San Diego Rotary

Joseph Panetta, President & CEO, Biocom
2019-02-07 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
San Diego Biotech-Advancing Health, Wellness and the Economy
Joseph Panetta is president and CEO and a member of the board of directors of Biocom, California’s largest and most-experienced leader and advocate for the life science industry. Biocom works on behalf of over 1,100 members to drive public policy, build a network of industry leaders, create access to capital and introduce STEM education programs.
Biocom has a staff of 50. It is based in San Diego and has offices in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. The life science industry in San Diego County is among the strongest in the nation. The industry employs almost 50,000 people in five sectors: biopharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics, research and lab services, bio-renewables, and life science wholesale. The county’s life science employees support an additional 133,000 jobs, for a total countywide impact of over 183,000 jobs. The industry generates $34 billion in annual economic activity.
Panetta will provide an update on the growth of the biotech industry in our region and provide insight into some of the most promising developments in drug development, research and the growing field of genetics.

Cathryn Nacario, CEO, NAMI San Diego
2019-01-31 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
The National Alliance on Mental Illness in San Diego (NAMI San Diego) is the community’s voice on mental illness. They are a part of grass-roots, nonprofit, national NAMI organization, and also an affiliate of NAMI California. NAMI San Diego was founded in 1978 by family members of people with mental illness.
They have a threefold mission:
-Support people with mental illnesses and their families by helping them find coping mechanisms for their daily struggle with brain disorders.
-Educate people who have mental illness, their families, and the general public about mental illness with the goal of dispelling ignorance and stigma.
-Advocate for more research and an improved system of mental health services across the nation.
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This presentation will focus on the basics of what mental illness is and is not focusing on dispelling myths and stigma as it pertains to creating a mentally healthy workplace environment.

Grotarian Fireside Chat
2019-01-29 17:30 - 19:30 | Academy of Our Lady of Peace, 4860 Oregon Street, San Diego, CA, 92116, United States
Red Badgers – please come and learn more about Club 33 and our Committees as we sit by the fire on a cool evening in San Diego. We will have 8-10 Committee Chairs speak about their committees, what their committees do, and how you as a committee member can help. It will be an informative but fun evening for all who attend. This is one way for you, as a Red Badger, to find the committee that is the perfect fit for you, AND satisfy one of your permanent badge requirements! Even if you attended the Poolside Chat, we encourage you to attend this event too, as we will have different Committee Chairs speak. This is always a wonderful evening at OLP. The event includes dinner and adult beverages.
Thank you to Club 33 member and Head of School for OLP, Lauren Lek, for hosting us again this year!
Location: Academy of Our Lady of Peace (“OLP”), 4860 Oregon Street, San Diego, CA 92116
Date: January 29, 2019
Time: 5:30-7:30 pm
Cost: FREE
This event is for Grotarians only. Please no spouses or guests.
Click here to let us know that you will be attending

Monthly Club Board meeting
2019-01-25 07:30 - 09:00, 2018-12-21 07:30 - 09:00, 2018-11-30 07:30 - 09:00, 2018-10-26 07:30 - 09:00 | Club 33 Conference Room, 2247 San Diego Ave, Suite 233, San Diego, CA, 92110, United States

Bird, Inc. Electric Scooters
2019-01-24 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Bird’s mission and passion is to make cities more livable by reducing car usage, traffic, and carbon emissions.
They are working with cities and universities across the world to provide new transportation options, complement public transit systems, and invest in safety infrastructure that benefits everyone.
Kyndell Gaglio, who serves on Bird’s Government Partnerships team, will talk about the role of scooters in reduction of greenhouse gasses and cars on the road as well as the business model for new/disruptive industries like theirs.

Dr. Adela de la Torre - President, SDSU
2019-01-17 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Dr. Adela de la Torre was recently appointed by the California State University Board of Trustees as the new president of San Diego State University. Joining the campus in June 2018, Dr. de la Torre is the ninth permanent president of SDSU and the first woman to serve in that role. She brings with her 30 years of service in leadership roles within institutions of higher education, including the California State University system, the University of Arizona and the University of California, Davis.
She will speak to us about her presidential vision, the lessons she learned from her six-month listening tour and will discuss the envisioned Mission Valley innovation district.

Club 33 Golf
2019-01-11 | San Diego Country Club, 88 L St., Chu, CA, 91911
Time for the first golf event of 2019!
Date: Friday, Jan 11
Time: 9:00 am
Location: San Diego Country Club
15 players max-first come first served
Cost: $85 (includes lunch cart and drink)
RSVP to Golf Chair Richard Donnelly rdonelly@epwealth.com. Provide your handicap-index. Be sure to inlcude your cell phone number in the message.
See you on the links!

