Meeting Notes

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 […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held on Wednesday, March 16. Club membership on February 29 was 245 Active members. Attendance for the month’s four meetings was 31%. Average attendance at each meeting was 76 members plus 13 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 52%. The board discussed one resignation (Wendy Correll) and […]

Spring was in the air as Rotarians gathered online and in-person for the March 2 meeting. By the time the meeting got underway, online attendance was up to about 40, and it would eventually hit 60. As usual, discussion in the Zoom portion of the meeting was quite eclectic. Topics included: the decline of bowling […]

The February 23, 2022 meeting opened on Zoom with social time.  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 “America the Beautiful”.  Inspiration was provided by Dawn Johnson who read “Eagle Poem” by Joy Harjo, current […]

NB: Starting March 2, our club will be meeting again at the Michigan Union. Members may also attend via Zoom. Laughter, the sharing of good news, seeing Rosemarie and Don looking rested and sunny from their retreat on Longboat Key, hearing about Fanfan’s immersion into a new video game, and Bob and Ken regaling us […]

Club membership as of January 31, 2022 was 246 Active members. Attendance for the month’s four meetings was 32%. Average attendance at each meeting was 78 members and 13 guests. Discussion for the board included two member terminations/changes in status (Larry Eiler and Al Storey) and three new member nominations: Michele Deatrick, Edwin Portugal, Ademola Osofisan; as […]

The February 9 meeting opened with the ringing of The Bell at 12:30pm. Tom Strode played America the Beautiful. Sara Maddock’s Inspiration recalled being a teenager in the 90’s and having a teenager in the 00’s, and now has twin teens, noting that change comes fast but although the platform and interpretations change, the things […]