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Rotary Club of Lombard
Newsletter Rotary Corner - Highlights from our District Governors visit.
Michael A. Ericksen posed three questions to our board. 1. What
does our club do best? 2. What are our goals ? 3. What can RI do
to help us ? General discussion of what we do best, included community
service, great comraderie, as we work well together and our scholarships,
based on the sale of 200 raffle tickets @ $110.00 each. Mr Ericksen
asked what we are known for by community leaders? He suggested we
show leadership with our fundraising. Discussion of our goals included,
increasing membership. Mr Ericksen suggested each member sponsor
at least one new member. He noted that pins are available for sponsors.
President Flint had set a goal of four new members during his year.
Continuing education. President Flint wants members more involved
in learning more about Rotary. Also discussed were, Membership retention,
Marketing the club, encouraging makeups. DG Ericksen challenged
us to consider Lombard's greatest need. We believe this is helping
the poor and homeless. He said there is a program to donate used
business computers to the poor. DG Ericksen suggested increases
to the Rotary Foundation. This can be done on a dues basis. He also
suggestewd we apply for District Simplified Grants, by which means
the District matcheds our funds raised. Welcome To Our Speakers: On September 6, "Is it the Truth?" Ed Seagraves spoke about the virtue of truth & honesty. Doc Arndt spoke about the Maui Rotary Club, which he is a member of, he feels we could learn from their membership drive. And someone (Sgt.@ Arms forgot to put the speakers name down) spoke about how life is good in Lombard, as opposed to Cook county where crime and payoffs abound. On September 13th, District Governor Michael A. Ericksen spoke to the membership about Rotary. September 20th, Fred Hoebel and Shiela McCann were our speakers. On September 27th, Bob McBride was our speaker du jour. Announcements: On September 6, Kim announced info on the Golf/Picnic outing, Dennis reminded us about the bike recycling and Shelly sells football tickets @ $20.00 a pop for the Park Ridge Rotary. Jim Ilten mentioned the Crop Walk and was looking for sponsors. Fines & Happy Fines: September 6, Doc was hit for a pin fine. Kim, Rich and Bob C. were late to lunch. Scott was caught getting Doc's badge, Rick for snitching, Deb for missing Bob being late and a double whammy for Deb, as she forgot Happy Fines. Jim Ilten was happy that St. John's school has opened and Brian's grandson who is on the GE golf team, hit a 350+ drive. Happy birthday was sung in honor of Mikes big day. September 13, Kathy V., Brian, Bob McB. And Rich were hit with pin fines. There was a fine levied to the entire club for not filling up the governors table. Kim, Bob W, Rich and Bob Mc. For being late to the gov's meeting. Steve paid up for not finding someone to fill in for Charlie. Brian was caught getting his badge after the salad was served. Smart ass comments fine were applied to Rich and Scott. Bob Mc had a phone call during the meeting. And a luxury tax was paid by Scott for his new ride. Picture fines for Bill L and Deb. JBB says hello from dad Jack, up in Hayward. Dennis said that Karen and Megan thanked everyone for the sponsors and that the race went well. Bob McB was happy that GE has the highest National Merit Honor Society students in the district. September 20th, fines were levied at Jim B., Dennis and Brian for having their cell phones on. Late fines were assessed to Bob W., Bill, Marge, Rick, Jim B., Rich for being late to the board meeting. Picture fines were handed out to, Ray, Ed, Dan, Gary B., Steve and Deb. A CITIZENS Fine was handed out to Sgt. Deb from Greg for sending a card to rotary with the Lions club name and our P.O. box number. Happy fines by Bob C. and Ralph for the piece done by 190 North on Schweppes. Brian was happy that John N. showed up. September 27th, late fines were given to Doc, Bob C., Ed and John Brandon. MIA fines from the board meeting were assessed to Rick, Marge, Bill and Bob McB. Kathy V. and Dennis were caught without their pins. Picture fines, Rick, Dennis, Gary B. and Kim. Ed asked about the low number of females at lunch and was concerned that his table would be fined for not having the opposite sex present. Deb in all her wisdom, never even thought about it until Ed mentioned it, and Ed was instantly fined. Gary Smit showed up with his socks for once and was questioned about it by the Sgt. Being that he has a lot of time on his hands, he found that Mike F. (now a fellow retiree) had no socks. Happy fines by Marge, for being back from a ten day cruise, Bob H. for his son coming home from Iraq and Jim Ilten for getting 14 members to donate $20 each to the Crop Walk. We all sang happy b'day to Jim Ilten. Honored Guests: September 6, Shelly O'Connor from the Park Ridge Rotary Club. Object of Rotary - or Be Reminded: the first regular (Thursday) meeting of every month is "Food or $5" as members will have the choice of bringing a food item to help supply for the Food Pantry or pay a $5 fine of to support First Things First. When a speaker is not scheduled on the first Thursday of each month, the time will be spent in quality fellowship and member to member interaction. Birthday Celebrations: Recent and upcoming birthday celebrations
of note include: Weekly Raffle: September 6, someone won the winning ticket, but pulled the wrong card. (Thanks Deb). September 13, Kathy V's table had the winning ticket, but pulled the ten of spades. September 20, Gary B's table won but couldn't find the right card, as Deb picked the Ace of Spades. September 27 saw Kathy V's table, again have the winning ticket, but alas, Kathy picked the King of Spades. Mark Your Calendars: REVERSE RAFFLE OCTOBER 25 VILLA NOVA Board Meeting: The next Board Meeting is October 18 at 11:30 a.m. at Casey's, preceding the normal luncheon.
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