Sept 6 2023 Newsletter

President Annette Oborn opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and followed with a moment of silence to remember Marv Mills, a charter member who passed away Monday evening.  Carrie Leising, Program Host's invocation also was a tribute to Marv.

 

After Annette thanked Steve Dunton and Dave Renninger for getting us checked in this morning, she welcomed visitors Kari Suhadolnik and Terese McGroarty, our speaker.

 

CELEBRATIONS:

Birthdays:  Bob Oborn's birthday will be this weekend.

 

Marv Mill's Arrangements:  Visitation for Marv will be this Sunday, September 10 from 4:00-7:00 at Redmon's.  His service will be on Monday, September 11, at 10:00 at First Christian Church.

 

Reverse Raffle/Silent Auction:  Gail Moseley reminded everyone to get their tickets for the Reverse Raffle/Silent Auction.  The committee is also looking for donations of wine, gift cards, silent auction items and cash to purchase items to make up more baskets.

 

Football Books:  Pat Messmore announced that all of the books have been sold.  Winners from the club last week were Tom Loepp, Brad Ruth and Jim Laber.

 

Drawing:  Dave Christman's table had the winning ticket but John Long drew the king of clubs.

 

Adopt-A-Spot:  Marty Tass thanked Ray Evans and Rich Bedell for weeding last week.  We still need weeders for the next two weeks.  Marty said he has gotten many positive comments about this year's bed.  Take a look at it at the corner of Darrow and Graham Rd. by the Doughboy.

Board Meeting:  Our board will meet this Friday, September 8 at 7:15 a.m. at City Hall. Minutes of the last meeting are attached to these minutes.  Board members are expected to attend but all others are welcome.

 

Teacher Supply Closet Delivery:  Carrie Malotte said that we will be delivering supplies to the various schools in the district after the meeting next week.  Students will be waiting with the delivery packages at the Joshua's entrance to the high school, and Rotarians will deliver them to the schools.

 

Bulldog Bags:  September 13 is the date for the following items to be delivered to City Hall or to the library or brought to a meeting:  24 or 32 oz. jars of pasta sauce, 1 lb. boxes of pasta, fruit cups, microwave pasta cups, toothpaste, toothbrushes and 18oz. jars of strawberry or grape jelly.

 

Youth Protection:  The time is NOW to finish the youth protection training on the computer!  Check with Jeff Film if you have a problem with it.

 

Carrie Malotte, Program Host, introduced our speaker, Terese McGroarty, Franchise Consultant at FranNet of Northern Ohio. Her expertise is in franchise business ownership.  She and her husband began with three Shell franchises when they were only 21. Now  they have 30 years of experience in the field, have been married for 45 years and have 5 adult children.  She has received the award of "Exciting Broker On The Move".   FranNet has over 100 consultants across the United States whose goal is to educate prospects on business ownership.  Her consultation is 100% free until the individual purchases a business. She then gets a consulting fee. 

 

Some of the demographics that are growing are residential home repairs, automotive, sign companies, business coaching, tutoring and home cleaning.  They try to focus on things that are "Amazon proof".  She said that an advantage to starting your own business is that you get to make all the decisions and a disadvantage is that you get to make all the decisions. If someone is thinking about buying a franchise it is very important to find out why the current owner is selling.  There are over 4000 franchise companies. 

 

When you are part of the franchise system, you are in business for yourself but not by yourself, because of the franchise company that is over the franchise.  They basically are looking for people who can manage both people and money.  When looking to franchise, some people are looking for something new and exciting while others want to be associated with companies who have a long-standing history.  

 

If you are interested in more information she recommended the book "More Than French Fries". You can also contact Terese at 216-598-7580 or tmcgroarty@frannet.com.