Birthdays: Ron DelCiello and Patty Hernandez today, Denise Webb on 10.3, and Jim Cripe on 10.8. Happy birthday, all!
Harris Thatcher was elected to fill a missing space on the Board for the remainder of the term. Thanks to Lissa Myhre and Harris for volunteering t serve.
Don't forget: 10.16 will be Polio Pinkie painting day at our meeting. Bring extra $ and let Regin paint your Pinkie to raise awareness of our efforts to eradicate Polio.
Please let Mark Lorenz know the names of any high school seniors in the Janesville or Milton School Districts who should be considered as Students of the Month. While the students are chosen by the schools, we like to have the opportunity recognize any students with ties to the club, such as sons and daughters, grandchildren, or other relatives. The schools are very helpful in allowing us to recognized these students. Thanks!
Greeter Program: Derek is looking for more members to sign up and greet arriving members and guests. Don't let others have all the fun...
Mandy Witt is sending an email detailing our 5th Monday social event at Camp Indian Trails. Keep a eye out for it and remember to RSVP. Come help welcome Regin in a beautiful setting.
Speaking of Regin- he enjoyed the Sonic Boom concert at the airport over the weekend, thanks to Lissa for taking him. We are still in need of a Craig HS Host family for his next stay- please let Sue B know if you want to Host or know someone who would like to talk more about it. Whitey endorses- he's great company!
Aaron thanked Mick G, and his Brother, for stepping up to repair a dangerous threshold at Camp Rotamer prior to a wedding, and Dave Warren for donating some tables. Thanks to both for pitching in to make the event run smoothly.
District Rotary One Summit meeting at the Wilderness Resort in the Dells is this weekend 10.7 from 9-1. Come learn more about Memberships, handling Public Relations, and the RI Foundation. Sign up here: http://www.rotary6250.org/RotaryOneSummit2017. Dave reminded us our our District's Million Dollar Goal as the RI Foundation turns 100. There are many ways to become a major donor- bequests, gifts, or multi-year pledges. The Major Donor Dinner is coming up in early November, so if you intend to join the effort, you should do so this month.
Heather: There will be a Membership Committee Meeting next week at 11:30 prior to our meeting. Everyone is welcome to come learn more and get involved.
Raffle: Lucky Hal Robb won the daily AND jackpot today! He is donating the $$$ to the Grumpies Donut fund. They'll be eating some good donuts as they prepare for the Holiday Light Show! Congrats, Hal!
Our speaker today was in an accident and unable to attend.
We watched an inspiring video on Alumni Engagement. You can view it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9DCanipB6c
When we introduced Rotary Club Central in 2012, it revolutionized goal tracking and planning for clubs and districts — no more filling out paper club-planning forms or passing along boxes of historical club information every time a new leader took office.
Rotary Club Central offered clubs and districts a quantifiable way to begin measuring local and global impact, specifically membership initiatives, service activities, and Rotary Foundation giving.
But as with any technological advancement, in a few short years, Rotary Club Central began to show its age, and Rotarians took notice. They...
At its January 2017 meeting, the Rotary International Board of Directors adopted a new zone structure for Rotary clubs.
Rotary bylaws require the Board to complete a comprehensive review of the 34 Rotary zones no less often than every eight years to ensure that each zone has an approximately equal number of Rotarians. The Board’s previous review of the zones occurred in 2008.
The Board earlier approved the creation of three regional workgroups to develop rezoning proposals for Asia, Europe/Africa, and the Americas. These workgroups comprised one representative (either a current director,...
Through The Rotary Foundation, Rotary members have supported thousands of projects that promote peace, fight disease, provide clean water, save mothers and children, support education, and grow local economies. We’ve also led the fight to eradicate polio worldwide. As part of our celebration of the Foundation’s centennial, we’re honoring 20 global grant projects with special recognition. Learn more about the projects using our interactive map.
The Atlanta Host Organization Committee is offering some good old-fashioned Southern hospitality at the Rotary International Convention from 10 to 14 June. It has planned a wide range of activities featuring everything from good food and music to inspiring tours of local landmarks. If it’s your first convention, these events are chances to meet fellow Rotarians from around the world, and if you’re an experienced convention goer, you can catch up with old friends.
Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Aaron will host Rotarians for a “Strike Out Polio” night at the new SunTrust Park, where you’ll...
When Teguest Yilma helped found the Rotary Club of Addis Ababa Entoto in 2002, she thought polio had already been eradicated from most of the world. But while Ethiopia had been free of the disease, Yilma was shocked to learn that new cases had started cropping up in surrounding countries such as Somalia.
“I was thinking, it’s not possible, we can’t be free if the countries around us are not free,” she says. Yilma, the managing editor of Capital, Ethiopia’s largest English weekly newspaper, has brought a journalist’s skills to the fight against polio. She became vice chair of the Ethiopia...
