Greg Renz opened the meeting at the Lake Mills EMS building at 12:25pm and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance followed with the Four-Way Test.
Guests
None
Student Rotarians
Cal Porter - LMHS
Sarah Nelson - LMHS
Sophie Asmus - LLHS (picture coming)
Happy Bucks
Greg R thanked all the members who helped put on a very successful Beer & Wine Event. We had very special guests in attendance including Joe Ruskey, Edwin Bos, Mark Shubring, Carla Haubenschild, and members of the Lodi club. He heard a lot of positive feedback regarding the event.
Scott E was "thankful" (end sarcasm) for social media and for sending out a virus to many friends.
Ann is excited to be hosting a President Elect meeting tonight.
Dave is happy for some boy's basketball wins over Columbus, Poynette, and Lakeside. He was also happy to be able to go see some former athletes play college ball.
Mick was happy for a 2nd place finish in the Knickerbocker Ice Festival Trivia Contest.
Fines
Dave - picture in paper
Birthdays
Jenn
Joker Draw
Janine tried her luck, however, the Joker lives! Janine donated her winnings back to the club.
NEW MEMBER INDUCTION
Janine Fixmer was inducted to the club. Watch the presentation here.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bonnie Eisele from Lola's Lucky Day sent a thank you card to the club for allowing her to speak at our meeting. The Board decided to donate $250 to Lola's Lucky Day - which is equivalent to one adoption fee.
Brian W will be ordering the hanging baskets for our annual sale.
The next After Hours meeting is 2/7 at Crawfish Junction.
committee reports
Scott T announced that a salad option each week through BonTon. If you would like to opt for a pre-made salad instead of the 'hot' meal option, please indicate on the sign-up sheet. He also announced that Crawfish Junction will be catering the last meal of the month.
Ken H announced that the After Hours club is working hard on putting together a 5k for November 10th. Details are still being worked on and they invite anyone who would like to help plan it to attend an After Hours meeting or email him. They will also be hosting a 12 week Couch-to-5K program to help people gear up for the event. They will be working with Anytime Fitness on that.
Beer & Wine update will come next week as they are still counting up ticket sales.