In response to the WPRC Board of Directors' recommended changes to the weekly meeting time and venue, the entire WPRC membership approved the proposed changes by a vote of 24-2. Currently, the membership of WPRC stands at 27. Thus, 96% of the WPRC membership participated in the decision.
Starting in January 2019, our weekly meeting format will move to the following approach:
Breakfast meeting to be held on the first Tuesday and second Tuesday of the month with a start time of 7:00 a.m. and end time of 8:00 a.m.
After Hours social to be held the third Tuesday of the month with a start time of 5:30 p.m.
Board of Directors will meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month with a start time of 7:00 a.m.
If there is a fifth Tuesday of the month, some sort of hands-on project will occur .
Final details on meeting location(s), any changes in costs, etc., will be released in the next few weeks.
The answer will be given by each individual Rotarian at the weekly luncheon. Please, no sharing of the answer with others. Our goal is to have every Rotarian answer the question correctly by reading The Rotarian. You are on your honor. Don’t let us down!
December 11, 2018
According to the November issue of The Rotarian, what does “The Future of Peace” describe?
December 18, 2018
According to the November issue of The Rotarian, what is the best way to improve your golf game?
Laura Bray, Vice President of College Advancement and External Communications for Milwaukee Area Technical College, will address the Whitnall Park Rotary Club on December 11 to share the transformative work that MATC is doing in the community. She directs the MATC Foundation and leads the college’s Communications and Events Department. She also oversees MATC’s Office of Workforce Solutions, which provides customized training for area businesses, and the Office of Grants Development. Laura will share the college priorities, programs, and opportunities. Join WPRC at noon for lunch and hear this interesting briefing.
On Friday, December 7, WPRC 2018-2019 President Larry Myers had the opportunity to attend the District Conference of District 3650 in Seoul, Korea. District 3650 follows the newer model of a one-day conference, and the gathering was attended by more than 500 Rotarians.
Members of the Sae HanYang Rotary Club of Seoul, together with their Rotaract Club members, gathered for a photo with District 3650 Conference dignitaries. Pictured next to WPRC President Larry Myers (to his right) are Yun Sang-Koo and his wife. Mr. Yun is a past Director of Rotary International (RI) and is currently a Trustee (2018-2022) of The Rotary Foundation (TRF). He also chaired the 2018 RI Convention in Seoul, Korea. To his right is Tom Thorfinnson, the RI President's representative at the District Conference. And, to Mr. Thorfinnson's right is Chang Sae-Ho (David), the current 2018-2019 District Governor.
Mr. Thorfinnson is a past Vice-President and Director of RI and is currently the RI Chief Strategy Officer. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Eden Prairie Noon (District 5950) in Minnesota. He graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, and he has a law degree from the Marquette University Law School. As the RI Chief Strategy Officer, he shared critical information regarding the new vision and strategic plan for both RI and TRF. Click on "Read more" to read his prepared written remarks at the District 3650 Conference.
“For the first time ever the Board of Directors of Rotary and the Trustees of The Rotary Foundation have joined together to adopt a unified vision and strategic plan for both organizations. The new vision statement was approved by both boards at the time of the convention in Atlanta in June 2017. The vision statement is: ‘Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.’”
“To help us move towards this vision, we have adopted a new strategic plan that will begin to roll out with the next Rotary year. Within this plan are four new priorities. They are:
Increase our impact;
Expand our reach;
Enhance participant engagement; and
Increase our ability to adapt.
“Why are we in need of a new vision statement and new strategy? The answer lies in a combination of factors. Those include:
For over 30 years we have worked on the eradication of polio. The end of polio is fast approaching, and we must prepare Rotary for a future without polio eradication as our corporate program.
Rotary membership is not performing well in many parts of the world, in particular the western world, with declining membership numbers and a rapidly aging membership.
Demographics across the globe are shifting dramatically – the world is becoming urbanized and as of late we are not performing well from a membership perspective in urban settings.
The next generation of leaders were born into the digital world and embrace it. We must do the same if we are to attract those future leaders into our organization.
Our research has demonstrated that future leaders are attracted to our values, but not as attracted to our current club model.
In reality, our competition is not Lions International or other service clubs. It is the fast-paced, high technology world that provides unique ways to connect and serve.”
“In the next Rotary year you will begin to see new developments due to our new strategic plan:
We will begin to place a stronger emphasis on Rotaract, encouraging all to register in MyRotary.
