President Bob Hermann, Jr. (Information Technology: Administration | Retired) began this evening's meeting with the presentation of a Paul Harris Fellowship.
New Paul Harris Fellow
Paul Harris (1868-1947) founded the first Rotary Club in Chicago in 1905, hoping to bring some of what he treasured from his rural Vermont upbringing to the big city. Rotary would not exist without his vision of a group of business professionals who helped each other by helping others. For each $1,000 donated to The Rotary Foundation, a person can become a Paul Harris Fellow. Our Club was proud to award a Paul Harris Fellowship to Scott Morton, the owner of MoMo's, for providing the space and hospitality in his restaurant for our evening meetings for the 2024-2025 Rotary year. Scott thanked our Club for the PHF and for our graciousness and respect toward his staff.
Scott Morton and President Bob Hermann
Visiting Rotarians and Guests
This evening's Visiting Rotarians were Patrick Dunn from the Rotary Club of Reno; and Greg Scott and Lisa De Zordo — both from the Rotary Club of San Francisco Castro. Our guests were Bobbi Bonnet, Carlo De la Sancha, Rupert Douglas-Bate, Joan Marie Florence, Anjali Ganatra, Arjun Ganatra, Aryana Ganatra, Jyoteem Ganatra, Natalie Houdret, and Olivia Wang.
Thought of the Day
Alisha Marfatia (Information Technology: E-Commerce | EvolveWare) read today's Thought of the Day by John Wooden: "It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."
News from Our Members
- Yana Sharma (Software Sales | IBM) celebrated her first anniversary as a member of our Club. Yana also reminded everyone to participate in the Buzz on Bugs service project with members of the Rotary Club of San Francisco Castro, Interactors, and Rotaractors on June 21, 2025.
- Tamour Khan (Website Design | Genentech) celebrated his new job at Genentech.
- Vice President of Membership Margaret Miley (Hospitality: Hotels | Retired) and Dan Joraanstad (Financial Services: Advising | Retired) recapped the activities of the Membership Committee during the 2024-2025 Rotary Year. Dan stressed that our Club is good at recruiting new members because we offer engaging projects and programs, our website is informative, and we are welcoming. Both Margaret and Dan encouraged all members to bring a friend or neighbor to a Club meeting or event and if possible, to offer a new venue for our quarterly Discover Rotary event.
Dan Joraanstad and Margaret Miley
Upcoming Events
- Check the Club's calendar for upcoming meetings and events.
- Love is love. Join Rotarians at the San Francisco Pride Parade on June 29, 2025.
The Year in Photos
President Bob shared photos from his year as Club President and made some emotional comments. He thanked us for a phenomenal year and added that home can be a physical or mental place. For him, Rotary is home.
Meet President-Elect Frank Yoke
President Bob passed the microphone to President-Elect Frank Yoke III (Development | Serra Residential Center, Inc.). PE Frank delivered the closing remarks and stated that our Club would continue the monthly evening meeting. Frank thanked Bob for starting the monthly evening meeting and added that there are new plans and ideas that will be revealed at the July 8 Club meeting. Register here for July 8, 2025. President Bob and PE Frank rang the Rotary bell together to conclude this evening's meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 PM.
Meeting Volunteers
President Bob thanked this evening's meeting volunteers: Anil Bhargava (Economist | Banyan Consulting) for serving as scribe; Carrie Schucker (Counseling | Retired) for serving as photographer; La Carre Ivy (Retired) for serving as greeter; and Past President Christopher Wiseman (San Francisco Rotary Foundation) for doing check-in at MoMo's.