Meeting called to order at 12:09 pm by Susan

Pledge and Prayer Lead by Barb

Club in attendance; Rhonda, Susan, Gary, Ben, Matt, Anita, Jim, Cole, Barb, Jay, Kyle, Scott, Heather, Rob and Bobby

Introduction of Guests; Cheryl Holiday (Resorter), Tom Moreau, John Catlin and Jackie Bertsch

Birthdays: Ben on July 2nd and Jamie on July 13th

Club Correspondence & News:
Koreen meet with Rhonda and Susan two weeks ago and is in the process of putting together a brochure and packet for new members. Koreen will be hosting a fireside chat for new members in the fall. This is for the new Rotarians and will host a Q&A about Rotary. It is a nice social evening for new members.

Susan, Anita, Ben and Heather attended Club Runner Training last week. Heather and Anita are going to use Club Runner for the minutes and for attendance.

We have received our first grant request that the board will look at next week. It is for the sheriff’s department for Victim Services, and they are holding a golf outing late August. They are asking for $100 to sponsor one of the holes.
Call for Approval of the June 22 meeting:
Rhonda made a motion and Jay seconded, all approved.

Club Program:
1.Kick Off to 21-22- Rotary Year:

 

Celebrating Rhonda

Susan thanked Rhonda for her leadership for this past year. Matt Nester shared his gratitude towards Rhonda’s leadership during the end of his Presidency and thanked Rhonda for stepping up at the end of his term. Matt said that Rhonda “exemplified what the 4 Way Test is and what it means to be a Rotarian”. Matt also mentioned the Sullivan Beach Project and thanked Rhonda and Jim for their participation in that project. He also thanked her for her leadership during all our fundraisers and thanked key Rotarians who helped facilitate these fundraisers in the past Rotary year.
Jon also shared that Rotary is about collaborative leadership and Rhonda is a great example of that. He praised Rhonda for jumping in and how appreciative he is of her hard work.
Jon also mentioned he bought something at every one of our auctions and loves the spices he got in the Christmas Live Sale. Jon also mentioned that Rhonda is now the District Interact President.
Jackie also stood up to speak about Rhonda and her Paul Harris Fellow award that she is receiving today. Jackie congratulated her and thanked her for her continued service to Rotary.
Rhonda also mentioned how Jackie and Jon have been a great support system and that half of the many emails they received were likely from her. Rhonda thanked the club for hanging in there for this past year and they have a great club and great district.
Susan then shared that we had 7 new members inducted this year. 3 Paul Harris Fellows. Virtual Meetings done on. Car Cruise, Corn Hole Tournament, Online Service Auction, Social Evenings, Stuff the Bus, Shop with a Hero, Life Leadership, Road clean up, and budgeted 12,000 for Grants and used all of it. We also had a matching district grant for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Updated our Bylaws.
Susan then asked Rhonda to join her up front to present her with the Paul Harris Fellow +2 Award. Her first Paul Harris was in 2008. Jackie, John, Rob and Bobby joined the pinning. Jon pinned Rhonda and then they posed for pictures for the Resorter.
Susan also Presented Rhonda with a Rotary Club President plaque and Rhonda spoke about their collaboration this past year.

 

Updates
2.Jay Jacobs – Chamber
Jay talked about the Blues Festival which is this weekend on Friday 7/16  and Saturday night on the Grounds of the Chamber. They are also working on a Country Music Festival in August which is the same weekend as the Car Show. Jay also mentioned that the Miss Houghton Lake Golf outing raised over $7,000. The chamber is also doing movie in the park on August 14th, they will be playing Frozen Stupid 2 and will have a open air viewing. They will also be auctioning off a Larson Boat at this movie event. They will also auction off some other movie memory memorabilia. The Interact will also be in attendance at the event.

Car Show Update – Tom, Matt or Jim *PLEASE TURN IN SPONERSHIP FORMS ASAP
Tom gave an update on the Car Show. Ron Homan is donating all the food for the Friday Night Cruise. Tom needs all of the sponsorship ASAP because the Trophies are going to take a long time to get. The Resorter also gifted a huge ad space to put a Thank You to everyone this year for their participation in the Car Show. Tom said that they are changing the route to go West so they can go down Iroquois. The Resorter will also be printing the Cruise Route and the cruise will take about an hour. Tom also stressed that they want to do 1 Trophy per person. We still need volunteers! Cole also donated a Blackstone Grill to Raffle off for the Car Show, Thank you Cole!

 

50/50:  $5 going to the Winner: Barb and she donated it back to Interact.
Next Meeting:
July 20th- Board Meeting at 11:00
July 20th- Club Assembly
4 Way Test and Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 1:00 pm.           
Minutes submitted by Secretaries, Heather Marra and  Anita Sheppard