Weekly Announcements
January 10, 2006
| Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements January 10, 2006 |
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| Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. We're looking forward to seeing you there! |
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| Guest Speaker: Dr. Suresh
Subramanian January 17 (Tuesday) 6:30 pm Kansas City BBQ Our guest speaker at the next general meeting is going to be Suresh Subramanian, Ph.D., the Executive Director of the Power of Love Foundation and member of the board of the Global AIDS Alliance. The Power of Love Foundation is active in the struggle against AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia and seeks to increase effectiveness of prevention of the disease. Before co-founding the organization, Suresh spent many years in management positions in the high-tech industry. The Power of Love Foundation is a US non-profit that was officially founded in 2002 by Suresh Subramanian, Alka Subramanian and Ellen Furnari to develop community responses to the AIDS crisis in Africa. For some years, the founders had been traveling to and funding programs in Kenya and Zambia independently. They found two significant problems that moved them to action. First, while the fight against the AIDS epidemic was being fought in the communities, little funding was going there. Second, what little funding was going to community AIDS relief organizations was most often needed to fulfill immediate on-the-ground requirements. Little flexibility existed within these organizations to design and test new, potentially more effective models of response. The founders believed that by utilizing technology and business processes appropriately to build creative solutions, a great opportunity existed to increase the output of care from each dollar donated. By increasing the output, more funding could be attracted to communities. Their mission is: To turn back the tide of the global AIDS epidemic through innovative community responses that increase the effectiveness of prevention and care efforts. Their vision is: A world where the AIDS epidemic is in continuous retreat and people living with HIV have access to loving care and treatment in an environment free of stigma and discrimination. |
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Rotaract Championship Football
Game Party (Host Needed) January 22 (Sunday) 11:30 am Destination: TBD Mark your calendars! Sunday, January 22nd is the two conference championship football games and we will be getting together to watch the action. Save the date and watch for an evite with more details. We will be creating a football pool and half of the proceeds will go towards TJ Home Building! More information to come soon! * If you are interested in hosting the party at your place, please contact Felix. |
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Looking for Volunteers to Form a
Community Service Committee Hello, Rotaract members and prospective members, our board has recently decided to form a committee to support all community service efforts for the remaining of the year, and we are asking for your help! This is a great opportunity to step up and take a lead role while helping your community at large. We are looking for at least two motivated individuals to form this committee, if you are interested in participating please contact Miguel Moron, our community service chair and he will address all questions you may have. Thanks for your participation in advance! |
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| Bridging the World – Rotaract Preconvention
Meeting 2006 June 08-11 Malmö, Sweden & Copenhagen, Denmark For the first time in the history of Rotary International the annual world conference will take place in Scandinavia and will be a joint conference in Sweden and Denmark! This year Rotaract is invited to take an active part. The theme is "Bridging the World" – a bridge between countries and cultures and a bridge within the Rotary family. It is with great pleasure we invite you to join Rotaract Preconvention on June 8th-11th and the Rotary International Convention 2006 June 11th-14th in Beautiful Malmö and Wonderful Copenhagen. The Preconvention 2006 offers a variety of educational events including vocational workshops, inspirational speeches and company visits. The social highlights will include welcome party, an International Night, sightseeing and of course a traditional Grand Gala. Along with the educational and social events, Preconvention is an opportunity to experience fellowship with other Rotaractors, lots of interaction and of course to experience what a Rotary International Convention is all about. The setting is Scandinavia, home of Hans Christian Andersen and Astrid Lindgren – the place of fairytales! See the Little Mermaid, the many castles and perhaps meet the Royal families of Sweden and Denmark! Don’t miss the new concept of Home hosting B&B! Rotaractors from Denmark and Sweden open up their homes for our foreign guest during the Convention days June 11th–14th. This is the chance for you to experience the Danish concept of “hygge” (having a great time) and of course experience true international Rotaract fellowship! At www.rotaract.se/preconvention2006/ you can find more information about the social programme for Preconvention 2006, accommodation and of course register for this once in a lifetime event! To register for the Preconvention meetings on June 9th-10th please visit www.rotary.org. Please notice that the cheapest price is with registration for the social programme before January 31st 2006 and for the Preconvention, December 31st 2005. We are looking forward to see you in Beautiful Malmö and Wonderful Copenhagen, June 2006. Best Regards, Anders Forslund & Kristine Binzer Chairmen of the Rotaract Preconvention Committee |
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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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Members' Bulletin Board
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| Rotaract & Rotary Trivia Rotary History: Room 711 Nearly 100 years after Paul Harris and his colleagues chartered the club that would become Rotary International, Rotarians continue to take pride in their history. In honor of the club that first gathered in Room 711, Rotarians have preserved the room in an extensive re-creation of the office as it existed in 1905. For several years, the club maintained the room as a shrine for visiting Rotarians. In 1989, when the Unity Building was scheduled to be demolished, Rotary's 711 Club carefully dismantled the office, salvaging the original interior, including doors and radiators. In 1993, the Board of Directors of Rotary International set aside a permanent home for the restored Room 711 on the 16th floor of RI World Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois. |
| 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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