Meeting Notes

The meeting was called to order by President Dawn Johnson and attended by 60 members and guests. Rona Hu’s inspiration was focused on creating hope through Rotary. She gave an example of a chance meeting with an former immigrant who received his education at UCLA thanks to a  Rotary member. Due to that successful sponsorship, […]

On the final day of the month our club had 202 Active Members. Attendance for March’s meetings was 31% (the same as the previous month). Attendance for May’s meetings was 28% (down 7% from the previous month). Average attendance at each meeting was 58 members and 4 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was […]

While it was a muggy 88 degrees outside on Wednesday, 70 savvy Rotarians and guests stayed cool inside Anderson Room at the Michigan Union.  President Dawn Johnson invited the Club to stand and recite the Rotary 4-Way Test.  Sunshine-splashed pianist extraordinaire Jody Tull de Salis played My Country ’Tis of Thee while the Club sang […]

Fifteen Zoomers joined 63 members and guests in the Anderson Room as today’s meeting was called to order by President Dawn and together we sang ‘My Country ‘Tis of Thee’ as our patriotic song. The membership then proceeded to recite the 4-way test. New member, Leslie Anne Pinney, offered today’s inspirational comments, focusing on how […]

President Dawn Johnson opened our meeting with the ringing of the bell and kicked off the meeting with 60 members and guests singing our “National Anthem” with Jody Tull De Salis on the piano, followed by reciting the Rotary Four-Way Test. Jim Irwin then stepped up to the podium to reflect on our American way […]

This outstanding meeting, attended by 91 enthusiastic members and guests, began with a welcome by President Dawn and an inspirational speech by Brandon Black about “The soundtrack of your life” and how music has played a role in various life chapters. Brandon quoted Albert Einstein and Plato to emphasize the importance of music.  Jim Erwin […]

Today’s meeting was called to order by President Dawn and together we sang ‘My Country ‘Tis of Thee’ as our patriotic song. The membership then proceeded to recite the 4-way test. Collyer offered words of inspiration today, generated from thank-you cards from Strive scholarship recipients that demonstrate our impact on the students themselves and also […]

Today’s meeting was called to order by President Dawn and together we sang our patriotic song. The membership then proceeded to recite the 4-way test. Brandy Merritt offered words of inspiration today, reminding us of the values and virtues of Rotary and that Rotary is not just something we ‘do’, but something we ‘live’.  Through […]

On Wednesday, April 15, Ashish D Sarkar received the Northrup Award presented by Dawn Johnson, President and Dave Keren, ARC and Peace committee chair. His presentation was entitled, “Journey of an Immigrant: A Life Well Lived. Ashish spoke briefly about his childhood and obtaining an undergraduate degree in Marine engineering in India. In 1971 he […]

A larger than normal crowd of 69 member and 40 guests gathered as President Dawn Johnson called the meeting to order. Inspiration Bryn Mickle began by reflecting on the recent space launch to the dark side of the moon, a trip to the movies to see “Project Hail Mary” and how he is reminded of […]