Club Meeting Notes, October 27, 2020

Posted by Nick Beadleston

President Mack called our meeting to order exactly when he did. Then the pledge.

After Allision Beers delivered rousing words of gratitude regarding Theodore Roosevelt, incontrovertibly the United States' best president. (Get outta here with your Kennedys and your Washingtons. T.R. had his own teeth and a pretty sweet navy. Go Rough Riders). At President Roosevelt's urging, Congress created the National Forest Service in 1905, which also led to the preservation of nearly 200 million acres of national parks.

During our official club annual meeting, we elected three new directors to our club board. Max Anderson, Jen Casey, and Nick Beadleston will begin their two-year term this coming summer. We also formally elected Marlene Bevan to succeed Mark Eckhoff as club president. Then, just for fun, we elected 16 other future presidents so we have our bases covered through 2038.

Ken Weaver introduced our fellow club member and speaker for the afternoon Rear Admiral Jerry Achenbach. Jerry served with distinction in both the Merchant Marines and the Coast Guard. He then went on to receive his Doctorate in Education from Texas Tech and an MBA from the University of Alaska. He has spent the last decade serving as Superintendent of the Northwest Michigan College's Great Lakes Maritime Academy.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the GLMA, Jerry shared information from the proud history of the organization. He chronicled the visionary efforts of the academy's founders and early supporters like Les Biederman and Captain Mike Hemmick, as well as other NMC leaders. He also enumerated the efforts to secure the unique institution's inaugural watercraft, and other major milestones in GLMA's record. Jerry also described what the life of an average cadet looks like, and reiterated how critical scholarships are to their continued work. https://www.nmc.edu/maritime/

Jerry's full talk can be found HERE Passcode: T1P!Jx%1

Mariners Memorial service goes virtual

TRAVERSE CITY — The community is invited to view the virtual 45th annual Mariners Memorial Service at noon Tuesday, November 10 via a Zoom webinar from the courtyard of NMC's Great Lakes campus. The public can access the event at the following Zoom address: nmc.zoom.us/j/94889366773

The memorial service is held to remember and honor mariners who have perished on the Great Lakes and oceans and is sponsored by the Student Propeller Club, Port 150, of the Great Lakes Maritime Academy.

About GLMA and NMC: NMC is the only community college in the nation to grant a bachelor's degree, in either maritime deck, maritime engineering or maritime power systems, to its Great Lakes Maritime Academy cadets. Celebrating 50 years of maritime education in 2019-2020, GLMA was commended by U.S. Maritime Administrator Rear Adm. Mark Buzby (USN, ret) as a "pillar of maritime education and training in the Great Lakes region, this great nation, and the entire world."

November 3rd Club Meeting Notes

Posted by Ramona Pleva on Nov 03, 2020

November 3, 2020, was a beautiful sunny day for an election and a Rotary meeting! President Mack put out the “call to vote” to our membership.

Homer Nye offered up an inspiring and eloquent Gratitude and Reflection message for today! We requested a copy of this message. In true Homer style, he shot from the hip and the actual message is available on the meeting recording.

Ramona Pleva gave a wrap up on Friday’s Halloween Blood Drive. Wonder Woman was spotted, Mother Fred’s twin sister donated blood as did Madonna and a dinosaur!

Susan from Versiti Blood Donation Centers said this in an email on 11/03:

“We ended up seeing 39 donors and collected 37 pints of blood! Those 37 pints will give us a HUGE boost as we head into the holiday season (when donations tend to drop significantly) and will help save over 110 local patients! Your donors are so generous, I just can’t say enough – the show of support from the community is pretty awesome, to say the least.” Thank you to everyone who donated blood, tried to give blood or dropped off yummy baked goods! All was greatly appreciated! We did good, we made a difference!

Mark Eckhoff announced that we need a chairperson for the Salvation Army Bell Ringing this year. It is shifting to an online format. All Rotarians interested are instructed to flood Kathy’s email inbox with an overwhelming desire to serve.

With a heavy heart, Sid Van Slyke announced that the 2021 “Centennial + 1” Rotary Show is canceled for Spring 2021. We just can’t do it. There may be an opportunity to reschedule the show later in 2021 but all plans are in a holding pattern.

President Mack announced that our Rotary meetings on Dec. 22 and Dec. 29 will be canceled for the holidays. Also to shake up our meetings, next week starting at 11:45, we will try breakout rooms on Zoom. This will allow smaller groups of Rotarians a chance to connect!

Interlochen Center for the Arts Program

Posted by Ramona Pleva on Nov 03, 2020

Our program was introduced by John Roddy. John introduced Mr. Trey Devey, the 8th president of Interlochen Arts Academy.

Trey offered us the “State of Interlochen” address and how they have pivoted through these COVID-19 times.

He shared that Traverse City was named #10 in the country as a vibrant arts medium sized community in SMU Data Arts 2020 Report.

There are five major elements of IAA that serve to reinforce each other:

Arts Camp - 2500 students
Academy - 550 high school students
College of Creative Arts for Adults
Interlochen Presents
Interlochen Public Radio: Classical music and news with content shared around the NPR network.

