President Mack Beers called us to order.
Welcome to Ken Warner for joining us today.
Following the Pledge of Allegiance, Cindy Ruzak gave a moment of reflection celebrating love in the time of the pandemic.
Marlene Bevan called a Special Meeting of the Noon Club’s Corporate Membership for the purpose of electing Board Members for Rotary Charities and Rotary Camps & Services.
The nomination for Rotary Charities Trustees:
Jeff Hickman (Incumbent)
Dan Buron
Randy Kamps
Ben Marentette
Homer Nye
In nomination For Camps & Services Trustees:
Pat Parker (Incumbent)
Sharron Zimmerman (Incumbent)
Jim McWilliams
Closed the meeting.
Becky Ewing for Chris DeGood announced the Jim Van Inanam Annual Work Bee on October 9th at Canterbury Woods. Kathy will send a signup.
Andrew Colemen announced the upcoming Stream Sampling in partnership with the Watershed Center aka “The Bug Count” being planned for a weekend in October. Reach out to Andrew for date and time().
President Mack announced another election coming up on October 13th (nominations) and election on the 27th for new Club Board Trustees.
Steve Wade introduced the week’s program speaker, his boss and fellow Rotarian Dave Mengebier, President/CEO of the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation.
Mengebier spoke to current activities and strategy at the GTRCF. At the top he reminded us of the function of Community Foundations ad GTRCF in particular including Grantmaking within the area served of 5 counties with the clear goal of improving lives; bringing together financial resources to support local non-profits; and an express focus on endowments.
Their Board has committed to the Community Vision of envisioning health, resilient, thriving communities supported by a culture of generosity.
The traditional roles the GTRCF takes on are Donor Stewardship (Long term investment), Community Impact (Grants/Scholarship), and Collaborative Leadership (Partnerships generating community vibrancy). He continued to review the data of the past year before looking forward.
With that in mind the GTRCF has begun a process:
Under the guise of Community Coalition, they are looking to
Identify and reach consensus on key developments and goals
Coordinate communication, policy, resources and support amidst the coalition
Track and report on progress
To aid this process they are developing a Community Scorecard, establishing a framework of measurement to track success by economic, environmental and societal goals. It will also serve as their communication tool.
The Coalition design will bring cross-sector representation to the larger table comprising of government, education, public health among many more.
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