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THE ROTARY CLUB OF SANTA MARIA

President’s Message

Susan Rees2009-2010 President

July 28, 2009

THE ROTATOR

Frank Culley, Editor

fculley.rotary@gmail.com

It's not too early to plan to attend the District 5240Conference in October! For those of you whomight not know, our District holds two kinds ofevents every year: the District Assemblies in Aprilare training seminars, whereas the District Con-ferences in October are a time for fellowship,inspiration, socializing and FUN. I'm planning togo and hope lots of our members and spouseswill be able to come too.

This year, there are lots of really cool activitiesand entertainment planned, it's being held at the

beach at the Ventura Mariott. How can you sayno to playing Texas Hold'em or building sandcastles on the beach all for the Rotary cause???(Carlie can actually be telling the truth about do-ing good for Rotary if he goes.) The speakers andentertainment are excellent. There are limitedspaces available, so submit your reservationssoon. See the attached fliers.

Sincerely,

SusanSee Pages 8 & 9 for more information

Check out the Web Siteunder “Site Pages” & “The

Rotator”

There’s a surprise there

E-MAIL ETIQUETTE

I am sure that most of usknow that sending an e-mail in all capital letters isconsidered “shouting”.

I mention this because Irecently received just suchan e-mail from a member.

Just a word to the wise;unless of course you in-tend to shout.

The Future of Rotary

is in Whose Hands?By Ray Garrett (VandenbergVillage)

Our Rotary InternationalPresident, John Kenny, haschosen a theme that no doubtis intended to inspire Rotari-ans to make every reasonableeffort to keep the idea of“Service Above Self ” aliveand well in today’s world,never mind the pervasive eco-nomic problems. That themefor Rotary year 2009- 2010 is“The Future of Rotary is inyour hands.” The challenge isgreat, and when I think aboutit I don’t know who is going tosee that we’re able to do any-thing about it. As a Rotarianfor forty-eight years, a ques-tion immediately comes tome. In whose hands is thefuture of our great worldwideorganization? Perhaps othershave also thought a similarquestion. Perhaps every Ro-tarian should be concernedabout the present and futureimpact of Rotary. Let me ventsome of my concerns. Theremay be other Rotarians who

share them.

For Rotary to succeed, both atthe club level and at the inter-national level, it needs theparticipation of individual Ro-tarians. There just is not anyother way. Rotarians need tosupport through their faithfulattendance and participation.Rotarians need to be involvedin club projects and in theprograms of Rotary at homeand around the world. Rotari-ans need to help finance theprojects and programs of thelocal clubs and of Rotary In-ternational. It is important forRotarians to be consciously apart of what makes us special.Rotarians are the source forgrowth when we invite othersto meetings and propose newmembers. We all know that forRotary to survive there mustbe growth.

When I was promoted fromsocial worker to small countydirector by the New MexicoDepartment of Welfare in1961, I was assigned to Estan-cia, Torrance County, nearAlbuquerque. I was invited tojoin the Estancia Rotary Club.This was the beginning of myadventures in Rotary. It was

only a small club, as I was the17th member at the time. Theother Rotarians impressedone thing on me: Attendanceeach week was of utmost im-portance. I thought every Ro-tarian always attended unlessill or otherwise hindered. Itwas important to us to attendso that we could plan andprovide service to our verysmall city. There was noChamber of Commerce. Wewere it. One of the things thatEstancia Rotary was able toaccomplish was the negotia-tion with a shoe company toset up an assembly unit in anabandoned school building.This provided jobs and helpedthe economy. It most likelywould never have happenedhad we not taken our atten-dance and dedication to“Service Above Self ” seri-ously. Later I was once againpromoted and located in alarger city and county. I wasonce again invited to join thelocal Rotary club. It was thenthat I learned that all Rotari-ans do not attend each week.

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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

JULY

July 28th—Club Assembly

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

CONTRIBUTIONS

Membership, Frank Culley

Rotator, Frank Culley

Web Site, Roy Dugger

http://www.rotaryclubofsantamaria.org/

Sign-up & Participate Today!

Contacts for Current Rotary Projects

July Programs

July 28

Club Assembly

August Programs

August is Membership and Extension Month

August 4

To Be Announced

August 11

To Be Announced

August 18

Diane Glaser—Allan Hancock College

Health Clinic

“The Clicker System”

August 25

District Governor Visit

Luz Maria Ortiz~Smith

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The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

Our thoughts and prayers are with Tara Nelson and her family.

