You can find future speakers later in the bulletin (and on the Club website). Please use this list to invite prospective members.
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Membership Recruitment:
At the December 12, 2019, Board meeting the Board had a lengthy discussion on membership and the need to engage the current membership in recruiting new members. Based on this discussion, the Board approved a new program: If a current member recruits a new member and that member signs on for a full pay membership the current member will receive a one quarter waiver on dues. The definition of a full pay member is a member that pays dues and meals on a quarterly basis, not pay-as-you go. If you have questions, please ask either James or Peter.
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Mentoring (One-on-One meetings):
We are now moving into the third period of calls we all agreed to make between members of the Club. You may recall we scheduled the calls between Veteran members (as call initiator) to meet with newer club members. We asked each of you to commit to making contact over a 60 day period for a business visit, lunch meeting, or coffee meeting, etc. between you and the club member we asked you to contact. You should be looking at the Jan.-Feb. 2020 time frame during which we’d like you to make that contact.
Please access the current assignment spreadsheet by logging into the Club’s web page on Club Runner. (Click Here) Click on the Member Log in tab; once your browser shows ‘Member Area’ you’re in. You can now scroll down to the “Club Documents” page, then scroll down further to the page titled ‘One to One’ meetings. The list has been updated for membership changes eliminating names of members who have resigned, and adding new members who have joined us.
You are on your honor to make these calls. Our Club leadership would like to know if the calls are being made, so I would ask that you drop me an email letting me know when you have met your commitment. You have a 60-day time frame to make the contact. The content of your contact can be confidential; the only time we would like some feedback is if there are issues which need to be forwarded to Club leadership, other wise we hope you can answer any questions raised during the call, and to reinforce what it means to be a Rotarian.
In the last Nov-Dec period we only received notice of less that 10 calls that had been made. WE CAN DO BETTER! If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. We sincerely want this effort to bring about enhanced relationships between ALL Plymouth Rotarians.
Steve Beachler
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Upcoming Speakers:
Feb 6 - Peter Bartling, Co President, "Own Tomorrow"
Feb 13 - Johnathan Rosenberg, "Types of Care Options & Common Pitfalls/Challenges"
Feb 20 - Dr. Florin Alb/Jon Ginther, "Intra-Club Intruductions"
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Message from Jeff Pearson (and Abby) on Special Olympics:
Dear Rotary Friends:
Thanks for welcoming me to your meeting yesterday! I loved greeting those of you who have been my friends for years and meeting others that I had not met until yesterday!
Just to let you know, Abby Pearson is, once again, plunging into the cold water of Riley Lake in Eden Prairie on March 7 for the 12th year! And once again, she is asking for donations from her friends at the Plymouth Rotary. For those of you who don't know Abby, she was kind of raised in the Rotary for the twelve years I was a member. She participated in the Duck Parades, in Adopt A Highway, Fire & Ice, and other fun things that we do at Rotary. Abby has spoken at the Rotary at luncheons and has brought the President of Special Olympics Minnesota as a guest speaker. Honestly, speaking at a Rotary meeting is something she has truly loved!
Thank you to all of you for supporting Abby in her Polar Plunge each year! The Rotary members are major contributors to her cause every year, which is to help Special Olympics Minnesota support all 8,000 athletes who compete every week. Abby participates in Track & Field, PolyHockey, Swimming, Powerlifting, and Bowling.
For those of you who know Abby, she is still working at the Special Olympics MN state office, 8 years now. This past year she moved from being a Receptionist, to being a Program Assistant in the Program Department, with her own desk and everything! She does varied tasks; coding invoice receipts, emailing coaches across the state to have them update their Level 1 & 2 status, emailing coaches to update athlete medical forms and working with staff at the actual meets. More interesting and challenging work for sure! She is also working two to three days a week for Isadore Nut Company, packaging and selling their healthy and organic gourmet nut mixes.
Thanks for your continued generous support of Special Olympics and Abby! See the link below to donate to her 2020 Plunge.
Russ, Norm, Don and team continue to train and impact the local community.
Linked to this is a story about Hands Only CPR performed by a daughter to her mom recently in MPLS. Also note, dispatch assisted w telephone CPR..very cool!
