New President Meghan Burton began the meeting at 12:30
Pledge: Mike Norcia
Inspiration: John Pencer. He read the poem, The Things He Didn’t Do by Edgar Best, about keeping life in balance and making sure that we are present to the people in our lives.
Visiting Rotarian: Diana Brown from District 4250 in Guatemala and the 2025-26 District Governor Nominee.
Roast and Toast: was a big success. We watched a video compilation put together by Suzanne Boxer-Gassman.
Upcoming Events: August 1 is Happy Hour at the house of Gordon and Judy Levin from 5:30-7:30pm. Address is 16055 Camino Del Cerro. Please bring a beverage, appetizer or salad to share. Desserts will be provided.
July Birthdays:
Todd Taylor July 7, Art Rabitz July 13, Jason Deppong July 16, Sarita Johnson July 18, Ron Cassel July 21, Karen Anderson July 29.
July Anniversaries:
Ron Cassel, 23 years, Irene Carrion-Upson, 17 years, Robert Chaykin, 15 years, Sarita Johnson, 14 years, Gregg Butterfield, 9 years, Lisa Cheskin, 5 years, Jeffrey Barnett, 4 years and Ileana Aguilar, 1 year.
30 for 30:
Jeffrey Blum gave $50 as a thank you for the Ready for Prime Time players from the Roast and Toast.
Jeff Barnett gave $100 for a wonderful trip to Paris.
Rachelle Lopp gave $30 for her experience of a Rotary meeting in Milan, Italy, where prosecco, appetizers and a full meal was served.
Mike Frangadakis gave $30 for his trip to Cleveland, Ohio for a Greek Convention.
Mike Norcia gave $99: $33 for Nicholas and his team for the Roast and Toast, $33 for Lisa in honor of her Rotarian of the Year award and $33 for Meghan and her president’s year.
Club Assembly:
Meghan gave a mini bio of herself. She has been married 25 years, loves to travel, and has two children: Grace, 23 and Thomas, 22. The family also has a yellow lab named Rocky. Mike brought Meghan into Rotary in 2019 with her first project Rebuilding Together. In the fall of 2021, Mike asked her if she would be president for the 2023-24 year. She called Tina and asked her advice and here she is as our president.
The international theme for the 2023-24 year is Create Hope in The World. Meghan would like to concentrate on one of the 7 areas of focus this year, the Environment. Rotarians are asked to send pictures on a weekly basis to Meghan about their adventures in nature, Rotarians in the Wild.
Meghan introduced the Board for this year:
President: Meghan Burton
Vice President: Rachelle Lopp
President Elect: Doug Brent
Immediate Past President: Mike Norcia
Treasurer: Patti van der Burg
Assistant treasurer: Dan Snyder
Secretary: David Hubbard
Assistant Secretary: Terri Trotter
Director of Youth Services: Kirsten Bridges
Director of Meetings: Paul Johnson
Director of Membership: Jeff Blum
Director of Budget and Finance: Ramon Ware
Director of Club Events: Jean-Marc Blanchard
There were sign ups on the table for Committees that are asking for more members.
Meghan adjourned meeting.