Project Description Country: USA Location: San Diego California Total Budget: $4,500 Areas of Focus: Peace and conflict prevention/resolution, Basic education and literacy, Economic and community development Activity Type: Community Development: General Summary: High school student delegates acting as foreign ambassadors/diplomats discuss pressing current international issues. Rotary District 5340's Model United Nations Program trains high school students to be effective peace makers, negotiators and diplomats by debating current-day international issues. Our 2018 Model UN Conference will be held at the University of San Diego, Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice and School of Peace Studies on April 7-8, 2018. We are the only Rotary District in the entire United States that sponsors and holds a Model UN Conference for students/youth, except for Eugene, Oregon who will be implementing a new Rotary Model UN Conference based on our Model UN program. Del Mar Solana Beach Rotary is initiating this project with contributions of two other clubs within the district 5340. Funds from this project will be used to pay the registration fees of 3 Central American/Mexican teams and the project will be completed in May 2018. Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Del Mar-Solana Beach Primary Contact: Venky Venkatesh Email: venkat@gat.com Project Status Completed This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by the district leadership. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners. Project listed for the 2017-18 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Del Mar-Solana Beach (5340) 6-Aug-17 $750 $750 $1,500 La Jolla Golden Triangle (5340) 6-Aug-17 $750 $750 $1,500 San Diego Coastal (5340) 6-Aug-17 $750 $750 $1,500 Total $2,250 $2,250 $4,500

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [19-Apr-18] Final Report [4-Sep-17] DDF deposit Form [19-Apr-18] DDF Matching Payment verification [1-Oct-17] Deposit San Diego Coastal [19-Apr-18] DMSB Rotary Letter [19-Apr-18] La Jolla Golden Rotary Letter [21-Mar-18] Model UN Final report [19-Apr-18] San Diego Coastal Rotary Letter [14-Sep-17] San Diego Coastal Webinar

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History Log Entries 6-Aug-17 by Venky Venkatesh The project is fully pledged with contributions from La Jolla Golden Triangle and San Diego Coastal clubs 6-Aug-17 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Creation of project page. 6-Aug-17 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Pledge of $750 with $750 DDF by Venky Venkatesh of the Rotary Club of Del Mar-Solana Beach, District 5340. 6-Aug-17 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Pledge of $750 with $750 DDF by Erik Mjoen of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle, District 5340. 6-Aug-17 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Pledge of $750 with $750 DDF by Fernanda Torres of the Rotary Club of San Diego Coastal, District 5340. 6-Aug-17 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 8-Aug-17 by Marta Knight Grant is ready for the Signature process. 2 signatures are required. This needs to be completed before Grant can be reviewed for approval at the District Foundation August meeting. Instructions can be found under Help tab,>Signature process. 8-Aug-17 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 8-Aug-17 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Project signed by Venky Venkatesh. 8-Aug-17 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Bill Sutton. 8-Aug-17 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Kevin Cahill. 9-Aug-17 by Fernanda Torres System Entry: Project signed by Fernanda Torres. 25-Aug-17 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Erik Mjoen. 2-Sep-17 by Marta Knight District 5340 Rotary Foundation Committee approved $750 DDF match for Del Mar Solana Brach Club, $750 DDF march for La Jolla Golden Triangle Club and $750 DDF match for San Diego Coastal Club, at the 8-14-17, meeting. Approval contingent upon electronic signatures and members watching District Grant Webinar on YouTube. Email sent with detailed instructions. 4-Sep-17 by Venky Venkatesh Secured DDF deposit form uploaded 4-Sep-17 by Erik Mjoen System Entry: Project reverted to "Submitted" - Salma Rawi added to the list of signatories. 5-Sep-17 by Alex Monroe System Entry: Project signed by Alex Monroe. 6-Sep-17 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Salma Rawi. 14-Sep-17 by Marta Knight District Grant Training Webinar condition for San Diego Coastal Club has been satisfied. 2-Oct-17 by Marta Knight La Jolla Golden Triangle Bank Deposit Information provided to District Foundation Treasurer. 10-Oct-17 by Marta Knight Deposit Information for San Diego Coastal uploaded 10-1-17. 12-Oct-17 by Marta Knight System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 16-Oct-17 by Judy Gallegos System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 12-Mar-18 by Marta Knight Deadline for closing your grant is April 1, 2018. Complete Final Report on the Description Tab and upload PDF of paid invoices or copies of check(s) on the Document tab. 12-Mar-18 by Venky Venkatesh The Model UN program is underway with students participating from schools in Mexico and South America and the event is scheduled for April 7-8, 2018 as it states in the description says. After the event, the final report will be submitted. 19-Apr-18 by Venky Venkatesh The Model UN Program Conference was held in San Diego CA on April 7th & 8th, 2018 and the Grant Final report was filed and currently in the signature process. The documents to support the final report were uploaded in the documents section of the District Grant. 19-Apr-18 by Venky Venkatesh System Entry: Final Report signed by Venky Venkatesh. 20-Apr-18 System Entry System Entry: Final Report signed by Bill Sutton. 20-Apr-18 System Entry System Entry: Final Report signed by Kevin Cahill. 22-Apr-18 by Marta Knight Payment documentation for grant has been received. Final Report needs to be signed. Emails resent today. As soon as they are signed, grant will be closed. 23-Apr-18 System Entry System Entry: Final Report signed by Alex Monroe. 24-Apr-18 by Marta Knight Received paid receipts for grant. Waiting for Final Report to be electonically signed so that grant can be completed. 24-Apr-18 System Entry System Entry: Final Report signed by Erik Mjoen. 7-May-18 by Marta Knight Grant Final Report still missing signatures of Fernanda Torres and Salma Rawi. We need this grant closed so we can proceed with District Grant Audit and submit Final Grant Report to The Rotary Foundation. 11-May-18 by Marta Knight Craig Hothem added to grant with administrative access. 21-May-18 by Marta Knight Craig Hothem given administrative access as Salma Rawi us no longer with the club. 21-May-18 by Fernanda Torres System Entry: Final Report signed by Fernanda Torres. 21-May-18 by Craig Hothem System Entry: Final Report signed by Salma Rawi. 22-May-18 by Venky Venkatesh Final Report signature process complete. Request closing the grant 22-May-18 by Marta Knight System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.