Weekly Announcements November 20, 2007

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Next Meeting Our next general meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 6:30 pm at Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego. We are honored to welcome business coach, speaker and author Simon Vetter as our guest speaker tonight. Details below! We're looking forward to seeing you!

Guest Speaker At Our Meeting Tonight: Simon Vetter November 20 (Tuesday) 6:30 pm Kansas City BBQ, 610 W. Market Street, Downtown San Diego We are fortunate to have Simon Vetter come to our club and speak with us at our meeting tonight. Simon Vetter is an expert in branding, marketing, and focus' on specific growth items which everyone can use in their life. He will touch upon a few of these areas through his talk. Here are some of his goals when he speaks and works with clients: "My goal is to provide knowledge, tools and strategies for individuals to stand out: How are you perceived? What is unique about you? How are you different from the many others in your field? What do you offer that is valuable to others? Over the last years, I have studied the fields of marketing, personal branding and behavioral change. I found that three things makes a person stand out:           1. Know yourself, your unique talents and strengths           2. Effectively market yourself           3. Continuously learn, improve, and develop yourself." Mr. Vetter will be addressing these issues and will enlighten us on how they can help us in our professional and personal life. This will be a very beneficial for all that are interested and we recommend that anyone who has the chance to see him should. There are a lot of people out there who can benefit from what he has to say. Check out Simon Vetter's website for more information. If you have any questions, please e-mail James Holland. Also check out our club's website for more upcoming events and speakers. Please join us tomorrow night and don't miss the chance to hear our exciting guest speaker Simon Vetter! All of your friends, family and colleagues are also welcome to attend our meeting! Feel free to forward this message to all you know! We are looking forward to seeing all of you on Tuesday night! About Simon Vetter "Simon has 18 years experience in marketing, sales, and leadership development. While in Europe, he designed and marketed executive programs for an international management training company. After moving to the US in 1997, he developed and taught programs in communication, presentation, marketing, personal productivity, and leadership to a variety of companies. He recently published the book: STAND OUT! Branding Strategies for Business Professionals. Over the course of his career, he has worked with executives and coached leaders from Acushnet, Agilent Technologies, CalPERS, Cendant, DaimlerChrysler, Lufthansa, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, RE/MAX International, San Diego World Trade Center, Siemens, and others." (excerpt from Simon Vetter's website)

Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes 2007 December 01 (Saturday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm MINUS 1 Lounge, Keating Hotel, 432 F Street Ticket prices: $25 in advance, $35 the week of the event Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes is closer than you think! We have pinned down the following details to make this event the best this club has ever produced: Jazz for Juvenile Diabetes (benefitting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), December 1st, 2007, 6-9 PM, The MINUS 1 Lounge at the Keating Hotel, 432 F Street, Live Jazz Music Featuring the Elliott Lawrence Trio. Tickets will be sale at meetings but also through the website via PayPal. Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 the week of the event. Our Beneficiary: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) JDRF is the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is a disease which strikes children suddenly and requires multiple injections of insulin daily or a continuous infusion of insulin through a pump. Insulin, however, is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its eventual and devastating complications which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. We are looking forward to a great event in an exciting venue with great food, live music, and friends! Web and Mail Exposure For Our Sponsors Are you collecting raffle and auction items? Have logos from your sponsors? Send them to Derrick to get your sponsors web and email exposure as a thanks for helping make Jazz a success! We Need Your Help With Jazz less than a month away, we need everyone's help to make the event a sucess. There are many tasks we need help with to pull everything off and make this event the best is has ever been! We need volunteers from the club to help promote our upcoming event by attending various Rotary Meetings in San Diego and spreading the word. If you would like to help, please contact Amanda. We need volunteers to help out the night of the event, sign up sheets will circulate at our next two meetings. After our next meeting, we will be handing out fliers for Jazz to the Downtown area. Please stick around for a few minutes to help publicize the event! We are busy collecting donations from local vendors for our raffle and silent auction. Please continue your efforts with collections donations as well. Any donation is welcome! Lastly, please help to promote the event by communicating with your friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors! If you would like to sell paper tickets, please contact Amanda. If you have sold paper tickets, please bring the money to Amanda at our meeting on November 20. Eblasts will continue to be sent out and tickets are available on our website via PayPal. Make sure to buy your tickets ASAP while they are still only $25! Thank you to everyone for your support with this event! A Big Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Save the Date: Annual Rotaract Holiday Party December 07 (Friday) Time TBA Location TBA Mark your calendar for the Annual Rotaract Holiday Party on Friday, December 7th! Bring your favorite beverage and use your imagination for your contribution to the white elephant gift exchange. More details to follow!

