Meeting Minutes
September 12, 2024
President Terry Heck brought our meeting to order at 12:30 pm and led us in reciting the 4 Way Test and the Pledge of Allegiance.
He thanked the following members for their help: greeter-Resa Coopat, AV and scribe-Dave Brooks, front desk-Pat Chaffee and Sgt at Arms Joel Doss, and photographer-Bill Brehm.
We had one visiting Rotarian, Amaya from the Downtown Pittsburgh club. He was looking for partners to help finance Global Grants his club is working on.
Joel led us in a spectacular rendition of our Welcome Song. Amaya said he’d come back again anyway.
We had a moment of silence to remember Rick Bramble, who passed away on September 10th. Rick joined our club in 2010 and hosted some memorable fishing trips with several RB Rotarians.
The silent auction for a 3-night stay at the Chaffee’s house in San Felipe, Mexico continues through September 26th. See the flyer below for the details. The current high bid is $550.
President Terry’s Announcements:
-District Governor Dianne Crawford will be visiting our club on September 26th.
-We will be staffing a booth at RB Alive! on Sunday September 15th.
-Bring non-perishable canned goods (no glass) to meetings to benefit military families.
-Attend suicide prevention training at Oasis RB on September 26th from 1-3:30 pm. Presented by the County of San Diego. You can register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpIMOIC_7juEHRHOfgkhofgv2IaRJOxxFSOX5KUzQ6-_gbFQ/viewform
-The deadline for applications to our club foundation for grants and matching gifts is October 1st. Send them to Judy Lutticken at jlutticken1@yahoo.com. The foundation will meet on October 10th to evaluate the applications.
-The Rotary Club of Escondido will celebrate its 100th birthday on October 20th. RI President Stephanie Urchick will speak at this event. You can register here: https://www.escondidorotary.org/100th-anniversary
We had no speaker today, instead President Terry had us break into groups to discuss how to make Rotary Magic with Youth, Membership, Peace Building, Mental Health, Social Events and Field Trips. After discussion for 20 minutes, each group reported to the membership on their ideas for 3 minutes.
President Terry adjourned the meeting at 1:40 pm.