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Dublin AM meets at 7:30 AM every Friday morning at The Country Club at Muirfield Village. Visitors are welcome to join us to meet business and community leaders, hear presentations from a some of the areas most interesting speakers and learn more about Rotary International.

Ryan Blackburn, Regional Workforce Consultant for the Ohio Department of Veteran Services.

Ryan Blackburn, Regional Workforce Consultant for the Ohio Department of Veteran Services speaking to Dublin AM Rotary.

Ryan Keenan getting his red "New Member" badge taken off.

Guests Nicole Nitti, Marketing Consultant at ABC6 and Megan Whitt, Executive Director, of 3rd & Goal Foundation

Working and Living in Bridge Park Dublin

Posted by Ingrid Fields on Feb 08, 2019

Dublin AM Rotary February 8, 2019 Meeting

Working and Living in Bridge Park Dublin!

A Busy day with over 12 guests and an interesting Panel

Today’s Announcements:

Recognition of the VCA Donation to Polar Bear and the Pro Am with Tod Beckett and his work also securing University of Findlay’s sponsorship and Governor DeWine’s participation on May 29^th.

David Bentz recognized the diligent work of Jim Listebarger and Bob Rosenberg for the over 50 raffle contributions that have been donated for Polar Bear. Sinan and Jim Bandeen remind you that TOMORROW is the big day of fun at the Polar Bear.

Dublin Food Pantry volunteers needed now and the first Monday of every month.

Please reach out to David Lundregan and serve our community.

Dalma shared a Youth fundraiser happening April 6th at St. Patrick’s that will raise money to fight Polio through Rotary. Please save the date and look for more details here and at the meetings.

Elli Santala, visiting Youth Exchange from Finland was visiting from another Rotary club and she will be visiting again and would love to get engagement with our club and will need transportation from Powell/Lewis Center area.

BIG Dublin Library Openings to be announced next week, we received a preview that the Library Opening will June 6^thand there is a Hard Hat Tour we can reserve a spot in – reach out to Joe Yersavich for this Tour on March 12^th

Dublin AM Rotary February 1, 2019 Meeting

Abbreviated Meeting Due to Weather – Good Announcements!

Posted by Ingrid Fields on Feb 01, 2019

Abbreviated Meeting Due to Weather – Today’s Announcements:

Jim Bandeen is representing our Polar Bear Fundraising team and Dublin AM Rotary in an interview with Karina Nova at 6:50 AM on Channel 10 tomorrow Saturday February 2^nd. Grab a warm cup of coffee and tune in early to watch and support Jim in his first live TV appearance for our club.

Kent Underwood thank everyone for completing the surveys and to the folks that came out last night to participate in the visioning exercise. Some great ideas came out and great support for our Dublin AM Rotary Club. Look for more output over the next several weeks and months.

Progressive dinner - February 23^th 2019 is the date.

Sharon Kendall shared news about the 2019 New Generations Service Exchange. This is a unique vocational exchange happening with Romania May 28^th till June 17^th. Sharon shared that the eligible participants will be business professionals from 25 to 45. For more information please text Sharon at 614- 286-0989.

The Rev. Stephen Smith shared the religious significance of February 2^nd and shared a description of the winter days and CandleMas celebrating Jesus as a 6 week old baby boy being presented at Temple. From CandleMas and the long winter shadows we have the origins of Groundhogs Day.

Wikipedia has quite the reference to Candlemas and the I am sure Rev. Stephen can share more about the Presentation of Jesus and the ritual purification of Mary for interested members.

Fitness and Diet Routines that Work!

Posted by Ingrid Fields on Jan 25, 2019

Dublin AM Rotary January 23, 2019 Meeting

Nate Traucht, Founder of The Fitness Advantage, spoke about Exercise, Nutrition and The Myths

Today’s Announcements:

Kent Underwood requested the remaining members who have not completed the Survey Monkey to complete the survey and let their voices be heard. The link is in his email and Kent reiterated the importance of your input.

Progressive dinner format was described by Claudia and it sounds like a good time will be had by all! One more host house is needed for the Progressive dinner. Contact Claudia or Peter please - February 23^th 2019 is the date.

Jim Bandeen is being interviewed Live! about the Polar Bear on Channel 10 at 7 am Saturday February 2. Listen in and enjoy The Dublin Am Rotary fame as Jim describes one of our key events.

Dwight shared that 3^rd and Goal has an event May 3^rd called Heroes in the Hanger and we will be hearing more about that over the next several weeks.

