2008-09 Calendar:
Meetings, Programs & Events
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| Unless otherwise noted, meetings
are:
Monday @ Noon St. Rose Building (the former school) 320 10th Street, Santa Rosa, CA Click here for Google Map |
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2003-2004 2002-2003 2001-2002 2000-2001 1999-2000 1998-1999 |
Past Programs and Events in 2008-09
| July 2008 | |
| 7 | Dark |
| 10 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 14 | Membership and Board Of Directors' Visions for 2008-09 |
| 16 | Meet at John Ash, Front Room for drinks and complimentary hor d'oerves from 5:30 to 6:30pm. Come early, bring your spouse |
| 17 | Fireside at CitiBank B St., downtown for Terry Galazzo. 5:30-7:30pm. Enjoy refreshments and come see the vault. |
| 21 |
Community Needs Assessments (How to choose the best Rotary projects) Pam Tuffs from Petaluma Valley Rotary |
| 28 | Karen Whissen - Teaching Literacy at the Sonoma County Jail |
| August 2008: Membership & Extension Month | |
| 1 |
15th Annual Golf & BBQ Social Bennett Valley Golf Course, Tee Off @ 1:00 pm, Dinner @ 5:30 PM See Jeff Ray for tee time. BBQ starts at 5:00pm. Everyone welcome. Beer, wine and tri tip. Details & Registration |
| 4 | Jim Hinton and John Hathaway discuss their trip to Africa |
| 11 | Dr. Mark Netherda - HIV work with Orphans in Namibia |
| 12 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 17 | BBQ social at Mike and Maureen Merrill's house in Windsor. Bring spouse, grandchildren. If it's warm, we swim! Details to follow. |
| 18 | Sonoma County Dairy Women in History - Marilyn Herzog, Sleepy Hollow Dairy |
| 25 | Membership Express, Chris Parr-Feldman and Maureen Merrill |
| September 2008: New Generations Month | |
| 1 | Dark |
| 8 | Visit with Ed Fullerton, District Governor |
| 9 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 15 | Bartley BBQ at Wikiup Swim Club. Our fun annual event. |
| 22 | Meeting: Speakers from The Children's Museum |
| 24 | Strictly Social Nite at the new Mary's Pizza on 4th St, downtown. 3:00 to 6:00pm. Half price appetizers. |
| 29 | Meeting: Bob Erlach, Colonel in the US Army Reserves, Dentistry in Iraq. |
| October 2008: Support Vocational Service Month | |
| 6 | Meeting: Courthouse Square Reunification, Bill Dodson & Scott Bartley |
| 13 | Meeting: Bringing the Best Independent, Classic & Foreign Films to Sonoma County, Ky Boyd, Owner of the Rialto Theater |
| 14 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 20 | Meeting: Remembering the 1948 Olympics with Silver Medalist Olympian Jim Delaney |
| 22 | Strategic Visioning Session - contact Mike Merrill |
| 24 | Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Tour - RSVP Ginny Pitts |
| 25 | Denim & Diamonds - Downtown Club's Fundraiser - contact Jim Hinton or Peter LaMonica for details |
| 27 | Meeting: Bill Fishman Recounts Jewish History in Petaluma |
| November 2008: Celebrate Rotary Foundation Month | |
| 3 6 |
Meeting rescheduled to 11/6 Annual Vet's Day Luncheon @ Santa Rosa Vet's Hall |
| 10 | Bruno Ferrandis, Music Director & Conductor, Santa Rosa Symphony |
| 11 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 12 |
Fireside @ Diane Winsby's Drapes & More - RSVP Ginny
Pitts 5:30 - 7:30 pm, 1305A Cleveland Ave. Refreshments & door prize. Members and guests welcome. RSVP appreciated for food planning. |
| 15 | Foundation Dinner - contact Harry Rubins |
| 17 18 |
Meeting rescheduled to joint meeting on the 18th: Meeting: Bob Madgic, "Shattered Air, a true account of catastrophe and courage on Yosemite's Half Dome." The meeting will be at the Flamingo at 11/18 @ noon. |
| 24 | Meeting: Dick Sinsley, Human Trafficking Is Real...in our own community |
| December 2008: Family of Rotary Month | |
| 1 | Meeting: Amelia Lincoln & Allison Zegara, Project Friendship, Peru |
| 8 | Meeting: Visions for the Future of Our Club |
| 9 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 13 | Holiday Party @ David McDonald's |
| 15 | Meeting: Jane Bender/Ernesto Olivares, State of the City |
| 22 | DARK |
| 29 | DARK |
| January 2009: Rotary Awareness Month | |
| 5 | Meeting: Geology of Sonoma County |
| 12 | Meeting: Richard Coshnear, Esq, Immigration Issues in Sonoma County |
| 13 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 19 | Meeting: John Abrahams, Sonoma County Public Defender, Methamphetamines in Sonoma County |
| 26 | Meeting: Suzanne Smith, Sonoma County Transportation Authority |
| February 2009: World Understanding Month | |
| 2 | Meeting: Sonoma Land Trust, John Brosnan |
| 9 | Meeting: Jerry Meshulam, Rotoplast |
| 10 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 16 | DARK |
| 23 | Meeting: Renata Billinger, Climate Protection Campaign |
| March 2009 | |
| 2 | |
| 9 | Meeting: Support Our Schools Update |
| 10 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 16 | 5:00 pm - St. Pat's Day Ball @ Sally Tomatoes, Sonoma Mountain Village, 1100 Valley House Dr., Rohnert Park: No-host cocktails at 5:00, Buffet dinner @5:45, Irish Dancing Girls, too! See Map. RSVP Tarina |
| 23 |
Meeting: Sonoma County Science Fair and
Science Olympiad, Mike Roa from the Sonoma County Office of Education |
| 30 | Meeting: Sonoma County Land Use Issues, Will Richards |
| April 2009: Rotary Magazine Month | |
| 6 | Meeting: Santa Rosa Police Dept. Volunteers, Joe McClelland |
| 13 | Meeting: Sonoma County Bike Coalition, Christine Culver |
| 14 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 20 |
Meeting:
The Great Santa Rosa Earthquake of 1906, Jim
Johnson (This a joint meeting with Santa Rosa East hosted by Santa Rosa West) |
| 27 | Meeting: Students' Speech Contest |
| May 2009 | |
| 4 | 5 PM Cinco de Mayo Party at Harvest Moon Winery (in lieu of noon meeting) |
| 11 | |
| 12 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 18 | Meeting: Preservation Ranch, Eric Koenigshoffer |
| 25 | |
| June 2009: Rotary Fellowship Month | |
| 1 | Meeting: CSE Team: Home from Brazil |
| 8 | Meeting: Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation, Jessica Derrick |
| 9 | SRWR Board Meeting |
| 15 | Meeting: Tina Montgomery with Sonoma Mountain Village |
| 22 | Meeting: Bob Swift and Jerry Meshulam - Presentation on Sebastopol Sunrise's Ecuador Project. |
| 28 | 5 pm, Debunking, Wikiup Swim & Tennis Club |
| 29 | Meeting: President David's Last Hurrah |