We will start experimenting on small scale, pilot programs experimenting with new and different channels under which someone can join Rotary;
On the Foundation side, we will launch a new grant model allowing us to take on larger scale programs in developing countries;
We will also further refine the Areas of Focus to assure we are creating a greater impact with our efforts and better meeting the desires of our Rotarians in terms of their projects;
We will enhance our business processes to assure better efficiencies at the Secretariat; and
We will look at the governance structure to make it easier to be a District Governor, to remove some of our layers of governance, and to streamline how we operate as a volunteer driven organization.”
“I challenge you as Rotary leaders to take those same creative skills, energy, and drive to enhance the quality of the Rotary experience, to create cutting edge opportunities for people to connect, for Rotarians to take action, to better utilize their business and professional skills and in the process transform both our organizations and the world around us.”
Members of the newly formed WPRC Satellite Club of Muskego participated in the first annual "Jingle on Janesville" on Saturday, November 24. Purpose of the event was to highlight the businesses and service organizations of the city. The new satellite club is an after-hours club that meets on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays of each month at the Muskego Circle, a community center hosted by Lakepoint Church. Location is S63W13694 W. Janesville Road. Contact the club president, Dr. Kelly Thompson (kelly.thompson@muskegonorway.org), to express your interest in this new satellite and to receive information on dates, times, & locations of all activities.
Whitnall Park Rotary Club hosted its annual Christmas Art & Crafts Fair on December 1, 2018, at Whitnall High School. The event was a huge success with 1,958 guests offering a $3 entrance donation at the doors. More than 160 crafters displayed and sold their items to this huge crowd. WPRC members, their family members, and other recruits did an awesome job of team work and expended great effort to ensure success. Thanks to all, and congratulations, on a job excellently done!
"Students of the Month" for November 2018 were Mary Jensik and Charley Riegg, both seniors at Whitnall High School. The Student of the Month program offers area high school seniors the opportunity to learn about Rotary and to share their own aspirations and pursuits. Congratulations, Mary & Charley, for being selected as Student of the Month!
On Tuesday, November 27, representatives of SKYGEN International Foundation, presented a program to WPRC entitled, “Providing Vision to Change Futures” (Tanzania, Africa). Reps included Lisa Sweeney, Executive Director; Emanuel Kitoi, Project Coordinator; & Brett Bennett, Director of Vision.
SKYGEN International Foundation, Inc. brings the power of SKYGEN USA’s innovations in technology and digital capabilities to bear on a global issue, which is an overall lack of access to healthcare. Their vision is to find cost effective ways to improve healthcare in underserved parts of the world by using emerging technologies. The Foundation works to deliver life-changing healthcare benefits to those without them due to cost and/or lack of access to care and technology. Their current initiative is to help provide prescription eyeglasses to the people of Tanzania. Worldwide, it’s estimated that there are approximately 2.5 billion people who need glasses, but in developing countries like Tanzania, there’s a critical shortage of eye doctors. With eyeglasses and the ability to see clearly, the lives of adults and children can be transformed.
According to the National Council for Aging Care, volunteering has many benefits which the senior population may not realize. As most are likely to be retired, elderly people simply have more time on their hands than almost every other age demographic. Despite this, they don’t have the highest percentage of the population who volunteer—that belongs to those aged 35 to 54 who are also at the height of their working days.
Benefits of volunteering include social engagement, giving back to the community, physical engagement, and learning something new. All of these can actually extend one's life expectancy. Learn more about the benefits of volunteerism by accessing Aging in Place's "How to Volunteer as a Senior" (click here).
And, while you're at it, pop in at a Whitnall Park Rotary Club luncheon some Tuesday noon at Klemmer's Banquet Center and learn about all the great things that WPRC is doing for both local communities and the world at large through Rotary projects. "Be the Inspiration!"
Ciara McHugh, 2018-2020 Global Grant Scholar from Rotary District 6270, has begun her PhD. program at Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She describes her program in her own words: "Over the next few years, through the support of LINCS (Leverhulme Interdisiplinary Network for Cyber Security) and the Rotary Foundation's Global Grant Scholarship, I'll be exploring how police and communities interact around the world. I'm interested in looking at tensions between minority groups and police forces, and how we might rethink relationships between the two." Follow Ciara's progress and adventures via her blog: https://ciarajmchugh.weebly.com
WPRC Members
Member Name
Nicholas Albert
Luke Baryenbruch
John Bennett
Kent Bieganski
Michael Breitbach
Dan Christianson
Roger Clark
Terri Delke
Tim Dittloff
Kevin Drury
Larry Feinstein
Gilbert Frenn
James Helminski
Jeremiah Johnson
Larry Myers
Michael Nietzke #
Robert Nolan
Lisa Olson
Robert Petri
Paul Sackmann
Scott Schenke
Michelle Tate
James Thorsen
Dan Weber#
Judy Weiss
Thomas Weiss
Scott Weyda
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