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Jan 31, 2018
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Upcoming Events
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 Presentation
Field Club of Omaha
Jan 24, 2018
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
 
Rotary Social
Noli's Pizzeria at Blackstone
Feb 08, 2018
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
 
Rotary Club of Omaha Foundation Board Meeting
Entrepreneurial Advisors
Feb 16, 2018
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
 
Russell Hampton
National Awards Services Inc.
ClubRunner
President's Pen
Involvement with the Outland Trophy award is one of our Club’s great traditions over the last 21 years.
 
This year, at our annual Outland Trophy luncheon we were fortunate to meet Ed Oliver of the University of Houston. Ed is an outstanding young man from whom we can expect to see many great things in the future.
 
It was also an honor to meet Bobby Bowden, longtime head coach at Florida State, a true college football legend. Bobby was on hand to receive the Tom Osborne Legacy Award, which is sponsored by our club.
 
One of my favorite parts of our Outland Trophy tradition is the Q&A session, and this year was one of the best. Ed answered many questions, and told us more about his horse riding, and Bobby regaled us with many great stories from his coaching days.
 
Thanks to Rotarian Joe Mancuso and his brother Bob Mancuso for continuing to lead our club’s involvement involvement in the Outland Trophy tradition.
 
I hope your holiday break was a great one. My wife, Rotarian Gretchen Harvey, and I spent 8 lovely days on the Riviera Maya in Mexico. But shortly after lunch on Wednesday I was suddenly taken down with a stomach bug and had to miss the Outland dinner Wednesday night. Was it Montezuma’s revenge or the Omaha flu? Who knows, but a big thank you to Tim Cavanaugh who stood in for me on short notice and introduced Dr. Tom Osborne at the award ceremony Wednesday night.
 
Be sure to sign up for business networking next week, slots are going fast!
 
Bill Harvey
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
 
 
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:
Kathy O'Hara Brehm, Public Relations Director of Lutheran Family Services. 
 
Anyone with objections to a membership proposal needs to reach out to the Club Administrator or Membership Chair.
 
NEW MEMBER
Please welcome Shelley Thompson, Mortgage Originator at Access Bank. Shelley is sponsored by Emily Tonniges.
 
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)
 
Salvation Army Bell Ringing

 

 
 
 
NFM Electronics East & West Doors

Location: NFM Electronics Building
Saturday, November 11, 2016
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 
 
January Birthdays
 

Stewart, Jim                 Jan 01

Krumwiede, Jeremy   Jan 02

Burke, Tim                   Jan 06

Strom, Lyle                  Jan 06

Prochaska, Jane         Jan 09

Tonjes Moritz, Lisa   Jan 13

Campbell, Terri         Jan 16

Cavanaugh, Tim        Jan 17

Warren, Aileen          Jan 19

Peterson, Pam          Jan 22

Cutler, Bill                 Jan 28

 
Ashland Rotary Poker Tournament
Spotlight on Clubs
 
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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