(Board Meeting)
Attendees: Jen Neid, Chris Worthington, Nathaniel Damron, Bill Branum, Jim Eisenreich, Virgil Carroll, and Grete Krohn
Guest: Jim McCormick- St Paul Club
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- 5th Tuesday on 8/30- Venue to be announced.
- We will have a twist on the speakers, several members will be doing the programming for the speakers as opposed to Jen just booking the speakers
Fundraising Committee:
Inaugural Meeting 9/7 at Tami’s. Let Tami know if you are interested in attending.
Welcome Jerron Truth Hernandez!
Amy and Carlos Herenadez and family (owners of our habitat house) welcomed Jerron Truth on 7/27. He was 7lbs 7 oz.
The family is doing well, getting settled in their new home!
Rotary Days at ValleyFair
RI Districts 5950 and 5960 are encouraging Rotarians to take advantage of the special offer to attend Valleyfair on August 30th and 31st at reduced admission fees and the opportunity to have an optional catered picnic. Review the flyer and registration documents for details.
Click here for more information and registration!
Membership Access:
Need to change your address with RI or to check out your balance with the Foundation? The Member Access area of the Rotary International Web site is a password-protected information-management tool for all Rotarians.
To take advantage of the Member Access area, you must be a registered Rotarian. For those who have not already registered in Member Access, this one-time registration process requires a district, club, member ID number, and a valid e-mail address. Your club president or secretary can provide you with this information, which they can find in the semi-annual report, which was sent to each club secretary in July.
Subscribers to The Rotarian or Rotary World can also find their member ID on the mailing label. This number, directly above the
name on the label, is six to eight digits long. In addition, you can
also request your ID numbers by contacting the Department of
Data Services at data@rotaryintl.org.
New users can find helpful information in the Member Access section's Frequently Asked Questions page.
Please let me know if you need any help!
ROHMSID: Planning to reschedule in the fall.
Member Challenge #40:
Bring your donations for BOOKS FOR AFRICA to the next meeting!
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GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE - GSE:
Group Study Exchange is an educational program funded through the Rotary Foundation. It is a cultural and vocational exchange program between districts in different countries for businesspeople and professionals ages 25-40.
Rotary District 5960 is opening the applications for Group Study Exchange (GSE) team members and team leaders immediately for an exchange to Heidelberg, Germany (District 1860) in May, 2006. Applications are open for Team Leader and Team Member positions and are due from your Rotary Club to the District office by 5:00 pm on Sept 22, 2005.
Some important deadlines and information:
1. The outbound exchange will occur from May 15 – June 10, 2006.
2. Team leaders must be Rotarians
3. Team members must be non-Rotarian business or professional people between the ages of 25-40 years engaged in a recognized business or profession on a full-time basis for at least the past 2 years.
4. District level interviews for both team leaders and members are scheduled for October 8th at the Northern Star Council Boy Scouts of America in St. Paul. All applicants must be available all day, starting at 9:00 am. (Qualified candidates will be notified several days before of their interview time)
5. The President must sign the completed application.
6. Signed applications are due from Rotary Clubs on September 22 to the District Office.
7. All candidates must receive permission from their employers to participate in the exchange BEFORE the interview process.
8. Additional qualifications for team members (not team leaders) - Candidates cannot be spouses or lineal descendants of current Rotary members, they must be citizens of the United States of America, and must live or work within the limits of Rotary D-5960 and its clubs (St. Paul, southeastern and central MN, parts of western Wisconsin)
9. Applications are available on-line for download.
Consider getting your Rotary club involved in Group Study Exchange, - not only do the participants describe having a life changing experience, but individual clubs gain exposure of and within a new culture.
The timelines are short for this interview and selection process, so please act today by announcing the opportunity, recruiting qualified candidates by talking with your local businesses about the leadership and business development opportunities that GSE holds or consider asking your employee or a club member to apply.
For further information contact:
Kathy Stutzman D-5960 GSE Chair 2005-2006
kastutzm@smig.net | 507.219.0912
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Dinner Club:
Come join the Dinner Club for a night of Caribbean Dining and Salsa Dancing!
WHEN: Friday, August 12th at 7:45PM
WHERE: Tiburon Restaurant, Downtown Minneapolis
DETAILS: Dinner at 7:45. Live music and dancing start at 10PM so put on your dancing
shoes. [More information on Tiburon restaurant and directions]
RSVP: emccarville@cpmg.org
Hope you can make it!
Books for Africa Drive
Our first quarter collection drive for the 2005-2006 Rotary year will be for Books for Africa. You can start bringing in your items to the next meeting.
Here is a list of some of the items that they need:
- $$ (whole 20' container costs $5700-6000 to send; monetary donations accepted in any denomination- it all adds up); some people donate the shipping fee/book they donate- $0.38/book approx.
- volunteers for book sorting, Tues eve's from 5-9p.m., Wed from 9a.m.-4p.m., 1st & 3rd Sat. from 9a.m.-3p.m.
- books (1980 or more recent, nothing older than 1980)
- college texts (law and medical books much needed!!! science/engineering, various academic/trade journals, etc.)
- reading books (hard cover or trade paperback (i.e. the larger ones w/ more durable covers)
- children's books (books to learn on- Curious George, Goldenbooks, etc.)
- dictionaries (1990 or more recent, not paperback)
- school supplies (pencils, paper, pens, crayons)
What they don't need:
- markers
- regular paperbacks (the smaller ones typically have original price $2.95-7.95)
- grammar -high school texts
Events Sponsored by Former Speakers:
District Del Sol movie night, starting June 23: http://www.districtdelsol.com/movies.html
Stevie Ray Improv in the Park: (One-hour comedy shows every Sunday at 5:00 and 7:00pm, June 5 - August 28, 2005.
No show if it is raining or the grass is too wet to sit on.) http://www.stevierays.org/entertainment_comedy_improv.html
Guess the TC Nights Member! :
Which members of our club are legacies?
Last week’s answer:
Virgil Carroll has sat on the most District Committees: District Technology, District Generational Diversity Committee and District Webmaster.
Don’t forget to send your answers in. The person with the high score will get a prize at the end of each quarter. If the question is about you, you get credit.
Chris W -2
Jen -2
Virgil-2
Nora-1.5
Tami-1
Erin-1
Grete-1
Upcoming Events:
Need more info about the event? Click on the event for the contact information!
8/9-Board Meeting
8/12-Dinner Club-Tiburon
8/16-Speaker: Julie Green
8/23-District Governor’s Visit
8/26-8/27- Row-tary Babes
8/30-5th Tuesday
9/6-Speaker-TBA
9/13-Board Meeting
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