President Steve Morris opened the virtual meeting by welcoming guests from the Tierrasanta Key Club:
- Peter Penczar
- Hani Shatila
- Rex Warburton
- Dave West
and a former St. Augustine Academy Key Club member Kai da Luz.
Then we held our annual meeting to approve the minutes from the August 15, 2023 prior annual meeting and elect the 2024-5 board slate:
- Justin Frisco, President
- Steve Morris, Immediate Past President
- Gordon Boerner, Vice President
- Karina Sousa, Club Secretary
- Brian Krause, Club Treasurer
- 2025: Glen Honig, Lance Grob
- 2026: Tom Bauer, Lauren Cook
- 2027: Ryan Callan, Wendy Reuben
After adjournment of the annual meeting, member Mark McDonald introduced our speaker, Valley Center Kiwanis Club member Jim Dorschel who spoke about the stigma surrounding mental health.
Next, Sunny Rey and Anthony Azzarito, founders of Poets Underground, introduced us to their organization.
We celebrated these member birthdays:
- May 6 - Lance Grob
- May 8 - Emily Moberly
- May 12 - Karina Sousa
- May 21 - Eric Wever
- May 31 - Mark McDonald
- May 31 - Wendy Reuben
Members shared good news with each other in the form of Bill's Bucks:
- Karina Sousa celebrated her Bachelorette Party in Cabo
- Jeremy Alexander will remain in San Diego for at least another year
- Mark McDonald celebrated his birthday and years as a member
- Lance Grob saved a drowning man and his family in Mission Bay
- Karen and Greg Bowers' son is graduating from SDSU
- Jay Jeffcoat will miss our networking event in the East Village
After recapping prior events and looking at what is on the horizon, we concluded our meeting. If you missed it, check out the recording:
