March 2, 2020 Meeting Bulletin
 
March 2, 2020¬¬ Meeting Bulletin
•    Meeting called to order by: President John Schrot at 12:15                          
•    Pledge of Allegiance recited by all members
•    4-Way Test recited by all members
•    Song: America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee) sung by Bill Roy
•    Weekly Invocation/Inspiration: ‘Prayer for Good Humor’ by Bill Roy
•    Guests:
o    Rick Wilk
o    Dan Kahn
o    Judy Powers
•    Birthdays:
o    Pete Kreher (March 7)
•    Volunteers:
o    Lunch Tickets:         Marsha Kovacs
o    Raffle Tickets:         John Mucha
o    Greeter:             Frannie Greenbaum
o    Invocation/Inspiration:     Bill Roy
o    Sheriff:             Linda Hatfield
o    Bulletin Editor:         Jeff Buehner
o    Host to Speaker:         Carol Peterson
•    1-Minute Update:    Andrea Roisman gave the Club a Rotary International update. She attended a meeting of the Tel Aviv Rotary Club in Israel where she was warmly welcomed with beer and given one of their club’s Rotary flags.
•    Updates:
o    Membership Minute: Linda Hatfield reminded everyone of the Masters Madness Gala coming up on March 27th at the Village Club in Bloomfield Hills.
o    Literacy Update: Paul Toepp/John Mucha (need readers Wednesdays at Owens Elementary from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
•    Masters Madness Gala Planning Committee Meeting 
•    Hope Warming Center: March 17 Bill Roy (full)
•    Report on BBCC Member Coffee at Baldwin Library Rotary Room on 2/27; Thank you Doug Koschik
•    Report on District All Club Grant Seminar: Feb. 29 (Sat.) 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Concordia University
•    District Conference in Chatham: May 8-9; new members subsidized
•    Publishing of BRC draft Strategic Plan
•    Raffle Card Drawing: John Mucha
•    Daily Pot winner: John Schrot
•    Nobody drew the Ace of Spades – the Jackpot lives
•    Sheriff: Linda Hatfield 
•    Host to Speaker: Carol Peterson
•    Speaker: Pamela Good, Co-founder and CEO of Beyond Basics. Pamela detailed the widespread problem of illiteracy impacting America’s young people.  Beyond Basics is a literacy focused nonprofit organization that provides one-on-one reading tutoring and literacy enrichment programs for K-12 students in order to help them achieve grade level movement in six to twelve weeks.
•    SMILE
•    Thank you – Connect the World!