Annual State of the Investment Markets
2019-01-10 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Kick off the New Year with one of our most popular programs. Advisors Bill Holland and Linda Stirling will discuss, and may even debate, how stocks, bonds and other investment assets will fare over the next 12 months. You can also grade their 2018 predictions against what actually happened. We will ring in the first meeting of 2019 promptly so come early and prepared with your questions for our experts!

Dark - NO MEETING
2019-01-03, 2018-12-27, 2018-11-22 | CA

Annual Holiday Program
2018-12-20 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
It’s going to be a Duckport Holiday Celebration!
Our chorus has been hard at work on putting together a fabulous program for you. Remember this is a wonderful opportunity to invite your family, your children and your grandchildren to Rotary to celebrate the holidays with us!
If you will be bringing a guest or guests to this program, please register yourself and your guests by December 17 so we will have a more accurate count for lunch. Click here to register your guests.
Thank you.

Foundation Board Meeting
2018-12-18 12:00 - 13:30 | Club 33 Conference Room, 2247 San Diego Ave, Suite 233, San Diego, CA, 92110, United States

Jerry Sanders-SD Regional Chamber of Commerce
2018-12-13 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Jerry Sanders, CEO of the Chamber of Commerce, will provide an update on the Chamber’s activities in 2018 and review the recent general election and local events. He will also provide a look ahead at the Chamber’s priorities for 2019 and a regional business outlook.

Club 33 Social Hour at Alesmith Brewing Company
2018-12-12 17:30 - 19:30 | CA
No registration needed -just show up! Please remember that guests and potential members are always welcome at this open events. (Cash bar and food available for purchase)

Rafael Castellanos-Port of San Diego
2018-12-06 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Port of San Diego Chairman Rafael Castellanos will give us an update on the Port’s current projects. They have a lot of exciting things to talk about: the new Portside Pier restaurant development, the new Intercontinental Hotel, the Central Embarcadero project and the Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan.

Club 33 Holiday Celebration at the Timken Museum
2018-12-04 17:30 - 19:30 | CA
The Grotarian Committee and the Club 33 Social Hour Committee are organizing a holiday celebration at the Timken Museum and you are all invited! Guests and prospective members are welcome.
This will be a very special holiday event. In December, the Timken Museum in Balboa Park presents its “Jewels of the Season” holiday ornament display. Over 2,000 ornaments have been painstakingly handcrafted by San Diegans Florence Hord and Elizabeth Schlappi over the course of 80 years, drawing influence from the popular Faberge egg. The dazzling ornament installation is designed by San Diego State University graduate students and is fast becoming a San Diego holiday tradition. Also on view will be the Timken’s special exhibition, Rococo Rivals & Revivals. Composed of 12 objects, paintings, drawings and prints, this exhibition will be presenting, for the first time in Southern California, a global vision on the different personalities and schools of Rococo. It features a major oil painting The Italian Comedians by Antoine Watteau, on loan from the National Gallery, Washington D.C.
Docents will be available to guide you through these wonderful displays. There will be adult beverages and delicious food, including a carving station, mash potato bar, and plenty of other wonderful treats. This will be a magical evening full of good cheer and merriment. We hope to see you there!
Date:Tuesday December 4
Location: Timken Museum 1500 El Prado, Balboa Park 92101
Time: 5:30 to 7:30
Cost: $40 per person
Registration closes on November 27 so sign up now! Click here to register.

Annual Giving Thanks, Giving Back Auction
2018-11-29 10:30 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Members – the time to donate is now, we are only a few weeks away from the auction!
We are asking all members of Club 33 for 3 things:

to attend the Giving Thanks, Giving Back annual luncheon on 11/29
to donate a bottle of quality wine, minimum 92 pts. There is the option of a $50 donation in lieu of the wine. (You can email the office to let them know to bill you)
also, each member is asked to Give or Get a donation item for our Live or Silent auction. Be creative!!!

Please complete the donation form for each donation item. 2018 Rotary Donation Form.
The last day to submit auction donation items is on November 26. All items must be delivered to the Rotary office.
Any questions – you can contact Auction Chair Diana MarJip-Chuh at dmjchuh@gmail.com.
Attendance is also a key part of the success of our auction so we encourage you to bring your family, friends, neighbors or co-workers so they, too, can do some pre-holiday shopping! (Be sure to inform the office if you will be bringing guests to the program.)
ARRIVE TO EARLY! Our Silent Auction will begin at 11:00. While shopping and bidding on the many wonderful auction items, you can enjoy a glass of champagne or mimosa, too!
This is our only fundraiser of the year so your participation in the auction and paddle raise is most appreciated. Your support raises money to support our Club’s service projects and our Impact Fund. Thank you, Rotarians! We are looking forward to another fun and successful event!

Club 33 2nd Grand Slam Tennis Tournament
2018-11-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Barnes Tennis Center, 4490 W. Point Loma Blvd., San Diego, CA, 92107
Thursday, November 15
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Barnes Tennis Center
Cost: $15 per person (includes court fee, balls and water)
Round robin doubles will be the format again. Join us!
Click here to register.

