The Junior Rotarians from Gabriel Richard High School finally got their chance to join us on Wednesday, January 10. From L to R, they are: Claire McNally, who is planning to study biology and become a research biologist. Andrew Putlock, who has been accepted into both the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Naval […]

Crain’s Detroit Business reports that Gov. Rick Snyder has appointed Ann Arbor Rotarian Omari Rush to chair the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. The 15-member council, appointed by the governor and housed within the Michigan Economic Development Corp., is charged with granting the state arts funding each year to arts and cultural groups […]

Monthly Membership Report to the District: After the departures of Loveleen Bajwa, Thomas Bradshaw, Yulanda Curtis, Joh Kang, Bruce Martin, Linh Song and Rob VanRenterghem, we finished the month of December with 306 Active Rotarians. Average attendance during the month was 36% for the three meetings. Not reported to the district but calculated for club […]

Ride to End polio raises $11.7 million The 2017 Ride to End Polio posted another successful year at El Tour de Tucson (AZ) in November. A team of staff members and Rotary General Secretary John Hewko joined about 120 cyclists from 18 U.S. states and Canadian provinces, Australia, Brazil, Germany, and France. Considering the match […]

Rotary International Annual Report 2016-2017 RI has recently released its Annual Report for the 2016-2017 Rotary Year. You can click here [https://www.rotary.org/en/annual-report-2017] to see entire report but here are a few highlights: Rotary by the numbers: 35,656 Rotary clubs 883 new Rotary clubs 1,202,937 Rotarians worldwide 241,408 estimated Rotaractors (ages 18-30) 508,185 estimated Interactors (ages […]

Year-end Review- What’s your Rotary Score?            A quick review of the on-line 2016-17 Annual Report (add the link) makes it very clear the Club had a Very Good Year! But as Board members have discovered while keeping the club leadership chart populated, there have been frequent examples of the old saw of “20% doing […]

​A quick review of the on-line 2016-17 Annual Report makes it very clear that our club had a very good year! But, as board members have discovered, while keeping the club leadership chart populated, 20% are doing the work, while the remaining 80% take it easy. I know we have more committees than some clubs […]

The Union Ballroom was resplendent. After being greeted warmly by John Hammond and Amy Goodman (only to have one’s hand shaken a dozen more times before crossing the threshold) your reporter was stunned to immobility by the Ballroom’s full illuminated glory. Yes, it was a rare sunny day, and the multitude of members and guests […]

The Board of Director’s Meeting was held Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at the United Way Building. The Club’s membership on November 30 was 313 Active Members plus six Honorary members and seven Inactive Emeriti. The Club’s average attendance in November was 41% for five meetings. The average attendance for the luncheons was 107 members plus […]

The new tax act that was signed into law on December 22, 2017 has made some profound changes to the tax code and will affect everyone in some way. Because the Standard Deduction is almost doubled for 2018, many people who itemize in 2017 might find that there will be no advantage in itemizing in […]