Twin
Cities Nights Rotary 08-09
Upcoming events – mark your calendar!
December 22
-Volunteer Service – (Richfield Value Village; 66th
and Penn; 6:30)
December 29
– Book Club
The Natural Step for
Communities: How Cities and Towns can Change to Sustainable
Practices by Sarah James
and Torbjrn Lahti AND/OR
Nickeled and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by
Barbara Ehrenreich (Michelle’s Condo)
January 5 –
Speaker Ann Sorenson, Professor of Film at Northwestern
College will be presenting "Film History: Analysis &
Action". Come learn some fascinating facts about the film
industry! (Chatterbox)
January 12
- Board Meeting (Chatterbox)
January 17
– MidTerm Meeting (OakLand Jr. High in Lake Elmo)
January 19
– Speaker Lisa Stordahl with Tree House Youth Organization
(Chatterbox)
January 26
- Volunteer Service (TBA)
February 2
– Speaker “Dairy Farming in Minnesota and Diamond S Farm”
with Kathy Skiba (Chatterbox)
February 9
- Board Meeting (Chatterbox)
February 16
- Speaker (Chatterbox)
February 23
- Volunteer Service (TBA)
March 2 -
Speaker (Chatterbox)
March 9 -
Board Meeting (Chatterbox)
March 16 -
Speaker (Chatterbox)
March 23 -
Volunteer Service (TBA)
March 30 –
Book Club
April 6 -
Speaker (Chatterbox)
April 13 -
Board Meeting (Chatterbox)
April 20 -
Speaker (Chatterbox)
April 27 -
Volunteer Service (TBA)
May 4 -
Speaker (Chatterbox)
May 11 -
Board Meeting (Chatterbox)
May 18 -
Speaker (Chatterbox)
May 25 -
Volunteer Service (TBA)
June 1 -
Speaker (Chatterbox)
June 8 -
Board Meeting (Chatterbox)
June 15 -
Speaker (Chatterbox)
June 22 -
Volunteer Service (TBA)
June 29 –
Book Club (TBA)
Future
topics
"Health
Care Consulting: What's all the benefit buzz about?" with
Amy Grondahl
Meeting information:
Who:
Twin Cities Nights Rotary is a small casual club. There are
typically 5-10 members at the meetings.
When:
Monday evenings from 6:30-7:45pm.
Where:
We are at the Chatterbox on Ford Parkway and Cleveland
behind the Blockbuster. We meet in the room at the back of
the restaurant.
Presentation details for the speaker:
We have a projector and screen available if you would like
to bring a laptop for the presentation. We order dinner
between 6:20-6:30 and you are welcome to have dinner with
us. We then move into club announcements with the speaker
starting just before 7pm with 20-30 minutes to present.
Past
Speakers and events
June 30th- Book Club at Megan's – Three Cups of Tea by Greg
Mortenson
July 7th- Speaker - How Planes Fly with Kevin Glenney
(Chatterbox)
July 14th- Board Meeting (Chatterbox on Ford Pkwy and
Cleveland)
July 21st-Speaker – STRIVE with Craig Leiser (Chatterbox)
July 28th- Club Assembly
(Chatterbox)
August 4th- Speaker – Kiva.com with
Drew Mons (Chatterbox)
August 8th – Foundation, Membership and PR
Seminar (8:30am – 1:30pm; Prom Center, Oakdale)
August 11th- Board Meeting (Chatterbox)
August 18th-Speaker – Polio Plus
with Charlie Cogan (Chatterbox)
August 25th- Volunteer Service (Richfield Value Village;
66th and Penn)
September 1st -Labor Day- No Meeting
September 8th - Board Meeting (Chatterbox)
September 15th-Speaker – Matt Hill – Ambassadorial Scholar
(Chatterbox)
September 22nd- Official District Governor visit with DG Roy
Sjoberg (Chatterbox)
September 29th- Book Club – The World is Flat by
Thomas Friedman (at Michelle Arulfo’s condo)
October 6 –Speaker – District 5960 Sustainable Communities
Efforts with Judy Freund and Stew Erickson (Chatterbox)
October 13 – Speaker - Ten Thousand Villages with Mindy
Ahler (Chatterbox)
October 20 - Speaker - Junior Achievement with Elizabeth
Olson (Chatterbox)
October 27 - Volunteer Service (Shalom Home, St. Paul)
October 30 – Membership Event; 5:30-7:00pm (O’Gara’s, St.
Paul)
November 1 – The Rotary Foundation Gala Dinner Event (Prom
Center in Oakdale)
November 3 -Speaker – Noelle Volin; World Peace Fellow to
Japan (Chatterbox)
November 7
– Poinsettia Orders must be in. Please e-mail or fax order
forms to Jen Neid at 651.695.8007.
November 10 - Board Meeting – Cancelled!
November 13 – 10,000 Villages Fundraiser 5:00-8:00pm (on
Grand in St. Paul)
November 17 –Speaker - Today’s Children, Tomorrow’s Future.
Literacy Mentoring with Terry Nichols (Chatterbox)
November 24
- Poinsettia Delivery (location TBD) will be just in time
for Thanksgiving
November 24 -Volunteer Service - Women’s Advocates (Women’s
Advocates)
December 1 –Speaker – Rotary Club Visioning; making our
future real with Michelle Arulfo
December 8 - Board Meeting (Chatterbox)
December 15 –Speaker - Jim Zitek – Help! The News is Driving
Me Crazy! (Chatterbox)
Meeting information:
Who:
We have a small casual club. There are typically 5-10
members at the meetings.
When:
Monday evenings from 6:30-7:45pm.
Where:
We are at the Chatterbox on Ford Parkway and Cleveland
behind the Blockbuster. We meet in the room at the back of
the restaurant.
Presentation details for the speaker: We have a projector and screen available if you would like to bring
a laptop for the presentation.
We order dinner between 6:20-6:30 and you are welcome to
have dinner with us. We then move into club announcements
with the speaker starting just before 7pm with 20-30 minutes
to present.