#584, Club Bulletin, November 30, 2015

Rotary News and Happy News:  Hilary Tanner, potential new member was a guest of Erika Cox. Salvation Army Bell Ringing on December 8, 2015. Locations are HyVee and Walmart.  Please calll 263-8272. Rich Dwyer noted that a fellow Rotarian has once again challenged the club with a $1000 donation to the Salvation Army and a match to Polio Plus if we as individual club members match his gifts with $1000.  We also have another anonymous $1000 donor Rotarian!!  November is Rotary Foundation Month. We have met $5975 of our $10,400 goal to the Rotary Foundation.  Checks should be given to Diana by December 14th or mailed in by individual Rotarians.

 

Doug Schnoebelen is moving to San Antonio to take a great new job! We will miss you!! Harvey Allbee was happy that the Hawkeyes won and asked all supporters to put a $1 on the table. He was also happy that North Carolina won. Diana Broderson reminded us of the book read and discussion of Buying the Vote put on at Strahan Hall, MCC on December 2, 2015 at 7pm, sponsored by League of Women Voters.

 

President Mary Odell passed on the sad news that longtime Rotarian Gene Mathern had passed away. She also recognized Marilyn Smith and Gage Kent for their November Rotary joining Anniversary!! Please note: We will hold our December 14th meeting at Strahan Hall at MCC. Mary also updated us on the India Rain Water Project a collaboration among several Rotary Clubs valued in grant dollars at $79,000. Dr. Manasi Nadkarni will be visiting the project in January, 2016. We were asked to Save the Date for our Rotary Trivia Night Fundraiser for January 31, 2016 at the Rendezvous.

 

Program: Board Member Erika Cox gave an update on the member survey:

 

We are open to meeting for one evening a month in lieu of our noon meeting.

We would like to know more about our members' businesses...so we would like 1 program a month to focus on a member and their business!! 

Our local projects should focus on community volunteering.

We would like visible branding of Rotary in Muscatine.

We are willing to give our money or our time!

We still want to network and have Fun at our meetings!!

A member directory was noted as important. ( on the tables today was a draft) please update your information!! Next week we will take photos to put in the directory. Member Jessica Wittman will take those photos from 11:45 until 1:15 pm.

 

Club Service Recognition Awards for 2015 were presented to Tim Nelson and Marilyn Smith for living the Rotary motto of "Service Above Self". Kudos to both of them!!