VIEWING YOUR NEWSLETTER...You will notice at the top of the newsletter a statement... "Having trouble viewing this email? Please click here." This format will allow you to see any embedded videos and animated ads within the newsletter. Email newsletter will allow you to see your commitments at the end of your personal newsletter...online newsletters will not show this, the bulletin on the web site may have a more readable format...you can also view bulletins online.....www.rotarycluboflacrosse.org
Our club will have a ZOOM meeting again this week. We will be sending you a browser link via email Thursday morning. We will open at 11:30 and our meeting will start at Noon. If you have an announcement you would like to make...please contact Andy Bakkum. If you would like to have a guest attend, please let Andy know and YOU can forward your email link to them.
Thanks to Sarah Arendt-Beyer you can now view past Zoom Rotary Meetings - she will post each week on our web site......LINK.
Oct 15, 2020
Jim Kohli
Toastmasters and Rotary Partnership
Past Toastmaster International Director Jim Kohli will discuss Toastmasters, their mission, and a new partnership with Rotary International. Jim Kohli is a cybersecurity architect for GE Healthcare, a family man with two adult daughters, and a Toastmaster who has served on the board of directors for Toastmasters International. He's excited to help share information about Toastmasters and about the Toastmaster alliance with Rotary International.
Every Rotarian is Responsible for Membership Growth
If no written objection to the proposal stating reasons is received by the Board of Directors from any member of the club within seven days following publication of the name of the prospective member, the prospective member shall be considered to be elected to membership.
The 2020 Musky Challenge has generated $46,000 in contributions!
Al's Musky Challenge, benefiting New Horizons Shelter and Outreach Centers, Mobile Meals of La Crosse, Gateway Area Council Boy Scouts of America, La Crosse Public Education Foundation and Family & Children's Center.
$38,000 to New Horizons Shelter and Outreach Centers
Patty Nuttleman, Ann Kappauf, Al Louis and Andy Bakkum
$2,000 to La Crosse Public Education Foundation
Tom Thompson, David Stoeffler, Al Louis and Andy Bakkum
$2,000 to Mobile Meals
Mike Desmond, Al Louis and Andy Bakkum
$2,000 to Family and Children's Center
Jamie Korn, Al Louis and Andy Bakkum
$2,000 to Gateway Area Council, BSA
Kevin Corkin, Joe Carlson, Al Louis and Andy Bakkum.
Benefits of sponsoring an ad on the Rotary Club of La Crosse web site: Enhance your business' public relations and image. Advertise an upcoming event. Opportunity to sponsor and support the Rotary Club of La Crosse and your community. Sharing with fellow Rotarians in our club and other local clubs who would like to know what you do.
Why advertise on the Rotary Club of La Crosse web site?The majority of visitors to our website are members and friends of our club. This makes our site's web sponsorship an ideal opportunity for small and large businesses to promote their products, services or an upcoming event in our community. Moreover 100% of the advertising revenue goes back to our club; this in turn supports the local community.
Cost is $20 per month up to $120 per year . . . . click here for form and more information. We will include your logo/link on our web site, send one email blast to all Rotarians and include an initial mention in our newsletter and on our Facebook page.
Click on the logos under Web Site Sponsors...located on right side of our home page and in each newsletter.
NEW SPONSOR THIS MONTH
FOX2548 & WIProud is excited to announce an original production, a spooky special – Rivertown. In this 30-minute special program, we uncover the historic underbelly of early small-town life in the La Crosse area. Explore the gritty history of our Rivertown with interviews with local historians and dramatic reenactments of the shocking events in our small town’s history. Rivertown will air twice this Halloween season, Saturday October 25th and Saturday October 31st after First News at Nine on FOX2548.
Happy Birthday Joe Gow - Oct 11 Ted Knustson - Oct 12 Steve Lindeman - Oct 12 Bob Riutzel - Oct 12 Ben Wedro - Oct 13 Tami Woods - Oct 13
Happy Wedding Anniversary Tim (Kimberly) Candahl - Oct 11 Joan (George) Parke - Oct 12 Lee (Susan) Rasch - Oct 13 John (Ferrell) Wettstein - Oct 13 Andrew (Shonda) Dickinson - Oct 14 Bonnie (Mark) Steidl - Oct 14
Rotary Anniversary Audrey Lucier - Oct 12 - 3 years Glena Temple - Oct 12 - 3 years Jack Haase - Oct 14 - 44 years Robin Moses - Oct 16 - 6 years Brian Serle - Oct 17 - 1 year
Rotarian Diana Carey. Diana will be starting chemotherapy on Thursday. Diana was diagnosed with a treatable lymphoma. She is still going through further tests and would appreciate your thoughts and prayers. Diana's address is W5999 Shultz Lane, Onalaska, WI 54650.
Barb Hammes (wife of Rotarian Bud Hammes). Barb is battling pancreatic cancer. She started her first round of chemotherapy. For many reasons they are hopeful that her cancer will respond well to this chemo, but until we are into treatment for a while, we will not really know. If you would like to send get well wishes....Barb's address is 314 Shore Acres Road, La Crescent, MN 55947
Rotarian Tim Ehler who is battling cancer (melanoma). He has a Caringbridge Site....LINK. If you would like to send get well wishes...Tim's address is W5871 Cedar Road, La Crosse, WI 54601.
Ed Futa is a past General Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation. As such he managed operations for one of the world’s largest global humanitarian service organization with 33,000 clubs in 200 countries and geographic regions. Futa comes from Honolulu, Hawaii, where he was president of an international marketing consulting firm. He is a keynote speaker at many Rotary International events including club and district conferences and international assemblies and conventions. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Honolulu, Hawaii. Ed lives in Madison, WI.
