Rotar y Re cord
www.kalispellrotary.org
ROTARY CLUB OF KALISPELL • DISTRICT 5390 • CLUB 1010 • OCTOBER 2020
Kelly Bilau - President
A new season. It’s one of my most favorite seasons for many reasons, but one reason to highlight are the leaves. Has a tree ever stopped you in your tracks because of the beauty it displayed? One of my adventures in life took me to Virginia during fall and I have to say I have never seen hills so vibrant with color. Hues of red, orange and yellow dotted the entire landscape. It was incredible to experience with my own eyes but also humbling.
You may have seen the quote circling around social media that says, “The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let things go.” What if the trees didn’t let their leaves go? What if they were resistant to the change in season and held on as tightly as they could? Well, they most certainly wouldn’t grow and the tree would cripple itself and die.
Lucille Clifton, an American poet, writer and educator wrote,
“The leaves believe such letting go is love Such love is faith
Such faith is grace Such grace is God I agree with leaves”
I am wondering what are the things each of us needs to let go. Remember, in letting go, we are creating a way for new birth and growth to occur. May this new season to be vibrant for you personally and as a Rotarian.
May we all continue to stay healthy and be kind –
Kelly Bilau
Happy Fall Y’all!!!
RotaRy DistRict 5390 www.montanarotary.org RotaRy clubof Kalispell www.kalispellrotary.org RotaRy inteRnational President: Holger Knaack President-Elect: Shekhar Mehta Motto: seRvice above self 2020-2021 theMe:
Rotary Opens Opportunities Montana RotaRy DistRict 5390 District Governer: Sandy Carlson Governor-elect: Michael Mayott Asst. Dist. Gov Nom.: Barrie Matthews RotaRy clubof Kalispell President: Kelly Bilau
President-Elect: Mitchell McKinley President-elect Nominee: Pamela Carbonari Treasurer: Scott Murphy
Secretary: Patricia Hulla Exec. Secretary: Kari Gabriel chaiRs
Membership: Autumn McLean Youth: Frank Garner Foundation: Nancy Manning Club Service: Mark Rohweder Past President/FRCF: Joseph Carbonari Public Relations: Tamara Williams DiRectoRs:
2020-2023 Pamela Carbonari Chris Leck David Wigginton 2019-2022:
Jim Heim, Jenna Justice, Pete Nelson 2018-2021:
Paul Carpenter, Beth Kornick, Caitlin Overland flatheaD RotaRy coMMunity founDation President: Joe Carbonari President-elect: Kelly Bilau RCK President-elect: Mitchell McKinley Secretary: Patricia Hulla
Treasurer: Scott Murphy Directors: Tagen Vine, Everit Sliter, Frank Garner, Chuck King
Program Schedule
Nov 5, 12:00 PM:
Zoom Meeting or In Person at the Gateway Community Center TBD
Nov 12, 12:00 PM:
Zoom Meeting or In Person at the Gateway Community Center
Glacier High School Ascent Program
Nov 19 12:00 PM:
Zoom Meeting or
In Person at the Gateway
Community Center
Nancy Manning and
The Rotary Foundation
October Birthdays:
November Birthdays:
October Anniversaries:
November Anniversaries:
10/02 ...Mark Rohweder 10/03 ... Pamela Carbonari 10/10 ...Jenna Justice 10/10 ...David Maurer 10/20 ...Cherilyn DeVries
10/07/00...Joe & Kelly Bilau 10/07/78 ...Bill & Sarah Dakin 10/16/65 ...Jim & Mary Lee Oliverson 10/17/93 ...Chuck & Tamara Williams 10/18/97 ... Grif Griffin & Kari Gabriel
11/01 ...Mitchell McKinley 11/04 ...Tirzah McKinley 11/19 ...Darla Harmon 11/21 ...Julie Lyon
11/06/54...Dick & Sally Ramos 11/18/06 ...David & Susanne Wigginton 11/21/09 ...Joe & Pam Carbonari 11/23/73 ...Roy & Terry Beekman
What a year 2020 has been! The membership committee has been brainstorming on ways for our club to stay more connected and stay focused on our mission, service above self. In the next couple of weeks we will be reaching out for your feedback and sincerely hope to hear from each of you. Our next meeting will be at the Bay Equity
office on Tuesday the 27th at 5:30pm. We’d love to see you there!
