Bill Lewis announced that an anonymous donor around Borrego gave $100,000 to Borrego Rotary - as he had just passed away, it was announced that Dennis Avery was the anonymous donor
Diane Hydoski announced that Rotary could meet the last 2 weeks at the Palms/Crazy Coyote, as the Borrego Springs Resort will be closed. It was voted unanimously that the meeting would take place at the Palms/Crazy Coyote.
It was also decided that Rotary would meet for breakfast, but not collect any money, as each individual can pay for their own breakfast. Rotary can only be offline 2 weeks out of the year and it will be around the Christmas Holidays, vs. the 2 weeks in August this year.
Martha Diechler: thanked everyone for their donations for her trip to Liberia. At some locations where she taught, there is no running water, no electricity, and people live in huts. Liberia is a deeply religious country, but there is a lot of illness (Malaria, for example). Do not drink the water! The first night there, she accidentaly drank the water and had Montezuma's revenge.
She went to the library presentation "The Drums". There were young men from Senegal who played the drums and we all danced and had a great time!
Tamale festival will be November 24, 2012 (Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend). There will be tamale lunches that the community can buy prepared by El Borrego. Tamale sales, tasting booth & a tamale contest. There will also be souveniers on sale in booths & live entertainment. We are looking for volunteers to start meeting very soon.
Cathy Gay announced that on the 26th of October, breakfast by Rotary will take place in front of the Anza Borrego Foundation office. There is a need to do a better job of advertising the event this year. Volunteers needed. Tickets will be $9 for adults and $5 for children. Bill Lewis will be helping to set up and tear down.
