District Governor Marta Knight and Annual Committee Showcase
2019-08-29 11:15 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
A perennial program, this is your chance to learn about how our club spends more than 100,000 volunteer hours annually in the service of others. Nearly every international, youth, community and vocational committee will be showcasing their projects and members.
Come early! The Showcase begins at 11:15 am with Marta Knight, 2019-20 Rotary District 5340 Governor, headlining as our program speaker.
Marta will be sharing her “Rotary AHA Moment” and family history. She will also be sharing Rotary President Mark Maloney ‘s goals as well as our District goals for the coming 2019-2020 Rotary year.

Monthly Club Board meeting
2019-08-30 07:30 - 09:00, 2019-09-27 07:30 - 09:00, 2019-10-25 07:30 - 09:00, 2019-11-22 07:30 - 09:00 | Club 33 Conference Room, 2247 San Diego Ave, Suite 233, San Diego, CA, 92110, United States

Supervisor Nathan Fletcher
2019-09-05 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
District 4 Supervisor Nathan Fletcher is a United States Marine Corps combat veteran, former member of the California Assembly, and a Professor at the University of California, San Diego.
Supervisor Fletcher’s priorities are focused on improving the quality of life for people who live and work in San Diego County. He is working to improve mental health services; protect the environment and tackle climate change; address housing affordability and improve the services for our homeless population; protect the rights of underrepresented and immigrant communities; and improve transit accessibility for people across San Diego County.
He currently serves on a variety of boards and commissions including the Executive Board for the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, the Regional Task Force on the Homeless, The Polinsky Children’s Center, the San Diego Association of Governments’ (SANDAG) Transportation Committee, and the San Diego Workforce Partnership.
Supervisor Fletcher will be giving us an update on the County’s policies and priorities.

Gabor George Burt
2019-09-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Gabor George Burt is the global authority on re-imagining boundaries and author of the book Slingshot.
A mastermind of innovation, creativity and strategy, Burt enables individuals and organizations to overstep perceived limitations and to carve out successful growth strategies. His Slingshot Framework is at the forefront of global innovation.
As the foundation for Slingshot, Burt was a leading expert of Blue Ocean Strategy, the new millennium’s most influential business strategy approach. He contributed case study material to the worldwide bestselling book of the same name, and originated the most popular blog on the topic.
Burt is actively involved in shaping strategy for a diverse group of international clients ranging from top multinationals & governments to start-ups & NGOs, and leads by example through his own initiatives.
He is named on a list of Top Visionaries, among numerous prominent appearances he gave the opening presentation at the World Marketing Forum, and was the architect and host of the Forum for Partnership in the Americas – a gathering of business and government leaders.
Rotary presentation: Re-Imagine the Boundaries of Your Business
In today’s border-less business environment, you are either actively shaping the future of your market space, or you are left in the wake of others who are. Gabor reveals how you can be among the future-shapers. He will present the simple yet highly effective concepts of the Slingshot Framework – built on Blue Ocean Strategy – enabling you to redraw market boundaries for strong growth, ongoing relevance and sustained customer attachment.

Club 33 Social Hour
2019-09-18 17:00 - 19:00 | CA
Please join us on Wednesday, September 18 for our next social hour at the WineSellar & Brasserie, located at 9550 Waples Street in the Sorrento Valley area. This event will kick off a bit earlier than our normal time, as the WineSellar is hosting a special Tuscan wine tasting event for just $15. Please join us at 5:00 if you’d like to participate in the tasting, or feel free to arrive any time between 5:00 and 7:00 to join your fellow Rotarians for a glass of wine and camaraderie. We will be meeting in the downstairs bar, and the full food menu will also be available. See you there!

Annual Mr./Ms./Mrs. San Diego Program
2019-09-19 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
The Mr./Ms./Mrs. San Diego award has been in existence since 1952. For over 65 years, the San Diego Rotary Club has been in charge of selecting an individual (or individuals) each year that has contributed outstanding community betterment to our city in various ways. Past recipients include Father Joe Carroll, Steve Cushman, Tom Hom, Betty Peabody, Leon Williams, the late Lucy Killea and Patti Roscoe.
Club 33 members, please join us on September 19 to celebrate and honor the contributions and achievements of this year’s honoree, Michael W. Brunker.

