A few of us took a break from all the craziness to watch a movie. Thanks for planning this, Mike Kort, Club Service Director!
Tonight's speakers came to us from the Moorpark College Athletics Department. Phil McPherson -- Associate Head Football Coach, Mike Stuart -- Head Football Coach, and Vance Manakas -- Director of Athletics, came to speak to us about how they got to be in their positions and goals for the college.
YES! (Youth Empowerment Summit), is organized by the three Rotary Clubs in Simi Valley and was created to help empower young people to gain a greater understanding of issues, both personal and school related, through interaction and problem solving with peers and adult leaders. YES! hopes to create life-changers in our youth by developing effective leadership, communication, decision-making skills and strong values.
We had quite a few members from our club help to organize, facilitate, and secure the event. It's unbelievable how much these kids change in one day!
For more information, visit: simiyes.org
Instead of our traditional meeting, we took a trip to visit one of our very own member's place of business. Stephanie Sieminski is a Sales Operations Manager at Cydcor.
Cydcor started in Canada and is becoming a leader in outsourced sales. Each department is fully focused on its mission within the company. As a whole, that allows them to significantly grow and achieve unmatched sales results for their clients. Their team members work seamlessly together to provide support and solutions for their clients and the sales representatives in the field. Their culture of collaboration internally and with clients ensures that they provide the world-class solutions that they're known for.
Tonight's speaker was Geoff Dean, Ventura County Sheriff, who shared with us all the great ways the Sheriff's Department is protecting it's community. Sheriff Dean is the 19th Sheriff of Ventura County and a 40-year veteran of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office. He is a lifetime resident of California, born in Los Angeles and raised in Simi Valley. Geoff and his family are residents of Camarillo. He has been the Sheriff for the past seven years.
What he spoke about most was how technology is changing the way he runs his operations. Specifically he mentioned drones with infrared and heat cameras to catch criminals and find lost hikers, body-cams that "aid both sides of the badge," and mobile apps with facial recognition. He also made mention that if homeowners have installed Ring Doorbell (a doorbell with a camera that captures live feeds), they can utilize the footage, with permission, to help with investigations.
He later mentioned that Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley have always been the safest places to live in the county.
For more information about the Ventura County Sheriff's Department, visit: www.vcsd.org
Our Board of Directors has voted to induct two new honorary members. Honorary membership is given to non-member individuals who have distinguished themselves by giving outstanding service for the benefit of our club and Rotary International. Please welcome Melinda Carmichael (Rotarian Chuck Carmichael's Spouse) and Floyd McCrary (Rotarian Sally Tomniczak's Boyfriend ) as Honorary Members of Simi Sunset. Both members have giving beyond service above self. Congratulations you two and THANK YOU for all you do.
Please welcome new members Stephanie Angeli and Darrell Dumond (husband and wife) to the club!
Our club is the Chartered Organization for Boy Scouts Troop 698, one of the largest troops in Simi Valley. Responsibilities of chartered organizations include providing quality leadership and adequate meeting facilities and for the Scouting unit, as well as appointing a chartered organization representative to coordinate all Scouting unit operations within the organization. This has created a great partnership between our club and the troop. The boys have been a big help for us at some of our events.
Todd Kelly is the Troop's Assistant Committee Chair and filled us in on how the Troop is doing.
Amanda Wilson, Club Secretary, took a trip to Washington DC and visited the Rotary Club of Dupont Circle.
