May 12 Rotary Meeting date change: PLEASE REGISTER SOON AS WE NEED TO TURN NUMBERS IN BY 5/5/2025 TO RESTAURANT.
The May 12th meeting will be changed from a noon meeting to a dinner meeting at Lombardi's, 21 Bellwether Way Ste. 112 with spouses invited at 6:00 pm.
We will hold a short business portion and then an evening of socializing.
We will meet in the private dining room with a Super Club Menu for $29.00 each with individual checks.
We must confirm numbers by May 5th so please register on this Clubrunner Event page. Below is the registration page.
April 17, 2025 Rotary Board Briefs
Sandee reported that Dick Tucker’s wife, Chris, recently passed away.
Vinson Latimore has been having difficulty attending regular Monday meetings and also Board Meetings so requested we remove him from the Board. Steve contacted Bob Kuenzel, and he has agreed to start his director term early. The Board approved his appointment effective April 18, 2025. Vinson is hoping his situation changes soon.
Sandee compiled a list of members that are not attending meetings for board members to contact them for a “welfare check” and touch base. Board members were assigned members on that list and reported on the contacts. The board felt the outreach was very helpful.
Survey Result items discussed:
The March 30, 2025, Financials reports were approved, and we are still on target.
Catherine Riordan suggested that one of the comments in the survey was members trying to understand the budget better. She suggested Steve Gray, Treasurer, explain the budget and finances to the membership. The Board felt this was a great idea. He and Sandee will be given time at our May 19th meeting.
Regarding the formation of a new meeting location committee, Steve Ban will chair with the addition of Aaron Booker, Cathy Buckley and Sandee Lindhout.
Rotating the weekly meeting format on a regular basis. Scott Herman had the following suggestion:
1) Regular Monday lunch meeting with speaker
2) Monday lunch meeting, the various committees meet during club time, no speaker.
3) Regular Monday lunch meeting with speaker
4) Evening social meeting, no speaker
Comments:
- one social event per month to often – one per quarter better would be better: no need for committees to meet during meetings
- It was suggested we report after the board meeting to explain what occurred and discussed. **The board approved scheduling 15 minutes following the board meetings to report on the topics discussed at the board meetings.
- The Ferndale Club meets at bars, etc. on the 5th meeting of the month. We looked and the next year’s meetings there are only 1 Monday that falls on the 5th week.
- Catherine – we have diverse membership, we have underused committee structure
- Sandee suggested changing the Change of Guard meeting to an evening meeting 6/30/2025 and the board was interested in that.
