Meeting Notes

The meeting began promptly at 12:30 as President Joyce Hunter rang the bell and we sang “The Star-Spangled Banner,” accompanied by Jody Tull on the piano. Brandon Black inspired us by sharing a story about Frank Lloyd Wright and his uncle that highlights the importance of not missing out on life’s experiences. Downs Herold led […]

President Joyce Hunter rang the opening bell at 12:30pm. Rotarians sang The Star Spangled Banner to Jody Tull’s accompaniment. Rosemarie Powney’s Inspiration urged us to “Join or Die”, noting that civic participation is critical to all aspects of our community life. Don Duquette recognized out speaker’s contribution to our young people and students and avoided […]

President Joyce Hunter called the meeting to order at 12:30, and we sang “America the Beautiful.” Michelle Deatrick then reminded us that 62 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a brilliant letter from the Birmingham, Alabama jail, where he was imprisoned as a participant in nonviolent demonstrations against segregation. He was responding to […]

On the final day of the month our club had 202 Active Members, according to ClubRunner statistics. Attendance for March’s meetings was 36% (down 5% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 71 members and 6 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 54% (down 6% from last month). March’s membership saw […]

Today’s meeting was called to order by President Joyce and our Patriotic song today was ‘America the Beautiful’. Today’s inspirational message was from Larry Gray.  With the inspiration of the book, ‘The Greatest Generation’ by Tom Brokaw, and the 80th anniversary of the end of WW2 this year, Larry was inspired to give remarks of […]

It was a cold and rainy Wednesday afternoon when President Joyce Hunter rang the bell to bring our meeting to order. Pianist extraordinaire Jody Tull de Salis led us in My Country ’Tis of Thee, and then, via zoom, Becky Pazkowski gave our welcoming inspiration, “Do It Anyway,” a poem of Mother Theresa. Do it […]

President Joyce rang the bell at 12:30pm and quieted the spirited conversations in the room. Jody Tull deSalis then played the “Star Spangled Banner,” and Ben Bolen delivered the inspiration. He celebrated his 40th birthday was this week, and he asked us to think about what we were doing 40 years ago. He told us […]

The meeting began with President Joyce ringing the bell promptly at noon. We then sang the “Star-Spangled Banner,” accompanied by Jody Tull. Elliott Greenberg shared a personal inspirational message about the importance of dialogue and understanding between people with different viewpoints. Specifically communication conflicts and the need to learn how to talk to each other […]

On the final day of the month our club had 200 Active Members. All membership information is pulled from ClubRunner statistics. Attendance for February’s meetings was 41% (down 6% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 83 members and 11 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 60% (up 3% from last […]

President Joyce called the meeting to order and our patriotic song today was America the Beautiful – sung by Matt Boylan with his acoustic guitar. Collyer Smith provided our inspirational message today about maintaining civility in difficult conversations.  Collyer shared six steps that he learned recently that could help us get through our next challenging […]