Day Meeting Minutes - 11/15/2022

 

Lake Mills Rotary Meeting Agenda:

11/15/2022, Pyramid Event Venue

1. Good Afternoon and Welcome to Rotary

2. Pledge of allegiance and 4 way test

3. Introductions: 

   1. Visiting Rotarians, Guests / Speaker, Zoomers

 

4. Happy Bucks and Fines

   1. Brian B: Was just in Arizona and had a blast. They went to a ranch where they saw a ton of animals and kissed camels. 

   2. Raina: The Junior Optimist Breakfast was well attended, Pam made a great breakfast, and Jen J gave a speech that was exactly what she needed to hear today. 

   3. Karen R: There is a movie studio in Fort Atkinson, and last Friday a movie is being released. The Director was a previous Rotarian. The movie is called Stand in the Gap and some of it was filmed in Lake Mills. 

   4. Tom V: Just got back to Wisconsin from Texas. He saw his friend Pat who was a Rotarian. Tom mentioned how happy and proud he is of the Lake Mills club! He thinks we are doing a great job asking others to be part in our club. 

   5. Pam S: Was in Tennessee and Kentucky and it was a crazy drive. Pam also mentioned that Jen J did a great job speaking at the Junior Optimist Breakfast. 

   6. Andy: His new niece has been born and his family moved from Seattle to Illinois. 

   7. Janine F: Thank you for the chocolates, Andy! She is proud of her child’s recommendation letter for college application. Janine hangs and sells young artists' work in her office, The Agency. All of the proceeds go to Grants for Gals. 

 

5. November Students

   1. Mikayla Williams (LM) is a the student council president. She was working at 14 years old at Pine Cone and then Calvin Klein. She now a cashier at Menards. She spends time with her family and friends and loves completing puzzles. She is looking forward to school at UW Milwaukee even thought she doesn’t know exactly what she wants to do yet. 

   2. Lillijana Goeschko (LM) teaches young kids how to skate. 

   3. Lily Haar (LSL) was born in Georgia. 

   4. Emma Schultz (LSL) was stung by a jellyfish in Mexico. 

 

6. Birthdays

   1. Scott Erwin November 2

   2. Janine Fixmer November 8

   3. James Wishau November 13

   4. Edward Heimstreet November 30

   5. Eli Wedel November 30

 

7. Committee Reports or Announcements

Brian B/Community Service: The blood drive is looking for a couple of volunteers for December

 6th. 

Janine/Program: Everyone should try to bring at least one guest per year. 

Karen/Music Festival Committee: Will meet after today’s meeting. 

 

8. Club Business 

   1. New Member Applications

      1. Ken Eimers - 2nd reading 

      2. Drake Daily (City manager)

      3. Debb Lyns

   2. Foundation Month - November

   3. Available board positions starting in June

      1. 2 at large positions - One person has volunteered

      2. President-nominee - One person has volunteered

9. Upcoming Dates

   1. Sandee’s Rotary Holiday Party - December 14th at 6 pm

   2. Program Next Week: NICOLE BERG-JOHNSON INTEGRATIVE MEDICAL SOLUTION- REGENERATIVE MEDICINE

 

10. Today’s Program: District Gov Ben Bauer 

He hopes to join us in person soon and is so impressed by our venue. He is a professional in Marketing 

and went to Lacrosse for graphic design. He worked in marketing for 12 years, but when he started a family with his wife he decided to change career paths. His intention was to take a couple of months off, but through a Rotarian friend he stumbled into a credit union job. He has been doing so for 6 years! 

 

He is a proud dad and husband! Without his wife, he would be unable to do the district governor thing and be able to travel around the state to visit different clubs. She puts up with a lot and is a saint! 

 

Understand Rotary’s mission statement: “ We provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through our fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders“. What Rotary is about is making lasting change. Rotarians are all busy people, so  it’s important to take a pause and realize all that rotary does. We are so focused on building club membership, and volunteer opportunities, and it’s important to think about how Rotary has impacted you personally. 

 

Take a look at Rotary’s action plan: https://my.rotary.org/en/learning-reference/about-rotary/action-plan

 

Rotary Levels: Rotarian, Club, District, Zones. 

It is very intentional that it is an upside-down pyramid. Rotarians are at the top making differences and utilizing clubs, districts, zones, and businesses to make differences. When you talk with a district leader, the purpose is to enlighten and feel supported. Please utilize the Rotarian leaders. 

 

Why do you join Rotary? Why do you stay in Rotary? What does the club need? Think about those questions. Most of the time people join rotary for a reason like “job made me”, “networking”, or so on, but they stay because they are passionate about the community they are part of and how they can give back. It’s exciting to see more and more because it’s fun and exciting! If people join for one reason and stayed for another, that shows what the club is doing well. What the club needs can help you figure out what your club can do better. 

 

The future of Rotary has more specific areas of expertise. For example, a club that is new in Minnesota is specific to veterans. There are also some specific to young professionals, 

 

Rotary is continuing to work on DEI. Rotary wants to have a place where all feel welcome and included. Like in most organizations it is a work in progress. 

 

A Rotary citation is an award given to clubs. It is based on clubs reaching goals set out for them such as; membership, public image, and service projects. Look ahead to this year and determine what you want to see! 

 

Tricon 2023 is a conference coming April 27th through 29th in the year of 2023. It is in LaCrosse this year and it will be bigger and better than ever. Something new this year is a service project. It will be cheap, only about $25. If you go to Tricon Ben WILL BUY YOU A BEER!