Meeting Notes

Past President Mark Ouimet reclaimed the podium for this meeting and rang the opening bell at 12:30. Jody Tull deSalis accompanied us in “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”. Carolyn Hiatt shared her thoughts on why THIS Club is so special. She celebrated the individual kindnesses and inclusiveness she sees every week , and the dedication […]

A good crowd turned out for Wednesday’s lunch meeting, and when President Joyce rang the bell promptly at 12:30 pm, we all rose to sing a patriotic song. Joyce then called on past president John Ackenhusen to give a short remembrance of Rob Northrop, who recent passed away. We then observed a moment of silence […]

On the final day of the month of June our club had 214 Active Members. Attendance for June’s meetings was 34% (down 6% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 72 members and 5 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 56% (down 11% from last month). June’s membership saw six terminations […]

The meeting began with a ringing of the bell by President Joyce Hunter.  President Hunter began the meeting with a video of the late Tom Strode’s Star Spangled Banner, followed by a moment of silence for Tom’s passing. Rosemary Rowney shared inspiration for success. Jim Irwin shared fond memories of Tom Strode’s music, and we […]

On the final day of the month of May our club had 207 Active Members. Attendance for May’s meetings was 40% (down 15% from last month). The average attendance at each meeting was 85 members and 7 guests. Our monthly Engagement Ratio was 67% (up 2% from last month). ** Previous attendance numbers were unusually […]

The June 12, 2024 meeting opened on Zoom at 12:28 pm (23 members on zoom) and in person at the University of Michigan’s Anderson Room.  The patriotic song was “America the Beautiful”. Steve Schramm provided today’s inspiration which related to today’s speaker and how joy can be brought into the workplace and how businesses need […]

There was a lot of chatter as we looked forward to greeting eight new members to the club. President Mark Foster rang the opening bell and Jody Tull deSalis did piano duty with My Country ’tis of Thee. Becky Pazkowski’s Inspiration celebrated June. Jim Irwin told us about enjoying his “Great Day to be a […]

President Mark Foster started the meeting with the customary Ringing of the Bell.  Our Patriotic Song today is ‘My Country Tis of Thee’, accompanied by Rick Ingram. Don Deatrick provided our inspirational message today and in line with today’s speaker (A2 Thrift Shop) spoke of the value of compassion and generosity when a community comes […]

On this lovely and breezy May day, President Mark Foster started our meeting with Ringing the Bell and Downs Herold lead us in our patriotic song, ‘America the Beautiful!’ Just in time for Memorial Day! Rick Jarzembowski provided our inspirational message today.  Also in honor of the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, he gave a brief […]

Today’s meeting began with the Ringing of the Bell and Tom Strode leading us in our Patriotic Song. Our inspirational message today was from Doug Ziesemer. While thinking of recent political demonstrations and also of wars being waged right now, Doug wanted to remind us that there is good in the world, and gave the […]