January 18th Meeting Notes

Announcements

Here's the big news: Susan Robenalt won the big pot! See, it really does pay to come to our Friday morning meetings!

In other news...

The Polar Bear Golf Open will be held Sat., Feb. 9. If you have not registered yet, go to www.polarbeargolf.org and do it today!
Sinan Yaykin shared that we will be hosting an inbound exchange student in the next school year. We are also sponsoring 1 long-term outbound student and 4 short-term inbound students. That's putting the International in RI!
Tod Beckett announced that Classic Limousine will be a Pro-Am sponsor and will offer free transportation for the veterans who will be our guests that day. Stay tuned for more details about the Pro-Am.
Kent Underwood asked that all members complete the Club Vision survey he sent out previously. It takes only a couple of minutes...you can do it.

Our Speaker – Brian Timm, Dir. of Corporate Partnerships, Greater Columbus Sports Commission

Mr. Timm, a fellow Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Gahanna, helps bring sporting events of all types to Columbus. Founded in 2002, the Greater Columbus Sports Commission is a key player in driving the economy in Central Ohio.

C. Matthew Curtin, Founder of Interhack, The Threat, The Response and Our Responsibility

Posted by Ingrid Fields on Jan 11, 2019

Dublin AM Rotary January 11, 2019 Meeting

C. Matthew Curtin, Founder of Interhack, spoke about The Threat, The Response and Our Responsibility

Today’s Announcements:

Kent Underwood explained the Survey Monkey link in his email and reiterated the importance of your input and interest in member comments. Please complete your surveys.

Progressive dinner is here! February 16^th 2019 is the date and Peter Georgiton is ready to discuss your home and where we will be enjoying this social event together.

Polar Bear volunteers needed- please contact Jim Bandeen if you are not golfing and can volunteer. Polar Bear registration is Open and ready for your RSVP, attendees and guests for February 9^th, make sure it is on your calendar and that you register to play or volunteer.

Sinan has a foreign exchange dinner and driving opportunity coming up for 2 families on January 19^th! Drivers and Dinner hosts for 4 students are needed. Please volunteer by contacting Sinan directly.

Susan West is on the lookout for your recommendations and interesting Speakers for our Friday meetings.

Wolf announced the middle school robotics have a big competition at Coffman High School starting Saturday around 1 pm, come support Steve Schmitt as coach, Jim Listebarger as judge and Peter’s daughter as team member.

Claudia has Roberta’s calendars today and the proceeds go to our club, see them in person

Susan was a great Sergeant At Arms and collected Happy Bucks and we heard an amazing story from Steve about his holiday sermon -make sure and ask him!

Today’s Meeting

Ron Morgan introduced Matt Curtin, subject matter expert in Cyber security, author of 2 books Brute Force: Cracking the Data Encryption Standard and Developing Trust: Online Privacy and Security. Matt is Founder of Interhack, a Columbus based expertise firm and national resource for expert witness on privacy, security and forensics.

Matt covered

The Threat
The Threat Response
Our responsibility

Matt’s discussion included the Al Qaida’s goal of economic disruption. Bankrupting American companies, loss of IP and costly security solutions is their strategy.

Matt also discussed the problems depending on surveillance. Resilience, what resilience looks like and how to manage the risk in our eco-systems concluded the talk.

Rich Weber and Committee Leader Programs
December 7, 2018

Posted by Ingrid Fields on Dec 07, 2018

Dublin AM Rotary December 7, 2018 Meeting

Rich Weber and the Committee Leaders shared the financials and programs this morning. A few announcements:

Calvin has the famous Lobster Food Truck at First Citizens Bank today at lunch time. Stop by if Powell and Sawmill are on your way.

Look for an updated slate email later today shared Dwight, next week are our club elections.

Friday, December 7th – Annual Dublin AM Holiday Party at the Country Club at Muirfield Village is tonight See you there with Santa.

Bruce Anderson and our Bell Ringing schedule is on for this weekend. Please check your volunteer times.

Sharon mentioned the Dublin Chamber coat drive, all gently used coats welcome.

Our visiting Rotary officer Steve reminded everyone interested in the RI Convention in Hamburg that early registration rates drop off soon. The Rotary International is a life changing experience happening June 1^st- 5^th.

David mentioned Wreaths Across America will still be needed for both Arlington cemetery and our Dublin Memorial Cemetery.

Sgt. At Arms volunteers still welcome, Dave has developed the schedule and a few more folks can join in the fun.

