Monthly Archives: November 2023

I am among the 50% of Ann Arbor residents who rent or live in MUDs (multi-unit dwellings). We don’t have discretion over installing an EV charger where we park our car. What to do? Ann Arbor to the rescue! Our fair city is expanding availability of public charging stations. There are 237 presently available. For […]

Become an A2Zero Sustainability Ambassador. Maybe YOU are right for this serious commitment to our environmental challenges. Learn what it takes to equitably transition to a carbon neutral community in a 12-Session Weekly Training Program. Pledge to complete a small team sustainability project. Volunteer for at least 20 hours on community sustainability efforts. This is […]

President Mark rang the opening bell on a meeting packed with Rotarians and guests eager to hear our speaker Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor. Tom Strode tuned us up with God Bless America. Greg Stejskal honored our veterans and Thanksgiving, recounting some of the momentous events of 1863: the promulgation of the Emancipation Proclamation, the […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. On the final day of the month of October, our club had 217 Active Members. Attendance for October’s four meetings was 32% (down 8% from last month). The average attendance at each meeting was 70 members and 7 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for […]

All Rotarians are being offered a unique opportunity to attend a special holiday party at the home of Bob and Victoria Buckler. This exclusive event, which was also one of the GPO Auction Items, has now been extended to all Rotarians. You can join in the festivities at the Bucklers’ home, where 25 Christmas trees, each beautifully […]

Our meeting began today with the ringing of the bell and Tom Strode leading us in ‘America the Beautiful’.   Our inspirational  message was provided by Emily Conrady , who delighted us with a story in which a mourning son who always left flowers at his parent’s grave noticed the adjacent gravesite always looked ‘unattended’.  So, […]

Our club was chartered on October 1, 1916 so none of us today know the full story on how we came to be the 252nd club in Rotary. Fortunately, a document assembled in 1947 recounted the history of the club from its inception to that point. Combining the account of our formation with some historical […]

ACT NOW! Become an A2Zero Sustainability Ambassador.   Applications for the 6th Ambassador cohort are open through Wednesday, November 1st, 2023, and close Wednesday, February 14th, 2024, at 5:00pm EDT. Maybe YOU are ready for this serious commitment to our environmental challenges. In a 12-Session Weekly Training Program, learn what it takes to equitably transition […]

From the most recent annual survey of our membership, three-quarters of the respondents said that the program for the Wednesday luncheon had at least some effect on the decision to attend the meeting. Over half of those noted that it was “often” or “always” a factor. Thus, your Program Committee has assembled a list of […]

Ann Arbor Rotarians filled the Anderson Room – and with the wintery chill in the air – the hallway coatracks were filled as well. President Mark Foster rang the bell and Tom Strode, bedecked in a signature snazzy burgundy bow tie with teeny dots, played the National Anthem as we sang along.   Foster then informed […]