The “COG” (Changing of the Guard) meeting in the dining hall at the Rotary Youth Camp began after people had gone through the meal line. According to my unofficial count, there were about 45 members and guests attending. Outgoing P. David Hanzlick began the meeting with a greeting, followed by Carl Bolte at the piano and Woody Davis leading us in a singing of “God Bless America”. What a difference it made to be singing for real, in person, no ZOOM recording!
After we recited the Pledge to the Flag, Dan Doty brought forth a thoughtful invocation. Scott Holsman introduced two guests.
Members noting club anniversaries included Jim Winn, 12 years; Dennis McKeehan, 13 years.
The one big announcement was a reminder that our next meeting (on July 8) will be our first return meeting at the Gallery. I believe the plan is to also broadcast the meeting on ZOOM for the benefit of those members who cannot attend in person.
We then proceeded with the COG ceremony, with P. Hanzlick reviewing his year, and incoming P. Andresen discussing his plans and goals for the coming year. The sound system in the building made it very difficult to understand the speakers. Fortunately, both men were kind enough to give me their notes. So, here are brief summaries of their remarks:P. Hanzlick – his goals for his year:
1. Develop the membership, in numbers and in dedication to the ideal of service above self. The total membership declined 12 members, most of which were due to deaths. We were fortunate to hold the decline to about 5 percent, given the difficult (ZOOM) circumstances of our meetings.
2. Increase member participation in service – through committees and service projects.
3. Maintain our focus on the Youth Camp through volunteer opportunities on the property and maintenance of its financial foundation.
Achievements:
- Raised $21k toward repayment of the $50K to our Foundation for the Paul Harris House.
- Created strategic plan for sustaining the funding of the Youth Camp.
- A taskforce to ID specific strategies for camp funding.
- A taskforce to manage the Venture Fund.
- Increased participation in Camp projects from all Club levels.
- Conducted Bill Brown Coat Drive
- A new kind of Greater KC Day – with the KC Monarchs and Hyvee
- Ongoing meetings of committees and a club assembly
- Initiated the Mariposa Monarch Project with various partners, led by Jan Armstrong.
- Successful Shoes for Orphan Souls shoe drive
- Business Exec. of the year – Jeffrey Jones of H&R Block
- Continued the Bagel Run
- Held several safe and socially distanced events
- Installed a hydration in Berkley Park
- Promoting growth of the Satellite Club
- Participated in the Literacy Project
- Frequent calls by board members to members to check in with them throughout the pandemic
- Several new projects supported by the Venture Fund and members volunteering.
Incoming P. Andresen then took the podium with the following remarks:
Thanks to all who have worked especially hard during the last trying pandemic year.
The new Club Board consists of Eric Bubb, Tom Davis, David Hanzlick, Lee Brumitt, Kelvin Beatty, Barbara Dolci, Sherri Hahn, Brad Kleindl, and Linn Mills.
The speaker at next week’s LIVE meeting at the Gallery will be Carlos Gomez, Pres. & CEO of the Hispanic C. of C.
A major emphasis of the year will be increasing the Club’s diversity of its members, so that the Club represents all of Kansas City. Making this happen will be a tall order, and will require the efforts of all Club members.
Yes, it is possible that we can grow the Club membership from aprx. 200 to 225 members in the year.
All committees are looking for more members to advance their areas of focus. Quickly, here are the committee chairs:
Steve Burger – Programs
Todd Newton – Entertainment
Jared Campbell – Membership
Barbara Dolci – Comm. Service & the Venture Fund
Evie Craig – Downtown
David King – Weekly Scribes
Charlie Huffman – Music
Jan Armstrong – Ecology
Kim Beatty – Education Excellence
Sherri Hahn – Literacy & Lead to Read
Brad Kleindl – International Service
Scott Holsman – Social Media
The meeting closed with the usual recitation of the 4-Way Test.
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