Meeting Notes

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 […]

Welcome to the 2026-27 RCAA President, Roy More as he takes over the gavel today! Our meeting was called to order by President Roy and in advance of the July 4th holiday, we sang ‘America the Beautiful’, originally written as a poem and published on July 4, 1895. The membership then proceeded to recite the […]

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 […]