RB Rotary January 17, 2019 Meeting Minutes & Images by James Kaspar with Dave Brooks

Posted by John O'Neill on Jan 23, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rotary meeting minutes for 1/17/19 
President Doug Dawson opened the meeting by leading us in reciting the traditional Rotary 4-Way Test. He then recognized volunteers Rick Bramble as Greeter, Joel Doss, Gary Saks, David King and Toby Westbrook for manning the check-in desk, plus Mike Stelman for giving an excellent impromptu Inspirational Message. Also thanked were club photographer James Kaspar, John O’Neill as Meeting Personnel Organizer, Terry Heck for leading the Pledge with entirely new information on other types of U.S flags plus setup crew Rick Bramble, Patrick Chaffee and Jim Reid.
Susan King passed out the Valentine’s holiday See’s Candy order forms and encouraged us to buy lots of sweets in this delicious fundraiser.
Gary Saks announced an upcoming Interfaith Community Services food drive. He also reported on our current Club Foundation Bridge fundraising drive by congratulating the members who have already donated $5000 in the first of three weeks of the drive.
Alex Robertson was asked for an update on his organization PeakLogic. The brain adjusting system has continued to expand and positively affect more people across the country. He also noted that there have been no suicides among the treated patients. Finemaster John O’Neill congratulated Don Glover for his induction into the RB Hall of Fame, and then he fined him.
New member sponsor Alex Robertson and mentor Arilla St. Laurent assisted President Doug by inducting new member John Mullin. Congratulations John and welcome aboard! Arilla then auctioned a plant that is donated monthly.
Sandie Dewane introduced our speaker, Kevin Ehlinger Wilde form the Coronado Rotary Club. Kevin spoke about how disruptive new technologies change the world. The newest of these is likely to be the increase in the intelligence of artificial beings. He was asked by Jim Hyldahl to sign a book that our club donates each meeting to the Bernardo Heights Middle School library.
Upcoming events:
Jan 24th: President-Elect David King will replace President Doug. The speaker will be Tyson Ikeda M.D., describing the new UCSD clinic in Rancho Bernardo.
Jan 26th: District Council dinner at 5:30 in El Centro. Speaker will be the XO of Naval Air Facility, El Centro.
Feb 23rd: Peace Forum: Joint Rotary and USD peace conference at the USD Kroc Center.
Mar 1-3: District Conference at the Catamaran Resort on Mission Bay. Agenda to follow when available.
Meeting adjourned at 1:40pm.