Rotary Meeting Minutes 3/16/22
 
Greeter:
This week: Diane
Next week: 3/23 Josh 
 
Scribe:
This week: Diane 
Next week: 3/23 Rich Hoppe, 3/30 Tristam, 4/6 KJ
 
Sargent at Arms
This week: 3/16 KJ 
Next week: 3/23 Jon
 
Speaker: 3/16 Tristam, 3/23 Diane, 3/30 Staci
 
Rotary Minute Great Reasons to be a Rotarian: Fun, cultural awareness, citizenship in the community, entertainment, personal growth and development, prestige, traveling assistance, citizenship in the world, opportunity to serve, public speaking skills, continuing education, friendship, business development, development of social skills, leadership development, family program, nice people, development of ethics. 
Quote:  Rotary’s Vision Statement: “Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.”
 
Rotary Anniversaries: Justin - 3 yrs and Tristan T - 16 yrs
Birthdays:   none
Student Rotarians:
Ava – Nordic is over, not a lot of snow this year. Came in 14th and 10th in state, qualified for VT state elite team this weekend; race in ME with other NE schools. Governors institute this year. Track starting.
Bree – business classes reaching out to BUHS students, FBLA conference this week (zoom to Burlington). First day at BUHS without masks.
Announcements:
Stacy: Trivia biggest Trivia Night ever!! $870 raised for Humane Society. Next Trivia Night April 11th.
Mona: 4/29 bowling event with noon club. Let Mona know how many are coming. No charge for bowling.
Cards: 5 of clubs – Nick is our winner!! $38 which he bragged back to Rotary.
Brags:
Jim M: Great trip to Southern CA to see old friends. Lovely 2 weeks. 
Josh: Trivia brag – great event! Refugee group – kids first week of school; Retreat farm trip for celebration.
Nick:  Grandmother passed at 96; amazing life. Headed to Beaver Creek on Friday (snow all week! Adults only!!) Student Rotarians – great job participating; amazing improvement in public speaking.
KJ: Brag for all volunteers and participants; especially Justin who fed over 70 people!!
Turner: Brag for granddaughter and her success at DECA conference; made Nationals as a freshman!
Speaker:
Tristam: Illinois Rotary club – banner brought back. USAID efforts for Ukraine. Report for support options for Ukraine (coming out).
There are 4 global grants if $360K threshold met, Rotary funds assistance (Tristam in this case). Project: host club organizes meetings and hosts speaker. Four days of meetings. Tristam’s role: Strengthen the project for greater impact. Took Tristam 5 hours and 7 hours to write up the reports on the project. 
Project: Rotary district job; Harper College one of 5th best technical colleges in US. Provides job skills for unemployed/underemployed people from other cultures. 100% assistance for scholarship. Some skills are manual, some are in the health field, some are technical. Many jobs are available when they graduate.
Additional projects: Emergency funds set aside for women’s crisis ($8K).
Mentorship role of Rotarians from the district. Many students had never finished high school. Mentors help the scholarship recipient. Testimonials (coming out).
Support: Visa assistance, GED, day care, police connections, food shelf, clothing.
Some graduates of the program and became Rotarians.
Could we do something like this here? Global grant through Rotary. Examples: 7 Taiwanese and 5 Illinois rotary clubs sponsoring a program. Provide technology to rural schools (e.g. tablets). Can our club use this model to assist unemployed/underemployed people in the area? 
Rotary Closing:
4 Way Test: 
  • Is it the truth?
  • Is it fair to all concerned?
  • Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
  • Is it beneficial to all concerned?