Milwaukee North Sunrise Rotary Meeting –June 6, 2019 - Minutes
Attendees:  Diane Beckley, Dr. Willie Hart, George Matthews, Monica Phillip, Dave Carter, Jim Bartos, Bob Holzrichter, Thanner Baquero, Gregory Williams, Sharon Adams, Tarakee Jackson, Angela Stinson, Darren Tolliver, Sr. Lucy Marindany, Shelton Watkins, Sr., Shelton Watkins, Jr., Lynda Conyers, Fred Langer
Guests:  Gina Harris, Kendale Allen
Meeting was called to order by President Diane, who led us in the Pledge and the Four Way Test.  Invocation was given by Sr. Lucy.
Acting Sgt. at Arms George Matthews gave a report of $38 collected.
President Diane introduced our guests and welcomed them to the meeting.
Good News/Bad News:  
Jim Bartos said he was glad to see everyone, and be at a club meeting again.  He thanked the club for the get well and birthday cards.
Darren reported that he met with Sr. Patricia Rogers, who was one of our speakers on the Amani Neighborhood Project.  Associated Bank now has a partnership with her organization, and may be helpful with funding and have an impact with new home owners.  This is definitely an ordinary Rotarian doing extraordinary things.
Shelton (Sr.) announced that they have a new addition to their family, grandchild number six.
Thanner reported that he did the UPAF Ride, and that it was an enjoyable day.  He again thanked the members who contributed to his ride.
Greg announced that the annual HBCU event would be taking place on Friday, and that he had tickets for the event.  There are 15 schools involved this year.
Diane invited all to attend a celebration on Friday at St. Ann’s.  They had enough funding to expand on their facility which included the band shell and gazebo outside, as well as the medical facilities on the second floor.  All are welcome to the open house Friday.
Club Business:
A motion was made by Thanner Baquero for the club to match the funds collected for UPAF of $120.  Bob Holzrichter seconded.  There was no discussion, and the motion carried.
Lynda announced that Angela is celebrating a birthday in June.  All the members sang Happy Birthday to her and wished her many more.
President Diane announced that our Anniversary Dinner will be taking place next Thursday, June 13th, at Meyer’s Restaurant with cocktails at 5:30 PM, and dinner at 6:30 PM.  No morning meeting.
President Diane thanked all those who served at the St. Vincent de Paul Meal Program last Sunday.  It is one of our club’s service projects, and we could consider doing it more than once a year.
President Diane gave updates from our District 6270 meeting at DualCon Conference in May, which would affect the way our By-Laws and Constitution have been drafted and awaiting a vote from the membership.  Main changes would be the Rotaract members are now full Rotarian members, elected politicians are now eligible for membership, replacement of an officer can be done by appointment, no longer a time period on make up meetings.  She also reported that Rotary International has the status of a 50lC(3) organization.
Fred Langer made a motion that we accept the By-Laws and Constitution with the changes.  Tara Jackson seconded.  The motion carried, and our By-Laws and Constitution are ratified.
Shelton (Sr) introduced our speaker today, our own Tara Jackson.  Tara introduced her co-speaker, Bashir Easter who would be doing the video presentation.  Both are with the University of Wisconsin, and involved with the All of Us Research Program.  They also had Gina Harris with them to add additional comments.  
The goal of the All of Us Research Program is to help researchers understand more about why people get sick or stay healthy.  We are all different, but treatments for illness are often the same.  They believe that health care should be tailored for the individual…this is called “precision medicine”.  Research can help us get there.  The program is looking to get a million people nationwide to participate in the program which is now in the data gathering stage, but hopefully in the future this data will give answers to eliminate major diseases like cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc.  Precision medicine looks at lifestyle, biology, and environment (all of these things affect our health).  The qualifications to become a participant in Wisconsin are:  18 years of age, Wisconsin resident, cannot be incarcerated.  This program is expected to last for about 10 years.
Most of surveys and information are done on internet, but there are also physical locations were these things will be available to those who do not prefer the internet.  These are the partners, of which St. Ann’s is one and holds regular sessions for the participants in the program.
The question was asked if the insurance companies will have access to this information, and the answer was not directly.  The hope is that this program will generate lower health care costs.
Informational material was handed out on the program, and answered a wide scope of questions.
President Diane thanked our speakers and gave Dr. Easter a pen and Rotarian magazine.
The raffle drawing took place, with Shelton (sr.) number being the winner.  He drew a blue marble, so the pot grows.

President Diane adjourned the meeting at 8:35 AM.

Monica Phillip, Acting Secretary
UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
June 13 – Anniversary Dinner (no meeting in the morning)
June 20 – 4th Grade Essay Winners
June 27 - Open