Monthly Archives: January 2021

The January 27, 2021 meeting opened on Zoom with social time to start the meeting and members announced their attendance via the chat function in Zoom. Lori Walters opened the meeting and said that there was some interference with the speaker last week and due to this issue, everyone will be muted upon entering the […]

The much anticipated Rotary Club Directory will be polished off this coming week!   If you have moved, have a new email, or phone number I would ask that you sign in to ClubRunner by clicking this link https://portal.clubrunner.ca/1404 (you can also click the “ClubRunner Login” button in the top right corner of a2rotary.org) and check that […]

Thank you to all the Rotarians and friends of Rotary who made it possible for RCAA to support the most vulnerable in our community. The Pandemic Response Fund allocated $61,793 to twelve non-profits in Washtenaw County to reduce the impact of COVID on vulnerable populations. Rotarians were on lockdown, but we found a way to […]

The 2019-2020 Annual Report for the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor is now available. Click here to view the report electronically. A limited number of hard copies are available for $10 to cover printing and shipping. Please contact Lori Walters at executivedirector@a2rotary.org if you would like to order a copy. 2019-2020 RCAA Annual Report PDF […]

You’re invited to join us for a discussion of two videos ARC members are watching this month. We’re meeting via Zoom on Tuesday, January 26 at 1:30 to talk about the following two videos by Emmanuel Acho from his series “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man”: With Magnolia co-founders Chip and Joanna Gaines (just under […]

WATCH THE FULL MEETING RECORDING HERE Our Zoom meeting began at noon with a half hour of social time. The group was smaller than usual because of the Presidential Inauguration At 12:27; Lori Walters reminded everyone of Zoom meeting etiquette. President Joanne rang the bell at 12:30, opening the business meeting. 61 members were in […]

The much anticipated Rotary Club Directory will be polished off this coming week!   If you have moved, have a new email, or phone number I would ask that you sign in to ClubRunner by clicking this link https://portal.clubrunner.ca/1404 and check that your data is up-to-date.  Once signed in, you may use the “Member Area”, accessed […]

Our weekly newsletter, the Harpoon, dates back to our club’s beginnings in 1916. Though it has evolved over the years, from being   a single type-written page, mailed to each member’s home (click here to read more history on the Harpoon), to its current email version appearing in every member’s inbox each week, the newsletter’s important […]

Created and named in 1916 by the Club’s first secretary, Charles A. Sink, the Harpoon has had a continuous role chronicling Club history. The letterhead, conceived and drawn by past-presidents Shirley Smith and Wilfred Shaw, depicts a whale stabbed to the heart by a spear with it’s meaning revealed in a 1918 Harpoon by the following conversation […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, January 20 via Zoom. Club membership on December 31 was 254 Active members, plus six Honorary members and seven Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s three meetings was 38%. Average attendance at each meeting was 97 members plus 25 others. Our Engagement Ratio for the month […]