Be on the lookout for upcoming opportunities for us to serve as Rotarians.
Communications will be coming out to membership to announce ways that we can step up and serve those in need!
WOW!
D ID SOMEONE SAY SERVICE???
The meeting was called to order by President Kelly Bilau at 5:00 pm; In-person/Zoom.
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resent:
Officers – Kelly Bilau (President); Mitch McKinley (President-elect); Patricia Hulla (Club Secretary) Board of Directors 2018-2021 – Paul Carpenter, Beth Kornick, Caitlin Overland
Board of Directors 2019-2022 – Jim Heim, Jenna Justice, Pete Nelson
Board of Directors 2020-2023 – Pam Carbonari (PEN), Chris Leck, David Wigginton
Committees – Joe Carbonari (RCK Past President/FRCF) Board Members Absent – Frank Garner (Youth Services);
Nancy Manning (The Rotary Foundation); Autumn McLean (Membership); Scott Murphy (Treasurer, Patricia Hulla proxy); Mark Rohweder (Service); Tamara Williams (Public Relations)
Other Members and Guests:
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gendA The Following Consent Agenda was reviewed:September 2020 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
Attendance: YTD – 62.67%; September – 60.57%; 84 Active Members as of Oct 18, 2020.
• Leave of Absence Requests: None
• Transfer of Membership: None
• New Members Applications: Star Ironside and Marty Flores Family Membership pending.
• Resignations: Beckie Christiaens, Aaron Hughes
• Rule of 85: None
Moved to approve Consent Agenda/Seconded/Carried – Caitlin Overland, Mitch McKinley.
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ePort:
Treasurer Scott Murphy reported that he has reviewed the financial reports prepared by bookkeeper Kelly Wilkey for the Rotary Club of Kalispell (RCK) and the Flathead Rotary Community Foundation (FRCF) and determined they accurately reflect financial position and all transactions known to him. Overall, Club and Foundation finances
are in good order. Expenses are in line with what was anticipated. Through September 2020, RCK had $28,849 in assets and $22,623 in equity. FRCF funds are in good order with $76,347 in equity. Member accounts in arrears were reviewed. Moved to approve Financial Report/Seconded/
Carried – Mitch McKinley, Joe Carbonari.
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usinessMeeting food options – the Hilton Garden gave President Kelly a proposed menu which would be plated and served.
Discussion:
• Pricey at $19 per person
• Options at Gateway as alternative
• Cater
• In-house restaurant coming to Gateway soon
• Check with Shawna Steele on what DeSoto is doing for Women Who Wine
• Members may opt not to take meals even if attending in person, and current in-person attendance rarely is more than 15. Most members are brown bagging.
For now, we will remain at Gateway and see how in-person attendance goes.
Member engagement for meetings – We are averaging between 25-30 attending our hybrid meetings with roughly half coming in person and the rest via Zoom. Pam Carbonari noted that we are not touching most of our members and asked how we can bring people back together. Teaming up for service projects may be a way. Past-president Joe pointed out that being active and doing something is especially important to Rotarians. There are numerous community needs and small projects such as Brendan House’s senior pen pals that members could engage in. Mitch McKinley suggested we engage the Service Committee and maybe do some projects right in our meetings as we have done before.
Kelly will contact Cherilyn DeVries and Service Chair Mark Rohweder to see if it is possible to organize a weekly
“service calendar” of opportunities. This could be sent in a separate email weekly to membership.
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usinessGlacier Symphony Request – We received a request for a
$1000 donation which is already in the budget and can be paid out.
Turkey Drive and $500 Club match – Bill Hendrix is willing to lead this effort again this year and asked if the club will provide the $500 contribution like last year. Food costs may be more expensive this year. Bill is looking at ways to do videos and organizing how to present the drive to membership this year. Moved to approve $500 for Turkey
Board Meeting Minutes
October 19, 2020
The meeting was called to order by President Kelly Bilau at 5:00 pm; In-person/Zoom.
