International Service

District 5170 International Service Happy Hour & Banter!

Zoom Thursday, 5/21 4 to 5pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87159379199?pwd=PlVIbeegi9npsWNGCAwn2XB6YedlOi.1

Meeting ID: 871 5937 9199

Passcode: IS5170

Dear D5170 International Service Colleagues,

I’ve scheduled a final meeting for this 2025-2026 Rotary Year this coming Thursday, 5/21 before we leave for the RICon in Taipei.

Please make some time to check in and share your thoughts on meeting and training sessions (this past year as well as your interests next year) and share any comments or recommendations to me for next year (do not reply all to save other members from having to sift through hundreds of emails!).

There will be no more Training sessions this month and we’re leaving June for all the Roast/Toast and KickOuts/Ins for our District and all of our Clubs.

Please bring your favorite happy hour drink (cocktail/wine/beer/soda/water/tea) and join the zoom discussion! And, as for all our meetings, feel free to invite others in your Clubs to join us, including any of your colleagues interested in international service activity next Rotary Year. If there's no Chair - no worries, feel free to forward to your Presidents, President Elects, …any of your colleagues interested in international service!

AGs and Grant review subcommittee - please feel free to invite any D5170 Rotarians who are interested in international service! Would love to grow the collaboration!

Our cocktail banter?

Your perspectives on our Thursday afternoon international service collaborative meetings and Saturday morning training sessions. See listing of 2025-2026 DIS Meeting and Training Sessions below to jog your memories. Which meetings/trainings did you like? Why? Which ones were not that helpful? What can we do to make these monthlies better?
What are you and your club interested in? International District Grants? Global Grants? Evaluating others’ Global Grants to make decisions? Rotarian travel for service?
Any other questions/thoughts?

District Intl Service Meetings 2025-2026

Month	Day of Week	Date	Time	Meeting Topics	Responsible
Sep	Thurs	9/18/2025	4 to 5:30 pm	D5170 Intl service overview, Intro to meeting plans and calendar, Project Fundraising Pitches, International travel	Mauri
Oct	Wed	10/15/25	4 to 5:30 pm	Area/InterClub Intl Service Committees #1 of 2	Area 8+ WCSC: Martha Martinez, Peter Anderson, Annette Cain Rines
Nov	Wed	11/12/2025	4 to 5:30 pm	Area/InterClub Intl Service Committees #2 of 2 Travel & Intl Service : Uganda Trip Highlights	Area 2/3 WCSC: Jeboy Koshy, Steve Schwab (Fremont Morning); Audrey Kearns, Christina Valdez (Niles Fremont) Peggy Pollard, SC Sunrise
Dec	Thurs	12/18/2025	4 to 5:30 pm	How to's: Sponsoring GGs with little gDDF in the bank Lessons from Experience Travel & Intl Service Tijuana house build (Santa Cruz Sunrise)	Lingagoud Memula, Livermore RC Camilla Boolootian, Santa Cruz Sunrise
Jan	Thurs	1/15/2026	9 to 10:30 am	AOF: Basic Education & Literacy, Monitoring and Evaluation, Sustainability	Nivene Abdelkhalek, El Tahrir RC, BEL Cadre
Feb	Thurs	2/19/26	4 to 5:30 pm	AOF - WASH Panel Session Polio: India NID, How are we doing? D5170 DDF status and guidance	Walter Hughes, RC Salem Virginia Jill Duerig, RC Livermore Cynthia MurphyRC Los Altos Steve Rudd, Padma Chari, RC Cupertino Jon Winston, RC Santa Cruz Sunrise
Mar	Thurs	3/19/26	4 to 5:30 pm	Lightning Round: Presentations of Global Grant Champions needing funding to all Clubs with gDDF to spend before year-end All Clubs, Presidents, Intl Service and World Community Service Chairs, especially those with DDF to spend before year end invited!
Apr	Thurs	4/16/26	4 to 5:30 pm	Africa: a High Priority Focus for Intl Service A Successful example of a multifocal GG: Karat School Econ/BEL Côte d'Ivoire - sustainability, growth	Bill Furniss, Cupertino RC Sherry Auerbach, Los Altos RC
May	Thurs	5/21/26	4 to 5 pm	Intl Service Happy Hour Wine and Cocktail Fellowship with discussions of what worked/what didn't/what's next! Bring your comments, observations, and focus interests to help plan for next year's meetings and trainings
Jun	---	---	---	DARK - Taipei RICon

D5170 Grant Training Sessions 2025-2026

Month	Day of Week	Date	Time	Meeting Topics
Oct	Thurs	10/9/2025	5 to 6:30 pm	Training (Jon Winston, Roger Swenson): What are DDFs? District vs Global Grants, District Grant Training
Nov	Sat	11/15/2025	9 to 10:30 am	Training - Global Grant Basics
Jan	Sat	1/24/2026	9 to 10:30 am	Community Needs Assessment
Feb	Sat	2/28/26	9 to 10:30 am	Why Training & Training Plans Are Essential for Rotary Global Grants
Mar	Sat	3/28/26	9 to 10:30 am	Stewardship, Sustainability
Apr	Sat	4/25/26	9 to 10:30 am	Financial Planning (Deb Knowles, Cecelia Babkirk)

Please join your Rotarian colleagues this coming Thursday, 5/21 4 to 5pm!

Zoom Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87159379199?pwd=PlVIbeegi9npsWNGCAwn2XB6YedlOi.1

Meeting ID: 871 5937 9199
Passcode: IS5170

See you next week!

Please contact me with any ideas, contributions, additions to membership, or informational needs. Looking forward to continue serving you all!

Let’s “Unite for Good,”

Mauri
Mauri Okamoto-Kearney
District International Chair 2025-2028
Rotary Club of Cupertino
mauriokearney@gmail.com
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