Meeting 12/19/2007

When: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 (5:30 - 7:30 PM)
Place: Murphy’s Bar & Grill
2 Merchant St
(Corner of Merchant & Nuuanu Ave)

First round of drinks and pupus is on us!

For more information visit http://downtownrotaract.blogspot.com or contact us.Bill White (honolulu.bill@gmail.com) or Roger Dunn (rogerdunn@gmail.com)

Global Children's Organization

Originally founded as a children's camp in war torn Bosnia, the Global Children's Organization has evolved into a 2 week camp promoting peace between children from many different countries where racial hatred is prevalent.

Metro Rotary has been a long time supporter of the group and continues to aid in any way that we can. One of the more interesting ways we can be involved is by sending team leaders and counselors to the camp. They are looking for young adults who are interested in helping teens from learn to accept each other and promote peace in their home countries. They believe that Rotaract is an incredibly good resource for team leaders and counselors.

Any interest?

Meeting on Nov. 15th

Our last meeting was Oct. 17th. We would like to have a follow up meeting on Nov. 15th (Thursday - Next Week!) so we can keep the momentum going.

I think we have 5-6 interested people, which is good, but like Mike said, we need to reach critical mass before we can actually elect a president and have "formal" Rotaract club meetings. Until then, Mike and I will try to set up the get-togethers and move things forward.

As far as what we need to decide:

1. Where and when to meet
2. What do we want to accomplish at the next meeting?
3. Pick someone to lead the group into a Rotaract club?

Here are some thoughts I have:

1. I think everyone said 6:30 PM was a good time to meet. As far as a meeting place, some of my ideas are:

- Compadres (in the back/or on the lanai)

- Indigos in the back (can seat 10-12 people)

- Bradley Pacific. Bradley Pacific is a company located near the airport that handles fueling of all jets that come in/out of Hawaii. The club president is also president of Bradley Pacific, so he has graciously said we can meet there. We can get a tour of all the private jets used by celebs, see the VIP lounge for small aircraft, etc...

- Anywhere else you may want to meet? Mike and I can try to other locations through our Rotary club.

2. Maybe discuss some potential service projects and see what kind of projects everyone is interested in.

Welcome Aboard!

In preparation of our charter meeting the current organizational meetings are to get enough people together to create an effective group, decide on what kind of club we want and what we want to accomplish. We will also need to land on who will lead the group and who else will handle different duties. We also need a regular schedule. Any thoughts?