President John

Scribe: Tom Boylan Introduced by: John Lecave

President John LeCave opened the meeting at 7:30

John How led us in the pledge

Kurt Mitchler gave us inspiration from both Winston Churchill and Muhammed Ali.

Allen Christenson led us in an awesome version of ‘Here Comes the Sun.’

Tom Boylan provided the interpretation in written words.

No guest Rotarians today

Guests of Rotarians included:

Jack Hyde introduced Janet Hyde and Emma… Oops… Ella our amazing exchange student

Dennis Harris introduced himself

Birthday celebrations were promoted

Dick Bishop got a free lunch from Madison

Diane Brabetz made it a weeklong celebration

JB Leep has a new birthday weather station to predict a fun year coming up

President John celebrated with a dinner and a movie… Beauty and the Beast.

Wally Krutz, Sandie Krutz and Bill Bolster spent the past weekend planting trees in Lake County. They let us know that the Lake County clubs had a goal to raise $50K and wound up raising $1 million!

Steve Klick promoted the upcoming Chili Cook Off on the Town Green

Tom Hassur gave us a preview of the Italy trip that will be featured at the Lobster Feed. A vila and cooking lessons for 3 couples.

Next meeting we will meet our auctioneer. Be prepared for some fun.

Please direct people to our Lobster website for info and tickets.

John Hackenburg pitched the treasure chests raffle and need our help. Please check out the list and let John know if you can hold the goods associated with your treasure.

No pre-sale raffle tickets… Due to the new administration clamping down on… #fakenews

When the scheduled speaker heard we are a singing club… He bailed out. Pres John stepped up to be our speaker.

Our program started off with a list of the good things we do for the community. It is always good to see that we show our concern for people of all ages.

We then went on to review the club’s goals. In many areas we are moving in the right direction, but a few areas need support including the Windsor Community Foundation which is $7K short of goal at this time.

We switched gear to convert red badges to blue badges.

Carol Martin let us know that she is here because she had always planned to be a part of the change in her community.

Doug Lyons has been smitten by the way our community offers an opportunity to give back. He researched the various organizations and decided that Rotary is an impressive organization with positive people.

JB Leep has always been involved with his business and now he is anxious to be involved with Rotary and the community.

Robin Phillips had a mentor in her mom who was a president in Kiwanis. Her childhood gave her the understanding that as a citizen you give back to the community. When she became a mother she reflected that she needed to give them the inspiration that her mother gave her by giving back to the community.

Doug Williams reflected on how much he appreciated the club for reaching out to him as a friend over the years. With his retirement he opted to join us in giving back to our community.

Pres John summed up the importance of keeping the Rotary water moving by inviting people to either join a meeting, the club, or just participate in the Lobster Feed.

Pres John is challenging members to consider an elevator speech. He shared Wally’s short and long story… He handed out a flyer and because I have to type the message… Here is a short version:

We’re a leadership organization..

We’re made up of local business, professional and civic leaders.

We meet regularly, get to know each other, form friendships and through that we’re able to get things done in this community and around the world.

Dick Bishop shared that what he likes about Rotary is that no matter what city you go to, you can find a welcome from the Rotary club.

Maureen Merrill shared that we are a service club located all over the world that can accomplish amazing projects.

Bill Bolster shared that Rotary can respond to emergencies and exceed the goal.

Wally Krutz says just speak from the heart and people will be inspired and gravitate towards Rotary.

1. Marie Coakley says to her Rotary is family.

Pres John wrapped it up by asking us to think about Rotary and what it means to us.

“Go out and do something Rotary!”