“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.” ― Anais Nin 

 

“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” ― John Bunyan 

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
(notes provided by the unconventional and unorthodox Paul Conforti)

ReStore: Tod needed 4 more volunteers for next Saturday’s ReStore project when they will reorganize the store selling area.

UC Books to Prisioners: Mary is asking for donations for the Books to Prisoners program for specific topics/authors. Most needed are books about the trades, chess, paperback dictionaries, Spanish/English dictionaries, and the following authors: Koontz, Patterson, and Grisham.

Club Social will b e February 22, Krannert Uncorked @ 5pm (There will be no regular meeting that day).

Diana passed around a proof of a proposed Club contact card to be used to thank our speakers and to gather contact information from them.

 

PROGRAM

We had a club assembly. Club committee leaders recapped activities from there groups at the half way point of our fiscal year.

 

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  Jan 25th Feb 1st Feb 8th Feb 15th
Introductions Diana Dummitt Ata Durukan Mary Hodson Darrell Hoemann
Invocation Oktay Baran Michelle Barbey Keith Brandau Ethan Chew
Greeters Diana Dummitt Ata Durukan Mary Hodson Darrell Hoemann
Phyllis Mischo Scott Paceley Robb Patton Allan Penwell
Song Leader Jeff Van Buren Cary Woolard Adam Wright Candy Loyd
Notetaker Perry Penwell Hodson Conforti

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee member responsible listed in parentheses)

January 25th – Central Interact (Michelle)

February 1st – Ed Perry will discuss his efforts in Vieques, Puerto Rico, after Hurricane Maria

February 8th – Captain Anthony Corapi, Commanding Officer of US Navy ROTC at UIUC (Bob)

February 15th – Dr. Kim Kidwell,  Robert A. Easter Chair as well as Dean of the College of ACES, UIUC

February 22nd – TBD

March 1st – Micah Putnam, Superintendent of Grounds at Allerton Park (Bob)

March 8th – TBD (Charlie)

March 15th – Kevin Erickson, Associate Professor of Architecture at UIUC (Bob)

March 22nd – Stacey LeFeber, Girl Scouts (Jen)

March 29th – TBD – Club Social

April 5th – TBD (Phyllis)

April 12th – TBD (Tod)

April 19th – Darrell Hoemann, Cruising the Rhine and Germany’s Holiday Markets (Mary)

April 26th – Dennis Hesch, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Carle Foundation, will discuss  Carle’s expansion/development at the Curtis/I-57 interchange (Phyllis)

May 3rd – TBD (Charlie)

May 10th – Zayd Jawad, Business Buddies (Mary)

May 17th – TBD (Phyllis)

May 24th – TBD (Tod)

May 31st – TBD – Club Social

June 7th – TBD (Tom)

June 14th – TBD (Bob)

June 21st – TBD (Charlie)