Meeting Notes

  The November 29, 2023 meeting opened on Zoom and in person at the University of Michigan’s Anderson Room.  Zoom etiquette was provided by Leo Shedden. At 12:31, President Foster called the meeting to order.  Tom Strode led us in “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee”.  Inspiration was provided by Shelley MacMillan who talked about how […]

President Mark rang the opening bell on a meeting packed with Rotarians and guests eager to hear our speaker Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor. Tom Strode tuned us up with God Bless America. Greg Stejskal honored our veterans and Thanksgiving, recounting some of the momentous events of 1863: the promulgation of the Emancipation Proclamation, the […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. On the final day of the month of October, our club had 217 Active Members. Attendance for October’s four meetings was 32% (down 8% from last month). The average attendance at each meeting was 70 members and 7 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for […]

Our meeting began today with the ringing of the bell and Tom Strode leading us in ‘America the Beautiful’.   Our inspirational  message was provided by Emily Conrady , who delighted us with a story in which a mourning son who always left flowers at his parent’s grave noticed the adjacent gravesite always looked ‘unattended’.  So, […]

Ann Arbor Rotarians filled the Anderson Room – and with the wintery chill in the air – the hallway coatracks were filled as well. President Mark Foster rang the bell and Tom Strode, bedecked in a signature snazzy burgundy bow tie with teeny dots, played the National Anthem as we sang along.   Foster then informed […]

President Mark Foster greeted the Rotarians who filled the Anderson room, and the 20 Rotarians on zoom.  He introduced red bow-tied pianist Tom Strode who played God Bless America as we sang along.  Norma Sarkar inspired us through a historical illustration (solving large-scale printing press issues with a unique cooling system that became modern-day air […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. On the final day of August, our club had 222 Active Members. Attendance for September’s three meetings was 46% (up 10% from last month). The average attendance at each meeting was 100 members and 5 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was […]

President Mark rang the opening bell ten minutes early to start an agenda-packed meeting. Tom Strode played The Star Spangled Banner and Fritz Seyferth intoned Advice From A Tree.  Shelley MacMillan led us in singing “Let There Be Peace on Earth”. President Mark welcomed guests and thanked the people who made the meeting run smoothly. […]

President Mark Foster rang the bell to open this meeting that welcomes four new members. Tom Strode tuned us up with The Star Spangled Banner. Kinnari Shah introduced us to The Guest House, a very thoughtful poem by the Indian poet Rumi. In his poem Rumi teaches us to embrace, rather than fight, whatever shows […]

Anticipating the today’s speaker, the full room of Rotarians was in happy and active voice visiting before the meeting.  A new (for us) hybrid meeting platform – streaming – was being tested, but sadly, there was no connectivity. We will need to wait another week for streaming to be ready for a test run. President […]