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From the District (or other Clubs):
December 2019 newsletter from the District Governor (Link)
January 2020 newsletter from the District Governor (Link)
District Training Position:
Dear District 5950 Presidents and Co-Presidents:
The District 5950 Trainer position is open.The job description Link, click here. Please circulate it to your club members and let me know if any of them are interested in filling the position.
I also attach the calendar of all the major, upcoming district events.
Yours in Rotary Service,
Thomas A. Gump
Rotary International District 5950
District Governor 2020-21
Rotary Club of Edina / Morningside, MN
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Rotary and Toastmasters:
Dear Rotarian,
I am excited to share some good news: Rotary International and Toastmasters International are working together to provide our members with even more opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Toastmasters International is a global nonprofit organization with more than 16,800 clubs in 143 countries. Its members attend club meetings where they give speeches, evaluate the speeches of others, and perform other club duties, with the goal of ultimately becoming more confident speakers, communicators, and leaders. Our organizations are complementary in many ways, but we are each unique in what we offer our members.
I hope you will join us in supporting this alliance in your community. You can start by learning more about Toastmasters, exploring its resources and public speaking tips, or visiting a local Toastmasters club. Although the structure of club meetings is consistent, Toastmaster clubs are similar to Rotary clubs in that they each have their own personality. If you do not have a club in your area, you can watch a video to learn what happens at a Toastmasters meeting.
You can also invite members of Toastmasters to visit your club and learn more about Rotary. If you have a Toastmasters club in your area, consider meeting with its members to explore opportunities to collaborate or inviting a member of Toastmasters to participate in a service activity or speak at your club.
Toastmasters will create a leadership development program for Rotarians and Rotaractors. A structured, robust leadership and communication curriculum can help members develop practical skills that will serve them not only in Rotary leadership roles, but in their professional and personal lives as well. Effective leadership skills can strengthen our clubs and increase our impact. We will provide updates about this program when we have more details.
Many of us joined Rotary to make a difference and connect with others in our communities. By working with Toastmasters, our members can discover new ways to network and learn from others, while finding even more value in their Rotary membership experience.
Mark Daniel Maloney
President, Rotary International 2019-20
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Friends of Orono Rotary,
Orono Rotary is sponsoring a sew-a-thon to make and assemble feminine hygiene kits for the non-profit organization Days for Girls International.
The purpose of these kits is to provide protection to girls so they can attend school and have a more dignified life. These kits can last 3 years with proper cleaning. To give a girl 3 more years of schooling will help break the poverty cycle and is instrumental for positive social change in families and in the world. More info at www.daysforgirls.org
You don’t need sewing experience! Tasks include sewing flannel liners, waterproof shields and bags, turning fabric and ironing, tracing patterns on fabric, cutting fabric, stringing bags, and putting snaps on the shields. Food and drink provided. Stay as long as you like.
Event:
Days for Girls Sew-a-thon
Date:
Feb 09, 2020
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location:
Orono Discovery Center, Room 102
5050 Independence Street
Maple Plain, MN United States of America
55359
If you can't come on February 9th, you can donate!
Items needed include flannel and cotton fabric, washcloths, girls panties size 8-14 in colors or patterns (no faces including animals), hotel-size soap, gallon size freezer ziploc bags, or monetary donations.
Over the years we have given grants to Can-Do-Canines. They currently are planning for a gala celebration on February 8, 2020. If you are interested, please click here.
A) Our giving is picking up and we are slightly ahead of our FYE 2019 giving.
- So far 9 members have made their annual contribution (Thank You!), we are around 40% of our goal of $365/member.
- If you want to get your donation in this calendar year, we are down to about 10 days.
- Just go to Rotary.org -sign in and make your donation with a credit card.
B) Please give some thought to nominating a Paul Harris Fellowship for one of our Members who you feel is deserving and one non-Member who exemplifies the Spirit of Rotary. We’ll talk more about this after the first of the year.
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General Information:
Quarterly Invoices: Please pay quarterly invoices promptly. The Board continues to work with members that have outstanding balances.
