Our club's Ice Melt device remains precariously perched on its side on the Lake Dillon ice as I write this message on Wednesday. Several of us thought Tuesday was THE day when the device must have gone under as it was not visible to those of us that stopped to look without binoculars. Rob Phipp's new electronic temperature and tracking device is still working well. Please join Bee Jeanson as a device observer if you can.....we need folks to monitor twice a day, 7 AM and 7 PM. We should have a winner any day now. Stay tuned for an email blast when the device goes into the water. Good luck to those of you who chose late dates on your tickets!
Our next annual club fundraiser, Car Raffle, is gearing up in the background as we wind down Ice Melt. Jim Brook, Steve Cornwell, and Steph Katz are preparing for this huge undertaking. Jim has kindly stepped up to fill the Club Raffle Manager role recently vacated by Lynne Baer. This involves communicating directly with the Secretary of State's office so that our club stays within the strict rules for CO state raffles. Jim is also currently working through the online raffle manager certification process. Thank you Jim and also to Lynne for covering this important club role now and in the past.
Jim and Steve have put out their annual request for club members who would be available to help with the Car Raffle fundraiser in the background. For all of you Summit Rotarians who do not like selling car raffle tickets during the summer, this is meant for YOU! There are important behind-the-scenes jobs that do not require selling. These jobs can be time flexible and tailored to your availability and interests. Contact Jim Brook or Steve Cornwall for more information about these non-selling volunteer Car Raffle positions.
Our club is now in our 2nd year of the two-year Adopt a Rec Path program where we are responsible for cleaning the walking/biking recreation path along the Dillon Dam Rd between the two guard houses. Please join us TODAY at noon at the west guard house parking lot to do our first clean-up sweep. Count on about 1.5 hours of time and some great conversation with fellow club members. Come prepared for the weather! We will be conducting this clean-up biweekly through October when our term ends with Summit County. A great walk with great scenery and usually very little trash to pick up. Consider joining for a clean-up walk or two.
Ann Clement and David Matthew have taken up their spring residence in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Ann reports that springtime in this beautiful city along a river canal is beautiful. Last week they drove into Italy near Venice for an event hosted by the Rotary Club of Treviso, Italy. More than 120 Rotarians attended the event from all over Europe and, with Ann and David there, the US. The purpose was to inform local Rotaract and Interact clubs of the international projects that Rotary clubs are involved with. The event was hosted in a beautiful villa owned by a local Rotarian and each club brought a dish associated with their country. Ann and David dressed in western cowboy gear and brought American hotdogs! Thanks for sharing this adventure with us.
Wishing everyone a great weekend. See you next Tuesday at 7:00 AM.
Yours in Rotary,
Joan Tilden
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Ann Clement presented our club flag to the president of the Rotary Club of Venezia Mestre during an international event in Treviso Italy that was hosted for local Rotaract and Interact clubs.
Dave Matthews dishing out American hot dogs at the international Rotary event in Treviso, Italy
Click the link below to see the latest youtube explanation of how our club finances work, including the charitable fund. This video is about 14 minutes long.
My roots are from the Midwest growing up mainly in Ohio and Wisconsin with a short residency in Port Angeles, WA and Annette Island, AK when my father served as a bush pilot during the Korean war. As a child, I learned from my parents the importance of philanthropy and helping others in need. Our family would help our elderly neighbors with snow removal, yard care, meal prep, etc. It was self-understood that we helped our grandparents. We were Scouts involved in community service. My parents‘ motto was “Help others without need of recognition or reward and the world will be a better place.” Although, I have never reached as high a bar as they did, I still have time.
My first interaction with Rotary was through Girl Scouts. I was given a grant to go to the Girl Scout Senior Roundup in Coeur de Laine, ID. After the event, I was a speaker at one of the meetings. It could have been intimidating for a 16-year-old, but their kindness and generosity made me at ease.
