Rotaryminder for the Rotary Club of Kent
September 17, 2024
President Rachel, called the meeting to order at 12:05
Our patriotic song was My Country Tis of Thee led by David Dix on piano.
It was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance
Invocation by Dominique Bollenbacher
Dominique Bollenbacher led us in singing You’ve Got a Friend
VISITORS
There were 1visiting Rotarians.
Steve Bossart from Akron Rotary
Guests: Our speaker Eric and his wife Jennifer Nichols
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- David Dix- Tap Talk with Jim Myers at 7 pm at NWB
- Dennis Campbell- Kent Craft beer fest this weekend at 3 pm
- Dennis- KACC next week there is a night at the KSU museum, next Thursday and it is free.
- Adopt a spot- looking for people to help! Saturday the 24th at 8:30 at the gazebo
- Steve Bossart- announcing that David and Janet Dix are the award recipients for the Changing Destinies award in September for Coleman!
- Melissa Stewart- Thursday is the first Hometown Bank concert at 7 pm. TRHS students are playing.
- Roberta- looking for more people to do the prayer
- Todd Kamenash- thank you to those who have signed up to be volunteers at the ITGA conference in June, and there are more spaces left.
- Bill Childers- thank you to all who helped at the Salvation Army food distribution. We had 10 folks come out to help!
- Steve Dennis
- Lisa Soeder
- Asad Khan
- Amanda Senn
- Sabrina Christian Bennet
- Rachel Kearns
- Kaleena Gharky
- Kassandra Dean ( Ravenna Rotary)
- Dominique Bollenbacher
- David Dix
- Nithya Venkattaman
- Khaleena-5/14/25 the Recyle extravaganza is happening
BIRTHDAYS- something you did that your parents do not know about.
- May 3rd Dr. Chris Martin- didn’t get away with much, but after he turned 18 he and friend tried Boones Farm apple wine from 7/11. They went to get some pizza and drove there and missed the parking lot.
- May 7th- Tom Myers
- May 7th- Kristie- got a c on her report card and was grounded for 6 weeks and couldn’t do the things she wanted. After that, she took caffeine pills and wouldn’t sleep to get everything done. She caught the lamp on fire as she stayed up.
- May 15th Hattie Tracey
- May 15-Bill Arthur
- May 21-Bill Knome
- May 21-Will Underwood- took a vacation day for school with a friend in high school. And got busted because they went to get another friend
- May 22nd- Doug Fuller
- May 23rd- Larry Wright
Hattie Tracey won the birthday lunch
HAPPY BUCKS
Paul Organ- wants to Change Dominique Bollenbacher to Dominant Bollenbacher
Chris Martin- daughter just graduated from NC with 2 kids and is pregnant!
Jeff Roeger- last daughter is graduating and he is thankful for the music in the Kent City schools
His son had some solos in the high school concert recently and his other children also had some other music opportunities
-a shed on his property was taken down by Brothers company and it was very nice
Nancy Whitehead: Sue Hetrick and john Flynn gave donations to the foundation that were unrestricted so that gives us more chances to give more money
Ann- impressed with the kids who presented with scholarships at the High school
Lee Higgins -Granddaughter Layla had a contest at Hershey park and the band came in first place and scored 98% for Latin
Bill- happy his wife had a good Mother’s Day with all 4 kids
Kathy- congrats to David and Janet and the contributions they have made to Coleman
Todd- Lily’s playoff got her 2nd home run of the season and is at 500
Roberta- her downstairs bathroom was flooded from toilet and the plumber came and everything got done well and quickly
Paul Harris Fellow recognition-
First time: Asad Kahn, Kathy Meyers, Roger Sidoti
Paul Harris Fellow Plus One: Jim Meyers, Paul Organ, Howard Boyle
Paul Harris Fellow Plus 2: Lee Higgins
Paul Harris Fellow Plus 3: Rebecca Wright Kulis
TODAY’S SPEAKER/PROGRAM
Dennis Campbell announced our speaker Eric Nichols-an important part of the modern day and age in our business world. His business, Eric Does Data, and they consult and help bring businesses up to date to keep their data safe and efficient. He talked about AI and how we can use it in our everyday lives. There are ways to build digital teams. While there are reduction in what we might need people to do, there are ways to help employees pivot and give them more and new work to help you grow your business and more efficiency. He prefers Google Gemini. Open AI and ChatGPT is good and free, Copilot is good too!
RESPONDER- Brad Ehrhart
Four Way Test
Respectfully submitted,
Dominique Bollenbacher
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