I have a friend that is looking to commission an artist to create a bear sculpture made out of redwood for the newly acquired “Crew House” in Berkeley for the Cal Berkeley rowing team. The sculpture will need to be cut out with a chain saw. If anyone has a contact that can do this, please make contact with Wayne Rowlands at 707-486-0786 or email…Read More

This month’s Rotary Means Business NorCal Fireside meeting will be part of the open house that our member Laura Dunst is holding on October 16th. Please check the calendar and make your reservations.

We do have an opening for the November meeting. If anyone wants to host in November and highlight your business, please make contact with Wayne…Read More

Here is the Rotary Means Business Annual Newsletter. Enjoy!
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I am looking for a person to provide a business plan for a friend that is looking to start up a small business. If you can help, please make contact with me at 707-486-0786 or email me at wayne@waynerowlands.com.

As a reminder, this month’s Rotary Means Business NorCal Networking meeting will be part of the Sonoma County Rotarians Hosting Hispanic Chamber of Sonoma County Mixer. Rotary Means Business NorCal will be hosting a booth at this great event. This will take place on Thursday September 18th at 5:30pm. Please check the RMB calendar and you will s…Read More

On Thursday September 18th, the Rotary Means Business NorCal Group will be hosting a booth at the Rotary/Hispanic Chamber of Commerce mixer beginning at 5:30pm. The details are found on the RMB website’s calendar. Part of our duties will be to serve food and beverages for 100 people. We are looking for volunteers to help in providing the food and…Read More

The Rotary Means Business Store is now open. Please come to the RMB website and visit the store where you will find various items that will help promote Rotary and the RMB Fellowship. We will be adding products to the store in the near future.

Volunteers requested!

The Rotary Club of Santa Rosa is working with the Kenwood Fireman’s Association in bringing back the Pillow Fights which has been a signature event for Sonoma County. Due to the size of the event, it has been moved to Rohnert Park. The event will take place on Saturday, September 27th. This event will require a number of v…Read More

We had a GREAT time this evening at the NorCal Rotary Means Business Networking meeting. Here are some pictures from the event. The BBQ ribs done by Wayne’s son were ALL…Read More

As a reminder, we will be having our NorCal Rotary Means Business networking meeting on Thursday August 7th beginning at 5:30pm. There will be 60 second infomercials from Rotarians, some speed networking and some AWESOME food and beverages, plus the opportunity to mix with representatives from a wide range of businesses in and around Sonoma and…Read More

As a reminder, we are having our monthly Networking Meeting on Thursday August 7th beginning at 5:30pm. We will be meeting at my house! All the details can be found on the RMB website at the below-listed link. I promise to have a great spread of food and beverages. My son is assisting me with the cooking of some special treats. Come to the RMB…Read More

As a reminder, we are having our monthly Networking Meeting on Thursday August 7th beginning at 5:30pm. We will be meeting at my house! All the details can be found on the RMB website at the below-listed link. I promise to have a great spread of food and beverages. My son is assisting me with the cooking of some special treats. Come to the RMB…Read More

We now have Rotary Means Business pins! They cost just $10.00! Here is Wayne Rowlands proudly wearing his pin. we will be setting up the RMB store shortly and you will be able to purchase your very own pin.
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We had a great time at the NorCal RMB Networking meeting at Rosso’s last week. Here are some great photos from the…Read More

We have openings for Rotarians to host a NorCal networking event for the months of September, October, November and December 2014. Please make contact with me to request your company to host a RMB Networking Event.

Just a friendly reminder that the Rotary Means Business July networking meeting is set for Thursday July 10th at the NEW location of Rosso Rosticceria+Eventi located at 1229 N Dutton Ave in Santa Rosa, CA! This will be a fun event at a great location. The fun begins at 5:30 and is hosted by our very own Gesine Franchetti, member of the Rotary Club…Read More

The July Rotary Means Business NorCal Networking Meeting will be held on July 10th at Rosso’s newest location. Please check the calendar at the RMB website at this address for all the details. this will be an event that you will not want to miss!

July 10th 5:30pm at Rosso Roticceria+Eventi,1215 N Dutton Ave, Santa Rosa, CA.

Please R…Read More

The July Rotary Means Business NorCal Networking Meeting will be held on July 10th at Rosso’s newest location. Please check the calendar at the RMB website at this address for all the details. this will be an event that you will not want to miss!

July 10th 5:30pm at Rosso Roticceria+Eventi,1215 N Dutton Ave, Santa Rosa, CA.

Please R…Read More

The July Rotary Means Business NorCal Networking Meeting will be held on July 10th at Rosso’s newest location. Please check the calendar at the RMB website at this address for all the details. this will be an event that you will not want to miss!

July 10th 5:30pm at Rosso Roticceria+Eventi,1215 N Dutton Ave, Santa Rosa, CA.

