Minutes from meeting.
Rotareminder for the Rotary Club of Kent
Meeting on December 17, 2019
President Roger Sidoti welcomed the group.
Patriotic song God Bless America was led by David Dix.
Bill Nome led the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Invocation was offered by Lori Wemhoff.
President Roger and David Dix led us in the singing of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Todd Kamenesh will be handling photos this afternoon with Brian Bialik handling Rotareminder
duties.
Visiting Rotarians
None.
Guests
Steve Dennis – Matt from Kent State University
Roger – Steve Smith
Student of the Month
TRHS Principal Dennis Love presented Katie Kulis as Rotary Student of the Month.
Announcements
- There will be NO MEETINGS the 24th and the 31st .
- The mother of Rotarian Tom Hall, Donna Hall, passed away.She has had affiliation with our club for over six decades.
- Rotary Board meeting scheduled for January 16th.
- Steve Dennis announced that giving participation from our club to RI is up to 80% with ~$9k received to date.
- The Kent Area Chamber of Commerce has announced a send-off party for outgoing chamber Chamber director, Lori Wemhoff on Tuesday, January 7th at the KSU Hotel & Conference Center from 5-7:00pm.
- Bill Childers extended thanks to the numerous rotarians who helped with bell ringing for the Salvation Army.
- Rachel Kerns announced that today was the last day of their toy drive.Items may still be dropped off at the Kent Restore location.
- MaryBeth Harper shared with members that the shoeboxes prepared for the Children of the Dump were delivered on December 1st.All told, the district contributed 890 boxes with 50 coming from the Kent club.
- The Portage County Association of Insurance Agents sent a thank you card to the Club for its sundry contributions of clothing items for needy families in and around our community.
Speaker(s)
Kathy Myers introduced Faye Nicholson, a Partnership Specialist with Census 2020. As a census coordinator responsible for Summit and Portage counties, Faye is charged with the task of assembling and training individuals to count everyone once and successfully, as mandated by the US Constitution Article 1. These individuals comprise count committees representative of their communities, which is key to developing effective outreach strategies. Committee members are committed to being transparent and fair. They cannot ask to enter one’s home, nor would they ever ask for personal identifiable information such as one’s ss#.
Planning for census counts starts early. The Federal government provides multiple language video guides for individuals from many backgrounds. In addition, people are now able to respond to census questions in-person, over the phone, via their website, or by paper.
The importance of conducting a fair and accurate census has significant implications for communities all across the United States. The economic impact is broad reaching affecting areas related to public schools, infrastructure projects, Health and Human services, etc. Today, this translates into Federal dollars in excess of $675mm.
To receive accurate answers to any census-related questions, or to report unsubstantiated rumors regarding the census, the government provides a website, rumors@census.gov, for any and all citizens to use.
David Sommers provided the response.
Respectfully submitted,
Brian K Bialik
