On the final day of the month our club had 200 Active Members. All membership information is pulled from ClubRunner statistics. Attendance for January’s meetings was 36% (down 4% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 71 members and 11 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 66% (up 1% from last month).
Membership lost two members Katie Bauer (Joined another club) and Alicia Pani (Business Pressure) and gained two members: Dale Ulrich and Nancy Margolis.
New Member Vote
Two New Members were voted into membership
- Derek Jankowski (Sponsor: Barbara Eichmuller)
- Mark Schirmer (Sponsors: Mark Foster and Melissa Foster)
Treasury Update
Our club financial highlights include Foundation total assets of $4,107272.51, and Club operating cash balance of is $57,296. Income from the GPO is currently at $113,624 and expenses $48,590. This exceeds the budgeted income from the GPO by $23,208.85.
As of this writing, we have eight members who have not paid their CSA. Efforts have been made to contact them. Termination letters will go out for those that do not respond.
The board approves the GPO allocations as outlined below.
| ITEM | COMMITTEE | AMOUNT |
| NAME BADGES, FLAGS, CAMERA, CLOCK* | CLUB SERVICE | $3,500.00 |
| MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL (One Year Subscription To Review) | EAG | $500.00 |
| MICHIGAN CLIMATE ACTION NETWWORK | EAG | $30.00 |
| RYLA | $250.00 | |
| PROJECT FUNDING | IHPC | $2,000.00 |
| CAC | CAC | $3,000.00 |
| POLIO PLUS | CLUB | $1,000.00 |
| GLOBAL GRANT/MH INITIATIVE | MENTAL HEALTH | $5,500.00 |
| POLLINATOR GARDEN | PRES INITIATIVE | $3,100.00 |
| Additional funding from Dumpling Party | $2,328.85 | |
| ROTARY FIGHTS CHILD HUNGER | $2,000.00 | |
| TOTAL ADDITONAL FUNDS FROM GPO | $23,208.85 | |
*Some items will have funds taken from the Club Reserves as well.
District Conference Friendship Room
The District Conference is scheduled for May 1-3, 2026. Dawn is leading an effort to have a table at the conference. She has contacted EAG for their interest. If there are any other interested committees, please contact Dawn. Dawn needs help with both material on the table and manning the table during the conference.
Annual Survey
The board will receive a draft of the new survey on February 23 and have four days to review and comment. It will be sent out to Membership on March 2 and close on March 16.
Policy Review
The Club Policies remain under review. Our focus on the February 25th lunch meeting will center around solicitations that may or may not be Rotary events. There will be table discussions and a report-out from each table. This will bring more awareness regarding this policy and allow a wide variety of points of view to be expressed.
Groups.io Update
The board discussed switching to Groups.io as our new club mailing list to improve our Club communication and engagement. Daniel and Dan will work up an action plan to get this moving forward. Training sessions will be planned to help membership make this transition.
May 16th Clean-up Day
- Argo Park and Huron Riverside clean-up day.
