June 15, 2020 Meeting Bulletin
 
MINUTES
BIRMINGHAM ROTARY CLUB
JUNE 15, 2020
 
President John Schrot, with the aid of David Zimmer, welcomed all to the virtual meeting via Zoom.
 
We said the Pledge of Allegiance, sang “God Bless America” with Bill Roy, and recited the 4-Way Test.
 
Richard Shapack gave a memorable invocation, quoting from a speech by Robert F. Kennedy.
 
Guests included Greg Ross and Lynda Luty.
 
Birthdays included Larry Sherman, Tim Oancea and Frannie Greenebaum
 
Joe Bauman presented a 2-Minute Rotary Update, informing us of a change to Global Grant Awards by Rotary International.  Individual donations for global grants will  no longer be matched by RI.
 
Linda Hatfield welcomed Greg Ross, who expressed an interest in possibly joining our Club.
 
Regan Gilshire gave a brief Treasurer’s Update, focusing on lower expenses due to no lunch costs.  
 
Members were encouraged to make contributions to the Rotary Annual Fund and/or Polio Plus before June 17th.
 
Bryan Frank announced a Virtual Happy Hour via Zoom on Thursday, June 18th, at 5:30.
 
John Schrot informed the members that the Club Board will be meeting (virtually) at Noon on June 17th.
 
John Westerheide announced that the Club’s Year End Party will be held on June 29th from 5 pm to 9 pm at the Rotary Pavilion at Springdale Golf Course.  Come congratulate John Schrot for an excellent year as Club President.  THERE WILL BE NO REGULAR CLUB MEETING ON JUNE 29th.
 
Joe Bauman and Bryan Frank are acting as an Ad Hoc Weekly Meeting Venue Committee, and are looking for suggestions of where we can hold live meetings (once safe to do so), as the Community House will be closed during the balance of 2020.
 
Wendee Haugh and David Underdown are looking for suggestions for meeting speakers for the upcoming year.
 
The 2020 Rotary Convention will be held on-line June 20th-26th.  See the RI website for details.
 
The Question of the Day by John Schrot was “What do you find encouraging in the world today.”  The most profound answer was that we are slowly learning to take a lesson from nature, namely, that nature loves diversity.
 
John Schrot acted as our host to  our speaker, the Hon. Kameisha Gant, Oakland County Circuit Court, Family Division.   Judge Gant gave us a very detailed portrait of both her upbringing in a close-knit family and her education.  She has a rich history of volunteer and service activity, which caused her to change paths while a pre-dentistry undergraduate student to eventually pursuing a career in law. Throughout, she has been active with pro-bono legal services and mentorship.  She took an oath to administer justice, and believes that volunteering off the bench goes hand in hand with serving justice on the bench.
 
Bill Roy led us in a rousing rendition of “Smile”.
 
OUR NEXT VIRTUAL MEETING WILL BE JUNE 22, 2020.
 
Respectfully submitted,
 
John Mucha III