Fern Street Circus
2018-11-15 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Guest speaker: John Highkin-Executive Director
Fern Street Circus is San Diego’s single-ring social circus, a professional circus and musical troupe which performs and teaches circus in underserved neighborhoods. In its just completed annual Neighborhood Tour, the Circus mixes adult professional artists with students they teach free-of-charge in City Heights.
Fern Street Circus serves families and transforms neighborhoods through performance and teaching of circus arts. Professional artists collaborate with learners and their families in neighborhood settings. Circus transcends barriers between people of varying cultures and languages, combines physical and theatrical skills, and merges the magnificent and the everyday.
Participants co-create every aspect of the Circus, using their own talents and available resources, working in public locations, creating visible community.
Join us to learn more about this program that is part of a global movement in creating social change. We will also get to witness student wire walkers, an acrobat/tumbling student and a foot juggler showcase their talents!

Annual Salute to Military
2018-11-08 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Our annual salute to the men and women in uniform is always a crowd pleaser. Be sure to come early and engage with the more than 50 uniformed folks in attendance. We’ll hear from guest speaker Brigadier General Ryan P. Heritage, the new Commanding General for Marine Corp Recruit Depot.
In honor of Veterans Day and as part of Club 33’s Salute to the Armed Forces, BGen Heritage will be speaking to the club on the themes of Service, Patriotism, Valor, Sacrifice, and Commitment (Honor, Courage, and Commitment- Marine Corps Core Values). He will be recognizing and celebrating the contributions of veterans in our society, the sacrifice and dedication of our currently serving military and the importance of a supportive community that values and respects those attributes our veterans represent. BGen Heritage will be talking about the special role the San Diego region has, as the largest concentration of US military personnel and military veterans, in dealing with the issue of how America perceives and treats those who serve it.

Grotarian Event - Marine Recruit Graduation
2018-11-02 07:00 - 11:30 | CA
Date: Friday, November 2
Time: 7:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Event: Marine Recruit Graduation
Location: Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD)
Cost: Free
This will be a full-on Marine Corps experience! Join Rotarians and Grotarians for a Marine Recruit Graduation Ceremony. Graduation marks the end of a Marine’s time in boot camp. It is his final dismissal and the culmination of his Recruit training. The graduation ceremony includes the graduating Marines, their Drill Instructors and other key training personnel. This is guaranteed to be an inspiring experience for all who attend!
Rotarians should arrive at MCRD soon after 0700 in time to clear security and be seated to attend the Morning Colors.
Ceremony is at 0800. Rotarians will then have a briefing on MCRD in one of the nearby conference rooms. During the brief, there will be coffee, water and bagels.
At 0930 Rotarians will make their way to the parade deck for the graduation ceremony.
WE WILL NEED FULL NAMES FOR ALL ROTARIANS, GROTARIANS & GUESTS, AS SHOWN ON GOVERNMENT ISSUED ID, FOR ACCESS TO THIS EVENT 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT. THEREFORE, PLEASE REGISTER EARLY. REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON OCTOBER 23.
Click here to register. (Please register with your name as it is shown on your Drivers License)

SDSU West Presentation - Jack McGrory and Fred Pierce
2018-11-01 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
“Measure G, the SDSU West initiative, is the only initiative for the existing stadium site that allows San Diego State University to grow and thrive for generations to come. Measure G creates the opportunity for San Diego State University to expand its campus through an open and transparent process that will also increase access to local higher education. It will benefit the regional economy by significantly increasing the more than $5.67 billion in economic impact generated by SDSU each year and producing more college graduates.”
Jack McGrory and Fred Pierce are members of the Executive Committee of the “Friends of SDSU”, the committee comprised of SDSU Alumni, business and community leaders that have sponsored the Measure G (SDSU West) ballot initiative.

October 25 - Today's Meeting is Cancelled
2018-10-25 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States

Club 33 Social Hour at Cutwater Spirits
2018-10-24 17:30 - 19:30 | CA
We hope you will join us! Friends, co-workers and prospective members are always welcome. No registration required. Just show up!

SoccerCity Panel Presentation
2018-10-18 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Panel presenters:
Nick Stone-Project Manager for SoccerCity
April Boling-former chair of San Diego County Taxpayers Association and a proponent of SoccerCity
Landon Donovan-former Major League Soccer MVP and SoccerCity partner
SoccerCity’s panel of Nick Stone, Landon Donovan and April Boling will present their plan for redeveloping the Mission Valley Stadium site into a vibrant mixed-use neighborhood. It will come complete with a privately funded modern stadium for a new Major League Soccer team and collegiate football, much needed student and market rate housing, as well as job and research space to grow the economy and meet SDSU’s future needs. The plan includes a new river park and community fields, all at zero cost to taxpayers.
