Minnetonka Rotary - The Spoke - November 17, 2021 (Nov 19, 2021)

Meeting Minutes - Char Murphy

Guests

Beth Young (potential new member) and Erik Johnson (today's speaker).

Invocation

Jennifer St. Clair.

Pledge

Everyone.

4-Way Test

Everyone.

International Theme

Everyone.

Rotary Minute

(Not this week. Ed.)

Announcements

Alexia R. - PLEASE fill out the district survey emailed to all of us.

Jennifer S. - Saturday, December 4, Bikes for Kids, 9-12am, wear your Rotary shirts.

Chris C. - foundation meeting went well; $22684 left for domestic and $5309 left for international donations; approved a $2000 grant for Moving Forward; ICA van has been acquired and is currently being outfitted for use.

Nate R. - working on a zoom board meeting.

Nancy D. - Sara’s baby is due Sunday.

Raffle

Cathy didn’t win – nice pot brewing for next week.

Happy Bucks

Mike G. - out east watching his daughter play hockey.

Chris Carr - sock meeting with Nate and Alexia.

Pete G. - Delta pilot in the family now

Chris Rosenlund - his son Axel release from a team and left today for Manitoba to try out for another team.

Mark Magney - he and Tammy headed to White Fish, Montana for skiing and to see their new granddaughter.

Nate R. - our program by Erik his college buddy.

Glen J. - watching the Bachelorette with his wife he learned the Bachelorette was Ms. Basketball from Woodbury and one of the bachelors was Mr. Basketball from Hopkins; both schools Royals.

Frank B. - able to have a physical and his booster this week.

Alexia R. - our program Erik her college buddy.

Scott N. - brother and family here from Whitefish, Montana.

Lenny N. - lunch with Terry and Gr Char at Hoagies & Mac covering raffle for him next week.

Terry S. - happy.

Nate R. - took Audrey to Hoagies after ballet and kind waitress made sure he got his debit card chasing him when they left.

Bob H. - all the way from Arizona and nine consecutive days of golf.

Ron U. & Mary T. they became great grandparents.

Program

Guest Intro by Alexia: Erik Johnson, met freshman year of college NDS; he was the last one to leave the party and the first one at the library in the morning; he fulfills the 4-way test; excellent guitar player.

Speaker: Erik Johnson (EJ); a pilot for 15 years and with Delta the past 8; father of two and one on the way; his schedule allows him great family time at this point in his career; he currently flies Boing 737’s;

Erik’s father and grandfather were/are both pilots; he did fly a plane with his father for Delta.

He was licensed to fly at age 17; graduated with a 4 year program from North Dakota; hired out of college and upgraded to Captain when he was 24.

Whole career he’s been questioned if he’s old enough to fly!

As a pilot you “live and die” by your seniority number you get when you’re hired.

Auto pilot is used a lot so the pilots can monitor all the equipment for a safe flight; different landscapes and weather conditions unfold continually through the flight.

Pandemic he continued to fly empty airplanes carrying cargo; layovers were weird with no people in the towns he landed at.

Next Meeting

Next meeting is November 24, 2021 at 7:30 a.m. at Board Room of Eisenhower Community Center.

Adjournment

Meeting Adjourned

Submitted by Char M.

Member Submissions

1. Rotary Tri- District Conference - April 21-23, 2022. See below.