Presiding Officer: Aileen Warren
Secretary: Lisa Tonjes Moritz
Invocation & Pledge: Sean Connolly
Digital Experience: Adam Leong
Sgt at Arms: Okley Gibbs
Navigator: Steve McCollister

Registration: Mitch Hunt & Yolanda Hoffman

In-Person Greeter: Gretchen Harvey
Speaker Host: Lisa Tonjes Moritz

Speaker: Tom Gouttierre

Rotarians, I hope you all survived the recent storm with limited or no damage.  Many members of the Omaha community who were impacted are recovering from the City’s latest storm so please keep our community members in your thoughts. Also, as true Rotarians, think about how you can help those in need and live our motto of Service Above Self.

 

I would like to offer a few special “Shout outs”:

 

 

 

 

 

Also, don’t forget the challenge Heather Legge has laid before us which is for each member to give $25.00 to the Rotary Foundation. As President, I led the way and have given my $25.00 toward our club goal of EREYC!  Please feel free to give your donation next week. I am sure Yolanda will happily collect from you.

 

Finally, if you have not signed up for a volunteer opportunity, there is still time and so much to do!

 

See you on Wednesday!

 

Big thanks to Immediate Past President John and Pat Sullivan for hosting us at the Jazz on the Green Paul Harris Fellow Night recently to celebrate our success in our fundraising drive for the Rotary International Foundation. Our Rotary International Foundation 2020-2021results are $7,380 for polio, $18,685 for annual fund and $26,065 combined. Thank you, Heather Legge, Bill Harvey, and Brad Burklund, who led the campaign all year long. Annual Fund total is a Rotary Club of Omaha all-time record. Polio Plus total is a Rotary Club of Omaha ten-year high. Thank you, Rotarians!

ANNOUNCEMENT: Our weekly Rotary meeting is being broadcasted live via Facebook from the moment the meeting is called to order until the meeting is adjourned. Broadcasting our meeting was recently discussed at the board meeting, and we want to make sure that all members are aware. Broadcasting our meeting is a great way to share with the community who we are and what we do as Rotarians. This also means that all of our meeting content should be good for public viewing. The weekly broadcast can be viewed at this link: https://www.facebook.com/omaharotary.

Service Above Self Chair Lindy Hoyer sent out an email about a Service Above Self opportunity with Brush Up. Check your email for details, or click here to sign up. This project will count for the community service requirements for Red Badge members. For questions, please contact Lindy Hoyer at lhoyer@ocm.org.

Because of the overwhelming response from Rotarians to conduct a hybrid meeting going forward, the club purchased Meeting Owl Pro. The Meeting Owl Pro is a premium 360-degree camera, mic, and speaker combined into one easy-to-use device. It creates the experience of in-person participation for hybrid teams and integrates seamlessly with the conferencing platforms that our club is using. The Owl has an 18-foot radius audio pick-up and it works great with the size of our group.