Ames Morning Rotary Club Virtual Newsletter

Vol. 3, No. 2		February 2005

	Club Officers
	President: Brian Dieter
	President-elect: Dave Miller
	Secretary: Terry Adams
	Treasurer: Jim Ziebold
	Past President: Dean Harms

	Morning Rotary Club Profile
	Club Charter Date: January 1, 1989 Total Charter Members: 20 Charter Members (Still in Club): Terry Adams Bill Dreyer Don Good Dean Harms Al Hermanson Dave Klatt Jim Obrecht Arch Oldehoeft Johnny Pickett Total Current Membership: Active Membership: 69 Honorary Membership: 1 The statistics below are for the active membership (as of December 31, 2004): Average Member Age: 54.14 Average No. Yrs. in Club: 7.26 Gender Distribution: Male: 47 Female: 23 Birth Month Distribution: Jan (5), Feb (4), Mar (6), Apr (6), May (6), Jun (6), Jul (5), Aug (4), Sep (9), Oct (6), Nov (8), Dec (5) Most Common Birth Dates: Feb 15 (2), Apr 22 (2), Sep 25 (2), Dec 30 (2) Most Common Marriage Months: August (14) June (11) All Other Months (6 or less) Most Common Name: David or Dave (6)

	February Club Anniversaries
	11	Tanya Anderson (1 years)
	11	Carol Elbert (1 years)
	24	Tim Gartin (6 years)

	February Programs and Events
	February 1, 2005 Speaker: Deland Myers Position/Organization: Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition, ISU Topic: New Products from Iowa Crops
	February 8, 2005 Board of Directors Meeting Pine Room, Memorial Union, Iowa State University, 7:00 am
	February 8, 2005 Valentine Day Dinner Aunt Maude's Restaurant, 6:30 pm
	February 16, 2005 Speaker: Imran Dotani Position/Organization: MD, Mary Greeley Medical Center Topic: Interventional Cardiology
	February 23, 2005 Rotary 100th Anniversary Celebration - Joint meeting of the Ames Noon, Ames Morning, Boone and Nevada Rotary Clubs Gateway Center, 12:00 pm Guest Performer: Vocalist Simon Estes accompanied by Rod Bienson

	February Membership
	New Members:	None
	Resignations:	Beth Cross
	Total Membership	69

	February Birthdays
	8	Tim Gartin
	15	Jim Dickson
	15	Jon Fagre
	16	Ken Stone

	February Wedding Anniversaries
	1	Brian and Barbara Espeland (30 years)
	13	Ken and Janis Stone (40 years)

Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting (January 11, 2005)

The January 11 meeting of Ames Morning Rotary Board of Directors was called to order at 7:07 a.m. in the Pine Room of the Memorial Union. Those present were Brian Dieter, Dave Miller, Terry Adams, Dean Harms, Sandy Horton, Arch Oldehoeft, Dave Kraemer, Jim Ziebold, Denise Schmidt, Tim Ashley and Doug Ward. The minutes of the December 7 meeting were approved as submitted.

Dieter read a letter received from the West Liberty Rotary Club in Coralville congratulating our club on its 16th anniversary.

Ziebold presented the treasurer's report. He stated that Paul Harris donations are tax deductible and were put on the dues statements prepared last week. Discussion was held regarding an audit for the club. Harms moved, Ziebold seconded, to have an audit committee composed of three persons appointed by the club president. Motion passed.

A letter was received from District 6000 regarding disaster relief. The club will solicit $5 per member in January to support Rotary Zone 6 water resources. Contributions to the Buck Bucket for the next two weeks will go toward this cause.

Discussion was held regarding the Rotary Scholarship Foundation. This is a joint project of the two Ames Rotary clubs. If funds are donated to the world fund, they can bounce back to the District. Discussion was held regarding amending the by-laws to the Scholarship Foundation. It was stated that Dave Benson was dubious about this. Miller will continue to investigate this possibility. Oldehoeft suggested setting up a fund within the club. The club is tax-exempt. Miller moved, Horton seconded a motion to look into the concept of tax deductibility for this activity. The club will continue to fund the Rotary Scholarship Foundation at $500.

It was stated that Sue Benson has been accepted for the Xicotepec program.

Jim Dickson was granted a leave of absence through the end of May, 2005.

Ward discussed the Red Cross Heroes donation. Any person or group contributing $1,000 is declared a Red Cross Hero. This is for the March fund-raising effort for the Lincoln Way Chapter. All but 13% of the funds received remain with the Lincoln Way Chapter. Harms moved, Adams seconded a motion to promote the funding of the Red Cross. At least two buck buckets were be passed in March toward this effort.

Horton discussed the Club Valentine Dinner at Aunt Maude's. It will be Tuesday evening, February 8, at 6:30 p.m. Each club member will received the regular credit for his or her meal, and then be billed for the difference in cost. Meals are estimated at $35, and members' credits are $7.25 per meal.

Harms mentioned the Club History Committee activities, and will secure a list of all Club Presidents and current and former members.

There was a funding request for YSS mentoring dinner by Dave Kraemer, through Jane Acker. There will be 1200 potential attendees at the April event. Horton moved, Schmidt seconded that the club donate $500. Motion passed.

A brief discussion was held regarding guest and visiting Rotarian meal prices, pointing out that parking ticket costs on the Union ramp must be included. Harms moved, Horton seconded to raise guest fees to $9. Motion passed.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:08 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Terry Adams, Secretary

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