At the July 18, noon meeting, Lynwood Club President Gudiel Crosthwaite, called the meeting to order.
Before Daniel introduced the speaker, Oscar Avila, President Crosthwaite reviewed important issues for club members to address. These items were emailed to all the members after the meeting. As a reminder, several of the items are repeated herein.
Fundraising: We have a list of recommended fundraisers that we need to narrow down. I’ll personally reach out to those of you who made some recommendations so that we can get a better sense of cost and potential revenue. This needs to happen by the end of next week.
Final Budget: I’ll be sharing a draft of the budget with you soon and I want to make sure that each of you have a chance to provide feedback. This will happen, once I get a better sense of potential fundraising projects.
Membership: We have made a commitment as a club to identify and recruit members. That being said, it would help if each of us can identify two potential candidates that we can invite to attend one of our upcoming volunteer events. Please send me a list of your recommendations by the end of the month and I will personally invite them to attend one of our upcoming events.
Daniel mentioned three items he accepted to pursue, from the workshop meeting held at the Lynwood restaurant recently. 1) adding an electronic message to the Plaza Mexico electronic sign (similar to the Greater Lynwood Chamber of Commerce message); 2) installation of a Lynwood Rotary sign on a Lynwood street (probably Long Beach Blvd.); and 3) installation of a Lynwood Rotary sign through the Caltrans Adopt a Highway Program (requested location to be on the 105 Freeway ROW adjacent to the Long Beach Blvd. 105 Freeway entrance. Daniel provided a brief update on the status of these proposals.
The speaker, Oscar Avila, presented a carefully prepared text. Herein is the first paragraph of his presentation. Copies of his complete text will available at Lynwood Rotary meetings during the next two months.
Good afternoon everyone. My name is Oscar Avila, a lifelong Lynwood resident. I went to elementary and middle school in Lynwood and to high school at the California Academy of Math and Science in Carson; I’m currently a rising sophomore at Georgetown University. I’ve come to speak to the rotary club on a number of occasions: to invite the members to participate in my Eagle Scout project restoring sports courts at the Lynwood City Park and then to my Eagle Court of Honor and to speak about my experiences with Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth among other things. Today, I’m here to share and reflect on my freshmen year with you all.
(Note: As mentioned, copies of Oscar’s complete text will be available at Lynwood Rotary meetings during the next two months.)
Daniel Miller Public Relations/ Community Outreach Lynwood Rotary Club