ROTARY MEETING THURSDAY August 22
7:00 AM Stevies Cafe
Good afternoon! It's a beauty!! Reminding everyone that we have our meeting this Thursday, August 22 , 2024 at Stevie's Cafe. Joe E. hosts and will have Joe Kinnear and Clark Yolitz from Dairy State Bank to talk with us.
Last week Don Drost hosted and we had Don Peterson from Barron (a member of Barron Kiwanis) speak with us on the Battle of the Bulge that was a part of WWII. It was an interesting and educational presentation. Thank you Don for coordinating.
OLD BUSINESS:
Treasurer Report: Admin Acct. $5552 Activ. Acct. $2300 (We paid Salvation Army and Kid's From WI donations) Kathy sent out 1st Qtr dues - please pay them!
We are looking for a couple of volunteers to help out with an audit of our accounts. We use QuickBooks so its an easy task. Would like a small 2-3 member committee by the end of Aug. to complete this sometime in Sept. Please let BJ know if you are able to help out.
We are also going to be looking for a new Treasurer starting in July 2025. Kathy will be retiring and won't have the same technology availability. Plus, she has done it for a couple of years. If you are interested please let her or any board member know now - you can get a LOT of training in ahead of time.
Bourbon Tasting Event.
Committee met and here are the updates:
Date - Thursday, Oct. 17
Location: Church Barn outside of Barron - contract has been signed. All is going ahead with ticket and poster ordering. Monika presented a couple of examples of the thematic design and the club voted (almost unanimously) on a style. She will fine tune it and proceed forward.
The Committee came up with a list of potential donation sites for any participants to choose where their donation would go. The organizations that were agreed upon were: Barron Co. Humane Society; Barron Co. Sunrise Rotary Activity Fund; Benjamin's House; Boys and Girls Club; Natures Edge Therapy Center; Pink Ribbon Advocacy; Pregnancy Help Center; and the local Salvation Army.
Event Cost: Food $18 per plate; Site Rental $1200
Tickets $100 pp. Goal is to get 100 invitees. Will be asking everyone to try to sell 10 tickets. We need 30 to break even.
Potential Silent Auction to raise funds so will be looking for donations.
REMEMBER THIS EVENT WILL NEED EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL!! We will need everyone to participate to help pull this off - but it will reap great rewards for our club, reputation, and fund raising. EVERYONE PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!
NEW BUSINESS
No New Business - but I am including a couple of reminders from last week on items that the Board approved just to help people remember.
The board made a recommendation that we keep our dues the same at $136.00 per quarter.
The Board made recommendations for the following donations:
Salvation Army $500 (for the school backpacks and shoes certificates)
Kids from Wisconsin $250 (toward the cost of bringing them here)
Hayward Project $500 (for the online platform on volunteer opportunities) Has been earmarked until the $ is needed.
Further budget discussion was that we will earmark approximately $900 for our dictionary project (similar to past years) and we will participate in the new City Sign that lists all the civic clubs.
NEGU - the Never Ever Give Up Joy Jars for the Jesse Reese Cancer organization. Mike VG indicated that the noon club wants to participate with us on this project - discussed having a small group take the lead on this and it will be a join project to get sponsorships/funds for approximately $15,000. Mike indicated that he would take the lead, BJ, Clare and Kathy would also help.
Club Schedule - Had a discussion on what would work best for our club in running meetings, trying to support increased participation and attendance and help support members who have jobs that make it more challenging to attend each week in the morning. Starting in September we are going to try to follow the model of Meeting on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays, Social event on the 3rd Thursday, and a Board meeting on the first Tuesday. There may be adjustments made to this based on things already scheduled and/or holidays. Please review the Upcoming Programs Calendar shown below!!
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
- Ruby's Pantry - Next date is Sat. Sept. 21. Get it on your calendar!!
- Cook a meal at St. Vincent de Paul's Pauls Pantry - Monika will be getting us a date in Nov.
- Oct. 17th Bourbon Tasting Event
- Oct. 24th Rose Day
UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
Aug. 22 - Joe E. - Joe Kinnear and Clark Yolitz from Dairy State Bank
Aug. 29 - No Meeting - Social Activity
September will begin our 3-4 month trial on the new meeting system of two formal meetings per month (Oct. is an exception) and one social event. The social event will be planned by two club members as part of the meeting host rotation. Please be flexible and open minded - this is a trial. You will get information each week - you just need to read the bulletin ;-) and mark your calendars!
Spt. 3 - Tuesday Board Meeting
Spt. 5 - No Meeting
Spt. 12 - Meeting - Bruce Goode Hosts
Spt. 19- No Meeting Social Event - Planned by Clare and Trudy
Spt. 21 - Saturday Volunteer Ruby's Pantry
Spt. 26 - Meeting - Jeremy Hosts
October will have meetings most of the month due to the DG visit, Bourbon Tasting and Rose Sales Events.
Oct. 3 - Meeting - Ed Bove DIstrict Governor Visit
Oct. 8 - Tuesday Board Meeting
Oct. 10 - Meeting - Andrew Morrison Hosts
Oct. 17 - Bourbon Tasting Event Meeting in morning to finalize any details, and turn in Rose Sales Money
Oct. 24 - Rotary Rose Day - No morning meeting - those who want to help can attend breakfast at Maxines at 7 AM
Oct. 31 - Meeting - no speaker - wrap up of Bourbon Tasting and Rose Sales.
November will have slight adjustment due to the Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov. 5 - Tuesday Board Meeting
Nov. 7 - No Meeting
Nov. 14 - Meeting - Ken P. hosts
Nov. 21 - Meeting (due to Holiday next week) Kathy R. hosts
Nov. 28 - No Meeting due to Thanksgiving Holiday
December will have slight adjustment due to Christmas Holiday
Dec. 3 - Tuesday Board Meeting
Dec. 5 - No Meeting
Dec. 12 - Meeting - Jason S. hosts
Dec. 19 - Meeting - Dean hosts (Will need to discuss what club members think about the schedule how we want to proceed in 2025).
Dec. 26 - No Meeting due to Christmas Holiday
Please be sure to let me know as soon as you have a program set up so it can be added to our schedule. If you need a zoom link please let Trudy/Joe E. know that as well. Thanks!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
August 16th the Salvation Army held a school supply backpack family day. We donated to this event and had a number of our club members participate - here are a few pics! Thanks folks for representing our club and helping out with this worthwhile event.
Rotary - A community of ordinary people banding together to accomplish extraordinary things.
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