Today was a Zoom meeting with about 30 people on line. After some conversations President Ralph Witcher opened the meeting at 7:30 A.M. Pres. Ralph gave a very nice invocation.
GUESTS ON LINE:
DG Janet Kolepp, Bethlehem Morningstar RC; Capt. Nick Millward. Peace Fellowship candidate calling from Japan.
Pres. Ralph began the meeting by leading us in the Pledge of allegiance to the Flag of the U.S.
THE FOUR-WAY TEST EXAMPLE:
Marlene asked for a volunteer or two to tell a story indicative of their application of ethical standards recently.
Ron Coleman told us about his 32 space parking lot reserved for residents. A car with no tag parked there and got a ticket. It seems that a legal guest lied and told that person it was OK. Ron handled it.
WHAT ROTARY MEANS TO ME:
John Scott assessed Rotary with four words -- Passion, Interest, Trust and Networking. He explained that one of his first exposures to Rotary was working with Gwenn Carr and Gary Englehardt who always were passionate about what we do. He believes Rotarians are trustworthy and that we have a global reach for networking and friendships. He said that being a Rotarian is a way of life.
PAUL HARRIS FELLOW RECOGNITION:
Pres. Ralph announced that Amir Famili is receiving his PHF +4 award. In November PDG Herb Klotz will discuss PHFs.
Pres. Ralph displayed the list of October members and their celebration dates.
KINGDOM LIFE FOOD CENTER:
Thanks to Jean Masiko and Rotary volunteers, over 200 families received food items last weekend.
SNACK PACKS:
Gail Micca reports that supplies for 215 snack parcels were delivered for the Parkland Interact students to assemble. Gail needs more volunteers.
HIGHWAY CLEANUP:
This was a success on Rt 222 last Saturday.
NEW “SUNSHINE COMMITTEE”:
Kathy Ott and Gail Micca ask that we consider organizing members to look after one another in an organized way.
YVETTE PALMER 5K PURPLR PINKIE RACE:
The race this year will be virtual and is on Oct. 24 which is World Polio Day. It starts at 10 A.M. and Mike McGovern is the featured speaker. He is the world-wide Chair of Rotary’s PolioPlus.
Race Director, John Scott asks us to PLEASE REGISTER VIA OUR WEBSITE. And check out the store too. Also please upload your photos of your group walking, running, resting….
The registration fees and your other donations in your name will count toward your next Paul Harris Fellow award.
YOUR SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES:
Please take a look at this new section on the left side of this bulletin.
STATUS OF MORNING MEETINGS;
The AWRC B.O.D. has suspended all AWRC face-to-face meetings until further notice. Zoom meetings are now scheduled for each Wednesday at 7:30 A.M.
NEXT MORNING MEETING:
Wednesday October 21st starting at 7:30 a.m. We will use Zoom to meet Our program will be Kathleen Ott, PhD giving her Classification Talk.
HAVE YOU MISSED A MEETING?:
Missed a club meeting? Lucky for you, we record our Zoom meetings! Click the link and then choose which meeting you’d like to view. Use the slide at the bottom if you want to skip over the socialization part of the meeting. We open the formalities at 7:30 am, and presenters begin at 8 am. So even if you missed the meeting, it’s just like being there!
The AWRC Youtube.com Channel link is:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClHOvGQzfK4z7CUgSQQGqHA
STATUS OF THURSDAY EVENING MEETING:
No Thursday evening meetings are planned for September and for October 2020.
HAPPY DOLLARS and MEMBER NEWS:
Ihor Fedoriw shared best wishes to us all from Bob Nagle who is doing OK.
When asked, Ron Coleman admitted that he currently has 26 different hats.
Bill Palmer was wearing his Race to Zero tee shirt today.
There was a general discussion of smoking and cigarette and pipe smells. This somehow went to gasoline costs. Ernie Boll remembers $0.17 per gallon. That made him the oldest on line.
Bill Palmer is happy that his grandson in Atlanta, as a Project Engineer is an essential worker, has recovered from covid19.
Marlene Heller played golf with her daughter yesterday and they had a great time.
Gail Micca’s daughter is in South Dakota and is doing well.
Ihor Fedoriw said “Vote”.
Marlene Heller said we should check her FaceBook page for an amazing story of a friend from Poland by way of Israel and N.J. being reunited with a relative finally.
Halyna Stegura told of a 2005 AWRC Student of the Month named Laura Wolk, testified as a character witness for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Laura is blind and the Judge helped Laura in Law school.
Geoff Legg says that his grandson, R.J. is at Hamilton University and is doing well.
DG Janet Kolepp thanked AWRC members for again putting on the district-wide Yvette Palmer 5K Race to end Polio.
PROGRAM:
Pres. Ralph Witcher introduced Kassie Hilgert, President & CEO of ArtsQuest to discuss “The Impact of Covid-19 on Musikfest (2020) and the ArtsQuest Mission.”
Kassie is a graduate of Penn State University. She has been with ArtsQuest since 2008.
As President and CEO of ArtsQuest, Kassie leads one of the largest nonprofit arts organizations in Pennsylvania. Founded in 1984, the organization is dedicated to providing unparalleled access to the arts, as well as using arts and culture as key tools for economic development in urban environments. Kassie was named President and CEO of ArtsQuest in 2015.
Kassie discusses the future of MusikFest and the impact of Covid-19 has had on Musikfest (2020) and the ArtsQuest Mission. To date, ArtsQuest has lost up to 19 million dollars in revenue and counting due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. What future changes are needed for ArtsQuest to recover from this loss? In what ways do these challenges possibly threaten or limit the mission of ArtsQuest? How can we (within the Lehigh Valley Community) chip in to help?
About Musikfest
Musikfest is an American music festival that has been held annually in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania since 1984, and it claims to be the nation's largest non-gated free music festival. The festival begins on the first Friday in August (preceded since 2015 with a Thursday "preview night" involving the premium stage and adjacent areas), and ends on the second Sunday thereafter.
Each year, thousands of visitors and residents of Pennsylvania make the trip to Bethlehem to participate in a celebration that weaves through a Moravian community that dates back to 1741. Festival visitors are treated to hundreds of free shows over the course of the event. Each night, the festival's premium stage, Steel Stage (formerly known as RiverPlace and Kunstplatz), hosts a nationally-known recording artist. These premium concerts, along with select shows at other stages, do require paid tickets to gain admission.
Local German roots are the foundation of the celebration, and most of the festival's venues use Platz, the German word for place or square, at the ends of their names. A popular place for eating and listening to music, for example, is the large "Festplatz", which includes 300 dining tables, and usually features a polka band each night. Beyond that, however, Musikfest's music, food, and other attractions represent a broad range of ethnicities.
Musikfest is presented by ArtsQuest, a nonprofit arts organization founded to "celebrate arts and culture" in the Lehigh Valley and beyond. Proceeds from the event benefit ArtsQuest ventures such as the Banana Factory community arts center in South Bethlehem, as well as other nonprofit groups throughout the region. Musikfest served as the inspiration for major plot elements of the music film Killian & the Comeback Kids.
This year with covid19 has been very hard on ArtsQuest. They did hold 6 outdoor concerts. And they were able to fund 80 artists to perform. But they are financially under water this year.
They usually have about 2 million visitors each year. And they support about 1200 artists. The $136 million raised in 2019 goes to the community. Kassie said that CHristkindlmart started early this year to have good weather to promote visitors. She also discussed Steel Stacks and its features
CLOSING:
Pres Ralph led us in the saying “One profits most who serves best.”
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