Dublin Historical Association still has the Coffman house Holiday decorations in place to view and your visit is a mere $5 for a great cause and Rich Weber says- Go Soon!

Polar Bear Open is ready for your RSVP, attendees and guests are now registering for February 9^th, make sure it is on your calendar.

Today’s Meeting

Rich Weber moderated the panel of Services Chairmen and reviewed our financial contributions and distributions.

Of our membership dues:

25% goes to Rotary International
10% to our District 6690
6% to RI Foundation
59% for our Dublin AM Club and these Services Committees

Fundraising is vital for the club from 4X4s, the 125 Club and our fundraisers Polar Bear and Pro Am events.

The President budget and committee’s programs were reviewed in detail in a great presentation by Rich and the panel:

Club Services -Sarah Richardson

Community Services – Jack Curtis

Veterans Programs – Dave Williams

International Services – Jim Burness

Vocational Services – Laurie Penland, presented by Dwight

Youth Services - Sinan Yaykin

This was a great review of all our programs and where we spend our time and treasure for the local and global community.

Nov. 30th Meeting Notes

Dublin AM Rotary Foundation Annual Report

Susan Robenalt provided an annual update on our club's charitable foundation. Founded in 1999, the foundation endowment has increased to a healthy balance due to great fundraising activities over many years and a prudent investment strategy. With a separate board of directors, the Foundation is designed to serve the charitable giving goals of Dublin AM while remaining an independent entity. Susan encouraged our members to continue to consider Paul Harris Fellow contributions as well as to bring forward ideas for charitable giving either through the foundation or through grants available via Rotary International.

Announcements

Holiday Party Dec. 7th - sign up is still open.

Polar Bear Open is Feb. 9th - mark your calendar.

Dec. 7th is the financial review of our club finances.

Dec. 8th - 8AM at Kohl's - Let Susan R. know if you'd like to help with shopping for the Salvation Army and Syntero family Christmas adoptions. Collections will be requested at the Dec. 7th meeting and at the holiday party.

Dec. 14th we will vote for next years officers.

The 125 Club whiskey raffle awards for the Worl Polio Day fundraiser will be delivered at the holiday party. Contact Dwight f you are not able to attend the party.

Thank You to the members who helped sell cider at the Dublin holiday tree lighting on Thursday evening. Proceeds benefit the Dublin Historical Society.

Wreaths Across America for Dublin Memorial Cemetery

If you're interested in participating in Wreaths Across America by contributing a donation for wreaths in the Dublin Memorial Cemetery, please go to the following link and be sure to enter code OH0183 to designate the cemetery in Dublin:

www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/oh0183

November 16th Meeting Notes

Guest Speaker, Nate Green, The Montrose Group

Top 4 Trends in Economic Development

Nate discussed the 4 Factors driving Economic Development across the country and in our community; Automation/Artificial Intelligence, Re-urbanization, Age of energy and the Skilled Labor Crisis.

1.Automation and Artificial Intelligence

The driving force is technology and the impact the internet has made across all industries and in all communities.

2. Re-Urbanization

A trend driven by the millennials is seeing a 12% increase of individuals moving back into urban centers, while non-urban areas are growing at 8%

The Bridge Park project was a great example of Dublin city proactively putting a plan in place to attract individuals that may have chosen to move into urban centers vs. the suburbs.

3. Age of Energy

We now live in a country where we are becoming more and more independent for our energy sources. We have more and more sources for oil and Natural Gas which has played a major role in reducing our dependency of other countries for energy sources.

4. Skilled Labor Crisis

This crisis is being felt multiple industries; construction, electrical, and even in IT we are seeing a shortage in skilled workers. This is being driven by low unemployment and in addition it is impacted by the opioid crisis. There is a strong need to get more students engaged earlier, specifically in technical and trade schools.

Announcements:

The Annual Interact Dog Biscuit Sale is coming! Place your orders with the one and only Claudia Trusty. Cost is $1 Per Bag, orders will be delivered at the Nov 30^th meeting

Roberta Kayne- New Calendars are now available-all proceeds benefit Rotary. Calendars can be purchased online at LULU.com and by searching Roberta Kayne, or you can also place an order directly with Roberta.

Wreaths across America is taking orders for their annual Christmas Wreath Program. What does it mean to sponsor a veteran’s wreath? It means you’ll honor an American hero at one of more than 1,400 locations nationwide this year on Wreaths Across America Day. It’s a day that’s been set aside to lay wreaths at the places where we remember, honor and teach about our veterans. Go to www.wreathsacrossamerica.org to donate a wreath for this year’s event.

