It is with deep regret that I share the passing of Honorary Rotarian Frank Tucker who died last Friday at the age of 94. He was born December 29, 1922. Frank joined the Rotary Club of Colorado Springs on November 17, 1967, sponsored by PDG Ken Curtis, with the classification of "Education - History". He had joined the faculty of Colorado College as a History Professor in 1963 with a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University (1948), an M.A. from Georgetown University 1950, and his Ph.D. from Georgetown University (1954). When he retired from Colorado College, Frank was bestowed the title of Professor Emeritus. Frank was valued within our club for his thoughtful comments on current events that brought a historical and insightful perspective to a variety of topics. A memorial service will take place at 11:00 a.m., Monday, February 6th, Grace & Stephens Episcopal Church, 601 N. Tejon St.
Frank Tucker
1922-2017
Let's take a look at what's going on with our club for the month of February and beyond. I hope you take the opportunity to come to this Friday's meeting where we'll have a visit from Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, considered by many to be the father of the US Air Force. On the 10th, we'll have a speaker with an emphasis on our heart health. As we have not had a club assembly yet this Rotary year, we've scheduled that for the 17th -- we'll have a report from our Rotarians who visited Nicaragua along with an update on our club's Service Fund by Tom Naughton. Remember, our meeting on February 24th is the annual area-wide Peace & Understanding luncheon to be held this year at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort -- 12:00 pm, $20 at the door.
President-elect Ron Rubin along with President-elect-designate Alan Gregory will spend the weekend in Denver at the High Country President Elect Training Seminar (PETS) which is February 24-26 (after Yo-Yo Ma ). This annual event includes Rotarians from Montana, Wyoming, western Nebraska, and Colorado with sessions by district and the entire group and is mandatory for all incoming club presidents. Rotary makes quite an investment in training its leadership and I'm sure Ron and Alan will walk away with great ideas on how to lead our club in 2017 and beyond.
We are going to be moving into the new schedule which means one Prime meeting a month (second Wednesday) and one social per quarter (dates, times, and locations TBD). The once a month meetings will be the regular Prime format where we will work on current service projects and take care of other business agenda items. Our goal for the socials is threefold: (1) improve Rotary Prime's exposure in our local community in an effort to build and diversify our membership, (2) tie each social to a service opportunity such that each one benefits our community in some way, and (3) enjoy catching up with one another, including our Classic members, in a fun and informal atmosphere. The first social is going to be at Axe and the Oak on February 23rd. More details to come later, but this one will benefit Cougars Care (the organization we do our Thanksgiving project with) in some way. We are excited!
We want to get Classic more involved in projects that we are working on, the socials, and just foster the cohesion between Prime and Classic in general. There are several ways we plan to do this. We welcome all Classic members to attend any Prime meeting and will actually be reaching out at some point to see if anyone would like to do a presentation at Prime. If you would like to do a talk, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Brittany Smaridge or myself. Additionally, Brittany had the idea of creating a Prime update slide for each Friday Classic meeting that will be part of the regular slideshow. That way, Classic will always be updated on what Prime is doing even if a Primer isn't available to make an announcement at every Friday meeting. The content of the slide will also go into the weekly bulletin. Brittany Smaridge also created a Google calendar that has all of the important events (including meetings, socials, service projects, etc) related to Prime. This calendar will eventually be up on the Prime website, so anyone can go and view it and see what we're up to. I will also continue to send out an email blast reminder the day before or the morning of the Prime meetings as well as a reminder about each social.
Prime will be holding a work/life balance panel at a Friday meeting in March. Classic members will be on the panel, and Primers will act as the moderators. There is a possibility that could be a Friday program once a quarter on different topics and with Classics and Primers taking on different roles. More to come on this as well, but I think it could be a great way to foster the relationship between Prime and Classic.
This month's Rotary Prime meeting was held on Wednesday, February 8th.
One of the long-standing traditions of our club is supporting the El Paso County Mock Trial Competition with volunteer judges. High school students have been training for the event since September. Many thanks to all of our Rotarians who have volunteered their time this Friday and Saturday -- we have a good number of volunteers.
News from the district that they will match your donation to Polio Plus with a district-wide cap of $100,000 in total donations. So, all of this counts towards your quest towards your first or follow-on Paul Harris Fellowship. Here's how it works -- your donation to Polio plus - our club matches -- district matches your donation -- total donation to Polio Plus then is matched two for one by the Gates Foundation. To ensure you receive 2016 tax credit, the best option is to make your donation on line at www.rotary.org -- log into My Rotary and select Give. Make your choice Polio Plus and your donation can multiply to do a lot of good in the world.
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