Meeting Notes

President Joanne Pierson rang the bell to open the meeting. Tom Strode played America the Beautiful. Dawn Johnson provided the Inspiration, noting that December is Disease Prevention and Treatment Month. She referenced Rotarians’ resilience and perseverance in its effort to build goodwill and improve the quality of life for others. Don Duquette provided a video featuring […]

The December 2, 2020 meeting opened on Zoom with social time to start the meeting and chat. Lori Walters opened the meeting and said everyone has been good with Zoom etiquette so no reminders are needed.  She discussed how to vote via Zoom on the items up for discussion during today’s meeting. At 12:29, President […]

The November 18 meeting opened on Zoom with half an hour of social time to meet and chat. Lori Walters provided “Zoom Etiquette” at 12:27. She reminded everyone about the process of accessing Club Runner.  The site can be accessed by https://portal.clubrunner.ca/1404 and the user name is: yourfirstname.yourlastname and the password is 1404  She encouraged […]

Pre-meeting chat began on the Zoom platform with lively discussion amongst members and guests.  Some attendees showed red, white and blue backgrounds displaying their respect for our veterans and our grand old flag on this Veteran’s day meeting date. Lori Walters began our meeting at 12:27. She reviewed Zoom etiquette and reminded everyone to use […]

Weary election watchers were happy to change the subject on Wednesday and the chatter was spirited. Before the bell Lori Walters praised our Zoom etiquette during last week’s Jennifer Jones presentation and vowed not to present the etiquette lesson again if we continued to be well behaved. President Joanne rang the bell at 12:25 and […]

Notes from October 28, 2020 Ann Arbor Rotary Meeting Note: A full recording of this meeting can be found online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnkPTZeX4qM  Our Rotary Zoom get-together opened at noon with time to meet for social time before the business meeting. There was much excitement today as people joined our Club from around the world to […]

The noon hour social time included discussions about our auction (going on now so be sure to get in there and bid!); books we’re reading right now; voting; and how to silence pesky political calls and texts on your iPhone. At 12:27 p.m., Lori Walters shared guidelines for Zoom etiquette and encouraged everyone to put […]

The October 7 meeting opened on Zoom with half an hour of social time to meet and chat. Lori Walters provided “Zoom Etiquette” at 12:28. Lauren Heinonen was attendance taker and Lori reminded members to sign in via Chat function in Zoom.  Lori also requested members to have members faces “lit” in Zoom to be […]

See below the speech that member Arthur Williams gave to our club during our meeting on September 30th, 2020. This was made on behalf of the Rotary Anti-Racism Committee (ARC). Thank you President Joanne and My Fellow Rotarians. It is my pleasure to address our club this afternoon on it’s (104th anniversary).  I was asked […]

Forty-nine Rotarians gathered on the Zoom call shortly after noon to check in and socialize. At 12:27, Lauren Heinonen provided the “Zoom Etiquette” for  members. At 12:28, President Joanne Pierson rang the bell to start the official meeting, she then introduced Tom Strode on the piano “Star Spangled Banner.” Elaine Didier provided the Inspirational message […]