The Perfect Party will be held November 17^th at Peter and Betsy Georgiton’s home. Come and prepare for the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday with your Rotarian Friends

The annual Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army is coming up at the Bridge Street and Perimeter Kroger stores – Please see Bruce Andrews to sign-up for this great cause.

The Annual Holiday Party will be held December 7^th from 6:00- 9:00pm at the Country Club at Muirfield Village. Space is limited sign-up as soon as possible

Order Your 2019 Calendar

Posted on Nov 16, 2018

As we all know, Roberta Kayne is an amazing photographer who travels the world, bringing gorgeous images back with her. Oh, and she is one of our Dublin AM photographers, too! Roberta has created three calendars for 2019 that feature her work. One is images of flowers, one from her time in Cuba, and the third shows bears in Alaska. You can purchase any of her calendars online here or email Roberta directly. Cost is $20 and all proceeds benefit our Dublin AM Rotary foundation. Thanks, Roberta!

Dublin AM Rotary November 9th ,2018 meeting
Al Burzynski
National Veterans Memorial and Museum Advisory Board

Posted by Ingrid Fields

Sharing the veteran's journey is the primary goal of this local Ohio treasure- the new National Veterans Memorial and Museum

Just in time to help us honor and remember on our Veterans Day this Monday, Al spoke Friday morning about this first national veterans memorial and museum and how it was created in Ohio and the mission it serves but first a few announcements:

Claudia’s Social Announcements Friday morning:

Saturday, November 17th – "Friends-giving” Perfect Party at Peter and Betsy Georgiton’s home. Please bring a non-perishable item that can be served at Thanksgiving to donate to the Dublin Food Pantry.

Thursday, November 29th, 5 - 7 pm – Holiday Tree Lighting celebration in Coffman Park. We will meet at the big white barn for this annual family event. Kaitlyn Gushue is organizing a cider and hot chocolate sale at the barn with proceeds going to the Dublin Historical Society.

Friday, December 7th – Annual Dublin AM Holiday Party at the Country Club at Muirfield Village. Invitations going out to members this weekend.

Bruce Anderson passed the Bell Ringing schedule clipboard and our Kroger’s duty slots were filled with promises of training to come for our Bell Buddies.

Kent did the New Member honors and Ingrid Fields appreciates being a full member in this Rotary Club and the terrific members.

Cindy and Dwight shared a somber moment discussing the tragic death of a vivacious lady and past Rotary president in the Worthington Dublin Club and a dear neighbor, BJ Stone.

Over $2,000 was raised for Rotary International’s Polio fund.

Dwight mentioned Wreaths Across America will be discussed in upcoming meetings.

Al Burzynski shared the mission of the First National Veteran’s Memorial and Museum as sharing the veteran’s journey, creating multi-purpose space for groups and families to use and a quiet place in Memorial Grove for reflection and celebration.

From the pictures Al shared of the impressive and unique building and setting on 7 acres along the Scioto River, one can easily see the appeal of visiting and spending time reviewing all the wars that our military has served in and learning from the interactive displays of the veterans from each era.

Uniquely both a memorial and a museum, it hosts special events, has an innovative Ribbons Display and a Great Hall. There is also an area to Honor the Fallen and share their stories in an educational way creating connections to these heroes. Video vignettes and green space combine for a layout that is truly a new national treasure and available to us here locally through the vision of leaders like Senator John Glenn and Congressman Steve Stivers, our Columbus Foundation and our military and city leaders. With the 6^th largest veterans’ population in the US and such terrific reviews from our fellow Rotarians Tom, Dwight and Kent, we are expecting great use and visits to the National Veterans Memorial and Museum.

October 26th Meeting Notes

Life in the Fast Lane with Bob Fields of Fields Auto Works

Dublin's own Bob Fields (spouse to Dublin AM member, Ingrid Fields) provided a fascinating presentation on his vision for Fields Auto Works, a local start-up business that designs and builds cars for track driving. Bob explained that Track Day events are becoming increasingly popular for driving enthusiasts. With the direction of autonomous cars and smart roadways, it is expected that more and more track driving hobbyists will emerge. The clientele that Fields serves is the driving enthusiast who wants to hone their driving skills and be able to drive fast but not necessarily have interest in racing. We learned that to convert a street car into a track track ready car is very expensive. Fields' approach is to design the car from the chassis up and provide better vehicles at similar prices to those that are converted to track cars. Many of the components that his company uses are sourced locally.

