Next Meeting March 18, 2026- President Usem called the next weekly meeting in person and Zoom at The Marsh, 15000 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka, MN.
New Pictures - Send to michaelcglover@comcast.net. [Ed.]
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From the Members and Archives
2026
Polar
Plunge!
IMPORTANT UPDATE to Upcoming Events Below
Important - Check with meeting leaders to confirm date, time and location information for all events below.
Happy Bucks and Polio Pitcher Donations
Please send your Happy Buck and Polio Pitcher donations to Mac H. as follows:
Mac Hardin
Minnetonka Rotary Club
12926 Rutledge Circle
Minnetonka, MN 55305
Rotary International Foundation
Please send your end of year donations to Chris Rosenlund as follows:
Chris Rosenlund
8672 Meadowvale Drive Eden Prairie, MN 55347
Meeting Minutes
Meeting called to order by President Ron.
Guests
Brian Ryks from Metropolitan Airports Commission [and his assistant. Ed.]
Invocation
Frank B. gave a prayer for peace for his invocation
Pledge
Everyone.
4-Way Test
Everyone.
International Theme
Unite for Good.
Paul Harris Awards
None this week.
Announcements
Bill S. - Bear cave social coming up.
Alexa R. - March 24th bingo at Fat Pants Brewing 5:00.
Bob H. - thanks the blood drive group for showing up and bleeding.
Mark Marlin - St Patty's Day 17th next Tues 3:00-6:00 at the Legion in Hopkins.
Jerald S. - jump in the lake for the Polar Plunge coming up!
New Member Induction
None this week.
Rotary Minute
None this week.
Raffle
Raffle 922 Ryan Rydell had the ticket and did not draw the joker.
Foundation Award Checks or Thank Yous
Ron U. - Letter from Move Forward, a kids mental health group sent a letter of thanks for supporting their group.
Happy Bucks
Mike S. - happy has had a good week.
Beth Y. - just got back from Hawaii Rosie Days band is having a music release party.
Terry J. - the weather.
Bob H. - thank you to the city for the state of the city.
Frank B. - was in D.C. doing the good work.
Cathy C. - happy she got new a neighbor with the same name and car (good luck)!
Jerald S. - happy he gets to leave early and great job raising money for Polar plunge.
Lenny N. - got his granddaughter jumping in the lake with him and the Twins open on the road! Great job Jerald for being a quite giant.
Alexa R. - dad is back in the USA and 5 bucks from Nolan for his 6th year jumping in the Polar plunge.
Program
Speaker Brian Ryks from Metropolitan Airports Commission is here to talk about MPLS airport and the many airports he has worked with.
Adjournment
Submitted by Tony N.
Member Submissions
From Alexa R. -
From Beth Y. -
From Frank B. -
Frank, I wanted to follow up and say THANK YOU for the opportunity to present this morning. Shannon and I had a great time and we really appreciated the engaging questions afterwards. We can tell you have a thoughtful and passionate group which is what is needed to drive community impact! You inspired us to check out our own communities' local Rotary chapters.
I wanted to follow up with a few resources from our presentation today since members were requesting more information and we didn't have our business cards on hand. If you are open to it, do you mind sharing the following resources with your members so that they can reach out with their follow ups? A few members that we spoke to afterwards are so well connected in relevant statewide organizations, we would love to connect and get further information!
