss it! We are signing people up based on membership first, so if you are a prospect, please do everything you can to fill your membership requirements in September so we can give you priority status and can guarantee your place on the homebuilding crew. To learn more about this worthwhile project, please visit México Caravan Ministries' website or feel free to contact your Club's International Chair, Stacey Dindinger. |
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| Cultural Exchange Committee We are very excited to participate in a cultural exchange this year with the Rotaract Club of Kavaklidere, Turkey. Our President and International Chair have been exchanging emails with their respective board members within the past few months and are excited to begin the cultural exchange with two of the most dynamic Rotaract clubs in the world! The president of the Kavaklidere club has written a welcome letter to our club and has included some brief information about their members, their culture and their country. Their cultural box is also on its way containing a home-made DVD from their members, some brochures about Kavaklidere and according to their president, "our best wishes and love from Turkey will be sent to you together with the package." We are in the midst of forming a committee to do footage and gather San Diegan items to send to our fellow Rotaract club. Please contact Stacey to join this committee or for additional information. |
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| Spanish Speaking Rotaract Penpal/Translator
Needed We are in need of someone to reply to some of the recent emails our club has received from Spanish speakers. We have two clubs now wanting to contact us – one from Colombia and one from Argentina. Please contact Andrea Espinoza if you are interested in being the translator between clubs and meeting some new and global Rotaract friends! |
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| Visiting Rotaract Members from Italy A club from Milan has corresponded to our club, indicating that several of their members will be taking an Intensive English class in San Diego for 3 weeks. They will be arriving at the end of August and staying through mid-September. Let’s make them feel welcome while they are here! Stay tuned for more information on activities planned while they are here! |
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| Member of the Month - July 2005 Dean Koci has jumped right into club activities from the beginning, even attending the Annual Rotary/Rotaract International Conference in Chicago in June and helping out at the Lifeskills event in July. Congratulations, Dean! |
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| Professional Development Tip: Eye
Contact Build Emotional Connection Through Eye Contact by Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE Eye contact is an important way to emotionally connect with your audience of any size. Here are some ideas to help you: 1. Generally speaking, the longer the eye contact between two people, the greater the intimacy is developed. In a business, sales and speech situation look at members of your audience for a thought, phrase or idea. If you are sitting at a boardroom table, make sure you share eye contact with everyone. 2. Others rarely interrupt two people engaged in a conversation if they have consistent eye contact. Through observing eye contact, others, well at least thoughtful ones, can tell if it is okay to join in the conversation. 3. Pupils also enlarge when people are talking about things that bring them joy or happiness. They often contract when discussing issues that bring them sadness. In a conversation at a networking or social event, I always like to ask questions of interest to my conversation partner. It helps add to their, "I enjoyed meeting that person," feeling. 4. Eye contact has been shown to be a significant factor in the persuasion process. Practice across the dinner table with your family or friends. 5. The longer your eye contact, the more self-esteem you are perceived to have. 6. The more eye contact you can maintain, the higher self-esteem you actually rate yourself on! To be perceived as more likable gives you an edge in business. Eye contact is an important way to build this emotional bond and likeability. Are your eyes clear or are they bloodshot? Business contacts and audience members will notice, and the clearer your eyes the more attractive you will be perceived. If you wear sunglasses, get ready to take them off. People want to see what they are getting. They want to see your eyes. |
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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 Miguel 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 RYLA Program? Each year, thousands of young people take part in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program worldwide. Young people ages 14-30 chosen for their leadership potential attend an all-expenses-paid seminar, camp, or workshop to discuss leadership skills and to learn those skills through practice. Rotary clubs and districts select participants and facilitate the event's curriculum. RYLA aims to: * Demonstrate Rotary's respect and concern for youth; * Provide an effective training experience for selected youth and potential leaders; * Encourage leadership of youth by youth; and * Recognize publicly young people who are rendering service to their communities. RYLA was officially adopted by Rotary International in 1971, and is one of the most significant and fastest-growing programs of Rotary service. RYLA programs often lead to the formation or strengthening of Rotaract and Interact clubs. RYLA participants often go on to become Youth Exchange students or Ambassadorial Scholars. For more information about RYLA in your area, contact your local Rotary club or your district RYLA chairperson. |
| 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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