Speaker: Craig Waldron- City of Oakdale Administrator
Our guest spoke of the challenges that are facing local governments. The two biggest issues are financial and technological. Craig educated us on the challenges and some of the solutions used by local governments.
An interesting fact: The average household now has more computing power than existed in the world in 1965.
Attendees: Mona McGarthwaite, Grete Krohn, Chris Worthington, Dan Geer, Nathaniel Damron, Bill Branum, Tami Eshult, Jim Eisenreich, Jackie Cadalbert, and Glenda Paape.
Guest(s): Craig Waldron
Next Meeting: 11/22/05: Presentation: New Generations of Rotary - Virgil Carroll
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Poinsettia Sale: Delivery: Friday, 12/2 at Roseville Radisson from 1-5pm
Ambassadorial Scholarship Selection Committee
Grete is looking for members of the Ambassadorial Selection committee this spring. If you are interested, please let her know.
Quarterly collection: women’s advocates
We will be collecting for Women’s Advocates, a shelter for women in St Paul. This is the same group as last year.
Their needs this year are:
- Old Cell Phones
- Women’s Underwear (New)
- Full Size Toiletries
Leadership Position Opportunity
Club Secretary for Rotary Year 2006-2007
Crucial position to the success of the club and perfect for those who like to be in the know.
Jen Neid is considering making this position a co-secretary position.
Please contact Jen if you are interested or have any questions!
Sponsor A Family
Once again, we are sponsoring a family for the Holiday Season. We have registered with the Sponsor A Family Program which is sponsored by Lutheran Social Services and Catholic Charities and they will match us with a family in need. We ask individual club members to contribute what they can and then we set up a shopping night. Tammy Johnson has agreed to chair this project again and will be sending out the family info when we receive it. The shopping date has been set for Thursday 12/1.
Membership momentum
The next meeting will be at Tami’s on 11/30 at 6:30pm.
Community Service Project: Meal Service at Family Service Center-Maplewood
We will be assisting in the preparation, service and clean up of a meal for residents of Family Service Center in Maplewood on Tuesday 11/29. The time frame is 4-7. Whoever can show up between 4-4:30 to help with prep, they will have a cook there to supervise us. Meal service is from 5:30-6:30 and it takes about ½ to clean up. Afterwards, I am sure Bill is planning an interesting 5th Tuesday!
More info to follow.
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Give to the Rotary "Katrina Relief Fund" (DAF-TRF)
My Fellow Rotarians and My Amigos:
All of us have been shocked by the Hurricane Katrina disaster that affected the Gulf Coast area of the United States. The images are heartbreaking and the extent of the devastation is unbelievable . . . yet we must believe it because we see it every time we read a newspaper or turn on a television set. Each of us, in our own way, wants to do something to help those who have lost everything.
Rotary Zones 29 & 30 comprise 24 Rotary districts in 12 southern and Midwestern U.S. states. These zones include all of the areas which have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. To assist in the relief effort, the Zones have established the "Katrina Relief Fund", a donor advised fund (DAF) with The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. This fund will serve to help streamline the flow of contributions from Rotarians and others looking to assist victims of the hurricane disaster.
A committee identified by the leadership in the two zones will work with local Rotary clubs and districts, as well as emergency relief agencies to meet the most pressing needs of people in the affected areas.
Directors of the fund are RI Director Robert A Stuart Jr.; Immediate Past RI Vice President John Germ; Duane Sterling, a past general manager of the Foundation; Donald Collette, a past Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator, and Kenneth Schuppert, a Major Gift Advisor for the Foundation. Together, the directors bring outstanding experience and qualifications related to their responsibilities as custodians of the relief fund, including law, engineering, electrical power systems, management of disaster programs, and fund supervision.
The fastest way to contribute to the "Katrina Relief Fund (DAF-TRF)" is to donate online using your credit card. The company which is processing these transactions will accept all international credit cards which will automatically convert your contribution into US$ which is the only currency form the fund can receive. I encourage you to help those who have been affected by this disaster by contributing today to The Rotary Foundation Katrina Relief Fund (DAF- TRF).
Rotarians throughout Zones 29 and 30 and all of North America have organized and come forward to provide disaster relief including food, clothing, water and shelter. They are helping to relocate refugees and to get children registered in school. They are working around the clock. They need your help in providing supplies and services but most of all they need your financial contribution today. The Katrina Relief Fund will send your contributions directly to organizations that Rotary is working with to provide support to the biggest relief effort in the history of the United States. I encourage you to forward this message to other Rotarians so we can reach as many of our members as possible. We need everyone's support in this endeavor.
For more information on relief efforts and other ways to help, please visit RI's World Community Service Disaster Relief page and check the RI home page frequently for updates. For complete information on Donor Advised Funds please visit the Rotary web site.
