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.
Today's Guests
Today's guests attending in person were Aaron Feldner, Cameron Remington, David Folk, Christian Mackey, and Tamicia Wakefield. Our guests attending via Zoom were Lisa Schwie, Maggie Chen, and Patricia Monczewski. Our speaker was Bailey Farren.
Paul Harris Fellow AwardChristopher Wiseman (Nonprofit Management | Glaucoma Research Foundation) presented Patricia Monczewski with a Paul Harris Fellow award in recognition of her generous donation a year ago of premium wines valued at approximately $27,000. Our Club has raised over $10,000 from wine auctions. Patricia expressed her appreciation for this award.
Upcoming Events
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Share Your Good News ($20 for Twenty Seconds)
Thank you to the following who participated today and shared their good news. Today's donations go toward EREY until our required donation amount is met. The following donated:
- Todd St Vrain (Education: Administration | University of Melbourne) donated to share information on RYLA and issue a call for camp staff facilitators.
- Anita Stangl (Medical Services | Alliance for Smiles) donated to invite everyone to the 20th Anniversary Gala for Alliance for Smiles on May 4, 2024.
- Maureen O'Shea (Governmental Relations | Retired) donated to thank those who responded and helped to make the Ask Party successful.
- Christopher Wiseman donated to celebrate all of his recent marathons
- President-Elect Bob Hermann (Information Technology: Administration | Retired UCSF) donated to celebrate all of the guests attending today's meeting.
Guest SpeakerMaureen O'Shea introduced today’s speaker - Bailey Farren. Bailey is the 2023 Miss San Francisco as well as the co-founder and CEO of Perimeter — a disaster management platform designed to help first responders share life-saving information during emergencies and natural disasters. She talked about her start-up business in response to devastating wildfires in her home town of Santa Rosa and her struggle to find financing for her online platform. Bailey stressed the importance of confidence in starting a business . . . especially for women.
President Sunny thanked Bailey Farren and announced that 100 children would be inoculated against polio in her name.
The meeting concluded at 1:30 PM.
Meeting Volunteers
President Sunny thanked today's meeting volunteers: Margaret Miley (Hospitality: Hotels | Retired) for serving as scribe; Jim Patrick (Retail: Office Supplies | Patrick & Co.) for serving as photographer; Hana Xu Wang (Financial Services: Advising | Wang Wealth Advisors, LLC) 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; Lisa Stark (Communications and Media) for serving as Zoom Host; Christopher Wiseman and Anita Stangl for serving as greeters; and Gary Dales (Accounting | Fly Leasing) for doing check-in at the Hotel Nikko.