Meeting Notes

Meeting Notes for July 28, 2025: Matthew Van Biesen, University Musical Society

President Joyce called the meeting to order at 12:30 pm After the patriotic song, Meghan Armstrong shared her personal reflections on motherhood and her up-coming citizenship, emphasizing the intrinsic value of children and the importance of community involvement. She highlighted the need to act responsibly, stay informed, and contribute to the community, using Rotary’s mission and […]

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Meeting notes for May 14, 2025

Today’s meeting was called to order by President Joyce and Jody Tull led us in our patriotic song.  Our inspirational message today was from Carolyn Hiatt.  Carolyn says, ‘Rotary is the gift that keeps on giving!’ Carolyn lived in Hawaii for 58 years and back in 2001, she decided she wanted to engage in community […]

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Meeting Notes for April 23, 2025: Mohamad Qatu,  Dean of the EMU College of Engineering and Technology

President Joyce Hunter rang the opening bell at 12:30pm. Rotarians sang The Star Spangled Banner to Jody Tull’s accompaniment. Rosemarie Powney’s Inspiration urged us to “Join or Die”, noting that civic participation is critical to all aspects of our community life. Don Duquette recognized out speaker’s contribution to our young people and students and avoided […]

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Meeting Notes from April 16, 2025: Nora Krinitsky and Mattie Levy, Prison Creative Arts Project

President Joyce Hunter called the meeting to order at 12:30, and we sang “America the Beautiful.” Michelle Deatrick then reminded us that 62 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a brilliant letter from the Birmingham, Alabama jail, where he was imprisoned as a participant in nonviolent demonstrations against segregation. He was responding to […]

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Summary of April 16, 2025 Board of Directors Meeting

On the final day of the month our club had 202 Active Members, according to ClubRunner statistics. Attendance for March’s meetings was 36% (down 5% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 71 members and 6 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 54% (down 6% from last month). March’s membership saw […]

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Meeting notes for April 9, 2025

Today’s meeting was called to order by President Joyce and our Patriotic song today was ‘America the Beautiful’. Today’s inspirational message was from Larry Gray.  With the inspiration of the book, ‘The Greatest Generation’ by Tom Brokaw, and the 80th anniversary of the end of WW2 this year, Larry was inspired to give remarks of […]

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