Rotary Night at Wine, Women & Song is back

A very special annual event is back again after a two year hiatus! The ladies of Wine, Women & Song cordially invite Rotarians, Family and Friends to a special preview night for “Wine, Women & Song XX: 20 Years, But Who’s Counting?” This event is by invitation-only to Rotarians and will be held on Thursday, […]

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2020-21 Annual Report Available

Our Club’s 2020-21 Annual Report from my virtual year as president is ready for reading, proving that the year really did happen. Pour yourself a cup of tea, coffee, or a nice glass of wine and sit down to read about all of the things that the members of RCAA accomplished while, mostly, never leaving […]

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Meeting Notes from March 16, 2022 – University of Michigan Robotics

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 […]

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Photography Tips from Fred: Sharpness

I sometimes get questions such as “My photo doesn’t look sharp.  How can I fix it?” Let’s look at reasons first.  Your photo may be out of focus, but that’s rare with the usual automatic focussing.  Camera shake is another possibility, but that’s easily recognized.  The principal reason for softish looking photos is elsewhere.  For […]

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Summary of March 16 Board Meeting

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 […]

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A word from Fred Beutler, the Club photographer

“Photoshopped” was originally applied derisively to photographs with garishly vivid colors that had been obviously over-sharpened.  Before long, “photoshopped” was used to describe any photo processing whatsoever, implying that any processing was evil or, at best unethical. The truth of the matter is that every photo is edited.   The jpg that comes out of a […]

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