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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 | See more |
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Mary
Rudser 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. |
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Camp
Enterprise 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 Doug
Higgins 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 Committee David
Scharff/Chip Doyle Phone: 925-287-4937/925-888-1554 Meets at the call of the chairs. Runs the Meeting Sponsorship program, quarterly
business networking lunches, and other activites to foster business
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House Building Committee Darin
Daskarolis Meets 3rd Wednesdays at 12:30 pm in Larry Shepp’s office Partners with the Laney Building Trades Program
and the City of Oakland to build low cost houses. |
| International Service Committees |
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World
Community/ Heather
Tremain
estateplan@tremainlaw.com
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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Club Service Marlo
Seligman 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 at the call of the Chair 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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High Adventure Mark
Rosen Meets 2nd Tuesday at 5:30 pm at the Grand Oaks Restaurant at 3501 Grand Ave. Plans
active, adventurous activities for members. |
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Inter-City Chris
Yahng
chrisyahng@baycpa.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 Position
Not Filled Meets as needed Works
as a "People Broker" to match willing Rotarians to a committee
or project where they are most needed. |
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Entertainment Alex
Poulson
Alex@webrep.com Meets 1st Thursdays. 5:30 PM at Grand Oaks Restaurant Organizes various social function for Club members, families and friends,
e.g., crab feed, summer barbecue, new members party, tailgate parties,
Holiday Dinner Dance and others. |
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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 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. |
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New Member Welcoming Craig
Pratt/Deborah Van Nest Committee meets 3rd Wednesdays, noon, Rotary Conference Room The mission of the New Member Welcoming Committee is to welcome new Rotarians to the club, help them to learn about the club and its members, and encourage their meaningful participation in the club's service and social activities so as to enhance and maximize their Rotary experience. Committee meets third Wednesdays, noon, Rotary Conference Room
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Outreach David
Stein
dstein@ssrc-aw.com Meets on call by the Chair Objectives are to attract new members from the diverse communities that comprise Oakland and to build bridges of cooperation and friendship in those communities. Three subcommittees, i.e., Asian, African-American and Hispanic.
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President's
Support Iris
Brody-Lopez Meets on call by Chair in Rotary Office Develops specials programs for use during “president’s time” in weekly meeting. |
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Programs Doug
Higgins 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 on call by the Chair Promotes the Club and its activities through information, involving all
forms of the media. Writes, edits and produces the quarterly "Oakland
Rotary Highlights" |
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Retention David
Douglas/Ken Richardson Responsible for helping and strengthening the Clubs relations with members who have been frequently absent.
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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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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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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. |