Meeting Minutes

EP Noon Rotary Board Meeting Minutes, 9/6/24  

• Warm Hands Warm Hearts – we pledged monies for 6 dozen Hats and 8 pairs of Ski Gloves, $492. These will be distributed in October by Immanuel Church as part of their Loaves and Fishes Program.
• Camp Enterprise – We have not sent an EP Student in 4 years. Hooke will reach out to Mark Anderson at EPHS to see if there is renewed interest. We will sponsor 2 EPHS students if they sign up (~$400 per).
• Furniture assembly at PROP postponed. PROP has asked us to help at CUB Chanhassen on 9/14-15. EPNR members/guests can pick a 2-hour shift to bag groceries or work the POP UP Booth to promote the great work PROP does. See John Steinlicht announcement. Some openings Sunday. Link to signup.
• Kindness bags – Packing Day October 20 at Fat Pants. Have a free will contribution box to allow non EPNR’s to contribute cash.  Outline a plan after 9/12 meeting- define items. How many items? Where we might obtain items.

• Veterans Day Lunch November 14 at Edina CC anyone want to plan. Typically, PE helps out. Hooke will work with Amanda.
• Speakers good thru October. Ask yourself, “Who else should we be asking to speak? Who do I know”. Please ask them. Ideas- Water Treatment plant. Fire house, Joseph's company +++

• Mike (& Bob) using tech to Internet to define EP companies, size and seeming appropriateness to join. They will contact them about potential membership.
• Packet for new members should be revised, 2 pages, highlight EPNR local contributions as well as RI and all it does!!
• We have had good follow up with newbies visiting- especially John U.
• New member package- Bob D and Sam creates it. We will rejuvenate old package, copy & share.

• EPNR gives $1500 /yr
• Make 10/24 Polio Plus Day in EP – Hooke sent note to EP Mayor Ron Case

• Onward is considering $1.3M fundraising for 2nd home.
• EPNR committed $10K/per year - 2 years.

• Considering changing banks as Minnetonka bought out. Maybe First National is a possible option? John U checking.
• December 12 no meeting at Tavern. Bill Falk will help find alternate venue.
• Hooke Happy Hour 9/25 5-6 pm.  More information coming.
• Fat Pants Gathering Appreciation Day was good.
• Bollig presentation was excellent! Thanks Amanda! And Thanks Marc.
• Frequency of Board Meetings every 5 – 6 weeks.
• Holiday gathering ?? Sounds good, we need ideas.

EP NOON ROTARY BOARD MINUTES 7/25/24

• Have more fun:   Make meetings more exciting,  greet people who are new more enthusiastically. Get to know each other better, build on the community we have.
• Better communications:  We need to keep people abreast to what is going on in the Club Share notes from each weeks’ meeting and have with highlights of upcoming meeting.
  • Post notes  on website and have Link sent each week to membership, to those notes.
• Expand meeting places: once a ¼ meet at other locations, Bill Falk agreed to help on this. 
• Getting to know each other better:  Have more vocationals and perhaps a progressive dinner to get to know each other better. Promote more interaction with more people at each meeting.
• Review service goals, and projects: Several new opportunities were discussed already. One is make bags to hand out to homeless. Create bags with note inside and some basic hygiene items. Give to  homeless on street corners.
  • Agree to Charity event at Fat Pants October 20 (Viking  vs Lions that day) Chanhassen built 50 bags,  maybe we can do 100 or 150.
  •  Another option, give empty bags out at grocery store with list and ideas to fill bags and handout.
  •  Perhaps some engage Inter-act at the high school for items or ideas  
  •  Service committee working on logistics - Anna  & John