Yearly Archives: 2023

Today’s pre-meeting zoom chatter ranged from talk of the gray weather here in Ann Arbor and Florida’s sunny skies to Barbara Niess-May’s goose-bump experience of being at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in person to hear Rafael Warnock and Bernice Albertine King speak on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Dawn Johnson helped all zoomers with […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. On the final day of the month of December our club had 227 Active Members. Attendance for the month’s meetings was 28% (down 10% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 88 members and 4 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the […]

Today’s meeting was called to order at 12:30pm by President Mark with the Ringing of the Bell.  After a long absence from the Anderson Room and it’s piano, Maestro Tom Strode led a full singing crowd with our National Anthem! Kathy Waugh shared our inspirational message today; thoughts from James Quincy, the President & CEO […]

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. Join the Environmental Action Group’s February sustainability action – a community SWAP day in the Bryant neighborhood on February 3rd and 4th! This event is an opportunity for residents to share materials and resources they no longer need with their neighbors. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

Due to limited cloud storage, we are unable to keep our Weekly Business Zoom recordings beyond 30 days of the meeting. If you are interested in receiving a meeting recording, please notify the club secretary (and eventually our new administrator) prior to this 30 day cut-off. After 30 days, recordings will be deleted. Thanks for […]

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. Join the Environmental Action Group’s first sustainability action – a community SWAP day in the Bryant neighborhood on February 3rd and 4th! This event is an opportunity for residents to share materials and resources they no longer need with their neighbors. If you’re able and interested in volunteering, please send a note to […]

The Academy of Natural Sciences says that individual actions can truly make a difference. Since January is the darkest month of the year, the ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION GROUP is calling for REDUCE YOUR JUICE JANUARY. Turn off lights, buy LEDs, Reduce the wattage; Avoid multiple fittings; Use multiple switches; Install dimmers; Use lamps; Install motion detectors; […]

(Thanks to history.com for this article with some background behind RI’s goal to eradicate polio) Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, founds the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which he later renamed the March of Dimes Foundation, on January 3, 1938. A predominantly childhood disease in the early 20th century, polio wreaked havoc […]