Board Meeting Notes

At our April board meeting, the board approved the membership application of Robert Sprecht and we are presenting him as a candidate to our membership.  The review and comment period opens today (April 22) and will close on May 6. A brief bio on our potential new Rotarian will appear in next week's newsletter.

 

In other business, we agreed to continue our support of the Boy Scouts Huron Trails District with a $2500 donation. As a result of our contribution, we are covering the costs of 14 youth for outdoor and leadership programming in addition to underwriting costs for local camps, camp scholarships and the professional staff dedicated to scouting programs.

 

We also agreed to return as sponsors to the JRDF One Walk in Ann Arbor on Sunday, October 4 at the Hudson Mills Metropark. Our $1000 contribution will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the McKinley Corporation putting us at the $2000 sponsorship level. The overall goal for the walk is $1,000,000 and I am confident they will accomplish this as they surpassed their 2014 goal of $730,000 by $90,000.

 

Finally, we agreed to underwrite the cost ($250) to sponsor one youth exchange student attending this year's District Conference. If you are able to attend this year's conference, the program presented by the students on Saturday night is usually the highlight of the weekend.

 

These contributions would not be possible without the support of YOU, our members. Our 'lunch bunch' changes lives and invests in the future of our community locally and internationally and we are grateful that you are a member of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North.