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Barrier Free Park Eddie
Snow Plans and designs playground and camp for disabled persons. |
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Community, Youth and SeniorsPaul
Cummings
Works within the community and locates or organizes
worthwhile programs to be considered for Club funding. |
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Education Support Ann
Bisagno Meets 2nd Wednesdays at 8:15 am/Rotary Office or school Works with various schools in the city, helping
to establish programs, locating funding and other things that will assist
the school. More details |
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Enterprise Institute Paul
Ayers/Phil Campbell Holds
a 3-day camp in Aptos for high school juniors from the public and private
school in Oakland. The goal is to teach them about business, free enterprise
and themselves. The Committee starts meeting in the late fall and increases
in frequency until the camp is held in April. |
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Saroni-Lena Scholarship Mary
Geong Meets 1st Tuesdays at Noon/Rotary Office Awards
college scholarships to deserving Oakland high school seniors. The
Committee conducts interviews in the home as well as interviews with
applicants before selecting awardees. This process takes place in the
spring. During the rest of the year Committee members serve as advisors
to student recipients. Each Committee member is responsible for 1 or
2 students. |
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Speech Contest Mel
J. Caughell
Oversees and judges the annual Rotary speech contest,
in conjunction with the District 5170 contest. |
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Help
Oakland Pupils Excel (H.O.P.E.) Sue
Piper Meets 3rd Tuesdays at Noon/Rotary Office Provides mentoring to junior high school students who have been promised
post-graduate scholarships if they meet specific criteria such as grades,
attendance, and life-style standards. |
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Business Networking Chip
Doyle Meets at the call of the Chair Contact
chair for next meeting and event information. Envisions and implements
projects to encourage Rotarians to do business with other Rotarians,
such as the Yellow Pages, Business Networking Breakfasts, Brown Bag
lunches and the Annual Business Faire. |
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House Building Committee Darin
Daskarolis Meets 3rd Wednesdays at 12:30 pm Typical meeting location is at the house site: 5671 Dover Street, cross street Aileen, near Children's Hospital. Contact Darin to confirm location. Provides hands-oin trade skills to students at the
Laney College building Trades Program. Through a partnership between
Rotary, Laney and the City of Oakland, students construct low cost homes
which are sold to fund the construction of future homes. |
| International Service Committees | |
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World
Community/ Arch
Woodliff
awoodliff@comcast.net Meets 1st Tuesdays at 5:30 PM/Grand Oaks Restaurant Promotes contributions to the Rotary International Foundation, works with
Rotary Clubs in developing countries in the planning, financing and
implementation of community service projects in those countries. Also
works on special projects to promote world peace through increased understanding
among people in the world such as student exchanges. |
| Club Service Committees | |
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New Member Welcoming Deborah
Van Nest/Craig Pratt Meets
3rd Wednesdays at Noon/Rotary Office Conducts montly New Member Orientation Meetings to providesinformation orientation to Rotary for new members, including a chance to meet committee chairs, officers and learn more about the Club, and meet other new members. The “Practice” meeting is to provide a chance to practice the three-minutes
self-introductory talks prior to giving it to the entire club. |
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Pre-meeting Committee Diane
Schaffer Meets on 1stMondays Solicits PowerPoint silent slide shows from Committee Chairs to inform,
promote or report on Club activities. |
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President's Support Mary
Rudser Meets on 3rd Mondays Develops specials programs for use during “president’s time” in weekly meeting. |
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Programs Robert
Kidd Meets on call by the Chair in the Rotary Office Responsible
for attracting and obtaining quality, informative speakers at Club meetings.
The committee's goal is to make the Rotary Club the Commonwealth Club
of the East Bay. |
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Public
Relations Meets at the call of the Chair Promotes the Club and its activities through information, involving all
forms of the media, and publishes the semi-annual "Oakland
Rotary Highlights" |
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Club Service Thomas
Schmitz This
committee helps new members become acquainted with other Club members
by involving them in each week's meeting, e.g. act as greeters, sell
lunch tickets, tend bar, introduce visitors, and manage floor microphones.
All "red badgers" automatically become members of this committee.
They remain members until they give a self- introductory speech at which
time they receive a "blue badge."
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Finance and Administration Peter
Ley Meets 4th Mondays at Noon/Rotary Office Provides oversight for Club's financial and administrative well being, e.g.,
negotiations regarding office and meeting space and meals, advice on
office procedures and equipment, etc. |
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Inter-City Peter
Wagener
pwagener@pclient.ml.com Meets as needed Meets
on an "as needed" basis to organize joint meetings with other
Rotary Clubs in this and surrounding Districts. Helps to put together
annual multi-district trip to Reno. |
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Involvement/Retention Ed
Jellen David
Douglas Responsible for helping and strengthening the Club's relations with members who are frequently absent. It also strives to match the skills and interests of members, new and longstanding, with jobs and committees in Rotary. |
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Sports Bob Peltz Phone : 510/836-6500 Meets on an "as needed" basis to organize various golf and tennis tournaments, A's ball games, etc.
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Web Page Alex
Poulson
Alex@webrep.com Meets at the call of the Chair Help
design, write and improve Oakland Rotary on the WEB! |
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High Adventure Mark
Rosen Meets at the call of the Chair Plans
active, adventurous activities for members. |
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We Care Yuri
Mok Meets at the call of the Chair Develops
different ways to show that we really care about our members’ well being. |
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Food
and Wine Festival Tom
Freeman Meets 3nd Tuesdays; more frequently at the call by the Chair Organizes
and conducts the annual Festival (September 26, 2004) which raises a
sizable amount of money for Club programs. Committee starts meeting
in May and continues through the balance of the year until the event. |
