Meeting Notes

President Mark Foster welcomed everyone to today’s meeting and introduced our pianist extraordinaire Tom Strode who led us all in singing My Country ’Tis of Thee. Rotary history doubles as inspirational welcome Downs Herold came to the podium to teach us six important words to recall: rotary wheel… woodruff key… new coin. He noted that […]

Today’s meeting began with President Mark ringing the bell and Maestro Tom Strode leading us in our National Anthem.  Marelena Struder provided our words of inspiration today in the form of a beautiful poem titled ‘The Turtle’ by Mary Oliver, and reminding us that Mother Nature speaks to us without ever saying a word.   Having […]

The Board of Directors’ Meeting was held on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. On the final day of June, our club had 216 Active Members. Attendance for the month’s meetings was 29% (down 2% from last month). The average attendance at each meeting was 64 members and 6 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was […]

The June 28, 2023 meeting opened on Zoom (33 members on zoom) and in person. At 12:29, President Ouimet called the meeting to order.  Tom Strode led us in “America the Beautiful”.  Inspiration was provided by Downs Herold who commemorated President Ouimet’s year of service and celebrated incoming President Foster. Here’s the inspiration: “Today is […]

President Mark Ouimet called the meeting to order promptly at 12:30. Tom Strode warmed us up with the Patriotic Song. Marlena Studer read a writing from “Ethics for the New Millennium” by the Dalai Lama. He talked about how compassion, caring for others, is the basis for all human understanding. She then led us in […]

President Mark Ouimet rang the bell to begin our meeting which included 20 Zoomers as well as a room-full of club’s members meeting in person. All stood as Tom Strode played America the Beautiful on the piano. Jody Tull deSalis then gave our inspirational welcome reminding us that visiting a friend or family member at […]

After ringing the bell, today’s meeting started with singing our National Anthem accompanied by Tom Strode. Becky Pazkowski provided our inspirational comments today, quoting from a poem by Emerson about the true meaning of success and how that translates into what defines our club and what we do in Rotary. Rick Ingram lead the group […]

It was a warm, sunny day on campus when nearly 80 Ann Arbor Rotarians and guests gathered to listen to the indomitable Pioneer High School Jazz Band on Wednesday, May 17th, in the Anderson Room at the Michigan Union. Over 30 members of the band joined us for lunch and entertained Rotarians with stories about […]

The Board of Directors’ Retreat was held on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. On the final day of April, our club had 232 Active Members. Attendance for the month’s three meetings was 31% (down 2% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 73 members and 4 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was […]

The meeting started at 12:30pm with the singing of our National Anthem with Tom Strode at the piano. Our inspirational message today came from Cyril White, who asked us ‘What is your ‘why’?  Self-help materials says we need a strong ‘why’ to achieve goals and the deeper your why, the more it affects the larger […]