Another great 501 was called to order by our illustrious president Todd Nicholson at 1720 (5:20pm) at the University Club. The late start was not his fault, the crowd was having too much fun kibbitzing. Every table on the porch was filled with Rotarians and guests this evening.
John Bennett did a fabulous job as the greeter personally greeting each person in the room. Nice work
A/V crew was three deep this evening with Paul Meekin, Ken Crabb and trainee Katie Dailey.
We had two visitors tonight Steve Rucks (Shelly’s husband) and Kinumo Usada (prospective member).
Past President Doug Bruce and President Todd Nicholson demonstrate that great minds think (and dress!) alike.
Shelly Rucks introduced Steve “Wolfie” Browender as the speaker for the evening. His blog is Saint Paul by Bike, and his presentation was filled with photos of beautiful scenes, oddities (astroturf lawns) and characters (walker man) that he has taken as he continues to bike the streets of St Paul in hopes of covering all 832 miles. In addition to documenting his rides, his blog adds in pertinent historical trivia. It’s all very cool. There was a lively discussion after the slide show with snippets of personal history and ideas for expansion of the blog. Contact information for Wolfie is – SaintPaulByBike.com for the blog and SaintPaulByBike@gmail.com for his email.
The meeting was adjourned at 17:57.
