Our Greeter today was Murtaza Jaffer, and he did a marvelous job.
Our Sergeant-at-Arms today was Ron Coleman and he did a marvelous job.
President Amir Famili rang the bell at 7:30 A.M. to open the meeting and welcomed all. Then David Haight gave a very nice invocation.
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. John also reviewed some of the upcoming
GUESTS:
Just us members today.
NEW BAD WEATHER POLICY:
Pres. Amir announced that our policy now is to cancel a meeting for bad weather whenever the Parkland Schools are closed.
DG HERB KLOTZ REQUESTS:
YTD our AW donations to OUR Rotary Foundation’s Annual Fund are about $4,000. This is about $6,000 less than what is needed. AW Rotarians are asked to donate what they can and use Rotary Direct, go on line, or write a check.
As of today there are Ten (10) AW Rotarians registered to attend the April annual District Conference. But we need 25 or more to be there to help. With the sitting District Governor being an AW Rotarian, it is the responsibility of all AW Rotarians to help make the District Conference happen. One assignment is for AW members to serve as Sgt-at-Arms to guide attendees for part of the conference.
TEMPTING TASTES 6 CALL TO ACTION:
P-E Ralph Witcher is leading this year’s major fundraising effort and needs a lot of help to get everything done for the MARCH 22nd event. The planning meeting dates and times are listed herein. We are planning to net at least $30,000 this year.
Each of us is asked to add our name and state where we can help on the papers on our tables. Each member is asked to buy at least two tickets to TT6 and to try to get others to buy them and to sponsor tables too.
LOWHILL FOOD PANTRY:
This great group still depends on cash donations from AW Rotarians. And volunteering for the produce pick-up and distribution on Saturday mornings is a very satisfying thing.
THURSDAY EVENING SCHEDULE:
TOMORROW, Jan 9 and 23 will be held at the Starlite Diner starting at 5:30 P.M. in the private back room.
NEXT MORNING MEETING:
January 15th at Luther Crest with Mustafa Jaffer as our Greeter. The program will be Dawn Stillwagen from Meals on Wheels, and there will be new member inductions.
Without any tickets to use, there were no drawings held.
Gary Englehardt took the microphone around and collected happy dollars.
HAPPY DOLLARS
Ralph Witcher proudly announced that son, Seth, has performed on FOX 29 TV. And Seth also will perform on FOX 29 after the Superbowl.
Tom Friday is happy to have his daughter traveling nearby.
David Haight is happy to report that they had a great vacation in Nashville.
Gail Micca thanks AW Rotarians for the cash donations for the Jim Thorpe family. She is trying to buy a car for them, and will take a car donation too.
Marlene Heller extends her sincere thanks to our Jennifer Stinson for providing immediate care to address Marlene’s ear problem.
Ernie Boll is just plain happy.
PROGRAM:
Our program today was our Quarterly Club Assembly with committee chairs providing updates. Pres. Amir began with an explanation of how the AWRC Scholarships will be awarded this year. There will be $1, 500 awards to two Interact Club students, and $1,000 awards to others in the schools that we serve. The Mike Henry scholarship will go to an LCTI student. And there will be a “Home Schooled” award. Lori Peters will chair this effort with Barbara Kistler.
Next was Gwenn Carr to discuss Membership. Gwenn noted that this year we have introduced a number of new ways to recognize individual members for their contributions, e.g. Rotarian of the month. Today she asked all members who volunteered last month to stand and they were given some candy.
Gwenn said that we are trying to bring in at least 10 new members and we have 7 so far. Next week we will induct 2 more.
Gwenn also asked each member to fill out a current “Club Experience” form and give them to Gary E.
She then pointed to a sheet of Fun Facts about Rotary’s mottos also on our tables. And she offered some new cards that explain Rotary that we can give to potential members.
Next was Gail Micca our Project Committee Chair, reporting on the many AWRC projects. She discussed:
The new Highway cleanup project -- next time is in April
Oct 24th Miracle League Trick or Treat event
Meals on Wheels delivery on Nov 11. More opportunities are coming
The dictionary project for 3rd graders
Kingdom Life Food Pantry shelf stocking -- moving to the third Friday
Snack Packing at Northwestern and Parkland. We need more volunteers for Parkland.
Lowhill Food Pantry Saturday produce help. Justin Schell is doing this.
The Center for Vision Loss door painting project was finished last evening. But other projects are coming.
Gail asks us to send her ideas for new projects we might consider.
Our RC Treasurer, Chris Blechschmidt, gave an update on the club’s finances. He reviewed the revenue accounts and the expenses to date and expected. The overall picture is that we have funds available to complete our 2019-20 planned actions.
CLOSING:
Pres. Amir closed our meeting by our reciting the saying “One profits most who serves best.”
Photos by Marlene Heller
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