Mick opened the meeting at the Pyramid Event Venue at 12:15pm and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance followed with the Four-Way Test.
Guests
None
Student Rotarians
Happy Bucks
Greg R - Was invited on a radio show on WORT "Book Talk" with Stu, an iconic figure in Madison. It will air again and you can find out from Greg the details
Pam S - Knickerbocker information - will take place this year. It has been modified for covid. Live ice carving downtown with business sponsors. 50/50 raffle. Optimist skate party for kids with extended time period. Rec department will have free snow shoe rentals all week instead of the firday event. Horse drawn wagon rides. The hub will sponsor fat tire bike ride. Softball is a possibility. No organized fisheree, kids activities in the park, or golf
Ed - Happy that 2020 is over. Neighbor (Dee Elliot) is watching his mom. Memorial buck for Dee's husband who has passed from covid.
Amy - Happy to not be wrapping up plans for the beer and wine event
Fines
None
Birthdays
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CLUB BUSINESS - Announcements and committee reports
Lori Sanders has set us some memorial funds for Dean totaling $1200. Other funds have come in as well for a total of about $1300. Lori would like the funds to go towards a student based project. One idea was a Dean Sanders Memorial Scholarship for someone going into education. Mick would like to hear any and all ideas from the club on how we can honor Dean. Ed suggested an idea of lights at wallace park on the fields being consistent with Dean being a light for education.
Jenn has some gifts still from the holiday party so please pick up your donation soon.
PROGRAM
Business Meeting - Year in Review
Since covid has started, we are one of the few rotary clubs that has been meeting in person. To our knowledge, no spread of covid has occured from a rotary meeting. We awarded 11 scholarships. We got to start using Pyramid Event Venue. RYLA was cancelled. Wine and beer was cancelled, but was replaced with a successful car raffle fundraiser raising $19,000. The rotary shelter was painted and named in Jim Brey's honor. We lost Dean Sanders this year. We had to retool our meals to individually packed without catering. We had a great holiday party. We donated to projects around the world and locally. We've heard from great speakers this year and expanded our awareness to new programs and organizations. 3 Paul Harris awards have gone out this year. We have gained 4 new members this year even during this "downtime" of covid. We won the rotary citation for being awesome. Our meetings have more virtual attendance than ever. We've had 15 junior rotarians selected so far to come here in person. We have stayed active and found a way to make a difference in our community.
Treasurers Report
$72,000 bank balance of total current assets as of Dec 31
The budget was very different this year due to things we couldn't do.
You can obtained a copy of the treasurers report from Mick S or Dan S