Bob also talked about the plentiful resources and expertise that are available to him and his associates in the Central Ohio area, from the Transportation Research Center to Ohio State, Battelle, Honda, TrueSports and Rahal. His aim is to get student apprentices and build interest in local vocational schools as well. There were many questions that followed Bob's presentation; clearly our club has quite a few car enthusiasts!

Announcements

Upcoming social activities to mark on your calendar include a Perfect Party on Nov. 10th, Holiday Party on Dec. 7th and Dublin Holiday Tree Lighting on Nov. 29th. Watch for upcoming emails on these events.

Also watch for an upcoming email from Jim Burness about meetings scheduled for the Mission Trip that is planned for early Spring.

The Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix collection continues on Nov. 2nd for the Thanksgiving Food Drive.

World Polio Day raffle continues until Nov. 2nd. Please reference the email from Dwight and contact Dwight or Rich if you want to participate in the $125 Club.

City Barbeque's Columbus Area stores are donating 25% of proceeds on Nov. 5th toward efforts to eradicate Polio. See the email from Dwight with the coupon.

November 2nd Meeting Notes

Posted by Mike Isler on Nov 04, 2018

Former OSU QBs Discuss Buckeye Football and Literacy

Former Ohio State QBs, Craig Krenzel and Justin Zwick were our guest speakers. This is an annual club favorite, and Craig and Justin did not disappoint. Their lighthearted storytelling from their playing days - in addition to insights into the current, confounding Buckeye Football team - kept the club members interested until after our regular scheduled end time. Unfortunately, they had no good answers or optimism to share about the recent challenges with this year's edition of the gridiron Bucks.

More important to our Rotary charter, Craig also provided an update on behalf of the 2nd and 7 Foundation which was founded by Ryan Miller who was traveling and unable to join us on Friday morning as he normally does. Founded in 1999, 2nd and 7 has football players in college and high school read to 2nd grade students and donate books - all of course to encourage literacy. Currently, 2nd and 7 operates in 26 states, with 47 colleges and university football teams participating in the program. More than 67,000 books have been donated, and the foundation has published its 13th original book.

Announcements

- Holiday Party is December 7th at 6:30 in our meeting room at TCC.

- November 17th Perfect Party at Peter Georgiton's home - email to follow soon.

- Dec. 1st and 15th Bell Ringing at the Bridge Street and Perimeter Kroger stores - Bill Andrews circulating the sign up sheet.

- Dec 8th shopping @ Kohl's for the Salvation Army Christmas Drive - our club's annual family adoption will be funded by donations made at the Holiday Party and most likely at one of our Friday meetings - contact Susan Robenalt if you're interested in helping with the shopping.

- Polar Bear sponsorships are needed. Contact Jim Bandeen - reminder to mark your calendar for Feb. 9th for the Polar Bear Open.

- Dublin Scioto H.S. - 5th Annual Veterans Story Event is Thursday Nov. 8th - 3:30-6:00 - students, staff and community members will be honoring the service of over 225 veterans and military through musical performances, speeches and student presentations.

October 19th Meeting Notes

October 19th Announcements

- Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix Collection October 26th and November 2nd for the Thanksgiving food drive.

- Holiday Party is December 7th - Mark Your Calendar - More Details to Come

- World Polio Day Challenge - watch for an email with details - collections at the meetings October 26th and November 2nd - we will have a raffle to win whiskey and all donations will contribute to the eradication of polio.

Guest Speaker Notes

Ryan Scribner, Economic Director of PPP, Pickaway Progress Partnership, of Pickaway County was our guest speaker Friday morning. He spoke of the strong manufacturing base in Pickaway County that become challenged over the past several years dating back to before the Great Recession; in Chillicothe, the town of 12,000 lost 3,000 jobs in a couple years. PPP is a public-private, non-profit partnership that is having success bringing in new manufacturing, logistics and other businesses with many new jobs. Dupont cited its reason for selecting Chillicothe as the lack of political headwinds it encountered because of the cooperation of the PPP. With $1billion in new investment and 2,500 new jobs and counting, Pickaway County is close to covering the job losses. In the Rickenbacker area, the warehousing and logistics growth is excellent. A big reason for the success that the PPP is having is due to its embrace of Regionalism, such as being active in Columbus 2020 and creating a joint economic development district with Columbus in the Rickenbacker area.

