Stardate 2009.233 - California JCI Senate/Jaycees meeting

Friday, August 21, 2009

I drove down to Oxnard with Herb and Joe A as passengers (see what respect the president has in his/her home state). We checked into the hotel then we were off to the hospitality room until time to head out to dinner at an al fresco pizzeria. The Senate Board meeting began as soon as everyone returned from dinner and there was a lively discussion of a copyright infringement claim charged to the Senate. The Tiger Corp. meeting followed and was quite well attended by some folks that we have not seen in many moons. Probably because one of our long time Jaycee members and current Terrible Tiger, Brian Omatsu, was to receive his Senatorship that evening at the corps meeting. Back to the hospitality room for a while before retiring for the night.



Saturday, August 22, 2009











The morning began with the CA Senate breakfast meeting where Region X VP Carolyn Smith was in attendance and spoke to the group. I had the opportunity to speak as well and present president Karen Talamantes with her pips, pin and flag set. She presented me with one of the California Senate shirts for this year.

The highlight of the morning was the attendance of longtime friend and past president of the California Jaycees, Drew and Sondra Frohlick.

After the meeting the Foundation officers that needed to be on the check signature card assembled and went down to the local bank so we could all be together to verify our signatures (hooray Patriot Act). We thought that we could get this done quickly and get back in time for a Foundation meeting. This was not to be and it took about three hours go get everything completed. Many of the trustees that had driven in for the meeting had to leave before we completed our business at the bank so an informal meeting was held in the lounge area. Following the foundation meeting we had a meeting of the Concord 2010 committee then a short time in the hospitality room before driving to "The Greek at the Harbor" for dinner. Some wine, good food and some entertainment by the staff at the restaurant. I had to leave early as I was requested by the Jaycees to count votes during the elections - Kevin Alson drove me back while the others stayed for more entertainment. I left so fast that I did not pay my share of the wine but took care of that later.

The Jaycee elections were twofold, First was the issue of replacing the president for the current year. It seems that president Matt Bromand had to resign and per bylaws the COB takes over until an election can be held to select a new president for the remainder of the term. Claudia Sheridan was elected to fill in for the remainder of 2009 while Paul Farmer from Salinas was elected as the new president to take over the reins on January 1.

The theme for the weekend was the 70's and you should have seen the hippies that showed up. VP CJ Jorif had a special version of the 70's trivia game modeled after the Jeopardy TV show which became quite rowdy. As president KT said, "there was peace and love everywhere" make up your own story.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Attended the Jaycee business meeting until it was time to pack the car and head for home. It was great to be back with the California Senate although this may very well be my last and only chance to visit California this year as president.