Congratulations and welcome to new members Mitch Treu and Teddy Murphy! They join Jim Hauschildt and Cliff McEvoy and seven new prospective members since July 1, 2020. And Membership Leader Phil Taylor and team have prospective members in a landing pattern that looks like Southwest Airlines at Eppley (pre-pandemic). It’s going to be an exciting year for Downtown Rotary! I cede the balance of my comments to Phil this week. Looking forward to hearing from Mary Fraser Meints (Y.E.S.) on Wednesday.
~ John Sullivan
Our membership goal is 125 members by June 30, 2021!
Our membership committee is active and engaged (and we need your help!) with several new initiatives aimed at attracting new and retaining existing Downtown Omaha Rotary members. The following activity is underway:
Survey sent to Rotary members who declined to renew over the last 2 years. That survey will now be sent to all members who decline to renew in the future. Plan is to compile data, look for key takeaways to help improve retention, make report/recommendation to the board.
Bring a Guest to Rotary and win lunch/dinner on the membership cmte.
Drawings held for 16 weeks starting October 7th
Bring a guest, name entered into hat for $25 gift card drawing
Still 5 gift cards to give away, so invite those guests!
South Omaha Initiative & New Member Campaign/Initiative
$250 membership initiation fee waived
Full club membership once your application has been submitted and approved
New Members won’t receive an invoice until April/May, just before our next Rotary year begins (7/1/21)
That initial invoice will be for the amount of $222.50 and will cover new members’ first full year (7/1/21-6/30/22) in our club- that’s 50% off our regular annual membership dues.
What Rotarians can do to help:
Invite guests to our meetings
Let Phil Taylor know of prospective members and the membership cmte. will reach out to invite them to a meeting and send them membership info.
How membership cmte engages prospective members
Email sent to all Rotary meetings guests thanking them for attending, inviting them to join our club, letting them know about our current new members promotions, include a membership application.
Unless instructed otherwise, we reach back out in a week or two to ask if they have any questions, would like to join us for another meeting, etc.
Looking now for one of our talented Rotarians to lead our marketing cmte. in the ‘21/’22 Rotary year. Let Phil Taylor know if you have a name he should consider.
Mitch Treu has 12+ years as a founder, advisor, and early-stage employee with several Silicon Prairies startups in multiple industries. He is currently the co-founder at Funnel House, a digital-marketing consulting agency, and co-founder at Axiom Workspace, a CRM software and consulting service.
Teddy Murphy- A recent graduate from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where he graduated with a bachelor’s in finance. Teddy was a member of the Big Red Investment Club as well as president of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity in 2019. After graduation in May of 2020, Teddy took a job working from TD Ameritrade in their investor services department as a licensed broker. In his free time, he enjoys working out and cooking. While COVID has made everything more difficult,he enjoys anything that keeps him active and healthy. He is looking forward to meeting all Rotarians virtually and, eventually, in person. He is eager to become more involved in a community that has given him so much, especially as he starts his career.
We have received a membership application from Lisa Ellis, Sr. Communications Officer and PR Strategist at Emspace + Lovgren.
Lisa is sponsored by, Todd Murphy.
We have an application from Chris Tooker, Financial Advisor at Northwestern Mutual and Adjunct Professor at Creighton University. Chris is sponsored by Hal Daub.
We have a membership application from Mitch Hunt, Owner of Huntrex. Mitch is a former member of the Broken Bow Rotary Club in Nebraska. He is sponsored by John Sullivan.
Dr. Michelle Trawick has submitted a membership application. She is the John Becker Dean of the University of Nebraska Omaha/College of Business Administration. Dean Trawick is sponsored by Sue Kutschkau.
Any comments should be sent to Leigh Sittenauer at director@omaharotary.org.
Lindy Hoyer has been in touch with the Salvation Army in regards to their winter watch food distribution program. Volunteer spots are available January through February. Each shift will require up to 3 club members to sign up, two will be serving food and one will be the jump (person who organizes crowd outside and hands out clothing). At this time no drivers are needed. The shifts start at 5:15 p.m. at the SA Western Divisional Headquarters, 10755 Burt Street. If new to volunteering for SA, need to arrive a bit early to fill out paperwork. The shifts each night are from 5:15-8 p.m. Volunteers must bring and wear a mask, wear warm clothes.
Stephen Center Food Service 2723 Q St, Omaha, NE 68107 3-5 volunteers per shift Suitable for families, as long as children are over age of 10. Volunteers will be serving meals, no food preparation. Masks required.
Monday, February 15 from 4:30-6:30 Wednesday, February 24 from 4:30-6:30
My good news is that I welcomed my first grandchild this week. Charlotte Estelle Piskorski, daughter of Micaela Hoyer and Noah Piskorski was born January 25 at 8:01 a.m.
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