Dues Are Due! It is that time of year again... Current Rotaract members, The semi-annual dues are $30. The dues go to help subsidize the many community service and social events that occur throughout the year. These events include the Rancho Jireh Picnic, the ice cream social and bingo at the senior center, as well as many more. For new members, once you have completed your membership requirements, there is a one time initiation fee of $28. This fee goes towards a snazzy Rotaract t-shirt, pin, and certificate. In addition, new members will also need to pay the $30 for semi-annual dues. The total amount for a new member is $58. You can pay your dues by attending a general meeting and giving a check or cash to the Treasurer, Steve Goodall. You can also pay with your credit card or bank account through PayPal.

Entertainment Books Are Now For Sale! Entertainment Books Payment is due at our next meeting on November 20th. If you took a book on good faith, please bring payment. These books cost only $40 and have over $18,000 worth of savings inside! Save on your daily errands, dining out, and travel costs. These books are an excellent value and provide a great fundraiser to our club. You can also purchase books online and they will be credited to our account by using our group id. Through this method, you can purchase books for any city you would like. Go to www.entertainment.com/support and enter group ID 120008. Shipping is free. The deadline for this is November 30th, 2007. Please contact Amanda Scott with any questions.

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: November 21 Dark! - No Meeting No meeting in observance of Thanksgiving. November 28 Andrew McAllister & Sue Reynolds Solar Power December 05 Stephen Weber President San Diego State University December 12 Prof. John Minan University of San Diego "Little Green Book of Golf Law" For last minute changes, please check http://www.sdrotary.org!

Members' Bulletin Board Free Tickets to See Dat Phan November 28 - December 02 (Wednesday - Sunday) The Improv Comedy Club at Pechanga      45000 Pechanga Parkway (formerly Pala Road), Temecula Free Tickets to see Dat Phan perform Live at the Pechanga Improv Comedy Club on November 28th - December 2nd. 21 & older, 2 drink minimum. Great chance for you to network with people by offering them free tickets to come with you! Email, call or text: Emmett Morgan, 858-922-2468, www.datphan.com, www.myspace.com/dphan Volunteers Needed for Monarch School's Butterfly Enterprises Mondays 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm The Monarch School The Monarch School is looking for help with their business club, Butterfly Enterprises. They're looking for a couple of volunteers to help out on Mondays from about 3:00-5:00pm and occasionally on the weekends or evenings. The purpose of the club is to teach the students how to run a business. They learn how to make certain products (jewelry, embossed napkins, and stationary), and also how to market and sell their products. If you're interested in becoming a part of their team or if you'd like more information, please contact Kristin Shea. Post your own message here! Do you need a roommate? Trying to sell your car? Let Rotaract work for you! Post your message here in the newsletter and have it be seen by over 100 like-minded people. Just send an e-mail to newsletter@sandiegorotaract.org with "Bulletin Board" in the subject line. Please remember to also include a general time frame for your message, e.g. 3 weeks, 2 newsletters, or until November 1st.

Rotaract & Rotary Trivia Rotary "Firsts" The first Rotary club in a non-English-speaking country was in Havana, Cuba, in 1916. The first Rotary club in South America was chartered in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1918. The first Rotary club in Asia was chartered in Manila, Philippines, in 1919. The first Rotary club in Africa was chartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1921. The first Rotary club in Australia was chartered in Melbourne in 1921.