Meeting Notes

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 […]

President Susan brought the Rotary Bell to her home, and it was a great start to the meeting to hear that special ring. Tom Strode led us in God Bless America—always nice to hear. Barbara Eichmuller inspired us with many, many sayings from Andy Rooney which he closed his segment of 60 minutes with for […]

Dawn Johnson delivered the Zoom etiquette message at 12:30, President Susan rang the opening bell and Tom Strode got things started with The Star spangled Banner. Fanfan Zheng got us ready to welcome in the Year of the Tiger on February 1 Chinese New Year. His inspirational message is an ancient Chinese proverb: Don’t be […]

Club membership as of December 31, 2021 was 243 Active members. Attendance for the month’s three meetings was 31%. Average attendance at each meeting was 78 members and 11 guests. Average In-person attendance was 34 compared to the average Zoom attendance of 51. Discussion for the board included seven member terminations/changes in status (Sujit Pandit, […]

Attendance started out slowly at this week’s meeting, with only 15 members joining the Zoom meeting by 12:15 pm. By the time we started the business meeting at 12:30 pm, and Tom Strode graced us with America the Beautiful, we were only up to 49 attendees. We would eventually reach 76 by my count. Once […]

Tom Strode kicked off the first meeting of 2022 with the Star Spangled Banner. Amy Goodman’s Inspiration called up the many areas of support we have – friends, Rotary, Community – and the goals ahead, and welcomed the New Year. Ingrid Sheldon reminded us that The University of Michigan has many musical arts programs besides […]

Notes from December 15, 2021 Ann Arbor Rotary Meeting The December 15, 2021 Rotary meeting was called to order by President Susan at 12:30 PM. Tom Strode began the meeting by leading us in “The Star Spangled Banner”. Larry Eiler talked about grief as an inspiration. Following personal grief, Larry began to learn about how […]

Club membership as of November 17, 2021 was 249 Active members, plus five Honoraries and twelve Inactive Emeriti. Attendance for the month’s three meetings was 31%. Average attendance at each meeting was 77 members and 9 guests Average In-person attendance was 34 compared to the average Zoom attendance of 54. Discussion for the board included […]