Please R…Read More

The July Rotary Means Business NorCal Networking Meeting will be held on July 10th at Rosso’s newest location. Please check the calendar at the RMB website at this address for all the details. this will be an event that you will not want to miss!

July 10th 5:30pm at Rosso Roticceria+Eventi,1215 N Dutton Ave, Santa Rosa, CA.

Please RSVP…Read More

This is just a reminder that we have our Rotary Means Business networking meeting this week on Thursday June 5th at Bertolone Realty. We start at 5:30 pm. Please come to the Rotary Means Business website and RSVP or contact Sonja Butler at (707) 953-6752. This will be a great event!

Does anyone want to advertise their business? We are going to be refreshing the ads posted on the Rotary Means Business website. Just go to the Media menu tab and you will see the Advertise link with all the information you will need to send over your ad.

Last week we had a great time at our networking meeting at Liberty Valley Doors in Cotati, California. Here are a few pictures from this…Read More

The Rotary Means Business Fellowship Board Ballot is now available to download. If you are a paid-up member, you are qualified to vote. Please click on the link and vote. Please note the deadline of May 31st.
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We are meeting next week at Liberty Valley Doors. This will be a lot of fun! We will be meeting on Thursday May 1st at 5:30 pm. Please come to the Rotary Means Business website and RSVP. You can click on the link.
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As a reminder, the NorCal Group is having our monthly meeting at Stanley Steamer hosted by Gina Belforte. The meeting will be held on Thursday April 3rd beginning at 5:30 pm. Please RSVP on the Rotary Means Business website within the calendar, or make contact with Gina. All of her contact information can be found on the RMB website.

As a reminder, the RMB NorCal group is holding the next networking meeting at AJ Printing in Santa Rosa on Thursday March 6th at 5:30 pm. Please visit the website and make your reservations.

Best,

Wayne Rowlands
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RMB Jobs Fair and Business Expo coming soon!

Here at the RMB NorCal Group, we are planning to organize a Jobs Fair and Business Expo for this year. We are looking for anyone that would like to be part of this great event. We want participation from all the Rotary Clubs in 5130 and beyond.

If you want to be part of the planning committee, please…Read More

Real time chat now available!

Dear fellow Rotary Means Business members,

We have some exciting news for you. We now have added the ability to do real-time chats on our website. Once you log in to the RMB website, you will be able to see the chat status indicator at the top of the page. If any of your friends are online, you will be able to have…Read More

Want to host a Rotary Means Business networking meeting at your business? Our meetings take place the first Thursday of the month from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. You will get to highlight your business with many Rotarians and guests. We have openings! Please make contact with Wayne Rowlands at wayne@waynerowlands.com. We will be booking meeting out 6 months.

Here are a few more pictures from tonight’s RMB NorCal networking event.
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We had a GREAT meeting tonight at the NorCal networking meeting at Sally Tomatoes in Rohnert Park, California. Check out these…Read More

Please plan to come to the Rotary Means Business networking mixer to be held at Sally Tomatoes this Thursday. This will be an event that you will not want to miss. Our host is our very own Gerard Guidice, owner of Sally Tomatoes and also the President of the Rotary Club of Rohnert Park Cotati. Please visit the calendar link and RSVP. This will be…Read More

To all of our friends in the Marin Rotary Means Business Group, here is a great networking event that you not want to miss.
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Check out this great New Year’s Eve event that will happen at Sally Tomatoes. This will be a great event.
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If anyone is interested in becoming an administrator on the website, please make contact with me. We are looking to make some improvements to the site and I could use some help. For instance, we will be adding the ability to do voting for officers of the RMB Fellowship in the future. From what I can see, we will have to write some custom code to…Read More

To all our friends in the Marin RMB Group, check out the meeting tonight up here in the North. This meeting will help us all get into the holiday spirit.
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Tonight’s meeting will be fun and will help us begin to get into the holiday spirit. There will also be a big announcement at the meeting…

Please check out the NorCal RMB meeting on November 7th. Keith Garlock is hosting the event at his family’s Christmas three farm – the Garlock Tree Farm. This will be a fun and festive event that you will not want to miss!
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Here are some pictures from one of our early Rotary Means Business meetings held at Advent Office Supply on April 7, 2011. We were just getting going up here in the NorCal Group.
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The Rotary Club of Santa Rosa and the Giro Bello team helped out with the Gran Fondo. Check this out and see Rotarians at work.
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Next week’s NorCal Fireside meeting will be held at the home of Kris Anderson and co-hosted by Karen Ball. Please go to the calendar and see the details and then RSVP. This will be a fun meeting.

We had a great time at the NorCal Fireside networking meeting at Summit State Bank last week. Here are a couple of shots.
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I have a friend who is getting married in August next year. She is looking for any assistance anyone might be able to provide in recommendations or introductions for venues for the wedding reception in either Santa Rosa or the Napa Sonoma area.

Please make contact with me for recommendations so I can pass this on.