Due to the spike in local coronavirus cases, the Board has decided to suspend in-person meetings through the end of February. We will be meeting Thursday 7:30AM on Zoom and an email will go out to members with the link prior to the meeting. Our speaker this week will be our own Inder Ghai who will be doing his classification talk.
At its January meeting, the club Board made the decision to cancel this year's Run With Rotary. The prevailing sentiment was that the COVID-19 issue will still be with us in the Spring and that the likelihood of success for the race would be dim. Initially, we had thought of doing some sort of virtual or hybrid version of the Run, but again, the feeling was that it would be better to simply not have the event this year and then bring it back to full strength in 2022. However, in order to replace some of the fundraising lost due to the cancellation of RWR, the Board did approve doing a Flags For Heroes event somewhere around Memorial Day or Flag Day. Additionally, we will still be selling tickets for the District 50/50 Raffle.
At it's monthly meeting, the Board approved the 2020-21 Giving Budget. Due to the pandemic shutting down our fundraising events, this year's Giving Budget is not a function of last year's money raised as is the usual case. The Board approved a $55,000 Giving Budget predicated on our club raising an additional $11,000 before the end of this Rotary year (6/30/21). If this amount is not raised, the Giving Budget will default to a contingency budget of $44,000. You can view the charities selected by clicking here (note, you have to be logged into ClubRunner to be able to view).
If you ever get a burning desire to read over the minutes from our Board meetings but have no idea where you can find them, fear not - access is at the tips of your fingers. Go to the website, move your cursor to About Us on the top banner and then click on Private Documents. Not only are there minutes dating all the way back to 2018 but a treasure trove of archival documents as well as, our club's bylaws. Please note that you have to be signed into ClubRunner to access most of these documents (that's what gives the term Private Documents its mystique).
Because the Rotary year runs from July thru June, “next year” is only a few months away. Over the last two weeks, I’ve put included a blurb in the Reveille about contacting President-Elect Andy if you are not on the Board and interested in serving (as well as the reverse case, which is that you are on the Board and interested in stepping off). Andy has been in India the last two weeks so, as of press time, I haven’t spoken with him to see if anyone has contacted him regarding this matter. But, if you haven’t done so, do it soon.