Meeting Notes

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 […]

A lively pre-meeting chat via Zoom ranged from our bowling team’s accolades to Bob Dascola’s sightseeing in Telum, Mexico. Equally happy conversations happened in person in the Anderson Room. President Susan rang the bell, and we all sang God Bless America to Tom Strode’s mighty piano accompaniment. Agnes Reading recalled famous April 6’s in history […]

With 46 of us gathering via zoom and 46 of us meeting in person at the Anderson Room at the Michigan Union, President Susan rang the bell. We all sang the Star-Spangled Banner as Tom Strode played the piano. Bob Buchanan gave our welcoming inspiration message by saying: “All of us are distraught, disgusted over […]

12:31 Zoom Etiquette – Lori Walters Lori welcomed everyone to the meeting. 12:30 “Ring the Bell” Patriotic Song – Tom Strode 12:32 Inspiration – Rosemarie Rowney In recognition of “Women’s History Month”, Rosemarie Rowney shared “today’s inspiration” which was focused on famous women in science and literature, including Marie Curie and other female Nobel Winners. […]

The March 16, 2022 meeting opened on Zoom and in person with social time including assessing Michigan’s chances in the basketball tournament.  Dawn Johnson provided Zoom etiquette guidelines to the virtual attendees. At 12:29, President Susan Froelich started the meeting by ringing the bell. Tom Strode led us in “The Star-Spangled Banner”.  Inspiration was provided […]