Rotary Club of Hollister, CA
Weekly Bulletin

Volume 2 | Issue 3

 

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Hollister's weekly bulletin!

This is the bulletin for our meeting on Monday, Monday January 29, 2024

Meeting Highlights:
The meeting was called to order by President Rich Marcus at 12:15 PM.  There were 25 people in attendance.
 
Bruce Beetz led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
 
Mike Sanchez gave the Thought for the Day.
 
Visiting Rotarians: 
 
Kathleen Rose from the Gilroy Rotary Club.
 
Guest of Rotarians:
 
Stacie McGrady was introduced as a guest of Rich Marcus. Stacy is a candidate for County Supervisor, District 1. 
 
Announcements:
 
Rich Marcus recognized Chang So for his 12th place finish in the Half Marathon race at Mission 10.  He also finished first as a Hollister Rotary Club member.
 
Bill Tiffaney and Bryan Yamaoka both thanked everyone for the "Team Effort" in making Mission 10 another success.  Bill reported we had around 1050 participants for Mission 10 races on Saturday. 
 
 
Raffle
 
The raffle ticket for the small pot was held by Mike Sanchez.  He picked an Ace and won $25.
 
 The raffle ticket for the $78 pot was held by Ray Mariottini.  He did not pick a wining card. 
 
Detective
 
Dave Baumgartner was the detective for this meeting. Dave asked members questions about the 49er and Lions football game on Sunday, Dave had trivia questions about some of the players and the game. He was able to raise $50 in fines and gave us a lot of laughs as well.
 
This Week's Program
 
The program was presented by Kathleen Rose and Brenda Weatherly on the new San Benito County Leadership Institute, or SBLI.  Kathleen told us that leadership training in San Benito has been dormant since 2012 and a committee was formed in August of 2022 to create the new San Benito Leadership Institute.
 
The plan is to conduct 9 one day seminars from September 2024 to May 2025 on civic topics, leadership development, and board training skills. Participants can be sponsored by local businesses, and local government. The cost will be $1500 per person and participants can also be interested citizens who want to prepare themselves for leadership in the county.
 
Brenda and Kathleen answered questions from the club members.  Anyone interested in learning more about SBLI can email sanbenitoleadership@gmail.com
 
 
 
 
 
NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM
 
The next meeting is on Monday, February 5th at 12 Noon at Paine's Restaurant. 
 
The program will be Stacie McGrady who will be presenting on the Civil Grand Jury.  Stacie is the outgoing foreperson for the Civil Grand Jury.  
 
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