Yearly Archives: 2019

Summary of the Board of Directors Meeting January 16, 2019 The Board of Directors’ Meeting was held on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at the United Way Building. The Club’s membership on December 31 was 286 Active members, plus six Honorary members and nine Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s three meetings was 34%. Average attendance […]

The Community Allocations Committee is seeking grant applications from local non-profit organizations with a mission or project focused on Helping Kids Succeed. Please spread the word to the leadership at organizations that share our focus by letting them know about the Grants page located on the “How We Help” menu of our www.a2rotary.org website. Deadline […]

Leo Shedden, the leader of our STRIVE Mentor group, worked with Marissa Bailey-Johnson (Pathways counselor) in arranging to have the Pathways to Success seniors and the Ann Arbor Rotary Club mentors meet in groups of 2 students for about 10-15 minutes on November 9, 2018 and December 14, 2018. The purpose of these meetings was […]

The RCAA Peace Committee mission is to work locally and globally for peace, social justice, and the non-violent resolution of conflict.  To accomplish this, our 2018-19 Action Plan is divided into efforts relating to: Ø  Our Club Ø  Our Community Ø  Our Region (A “Tri-Rotary” Peace Initiative with Windsor, Detroit, and Ann Arbor area Clubs) […]

Fritz Seyferth opened our 2019 year at the January 9 meeting with a poem on Justice by Carley Buckner. Ingrid Sheldon lightened our mood leading us in singing three Smile songs. President Greg honored two very special Rotarians who we lost over the holidays. Art Holst, who was a Rotarian for 61 years, 17 of […]

Naren Bhatia was a familiar face before he rejoined the Club this Fall as he is the husband of Past President Nishta. You will find him one of the most interesting people you will ever meet, not only because of his life story but because he is a riveting story teller. Naren was born in […]

Transition The month of December was one of continued education for taking over the roles of administrator and controller. Through meetings with key personnel in leadership, John White and Dave Keosaian, most responsibilities for the role of Executive Director have been touched upon. The shift in tasks is mostly complete and there is no concern […]

Members of the Ann Arbor Rotary Club joined fellow Rotarians from districts 6380, 6290, 6310, 6360 and 6400 to participate in a Regional Membership Seminar in Lansing on 1/5/19. There was a lot of good cheer and fun whilst learning a great deal about how to invigorate our membership engagement and clever ideas for recruitment. […]

A bit of history from the desk of Past President John Ackenhusen; FOUNDING Rotary International was founded by a lawyer, Paul Harris, in 1905, as he gathered Chicago coal dealer Silvester Schiele, mining engineer Gustavus Loehr, and tailor Hiram Shorey, all gathering in Mr. Harris’ law office.  To the second meeting came the fifth Rotarian, […]

Captain Michael Field, USN (Ret.) After graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1966, Captain Field completed Navy pilot training, earning his Wings of God in 1968. He went on to complete 140 combat missions in the Vietnam war, flying the F-4 Phantom II from the decks of USS Enterprise and USS America,. Selected as […]