This week we will hear from Brad Stevens from Alerus. He will discuss the economic drivers of the Great Recession.
Brad Stevens joined Alerus in 2008 and has nearly 30 years of experience in banking. Today, much of his customer base is commercial and business oriented, and Mr. Stevens is passionate about seeing his customers and their companies succeed. Mr. Stevens earned a bachelor's degree in economics from St. Cloud (MN) State University and a master's degree in finance from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He also holds a graduate degree in banking from the University of Wisconsin. He has published articles in various banking and manufacturing industry journals over the course of his career. Mr. Stevens has been active in organizations such as 4-H, the Elk River Sportsman's Club, Pilot City Neighborhood Services, Fremont Community Health Services, Elk River City Planning Commission, and the Abba Pregnancy Resource Center. He resides in Elk River with his wife, Leah, and their two children.
Invocation was provided by President Juetten followed by introductions and the card game by Don Weber, no card game winner this week. Ground Hogs day trivia was read by President Juetten. Answers to the riddles this week: 1) Tilly, she seems to follow the scale Do, Re, Me, Fa, So, La and then Ti; 2) The third - lions that haven't eaten for three years are dead; and, 3) Golf Ball. As always, you can read the actual riddles in last weeks bulletin.
Guests this week were: Collin Schwartz from Anchor Bank; Doug Nathan from Headwaters Relief and Judy Goldetsky wife of one of our speakers.
This week we had the pleasure of hearing from Annette Kuyper and Dr. Gary Goldetsky. They the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Program. More specifically, the Plymouth Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Program. This continues to be a great program to help families of deployed military and to help veterans. We will continue discussing possible service projects that our club can do with them.
For more information on the program, please visit the website.
What a day for ice fishing. The temperature was good, okay the wind was a little difficult to deal with at times, but with the wind shelter and heater all was good. Although an actual count was never taken, a rough estimate would put the event at over 200 kids dipping a line. Talking to many kids and parents, a number of the kids had never ice fished before. One parent came up and asked if the ice was safe, the family just moved from Las Vegas and they weren't quite sure if it was smart to be on the ice. As special thank you to Glen Norton for organizing the event for the club and to Jason Cardwell for preparing the poles and making all the holes in the ice. A few hardy Rotarians arrived early and stayed late. Glen, John Schoonover,Jim Creena, Peter Bartling and Steve Juetten opened and closed the event. Other Rotarians that helped during the event: Dave Olson, Margaret Li, Brock Peterson, Steve Beachler, Jeff Wosje and Ricardo Ortizcazarin. Also, prospective member Jim Prom was very active putting bait on hooks. Lastly, Colton Cardwell, son of Jason, helped create the holes and put poles out.
Now, you can blame it on the president if you want, but this year we were skunked - no fish were caught. But that didn't reduce the fun that was had by all.
Grant Management Seminar:
Peter Bartling has agreed to renew his grant management training and Ben Rischall will attempt to if his surgery goes well. Thank you to Peter and Ben.
For a Rotary Club to apply for matching district grants, someone in the club needs to have attended a Grant Management Seminar. Below are the upcoming dates:
- Thursday, March 31, Golden Valley, 3:30 - 8:00 (complete class - Limit 20 participants).
- Thursday, April 14, Golden Valley, 5:30 - 8:00 (Refresher - Limit 20 participants - this can only be taken by Peter).
- Saturday, April 23, Golden Valley, 8:00 - 12:30 (complete class, Limit 20 participants).
Although Peter and Ben will be trained, it would be great if others could get trained.
New Members:
Second Week.
New Member Application - We have received a new member application from James (Jim) Prom. Jim is a Plymouth resident, Councilmember from Ward 4 and owns a small business that specializes in manufacturing clear vascular models. His business manufactures and sells glass and plastic vascular anatomy models to medical companies and hospitals for training. He is educated in CPR/First aid instruction, EMT, NRCVT-Invasive B.S.B.A. business CSU. This is the first of the three bulletins his membership application will be placed for comments. Please introduce yourselves to Jim and welcome him when you see him.
Remember the membership contest - 1 point for bringing a perspective member to a meeting, 5 points if that person joins and 3 points if you get a person to join without coming to a meeting. Steve Beachler has 12 points, Dwain Erickson has 5, Steve Juetten has 2 points and Glen Norton and Jeff Wosje have 1 point.
Youth Exchange:
Jason has been busy. The possible third host family appears to be found! They are going through the last stages. Please take the time to thank Jason, Ricardo and Jill for the tremendous work they have done on this program.
Kristen Miller spent time with Albert and his current host family last week. Kristen should be publishing a story soon.
Heart Safe Plymouth: We have trained 3,253 People and counting!
Members - please think about how you can be part of this great program.
