1)    Call to order             
                    
    2)    Thought & Pledge    Chris Simcox        
                    
    3)    Four Way Test - In all the things you think, say or do:

            
        Is it the truth?            
        Is it fair to all concerned?            
        Will it build goodwill and better friendships?            
        Will it be beneficial to all concern?            
                    
    4)    Special Thanks to: 

           
        To Carol Wells for served as the acting President, while Sue was on vacation last week.            
        Set up     Gil  Gilbert      
        Treasurer    John Bowman        
        Greeters    Bob Meeder/ Puran Stevens        
        Thought & Pledge     Chris Simcox        
        Rotarian Bio    Puran Stevens        
        Ivory tickling    John Ray        
                    
    5)    The following Week's Duty Roster for Feb. 8th is:  

         
        Set up     Gil        
        Treasurer    John Bowman        
        Greeter    Jim Pockross/Linda Yonke        
        Thought & Pledge     John Ray        
        Rotarian Bio    Herb McDowell        
                
                    
                    
    7)    Announcements             
                    
    a)    George Pearce, the incoming President for 2017/2018 distributed voting ballots for next year's board.  The slate included - Tom    Ryan - President Elect; Jack Close - Secretary; Ben Ivory - Director; Sue Segal - Director and Jim Bowman Director.  The following board members will continue to serve: John Bowman - Treasurer; Ellen Greenberger - Director; Jim Griffith - Director.  George is looking a volunteer to serve a 1 year term as Director.  If anyone is interested, please contact George.            
                    
    b)     Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) Ellen Falkof (we are  sponsoring 3 students), retreat are March 9 - 12 and April 6 - 9 - applications can be found on our web site.  We are selecting our RYLA students on Feb. 13th.            
                    
    c)    Chris Cole -Update from our meeting with RefugeeOne on sponsoring a refugee family.    For more information on Refugee One see www.refugeeone.org.              
                    
    d)    John Kay and Tom Ryan gave an overview of the ABC's of Rotary seminar held on Monday, Jan. 23rd.            
                    
    e)    Our District has organized an outing to the Windy City Bulls basketball game on Saturday, 2/11.  A portion of the proceeds will go to the End Polio Now Campaign.  For more information please go to - http://rotary6440.org/event/windy-city-bulls---fundraiser-for-endpolio-now/            
                    
    f)    Any interesting in getting a group together to see Shen Yun on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 at the Harris Theater.  A sign in sheet was passed around.  If we need at least 10 people to commit.  Not enough interest so we will not be going.            
                    
    g)    District Conference is on April 28 - 30th at the Marriotte Lincolnshire Resort.            
                    
    h)    Net Proceeds from the Holiday Sale and Raffle was $25,024.  Great Jobs to everyone!            
                    
    i)    Please remember to pay your dues as soon as possible. Thank you            
                    
    j)    Tom Ryan passed around a sign up sheet to volunteer at the Soup Kitchen on Monday Feb. 6 - See Tom Ryan for more information.            
                    
14)  Club Bio:            Puran Stevens        
                    
15)  Speaker                   
                    
        Robert Beezat is a management consultant who has worked with over 350 public, private, and not-for-profit organizations around the country. He is also a former city manager and business owner. He has been an adjunct faculty member at several universities teaching business, human resource, and supervisory management courses. He is the author of Character Based Management: A Key to More Productive & Effective Organizations and Knowing and Loving: The Keys to Real Happiness.  You can find out more about him and his books at www.robertbeezat.com             
                    
                    
Meeting adjourned at 8:30AM.        

 

 

 

During our recent visit to the Wilmette Police Department, one of our members was apprehended for "excessive do-goodness"