Posted by Submitted byJack Ferreri on Mar 17, 2022
 
Draft MINUTES v 1
Note: THIS WAS A ZOOM MEETING, IN LIGHT OF COVID-19
 
Board Members in Attendance:, Roxanne Brazeau, Jim Emerick, Jack Ferreri, Connie Fish, Kevin Hayden, Matt Loch, Rod Nilles, Paul Patenaude, Kathy Roberg, Dean Ryerson,
Members Absent: Steve Aune, Abby Benbow, MC Dunn
 
CLUB MEETING
Called to order by President Connie Fish at 12:02pm.
PRESIDENT (Fish)
  • Consent agenda on Secretary report and Club financial report. Ryerson moves approval, with Roberg second. Motion passes.
  • Edelstein will take over membership chair from Tony Burns. Fish will meet with Edelstein, Hayden, and Roberg to get membership moving.
  • Nominations for next Board (2022-2023):
    • President Kathy Roberg
    • Incoming President Kevin Hayden
    • Secretary Jack Ferreri
    • Treasurer Matt Loch
    • International Paul Patenaude
    • Vocational Jim Emerick
    • Community John Gerold
    • Club Rod Nilles
  • Should the Club make a donation in honor of recently-departed Club member Ruth Domack? No indications of guidance for any donations received. How best to honor her memory? Perhaps a special mention at the Golf Outing, since she was always active in it.
  • Dane County is lifting mask mandate as of March 1. What should we do? RI in Evanston still needs proof of vaccination or a negative test. The Board resolves on the following policy:
    • Masks are not mandatory
    • Members may wear masks if they wish
    • Unvaccinated may attend meeting in person, although we prefer they attend via Zoom
    • We encourage unvaccinated attendees to wear masks
  • We’ll announce this policy at the next meeting, as well as in the Bulletin and via email.
 
PAST PRESIDENT (Aune) No report
CLUB SERVICE (Ryerson)
  • Want to thank Faulhaber and Nilles for help with technical setup for Zoom meetings.
  • Collected over 200 pairs of socks for the Beacon.
  • We’ll merge the 50th Anniversary event with the Paul Harris social.
  • New member Dana Monogue will be inducted on Friday.
  • We need a personal outreach to members that haven’t been attending meetings.
  • Nilles is working on fool-proof instructions for setting up meetings with the computer and big screen. Aune will provide screen shots. Need to make sure we give date and version number to the instructions. Ferreri to serve as guinea pig.
  • When the speaker has his/her PowerPoint on a thumb drive, we’re only able to use two screens. Must resolve this issue.
  • Discussion of restarting lunches soon, with a simple pizza or sandwich lunch with a contribution ($10) basket.
  • We still need a reliable signup for greeters.
COMMUNITY SERVICE (Benbow) No report
VOCATIONAL SERVICE (Brazeau)
  • Emerick and Brazeau met to review avenue of service and prepare for spring. Zitnak wants to take over scholarships. INTERNATIONAL SERVICE (Patenaude)
  • All check requests from International are in.
  • Not moving ahead with the International Reforestation project discussed at last meeting.
Motion to adjourn the Club meeting at 12:39pm by Roberg, seconded by Loch. Motion passes.
 
FOUNDATION MEETING
Meeting called to order at 12:39pm
  • Secretary report: Via consent agenda, motion to approve Minutes, Foundation financial report, & Schwab financial report. Motion by Roberg, second by Patenaude. Motion carries.
PRESIDENT (Fish) No report
CLUB SERVICE (Growney-Selene on Golf Outing)
  • Event June 22 at Pleasant View Course. No buyouts/no guild trips. Purely voluntary participation by members. Meeting 2/17 in the morning for planning. We won’t know the amount of profit from the event until after the start of the next Rotary year. Motion by Loch to authorize the committee to move forward with the event, with second by Roberg. Motion passes.
COMMUNITY SERVICE (Benbow)
  • Roberg speaks on the training of community health workers that starts in April. Total of $7,500.  A District Grant will cover half of that; the Foundation will cover the other half. We’ll have ‘boots on the ground’ in Aune, Loch, Hayden, and Roberg. Motion to approve the $3,750 Club commitment by Roberg, second by Ryerson. Motion carries.
  • To cover the above expense, discussion of availability of unspent CANstruction funds ($2,000) and unspent Haiti Biodigester ($1,700). It’s not a normal procedure to assume the obtaining of District Matching Funds, but this situation merits it. We’ll commit to spending up to the dollar amount we can support if we don’t get District funding.
VOCATIONAL SERVICE (Brazeau) No report
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE (Patenaude) No report
Patenaude moves to adjourn at 1:00, seconded by Loch. Motion carries.