The Board met Thursday at 7 a.m. December 1st in Crouse Cafe. The following items of business were discussed.
Attendees: Dave T. Jennifer Mc., Ron H., Seth L., Mckinley S., and Terry P. Dave led the meeting in Laura’s absence.
Interact –
Our new banner has been installed in the High School Gym.
Interact members are assisting at the Holiday Extravaganza event with the Lion’s Club “Santa Project”.
Interact is working on several projects and looking for more things to do.
Ron reported on foundation events.
Drew is creating a poster to show our club’s contributions to the Foundation during this 100th anniversary year.
Arlen will be asked to share how new members can become Paul Harris Fellows.
Ron has tickets for the Iowa Energy basketball game on Jan. 28th. Members can purchase the $16 tickets from Ron. If a member is not interested in attending, a ticket, or tickets, may be purchased from Ron, which will then be donated to allow disadvantaged youth to attend. One half of the ticket price is donated by the Iowa Energy to PolioPlus.
Our Club’s Foundation Dinner has been scheduled for Friday, April 21st at the Annelise Winery. Menu and Speaker will be announced later.
Annelise Winery has supported our Club for the past three years by donating their venue for our Foundation dinner. The Board approved designating Annelise Winery as an Honorary Paul Harris Fellow.
Ron stated that 31 people from District 6000 and RYE Students attended the Pumpkin Fest, held at the Warren County Historical Museum in October. A motion to donate $1 / person or a total of $31 to the museum was approved.
Service Committee Report
Details are being worked out for a canned food drive by club members to Helping Hand.
Plans to build a shelter at Pickard Park have been shelved due to cost. Instead, the Service Committee is looking at alternative ideas for the Pickard Park area.
Upon Ron’s mention of establishing a Habitat For Humanity work day, Terry Pauling challenged club members to commit to a work day. In exchange, EXIT Realty North Star will donate $50 for each member that works on the current project.
Financial Report
Seth stated that he is in the process of setting up regular schedule invoices for Rotary Quarterly dues. The Oct.-Dec. 2016 Invoice will be sent out soon. Then the Jan.-Mar. 2017 invoice will be sent out in early January 2017.
Seth is preparing a presentation to club members on “How to make donations” to the Rotary Foundation, with the primary purpose of making sure everyone receives credit for their donation.
Several donation requests were discussed. A motion by Ron, with second by Seth, approved the following:
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The award honors organizations that show philanthropic commitment and leadership through financial support, innovation, encouragement of others, and involvement in public affairs. Some of the boldest names in American giving — Kellogg, Komen, and MacArthur, among others —are past honorees.
“We are honored to receive this recognition from the AFP, which gives us even more reason to celebrate during our Foundation’s centennial year,” says Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair Kalyan Banerjee. “The continued strong support of Rotary members will help us keep our promise of a polio-free world for all children and enable the Foundation to carry out its mission of advancing world understanding, goodwill, and peace. We look forward to another 100 years of Rotary members taking action to make communities better around the world.”
The announcement came on 15 November, known to industry professionals since the 1980s as National Philanthropy Day. The award will be presented in early 2017 at the AFP’s annual conference in San Francisco.
Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair-elect Paul Netzel is set to accept the award on Rotary’s behalf, and Eric Schmelling, director of fund development at Rotary, will speak at the conference. The event is expected to draw more than 3,400 senior-level fundraising professionals from 33 countries.
“While almost everyone is familiar with Rotary, not everyone may realize just how much of an impact Rotary and The Rotary Foundation have had on countless people and communities across the globe,” says Jason Lee, AFP president and CEO. “On behalf of the entire charitable sector and people around the world, all of us at AFP are honored to be able to recognize The Rotary Foundation as our 2016 Outstanding Foundation.”
AFP’s committee of judges cited Rotary’s comprehensive campaign to eradicate polio as a major driver of the selection. They also mentioned that Rotary applies a methodical, purposeful approach to support a wide variety of causes, from providing clean water to educating the next generation of peace professionals.
State Public Defender Adam Gregg from our State's new Wrongful Conviction Division, has a 25 minute presentation titled “Under the Microscope: Identifying Wrongful Convictions in Iowa".
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