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Dec 27, 2017
Jan 03, 2018
Jan 10, 2018
DoubleTree Hotel Downtown, 1616 Dodge
Jan 17, 2018
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Jan 24, 2018
Meeting at Field Club
Jan 31, 2018
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Upcoming Events
Christmas Tree Recycling
120th & Maple
Dec 30, 2017
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
 
Christmas Tree Recycling
120th & Maple
Dec 31, 2017
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
 
Christmas Tree Recycling
120th & Maple
Jan 06, 2018
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
 
Christmas Tree Recycling
120th & Maple
Jan 07, 2018
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
 
Social Committee Meeting
Beacon Hills
Jan 09, 2018
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
 
Outland Trophy Luncheon
Doubletree Hotel
Jan 10, 2018
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Finance Committee
Mutual of Omaha Bank
Jan 12, 2018
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
 
Board Meeting
Mutual of Omaha Bank
Jan 12, 2018
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
 
Business Networking Day
VARIOUS
Jan 17, 2018
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
 
Membership Committee Meeting
Field Club of Omaha
Jan 24, 2018
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
 
Russell Hampton
National Awards Services Inc.
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President's Pen
Omaha Downtown Rotarians: While you are enjoying the Holidays, please be sure to sign up for the following upcoming events (more detail and links found below):
 
  •          Christmas Tree Recycling, Dec 30 and 31 (Sat and Sun), Jan 6 and 7 (Sat and Sun)
  •          The Outland Trophy Luncheon, Wednesday, January 10
  •          The Outland Trophy Dinner, Wednesday, January 10
  •          Club Finance Committee and Board Meeting, Friday, January 12
  •          Business Networking, Wednesday, January 17
  •          Regular Club meetings at the Field Club Resume Wednesday, January 24
 
And don’t forget to send in your annual charitable statement, donating to our Club Service Fund, Local Foundation, and International Foundation before the end of the year. Tax laws are changing in 2018, so be sure to contribute now while you can take full advantage of deducting your charitable contributions.
 
Club Annual Meeting:
 
Our Club’s annual meeting will be held as part of our regular Club meeting on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at noon at the Field Club in Omaha. At that meeting we will vote on the following slate of directors and officers proposed by our Club’s Nominating Committee and Board of Directors:
 
Directors of the Club for the term July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021:
 
Viv Ewing
Okley Gibbs
Pam Peterson
Alex Petrovich
 
(In addition, the Board has elected Taylor Wineland to fill an unexpired term on the Board through June 30, 2020)
 
President 2018-19: Brad Burklund
President Elect 2018-19: Camille Metoyer Moten (President for 2019-20)
President Elect Nominee 2018-19: John Sullivan (President for 2020-21)
 
Happy Holidays to all of you and your families!
 
Bill
Business Networking October 18

DEADLINE TO SIGN UP- MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 at 5pm

Please join us for Business Networking Day October 18th from Noon until 1:00 pm. This event takes the place of our normal weekly meeting.
You have a choice of three locations to sign up for. Each location is a $10 fee which we would like paid in advance or for you to use your Fast Pass.
(It is $10.60 for PayPal)
There is no "no lunch" reduced rate for this meeting.

Locations include:

#1 Business Networking Location

Company:      Harriman Dispatch Center 
Description:  The Harriman Dispatch Center is within an 1891 Union Pacific freight depot that was converted in the early 1990s to the dispatch center and administrative office housing around 800 employees. Union Pacific dispatchers work in a steel-reinforced concrete bunker within the building.   The 24-inch thick walls, and steel security entrance, are designed to withstand a direct tornado strike.  The Southern Pacific dispatchers work on a second floor built on top of the bunker.    

Address:    850 Jones Street,  Omaha
Rotarian Host: Nash Mahupete 
Max number of guests: 20

 #2 Business Networking Location

Company:      Dundee Bank
Description: Dundee Bank is a small community bank in the heart of Omaha. We pride ourselves in providing a refreshing different banking experience that focuses on friendly, personal service. We are delighted to be part of Omaha and specifically two great communities – Dundee and Blackstone. We enjoy giving back any way we can. Our main bank in Dundee opened  in July 2006. Our Blackstone branch opened on December 30, 2016. ​
Address:    302 South 38th Street (38th & Farnam)
Rotarian Host:  Tim Schmad
Max number of guests: 15

#3 Business Networking Location

Company:      Mastercraft Building
Description:   We will tour the Mastercraft at noon and then drive over to the Old Mattress Factory at 531 North 13th St. for lunch.   Everyone pays for their own lunch.

Built in 1925 and used for decades as a furniture factory, today, the Mastercraft is a budding creative center that is drawing companies from industries like design, architecture, information technology and photography.

