Reminder - Rotary Meeting Thursday December 29 (Dec 27, 2022)

Meeting Notification Reminder, December 29, 2022 7:00 AM Stevies Cafe, Rice Lake

Good Morning,

Reminding you that we have our meeting this Thursday, December 29 at 7:00 AM at Stevies Cafe. I think our nasty weather should be behind us for a bit so hopefully we get a good turnout! Clare will be leading some discussion and thoughts on Service Projects. We will also be playing some games to ring in the new year and hopefully we will have our Raffle Tickets as well.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

- BELL RINGING

Thank you to all who were able to ring bells. I know that personally - the people I invited to help ring on my shift and I had a great time.

- Hat/Mitten Donation - If you didn't get a chance to - you can still bring your hats/mittens to our meeting. Clare can still use them for the Free Clinic distribution.

- Food Pantry Donation - We did agree as a club to donate $500 to the county food pantries. We will be making our donations at our January 12 meeting.

- Valentines Raffle - Tickets are printed and will be handed out soon!

- Membership Information Meeting - Jan. 19 - please put together your list of invitees. If you have asked someone and they have said no....let Don know. If you have asked someone and they have said yes....let Don know. We are trying to get a number of attendees as well as who is not interested so we don't bother them. Remember those names from when Don when through our speaker list.....get in touch with those people!!

Also please review the link below for information on how one club was able to increase their membership and keep their current members as well. This is the information from our DG Dayle:

Growing Membership via Service – If you haven’t heard Alex Johnson speak, you have missed out. The district membership team had him at their monthly meeting in November and he was once again fantastic. You missed it???? That’s a shame. However, you have two more opportunities. You can click here and see the tape session.

The purpose of our membership meeting is to invite those interested in learning about Rotary. It is an opportunity to showcase what we are all about and increase our membership.

To help with recruitment, we are offering a provisional membership for 3 months (lower cost) so potential members can check us out before committing to a full membership. Please continue to reach out to the people Don Drost helped us to identify and any others you think might be interested.

One last thought - it is VERY important that our own membership plan to attend this meeting...we need to set the example.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS:

Dec. 29 - Clare J. - Service Projects Discussion

Jan. 5 - Trudy K. - Membership Meeting Final Planning

Jan. 12 - Jeremy M. - Food Pantry Donations/Invitation

Jan. 19 - Membership Meeting

Jan. 26 - Ken P. (tentative) Peg Martin with Students in the Exchange program (hoping to reschedule this for the 22nd or Jan 5)

Feb. 2 - Kathy R

Feb. 9 - Jason S.

Feb. 16 - Valentines Raffle

Feb. 23 - Dean S.

Mar. 2 - Jim S.

Mar. 9 - Mike VG

Mar. 16 - Deanna W.

Mar. 23 - BJ W

Dayle Quigley - Newsletter items - week 26 (This is the same information from last week....I have not received a Week 26 newsletter from Dayle yet.)

MUST READS/TO DOS

1. Succession – The next short, sweet, and sensational training for PEs immediately following the mid-term. January 7^th – it will be a working lunch and your PE will be out to still enjoy the afternoon. There are currently clubs without a PE listed in Rotary Central. Getting going, you don’t want to be the last one.

2. Register for Mid-term – If you haven’t done this already, get going. It’s time. Click the button. It will be fact and fun filled. You don’t want to miss out. Please encourage your club members to attend as well. Cost? It’s free. Nothing better than that.

3. Pass on your Goals – The next PE training is all about setting goals. Your PE will be setting their 2023-24 goals on Jan 7^th. To do this, they need to know what your goals were for membership and foundation. What you say? I was supposed to have goals? CRAZY. Like everything thing else in life, the key is to keep turning the wheel and getting a little bit better every year. So yes, Patricia McCleese the current DGE is turning the wheel and making sure that clubs have goals actually listed in Rotary Central. So please pass on your current goals to your PE prior to the mid-term. Why wait? Send them an email with the info right now.

4. Grants – Does your club want to obtain a district or global grant for the year 2023-24? If so, someone from your club MUST attend a Grant Management Seminar. If they want to go for a global grant then someone must also attend a Global Grant Seminar. This requirement is not waived. The Grant Team does not hold extra sessions for those who don’t show up. My recommendation, send someone. It’s great information and then you are set if suddenly it seems like a good idea. Here are the dates. They are all via zoom.

GRANTS MANAGEMENT SEMINARS

Thursday, March 23, 2023 - 3- 7:00-8:30pm

Saturday, March 25, 2023 - 9:00-10:30am

Tuesday, March 28, 2023 - 3:00-4:30pm

GLOBAL GRANTS WORKSHOPS

Thursday, March 30, 2023 - 7:00-8:30pm

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 - 3:00-4:30pm

INTERESTING OPPORTUNITIES

1. Personal Protective Equipment - If you are your club members are interested in knowing how to get rid of their pandemic masks responsibly, click here for more information.

2. End of Year Donations – You have until December 31^st to make donations to the Rotary Foundation and still get the tax advantage. Instructions regarding IRA or Qualified Charitable Contributions can be found here. Use this to help donors expedite any contributions they would like to give to the Rotary Foundation before 31 December.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Apr 29^th – Tri-District Conference – Madden’s Resort at Gull Lake

Apr 27-29^th – CAMP RYLA – registration is now open. It’s time to not only find but also to register local students (from your club whether it is in MN or WI). It is life changing for students as they realize their potential to lead and go back to their high schools ready to do just that. Check out the new website and register your students. CampRYLA.org

Jan 7^th – Mid-term Conference – Hamlin University – 8-11:30 Register Now.

UPCOMING PODCASTS – SEARCHING for SERVICE - check it out – Radio AM 950 – Sundays at 3pm, your favorite supplier of podcasts the following day.

Jan 8^th – Mike Kaiser – Good Samaritan Clubs

Jan 22th – Stephanie Urchick – RI President 20224-25 (there will be a live Q&A via YouTube Live on Friday January 20^th from 1-2pm)

Jan 29^th – Mike Deluca – Global Traveler’s Club

General Speakers

1. Deano Pape - Deano Pape is president of Austin Rotary and has a talk that he is happy to deliver to area Rotary clubs called The 100 Hour Day: Welcome to Your Cell phone. He does an exercise with the audience that measures their technology consumption and discusses the effects of our social media and cellphone engagement. He also tailors his talk to specific requests, such as effects on our personal relationships, productivity in the workplace, education, political polarization, and/or post-lockdown uses of technology and where we go from here. You can reach out directly to him at deanopape@gmail.com.

2. Annie Nolte-Henning - Annie is Director of the Americas for Alight (previously the American Refugee Committee) - she is knowledgeable and inspiring. If she can't come and talk, she has a staff that can. Very cool. Give her a ring 402.297.2368

3. Bill Goodwin - This one comes to use via our own Kathy Hughitt. She has heard Bill speak on leadership but states that he is capable of speaking on multiple topics. Kathy says he is very engaging. Bill is also one of our Lakeville Rotarian. bill@prioritylivingmn.com

MEETING REMINDERS:

Please let Trudy know your program speaker as soon as possible. Thanks!
If you want a Zoom link - let Joe Erickson know by MONDAY before our Thursday meetings.
Any program materials for presentations can be emailed to barronsunriserotary@outlook.com (link is also found in the cc section of every email reminder). This email goes directly to our club computer and will make presentations easier for our guest speakers.

Respectfully Submitted by Trudy Kroeger

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