We all wish her a full and speedy recovery.

We miss you very much and look forward to your return to Rotary and all of the other great things you do.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Ken Martin.

We all wish for a full and speedy recovery for Ken.

Please don’t hold your Sunshine Information until the meeting. Some folks don’t come to all of the meetings

so they won’t know what is going on, in a timely fashion, with their fellow Rotarians.

Please send it to: fculley.rotary@gmail.com

Terri Lee Coleman will be out for another 3 or4 weeks.

We wish her a speedy recovery and hope she can return to our lunch meetings soon.

Dick Glace has had minor health issues, so has his wife. He said he will start coming back soon, but notnext week. He misses his friends at Rotary.

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

These Silver sponsorships are going like hot cakes because this is the most cost effective advertising you could ever get for only an additional$200.

Soon Cindy McKellar will be contacting you to sign up; don’t let this opportunity pass by.

Sign up Status

Silver Sponsors Goal 50 Gold Sponsors Goal 5 Diamond Sponsors Goal 3

Signed to date 5 Signed to date 1 Signed to Date 0

Please Join your fellow Rotarians and support The Rotary Club of Santa Maria. The following members have already committed to support:

Bob Frias – State Farm InsuranceSteve Bridges – Local CopiesCindy McKellar – Your People ProfessionalsHeather Weare – Attorney at LawSusan Reese Image FactoryHeather WareDon Rose – Cal Coast Machinery

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The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

Proudly presents

A night at the theater

When: July 31st, 2009 – Friday

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Cost: $25.00 per person (Pre Pay

Only)

What it includes:

1 ticket and a Light Pre Show Reception

Please RSVP to Robbin at Robbin at 925-8286 or email:

THE MUSIC MAN

In this family musical celebration of Midwestern American traditions and foibles, con man 'Professor'Harold Hill has a plan for cleaning up the pool halls in River City by replacing them with a whole-some marching band; or so he wants us to believe. He came to River City to "clean up" but he didn'tcount on falling in love. Come and enjoy this classic American musical from Meredith Wilson

PCPA, Friday July 31st, $25.00 Appropriate for all ages. Bring checks to Rotary meeting,payable to PCPA

August is Membership and Extension Month

In August, Rotarians are asked to focus on membership and extension. During this month, consider sharing what itmeans to be a Rotarian in your community. For starters, check out the new online version of “Rotary Basics”, and usesome of the content to develop a press release, letter to the editor, or newspaper supplement. Be sure to add informa-tion specific to your club and district.

http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/NewMembers/RotaryBasics/Pages/ridefault.aspx

By Mary-Catherine McBride

(Newbury Park)

Twice a month we do a ‘Rotary Spotlight’ where a member talks

about how they got involved in Rotary, who sponsored them, why

they joined, and what they enjoy most about being a member.

It takes some of the heat off the program chair and keeps members

involved with each other as they discover new facts.

At the end of every Rotary year we present a ‘Rookie of the

Year Award’ to a new member who has shown enthusiasm and

participation. It highlights new members right away and makes

them feel special in their new environment. They love the

attention and recognition for being appreciated.

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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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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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Members know that during the year, they will be fined approximately $100 for club operations.It’s fun to get up in front of your friends and share your experiences in exchange for good-natured ribbing and a fine. But some members prefer not to be the center of attention, and ifyou're one of them, what a deal we have for you! Become a member of the Century Club by pay-ing $100 to Robbin by August 25, 2009. You will not be singled out at meetings, and if you mis-takenly are, any fine assessed will have to be paid by the president! Note that birthdays and an-niversaries are excluded, and will still be recognized at meetings. Talk to Robbin now if youwant to take advantage of this limited time offer.

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The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

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 HADEN 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 Club

The Rotary Club of Santa Maria had its first meeting as a provi-sional club on October 10, 1922. The 19 members choseJesse H. Chambers to be the first President, and George M.Scott to be the first Secretary. The first official meeting washeld on December 5, 1922 at the Santa Maria Inn, and on De-cember 19th the District Governor, Jack Williams, presented theclub with its charter.

Our club was sponsored by the Santa Barbara Rotary Club, andin turn we have sponsored the San Luis Obispo Rotary Club in1923, the Lompoc Rotary Club in 1925, the Guadalupe RotaryClub in 1940, the Santa Maria South Rotary Club in 1973, theSanta Maria Breakfast Rotary Club in 1984, and the NipomoRotary Club in 1997. The Rotary Club of Santa Maria has alsosponsored two Interact clubs, the Santa Maria High School In-teract Club in 1982, and the St. Joseph High School InteractClub in 2007.

