CLUB 29 Breakfast

Quail Creek Country Club | 7:00am | Wingspan Room
Co-Chairs:  Susan McVey, Bud Oehlert 

November 10, 2022  -Don Wetekam - "OU’s Engineering Leadership Program"
November 17, 2022 -  Allison Flaig, Chief of Staff, USA Softball - “Upcoming Events and Community Outreach Initiatives”
November 24, 2022  - No meeting - Happy Thanksgiving!!

December 1, 2022 -  Dr. William Orr, President Emeritus, Lynn Health Society Institute - “Importance of Sleep:  Why a Good Night’s Sleep is Really Good.”
December 8, 2022 -  Kathleen Stevenson - “Archery”

Links to online voting will be sent out the afternoon of Nov. 15.  Thanks to the Nominating Committee for their work in providing the slate.  Members of the Nominating committee are: Robert Mills, Emily Stratton, Lesli Massad, Mark Neumeister, Jerrod Shouse, Tom Phillips - Vice Chair,  Ellen Fleming - Chair

The slate of the 2023-24 Rotary Officers and Directors will be online for the November 2022  election. If you would like a paper ballot, please request one here.    
  
Phone calls requesting paper ballots will not be accepted. If no paper ballot is requested, a link will be sent to your email address for voting purposes. 

Deadline for requesting a paper ballot: Nov. 15, 2022, Noon.

By requesting a paper ballot, you will be precluded from voting online in this election, and will not be given access to the online voting system.    

At the Oct. 4 meeting, we announced the OnePledge Committee has selected the Rotary Expedition Africa Playground at the Oklahoma City Zoo & Botanical Garden for the 2022-2023 Rotary Project.  

The Rotary Expedition Africa Playground will be located in a 14 acre African savannah and lush rainforest within the heart of the zoo complex – giving zoo visitors the experience of taking a journey to Africa (a continent that remarkably less than one tenth of 1% of all Americans will ever visit) to see its amazing wildlife and become inspired to protect the animals from the African continent.  The Children’s Play Area will be located inside the historic pachyderm building and will be the only indoor play space at the Zoo and is thus expected to be among the most highly trafficked areas at the Zoo!  

As you know, this is the one combined annual project in which we, as a Club, ask 100% of our members to participate. In addition to providing $85,000 for the Rotary Expedition Africa Playground, Club 29 will be funding High School Rotarian scholarships and books for our Literacy Project… all through this one donation.  A total of $110,000 is needed. 

We have made it very easy for you. Please donate or pledge by clicking on the following link. It takes no time at all.     

Dear Fellow Rotarians, 

At the Sept. 27 lunch meeting, we shared some news about a conversation that began over two years ago. Prior to the pandemic, it was clear to our administration committee, budget committee, and board of officers and directors that a dues increase would be necessary for the club to maintain a balanced budget. With the arrival of the pandemic, we were able to delay that conversation. As we’ve seen a return to normal club operations, meetings, and service, we’ve also seen an increase in almost every expense of the club due to inflation and we were forced to revisit the conversation. At the recommendation of our administration and budget committees, the 2021-2022 board of officers and directors approved a dues increase of $15 per quarter, or $5 a month, effective January 1, 2023.   READ MORE

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