Membership chair, Bryan Ludwig welcomed James (Jamie)Wedell as a new member, after an excellent review of Rotary. He spoke about the benefits and responsibilities of being a Rotarian. Joann, as sponsor, then gave Jamie the Rotary membership pin. The club welcomed Jamie with applause and a standing ovation.

Kris Wyatt and Kerry Callahan are coordinating the 100th year anniversary of the RCL (10/16/1925 to 10/16/2025) which will be held on Saturday, November 1, 2025. Kerry shared that the 100th project is well on its way. There will be a band that has agreed to play 2 songs from each era. 20's, 30's, 40's etc. The Catta Vedera Country Club is the location for the celebration. The ticket cost will be $100, and the Theme is the 20's and dress for the 20's is encouraged. The Turkey Drive date, November 21st, was announced. Claire reported that there is no 5th week Social for October 31 due to the conflicts with Halloween festivities.  Keela has scheduled a Fundraising Committee meeting. October 10th, at Soli's, 5:00 PM. Tour de Lincoln: Bryan reminded members that the raffle for the bike is available online and volunteers are still needed. Clark reminded people that the District Foundation dinner is the same day as the Tour but that one or two members have been able to sign up to attend the dinner to represent the club. He also encouraged members to consider attending the RI Convention June 21-25 in Calgary, because it's relatively close and a beautiful location. Karen reported that there is a great need for #1 size diapers, Truman also has the annual drive for coats & jackets and other winter clothing beginning. Please bring any of these items to the next meeting. 

President-elect Greg Kevin opened the Club Assembly portion of the meeting, with a brief message on his club goals for 2024-2025. He said that there will be an emphasis on Service, with a focus on Lincoln specifically. He wants there to be more "hands on" available to the club members. Greg also said that the Committees are the core of the club,  and that he had invited 3 committee chairpersons to speak today. Kris Wyatt, Youth Services Chair, began the discussion saying that she would like to see more opportunities for the Interact Club to work with the Rotary Club. The RYLA program this year had some of the students withdraw from going to the camp. This is the first time this has happened, and she would like to see some wording at the outset of student selection, that involves some consequences if this should happen in the future. RYE didn't happen this year but hopefully will in the near future. She said that High School Scholarships are more meaningful when the club President can present the awards, as Richard did this year. The Cornerstone program continues. The club supports this program with a cost of $9,000 per school. Kris would like to see this extended to another school in the future. She ended with an explanation of the Youth Protection Policy that can be accessed on the District Website. Clark Osterhout, as the Foundation Chair talked about the Programs of Scale. "A significant way in which Rotary members are increasing our impact is through Programs of Scale. This multimillion-dollar initiative funds large-scale, high-impact projects that attract exceptional partners while making the most of the capacity, expertise, and enthusiasm of Rotary members.  But to really fulfill the Action Plan priority of increasing our impact, members should think about scale whenever they're developing projects — not just if they're hoping to apply for the Programs of Scale award."(Quoted from the RI Website.) Again, from the Website: The 2024 Programs of Scale Award recipient: Partners for Water Access and Better Harvests in India is a five-year evidence-based program designed to improve livelihoods of over 60,000 rural farmers across four states in India through the implementation of sustainable agriculture and water management practices. For more information of Programs of Scale go to Rotary International.org. Paul Radcliffe, World Service Chair, gave a quick overview of the various donations that the WCS were involved with, and they have all been completed except Guatemala, with the Cupertino Rotary Club, which will carry over into 2024-2025 until approved for a Global Grant.

           The Four-Way Test

  Of the things we think, say or do:

   1. Is it the truth?

   2. Is it fair to all concerned?

   3. Will it build goodwill and

         better friendships?

   4. Will it be beneficial

        to all concerned?

 

   5. HAVE FUN !!