Membership Committee
2019-06-20 13:30 - 14:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States

Grotarian Event-NBC/Telemundo Tour
2019-09-24 17:30 - 19:30 | CA
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
Join us on Tuesday, September 24 at NBC 7 & Telemundo 20 and go behind the scenes of San Diego’s leading TV stations.
Address: 9680 Granite Ridge Drive, San Diego 92123
We will:
* tour the news studios
* learn about their multi-platform marketing offerings
* get a sneak peak of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games
Cost: $20 per person (includes food and beverages)
Guests 8 years of age and older are welcome.
Deadline to register is September 17 – space is limited to 25 people max. All attendees must present a valid ID upon check-in at security.

SDSU Football Coach Rocky Long
2019-09-26 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Coach Rocky Long was named the 18th head coach in Aztec football history in January 2011 and became the first San Diego State head coach to lead the team to a bowl game in his debut campaign. Long has amassed the most victories of any Mountain West head coach since the league’s inception in 1999.
Under Long’s direction in 2017, the Aztecs became the first team in NCAA FBS history to register consecutive 2,000-yard rushing seasons by different players (Donnel Pumphrey in 2016, Rashaad Penny in 2017) and just the second with a pair of 2,000-yard rushers (also Texas).
In 2016, Long guided the MW-champion SDSU to its fourth 11-win campaign in program history, accomplished consecutively for the first time in program history. SDSU won its second-straight bowl game for the first time in the Division I era. Long’s three bowl game victories are the most in SDSU’s Division I era.
Long was the Mountain West Coach of the Year for the third time in 2015.
Since his arrival on The Mesa, a total of 17 Aztecs have been chosen in the NFL Draft, including three in 2017, which tied for the most by a Group of 5 school and the most for SDSU since 2013. San Diego State had at least one player selected in each NFL Draft from 2011-15.
Coach Long will be speaking about the topic of the current state of Aztec Football and their leadership.

Meeting Canceled
2019-10-03 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Due to a fire in the kitchen where our meals are prepared, the meeting is canceled. We will resume our lunch program schedule next Thursday.

JoAnne Simerson-Polar Bears: Our History and Their Future
2019-10-10 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
This talk will share what makes a polar bear a polar bear, the relationship of people and polar bears, and the impact of climate change on both of us. The hope will be to inspire you to understand the simple changes we need to make to assure a future for all.
JoAnne Simerson spent 37 years working in zoos and aquariums caring for, training, and setting up behavior management programs for many species. As she progressed in her profession she was drawn more and more to bears, and specifically polar bears. They impressed her with not only their intelligence, but the creative approach they used in life.
JoAnne has spent 18 falls in Churchill Manitoba during polar migration time, many summers in the Arctic pack ice above Norway, and several springs in Canada at polar bear dens observing moms and cubs emerge. She has worked with Polar Bears International for 18 years as a volunteer for many of their conservation outreach programs and held positions on their Polar Bear Sustainability Alliance and Polar Bear Wellbeing Program. Now retired, JoAnne travels regularly to the Arctic, Alaska, and Africa as a wildlife photographer.

Club 33 Social Hour
2019-10-16 17:30 - 19:30 | CA
Please join us on Wednesday October 16 for our next social hour at Luce, located in the Bay Park area at 1959 Morena Blvd. We will be back to our normal start time of 5:30. Luce has a full bar and restaurant, in addition to a great beer selection. If the weather is good, please look for us in the outdoor bar/patio area.

