Weekly Announcements
July 18, 2006
| Rotaract Club of Downtown San Diego Weekly Announcements July 18, 2006 |
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| Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. After the general meeting we will be heading over to Landlord Jim's (1546 Broadway) to support member Aaron Adragna who has some of his original art displayed. We're looking forward to seeing you there! |
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| Professional Development Here's an introductory message from our new Professional Development Chair: "First off I would like to introduce myself to all our current members and prospective members. My name is Jeff Haskin and I will be the Chair of Professional Development for the next year. I am excited about the upcoming year and look forward to bringing new energy to the club. I plan on providing information for both individual and group development throughout the year, but would like a little guidance from our membership. We historically have had a speaker at our meetings (once a month). I would like to incorporate other activities as well, including the use of the Newsletter. Luckily we have a great membership with a diverse background which can help all of us. Are there development ideas you have which may help the group? Are there specific services you think will benefit our members? If so, I would like to hear about them. Drop me an email and we can discuss how our club can help our members." In the meantime... Upcoming: Professional Development Events in Our Area San Diego Society for Human Resource Management "Coaching to Win with Peers, Teams and Executives" - Speaker Bonnie Burn July 19 (Wednesday) 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Tree Tops at San Diego Zoo - Balboa Park $20.00 Members / $45.00 Non-Members www.sdshrm.org Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals "Day at the Del Mar Races" July 20 (Thursday) 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm Del Mar Thoroughbred Club HFTP is the professional association for financial and technology personnel working in hotels, resorts, clubs, casinos, and restaurants and other hospitality-related businesses. The association provides continuing education and networking opportunities to more than 4,500 members around the world. |
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| Volunteer: Ice Cream Social for
Seniors August 5th (Saturday) 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm Potiker Family Senior Residence, 928 Broadway (between 9th & 10th Streets downtown) Let's cool down at our next community service event – an Ice Cream Social at the senior center! During these hot months, the elderly are especially vulnerable to the elements and this is the perfect way to keep everyone cool! We'll be dishing out sundaes and perhaps there'll be time to play some games, too. Our Community Service Chair, Cade, will supply the ice cream, but please bring your favorite ice cream topping, i.e. bottle of chocolate sauce, can of whip cream, jar of cherries, etc. We are really looking forward to this event and we hope to see you all there! Street parking is available but please arrive a few minutes early to locate a spot. To RSVP or find out information, please email Cade. |
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Board Position
Available Would you like to become more involved in our club during the 2006-2007 year? Do you have interest and skill in web design and development? Website Chair may be for you. If this has sparked something inside of you, or if you have interest in becoming more involved with Rotaract in another capacity, please email Bridget. |
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Social: Culture and
Cocktails July 20 (Thursday) 6:00 pm San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado Our next social event is going to be "Culture and Cocktails" at the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park. Every few months the museum has these events where the museum itself becomes a cocktail party. You can walk around the museum and they have a DJ and performers. The museum website describes this event: "Escape the summer heat at the always cool Culture & Cocktails. Sip on refreshing drinks, chill to fresh tunes spun by DJ Sergio, and stroll through Andy Warhol's Dream America in SDMA's air-conditioned galleries. The night will culminate with a fashion show featuring one-of-a-kind Warhol-inspired clothing from Kites by Carla Manuel and blonde Marilyn manes sculpted by the Paul Mitchell School of San Diego." We will meet on the steps of the museum at 6:00 pm. The cost of admission is $10. The event ends at 9:00 pm and then we will go next door for cocktails and music at the Prado Restaurant. If you arrive late you can meet us inside and if you can't find us, call our Social Chair Mark at 858-922-1275 and he will let you know where we are located. Directions and info can be found at the museum website. Upcoming Social Events Our next event will be a trip to the Del Mar Track for the races and then to see Billy Idol on August 12th. |
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| Lights, Camera, Action: USCC Rotaract
Conference July 19-23 (Wednesday - Sunday) or July 21-23 (Friday - Sunday) UCLA The United States, Canada, and Caribbean (USCC) contains more than 400 Rotaract Clubs, working on a variety of projects on the basic principles of Rotary's "Service Above Self." The Lights, Camera, Action USCC Rotaract Conference is an amazing opportunity for our club to meet more of our Rotaract Family from the USA, Canada and the Caribbean! Anyone that attended last year's Chicago conference can attest to the level of energy, insight and plain ol' fun that was shared... and this year's LA conference will be no different! The conference is from July 19-23rd and as you are welcome to attend the whole conference, our club will most likely be carpooling to LA Friday (July 21) and leaving Sunday afternoon (July 23). We are looking into accomodations as to make the registration amount less and will get more information to you ASAP. Please put this date on your calendar and get ready to truly experience Rotaract! Events include various keynote speakers, workshops, group exercises, the Getty Center Museum, dinner at a Hollywood Mansion and of course... our own Los Angeles after-parties. To find out more informaton, view USCC 2006 and to see pictures from last years' conference in Chicago, view Chicago Rotaract Conference 2005. If you are interested, please email Andrea Espinoza. |
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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 Cade for details and availability. |
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| San Diego Downtown Breakfast Rotary Meeting The San Diego Downtown 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 Sun Ovens Will Save Lives and Trees in Mali By Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga. Rotary International News. A group of Chicago high school students and teachers have traveled to the West African nation of Mali with a gift of two solar ovens from area Rotary clubs. On 15 June, a week before departure, members of the team gathered at Schurz High School to learn how to use the ovens so they can teach their Malian hosts to cook with the sun as a source of energy. Ronald Mutebi, of the Rotary Club of Chicago Far North, was their enthusiastic instructor. As the international projects chair of his club, Mutebi has visited places where the sun oven can be a real godsend. "There are countries where you will look for miles and you can't see a standing tree," he said. "People will struggle to get food and firewood. Sometimes they get the food [but] not the energy to cook it with. A sun oven solves the problem of fuel." Over a two-week period, the team will break ground for a school building, lay bricks, and experience life in rural Mali without access to running water and electricity. Village residents cook with firewood or charcoal. Wood fire is a health hazard because it gives off toxic fumes that can lead to severe respiratory problems, especially in children. "These sun ovens will be beneficial for their health, their time, and the environment," noted Veronica Quintero. She has been volunteering since grade school, but the Mali trip will be her first outside of the United States. "I think going to Mali and building a school for them will have a big impact on their life and mine," she said. "I'm very excited," said fellow student Matthew Kallen. "Everybody who I've talked to thinks it's going to be a life-changing experience." Maricore Kimoto, a team member and science teacher at Schurz High School, explained that students from the eight schools involved raised US$6,500 toward the cost of building the school in Mali. The initiative will be an invaluable lesson for the group of eight students and three teachers who volunteered to travel. "I was really attracted to the project because it makes students become more aware of what's happening in the world," she said. "All of us want to come back a little bit more knowledgeable and to actually feel that we can help. Often times, students feel that they are so far away and so removed from these problems that they don't know how they can help." Building with Books, the Chicago Public Schools administration, and Sun Ovens International are co-sponsors of the effort in addition to the Rotary clubs. Building with Books, the technical partner of the Mali initiative, has 15 years of experience coordinating similar projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Sun Ovens International, manufacturer of the ovens, works with Rotary clubs to supply the ovens to those who need them. "The four organizations have come together and done a wonderful thing," said Kimoto. © 2006 Rotary International http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/features/060626_sunovens.html |
| 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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