Meeting Notes

On the final day of the month our club had 195 Active Members. All membership information is pulled from ClubRunner statistics. Attendance for September’s meetings was 34% (up 7% from the previous month). Average attendance at each meeting was 67 members and 13 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 67% (up 22% from […]

Joy was in the air at today’s Club meeting for the 78 Rotarians, guests, and Zoomers. From the personal greetings at the door from Emily Olson and Leslie Pinney, to the Kathy Waugh-inspired inspirational welcome by Shelley MacMillan, and from the beautiful rendition of What a Wonderful Waugh, to the last ebullient notes of Gershwin’s […]

The meeting was called to order at 12:25 by president Roy followed with an impassioned inspiration from Jim Irwin focused on “A Rotarian Doesn’t say no!” Jim urged our newest members to get to know fellow club members better by sitting with new people each week and getting involved with club activities. Marlena Studer, accompanied […]

Today’s meeting was called to order by President Roy.  We sang America the Beautiful and the membership, 35 in person and 12 on Zoom, then proceeded to recite the 4-way test. For his inspirational message, Greg Stejskal continued an annual tradition of reciting the Gettysburg Address during a mid-October meeting.  Before reciting the address, Greg […]

Today’s meeting was called to order by President Roy.  We sang the national anthem and the membership, 44 in person and 10 on Zoom, then proceeded to recite the 4-way test. For his inspirational message, Ron Slagell quoted Mother Theresa and spoke of the concept of ‘home’, where we all deserve to live in a […]

At the luncheon meeting on September 23, the attendees were treated to an entertaining history lesson performed by several members of the Club. The skit documented, with some artistic license, the formation of our club in 2016. The occasion was our 110th anniversary on October 1. The foundation of the performance was the booklet documenting […]

With 13 Zoomers joining 66 members and guests in the Anderson Room, President Roy called the meeting to order at 12:29 p.m. Inspiration: Leslie Pinney spoke of her introduction to Rotary at last year’s GPO by Agnes Reading’s daughter Kelly. She realized that Rotary was a community bonded with service, singing, friendships and a focus […]

On a beautiful summer day during the final week before students returned, the meeting opened with “America the Beautiful,” accompanied by Rick Ingram. Victor Stoeffler then emphasized the importance of supporting children’s needs, including having their own clothing and the opportunity to choose items they like. Song leader Ingrid followed by leading the group in […]

Today’s meeting was held at the Michigan League and was called to order by President Roy.  We sang the national anthem and the membership then proceeded to recite the Four Way Test. For his inspirational message, Ben Bolen spoke of the reasons that he joined Rotary, and with his military background, reminded us of some […]

On the final day of the month, our club had 196 Active Members. Attendance for March’s meetings was 31% (the same as the previous month). Attendance for June’s meetings was 31% (up 3% from the previous month). Average attendance at each meeting was 59 members and 7 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was […]