Day Meeting Minutes - (Jul 11, 2023)

Meeting 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

Gerard and Zach brought their children. Jen brought two new Physical Therapy Assistants from Optimal Physical Therapy.

Student Rotarians

None.

Happy Bucks

Greg R talked about Mallory Price's funeral was last Friday. She was a long term Rotarian and an inspiration to him! Mallory helped him with his recording secretary duties and was a support system while writing his book. He is donating $100 in memory of Mallory Price.
Andy B had a great time at the at the New Member Orientation BBQ that was hosted at Tom Vinz's place. He also had a great time over the fourth of July with his kids who water skied and had a blast. He brought treats to celebrate.
Scott T had a wonderful time with his family in the UP. The weather was perfect, and it was great to spend some time outdoors.
Ed H was able to see a former foreign exchange student which was lovely.
Raina S mentioned that the Legendary Lake Mills Arts Festival is this Saturday from 10:00am - 4:00pm. A Rotarian, Andy Barnes, will be there as an artist selling his photography. It is going to be a great day.

Fines

None

Birthdays

Tara Topel July 11, 2023
Todd Temperly July 17, 2023

CLUB BUSINESS - Announcements and committee reports

The movie night is this Friday, July 14th at Rotary Park at 8:00pm. They are looking for volunteers to work the concession stand. There is free popcorn and water. There are also free activities provided by the Lake Mills Rec Department. Interact Kids are working the concession stand during movie night. But a couple are needed between 6:00pm and 7:00pm.
The New Member Cook Out was at Tom's house. There were 25 members who attended. It was a great time. Thank you to Tom Vinz for cooking great food and hosting a party!
The Pyramid City Run is coming up September 9th. If you want to be a sponsor, you need to sign up now as posters are being printed shortly. There are two platinum sponsors, which is amazing! Contact Zach, Eli, or Sandee with questions.
Music in the Mills is coming up September 23rd. There will be a meeting next week after the meeting next week. Please attend if you are able to help. There are 4 bands playing from 10:30am - 9:00pm. Please make sure to be available that day and continue to promote and advertise.
On July 25th there will be a LMHS and LLHS Scholarship Recipient awards picnic. We want a lot of represenatation there, so please save the date. Tuesday, July 25th 6:00pm at Upper Korth Park. RSVP with Jenn at jennchristian0202@gmail.com or text her at 920-988-0061.

PROGRAM

Jenny enjoyed her President Elect Seminar (PETS Training). The training really resonated with her and made her feel like "she was in the right place, and at the right time". She felt so proud to be a Lake Mills Rotarian as we have a vibrant club and do not have a lot of the same issues that other clubs are having. Jenny learned about fundraising ideas and "break-out" sessions that helped her with new ideas. She is going to volunteer at other club events to support and gain more information that she can pass to our club.
Something that really stuck out to her was a session about Health and Wellness.

Jenny is personally on physical and mental health journey, and something that she would love to implement this year is how to extend this sort of help within our community. How can we show our community that every person matters and help end the stigma that asking for help is not a bad thing. This is going to be a large focus this year. We will look into our community and see where we need support whether it is mental health, addiction, domestic abuse, and the feeling of isolation.

At this meeting we implemented a couple of exercise that Jenny participated in at her seminar. We did box breathe work and an exercise where we made eye contact with the person next to us and let them known that they were "seen".

Jenny would like to see our club be even more inclusive. We can help different minded, different preferences, different abled people feel more included in our community through Rotary. An easy way to do this is just to think about and consider the "Four Way Test" that we site at every meeting. "Is it the truth, Is it fair to all concerned, will it build good will and better friendships, will it be beneficial to all concerned". We need to start thinking about how we can better cater to all, not just within the club but everywhere.

A question to think about is "are you a club member or are you a rotarian". Jenny asked members to discuss this within our group. Sandee mentioned that she believes that a club member shows up, a rotarian actually does something! She used to be a club member until attending a national conference, that showed her how much of an impact she can make. We are welcome to ANY Rotary Club anywhere. How special is that?!

What happens if someone wants into Rotary, but can't afford it? The lowest cost is $50 a quarter. This is something to think about.