With ample parking and a close proximity to TD Ameritrade Park, new hotels and the city’s riverwalk, The Mastercraft building is a destination in downtown Omaha. Its high ceilings, clerestory windows, and rough sawn lumber joists give it a unique feel that feeds unmistakable creative energy.   Bob Grinnell bought the building at auction in 2003 after it had sat empty for two years.   It was a target for looters and vandals.    He now sees his job as safeguarding the integrity of the building while renovating with high standards. 

Address:          1111 North 13th Street - GO TO DOOR #4
Rotarian Host:  Rosemary Opbroek (402) 660-6193
Max number of guests: 15

Come back to the link below to pre-pay for Dundee Bank or Harriman Dispatch after you have registered. 

SIGN UP

PAY HERE

DEADLINE TO SIGN UP- MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 at 5:00PM

Prospects for Membership
The Rotary Club of Omaha has received membership applications from the following:
Shelley Thompson, Mortgage Originator at Access Bank. Shelley is sponsored by Emily Tonniges.
 
Anyone with objections to a membership proposal needs to reach out to the Club Administrator or Membership Chair.
 
Cornhole for a Cause

Come join the Rotary Downtown Young Professionals Committee in a cornhole tournament to benefit Girls Inc. on Friday, October 13th.

Cash Prize and Custom Corn Hole boards for 1st and 2nd place!!

 
Location: Big Red Keno, 8100 Cass Street, Omaha, on the Sand Volleyball Courts (nets down)
Price: $13/head or $26/team (for good luck, tickets are $13 because it's Friday the 13th!)
Start time: Teams may register ahead of time on EventBrite or they can show up the day of and register from 5:30 thru the first round. Tournament rules and play will start at 6 p.m.
 
All proceeds will benefit Omaha Girls, Inc.
 
Additional Sponsors Include:
Downtown Rotary
Lockton Companies
Big Red Restaurant & Sports Bar
 
 
Donations for Mosquito Nets to fight Malaria
Gretchen Bren will be going to Nigeria again for her 8th trip to Kaduna (and her 13th polio immunization trip worldwide) at the end of October. 
 
This year, they are working with one of the local Rotary Clubs in Kaduna to pass out Malaria nets to some of the families that are being immunized.  The cost per net is $5 each. Gretchen is taking donations in any amount for the nets. It is hard to immunize against a disease like polio that is not seen as much when people are suffering with malaria on a regular basis.  A collection bucket will be available at the club meetings.
 
Thank you all for your support over the years for polio eradication -- we are now so close we are starting the Countdown to History  (information on this new campaign is available at https://www.endpolio.org/ if you haven't received it yet)
 
November Birthdays
 
Nov 01     Ertz, Dan
 
Nov 01    Holmes, Michelle
 
Nov 03    Forsberg, Terry
 
Nov 04    Diesing, Jack
 
Nov 05    Reasner, Lindsey Rai
 
Nov 07    Johansen, Larry
 
Nov 10    Keefer, Bob
 
Nov 17    Koch, Harry
 
Nov 18    Guenther, Larry
 
Nov 18    Secor, Spencer
 
Nov 19    Heesacker Smith, Angela
 
Nov 19    Sittenauer, Leigh
 
Nov 28    Smith Camp, Laurie
 
Salvation Army Bell Ringing

 

 
 
 
NFM Electronics East & West Doors

Location: NFM Electronics Building
Saturday, November 11, 2016
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 
 
NEW GREETER PROCESS AT MEETINGS
We are trying a new GREETER process at the meetings. 
If you are the first to arrive, we would like you to greet. 
If you are unable to greet for the day, we would like you to approach the next person who arrives to ask them to greet.
We appreciate all of our members helping out at the meetings with this duty!
 
UPDATE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION
Please take a few minutes to login to the website and make sure your information is correct. This information will be used for the next directory.
Just click the "Member Login" button at the top right of the home page.
If you have forgotten your login and password there is a place at the bottom of  "Member Login" that looks like this"  New and existing users: retrieve login and/or reset password"
All you need to know is your Last Name and Email address to retrieve your information.
 
There is a new link where you can REGISTER GUESTS for meetings on our home page.
 
You can also check your FASTPASS balance. You will need to know your badge number to do so. Use "Member Login" and then go to  "My Rotary" and look for the link on the left side of the page under "What do you want to do?"
 
 
ClubRunner Tips and Links
If you have not yet logged into our new ClubRunner website or have forgotten how to do so  Please click here for instructions on how to get your new login name and password (and how to make changes).
Please be sure to check your personal information and make any necessary upates.
For those who want more information on what you can do, here are some additional materials from Club Runner.
 
 
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