October 5th Meeting Notes

Posted by Mike Isler on Oct 07, 2018

Learning About Del-Co and The History of Water Management

Our guest today was Glenn Marzluf, CEO of Del-Co. Marzluf provided some interesting information about Del-Co, including; 1) It was founded in 1974 and includes 1800 miles of water pipeline in 7 counties covering 800 square miles, 2) Del-Co is a customer-owned cooperative that services 140,000 customers. The Duott Reservoir currently holds more than 3 billion gallons of water.

What was more interesting was the history of water management that he provided us. Beginning with the Roman Empire's aqueduct system, water management and waste-water management has certainly evolved; however, today's systems use the same principles of pressure created by gravity. Our above-ground storage takes use the effects of gravity to create the water pressure in our homes and businesses. The New York City metro areas are served by aqueducts from up-state New York with the longest reaching 129 miles. In Chicago, pumps reserve 1 billion gallons of water daily from Lake Michigan to change the flow of the Chicago River.

Announcements

On Oct. 17th, the American Lung Association is hosting a Better Breathers Club gathering at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 6PM in Metro Center. Cindy shared that persons with chronic lung diseases including CPOD, pulmonary fibrosis, Asthma and lung cancer should consider joining in this event to learn better breathing techniques using yoga.

The 2019 Polar Bear Open is set for Saturday, Feb 29th. If you are able to assist in gathering sponsors, please reach out to Ingrid Fields or Susan Robenalt.

Sinan is looking for students interested in being exchange students in the next school year.

The international Rotary convention is scheduled for June in Hamburg. If you're interested, consider registering before the Dec. price increases.

Warrior Foundation Freedom Center

Posted by Ingrid Fields on Sep 28, 2018

Dublin AM Rotary September 28,2018 meeting

We provide a hand up, not a hand out through the Freedom Station, a place where veteran injured warriors go to receive housing, care, and assimilation to make the critical transition from military service to civilian life.

Today’s Speaker Vic Tambone, Colonel, USAF (Ret.) is a member of the Board of Directors of the Warrior Foundation, a non-profit veteran help organization that established the Warrior Foundation Freedom Station.

Our announcements:

Wolf has requested more volunteers to help on Saturday set up or to judge the robotics competition on this Sunday September 30^th in Worthington. Please reach out to Wolf if you can help with any set up on Saturday or to judge the competition on Sunday.
Jack Curtis reminded the club tat we serve the Dublin Food Pantry the first Monday of every month from 5:30 to 7:30.All are welcome participants.
Dave Williamson will send out the details and logistics once finalized for the Motts Military Museum tour by ur favorite tour guide and 911 Barn.
On 10/24 we will honor the Rotary Polio Remediation progress and global impact. Dwight will share more as we get closer to that date.

Today’s meeting hosted several guests to hear our keynote speaker, Vic Tambone, Colonel, USAF (Ret.). Vic shared the founding of the Warrior Foundation Freedom Center in San Diego and the passion and drive of the all-volunteer organization that we will pattern for the Freedom Station Ohio.

Vic is a lifetime appointed board member of the Freedom Center San Diego and with his distinguished service in Washington DC to President Bush, Henry Kissinger and to our nation with his service.

September 21st Meeting Notes

Clarence Mingo, Franklin County Auditor, Talks of Unprecedented Growth

Our guest today was Clarence Mingo, Franklin County Auditor. Mingo is a native of Canton and holds undergrad and law degrees from OSU and is an Army veteran who served in the Persian Gulf War. He has volunteered his legal services to indigent citizens through the Legal Aid Society.

According to the Auditor, Franklin County is in a period of unprecedented growth which is evident in the growth in property values. Post-Great Recession, we experience modest growth in the 2011-2014 period, but in the pervasive property value assessment that was completed in 2017, property values were up 10-60% since 2011. In 2017, a home sold every 30 minutes, and so far in 2018, a home has sold every 56 minutes in the county. Per Mingo, Franklin County is becoming the "jewel of the Midwest" and has the highest bod rating possible and an excellent cash and liquidity position.

With all of this prosperity, it was especially sobering but important to be reminded that 32% of citizens in Franklin can't afford a 2-bedroom apartment, 25% of children live in food insecurity, 28% of Ohioans don't have a bank account, and due to stagnant wages, the working class ($80K per year income) cannot afford to own a $150K home (and our county increasingly does not have homes available in this price range).

