Prayer: Mark Wicks Quote of the Week: Kay Winkelman
Guests: None
Secretary's Report: 26 members present
Treasurer's Report: None
Honors and Illnesses:
Welcome to our newest member Matt Bradley! Please take the opportunity to introduce yourself and get to know Matt.
Jim Smith has been under the weather but hopes to be at the meeting next week.
Announcements:
Soup Supper - Jan. 18 - Tickets are now available! Each member will be responsible for 10 tickets. See Kay to get your tickets. All members are needed to cover shifts during the event. The schedule will be ready next week.
Radio Auction - Feb. 1 - Items are rolling in! Be sure to let Tammy and Veronica know who you are calling on. Items can be turned into Tammy at Circle K. For items to be featured on the soup supper placemats, we will need the no later than January 10. Watch your emails for ongoing updates.
Satellite Club - Tue. Jan. 7 and Tue. Jan. 21 at The Pub on the Cedar starting at 5:30pm. Come check it out and bring friends!
Kayak Race Fundraiser - The Fundraising Committee is looking into doing a 'duck race' style kayak race on the Cedar River next summer. See Chris Garden if you would be interested in helping plan this new fundraiser.
Fun & Frolic: Paul filled in for Sheila with technology and invention trivia.
Program: This week's program was presented by retired teacher and author Kim Bahnsen who writes under the pen name Kylie Brant. Kim has 41 published books and is working on her next one right now. She started writing in 1990. She shared her path to being a published author and her process including book research, book ideas, the publishing process and marketing. She recently started working with Amazon Publishing and her Cady Maddix Trilogy is available on Kindle.
In the 1980s, Rotary International took the lead among other traditionally male service organizations by allowing women to join, an idea our Club embraced, including electing Jody Meyer as its first female club president in 1992.
Until 1989, the Constitution and Bylaws of Rotary International stated that Rotary club membership was for males only. In 1978 the Rotary Club of Duarte, California, invited three women to become members. The RI board withdrew the charter of that club for violation of the RI Constitution. The club brought suit against RI claiming a violation of a state civil rights law which prevents discrimination of any form in business establishments or public accommodations. The appeals court and the California Supreme Court supported the Duarte position that Rotary could not remove the club's charter merely for inducting women into the club. The United States Supreme Court upheld the California court indicating that Rotary clubs do have a "business purpose" and are in some ways public-type organizations. This action in 1987 allowed women to become Rotarians in any jurisdiction having similar "public accommodation" statutes. The RI constitutional change was made at the 1989 Council on Legislation, with a vote to eliminate the "male-only" provision for all of Rotary.
