Yearly Archives: 2019

Incoming President Joanne announced on 30 October 2019 the slate of club officers for 2020-2021. Club by-laws specify that the slate must be presented at at least 30 days before voting at the Annual Club Assembly, which will be December 4. The slate included: Sergeant-at-Arms: Karen Wasco Director of Public Image: Lauren Heinonen Director of […]

Take the “Ann Arbor Rotary Challenge!” (an invitation from John White) – This one doesn’t involve a bucket of ice water dumped on your head so please read on. What I am suggesting is that you take on the challenge of wearing your Rotary pin every day for a week or so. The idea is […]

The Rotary Clubs of Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Windsor, Ontario, in collaboration with Wayne State University’s Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, held a two-day conference highlighting the root causes and potential solutions to violence in our communities. Entitled “Peace in the Streets,” the event took place October 25th at Wayne State University and October […]

We are actively recruiting people to fill ‘jobs’ to help with our public image. Commitment levels vary, and most positions are set up to be taken on on a rotating weekly basis. The more people we have to help, the less time you have to commit! Each job is very flexible and we can work […]

President Rosemarie couldn’t keep a secret – the success of the World Polio Day community event was too much for discretion so our first glimpse of her purple hair trumpeted the success. After we sang the Star Spangled Banner, Amy Goodman inspired us to be kind: “…as leaders, we must practice intentional acts of kindness…Strong […]

Prof. Alfred Hero of The University of Michigan Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science presented last Spring on the topic “Applying Data Science to Music.”  At that talk, he promised a seminar on the topic would be coming up when more data became available. That seminar has been scheduled for November 15, 2019, 1:30 […]

In January, David Moran gave a well-received presentation to the Club about the Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School. He co-founded it with Bridget McCormick, now the Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, in 2009 to investigate and litigate prisoner claims of actual innocence that are not based on DNA evidence. […]

After last Wednesday’s informative and moving presentation, you may want to learn more and keep up to date on Rotary’s efforts to eradicate polio. If so, the “End Polio Now” monthly newsletter is for you. The direct link is http://rotary.highroadsolution.com/ri_preference_center/Form.aspx but you might have to go through My Rotary to get there. Here’s how: 1. Open up […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at Absolute Title Company. The Club’s membership on September 30 was 279 Active members, plus six Honorary members and six Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s three meetings was 35%. Average attendance at each meeting was 97 members plus 11 others. Our Engagement […]

December 5, 2019 Let me end this lengthy series with some practical notes addressed to non-professional photographers.  These may be useful for your own photos, as well as those you send to our Rotary website. If I seem to emphasize the negative unduly, note that of the Ten Commandments eight tell you what not to […]