The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. On the final day of the month of October our club had 229 Active Members. Attendance for October’s four meetings was 28% (up 2% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 65 members and 11 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 63% (up 16% from last month.) Discussion for the board included approval of four individuals for Club Membership: Linda Kentes, Nancy Harrison, Gregory Dill and Cheryl Zwyer.

Our club financial highlights include Foundation total assets of $2,444, 484.72 and Club Operations balance of $76,115.32.

The board has accepted Steve Pierce’s resignation as board Treasurer and approved Norman Herbert as Treasurer for the remainder of the Rotary Year (until June 30, 2023). The board also approved to add Carlos Valderrama to the slate of officers for next year as the new incoming Treasurer. Norman will train Carlos leading up to the transition.

Emily Olson is resigning from the Administrative/Financial Manager position and leaving at the end of the calendar year of 2022. A new search committee, consisting of Joanne Pierson, Mark Ouimet, Mark Foster, Barbara Eichmuller, Norman Herbert and Kathy Waugh has already begun work to find her replacement. We congratulation Emily on all of her hard work and the profound changes that have occurred during her tenure. Information about nominating candidates will be coming out soon.

The highly successful Send Hunger Packing Event brought in a total of 59 donors, three $1,000 gifts and a number of other large ones but the majority were $100 or less. In the end, almost $11,000 in donations went to this worthwhile cause. The majority of these donations came in within four days of the event after an article by Mlive boosted our exposure.

The Annual Business Meeting will take place December 7, 2022.