In a typical (non pandemic) year, Interlochen Presents will hold 600 events that range from Diana Ross, ZZ Top, The Nutcracker, to Collage.

IAA currently boasts of 95,000 alumni from over 50 states and 50 countries. Among their accolades are:

46 Presidential Scholars (more than any other high school in the nation)
24 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
National Medal of Arts (the highest honor an institution may receive)
John Groban

Speaking of Josh Groban, he credits IAA for helping him navigate his incredible talent at a young age when he needed it most!

IAA continues to offer 13 different programs with 285 teachers. Students and parents have given IAA high marks for their ability to adapt to COVID-19 and provide high-quality education.

The campus maintains strict health and sanitation protocols. With a closed campus, parents are not allowed to visit and many performances are live streamed.

The school calendar has been modified. The academic year began on Aug. 10. Students will have a holiday break from the end of December to February.

IAA will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2028. Vision 2028 is a 30-year master plan that began in 1990 to develop physical aspects of the academy. This has included:

A new dance theatre opens next semester
A visual arts and music center, the academy’s biggest project
Dow House, will house students during the year and staff for summer camp

The pillars of Vision 2028 include:

Formative experiences which increase time with students and enhance the value
Young artist destination
Student value investments for the curriculum
Engagement and Focus

Moving forward, IAA looks to:

Expand their regional and national initiatives
Invest in faculty with endowed positions
Attract visiting artists
Accelerate individual programs
Increase access and affordability through expanded financial aid

Other interesting facts:

Scholarships: $18M awarded to academy and camp students
50 international students are learning remotely
In-person tuition is slightly higher than remote learning students
National and state support ebbs and flows

And with that, it’s a wrap for November 3, 2020!

Great Event! Save a Life Starve a Vampire - Rotary Blood Drive

Dr. 'Madonna' Ramona Pleva

T-Rex Lisa Pointe and Wonderwoman costume-wearing Kathy Bussell doing their part

Lisa Pointe and Dan"Pinky" Buron

Who's the man behind that mask, why it's, John "Phantom of the Opera" Racine

Supporting the cause, Becky Nye, "Sister" Lee Torrey, Lisa Pointe and Homer Nye

Pat Parker went all out as a Fire Chief this year...lol

Thank you to everyone who donated the amazing donated baked goods, what a treat!

A special thank you to all who participated!

Truly Great Work in Action!

Tuesday Club Meeting Zoom Details

Posted by Kathy Bussell

Rotary Club of Traverse City

Club Zoom Meeting

You're welcome to join at 11:45 am for Zoom Break out Rooms to socialize with other Rotarians

Question of the Day:

What song describes your life right now?

Please also join us & stay on Zoom right after the meeting

to share your Rotary experience with the Christmas Basket Program or The Salvation Army Bell Ringing.

You're also welcome to just listen in and hear some "Good News"

IM Rotary will follow directly after at approximately 12:45 pm

Click on the below link join Club Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81727589532

Meeting ID: 817 2758 9532

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Phone Dial-in number +1 646 558 8656

Meeting ID: 817 2758 9532

Program: Stories from Rotary Charities & DIscovery Pier

Notes to the Club

Polio this week as of 28 October 2020

Polio this week as of 28 October 2020

Headlines:

Acknowledging the critical role of leadership in gender mainstreaming, the GPEI launched a Gender Champion for Polio Eradication movement. Our Champions commit to supporting the GPEI Gender Equality Strategy, highlighting the role of gender in achieving eradication and advocating for its full implementation.
The twenty-sixth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened and opened by the WHO Deputy Director-General on 14 October 2020 with committee members attending via video conference. Take a look at the Committee’s latest report.
In our latest edition of Coffee with Polio Experts, we get to hear from Dr Zubair Wadood on the impact of COVID-19 on the global polio eradication effort, and how the polio infrastructure is supporting COVID response.

Afghanistan:

No wild Poliovirus type 1 cases was reported this week. There have been 53 WPV1 cases reported in 2020 so far while the total number of cases reported in 2019 remains 29
Two WPV1 positive environmental samples were reported; one each in Kandahar and Nangarhar.
No case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) was reported this week. There have been 101 cVDPV2 cases reported in 2020 so far.
One cVDPV2 positive environmental samples was reported in Kandahar.

Pakistan:

No wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case was reported this week. There are 79 WPV1 cases reported in 2020 so far while the total number of cases reported in 2019 cases remains 147.
18 WPV1 positive environmental samples were reported; three in Balochistan, one each in Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtoon, eight in Punjab and five in Sindh.
16 cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) were reported; one in Balochistan, five in Punjab and 10 in Sindh. There are 80 cVDPV2 cases reported in 2020 so far while the 2019 case count remains 22.
No cVDPV2 positive environmental samples were reported this week.

Officially reported WPV cases as of 13 OCTOBER

Total global WPV1 cases in 2020: 132 (compared with 96 for the same period in 2019)
Total global WPV1 cases in 2019: 176

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) cases

Total global cVDPV cases in 2020: 605 (compared with 122 for the same period in 2019)
Total global cVDPV cases in 2019: 378