Meeting August 25, 2016

Laura Shannon led us in the Flag Salute.

 

President Husam introduced guests and visiting Rotarians.

 

Guest of Jeff Hata was Rosandra Esquivel, guest of Bill Gray was Mason Gray and guests of President Husam was Sharon and Kevin Daley.

 

President Husam remarked how beautiful it was to see such a full house!

 

P.E. Harriet Clune introduced us to our new caterer, Amy Tyrell from Morsels as you wish. Harriet then filled the club in with all the changes that have been happening with catering at the Poinsettia Pavilion and what the process was to hire Chef Amy. Harriet let us know the importance of having a good headcount so please call, email or text Harriet by the Monday before the meeting if you will be bringing a guest. It is very important that we have a good headcount.

 

Bill Crookston gave our Inspirational Message.

 

John Borneman then gave our song of the day.

 

Midge Stork let us know that the raffle prize was a $50 gift card to Trader Joe's donated by Mike Martin.

 

Ken Kagan gave our joke of the day and then President Husam gave another!!!

 

Michelle Cekov reported on the International Service meeting. They had a good turnout and decided to focus on the Leadership Conference with GoCare.  International Service is looking into having a booth at the District Conference October 14 - 16 to try and get other clubs interested in participating.

 

International Service may be doing a service project in Nircaragua with GoCare in February.

 

Michelle also spoke about the United Way's Day of Caring and a couple of Community Service project opportunities. First is a Fall Library Cleaning project and the other is a Barn Beautification Project at Ventura County Animal Services. If you are interested, let Michelle know.

 

Bruce McGee spoke about the sponsor opportunities for Nightmare on the Hill. Sponsorships are vital to have a successful fundraiser. We need to finalize sponsorships in the next couple of weeks so please get out and try to get at least one sponsor.

 

President Husam visited Downtown and sold a case of Poinsettias! President Husam also said that Nightmare on the Hill will be the party of the year so please get out and help promote this event.