“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela

 

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” ― Socrates 

 

 

Announcements
(notes provided by the crafty and courageous Barb Lintner)

Twenty-two people attended the Visioning session last Thursday.  A pdf of the results was sent out. 

Rotary International Conference will be in Atlanta. 

We will have a scholarship student from Taiwan, Miranda Ming, and she plans to attend next week’s meeting. 

Our bucket money this month is going to the Jr. League Backpack Program. 

 

Club Assembly

Committees met and reported back to the club as follows:

Membership – The committee would like us to get back up to 50 members; we currently have 37.  They will emphasize 5 things – hands on service projects, special speaker’s events, fellowship events, retention of members, and tie-ins to community events including meet and greets at businesses.  It was suggested that we focus on the concept of “currently accepting new members.”

Programs – They will try to get more big name speakers and are planning to have a social every fifth Thursday in the evening in place of a morning meeting.  Mary Hodson asked that we all continue to give her our ideas for speakers.

Foundation /Shelterbox– The committee would like to encourage more sustaining members—those who give $100 annually to the Foundation.  It is a good way to get your second Paul Harris as Barb Lintner did today. The committee will encourage members by matching contributions for the first Paul Harris.  We will have a speaker in November for Foundation month. 

Publicity—Please share and comment on  CU Sunrise Rotary photos and information posted on our Facebook page as public so that others can see what we are doing.  The committee is going to create a video series “I am in Rotary because.”  Hope to have as many members as possible taped by January 15.

Fundraising—November Fruit sales continue to be profitable raising about $9000 a year.  The committee is working on a new project in partnership with The School Foundation for an arts scholarship with an event fundraiser bi-annually. 

Project Development – Focus will be on a hands-on project each month.  Lou will email 12 – 15 volunteer projects for consideration.  The committee would also like to explore co-coordinating projects with other groups.

Vocation—We will continue the annual scholarship.

 

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  Sept 8th Sept 15th Sept 22nd Sept 29th
Introductions Paul Conforti Diana Dummitt Ata Durukan Robin Ferguson
Invocation Phyllis Mischo Scott Paceley Robb Patton Allan Penwell
Greeters Paul Conforti Diana Dummitt Ata Durukan Robin Ferguson
Bob La Charite Barb Lintner BJ Lytle Ben Mast
Song Leader Larry Johnson Andrew Kerins Bob La Charite Barb Lintner
Notetaker Conforti Perry Penwell Hodson

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

September 8th – Eliana Brown, Illinois Water Resources Center, will discuss simple things you do in your hard to improve our waterbodies (B0b)

September 15th – Michelle and Gary Olsen will discuss their recent trip to Cuba (Laura)

September 22nd – Dr. Ellen Fireman, Department of Statistics, UIUC (Tom)

September 29th – No AM meeting

October 6th – TBD (Tod)

October 13th – Prof. Jennifer Pahre, College of Law, UIUC, Legal Issues in the News (Tom)

October 20th – Jennifer Shelby, New Developments in Film (Mary)

October 27th – Niala Boodhoo, WILL Radio’s The 21st, will discuss the Mandella Washington Fellowship(Mary)

November 3rd – TBD (Phyllis)

November 10th – TBD (Tod)

November 17th – Allan Penwell, Rotary Foundation

November 24th – Thanksgiving, no AM meeting

December 1st – Club Assembly

December 8th – TBD (Bob)

December 15th – TBD (Laura)

December 22nd – TBD (Mary)

December 29th – No AM meeting

January 5th – TBD (Phyllis)

January 12th – TBD (Tod)

January 19th – TBD (Tom)

January 26th – TBD (Bob)

February 5th – TBD (Laura)

February 12th – TBD (Mary)

February 19th – TBD (Phyllis)

February 26th – TBD (Tod)