Cecil B. DeMille regularly attended our club meetings in Mayand June of 1923 when he was filming the movie “The TenCommandments” at the Guadalupe Dunes. When he returnedto Hollywood he had his prop department make a RotaryWheel, which he gave to our club. This wheel now is housed inthe Santa Maria Historical Museum.

On November 13, 1925 Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary, wastraveling between Los Angeles and San Francisco and “madeup” at our club. In 1985 Rotary International President, CarlosCanseca, chose to visit our club over larger and more well-known clubs in Santa Barbara and Bakersfield. Rotarians from

all over the district attended.

In 1996 our club started a major fund raising endeavor that wascalled Monte Carlo. Now this event is called the Rotary HarvestGala and annually raises $60,000.00 for worthwhile projects.

Our commitment to the Rotary motto “Service above Self” isexemplified by the number of different types of projects that wesupport both locally and internationally. We have participated inlocal hands-on projects like the Guadalupe Dunes Center cleanup and the Salvation Army bell ringing at Christmas. We havepurchased dictionaries for all the third graders in the SantaMaria Valley for three consecutive years. Some of our fundshave gone to programs at the Boys and Girls Club and theY.M.C.A. Internationally we have participated in water projectsin Africa and Mexico, and have helped furnish an orphanage inChina. We have donated over $100,000.00 towards the RotaryInternational Polio Eradication project.

The Rotary Club of Santa Maria has over 200 Paul Harris Fel-lows, and has donated over $231,000.00 to the Rotary Interna-tional Foundation.

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The Rotary Club of Santa Maria

Some did not make up missed

meetings or participate in the club

projects. When I became a member

of the Santa Maria Rotary Club, I

learned that there are provisions in

the Rotary International By-laws

whereby a Rotarian can actually

exempt his or her attendance

altogether and never attend club

meetings. This is the rule of 85,

where the Rotarian’s age and

number of years as a member of a

Rotary club total 85.

Understandably, the rule of 85

seemed a good thing in the 60s

and years prior. People did not live

as long then as they do now, and

it was a way for an older Rotarian

to remain in Rotary. In those

days there were four categories of

Rotarians – Active, Senior Active,

Additional Active, for someone

with a classification already filled,

and Honorary. It was a practice

for a Rotarian with 15 or 20

years in Rotary to become Senior

Active. Many Rotarians became

Senior Active and still remained

participants in their clubs. Others

thought Senior Active and the 85-

rule was a way not to participate

in the day-to-day activities of their

clubs. This was a loss for Rotary.

A Council on Legislation a few

years ago reduced the categories

of membership to two – Active

and Honorary. It seemed to be a

good thing for Rotary, but, the

85-rule remains. We have members

in our clubs who do not attend

meetings, who need not make

up, and who do not participate in

Rotary activities. They are actually

Rotarians in name only. There are

even clubs with large numbers of

non-participants that have ceased

to exist and have had to give up

their charters. This is sad but true.

I can remember that once there

was a club in Guadalupe, CA. As

the members became eligible for

the 85-rule, attendance declined.

At a make-up in 1980, there were

only seven members, and many of

the Rotarians present were from

Santa Maria or Arroyo Grande

clubs. Soon after that the club

disbanded.

Here is the question I raised

at the beginning of this article:

In whose hands is the future of

Rotary? When no one is minding

the store, disaster usually follows.

Fortunately, every older Rotarian

who takes the 85 rule does not fail

to attend club meetings. Many still

remain active in club programs and

projects. Many are supportive of

the finances of their clubs. Rotary

needs every Rotarian every week.

When Rotarians are truly active,

they keep alive the spirit of Service

Above Self. They want to see

Rotary grow, and are more likely

to seek others in the community

to propose for membership. Rotary

is safe in the hands of these active

Rotarians.

I do not know if a future

Council on Legislation will change

the By-laws to require a minimum

attendance for every Rotarian

who has opted for the 85-rule,

but I do know that absence does

not make the heart any fonder. It

just isn’t natural to be a part of a

Rotary Club’s activities when one

never participates in any way. It

makes sense that Rotary’s future

is stronger when all Rotarians

are participating. We could be

stronger if every Rotarian by

rule must meet a more stringent

minimum attendance standard.

As R. I. President John Kenny

said, “The Future of Rotary is in

Your Hands.” It is up to us all.

Together we can assure the future

of Rotary.

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