Milwaukee North Sunrise Rotary Meeting –August 1, 2019 - Minutes
Attendees:  Dr. Willie Hart, Diane Beckley, George Matthews, Sharon Adams, Lynda Conyers,   Monica Phillip, Thanner Baquero, Buzz Althoen, Dave Carter, Bob Holzrichter, Fred Langer, Chris Przedpelski, Cynthia Berry-Roberson, Dale Allen
Guests:  Asst. Dist. Gov. Rob Bassett, Sharon Lampert 
Meeting was called to order by President Willie, who led us in the Pledge and the Four Way Test.  Invocation was given by Cynthia Roberson.
President Willie welcomed our guests
A baby gift was presented by the club to Chris for his new baby son
August birthdays for Cynthia and Monica were celebrated in song by the membership.
Sgt. at Arms, Thanner Baquero gave a report of $25 collected.
This morning, diapers or cash was collected for the Blanket of Love program.
Good News/Bad News:
Diane had good news on behalf of her significant other, Jim Milner, also a Rotarian, as being named the Chief Diversity Leader for the DNC in 2020.
Thanner reported that he spruced up the public little green space in his neighborhood with some flowers and basic grooming of the area.  This community service gives him great satisfaction.
George reported that for him, school is starting on Monday.
CLUB BUSINESS:
President Willie expressed her hope that going over the club goals for the year over the past couple weeks answered some questions and has given the membership a better direction for our club.  She then asked Secretary Monica to report on the list of events for the year.  Monica handed out a list to all in attendance with those events.  She asked members to look over the list and see which events would be of interest to them and volunteer to participate in them.
Cynthia had some questions on the scholarship program, and expressed an interest in serving on that committee.  Buzz gave a short explanation, and asked that she meet with him to go over the details.  All members can nominate candidates for the scholarship.
SPEAKER:  Our speaker this morning was Maren McFarlane with the Wisconsin Humane Society.  She updated us on the Humane Society with the assistance of a good visual power point.  The Society is 140 years old, started in 1879 as a facility to accommodate children and animals.  The Milwaukee campus has a “Wildlife” center to care for injured or abandoned wild animals.  All their shelters are “no kill” shelters.  They also provide behavior service, educational and safe haven programs for youth and families.  They have vets on staff at all times and they also have a Pet Vet Truck going out into the neighborhoods where people love their animals, but do not have the means to care completely for them.  So the truck carries pet food and offers some vet services to those people and their pets.  They also have a “trap, neuter, and release” program for feral cats.  
Maren invited the club to come for a tour of the Milwaukee facility.  Monica said she would work on this for the club.  It will be discussed more at the next meeting.
President Willie thanked our speaker and presented her with a small gift of appreciation.
President Willie also requested members to call her with their volunteering preferences.
Sharon’s raffle ticket number was called, and she drew a blue marble, so the pot grows.  We will have 5 blue and 1 white marble next week.
The meeting adjourned at 8:35 AM
Monica Phillip, Secretary
UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
August 8 – Open
August 15 – Tory Trettin (our Outbound Student)
August 22 – Julia Means – Blanket of Love
August 29 – District Governor Steen Sanderhoff
LIST OF EVENTS FOR 2019-2020 YEAR:
1.	VETS COLLECTION OF WARM CLOTHING – OCTOBER (FLIERS AND COLLECTION DATES)
2.	POLIO PLUS “END POLIO IN THE WORLD” DAY – OCTOBER 24, 2019
3.	COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
4.	CHRISTMAS WITH DIGNITY – DECEMBER, (DATES) START WORKING ON IN SEPTEMBER, 2019
5.	OUTBOUND YOUTH EXCHANGE – (NEED TIME LINE INFORMATION)
6.	4TH GRADE ESSAY CONTEST – APRIL, 2020 – JUNE, 2020 –CANOE TRIP AND CLUB PRESENTATION
7.	WORLD AFFAIRS SEMINAR – JUNE, 2020 (NEED TO FIND A STUDENT)
8.	VETS COLLECTION OF KITCHEN ITEMS – JUNE/JULY, 2020 (FLIERS AND COLLECTION DATES)
9.	ST. VINCENT DE PAUL MEAL PROGRAM – (BUZZ NEEDS TO GIVE US DATES)
SOCIAL EVENTS:
CHRISTMAS PARY – DECEMBER, 2019
ANNIVERSARY/CHANGING OF GUARD DINNER – JUNE, 2020