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CLUB INFO

Next Meeting
December 20, 2018

HOLIDAY PROGRAM
Dress Festive

Radisson Center

Buffet at 11:30
Program at Noon

 

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
 
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
20 December 2018

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year!


 
 
THIS WEEK AT ROTARY
 
It is that time of the year!
 
Dean has an awesome Christmas Program planned for us!
 
If you plan to attend we ask that you register TODAY...please register YOURSELF and guests.
 
We have 170 members and guests registered!  Dress festive and come enjoy the musical talents of our Rotary families. 
 
We hope you will remember Lucia, our exchange student over the holidays, with a small gift or an outing with your family.  Your family will gain:  a new global perspective, many memories and a new family member for life.  She is a delightful young lady and you will enjoy time spent with her.
 
 
 
FELLOWSHIP TUESDAY
 
 
The Fellowship Committee has planned another fellowship gathering for Tuesday, December 18th at 5:30.   Meet at the Radisson Three Rivers Lodge...stroll through Rotary Lights and back to Three Rivers Lodge......see flyer.
 
 
 
UPCOMING COMMITTEE  - FELLOWSHIPS MEETINGS
CENTENNIAL HISTORY COMMITTEE:  The History Committee for the 100th Anniversary Booklet is welcoming interested participants.  Meeting scheduled for Friday, January 4th at 3:00 pm in the Archives Room at the La Crosse Public Library.  Contact Patt Boge for more info.
 
 
 
 
 
 
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

 

Paul Mueller
Regional Vice President - SW Wisconsin
Mayo Clinic Health System
Proposed by Peter Grabow

 

Stephen Porter
Retired
Medicine Psychology
Proposed by Michael Hartigan and Roger Christians
 
Remember to meet and greet new members

who can be identified by their temporary red badge.

 

 

ROTARY LIGHTS
Rotary Lights is an annual gift to the Coulee Region.
Thanks to all who have donated and volunteered their time and talents!
 
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I received the following email from Jerry Stinson:  We were in La Crosse on Thursday and Friday from our home in St. Paul, and enjoyed the beautiful lights at the river side park. All the best to you and your colleagues for your loving and caring civic involvement. Keep up the good work. We'll see you again soon.
 
 
 
FRUIT BASKET UPDATE
 
FRUIT BASKET FUNDRAISER
We assembled 1870 fruit baskets!
Thanks to all!!
 
Congratulations to our Gift Basket Winners
Sharon Imes
Nick Passe
 
We still have 20 baskets to sell.
Please email Lyn if you would like to purchase more.
Extra's will be available at our meeting this week.
 
 
 
LAST WEEK AT ROTARY
Last week at Rotary our presenter was Carol Abrahamzon, Executive Director at Mississippi Valley Conservancy.   Carol has been a member of our club since 2015.  Her PowerPoint presentation.
 
The mission of Mississippi Valley Conservancy is to conserve native habitats and farmlands in the Driftless Area for the health and well-being of current and future generations.
 

They at Mississippi Valley Conservancy fulfill their mission in three ways:

 
 
 
 
GET WELL SOON

GET WImageELL WISHES go out to Kenna Christians.

Kenna was hospitalized for a week with back issues and is now at: Bethany Riverside, 2575 7th Street, Room 115, La Crosse WI  54601. 

She welcomes visitors!

 

 

 

SAVE THE DATES
2013-14  Youth Exchange Student Proud Returning to La Crosse:  Proud who was our youth exchange student from Thailand will be returning for a visit on December 30th through January 12th.  She will be staying with the Jeff Odom family.  Jeff will be needing some help hosting her, so if you would like to help out, please contact Jeff for details.
 
Centennial Dinner Celebration:  La Crosse Center - June 20, 2019
 
 
 
ROTARY FOUNDATION MATCH OPPORTUNITY
 
 
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION MATCH OPPORTUNITY
 
Make an additional donation of $100 or greater to the Rotary International Annual or Polio Plus
through February 2019 and we will match your donation with foundation points.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ROTARY'S GOT TALENT!
 
 
Interested in participating in Rotary's Got Talent
at this year's Club Assembly (January 24th)?
 
Put a team together with a few of your Rotary friends (minimum of three participants per team) and email rgeister@trane.com. Talent entries can include singing, lip syncing, dancing, or other talents (please, nothing involving fire)!
 
We're also soliciting sponsors to donate prizes for the event. 
 
