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THE ROTARY CLUB OF SANTA MARIA

A Message from the Editor

Susan Rees2009-2010 President

September 29, 2009

THE ROTATOR

Frank Culley, Editor

Membership Chair

2009 - 2010

fculley.rotary@gmail.com

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RI and Gates Foundation boost end-polio commitment to US$555 million Rotary Internationalannounced that its partnership for polio eradication with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation hasincreased its contribution to US$555 million. The announcement was made at the InternationalAssembly in San Diego, California, USA, on 21 January.

As of June 2009, District 5240 Ranks 5th in the world for PolioPlus Giving.

District 5240 is 5th in the World for PolioPlus

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THE ROTARY CLUB OF SANTA MARIA

The Rotary Club of

Santa Maria

Board of Directors

2009-2010

President:

Susan Rees

President Elect:

Bob Frias

Past President:

Dr. Kenneth Nelson

Club Administration:

Roy Dugger

Bill Libbon

Membership:

Frank Culley

Public Relations:

Andrew Millar

International:

Gillian Andrews

Club Service:

Laura Mohajer

The Rotary Foundation:

Tom Martinez

Karen Fothergill

Secretary:

John Henning

Treasurer:

Robbin Medina

Curt Davis

Rotary Calendar

Bulletin questions or comments? E-mail fculley.rotary@gmail.com or call 805-934-7091

CONTRIBUTIONS

Membership, Frank Culley

Rotator, Frank Culley

Web Site, Roy Dugger

http://www.rotaryclubofsantamaria.org/

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Contacts for Current Rotary Projects

September Programs by Frank Culley

September 29

Charlie Bell - St. Joe’s Water Polo

www.onewaywaterpolo.com

www.knightswaterpolo.org

OCTOBER

October 13th - Board Meeting

October 27th - Club Assembly

NOVEMBER

November 7th

A Trip Through the 60”s

Santa Maria Fair Park

DECEMBER

December 22nd—Kids Christmas Party

December 29th—Tom & Jerry Party

JANUARY 2010

FEBRUARY

MARCH

March 2nd—Hans Kardel Sr. - Denmark

March 30th - Club Assembly

APRIL

MAY

May 4th - Mother’s Day

JUNE

June 8th - Dark for Step Down Dinner

October programs by Leah West

October 6

Lugdy Cueva - Identity Theft

October 13

Tamara Gaussoin - Pescadero Travel

October 20

Linda Sanders - Warden US Penitentiary

October 27

Rick Haydon - Asst. City Mgr. - Santa Maria

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THE ROTARY CLUB OF SANTA MARIA

THE ROTATOR

Do you have retention goals?

Do you monitor club member participation?

Do you have a plan for reaching out to members who you don’t see at meetings and events?

How do you get feedback from your members regarding their satisfaction with your club?

How well do your members know each other?

Do you know why members leave?

In these times of economic challenge, what does your club do to assist members with:

Business problems

Personal concerns

Competing prioritiesCredit for the above to District 5240 Membership

Did you know -

50% of Rotary club members leavewithin the first three years

Top Reasons Members Leave Rotary1. Unable to adhere to meeting attendance requirements

2. Relocating to a new community

3. Health reasons

4. Too much fundraising

5. Not enough value

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Have interesting and relevant club programs.

Find out what your new member’s passions are and get them involved in those areas rightaway.

Hold regular meetings with new members to continue their Rotary education and answertheir questions.

Encourage new members to take advantage of events and training outside normal clubmeetings:

PRLS

Poverty Conference

Rotary Foundation and Grants Seminars

District Assembly – it isn’t just for club officers

District Conference

International Convention

Conduct frequent social events:

Involve spouses/partners in everything you do. They are part of Rotary even though theyare not a member.

Hold events specifically geared to members’ children and grandchildren

Social events can also be a time for Rotary education, e.g. Fireside Chats, and District Con-ference.

When asked,”Why have you chosen to remain a member of your

Rotary club?” Current members responded:

Club Fellowship 80.2%

Community Service Opportunities 64.4%

Networking 34.5%Credit for the above to District 5240 Membership

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Bayliss, Carolyn $500 500 Lapp, Fatch, Meyers & Gallagher

Bridge, Steve $500 500 Local Copies

Culley, Frank $500 500 Ever-Ready Electric

Dunn, Scott W. $500 500 Byars Thompson Buchanan

Edie, Camille D. $500 500 Your Community Bank of Santa Maria

Engel Jr., Carl W. $500 500 Engel & Gray

Frias, Bob $500 500 State Farm Insurance - Bob Frias

Henning, John $500 500

McKellar, Cynthia $500 500 Your People Professionals

Miller, Robert C.

$500 500

Pratt, Fred

$500 500

Bay Shores Peninsula Hotel, NewportBeach

Rees, Susan

$500 500 Image Factory

Ross, Thomas E.

$500 500 Tom Ross Realty

Souza, Virginia Perry

$500 500 Morgan Stanley

Weare, Heather M.

$500 500

West, Leah

$500 500 Santa Lucia Bank

Wittenburg, GeorgeLaurence

$500 500

Non Members

AJ Whitten $ 500

Pybas Vegetable Seed Inc. $ 500

Marian Hospital 1000

Don Rose 1000

Cal Coast MachineryPo Box 196 Santa Maria,CA 93456 925-0931fax 925-0822

GALA FUNRAISER Calling all Rotarians

The FUNraiser is coming quickly and this year we have a special deal for all our members.

