Rotary Club of San Francisco
President Christopher Wiseman called the May 23, 2023 Board meeting to order at 4:02 PM. Stacey Poole, Secretary, recorded the minutes.
In attendance were President Christopher, Gary Dales, Frank Yoke, Maureen O’Shea, Emily Borland, Lisa Christian, Mary Liu, Sunny Singh, Margaret Miley, Wendy Shew, Scott Plakun, Brian Lan, and Stacey Poole, constituting a quorum. Absent was Jeff Lerner. The invited guests were JT Forbus, Carlos Valdes, Nancy Graydon, and Luis Moran.
Minutes
The Board approved the April 25, 2023 minutes.
Treasurer's Report
Treasurer Gary Dales presented the April 2023 Financial Statements; the Board approved these Financial Statements.
Administrative Matters
President Christopher was calling into today's Board Meeting from Melbourne, Australia where he was attending the 2023 Rotary International Conference. He encouraged everyone to attend the June 6, 2023 Club Luncheon where San Francisco Mayor London Breed would be the guest speaker.
Vice President of Development Maureen O'Shea discussed the "thank you" call that the Development Committee made to Club Members to say hello and thank you for contributions. Maureen asked us to save the date of October 17, 2023 for the second annual Fashion Show of the Rotary Club of San Francisco.
New Business
Membership: Vice President of Membership Margaret Miley presented two candidates for the Board to consider. The Board considered Brizette Castellanos who would join as part of our corporate member - the Glaucoma Research Foundation - and Stephen Geisheker who was transferring from the Rotary Club of San Francisco Greater Mission. The Board approved Brizette Castellanos and Stephen Geisheker for membership.
There being no further business, the Club meeting was adjourned at 5:19 PM.
Rotary Service, Inc.
President Christopher Wiseman called the Board meeting to order at 5:20 PM. Stacey Poole, Secretary, recorded the minutes.
In attendance were President Christopher, Gary Dales, Frank Yoke, Maureen O’Shea, Emily Borland, Lisa Christian, Mary Liu, Sunny Singh, Margaret Miley, Wendy Shew, Scott Plakun, JT Forbus, and Stacey Poole, constituting a quorum. Absent were Brian Lan and Jeff Lerner. The invited guests were Carlos Valdes, Nancy Graydon, and Luis Moran.
Minutes
The Board approved the April 25, 2023 minutes.
Treasurer's Report
Treasurer Gary Dales presented the April 2023 Financial Statements. The May 2023 Financial Statements were approved.
2023-2024 Grants
President-Elect Sunny Singh explained how the grants for the 2023-2024 Rotary year were selected. He discussed the initial amount requested by each grant applicant, the amount recommended by the Grants Committee for each grant proposal, and the proposed amount of each grant proposal to be submitted to the San Francisco Rotary Foundation for approval. There were discussion and questions about some of the grants. The Board of Trustees approved the grants and their proposed amount to be submitted to the San Francisco Rotary Foundation.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:33 PM.
EDITOR'S NOTES: These highlights are from May 23, 2023 and were approved on June 27, 2023.