April 7 Business Meeting, Noon, Zoom
In Attendance: Zalucha, Yauchler, Christiansen, Kopras, Salerno, Steinhauer, McNall, Burns, Burns, Wilson, Smith, Wedig, Bollig, Wallitsch, Christian
Treasurer’s Report: Fiscal Report Attached*. Also see Board Minutes above
Youth Exchange Report: See Board Minutes above
International Committee Report: See Board Minutes above
Discussion of Valentine’s Day Fundraiser. At $2,700 raised, it seems that we are at least $300 short. Brent said that we did great but if anyone has some outstanding $$$’s now is the time. Also, we will check if the money has been deposited from the PayPal account.
Followup: One member found a check written to Rotary but in the excitement of the day, it was never delivered! $300 added. Also, the PayPal account had $406.80 sitting in it from the Fundraiser! Thus, this spontaneous event (Thanks, Dixie) brought over $3,400 into the club, which will help greatly in this difficult year.
In discussion of funds, Judy asked if we could move money from our Capital account into the Service Account. It was decided to send the idea to Task Force Alpha which will address this idea before the Budget Meeting.
Steve Salerno reported on Interact. On Saturday the High School Students will volunteer at Neighbors Helping Neighbors. Sunday they will do the roadside cleanup on 18-151. All Rotarians are welcome to help. Monday morning there will be a virtual and in person meeting at the school. There are about 50 to 55 students in the group.
International Committee: Russ reported that he is working on sending the dollars raised for the Puerto Rico grant to Rotary International in Evanston. The Puerto Rico Account has been closed.
Membership: Mark Bohl resigned. Paul is planning an exit interview. He is also working to develop an elevator speech so we can easily introduce Rotary and our Club. Susan Wallitsch would like to send Mark a card of appreciation for his long time membership. Please write a line or two and send them to Susan. She will enclose them into a card to Mark.
Community Grant Committee: Our Budget has no funds earmarked for Community Grants. Board discussed this and we will follow our budget and use raised funds for budgeted items only.
Task Force Alpha will review raised funds and address the budget. Task Force Alpha Members are Susan Wallitsch, Heidi Kopras, Russ Christian, Paul Christiansen and Steve Helwig. Discuss money outside our budget
- Budgeting processes and timing, how to streamline grant requests
- How we vote and who votes on what.
- How new members are voted in.
The Golf Outing will be Friday, July 30th. Brent is working on fun events during the tournament as well as side games like “foot golf”.
Dixie wants an RSVP for the Icky Sticky Club Conversations meeting on April 28th. Let her know if you are coming. There will be sandwiches, quiche and ice cream available for purchase. We will be viewing the new party room to see if it might be suitable for Rotary Meetings.
April 21st meeting speaker is Dennis Schoville who was born in Richland Center. He qualified as a U.S. Army aviator and served in the Vietnam War as a helicopter flight section commander. During that time, he was awarded two Silver Stars, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star, three Purple Hearts and several Air Medals and Service Awards.
Rotary meetings encourage guests. Please invite anyone who may be interested in hearing Dennis Schoville discuss his experiences as a helicopter pilot.
See you at Club Conversations on Wednesday!