DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXISIS September 11, 2015

Rotary International!K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran!President 2015-2016!!District 5240!!Jim Bell!District Governor 2015-2016!!Bob Braitman!Executive Assistant Governor!Region 3!2015-2016!!Joseph Kirkland !President 2015-2016!!Bernadette Bagley!Secretary & President Elect 2015-2016!

George Thurlow III!Treasurer!!John Glanville!Past President !!Directors!

Dusty Baker, Membership!Conner Rehage, Service!Rober Mislang, Youth & RYLA!Jennifer Goddard- Combs, !Programs!James Fenkner, Public Relations!

ROTARY CLUB of MONTECITO Tuesday’s @ Noon at the Montecito Country Club!

P.O. Box 40218, Santa Barbara, CA 93140

Presidents Message September 11, 2015

Greeting Rotarians,!!I hope everyone enjoyed our annual BBQ! Great food, cool drinks and cupcakes, what more can you ask for? How about some great Rotarian fellowship and John's son launching homers over our heads! !!Thanks again to Conner, Mark and Bernadette for all the hard work put into making it a fun time for all.!!Please be sure to join us this coming Tuesday as we Induct two new members into our Club and hear from our speaker, Calla Gold, on the Art of Jewelry Making. Have a great week and one more thing; Are you ready for some FOOTBALL!!!! Go Phins!!!Yours in service,!Joe

Get your polo hats ready cause you’re invited to the Annual Rotary Group 8 Social!!

September 13 @ 1:00pm!

$45 per person- includes lunch, wine tasting and one drink ticket!

3375 Foothill Rd. #1200 Carpinteria, CA 93013!

Contact Joe to RSVP- jkirkland1966@gmail.com!

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXISIS September 11, 2015

OTHER ROTARY NEWS

DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXISIS September 11, 2015

ROTARY BBQ

Thank you to Mark, Conner and Bernadette for making this year’s Annual

Club BBQ so much fun!

DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXISIS September 11, 2015

1. One person can make a difference and together as Rotarians we can have a stronger impact. (I am one-Rotary as many.)!

2. For camaraderie, and new friendships.!

3. To serve locally, nationally or internationally.!

4. To learn more about other cultures.!

5. For a way to share your talent and resources effectively.!

6. To have a place to go each week to connect with like-minded people who motivate you.!

7. To make life-long relationships.!

8. To be part of something bigger than yourself.!

9. to hear an interesting speaker each week and learn what is going on in the community.!

10. To be able to take advantage of the true “family” of rotary while traveling nationally or internationally.

Upcoming Programs!Sept 15- The Art of Designing Jewelry/ Calla Gold!

Sept 22- The Art of the Flair Project/ Ivo Peshev!

Sept 29- Oil and Energy in SB County/ Alexander Favacho & Becca Classen!

Oct 6- Santa Barbara Food and Wine Tours/ Tara Jones!

Oct 13- State of the SB Police Department/ Chief Cam Sanchez!

Oct 20- Clean Seas-Oil Spill Response in SB Channel/ Ike Ikerd

FOUR WAY TEST!

1. Is it the TRUTH?!

2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?!

3. Will it build GOODWILL and better FRIENDSHIPS?!

4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Weekly Assignments!September 15, 2015!

Invocation/Flag Salute: Garret McCaw!Backup: Rob Mislang!50/50 Raffle: Lynda Nahra!Greeter: Phil Palmquist!!September is the RED Team!!Setup/Breakdown Team: The RED Team includes: Jennifer Combs, Chris DeVries, Bill Dial, James Fenkner, Marc Fleischman, Diane Gabriel, Seth Gerwitz, John Glanville and Harlan Green.

The Top 10 Reasons to Join the Montecito Rotary Club

Tuesday!

Goleta Noontime- Frog Bar (Glen Annie Golf Course) !

@ 11:45am!

Goleta (2nd and 4th)- Frog Bar (Glen Annie Golf Course)!

@ 6:30pm!

Rotaract (1st and 3rd)- Silvergreens on Chapala !

@ 6:30pm!

Wednesday!

Carpinteria Morning- Carpinteria Women’s Club

@ 7:00am!

Santa Barbara Sunrise- Santa Barbara Club !

@ 7:00 am!

Santa Barbara North- Harry;s Plaza Cafe !

@ noon

Thursday!

Carpinteria- !

Lion’s Community Park !

@11:45 am!

Friday!

Santa Barbara Downtow- Fess Parker Double Tree !

@ noon!

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Missed a Meeting? Make it up!

DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXISIS September 11, 2015

Presidents Message September 2015

There was once a strong young man who was offered a job as a woodcutter. He set about his task with energy: The first week, he turned 18 trees into firewood. The second week, he worked just as hard, but was surprised to find he had chopped only 11 trees. The third week, despite working nonstop from morning till night, the number was six, and he went despairingly to the foreman to offer his resignation. "I am losing my strength. I can no longer cut as many trees as I once could.” The foreman looked at the young man, who seemed to him in fine health. "Have you thought of sharpening your ax?" he asked.!

"Sharpen my ax? Who has time to sharpen an ax?" the young man asked indignantly. "I have been too busy chopping wood!” When we aren't making the kind of progress we feel we should be making, the natural response is to redouble our efforts. Sometimes, though, the better response is not to work harder, but

to work smarter. Look at your tools. Analyze your processes. Are you directing your resources in the most effective ways? Or are you pouring all your strength into chopping wood with a dull ax?!

For the last 20 years, we have relentlessly beaten the drum of membership in Rotary. We set goals and launch campaigns, all focused on bringing in more and more members. And yet, our overall numbers remain the same. It is time to sharpen our tools. Instead of focusing on the question, "How can we bring more members into Rotary?" we should be asking ourselves, "How can we add more value to Rotary membership, so that more will join and fewer will leave?"!

One way we are doing that is with the new Rotary Global Rewards program, which launched in July. This innovative program allows Rotarians to connect with, and receive discounts and concessions from, businesses and service providers around the world. Individual Rotarians may submit their own business to be included alongside those with which Rotary has already negotiated relationships; the most appropriate offers will be added to the listings. We have also created the option of allowing businesses to return a percentage of their profit on each transaction to our Rotary Foundation, and several companies have already been locked into this part of the scheme. Each month we will update the list with additional offers that we may receive. I urge all of you to try it out by signing up on My Rotary at Rotary.org now. The more Rotarians participate, the stronger, and more beneficial, the program will be.!

Much more than another loyalty program, Rotary Global Rewards is a new way to benefit from being a Rotarian, and being part of the Rotary network. It is another way to combine business and service. And it is yet another way to add value to Rotary membership. We cannot forget that our potential members will be asking themselves, "What's in it for me?" We need to demonstrate the value of Rotary by showing that becoming a Rotarian will enrich their lives, as it has ours.

K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran!President 2015-2016

DISTRICT 5240 MONTECITO ROTARY CLUB AXISIS September 11, 2015