 
 
ATTENDANCE

ROTARY ATTENDANCE
Dec 6th - 57%
Dec 13th - 64%
 

Rotary Attendance policy is to attend or makeup at least 50% of the club meetings during the first six months and the second six months.  They can be done by: â€¢ Attending regular club meetings • Making up meetings at other Rotary Clubs ( which includes E-Clubs) • Engaging in club projects/events/fellowship/board meetings.

100% Attendance Winners
July  - Sheila Wieser
August - Bob Riutzel
September - Peter Grabow
October - Chuck Hanson
November - Grant Withrow

 

MEMBERSHIP

MEMBERSHIP 
Active Membershi
p
187

New Members
Paul Mueller & Stephen Porter

Honorary Members

22

Associate Membership is a program to recruit younger members, millennials, to membership.  Associate Membership is available to anyone who is proposed for membership who is 35 years of age or less.  Associate membership will end when that member reaches the age of 38. They would pay for dues and $100 for meals per quarter no matter how many meetings they attend that quarter.

Corporate Membership is a program to allow multiple employees of a business Rotary participation under one primary membership. Each corporate membership is limited to a three-year term. After the three-year corporate membership term, the individuals are required to become individual members. View Corporate Membership Policy.

Family Membership is a program to allow a second individual Rotary participation under one primary membership.  View Family Membership Policy.

Honorary Membership  is offered to members who have distinguished themselves by meritorious service in the furtherance of Rotary ideals.Unlike other membership categories that can be requested by the member, Honorary Membership is bestowed upon a member by election from the Board of Directors.   View Honorary Membership Policy.

Excused Membership is offered to members if the aggregate of the member’s years of age and years of membership in one or more clubs is 85 years or more, the member has been a member of one or more clubs for at least 20 years, and the member has notified the club's secretary in writing of the member’s desire to be excused from attendance  and the board has approved.  Excused Members will pay the quarterly dues and only for meals when they attend a meeting.

Membership Proposals....we will no longer ask for three references when you propose a new member.  This was a criteria that our club had set not RI.  This will help us process new members into our club more efficiently.  You can access the membership proposal form online, under the Club Information site page.

 

 

RAFFLES

RAFFLES

December 20th

Christmas Gift Basket

Raffle $10 Kwik Trip Gift Card

Marble Raffle  $40

Please note: Raffle, Fines, Birthday, Anniversaries and Scooters are all donations that will go to the club  If you are making a donation and would like it to go to the Rotary Works Foundation or Rotary International Foundation, we ask that you write a check to the Foundation of your choice.

 

Dec 13th: Raffle $68: Fines $64: Scooters $7: Scrip $265
 
 
PROGRAM CHAIR & DUTY ROSTER COORDINATORS
Program Chair for July 2018 - June 2019
 
DUTY ROSTER COORDINATORS
December - Grant Golson
February - Bonnie Steidl
 
 
If you would like to volunteer for Rotarians in the News,  be a greeter,  a hospitality greeter, raffle ticket seller,  scrip seller or announce guests, you can email the Monthly Duty Roster Coordinator that are listed above....just click on their name.  If you would like to give your classification talk please contact Program Committee Chair Andy Bakkum.
 

 
CONTACT INFO

Rotary Club of La Crosse
P.O. Box 1914, La Crosse, WI  54602-1914
608-526-4491 (Phone and Fax)

Lyn Sheffer, Administrator
rotarylax@charter.net

Nick Passee, Secretary
nick@passelaw.com

Earlamae Dahlby
Attendance and Make-up Coordinator
earlamae@centurytel.net

 

The La Crosse Brain Game
P.O. Box 384, La Crosse, WI  54602-0384
608-304-2971
Jeanne Meyer, Administrator 
info@rotarybraingame.org

 

Rotary Works Foundation
P.O. Box 1571, La Crosse, WI  54602-1571
608-886-9793

Scott Herdeman, Administrator
rotaryworksfoundation@gmail.com

 


 
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Meeting Responsibilities
Secretary
Passe, Nick
 
Sergeant-at-Arms
Amborn, David
 
Registration Assistant
Dahlby, Earlamae
 
Piano
Haase, Ann
 
Program Chair
Bakkum, Andy
 
Duty Roster Coordinator
Golson, Grant
 
Greeter
Gschwind, Mary Ann
 
Hospitality Greeter
Widuch, Jodi
 
Introduce Guests and Visitors
 
Rotarians in the News
 
Introduce Program
 
Raffle Ticket Seller
Masewicz, Bob
 
Scrip Seller
Withrow, Grant
 
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President Elect
 
President Elect Nominee
 
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Secretary
 
Rotary Works Foundation Liaison
 
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