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Rotary Rig for November 16, 2020

The Casper Rotary Club

Monday, November 16, 2020 at 12:00 pm - ZOOM ONLY

*As announced in a recent email, we have returned to Zoom-only meetings for the time being as we take steps to keep each other and our community safe.  As community and business leaders, refraining from meeting in larger groups is one thing Thank you for understanding.
We have learned a lot about Zoom over the past several months, and continue to look for ways to make the Zoom meetings engaging and fun. Be ready for an opportunity for break-out sessions where you can visit with fellow Rotarians and guests about specific topics, and maybe even a fun quiz/survey or two along the way.  If you have ideas on ways to improve the Zoom experience, please reach-out to Lisa Scroggins
 
Meeting ID: 821 2304 2286
Passcode: 056423
 
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Presenter: Chuck Rutenberg.  Chuck joined the Rotary Club of Fort Collins in 2001 and served as President in 2007-2008.  In 2007 he was honored as “Rotarian of the Year” for District 5440 and has received many club recognitions including the 5 Areas of Service and the Spirit of Rotary Awards.  He is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, Paul Harris Society and Bequest Society Member.  Chuck served as the District Chair for Club Visioning from 2008-2011, the District Grants Committee Chair from 2010 – 2013 as well as a member of various club committees such as Fundraising, Foundation chair and World Community Service.  He also served as President of Rocky Mountain RYLA, Chair of RYLA and YRYLA, and senior counselor at both RYLA and YRYLA.  Chuck served as is an Assistant Governor for District 5440 from 2010-2013 serving the four Greeley clubs and District Governor in 2018-2019.  He now serves the District as the Executive Committee Chair, District Finance Committee Chair, and the Rotary Foundation Chair.
He chaired the Club Visioning endeavor for District 5440 from 2008 - 2011, facilitates Rotary Leadership Institute sessions and joined the PETS facilitation team in 2011.  He served as a PETS trainer from 2008 – 2012 and as lead trainer for PETS from 2013-2015.
He spent 31 years working for two Fortune 500 companies and retired in 2017 after 16 years in the Financial Services industry.  He has been married to Lynn for 37 years and they have a son and three daughters, as well as seven grandchildren.
Chuck is also a photographer and artist.
 
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The Meeting Summary for November 9, 2020 was not available at the time of distribution. Information will be shared in future edition(s) of the Rotary Rig. 
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From the Rotarian

Butterfly effect 
Along the monarch butterfly’s migration route, the habitat it needs to survive is disappearing. Rotarians are pledging to restore it. 
  Late last winter, just before the world shut down, my family flew from Minneapolis to Mexico City, then drove two hours west toward the city of Valle de Bravo. From there, we continued on to Santuario Piedra Herrada, a nature preserve situated in the forested mountains of central Mexico.
  The next morning, as the sun rose behind the mountaintops, we began our hike up a mile-long trail. The air was cool, and the sky was obscured by patchy clouds. Higher up the path, we noticed the oyamel fir trees start to take on a different appearance. They looked solid. They looked so heavy that they might fall over. They looked like they had been colonized by some strange creature.
  When we reached the top, we could see that in fact it wasn’t one creature that had colonized the trees, but many: Millions of orange-and-black monarch butterflies covered the branches and trunks of the now orange-tinged trees, huddling together for warmth as they have done every winter for thousands of years. When the sun emerged from behind the clouds, the insects, warmed by its rays, filled the air, and the beating of their wings sounded like a soft rain.
  Keep reading online here.
 
  Reprinted by permission from The Rotarian magazine, October 2020. Copyright (C) 2020 Rotary International. All Rights Reserved.
 
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From District 5440

Read the November 2020 "People of Action" Newsletter here
 
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