Today was a ZOOM meeting and there were 35 adults and some children on line. After 15 minutes of talking amongst ourselves our Greeter and President Amir Famili, opened the meeting at 7:45 A.M. Chuck Ehninger gave a very nice invocation.
GUESTS ON LINE:
DGN Bob Hobaugh, Kutztown RC; Ann Bieber, President of LCCC; Jude Sandt, Asst. Principal, Parkland H.S.: Dr. Jim Eliker, Adj Lecturer Alvernia University; Marissa Cecere, guest of Barbara Kistler; Shane Bagini, P.R. Dept. at LCCC; and Nick Millward, a Peace Fellowship candidate calling in from Japan.
Secretary John Scott began the meeting by having the members recite The Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. Flag. Then he led us in reciting the Four Way Test.
Pres. Amir thanks all “first responders” and other Essential Workers for what they do and asks all to pray for them.
SNACK PACK UPDATE:
Gail Micca reports: “This week, we will be providing 180 snackpacks at the drive thru event with Parkland C.A.R.E.S. Food Pantry. With each snackpacks weighing approximately 6.25 lbs, this will be about 1,100 pound of food this week. Our team looks forward to assisting with the drive thru event. More volunteers will be needed in July, please contact Gail via ClubRunner.”
LOWHILL FOOD PANTRY:
Gail Micca reports: “Our club has provided 40 snackpacks to Lowhill Food Pantry for their distribution this week. This equals over 250 pounds of snacks and meals for children in the Northwest area. We are pleased to be able to provide these and look forward to helping all children and teens in our district.”
Amir Famili said that 300 lbs. of fresh produce were delivered to the Lowhill FP last Saturday by AW Rotarians.
HELP OUR TEMPTING TASTES FRIENDS:;
Restaurants and providers are now hungry for our support. Please consider ordering from them when you are looking for a break from your own cooking! You can also support them with the purchase of gift cards, for yourself or others. Our TT Food Partner this week is Tacos y Tequila. See separate article.
TWO NEW RCs CHARTERED:
The Montgo-New Britain RC was virtually chartered on Monday June 15, and the Lehigh Valley Passport RC was virtually chartered on Tuesday June 16. This adds about 40 members to D7430.
SHELTERBOX UPDATE:
Chair Bill Tusczynski announced on Monday June 15 that as of last week, total giving to ShelterBox in D7430 totaled $71,532, putting us as THE #1 District in the U.S.
MORNING MEETINGS;
President Amir Famili has suspended all AWRC face-to-face meetings until further notice. ZOOM meetings are now scheduled for each Wednesday at 7:30 A.M.
THURSDAY EVENING SCHEDULE:
TOMORROW, June 18th at 5:30 P.M. we will hold a ZOOM Happy Hour meeting. Just show up and smile with a drink in your hand optional..
VIRTUAL RI 2020 CONVENTION:
RI will be conducting the planned Honolulu Convention virtually starting June 20th. The speakers will be amazing, and there is no cost to participate.
NEXT MORNING MEETING:
Wednesday June 24 starting at 7:30 a.m. We will use ZOOM to meet together with appropriate distancing. Our program will be State Representative, Mike Schlossberg discussing The Economic impact of the pandemic crisis on the PA economy and a path forward.
NEW MEMBERS INDUCTION:
Dr. Jude Sandt was inducted as an Active member, and Dr. Ann Bieber as an Honorary member today, with Gwenn Carr conducting the ceremony. Barbara Kistler sponsored Ann and introduced her. Gail Micca sponsored Jude and introduced him. See separate article.
HAPPY DOLLARS and MEMBER NEWS:
Pres. Amir conducted this part and kept score on who owes how much money. BTW it is $2 for ZOOM happiness.
Ron Coleman started with his video off, he says because he had no clothes on.
Barbara Kistler had a great background of an AWRC banner on display.
Barbara Kistler welcomed her guest, Marissa, who is a former Easton Rotarian now returning to the area and interested in rejoining Rotary. Marissa was an Exchange student in 2010-11.
Pres. Amir said that Capt. Nick Millward will be our speaker on our July 8th meeting.
Gail Micca’s car got rear-ended yesterday.
Ron Coleman is flying to South Carolina to see his grandchild.
Marlene and Gary Heller finally got to see their grandchildren in person, but no hugging.
Pres. Amir said that Happy Dollars relating to grandchildren now cost $5 --- EACH.
Kristina Sundstrom is happy that baseball for their son is starting up. She also noted that they are celebrating the first anniversary of Parkland CARES.
Ralph and Pat Witcher are celebrating their 32nd wedding anniversary.
Bob Hobaugh loves his 91 year old Mother-in-law.
Tom Friday is happy to have his grandchildren back in his care again this week.
PROGRAM:
Pres. Amir introduced Dr. Jim Eliker, Adj Lecturer Alvernia University discussing Servant Leadership.
Jim served as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1974-1981 including shipboard duty on a US destroyer and then as part of the staff at the US Naval Academy. He then served as a Human Resources professional at Air Products and Chemicals from 1981-2009, including supporting brilliant clients like Dr. Amir Famili in Performance Chemicals. Jim retired from Air Products and served as a senior HR generalist with Lutron Electronics from 2009-2015.
After retiring from industry, Jim has continued career and leadership coaching and pursued doctoral studies in leadership at Alvernia University in Reading, Pa. Jim took his undergraduate in mathematics at Miami University of Ohio, his masters at Gonzaga University in organizational leadership, and just completed his doctorate at Alvernia last month.
His graduate studies have focused on the concept of servant leadership within organizations. Jim has also taught several business classes at Alvernia University and written over 150 educational songs for the Word of the Week program in the Reading area. Jim serves as an ordained Greek Orthodox Deacon at Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Reading, Pa.
Jim said that Amir and he have been good friends since the Air Products days. He said he is honored to be with us today.
Jim has studied the subject of “Servant Leadership” for 10 years. He did his research with a Hotel whose staff has used these principles and are doing very well.
Servant leadership is a philosophy and set of practices that enriches the lives of individuals, builds better organizations and ultimately creates a more just and caring world. “The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first.” -Robert K. Greenleaf. While servant leadership is a timeless concept, the phrase “servant leadership” was coined by Robert K. Greenleaf.
It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first”. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. The best test, and difficult to administer, is: do those served grow as persons?
The approach encourages employees to grow while keeping the long term in view. Jim’s Hotel studied is flourishing. When any person comes to their door that person is treated with sincere conversation and special treatment.
Jim says that this approach creates a workplace of happiness (joy). They are putting people above profit.
CLOSING:
Pres. Amir led us in the saying “One profits most who serves best."
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