Scott Brunner-FBI Special Agent San Diego Field Office
2019-10-17 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
In May 2019, the FBI announced the appointment of 24-year agency veteran Scott Brunner as special agent in charge of the bureau’s San Digeo Field Office.
Brunner started his FBI career as a special agent in 1995. He was first assigned to the Portland Field Office in Oregon, where he primarily investigated violent and organized crime. He later transferred to the Oklahoma City Field Office, focusing on public corruption. He also served as a pilot and SWAT team operator in both offices.
In 2003, Brunner was promoted to the Criminal Investigative Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he program-managed the joint FBI/Hungarian Organized Crime Task Force. He transferred to the San Diego Field Office in 2005, where he supervised a strike force that tackled major Mexican drug traffickers.
Brunner was selected to lead the FBI’s Safe Streets and Gang Unit at FBI Headquarters in 2009, overseeing the FBI’s anti-gang programs. Two years later, he was promoted to assistant special agent in charge of criminal and administrative programs at the Louisville Field Office in Kentucky. He later led Louisville’s national security and intelligence programs.
Between 2014 and 2016, Brunner served as the legal attaché in Bogota, Colombia, before he was named as the chief of the surveillance and aviation section of the Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG). He was promoted to deputy assistant director of CIRG in 2018, where his responsibilities included managing the FBI’s surveillance, aviation, unmanned systems and counter unmanned systems programs, behavioral analysis, and the 24/7 command center.

Denise Mueller-Korenek-Breaking Boundaries
2019-10-24 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Learn from this world record holder how, at the age of 45, she broke the land speed bicycling record by pedaling more than 183 miles per hour. She’ll discuss her experiences — both the triumphs and setbacks — and show us how to apply those lessons to our lives. This inspiring program will be one not to miss!
Denise Mueller-Korenek is an American cyclist. She holds the world record for paced bicycle land speed and is considered “the fastest cyclist on earth”. She set the record on September 16, 2018, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, by traveling an average of 183.932 mph on a custom-built carbon KHS bicycle behind a custom-built vehicle to minimize air resistance. The previous record, 167 miles per hour, was set in 1995 by Dutchman Fred Rompelberg. Two years earlier, Denise set the women’s bicycle land speed record, pedaling 147.7 mph. Denise is the first and only woman in history to hold the world record, which was first established in 1899.

State of the Spirits Market
2019-10-31 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Guest speakers: Geoff Longenecker, Founder of Seven Caves Distillery and current President of the San Diego Distillers Guild and Bill Rogers, owner of Liberty Call Distilling Co.
Geoff and Bill will tell us how they got into the spirits business and provide an overview of San Diego’s distilling history. They will also talk about the challenges and opportunities for local distillers. With the San Diego Distiller’s Guild Festival coming up on November 16, Geoff and Bill will share some tips for newcomers to craft spirits and what the best way to enjoy the festival.

Annual Salute to Military
2019-11-07 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
True Americans!
Many of them didn’t ask to leave their homes to fight on distant battlefields. Many didn’t even volunteer. They didn’t go to war because
they loved fighting and they didn’t take extended vacations to far off lands out of enjoyment. Most importantly they didn’t separate themselves from their loved ones because distant makes the heart grow fonder. These were ordinary people who responded in extraordinary ways during extreme times throughout our nation’s history. These were the men and women of our Armed Services, Veterans. We must continue to recognize their achievements, commitment, and continuous support for the future generations but most importantly we must “KEEP THE FAITH”.
Our guest speaker will be Sergeant Major Ray McGinnis of the Wounded Warrior Battalion-West (Camp Pendleton).
The United States Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment provides and enables assistance to wounded, ill and injured Marines, sailors attached to or in support of Marine units, and their family members in order to assist them as they return to duty or transition to civilian life. Their primary focus: rehabilitating the mind, body and spirit.

USCG Captain Timothy Barelli
2019-11-14 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Capt. Timothy J. Barelli, the new Sector San Diego commander, arrived from Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he served as the deputy director of emerging policy. He was responsible for developing service-wide strategy and advising the commandant and senior leaders on major issues. Of particular note, he crafted the Coast Guard’s Strategic Plan for 2018-2022 and the Maritime Commerce Strategic Outlook – the Service’s 10-year strategy to promote $4.6 trillion in annual maritime commerce and protect and modernize the nation’s critical maritime infrastructure.
Barelli’s previous assignments include executive officer at Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, aeronautical engineer officer at Coast Guard Air Station Houston, Coast Guard Air Station Savannah, Georgia, and the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida.
CAPT Barelli will provide a snapshot of operations Coast Guardsmen and women at Sector San Diego conduct locally and around the world. He will talk about the scope of Coast Guard missions and responsibilities and specifically what our engagement is in the San Diego community. In 2019, Sector San Diego has conducted roughly 650 cases ranging from search and rescue, to maritime law enforcement, to vessel safety and pollution response.

