[board] Speaking opportunity for MCBA

[Tom Pillsbury]

Thanks, Gary!
I reached out to Doug, regarding his Rotary Club.
Thanks, Tom

On Sun, Jul 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM Gary Denison <gary at marinbees.org> wrote:

> I assume this would fall under Justin's preview and responsibilities
> but...?
>
> At the MCBA fair booth today, the President of The Rotary Club of Ignacio
> dropped by to introduce himself.  He wanted to invite someone from the MCBA
> to come to one of their meetings and provide about a 25 minute speaking
> presentation at one of their future luncheons.  They will pick up your
> lunch.
>
> Contact information is as follows:
> Doug Hood, President
> doug at hcamgmt.com
> (415) 706-0975
> www,ignaciorotary.org
>
> We had a steady flow of people at the booth today and it was fun.  It was
> great having business cards with our organization's website on there.
> Several people expressed interest in becoming beekeepers and/or learning
> more and even a few existing Marin beekeepers who were unaware the MCBA
> existed.  Obviously, we invited all of these people to our meetings and to
> join us.  In the future, we should have a sign up sheet for individuals who
> want more information so we can follow up with them directly regarding
> their interest. .
>
> We even had a woman come by because she learned we (MCBA) were there and
> she had a honeybee swarm into a hollow tree trunk in her yard,  She wanted
> someone to remove them.  I told her about how to report a swarm on our
> webpage.  She stated she had already done so and got no response.  So as to
> not debate her, I went ahead and got her name, phone number and address in
> San Rafael and  passed that along to Jim to put out on  swarm list.
>
> Pictures attached.
>
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