Meeting Notes

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 […]

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 […]