As you know you are committed to a table of 6 for the minor fee of $300. BUT WAIT!!!

For only $200 more you get to be a Silver sponsor. This not only takes care of your commitment but it also gets:

* A Power point display of your corporate name at the event * Your Corporate name in newspaper ads and

* Your Corporate name in the catalog

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MONDAYS

6:00 P SANTA MARIA SOUTH

THE HISTORIC SANTA MARIA INN

12:10 SAN LUIS OBISPO

MADONA INN

TUESDAYS

7:OOA SLO DAYBREAK

FAIRWAYS RESTAURANT

CAMBRIA SUNRISE

LAS CAMBRITAS

SOLVANG BREAKFAST

ROYAL SCANDINAVIAN

TEMPLETON

MCPHEE’S

12:00 THE ROTARY CLUB OF

SANTA MARIA

THE HISTORIC SANTA MARIA INN

PISMO BEACH

PELICAN POINT

MORRO BAY

THE MORRO BAY GOLF COURSE

WEDNESDAYS

7:00 A GROVER BEACH

SPYGLASS PISMO

NIPOMO

BLACK LAKE GOLF RESORT

PASO ROBLES SUNRISE

PASO ROBLES COUNTRY CLUB

12:00 ATASCADERO

LAKESIDE PAVILLION

SAN LUIS DE TOLOSA

MADONNA INN

12:10 SANTA YNEZ VALLEY

ROYAL SCANDINAVIAN

6:00 P LOMPOC ROTARY CLUB

LOMPOC EMBASSY SUITES

THURSDAYS

7:00 A SANTA MARIA BREAKFAST

SANTA MARIA INN

12:00 PASO ROBLES

PASO ROBLES COUNTRY CLUB

ARROYO GRANDE

STEAMERS PISMO BEACH

FRIDAYS

6:45 A VANDENBERG VILLAGE

VILLAGE COUNTRY CLUB

7:00 A LOS OSOS

MARE BLU RISTORANTE

12:00 CAMBRIA

THE BRAMBLES

The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

"cyber make-ups"

www.rotarydistrict5240.org

A reminder that several back issues as well as thecurrent issue of The Rotator can be found on ourWebsite. I also have every issue I have done sinceSeptember 23, 2008 if there is a specific issue youmay want.

http://www.rotaryclubofsantamaria.org/

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all

concerned?

Will it build GOOD

WILL and BETTER

FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL

to all concerned

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The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

2009—2010

MEETING GREETER RAFFLE TICKET SELLER

NAME MONTH NAME MONTH

RON NANNING JULY CAMILLE EDIE JULY

JON DEMETER AUGUST CINDY McKELLAR AUGUST

RICK HAYDON SEPTEMBER TOM ROSS SEPTEMBER

FRANK CULLEY OCTOBER RICK HAYDEN OCTOBER

BILL LIBBON NOVEMBER KAREN FOTHERGILL NOVEMBER

CARL ENGEL DECEMBER TOM MARTINEZ DECEMBER

JON STORM JANUARY YVONNE BIELY JANUARY

GILLIAN ANDREWS FEBRUARY GREG MUSCIO FEBRUARY

LARRY LETTERS / BOB MILLER MARCH JON STORM MARCH

SCOTT DUNN APRIL CARL ENGEL APRIL

RUTH MORAN MAY HANS KARDEL MAY

AVAILABLE JUNE RUTH MORAN JUNE

THANK YOU FOR HELPING YOUR ROTARY CLUB

ALL GREETERS & TICKET SELLERS, PLEASE PLAN ON BEING AT THE MEETING BY 11:50

Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with Tara Nelson and her family.

I have started taking attendance role at each meeting, with the idea of contacting anyone who hasmissed several meetings, to see if there is a anything we could possibly help with. (unless of coursewe know why they aren’t at the meetings)

I would appreciate your help in this endeavor. If you notice an absence, please let me know and wewill have someone check into it.

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BASIC PRLS GRADUATES MASTER PRLS GRADUATES

Jon Demeter John Henning

Camille Edie Blanche Hollingshead

Peter Lopez Ronald L. Nanning

Tom Martinez Jane M. Norman

Cindy McKellar Fred Sanders

Greg Muscio Connie Blackwell

Ken Nelson Jan Leaverton

Susan Rees Frank Culley

Dr. Andrew Millar

Roy Dugger

Megan Thomas

Curt Davis

Tara Nelson

Terri Lee Coleman

Doug Coleman (Non-Member)

Ric Fraser

Robbin Medina

PRLS 2009—2010 Schedule

Basic PRLS on 10/10/09 will be at Rabobank on main street in Cambria

All of the Master PRLS classes will be held at the Santa Maria Inn

Santa Barbara or SLO County

October 10, 2009 for Basic PRLS Public Speaking; Rotary, Your Club and You; Leadership Tools For Success; Leadinga Meeting & Communications.

October 31, 2009 for MPRLS 3 A full day of committee facilitation skills and group goal setting exercises.

November 14, 2009 for MPRLS 4 full day of Situational Leadership concept identification, understanding and skills de-velopment.

December 5, 2009 for MPRLS 1 A full day of extemporaneous public speaking exercises.

January 23, 2010 for MPRLS 2 A full day of preplanned public speaking exercises.

February 6, 2010 for MPRLS 5 A full day of business model planning and project management skills development andexercises.

http://www.prls.org/

THE OBJECT OF PRLS

To provide an environment for current and potential Rotary leaders to learn how to bemore effective as individuals on a daily basis.

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