MEETING NOTES

Changing of the Guard

President Carsten Schmidt recapped his year.  He announced that the Club met its membership goal of 244 and exceeded all of our financial goals for Rotary International, Polio Plus, and Sergeant-at-Arms fines.  Carsten also noted the various projects the Club accomplished that included delivering 100 Thanksgiving baskets, the Art Auction fund raiser at the Morris Inn, and the Alzheimer’s Walk.  Notable projects and partnerships on the local front included the Kennedy Park basketball project with the City of South Bend Parks, our International project with the Rotary Club of Jinga in Uganda, and R.I. for grants for scholarships and furniture for the School For The Blind.  He thanked all of his Mega Chairs, and Board Members, along with special thanks to Barbara Carmichael, Bill Coleman, Steve Goldberg, and Program Chair Hugh Johnson.  Carsten acknowledged outgoing Board members:  Jim Goodhew, Cindy Kilgore, and Jessica Lambert and presented each with a plaque.  Carsten then introduced Jackie Hilderbrandt as our 2016-2017 President.  She in turn presented Carsten with his Past Presidents badge and pin, as well as a plaque before he joined the Past Presidents table.