Club Visioning:
The Club Visioning session has been set for Monday, November 16th from 5:15 to no later than 9:00 p.m. It will be held at the City of Plymouth Public Safety Training room. Everyone should have received a meeting request. Please respond either by accepting or declining the meeting notice so that we can make sure the proper number of meals will be ordered. This will be a great opportunity for the members to discuss how we can improve and continue to keep members engaged, engage those members that may not be fully engaged and to attract new members. This should be a great opportunity and the hope is that most, if not all members, can spare the time to participate. A big thank you to Peter Bartling for his work on coordinating this even.
Youth Exchange:
Ricardo and Jason spent a couple minutes talking about our exchange student Guan-Yu Chen (Albert). As Ricardo mentioned, he is getting involved in school activities but it is about this time in an exchange students year where he will start to get home sick. Ricardo has asked us all to think of ways to involve him in activities. Albert loves sports, specifically basketball. If you have questions, please contact Jason.
At the next couple meetings we will be passing the hat for donations - money, gift cards and gifts - to put into a Holiday Sock that we will give Albert at our December 17th Holiday Meeting.
Jason and Jill have been extremely effective and instrumental in managing our Youth Exchange program for the Club. Thanks to them for their service! Jason and Jill have finalized the second host family and working extremely hard on finding the third host family. Please keep Albert and his need for a third host family in mind when talking to community members.
Holiday Meeting:
The December 17th meeting has been set aside for our holiday event. At this point, it would be appreciated if a few members would step forward to help plan the event. It doesn't have to be a big event, just something different to help bring members together to celebrate the holiday season. Please send Steve Juetten an e-mail if you are interested.
November is Rotary Foundation Month:
This month you will receive information on the Rotary Foundation and ways that you can give back. Foundation Board member Behm has been talking to Foundation Captains and you should hear from the Captains in the near future. Further, at the November 19th meeting information will be presented on the Foundation and how you could give and what the money goes to and how we get money back to help us fund local service projects.
Heart Safe Plymouth: We have trained 3,180 People and counting!
On October 22, members of the club met with Norm Okerstrom and Russ Carlson to discuss the Heart Safe Program. The purpose was to review where the program started, what has been accomplished and what can be done to move the program to greater heights. More information will be presented in the near future. Norm provided two Heart Safe questions and prizes that were given to the members who first answered the questions correctly.
Q: If you see an adult or young person suddenly collapse, the FIRST thing you should do is?
A: Check on them - are they conscious, breathing, check for skin color - are they turning blue/lips etc. or having a seizure like activity. If not....
Q: The SECOND thing you should do is?
A: Call 911 or have someone else call 911.
The first question was correctly answered by Dwain Erickson and the second question was correctly answered by Ricardo Ortizcarzin.
PLEASE CONSIDER BEING PART OF THE HEART SAFE PROGRAM.
Secretary - Club Administrator:
We are in need of a Secretary. President Juetten and President Elect Knight will be reaching out to members to gage interest. Certainly, if you have interest please reach out to either to discuss the position.
Greater Minneapolis IGNITE 2016 Leadership & Innovation Conference:
The Six Rotary Clubs in Area 12 (Plymouth, Wayzata, Lake MTKA/Excelsior, Orono, Excelsior and Mound/West Tonka), under the guidance of Area Assistant Governor Jeff Wosje, are planning a leadership conference and subsequent series for 2016. The goal is to host a leadership and innovation conference with 300 attendees to serve our local business communities while raising awareness of Rotary. Currently most people within our communities primarily know about Rotary through our fundraisers, because that is what we promote - golf outings, ball drops, brewfests, etc. However what we do is so much more than that that. Rotary is about leadership to solve the issues affecting our communities and our world (i.e. Polio Plus). By hosting the conference we will position Rotary as more than just a service club, but a group of dedicated business leaders working to improve their leadership and innovation skills while serving the greater community. The hoped for result is that the exposure will also increase our membership. This will be aided by the fact we can be promoting our corporate membership at the same time as promoting our conference. After the initial conference, we would host a free monthly speaker series starting Friday, February 26, 2016. This series would feature just 1-2 speakers and be held at the Ridgedale Library. This would give our Rotary clubs continual exposure and offer great training.
The lead person from each club will be the President Elect. In our case that is Pat Knight. However, he cannot possibly do it by himself. Pat and I have agreed to coordinate the location and registration. Determining the location will be done by Pat and me. The registration - online, offline (sales within each club), day of event and coordinate of conference packets and name tags - will need a committee of Plymouth members. Pat will be reaching out to the members to establish the committee within the next week.
Rotary Grant Committee:
The Grant Committee is accepting grant applications which will be considered soon. Plymouth Rotarians must sponsor each application. First half grants will be awarded in late November or early December. Second half grants will be awarded in early Spring, 2016. Please review the Grant Policy and find the Grant Application Form at http://rotaryplymouth.org/Page/grants . The number of Grants to be made is dependent on the amount of funds available which will be known soon. Contact Past President Steve Beachler if you have questions.
Quarterly Invoices:
New quarter invoices have been sent out. Please pay as soon as possible. Thank you.
New Members:
Remember the membership contest - 1 point for bringing a perspective member to a meeting, 5 points if that person joins and 3 points if you get a person to join without coming to a meeting. Steve Beachler has 12 points, Steve Juetten has 2 points and Glen Norton and Dwain Erickson each have 1 point.
General Information:
West Metro Rotaract Club: They have officially been chartered! The first president is Tim Janssen. The Club meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 pm, Coopers Pub, West End, St. Louis Park. The also have reserved the 4th Monday of each month for service opportunities. Tim can be reached at timothygjanssen@gmail.com. Please pass this information on to your colleagues, friends and others who may have interest.
ClubRunner Member Profiles: Preview your member profile on the ClubRunner website for accuracy and update any missing data. Contact President Steve Juetten with any questions you may have. To assist, Dwain Erickson and Diane Moyer can shoot smart phone photographs of members whose photos are missing in the Club Membership roster. Is your photo missing??
IOCP is Looking for Volunteers: IOCP has an upcoming need for Rotary volunteers. IOCP is need of Homework Help volunteers who work with kids once a week starting in October and going through the school year (more information coming soon). If you are interested, please contact Jill Kohler.
Amazon Purchases: Please remember to select RCOP Foundation when you make on-line purchases at Amazon.Smile. The Rotary Club of Plymouth Foundation is registered with Amazon and may be chosen when you make purchases through Amazon.Smile. Amazon will donate .05% of your total purchase to RCOP Foundation. The AmazonSmile web site provides all the same products as the regular site, but in addition allows you to designate a charity which Amazon will support. Please tell your friends and associates who shop through Amazon Smile! The contribution comes out of Amazon's pocket - not yours! Click here to get started:http://smile.amazon.com/ch/26-3054927 You Shop/ Amazon Gives!
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Riddles
1) I travel all over the world, but always stay in my corner. What am I?
2) Where is the ocean the deepest?
3) What did zero say to eight?
4) Why can't someone living in Maine be buried in Florida?
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Rotary Core Values: Fellowship, Integrity, Diversity, Service, Leadership
The 4-Way Test: Of the things we think, say or do:
- Is it the TRUTH?
- Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Rotary Theme: "Be a Gift to the World"
