Day Meeting Minutes - August 7, 2018

Ann Lee opened the meeting at the Lake Mills EMS building at 12:18pm and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance followed with the Four-Way Test.

Guests

Jack Chavez, local attorney.
Miranda Weiss - Interim director of lake mills health services (formerly willowbrook)

Student Rotarians

Happy Bucks

  • Ken - shoulder has been cleared for use!
  • Scott E - Happy for Jack Chavez attending today
  • Becky - Harley has been recognized state wide for his position in football
  • Amy - Rose bush eaten, deck sprayed by skunk, sink backed up and a friend had a tumor removed... wow!
  • Greg R - Great event on saturday
  • Ann - First born just got drivers license!
  • Jenn - Meghann race and basketball camp
  • Pam S - Had car trouble over the weekend as was helped by a great samaritan.

Fines: Jenn for picture in the paper

Birthdays

None in attendance

Joker Draw

Tara W tried his luck, however, the Joker lives!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Pat Forest has resigned from the club
  • Ruby Stevens sent a thank you note for being "student rotarian of the year"
  • Bella Bucheme sent a thank you note for sending her to the world affairs seminar
  • Cheese, chocolate, and wine event was a success.  215 attended.  Money is still coming in, but it will be more than last year
  • Marketing report - 42 tickets were sold online, an increase from last year and from past events.  Online marketing was a mix of facebook post sharing, boosted facebook posts, and emails. 
  • The board got rental space for club use and storage
  • Dues were raised to $47.50 per quarter from $45 due to raised costs from rotary international.  Motion by Greg R.  2nd by Janine and Scott.  Motion passed unamimously
  • District grant was received for $2500 for the tree planting project.  There will be a Fall and Spring planting
  • Last city band concert this week is sponsored by our club
  • Rotary international night at the mallards baseball game is this saturday.  Contact Ann by tomorrow if interested.  $10/ticket

Program

  • Steve Mode from Fort Atkinson spoke about their two year project building the warming shack at Haumerson Pond.
  • Haumerson Pond has a rich history of winter outside activities, like ice skating
  • The amazing warming shack (quite large in reality) was constructed using materials only from wisconsin and locally sourced wood and bricks
  • The effort was a huge collaboration of donated time and skills for every aspect of the construction
  • In addition to the building, trails were created for hiking, skiing, snow shoeing, and more.
  • The renovation of the park has been a huge success for the community 
  • https://friendsofhaumersonspond.com/

Meeting adjourned 1:27pm

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