Meeting Notes

Interesting zoomer conversations from being a teacher today, the concept of “joy” school, and learning that this is the start of lychee fruit season, and happy in-person conversations took place before President Susan started our meeting. Tom Strode played a rousing Star-Spangled Banner for us on his trusty piano, and Judy Lynch Sauer inspired with: […]

A small group of us gathered before the meeting on Zoom and, we discussed the usual mix of topics, including: Bob Dascola’s trip to England, the Dayton Hamvention, which is the largest gathering of amateur radio operators in the world, Gregg shorthand the upcoming Fourth of July parade cursive writing At 12:30 pm, Tom Strode […]

The May 25, 2022 meeting opened on Zoom and in person with social time.  Emily Olson provided Zoom etiquette guidelines to the virtual attendees. At 12:32, President Susan Froelich called the meeting to order. We all joined in the singing of “America the Beautiful”.  Inspiration was provided by Ryan Peterson who shared the meaning of […]

12:28 President Susan reminded all Zoom attendees of the Zoom Etiquette. 12:31 Tom Strode played “Ring the Bell”, the Patriotic Song. 12:32 Shelley MacMillan shared the weekly inspiration, which featured lyrics from the song, “Fill the world with music” by David Wagoner. 12:33 Dave Keosaian shared the weekly music selection which was a swinging YouTube music […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, May 17. Club membership on April 30 was 248 Active members. Attendance for the month’s four meetings was 31% (down from 33% in March). Average attendance at each meeting was 76 members and 14 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 51%. The board unanimously […]

Lively discussion and laughter romped through both the zoomers and the in-person crowd at the Anderson room before our meeting. After Emily Olson’s zoom etiquette, Tom Strode and his trusty grand piano accompanied the Club in God Bless America. Bev Seiford inspired us with a poem penned by treasured A2 Rotary Club member, the late […]

President Susan Froelich rang the opening bell at 12:30 and Tom Strode played the Star Spangled Banner. Peg Talburtt’s Inspiration was  taken from The Organic Commandment, 1940, by Frank Lloyd Wright: “Love is the virtue of the Heart; Sincerity is the virtue of the Mind; Courage is the virtue of the Spirit; and Decision is […]

The April 27, 2022 meeting opened on Zoom and in person with social time including Agnes Reading asking visiting Rotarians on zoom to introduce themselves.  Emily Olson provided Zoom etiquette guidelines to the virtual attendees. We had 48 members attending in-person and 55 via Zoom, for a total of 103. At 12:29, President Susan Froelich […]

12:30 Zoom Etiquette – Emily Olson Past President Joanne welcomed everyone to the meeting. 12:31 “Ring the Bell” Patriotic Song – Tom Strode 12:32 Inspiration – Norma Sarkar Norma Sarkar shared “today’s inspiration” which highlighted Jennifer Jones, who becomes the first woman Rotary President this year (2022-2023). Rotary salutes all of the women in Rotary. […]

President Susan rang the bell at 12:28 pm, and Tom Strode treated us to the National Anthem. Today’s inspiration was given by Daphne Schalbetter, who quoted from a book that contained messages from children to a U.S. senator with concerns about the environment. Daphne was followed by Marlena Studer, who led us in “What a […]