The Suburban Scuttlebutt 
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Coming up 6/29/23
 
 
Changing of the Guard
Join us for some Fun as we Roast the Outgoing Administration! 
 
 
 
Chair of the Day: Andrew Wesely 
Invocator: John Ferguson 
11:15 Greeter:   John Ferguson 
11:45 Greeter:  Jim Kapalis 
 
Omahan of the Year 
Congratulations to Todd Schmaderer who was honored last week as Omahan of the Year for all his work as the Omaha Chief of Police.  
 
 
 
Suburban Rotary Car Show Financial Report
Last week James Reed gave us an overview of the Suburban Rotary Car Show financials.  When all revenue is in, we will have raised nearly 44K in proceeds. Expenses were around 11K.  The first 10K of profit will go to the Rotary Foundation for Polio Plus, leaving the club Foundation 23K in profits.
 
Congratulations and thank you to everyone who helped put this on, our sponsors, and our volunteers! 
 
 
 
 
 
Rotary Night at the Storm Chasers DEADLINE TOMORROW
Rotary Night on Thursday, June 29th.   Gates open at 6pm and the first pitch is at 7:05.  CLICK HERE to order tickets. 
Offer Code: ROTARY.   Tickets are $17.  
 
Omaha Storm Chasers vs. Iowa Cubs
The First Pitch will be Raffled to a Lucky Rotarian.   Jennifer will be checking off her bucket list by appearing as a mascot from Scooters.    
 
$6 from every ticket will go to Polio Plus.   Please join us!
 
 
 
To Be Frank.... 
This section of the newsletter is dedicated to club transparency. 
 
Best wishes to Jody-Ann Coore who has served as our a/v technician for two years. She has accepted another position and will be leaving us in July.
 
Congratulations to John Hoich who was selected by the Trustees to serve as Chair for the 23-24 Rotary year.   Kevin Welsh is unable to serve on the Board of Trustees due to regulations by his employer.
 
Congratulations to John Ferguson who has been selected to serve a one-year term on the Board of Directors as Zach Ziler vacates his seat to serve as President-Elect.   Congratulations to Angela Chaney who has been selected to serve a two-year term on the Board of Directors as Sara Huse as resigned her seat.
 
The Board approved a new Yearlings program at June's Board meeting.   Bob Perrin and Rich Rowland will be in charge of this committee and the blue badge program for the 23-24 Rotary year.
 
In February of this year, the Board of Directors voted to remove the 50% attendance requirement for members to align the club with the requirements of the other metro-area clubs. See an excerpt from RI's website below.
 
 
If there is more information you'd like to see in this section, please reach out to Yolanda. 
 
New Member Proposal
Chris Barone   "Medicare/Insurance"     Synergy Benefits Co., LLC 
Proposed by: Amanda Fink
 
 
 
(Any objection to this proposal must be in writing to the Board of Directors within one week.) 
Rotary Book Club and Rotary Golf 
If you'd like to be more social with your fellow Rotarians, please consider Rotary golf (contact Frank Goldberg) Rotary bridge (contact Julie Livingston) or book club (Lisa Neu-info below).  You get attendance credit for all these activities. 
 
The next book is: "Bibi: My Story" by Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel.  This is a New York Times bestselling autobiography.  Benjamin Netanyahu tells the story of his family, his path to leadership, and his unceasing commitment to defending his country and securing its future.
 
This book is 654 pages.  We will split reading it for discussion between July and August.  For July, we will read up to Chapter 32 at page 329. 
 
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, July 18, at Bonefish Grill in Regency.
 
 Attendance Credit is given for attending. 
Dues are Past Due
 
 
If you have not paid your Rotary dues, they are now past due.   Please make payment of your 23-24 Dues of $370 ASAP.   If you need another copy of the invoice, please contact Jennifer. Dues can be paid online by CLICKING HERE. 
June Meeting Sponsor 

Thank you to Curt Peters/Integrated Solutions for Sponsoring our June meetings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Make Up at Other Clubs 
Considering visiting another Rotary club for a make-up!   rotary.org has a clubfinder for locations around the world.  Please see the District website at rotarydistrict5650.org  for details on local clubs.  
 
Metro-area clubs are listed below
 
Monday:  Millard at Noon - in person, no reservations required at the German American Society 
 
Tuesday:  
 
Omaha Morning Rotary and Northwest Rotary are holding joint meetings at a new location - the First Responders Foundation, 10605 Burt Circle, Omaha, NE 68114.
 
Update on Weekly Rotary Meeting:
As a result of the recent Club Assembly, Omaha Morning and Omaha Northwest will continue to merge meetings and will be alternating the meeting time on a monthly basis as follows:
 
 
June 2023 - Morning
July 2023-Lunch
August 2023-Morning
September 2023- Lunch 
 
Unless requested by the speaker, Omaha Morning will continue the meeting in hybrid format. This means Morning meetings will be available both in person and in zoom.
 
 
Wednesday: Omaha Downtown at Noon at the Field Club 
 
Friday: Omaha West at Noon at  Biaggi's. 
 
rotaryeclubone.org offers online make-ups.  Rich Rowland shared a great topic they had just last week: https://www.rotaryeclubone.org/makeups/articles/rotary-internationals-code-of-conduct-for-rotarian/
Speakers
Jun 29, 2023 12:00 PM
Jul 06, 2023
Happy Independence Day!
Jul 13, 2023
District Goals/Annual District Visit
Jul 20, 2023
Omaha Performing Arts
Jul 27, 2023
Movie Production
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Upcoming Events
Board Meeting
Jun 19, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
 
Rotary Night at the Stormchasers
Jun 29, 2023
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
Rotary Night at Beyond Golf
Beyond Golf
Jul 13, 2023
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
 
Board meeting with Committee Plans
Jul 17, 2023
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
 
IronHawks Junior
Jul 30, 2023
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
 
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Birthdays
Member Birthdays
Nicholas Eastland
June 1
 
John Stewart
June 2
 
Mary Bernier
June 3
 
Kevin Welsh
June 7
 
Gary Stoneburg
June 8
 
John Maxell
June 11
 
Ed Fleming
June 13
 
Gary Beller
June 26
 
Patrick Mahoney
June 26
 
Jake Olsen
June 28
 
Ross Olsen
June 28
 
Paul Adams
June 29
 
Chuck Hackshaw
June 30
 
Jennifer Jirak-Brungardt
June 30
 
John Ferguson
June 30
 
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