Announcement Reminders

The Memorial Tournament Pro Am Day fundraising committee met on Friday and will meet every 3rd Friday of the month at 7AM. We welcome any interested members to join.

Emerald Campus Meeting and School Tour September 14, 2018

Posted by Ingrid Fields on Sep 14, 2018

Dublin AM Rotary September 14,2018 meeting

Emerald Campus Meeting and School Tour

Our announcements:

We need video and recording equipment for our exciting upcoming meeting on September 28^th when we will have distinguished speakers sharing the Veterans Freedom Center effort that was built in their community and what we might consider for our community. The intent on recording this session is that we create a communications tool that can be reused often with partners and donors. Please connect Kent or Dwight to anyone who can help.

The donations we made to The Andrew Green Foundation were well used and effective. Dave McKee shared that the Haiti High School receiving those funds achieved 28 out of 29 students passing the mandatory exam compared to a much lower average normally. The connection to our friends in The Prodigals from Irish Festival days with Andrew’s brother, has been a meaningful opportunity for us to support this school and in Andrew’s honor.

Our most heartfelt condolences go out to Claudia and Tom Trusty with the passing of Claudia’s sister, Elena. We have signed and sent a card from our group and ask to keep them in our thoughts and prayers.

Wolf has requested more volunteers to judge the robotics competition Sunday September 30^th in Worthington. Please reach out to Wolf if you can help judge the competition.

Dr. Todd Hoadley, one of our very own members led the discussion about the November 6^th Ballot information and Issue 5.

Page introduced Dr. Hoadley, Superintendent of Dublin City Schools, Kristy Venne Director of the Emerald Campus and Brian Kern, Financial Officer.

September 7th Meeting Notes

"A really small country with really nice people."

This quote is from Dalma Kiss, the exchange student from Budapest, Hungary that our club is sponsoring this year. We are lucky to clearly have one of the nicest Hungarians in Dalma! She did an incredible presentation for us today followed by an extended Q&A which provided us with great insights into her home country and city.

Hungary, with a population of 9.8M people is smaller in size than New York State with just a fraction of the people. The language is quite difficult to learn, given the alphabet has 44 letters.

Hungarians invented Vitamin C, the ballpoint pen, Rubic's Cube and matches among other things. Lake Balaton is there and is the largest lake in Central Europe.

Hungary is part of the European Union. Dalma described different cuisines - all of which look and sounds delicious. Budapest, her home city, has 2.5M people.

In addition to educating us about Hungary, Dalma shared that she has two sisters, one older and one younger, and she enjoys playing and watching basketball, listening to music, including TwentyOne Pilots, and she is an excellent artist.

Thank You, Dalma, for your very poised and well-prepared presentation.

Announcements

Reminder that the fall district meeting, Ro Talks, is being held in Pickerington on Sept. 29th. Contact Kent Underwood for more information,

Polar Bear Open raffle items are needed. If you are interested, please contact Jim Bandeen.

Veterans Affairs committee is meeting at 6:45AM SHARP on Sept. 21st. to prepare for the presentation to the club on Sept. 28th and discuss plans for the Freedom Center. Contact Dave Williamson with interest.

August 24th Meeting Notes

Inspiring Stories from Adaptive Sport Connection

Our guests today features Sharon Schrieber and Maddie Mattey from Adaptive Sports Connection as well as two board members and an inspiring spokesman, Adam Greathouse.

Adaptive Sports Connection is a chapter of Disabled Sports USA, and they serve disabled children, adults and veterans with a wide range of adapted sporting opportunities. They have been operating for 25 years. Examples of the opportunities that they have available with adapted equipment include Kayaking, Sailing, Paddle Boarding, Water skiing on the Scioto, as well as adaptive bicycling at Glacier Ridge Metro Park, Snowboarding or skiing at Mad River and more.

Our guests shared a number of very inspiring stories about how they have positively changed the lives of many disabled individuals. Adam Greathouse shared his own incredible story of how Adaptive Sports quite literally saved his life.

Check out AdaptiveSportsConnection.org to learn more about how to volunteer and support this fantastic organization.

Announcements:

Welcome and Congratulations to Joe Yersavich, our newest Dublin AM Rotarian! We're thrilled to have Joe officially on board; he is the leader of the Dublin branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library.

Jim Burness made note of the interest to participate in a Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic. Please see the email that Jim sent earlier this week and reach out to him if you are interested or need more details.

