Meeting Notes

On this lovely and breezy May day, President Mark Foster started our meeting with Ringing the Bell and Downs Herold lead us in our patriotic song, ‘America the Beautiful!’ Just in time for Memorial Day! Rick Jarzembowski provided our inspirational message today.  Also in honor of the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, he gave a brief […]

Today’s meeting began with the Ringing of the Bell and Tom Strode leading us in our Patriotic Song. Our inspirational message today was from Doug Ziesemer. While thinking of recent political demonstrations and also of wars being waged right now, Doug wanted to remind us that there is good in the world, and gave the […]

On the final day of the month of April our club had 212 Active Members. Attendance for March’s meetings was 58% (up 6% from last month). The average attendance at each meeting was 119 members and 6 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 65% (up 2% from last month). ** Please note that […]

Past President Mark Ouimet rang the opening bell and The Star Spangled Banner turned us up.  Foreshadowing this week’s program on the Robert S. Northrup Humanitarian Award, Bev Seiford’s Inspiration identified passion as the key driver of accomplishment. Joey D and pianist Curt Waugh turned out the DipSticks and DipChicks to reprise the Everly Brothers’ […]

May 8th was a great day to be a Rotarian as RCAA presented the Robert S. Northrup Humanitarian Award to Dr. Robert H. Gilman MD, DMD. He is recognized for serving in multiple Rotary International areas of focus, including Disease Prevention and Treatment, Maternal and Child Health, and Basic Education and Literacy. As a practicing […]

Three distinct-sounding sighs were heard while coming to today’s meeting. The first – the sigh of students stuffing their dorm belongings into the family car – already wistful for their time so quickly passed as a student. The second – a parent’s sigh who, while happily anticipating their child being home for the summer, is […]

Starting May 15, the security process for RCAA zoom meetings will change. As you know, you now enter zoom and wait until you are admitted. This process requires a volunteer to constantly monitor Zoom. In order to simplify the process and eliminate a volunteer job, we will be changing to a password. You will find […]

On the final day of the month of March, our club had 211 Active Members. Attendance for March’s meetings was 52% (up 8% from last month). The average attendance at each meeting was 113 members and 9 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 63% (up 4% from last month). This month’s membership saw […]

Please JOIN US ! LOVE LETTER TO MOTHER EARTH: A Fundraiser for Rotary Youth Exchange. Our talented musicians (Brandon Reeves, Steve Ragsdale, & Chris Ohmer) and vocalists (Angela Hench, Steve Pierce, Marlena Studer, Christina Morales Hemenway, Ashton & Ainsley Maddock) will share a sense of gratitude and love for our tender and fragile planet!  Heartwarming […]

The March 27, 2024 meeting opened on Zoom 28 members 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.  Tom Strode led us in “The Star-Spangled Banner”.  Inspiration was provided by Ginny Leone who read Maya Angelou’s poem […]