Posted by Nancy Graydon on Mar 25, 2024
Rotary Club of San Francisco
The Rotary Club of San Francisco Board of Directors met on February 27, 2024 via Zoom. President Sunny Singh called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m. Nancy Graydon, Secretary, recorded the minutes.
 
In attendance were Nancy Graydon, President-Elect Bob Hermann, Margaret Miley, Alex Omoko, President Sunny Singh, Todd St Vrain, Christopher Wiseman, Ozan Yasavur, Emily Borland, Maureen O'Shea, and Frank Yoke, constituting a quorum. Absent were Dan Davies, Scott Plakun, and Bill Poppen. Today's guest was Mary Liu.
 
Minutes
The Board reviewed and approved the January 23, 2024 minutes.
 
Development Committee Report
Maureen O’Shea and Frank Yoke discussed the fundraising results. $103,000 has been donated to date. Maureen shared the plan for another “Ask Party” for the 50-50 Campaign and EREY. Bob Hermann would let Maureen know who had not yet completed the Club Survey so that Maureen could include a request to complete the survey in her Ask Party.
 
Treasurer's Report
The Treasurer's Reports for the First Quarter of 2024 will be presented at the April 2024 Board meetings.
 
Membership Report
Vice President of Membership Margaret Miley presented three candidates for membership: Hyunjin (Stellie) Kim, Matthew Ramirez, and La Carre Ivy. The Board approved all three as new members of our Club.
 
Rotarians of the Month
The Board selected Larry Booth as the January 2024 Rotarian of the Month and Merve Yasavur as the February 2024 Rotarian of the Month.
 
New Business
Mary Liu reported on the very successful Lunar New Year event on February 20 with 83 attendees and a profit of $5,541. Due to the high turnout and involvement from other clubs, there are plans to make this an annual event.

Upcoming events included a social event on March 8 to honor Rhonda and Bill Poppen before their permanent move to Sacramento and the District Assembly and Project Fair on March 23.

President-Elect Bob Hermann reminded everyone that the deadline for grant applications was March 22 and the final deadline to apply for District 5150 Club Excellence Awards is April 1. All data for the Club Excellence Awards must be provided no later than March 25.
 
There being no further business, the Club meeting was adjourned at 4:46 p.m.
 
Rotary Service, Inc.
President Sunny Singh called the meeting to order at 4:46 pm. Nancy Graydon, Secretary, recorded the minutes.
 
In attendance were Nancy Graydon, President-Elect Bob Hermann, Margaret Miley, Alex Omoko, President Sunny Singh, Todd St Vrain, Christopher Wiseman, Ozan Yasavur, Emily Borland, Maureen O'Shea, Mary Liu, and Frank Yoke, constituting a quorum. Absent were Dan Davies, Scott Plakun, and Bill Poppen.
 
Minutes
Due to the District Governor's visit, the Trustees of Rotary Service, Inc. did not meet in January 2024. So, there were no minutes to approve.

New Business
Frank Yoke presented the allocations he recommended for the $22,384 District Designated Fund monies to be redistributed, because the difficulties with the Bangladesh District led to the termination of the Alliance for Smiles project. The Trustees approved unanimously the following redistributions:

$8,384 to Polio Plus
$2,500 to the Dysphagia project of the Rotary Club of San Francisco Castro.
$4,000 to the Digital Classroom Project in India of the Rotary Club of Burlingame.
$5,000 to the Excel Teachers Project in Israel
$2,500 to the Cement Aqueduct Project in Morocco of the Rotary Club of San Carlos.

Todd St Vrain reported that the Mission High School EMT Project would not be moving forward due to the large time commitment needed from volunteers. The Youth Services Committee recommended that the $4,500 from the Interact Rotaract grant and the $5,500 from the Mission High EMT grant be re-allocated to scholarships. This fund transfer, in combination with the $12,000 scholarships grant that was approved, would enable a total of $22,000 in scholarships this year. The Trustees unanimously approved the request to the San Francisco Rotary Foundation to allocate the $4,500 Interact Rotaract grant and the $5,500 Mission High EMT grant to fund scholarships in 2024. Bob Hermann would send the request to reallocate these funds to the President of the San Francisco Rotary Foundation.
 
Treasurer's Report
The Treasurer's Reports for the First Quarter of 2024 will be presented at the April 2024 Board meetings.
 
Board Reports
Each Committee gave a report on its status to date.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:33 p.m.
 
 
EDITOR'S NOTES: These highlights are from the February 27, 2024 Board minutes that were approved on March 25, 2024.