If you are listed to do invocation or as the student host and are unable to attend that day, please find a replacement. Thank you.
Student host responsibilities: If you are listed to be student host, please plan to arrive by 11:40 a.m. to greet the students as they come in. Assign one student to a Rotarian so they are spread out at different tables. Try to have different Rotarians each week host students, so the students can meet several people.
Greeter
December - Mary Seely
January - need greeter
Greeting is a great way for new members to meet other members.
Fellowship
December - Carrie Donaire
and Doug Bertrand
January - Jack Robinson
and Matt Steenhard
Fellowship Fines - Scholarship Fundraiser
December 4 - $369.00
YTD: $5,506.75
Attendance - December 4 - 66%
Present - 57
Exempt - 7
Absent - 30
Membership - December
Total membership: 94
New members: 0
Members that resigned: 0
Membership goal: 101
Tom Determann proposed Dave Rose of Rose Investmentsfor membership. If no written objection to the proposal, stating reasons, is received by the Board by any member within seven (7) days following the publication, Dave shall be inducted into membership.
Please note: new members will have to pay an application fee of $25 to cover administrative costs (pin and badge), effective November 1, 2017.
RI President Ian Riseley supports to give clubs more flexibility in membership and meetings. "If you want to meet every week, and it suits your club, that's great. But there are people who can't do that, for whatever reason. To me, the flexibility is really important." (excerpt from the article in July 2017 Rotarian)
Member information - please submit any changes to your mailing and/or home addresses and emails to Ida (edal@mchsi.com). Thank you!
Congratulations!
Rotary Birthdays for
December 11 - December 17, 2017
Mark Rutenbeck - 12/12
No Rotary Anniversaries for
December 11 - December 17, 2017
Sunshine
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Of the things we think, say or do
1. Is it the TRUTH
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned
3. Will it bring GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIP
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Volume 72 Number 22, December 11, 2017
Be a Paul Harris Foundation Minute Sponsor for the month of December.
For just $26.50 you can be a sponsor. Contact Ida if interested.
In celebration of Christmas and New Year,
no Club Meetings December 25 and
January 1, 2018
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Announcements
FACTOID: The Rotary International Convention Schedule
2018 Toronto, Canada
2019 Hamburg, Germany
2020 Honolulu, Hawaii
2021 Taipei, Taiwan
2022 Houston, Texas
A BIG Thank you to Jennifer Graf, Phoebe Soenksen, Rod Tokheim, Tom Determann, Lori Freudenberg, Val Hill, Dale Dalton and Christie Collins, Gary DeLacy,Al and Ida Lorenz., Rich Klahn and daughter Autumn, Chuck Gustaveson, Gabriella Torres, Brian Wright, Lynn McGraw, Andrew Kida, Dee Willoughby and daughter Carrie who did the Rotary Salvation Army bell ringing last Saturday.
Mark your calendar: Rotary auction date is Friday, April 27, 2018, at the Eagle Point Lodge. This year's theme: Lumberjacks
UpcomingClub Programs are being posted once a month in the Clinton Herald.
Grant Management Seminary - West Liberty Community Center
February 17, 2018 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Grant Management Seminar - West Des Moines Shive-Hattery, Inc.
February 24, 2018 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Program for December 11, 2017
Holiday luncheon featuring CHS Acapella Choir directed by Karl Wolf
Program for December 18, 2017
Topic:Our Club member commemoration, honoring Rotarians who have passed; this solemn service will be led by Doug Bertram and Carrie Donaire. A Christmas story will be provided by (ret.) Pastor Paul Holmer.
No meeting December 25 - Christmas Day
No meeting January 1 - New Year's Day
Program for Janauary 8, 2018
Speaker: Rotarian Gary Foster
Topic: 2017 and 2018 Tax Changes
December Program Chairs: Jennifer Graf
Kathy Klahn
January Program Chairs: Cheryl McCulloh and Kathy Forrest
Meeting of December 4, 2017
Guest: Stacy Kelley and Dave Rose guest of Maureen Miller, Mindy Burgraff guest of Kathy Klahn and Jennifer Hansen guest of Shannon Sander-Welzien
Student guests: Matthew Stewart and Olivia Calvin of Clinton HS, Katie Motroni and Mitchell Colman of Prince of Peace HS and Kalley Stolls and Nicole Slocker of CCC.
Strategic Planning Meeting - President Rich asked members for their input and ideas regarding membership and project and public image. Following some lively discussions, members shared their thoughts with the club.
Service Projects for 2017
World Bicycle Relief. World Bicycle Relief has announced another 1:1 match for ALL donations received between now and the end of December. D600 Governor Mike Ruby is fairly certain this will be the final match for this Rotary year. Members are encouraged to take advantage of this “double your gift” offer. Remember to use this link for donations: http://rotary.worldbicyclerelief.org/rotary-district-6000
Foundation Minute
Good News! As of November there have only been 15 reported cases of polio in the world - Rotary leaders, top health experts, and celebrities met for World Polio Day in Seattle, Washington and agreed that the paralyzing disease has never been closer to being eradicated globally.
The cases, which remain in Afghanistan and Pakistan, are the lowest count of polio cases in history. Every year 2.2 billion vaccine doses are delivered to 430 million children through a sophisticated vaccine supply and logistics network. This is accomplished by thousands of Rotary members, volunteers and front-line health workers. Everywhere around the world, Rotarians show us with their quiet but inspiring determination, how it can make it possible for 16 million children to be alive and walking.
And the effort continues; this year Rotary committed to raising $50 million over the next three years with every dollar matched by two dollars from the Gates Foundation. This agreement will yield up to $450 million for the eradication effort.
Many of these funds will be raised in creative ways: The Rotary Club of Viljoenskroon, South Africa put End Polio Now piggy banks in local businesses, and in Brazil, the Rotaract Club of Curitiba Oeste, Parana put on a rock concert and donated all ticket sales to End Polio Now. All in all Rotarians are holding more than 2700 events like these worldwide.
The effort to eradicate polio continues – and we are almost there. Please give generously so that we can finally CELEBRATE! its extinction.
Club Committee
for information when a committee meets, contact the respective committee chair.
COMMUNITY SERVICE – Idell Klein
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE – David Pillers
MEMBERSHIP – Sue Watkins
PUBLIC RELATIONS – Jennifer Graf (Holly Youngquist as of 1/1/18)
FOUNDATION – Brian Wright
INTERACT - Peggy Sellnau
SCHOLARSHIPS – Rob Cassidy
STUDENT SERVICE / WEEKLY STUDENT GUESTS – Shannon Sander-Weizien
AUCTION COMMITTEE -Kathy Klahn and Jennifer Graf, co-chair
STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE - Dale Dalton, chair
SUNSHINE – Mary Swanson/Jennifer Graf/Ida Lorenz
CLUB SECRETARY – Ida Lorenz
CLUB TREASURER – Lynn McGraw (Dale Dalton as of 1/1/18)
Club Board Meeting: December 2017 Board meeting is scheduled for December 15, at 7:00 a.m. at Happy Joe's. All members are welcome.
Auction Committee meetings will be held at the Clinton National Bank Trust bldg. Dates and times will be announced.
ROTARY FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS for 2017/18:
John Frey (President),Gary Foster (VP), Lynn McGraw (Treasurer),Norlan Hinke and Ida Lorenz (Asst. Treasurers)
Directors: Jim Bruhn, Kathy Forrest, Edith Pfeffer, Mark Rutenbeck, Dee Willoughby and Brian Wright.