I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Zoology specializing in palaeoentomology. My goal was to go on to grad school, but personal circumstances made me decide to take off a year to ski bum in Aspen. That year turned into 14 years which included a marriage, 2 children, 1 foster child (who is now my nephew) and a radical change in career. I worked in hotels and for the Aspen Institute. At 25, I decided to start my own property and rental management company because I was too naïve to know that I really wasn’t prepared. But with my headstrong determination, I worked hard and had a fairly successful company. Due to demands of motherhood, I sold the company and worked for the Snowmass Company as manager of the Snowmass Club and later General Manager of Woodrun V condominium which gave me a more normal schedule.
Our jobs took us to South Carolina and Florida. Unfortunately, my husband passed away while I was in my late thirties with two preteens. I was contacted by my past company, Lowe Enterprises/estination Hotels, to run a Resort in Florida with the promise that they would give me a position so I could return to my beloved Colorado. It took 8 years for that promise to come to fruition but finally I moved to Denver. Although my residence was in Denver, I was opening projects in Stowe VT, Cle Elum WA, Palos Verdes CA, Charleston SC and Squaw Valley, CA and wasn’t home as much as I wished. Since I was rarely home, in 2015, I sold my 1888 Capitol Hill Victorian and moved to my tiny ski condo in Silverthorne. Best decision of my life! I finally “retired” in May of 2019. I had a wonderful summer taking 2 of my three grandchildren on a trip from Shannon Ireland, London, Paris, Venice, and Athens. The fun didn’t last long. In August, Lowe asked me to help with a project in Puerto Escondido Oax, MX for a few months. On March 15, 2020, I agreed to be the interim general manager until a replacement manager could be found. Three days later the world fell apart and I served in that position commuting back and forth until April 2022. I still consult for them and a few other properties just to keep my mind sharp.
On the fun side, after my children left home, I took up some hobbies like running marathons– 14 including Chicago, Detroit and New York (at 50); mountaineering on very high (14K to 20K) mountains – Everest Base Camp, Kilimanjaro, Pico Aconcagua and Cerro Boneta, Argentina, Pico Orizaba, MX, Whitney, Rainier, and various 14ers (at 62); road biking events (at 58) and paddleboarding (at 70). Always athletic, I did downhill skiing, Nordic skiing, snowshoeing, canoeing, hiking, ice skating, camping, hiking, horseback riding, swimming, running 10Ks and half marathons, etc. throughout my life I have just pumped up my goals and will try to keep it up as long as possible.
I’m back! Summit County is my home. I look forward to being a Rotarian.
The Rotary Book Club is currently reading "The Song of the Cell - An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human," by Siddhartha Mukherjee. We will meet in June, at a time to be announced, to discuss.
We're pleased to announce that we have been able to add the Summit County Rotary Charitable Fund to Amazon.
What this means...by following this link (https://smile.amazon.com/ch/84-1215233), and selecting the Summit County Rotary Charitable Fund as your Charity, Amazon will donate a percentage of every one of your purchases to us! This is a very easy way to get additional funds for our projects. If all of our members select this option, we imagine there will be a nice little contribution to help our club!
Instead of going to amazon.com when you make purchases, go to smile.amazon.com and you'll see us listed there!
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The Membership Committee needs new Rotary members (especially people who have joined Rotary in the last 2 - 3 years) to join the Committee to help us meet our challenges in attracting and retaining new members. The Committee meets as needed to discuss approaches in how we can add, and involve, new members. We need to recruit new folks to keep our club vibrant and involved in the community!
A Prospective Member should attend 3 meetings before turning in his/her application, sponsor form, a short bio and $50 application fee to the Membership Chairman, David Guignard, or to any one on the Membership Committee. The application will be presented to the Membership Committee for approval. Once approved, the applicant's bio will be posted in our bulletin for 3 weeks. If there are no questions about the Prospective Member, the induction will be scheduled. Two categories of Membership are available – a Family Membership and a Corporate Membership. Please contact an individual on the Membership Committee for details on these new types of Membership.
Membership Committee Members are: Chairman - David Guignard, Julianne Gilchrist, Sandy Mortensen, Ann Clement, Susan Juergensmeier, Stephanie Katz, David "Woody" Woodland.
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