Rotary Grant Committee:
The Grant Committee is accepting grant applications which will be considered soon. Plymouth Rotarians must sponsor each application. First half grants will be awarded in January. Second half grants will be awarded in early Spring, 2016. Please review the Grant Policy and find the Grant Application Form at http://rotaryplymouth.org/Page/grants . Contact Past President Steve Beachler if you have questions.
Annual Giving:
We continue to get closer to the annual giving goals that have been established. You can give to the RI Annual Fund, RI Polio Plus, Safe Water and the Plymouth Rotary Foundation.
Current 2015-2016 Rotary International Activity:
Annual Fund (Goal - $12,000 To Date Actual - $6,091)
Polio Plus (Goal - $1,500 To Date Actual - $230)
If you haven't already gone to the RI website to sign into My Rotary, please do so. Once you have done this, you can enter your giving amount. Thank you
2016 - 2017 Rotary Year:
President Elect Knight and Current President Juetten will be talking to members regarding board positions for the 2016-2017 Rotary Year. Please consider taking on a leadership position with the Club. The Club is only going to grow if everyone steps up.
Rotary International President Elect John Germ has presented his 2016-2017 theme - "ROTARY SERVING HUMANITY"
Club Visioning and moving forward to improve our club:
Once the 2016-2017 Board has been set I will work with members to begin implementing the three projects. Below is again the three teams that have been established:
Community Service
Club Service
New Generations
Working with City of Plymouth as a strategic partner to increase our community visibility and interest.
Community Outreach programs designed to create interest in Rotary
Identifying, Understanding and removing barriers for younger members of Plymouth Rotary
Peter Bartling
Jason Cardwell
Steve Beachler
Lymari Santana
Bala Guntipalli
John Packard
Handsome Bob
Steve Juetten
Carol Parrish
Jill Kohler
Dwain Erickson
John Schoonover
Norm Okerstrom
Pat Knight
Diane Moyer
Bruce Behm
Glen Norton
Jim Crenna
Jim Bird
Sharon Sund
Jeff Wosje
Russ Carlson
Woody Jewett
Brock Peterson
Margaret Li
Bob Wittman
Scott Walter
Ron Lenz
Don Weber
Chris Garcia
Pam Oesterreich
Eric Blank
Steve Coley
Don Untiedt
Ben Rischall
Virginia Antony
Nick Clementi
Rich Manthe
James Williams
2016 Rotary District Conference:
The 2016 Rotary Conference will be on May 12 - 13 this year. The Conference will be held at Mystic Lake Conference Center. Conference Information can be found at:
Please take the time to visit the club website. We have now been using the Club Runner website format for a number of months. It is important for everyone to spend some time on the site and let Rich Manthe and me know what information is missing and what information should be updated.
Quarterly Invoices: Please pay quarterly invoices promptly. The Board continues to work with members that have outstanding balances.
West Metro Rotaract Club: They have officially been chartered! The first president is Tim Janssen. The Club meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 pm, Coopers Pub, West End, St. Louis Park. The also have reserved the 4th Monday of each month for service opportunities. Tim can be reached at timothygjanssen@gmail.com. Please pass this information on to your colleagues, friends and others who may have interest.
ClubRunner Member Profiles:Preview your member profile on the ClubRunner website for accuracy and update any missing data. Contact President Steve Juetten with any questions you may have. To assist, Dwain Erickson and Diane Moyer can shoot smart phone photographs of members whose photos are missing in the Club Membership roster. Is your photo missing??
Amazon Purchases: Please remember to select RCOP Foundation when you make on-line purchases at Amazon.Smile. The Rotary Club of Plymouth Foundation is registered with Amazon and may be chosen when you make purchases through Amazon.Smile. Amazon will donate .05% of your total purchase to RCOP Foundation. The AmazonSmile web site provides all the same products as the regular site, but in addition allows you to designate a charity which Amazon will support. Please tell your friends and associates who shop through Amazon Smile! The contribution comes out of Amazon's pocket - not yours! Click here to get started:http://smile.amazon.com/ch/26-3054927 You Shop/ Amazon Gives!
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Riddles
1) What game can be dangerous to your health?
2) What is the best advice to give a young baseball player?
3) Complete this sequence of letters: o, t, t, f, f, s, s, _, _, _.
The 4-Way Test: Of the things we think, say or do:
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Rotary Theme: "Be a Gift to the World"
Meeting Roles
Sgt-At-Arms -- Don Weber
Greeter -- Handsome Bob
Fine Master -- Chris Garcia
Invocation -- Margaret Li
Thank you to everyone that participates in the meetings. If you are unable to take on the roles as assigned, please attempt to find someone to fill in for you. Once you find someone or if you cannot find someone, please notify me at sjuetten@plymouthmn.gov so that I can plan appropriately
MEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Sharon Sund February 4
SPOUSES BIRTHDAYS
Gretchen Blank February 23
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
None this month - apparently no Valentine's Day Weddings in the Plymouth Rotary.