In “retirement”, Ed served five years as Dean of the Rotary Representative Corps. This included Rotary appointed representatives to the following:
The United Nations, New York City; UNOG (United Nations Office In Geneva; UNOV (United Nations Office Vienna; ECLAC (UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile); ESCWA (UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Beirut, Lebanon); ESCAP (UN Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand; UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, France); OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France); Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France); AU (African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia); ECA (Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia); UN-HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenya; UNEP (UN Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya); WFP (World Food Program, Rome, Italy); FAO (Food & Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy); IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development, Rome, Italy); World Bank, Washington DC; OAS (Organization of American States, Washington, DC); European Union, Brussels, Belgium; Commonwealth of Nations, London, England; League of Arab States, Cairo, Egypt.
He currently serves as an alternate Rotary representative to the United Nations.
We also had a guest from Newark, Delaware a former member of our club, Paul Sayther. He was proposed by Chuck Hanson back in the 80's. One of the perks of having our meetings on Zoom is that Rotarians all over the country can join us.
Each week President Andy will interview one of our Rotary Family. We will post the video each week in our newsletter. We will also post on Facebook and our website: PAGE LINK. You can share this site with prospective members.
Last week Andy interviewedArt Faheyclick on photo to view.
Last year Dean had announced he would no longer organize our Christmas Program. He has agreed to co-chair with Katie Berkedahl this year and help her plan the program. The show will go on!! Thank you to Dean and Katie for agreeing to co-chair this event.
Note from Katie.....the weather is starting to cool, so we've started preparations to warm your with the annual Rotary Holiday Program! Dean and I are working together this year to turn this virtual reality into the best show yet, but we need your help.
If you have children, grandchildren, nephews, nieces, neighbors or whomever willing to share their holiday spirit through their musical gifts, please sign up. Because we're doing this thing virtually, think beyond local! Performers can join from anywhere in the world this time!
The program is December 17th at noon and we're looking for at least 10 families of performers.
Fruit Basket Fundraiser.....will now be a Fruit BOX Fundraiser! Yes we will be having our fundraiser despite COVID-19! We are replacing the baskets with a box - same amount of fruit (8 apples, 4 oranges, 4 pears and a bag of peanuts). Boxes will cost less than the baskets, are recyclable and you will be able to personally send them to family and friends out of town.
David Amborn and Steve O'Malley have met with the La Crosse County Health Department to review what we will need to do to make this a safe and healthy event for our members and customers. Things may be a little different this year....we will be wearing masks and gloves, distant ourselves and work in shifts.
Boxes will be $23 each and every Rotarian must buy or sell 5 baskets OR if you wish you can do a buy out at $100. This is our major fundraiser of the year and we hope you will start promoting our fundraiser to your friends, family and co-workers. Do you know of a business that might want to purchase them as a gift for their employees? All proceeds go to our club and are used to support a wide variety of activities and initiatives (Youth Exchange, Interact, Wheels of Hope, Kids Coulee..lots of things.)
We will be assembling the boxes the weekend of December 12th....with deliveries on December 12th and 14th. So save the dates.
Sarah Arendt- Beyer is working on an online form....hoping to make it easier for you to place and pay for your fruit box orders!
Advertise in the 2020 Rotary Lights Booklet. The full-color book will feature a history of the project, maps, schedules, photos and much more! 30,000+ will be printed and will be personally handed out to each vehicle and to groups of walkers that enter the park and can be viewed on the Rotary Lights web site.
Rotary International organizes a “Rotary International Convention” every year. The goal of the conference is to bring together members of the Rotary International family from around the world and give them a platform to exchange ideas and come together in friendship. The conference takes place in a different country every year. In 2021, 12 districts in Taiwan have the unique opportunity to host the Convention in Taipei!
Attending an RI Convention is a highlight for the members of the Rotary International family. Rotarians and Rotaractors come together in a welcoming atmosphere to exchange ideas, inspire each other and start the new Rotary year with fresh ideas. As the Convention takes place in a different country every year, it is an honor for Taiwan that the 2021 Convention will take place in Taipei, our capital city. This is the second time after 1994 for Taipei to host the Convention again!
The Convention is scheduled for June 12-16, 2021 at TaiNEX Hall 1 & Hall 2 (Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center). For the Convention registration, please visit riconvention.org.
Associate Membershipis a program to recruit younger members, millennials, to membership. Associate Membership is available to anyone who is proposed for membership who is 35 years of age or less. Associate membership will end when that member reaches the age of 38. They would pay for dues and $100 for meals per quarter no matter how many meetings they attend that quarter.
Corporate Membership is a program to allow multiple employees of a business Rotary participation under one primary membership. Each corporate membership is limited to a three-year term. After the three-year corporate membership term, the individuals are required to become individual members. View Corporate Membership Policy.
Family Membershipis a program to allow a second individual Rotary participation under one primary membership. View Family Membership Policy.
Honorary Membership is offered to members who have distinguished themselves by meritorious service in the furtherance of Rotary ideals.Unlike other membership categories that can be requested by the member, Honorary Membership is bestowed upon a member by election from the Board of Directors. View Honorary Membership Policy.
Excused Membership is offered to members if the aggregate of the member’s years of age and years of membership in one or more clubs is 85 years or more, the member has been a member of one or more clubs for at least 20 years, and the member has notified the club's secretary in writing of the member’s desire to be excused from attendance and the board has approved. Excused Members will pay the quarterly dues and only for meals when they attend a meeting.
Membership Proposals....we will no longer ask for three references when you propose a new member. This was a criteria that our club had set not RI. This will help us process new members into our club more efficiently. You can access the membership proposal form online, under the Club Information site page.
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GET WELL WISHES 
with the annual Rotary Holiday Program! Dean and I are working together this year to turn this virtual reality into the best show yet, but we need your help. 
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