President Sunny Singh (Financial Services: Advising | PK Wealth Management) called today's meeting to order at 12:15 PM and welcomed those online and those attending in person at the Anzu Restaurant in the Hotel Nikko.
Visiting Rotarians and GuestsToday's Visiting Rotarians were Jacqueline Cormier from the Rotary Club of Novato, Joel Valdes from the Rotary Club of Manila, and George Harper from the Rotary Club of Jamestown. Our guests were Gregory Dreicer, Emlyn Koster, Dawn Hayes, and Adedeji Ogunyemi. Our speaker was Dr. George Jacob.
Celebrity Sighting
Making an appearance at today's meeting were the famous Blues Brothers - Tim Hornbecker (Nonprofit Management | Retired, The Arc CA) and Clifford Phillips (The Arc San Francisco).
The Blues Brothers (Clifford Phillips and Tim Hornbecker)
2024 Bike Build
President Sunny thanked Brian Lan (Information Technology: Financial Services | Meta) and Christopher Davies (Real Estate: Property Management | Self-employed) for their hard work to lead this year's Bike Build. See complete story here.
Upcoming Events
Check the Club's calendar for upcoming Committee meetings and service projects.
Share Your Good News ($20 for Twenty Seconds)
Thank you to the following who participated today and shared their good news:
- Angelina Preza (Sales: Travel | Aquarium of the Bay) donated to invite everyone to upcoming Earth Day events at the Aquarium of the Bay Ecotarium.
- Sue Robbins (Nonprofit Administration | Catholic Charities SF/Marin/San Mateo) donated to invite everyone to Kentucky Derby Day on May 4, 2024. See complete story here.
- Carrie Schucker (Counseling | Retired) donated to invite everyone to the 20th Anniversary Gala for Alliance for Smiles on May 4, 2024.
- Todd St Vrain (Education: Administration | University of Melbourne) donated to issue a call for RYLA Camp staff facilitators and to acknowledge the presentation by Bailey Farren last week.
- John Hoch (Financial Services: Advising | Retired) donated to celebrate and thank the San Francisco Warriors basketball team.
Happy Birthday!The audience sang twice to wish Bill Gregory (Educational Services | Retired) a happy 85th birthday. The Hotel Nikko put a candle on his dessert.
Guest SpeakerAngelina Preza introduced today’s speaker - Dr. George Jacob. Dr. Jacob was a Rotarian while he was living in Canada. He is the President and CEO of the Bay Ecotarium and its seven branches including the San Francisco Aquarium. He advocates progressive planning with a focus on ecosystems and the new vision of an ECOTARIUM – a living museum holding up climate literacy and ocean conservation.
Impressively, the Aquarium, a Smithsonian affiliate, is actively involved in many projects either in an operating or advising capacity across the world and is currently focusing on a dramatic rebuild of its San Francisco facility. The architecture of the new facility is inspired by the Ohlone shell mounds that exist around the Bay Area. This no-pillar, prefabricated building will sit within 3.3 acres of green space spanning Piers 35 to 39 attracting tourists and locals alike.
President Sunny thanked Dr. Jacob and announced that 100 children would be inoculated against polio in his name.
The meeting concluded at 1:30 PM.
Meeting Volunteers
President Sunny thanked today's meeting volunteers: Robin Azevedo (Retail: Mattresses | Retired, McRoskey Mattress Company) for serving as scribe; Jim Patrick (Retail: Office Supplies | Patrick & Co.) for serving as photographer; Carrie Schucker for managing the microphone; Kirt Burdick of the Academy of Art University for managing the audio-visual equipment during our in-person meeting; Dan Davies (Information Technology: Consulting | North American Lighting) for handling social media; Mary Liu (Real Estate: Sales | JM Real Estate Group) for serving as Zoom Host; the Blues Brothers (Tim and Clifford) for serving as greeters; and Maureen O'Shea (Governmental Relations | Retired) for doing check-in at the Hotel Nikko.