September 6 Meeting Minutes

Miriam Kramer, presiding, Sonia Woodbury, Margareta Vlasic, Judy Zone, John Zone, Bill Kille,

Susan Marks, Jason Collier, Ryan Van Dyke (new member – gave his application to Sarah Grant with his membership check), Marty Gelman, Sarah Grant, Annie Nielsen Cononelos, Julie Bateman,

Ladd Tanner, Shannon Tilly Guest: Errol Eernisse

·        Susan Marks provided our “Rotary Minute” – we’re part of 1.255 million members Worldwide in 170 Countries with 35,000+ clubs and we need to “proudly wear” our Rotary Pins all the time; have a 30 sec “elevator pitch” ready when people ask “what is that pin for?” and be proud of the local, National and Int’l work we do!

·        Errol EerNisse, a guest from the sugarhouse Club, and representing the District 5420 Rotary Foundation Committee as Chairman gave us a wonderful presentation on what and how the foundation works.  The Foundation provides funding in matching grants to Clubs Worldwide and provides Rotary Districts with money to conduct – local, National and International projects – as a District we get back 50% of all money we contribute to the Foundation and the remaining 50% is available to the Worldwide fund projects of which we can receive funds from also; the management of the fund is such that ALL money used for projects gets distributed to the Project – 100% of money contributed is used – NOT one cent goes for management, overhead, etc – this is UNIQUE within the Charitable Giving World! – Thank you Earl for a great explanation of how the system works

·        Julie Bateman provided a report on our finances as treasure of our club; 4^th qtr dues are due and can be sent in to our address:

              Rotary Club of Millcreek
              P.O. Box 590
              Sandy, UT 84091-0590

·        Sarah Grant reported on the Membership Committee’s efforts to increase our numbers; we now have a “new membership check list”; name badges are in the works and a plan to “match up” our new members with those who are more experienced to show them the path

·        Judy Zone reported on our “Wine to Water” event this 13^th of Sept; she’s requesting “set-up” assistance at 3:00 pm, email her if you can attend; ticket sales are close to complete needing only 6 or 7 to sell out the 100 tickets – way to go Team!!!

·        Miriam reported that our support of the Sunnyvale Center will be Oct 31th from 5-7; Rotoracters and Interactors will join us to man booths, and support the Carnival, more info at our next regular on Sept 20^th