Michael Field

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at Absolute Title Company. The Club’s membership on September 30 was 279 Active members, plus six Honorary members and six Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s three meetings was 35%. Average attendance at each meeting was 97 members plus 11 others. Our Engagement […]

December 5, 2019 Let me end this lengthy series with some practical notes addressed to non-professional photographers.  These may be useful for your own photos, as well as those you send to our Rotary website. If I seem to emphasize the negative unduly, note that of the Ten Commandments eight tell you what not to […]

Abbey Edwards, UM Rotaract President 2018-19, is a little over a month into her 27-month journey with the Peace Corps in Peru, and she reached out to share a recent experience she had there with Rotary. They had a panel of community stakeholders visit the training center to talk about their jobs, especially in the […]

By: Ashish Sarkar, RCAA Rotary Foundation Chair As our Club prepares to celebrate Annual Polio Day on October 23, I am going to make a special request to you for your individual support of this worthwhile event. As you are aware, although this dreadful disease has been eradicated in most of the world, it remains […]

The Board has approved a formalization of our Emeritus and Honorary member programs administered by the Membership Committee. Under the general guidelines of the Emeritus program, members at least age 80 and with over 20 years as a Rotarians will be eligible if the total of age and service totals around 115 or higher. Emeritus […]

It leads with a note from Peter Tanner, the editor. He is planning on producing newsletters every 2-3 months and is always looking for submissions. He also encourages us to visit the District website, its Facebook Page and its Facebook Group. Stories in this issue include a message from DG Sparky with a link to the […]

We’ve found some old (ancient) issues of the Harpoon.  Whether for the nostalgia of longtime members or for a dose of Club history for newer members and friends, they may be found at the links below: Harpoon of May 11, 1977 Harpoon of August 20, 1980 Harpoon of May 3, 1987 Harpoon of January 11, […]

Harpoon Editors Wanted We need a few Rotarians to undertake rotating duties of editing the Harpoon.  Four or five editors would be optimum with each working on approximately one Harpoon issue per month.  All that you need is a computer and a decent internet connection. The Harpoon editor formats the weekly newsletter using the Club’s […]

Rotary Scouting Report (from John White): Lynn and I recently returned from a 3,500 mile driving trip to, around, and back from Colorado. Unfortunately, the times for club meetings along the way did not fit with my schedule but I did have a keen eye for other indications that Rotary is alive and well in various parts […]

Rotary played a big role in the formation of the United Nations: On June 24, 1945, delegates from 50 nations signed the United Nations Charter, establishing the world body as a means of saving “succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” The first U.N. General Assembly met in London on January 10, 1946. Read more […]