On behalf of The Rotary Foundation and the Board of Trustees, I thank you for your generosity and for the help that your contribution will provide for the nearly 1 million people who have been left destitute and homeless by this disaster.
Through your contribution, you will be "Lending a Hand" and demonstrating Rotary's motto of "Service Above Self" as you extend the spirit of the "Family of Rotary" to all who's lives have been disrupted by this horrific disaster. For this I thank you.
Yours in Service Above Self,
Frank J. Devlyn - Chairman
The Rotary Foundation Trustees
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GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE - GSE: GSE NEWS
GSE TEAM TO GERMANY
We had an applicant for the GSE team for Germany and she was accepted!
Jill Javor is an outgoing Training Specialist at Allina Health Systems working with the team on implementing the new Electronic Medical Record. Jill was recruited by Michelle Blommel.
We look forward to having Jill as a guest prior to her departure in May.
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THE MAGIC OF THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
ROTARY DISTRICT 5960
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2005
5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Como Zoo and Conservatory Visitor Center
1225 Estabrook Drive
St. Paul, MN 55103
Keynote Speaker Tom Thorfinnson,
Rotary Regional Foundation Chair 2003 - 2006
FELLOWSHIP
PROJECT DISPLAYS
SILENT AUCTION
DINNER
International dress is encouraged!
New Monument Honors Paul Harris
Rotary Founder Paul Harris is among 20 Americans recognized in a new U.S. national monument honoring pioneers in service.
The "Extra Mile -- Points of Light Volunteer Pathway," a series of bronze markers, was unveiled along a one-mile stretch of downtown Washington, DC, several blocks east of the White House.
The monument honors and tells the stories of selfless Americans who turned their dreams of helping others into great movements that have created enduring change.
Former U.S. President George Bush dedicated the monument October 14.
Dinner Club
11/16- 7pm
Shuang Cheng Restaurant in Dinkytown
Yes, it's back to school at the old U of MN for the next Twin Cities Nights Dinner Club event on Wednesday, November 16 at 7 PM.
We will be dining in Dinkytown at the Shuang Cheng Restaurant at 1320 4th St. S.E - (612) 378-0208. This little restaurant on 4th St. SE just past the 14th Ave. and 4th SE. intersection specializes in Chinese seafood; it is excellent and authentic,.
Free parking is validated in the Dinkytown Parking Lot one block north on 5th St. SE between 14th and 15th St.
Please come and bring your friends for fun evening of companionship and a taste of the Orient. Please RSVP by Tuesday November 15 so that numbers can be confirmed with the restaurant.
Dave Gilberstadt
651-695-8731
Movie Club
From our Club Service Committee:
Twin Cities Nights now has a Movie Club. It’s basically the same premise as the Dinner Club, but it’s a movie.
Our Inaugural Screening will be Sunday 11/20 at Brookdale.
The movie will either be North Country or Harry Potter or maybe a double feature. Grete Krohn is chairing the Inaugural Screening.
Who knows maybe the Movie Club will host an Oscar pool or an Oscar party?
Midterm Meeting
Annual Mid Term Review for District 5960 Stillwater Junior High School NOTE NEW LOCATION Stillwater, Minnesota 8:00 am - 12:30 pm
Please let Tami know if you are attending.
Mark your calendars!
January 26 th is our 2 nd Birthday Party at Summit.
More details to follow.
Contact Virgil if you would like to help!
Valentine’s Day Rose Sale
We are doing a Valentine’s Day Rose Sale!
Please contact Nora if you would like to help!
ROTARY TIDBIT OF THE WEEK
RI Switches 2007 and 2011 Convention Host CiteThe RI Board of Directors has chosen Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, as the site for 2007 RI Convention, slated for the state-of-the-art Salt Palace Convention Center, from 17-20 June. The 3 November decision by the Board essentially switches New Orleans, now designated to host the convention in 2011, with Salt Lake City.
For more information check out the RI Website!
Guess the TC Nights Member! : Which member went to the premiere of Usher’s new movie?
Last week’s answer:
Nathaniel has been to Antarctica.
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.
Bill - 2
Nora - 3
Jim - 2
Tammy - 1
Grete - 3
Jackie - 1.5
Chris - 2
Tami - 1
Nathaniel - 1
Susan Reische - 1
Michelle Blommel- 1
Upcoming Events:
Need more info about the event? Click on the event for the contact information!
11/16- Dinner Club-Shuang Cheng Restaurant
11/22- New Generations Presentation
11/29- Community Service Project- Ramsey County Family Service Center
11/29- Sponsor-A-Family Shopping Trip
12/2- Poinsettia Delivery
12/3- District Foundation Event - Como
12/6- Speaker-TBA
12/13- Board Meeting
12/20- Christmas Party
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