Day Meeting Minutes - 01/24/2023

Lake Mills Rotary Meeting Agenda:

1/24/2023, Pyramid 

Good Afternoon and Welcome to Rotary

Pledge of allegiance and 4 way test

Introductions: 

1. Visiting Rotarians, Guests / Speaker, Zoomers

   1. Beth on zoom. 

Happy Bucks and Fines

• Topel’s Towing and Repair’s won an award for their ABC Contractors and building excellence. 

• Nicole just got back from a conference. Supporting decision making of older Americans and Americans with disabilities. It was a great time and she learned a lot. 

• Pam Streich just returned from Peru where she attended a long mission trip that helped youth. She had an incredible time and can’t wait to share more about it. While there they also got to travel a bit and have fun! 

• Karen Reimer is working with Project Lead. They are a group of people who promote leadership and community spirit. They take on an employee and help them into a community leadership role. In Fort Atkinson they don’t have enough volunteers so they are talking about collaborating. 

• Debb Lins had us all do an Alligator breath together so she could take a picture! 

Student Rotarians

2. January

   1. McKenzie Nelson - LM was left handed until she broke her wrist. 

   2. Kasie (Casey) Everson - LM has been swimming with dolphins. 

   3. Ben Buxa - LS Wisconsin is not his first home. 

   4. Jack DePrey - LS has two fake teeth. 

Birthdays / Anniversaries

3. January Birthdays

   1. Gerard Saylor January 10

   2. Dennis Hawkes January 15

   3. Scott Tellefson January 22

   4. Sandee Macht January 29

4. Birthday Raffle - TODAY

Committee Reports or Announcements

Membership committee is hosting an orientation for new members at the Lake Mills Family Restaurant on Friday, Feb 3rd at noon. 

Club Business

5. New Member Applications

   1. Rob Lewis - Ready for Induction

   2. Wayne Garnell - 2nd Reading

6. Any interest in Rotary Youth Exchange after presentation last week from Jan

7. Literacy Council Pickups around town

8. Volunteers Needed : The Fort Atkinson Rotary Club is hosting 30 inbound foreign exchange students from district 6250 on January 27-29.  Students will arrive Friday afternoon between 5 and 5:30pm and leave Sunday between 9 and 10 am.  Most activities will take place at the Fort Atkinson Club (including sleep at night).  They will also be walking to the Hoard Museum and Haummerson’s Pond to skate. Sign up for shifts here…. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E4BAEAC2AA2F94-district

Upcoming Dates

1. Jefferson Rotary Beer and Wine Tasting - Jefferson Co Fair Grounds

   1. Saturday, February 4th from 6-9pm at the fair grounds. Tickets are $40 in advance, $45 at the door.

2. Jan 31st - Evening Assembly - No Day Meeting

3. Board meeting next Tuesday Jan 31st at 7am

Program: Mick hosted a game of Kahoot and then presented his position of Assistant District Governor.

Our District is 6250. Our district is staffed as ours is with a Board of Directors, Executive Board, and Committees.

Mick overseas Group 11. Each club he represents is very different. He mentioned that Stoughton has $2 million! Some Rotary clubs have songs they sing, others say prayer, but we all share the same goal. 

Mick attends 1 zoom meeting per month. He meets with all of the Presidents and there is training and networking. 

Presidents oversee a lot and only serve for one year. As the Assistant Governor who is on for 3 years, the Assistant Governor keeps things organized. The job is to make sure everyone is working cohesively and he also makes sure that Rotary Clubs know their monetary opportunities. 

A goal of Mick’s is collaborating with other clubs. If clubs work together we can up our grant totals and oftentimes triple our money. Mick has helped facilitate President networking events so that we can better work together.