It was a fine day for a Rotary meeting on Oct. 16, 2018, at the Holiday Inn.
President Allison opened the meeting with God Bless America and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Nikki Sobkowski led us in a thoughtful Gratitude and Reflection moment.
Bob Stow along with Al Bonney on banjo-led us in The Sloop John B.
Randy Kamps introduced visiting Rotarians and guests. As a reminder, when introducing your guest PLEASE let the last thing you say about them be their name!!! It makes it easier for us to appropriately say hello!
Dale Chilcote introduced our newest Rotarian Mike Jager. Mike moved here in 2008 with his family. He adds Rotary to his long list of community involvement! Welcome, Mike!
Christopher Cox introduced our Students of the Week from Traverse City Christian. Grace Phelps has been involved with a plethora of activities at TC Christian and holds a black belt Taekwondo. Her goal is to be an elementary teacher and a positive influence on young lives.
Emily Bluck is excited to be partaking in a mission trip to Jamaica next month. She also has a busy schedule of service and athletic activities and hopes to earn a degree in political science.
President Allison called a special meeting of the Rotary Club of Traverse in accordance with the bylaws. Proposed officers for the Board of Directors will serve from July 2019 – June 2021. Six Rotarians are on the ballot to fill three board positions. Elections will be on Oct. 30. The slate of candidates includes, Tony Anderson, Jennifer Casey, Greg Luyt, Lisa Pointe, Trevor Tkach, and Sid VanSlyke. To fill the position of president-elect (serving for the 2020-2021 Rotary year) is Mack Beers (hmmm…..two Beers as president within two years……… I like it!)
President Allison announced that we are bringing back the paper club directory book!
Bob Stow announced that the kazoos used during last week’s meeting are not gifts or tokens of appreciation for participating in last week’s “kazoo-a-long”. Please return so they can be sanitized for the next round. (You can do it discreetly and no one is judging you!) Thank you!
John Hall provided a Rotary Charities update. The grant cycle for 2018-2019 is underway. Of the 29 grants that have been submitted, 20 have been accepted into the next phase of review. Stacy Foster has contacted those reviewing the grants. If you would like to take part in the grant reviews, please contact Stacy.
Al Bonney has a Polio video of “The World’s Children” which will now be shown next week as the gods of technology decided to not cooperate today.