Don Buchheit-Human Trafficking Prevention
2019-11-21 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Spotting human trafficking before it starts. Training both students and educators on how to identify a young person targeted for recruitment into this dark world remains a critical front line in the battle against human trafficking.
We will hear from Don Buchheit, Regional Director of the San Diego Trafficking Prevention Collective, about how organizations from across the county are banding together to increase the awareness of the tactics employed by traffickers and ways to counter it.

Club 33 Social Hour
2019-11-21 17:30 - 19:30 | CA
We’re doing something special for this month’s happy hour so we really hope you’ll be able to join us. On Thursday 11/21 (note date change from our usual 3rd Wednesday) San Diego Rotary and LEAD San Diego are holding a joint social hour. Many of our members are graduates of LEAD San Diego programs. And for those of us who are new to LEAD, this is a great opportunity to learn more about LEAD’s mission to build and connect experienced leaders across San Diego. LEAD is a program of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce and its alumni span every sector of the local economy and community.
We will be meeting at the new Kairoa Brewing Company in University Heights at 4601 Park Blvd, which also offers an impressive wine list and food options. Hope to see you there!

DARK - No Meeting
2019-11-28 | CA

Club 33 Holiday Celebration
2019-12-03 17:30 - 19:30 | CA
The Grotarian Committee and Club 33 Social Hour Committee are organizing another special holiday celebration at the Timken Museum and you are all invited!
In December, the Timken Museum 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, featuring a collectible train on loan from the San Diego Model Railroad Museum, is designed by San Diego State University graduate students and is fast becoming a San Diego holiday tradition.
Also on view is Masterpieces of Italian Drawings from The British Museum. The exhibition is an ambitious first-time-ever collaborative effort among the Timken, University of San Diego (USD) and The British Museum in London. The entire collection from The British Museum will include 54 drawings and prints, many of which will be on display at the Timken, featuring such 16th-century masters as Pamigianino, Andrea del Sarto and Agostino Carracci and the 18th-century artists Luca Giordano and Domenico Tiepolo. The balance of the drawings will be on display at the USD Galleries. 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, a holiday sweet station and more.
This will be a magical evening full of good cheer and merriment. We hope to see you there!
Date:Tuesday December 3
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 for registration

Bid Big! Auction
2019-12-05 11:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Arrive early! Our annual auction begins at 11:00am. Great auction items including trips, hotel stays, theatre and sporting tickets, family orientated packages, excellent wine and so much more! And remember, your support for this year’s auction will directly impact those who need us in the community. So come and enjoy a glass of champagne and Bid Big!

Garry Bonelli-Chairman, Board of Port Commissioners
2019-12-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Garry Bonelli was sworn in on January 16, 2019, as the new board chairman of the Board of Port Commissioners for the San Diego Unified Port District.
Garry’s mantra for the Port of San Diego is clearly defined: “In order to have a world-class port we must: think globally, plan regionally, and act locally, focusing on what’s best for the bay overall.”
His goals include completing the Port Master Plan, so that it can go before the State Coastal Commission, and working hand-in-hand with Chula Vista on that city’s Bayfront Park Project, which covers 535 acres, and includes a Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center, restaurants, marinas, retail space, an RV park, and more. He notes that fully half of the acreage will be dedicated to open space. He also plans to continue to be a champion for clean bay water.
Renaissance on the Bay
With his presentation, Garry will take us on a virtual tour around San Diego Bay and all of the Port of San Diego projects going on within the Port’s five member cities of Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach, National City and San Diego. We will hear about the progress being made on the 535-acre Chula Vista Bayfront project, the Brigantine’s Portside Pier project on the North Embarcadero, Seaport San Diego and others.

Annual Holiday Program
2019-12-19 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
