From the Desk of Harpoon News Reporter, Ed Hoffman   President Greg rang the Rotary bell; members and guests rose in unison to sing a spirited “Star-Spangled Banner.” As Tom Strode’s regal piano began to fade, Katie Bauer came to the podium for the Inspiration. And what an Inspiration! Clearly tailoring her words to […]

October 17th was a busy and productive day for our club. At 10:00 AM the October board meeting was held at Weber’s. 13 members met with District Governor Jane McManus. An hour later 13 additional members met as the Program and International Projects Committees. 89 of us attended the luncheon. Although we had no guests, […]

Biostatistics professor Mousumi Banerjee has made significant contributions to statistical methodology in the areas of machine learning, correlated data, survival analysis and competing risks. She also is a highly respected team scientist who collaborates with multiple clinical research groups to improve human health. Banerjee earned a Bachelor of Statistics degree and a master’s degree in […]

Attention all Rotary Club of Ann Arbor Members, we need your help!!! Give us your feedback and more importantly we need you as volunteers for our 17th Annual Event on September 9, 2019. We have scheduled a meeting for our annual Golf and Tennis outing Debrief at Weber’s on November 14th at 10:30 a.m. prior […]

Barry Rassin President, 2018-19 T +1.847.866.3235 F +1.847.866.3390 barry.rassin@rotary.org My dear friends and fellow Rotary leaders, 24 October is just a couple weeks away, and I hope all of you are busy planning for how your club will mark this year’s World Polio Day. It’s just fantastic to see how many clubs and districts have already […]

President Greg struck the Rotary bell as only a Nebraska man can…no, he didn’t miss it. Its clarion tones circled the Weber’s ballroom as Deanna Relyea quickly launched into “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Toni Gupta, her eyes intent on the flag, came up after a moment and delivered a heartfelt Inspiration. “These are the 7 Rules […]

Weekly Meeting Statistics: A total of 106 members welcomed incoming Executive Director Lori Walters and five of our seven new members (Brendan Chard, Barb Mulay, Beth Nissen, Ron Slagell, and Irem Yoruk). Naren Bhatia and Reed Vander Slik, the remaining two, will be inducted later. We also had two Visiting Rotarians (former club member Doug […]

Nominations are now being accepted for the Robert S. Northrup Humanitarian Award.  The deadline is December 8, 2018. Click here for full information: http://www.a2rotary.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Solicitation-for-Nominations.pdf

Below is the schedule for audio, mic runners, and projectionists for the remainder of calendar year 2018.  (NOTE: There will be no meeting on November 21.)

The Star Spangled Banner opened our meeting. Dennis Powers inspired us with readings from an essay about educating children in poverty by Cynthia “Mama J” Johnson, the lead middle school principal in the Kansas City Public Schools. Parts of that inspiration: “Children who come from generations of poverty or those who find themselves there because […]