President Dudley Thompson called the 5,352nd Civic Thursday meeting of the Rotary Club of Oakland to order at 12:30 p.m. Jennie Hunsburger gave a very insightful thought for the day about gratitude. Jennie said she is grateful for her home, business, family and appreciates the unseen benefit of the pandemic that has given her gratitude for some overlooked areas in her life.
Past President Robert Kidd introduced the speaker of the day from PG&E, Robert Kenney. Mr. Kenney is vice president in charge of local government affairs and community relations. He has been working for PG&E since 2015 and serves on the public utilities commission as well. A host of members introduced their guests: -
Robert gets to blend the desire to serve the public with his entrepreneurial spirit. PG&E’s responsibility to provide safe, reliable, and clean energy to its customers is paramount. Since emerging from bankruptcy, they are working to improve safety and reliability, but not ignoring clean energy. As an Oakland resident, Robert is excited to embed PG&E into Oakland more thoroughly. He announced that the corporate move to Oakland is underway in phases and will be accomplished in early 2022, when they occupy space in the Kaiser building at Lake Merritt. Robert spoke about many new initiatives taken by PG&E to deliver better outcomes.
Bob Barth told us about Rotary’s work to assist people in Haiti who have been impacted by the two earthquakes and numerous hurricanes in the past few years. The most recent 7.2 earthquake has affected 40% of everyone living in the area with 2,000 people killed and 8,000 injured. Rotarians can make donations to help the needs of Haitians by visiting the Disaster Network of Assistance Rotary Action Group (DNA RAG) website at https://dna-rag.com
President Dudley reminded everyone to sign up for a committee. The Club has 30+ committees from which to choose. He encouraged members to visit a committee and try something new.
President Dudley announced the start of a weekly raffle courtesy of Karen Friedman who re-donated five bottles of wine she won at the Gala. Each bottle has a value of over $50. One bottle will be raffled each week. Everyone in the ballroom was given a raffle ticket. The winner of the drawing this week is David Kersten. Thank you, Karen!
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