At President Dale’s request, Gregg Smith called an official business meeting of the Rotary Club to order to nominate several members for newly open positions on the boards of Rotary Charities and Rotary Camps and Services to be elected at the September 22nd annual business meeting.
Rotary Charities nominative slate for three vacancies on the Board of Trustees:
Allison Beers (incumbent), Marlene Bevan (incumbent), Beth Karczewski (incumbent), Ken Weaver
There were no nominations from the floor.
Moved by Sid Lammers with Support by Jack Burns to close nominations. Passed
Rotary Camps and Services nominative slate for three vacancies:
Chris DeGood (incumbent), Dave Milross (incumbent), Phil Rossi (incumbent)
There were no nominations from the floor.
Moved by Phil Murphy with Support by John Hall to close nominations. Passed
President Dale Chilcote called the meeting to order with a warm story about Paul Harris and the lifelong relationship he had with Leonard, one of the eldercare residents at Orchard Creek.
David Gable gave the invocation, and Marsha Minervini and the Kingsley Trio led the singing with a little “Rock Around the Clock.”
The Directory is ready to be reprinted so check your profile in Clubrunner. Update what needs to update and especially get that picture updated! You know who you are….
Remember to get your tickets for the Gourmet Game Dinner on September 21st – contact Mike Richmond.
Rebecca Teahan announced that a significant gift of $2 million dollars by a living donor has been received by the Dennos Museum for an expansion of the facility.
Ed Downing gave a special shout out to fellow Rotarian and longtime friend Byron Hanson who recently retired from Interlochen Center for the Arts after 50 years! As Downing pointed out, Hanson had the longest tenure of anyone working at the Center…even longer than the founder Joseph Maddy.
Our very own Dr. Phil…Phil Ellis introduced Laverna Witkop of the Ford Insurance Agency who spoke of the many wonders of Medicare today. It’s a jungle out there folks and not for the faint of heart. The only things we were missing was the steamy heat and machetes to hack our way through the myriad offerings displayed before us.
Fortunately, Ms Witkop, who has been tracking the wild beast known as Medicare and his recently arrived little brother Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act), and was able to shortcut the entire affair. That’s not to say the way through is any more fathomable, but Witkop can shine the light on Medicare Parts A, B and D – Whatever happened to Part C? – Prescription coverage, advantage coverage, gap coverage, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera….
The important thing is to make sure one knows the open enrollments for each of the various plans – they are different for Medicare (October – December) and Obamacare (November through January).
Miss them and there’ll be *&$@! To pay…well a fine at the least and it really screws up everything else and it may require forfeiture of body parts…kidding. However, there is a formidable amount of red tape involved with all aspects – as if getting older isn’t bad enough – of the process.
The upshot? If you are unsure how to deal with the complexities, make sure and speak with a benefits specialist at your company or your agent as an individual policyholder. Finally, we all need and are now required by law to have healthcare insurance no matter how we get it. Despite any difficulties we may encounter with the process, it a necessary evil/good in our world today. The review the meetings PowerPoint please click here.
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