David Bentz provided these updates: two fundraising sub-committees have been assembled, and the Polar Bear Open committee will begin meeting the fiest Friday of each month at 7am, and the Pro Am Day committee will meet the 3rd Friday of the month.

Claudia Trusty announced that she is looking for a person to volunteer to be our club's liaison to the Interact Club at Dublin Jerome H.S. Contact Claudia if you are interested.

Roberta announced that we need Greeters to sign up for September and October. Please sign up via the website (search for the email from Roberta for the website link).

The District Fall Seminar is being held on Saturday Sept 29th in Pickerington. Save the date if you are interested; more details to follow.

We need 4 more sign-ups for the Food Pantry in September.

August 10 Meeting Notes

August 3rd Meeting Notes

"Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others can't help buy to enjoy it themselves."

This quote from

Areyah Kaltman, Executive Director of Lifetown, was a fitting opening to today's speaker topic. Also joining us was Lifetown's COO, Shaunacy Webster. Rita Hook invited and introduced our speakers; Rita is a volunteer at Lifetown. It is a simulated village in new Albany that provides critical life-skills training for disabled and economically disadvantaged public school students. Lifetown's mission is to provide these skills to our areas's most marginalized children - with a particular emphasis on educating these children to avoid substance abuse and addiction. Research shows that disabled children as 2-4 times more susceptible to addiction.

Lifetown serves 50-70 school aged children every day - requiring 20 volunteers daily, or 1,300 through the school year. The children visit Lifetown 4-6 times per year for each school year - K-12. Lifetown has developed a curriculum called Stop to Live to focus on stemming the tide of opiate addiction as these children become teens and adults. Visit www.lifetown.org for more information and to seek volunteer opportunities.

Announcements:

Irish Festival this weekend: Contact Andy Keeler is you can help out with shifts - 8pm Friday, Saturday 4pm, 8pm and Sunday 8am.

Dublin Food Pantry - we need a couple of volunteers for this Monday evening, 8/6.

School Supplies or Cash Donations - next week is the last week for collections by Claudia.

Congratulations to Dave Lundregan who had his red New Member sticker removed!

Perfect Party Aug. 18th at 6:30 at Andy Keeler's home to welcome our new exchange student from Hungary. She arrives August 8th.

July 27th Meeting Notes

Posted by Mike Isler on Jul 27, 2018

Cuba, Slovakia, a Library CEO and More...

Robert

a Kayne delivered the highlights of today's meeting by sharing a slide show of photos and commentary on her January trip to Cuba. Roberta joined a group from Global Volunteers that traveled there to tutor English. Roberta's talents as a photographer shown through in the amazing pictures she shared. Global Volunteers (globalvolunteers.org) boasts 35,000+ volunteers in over 35 countries. You can see most of the photos from Roberta's presentation at www.RobertaKayne.com/Cuba.

Gretchen Spears, a student at Dublin Coffman, provided us a terrific presentation about the history and culture of Slovakia. Gretchen will be traveling there this coming school year as an exchange student sponsored by our club.

Pat Losinski, CEO of Columbus Metropolitan Library, joined us to deliver his personal thanks for the donation that we have pledged to the new library branch under contsruction in Dublin.

Announcements

Dublin Irish Festival - shifts are still needing filled - particularly Saturday morning and on Sunday. Contact Andy Keeler. Also, for training on the inventory control application on the iPads, please stay after next Friday morning's meeting or arrive 10-15 minutes early for your shift.

Fundraising - David Bentz announced that the two main fundraisers this year are the Memorial Tournament Pro Am Day and the Polar Bear Open.

August 18th Perfect Party - mark your calendars for 6>30pm on Aug 18th for a perfect party at Andy Keeler's home. Watch for more details coming via email.

August 10th - Emerald Campus Grand Opening - if you are interested, please sign up. Contact Peter Georgiton for details.

July 20: Announcements & Meeting Notes

Announcements:

Volunteer today to help our club at the Dublin Irish Festival. Just go to www.DublinIrishFestival.org, click on the Sharing O'The Green box and select your shifts! Contact Bonnie Coley-Malir or Andy Keeler with any questions.
Our Literacy Committee has launched the tenth annual Back To School Supply drive. We will be collecting supplies on July 27, August 3 and August 10. Cash donations are very welcomed! Check your email for a list of the items requested by teachers at the 3 schools we support.
Register to join us for the ribbon cutting and tour of Dublin's new Emerald Campus on Emerald Parkway. We'll meet up at 9:50 at the school. Check your email for an invitation and registration info.

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