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resent:
Officers – Kelly Bilau (President); Mitch McKinley (President-elect); Patricia Hulla (Club Secretary) Board of Directors 2018-2021 – Paul Carpenter, Beth Kornick, Caitlin Overland
Board of Directors 2019-2022 – Jim Heim
Board of Directors 2020-2023 – Pam Carbonari (PEN), Chris Leck, David Wigginton
Committees – Joe Carbonari (RCK Past President/FRCF) Board Members Absent – Jenna Justice (2019-2022, Patricia Hulla proxy); Pete Nelson (2019-2022); Frank Garner (Youth Services); Nancy Manning (The Rotary Foundation);
Autumn McLean (Membership); Scott Murphy (Treasurer);
Mark Rohweder (Service); Tamara Williams (Public Relations)
Other Members and Guests:
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gendA The Following Consent Agenda was reviewed:August 2020 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
• Attendance: YTD – 71.05%; 86 Active Members as of 9-21-2020.
• Leave of Absence Requests: Scott Richardson extension to 9-30-2021; Tom Rygg extension to 12-31-2020.
• Transfer of Membership: None
• New Members Applications: Star Ironside and Marty Flores Family Membership approved and induction pending.
• Resignations: Alice Bennetts. Muffie Thomson
• Rule of 85: Neil Hammer
Moved to approve Consent Agenda/Seconded/Carried – Mitch McKinley, Chris Leck.
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ePort:
Treasurer Scott Murphy reported that he has reviewed the financial reports prepared by bookkeeper Kelly Wilkey for the Rotary Club of Kalispell (RCK) and the Flathead Rotary Community Foundation (FRCF) and determined they accurately reflect financial position and all transactions known to him. Overall, Club and Foundation finances are in good order. Expenses are in line with what was anticipated.
Through August 2020, RCK had approximately $30,075 in assets and $24,094 in equity. FRCF funds are in good order with $78,436 in equity. Chris Leck posed a question about a checking account decrease. President Kelly believed that was because we paid international and district dues but will confirm with the Treasurer.
Moved to approve Financial Report/Seconded/Carried – Pam Carbonari, Joe Carbonari.
Board Meeting Minutes
September 21, 2020
Drive/Seconded/Carried – Mitch McKinley, Jenna Justice.
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usinessPaul Carpenter said he has been receiving promotional emails from Trails End Popcorn since he donated for our Boy Scout Troop. Kelly will clarify this with the Troop.
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ePorts Service – Mitch McKinley reportingThe Committee is nearly ready to send off the final information needed for the La Vega grant. We also had a request from Columbia Falls to assist with their Breakfast with Santa program. Concerns were expressed about event safety. Since we have canceled our own fund raisers it may not be the right time to assist with others. Mark Rohweder said we will get more information from them.
Youth – Beth Kornick reporting for Frank Garner
Interact is just getting started again, and we should include them in our activities whenever possible.
Membership – Kelly Bilau reporting for Autumn McLean The Committee met on 10/13 and will meet again on 10/27.
The focus is on member engagement, orientation, and committee structure.
Moved to adjourn/Seconded/Carried – Mitch McKinley, Kelly Bilau.
The meeting was dismissed at 5:45 pm. Next Meeting:
Monday, November 16, 2020, 5:00 pm, at the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce Conference Room
Kelly Bilau, President • Patricia Hulla, Secretary
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temsThe Board reviewed accounts in arrears and contacts made.
Some delinquent accounts responded to the contact and have paid.
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usiness Fund Raising in lieu of GBFIdeas for virtual fundraising were shared. Mitch McKinley said Flathead Industries did their annual hike by having participants hike on their own. Beth Kornick pointed out that she has noticed multiple wine cellar auction types of events and suggested that we may be able to do a virtual Great Bear Festival by having an auction with items from our usual vendors.
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usiness Meeting locationThe Hilton is currently not providing food service. We could bring in catering if we like. We are currently paying
$150 per week; the Hilton has not held us to the current contract. We are not collecting any meal/meeting income.
Mitch wondered if we should void the current contract and renegotiate when ready. We can temporarily move to the Gathering Place at the Gateway Community Center for $25 per week. They have plenty of space for social distancing and can configure tables any way needed. We would need to move some of our equipment over there. Moved to temporarily suspend meetings at the Hilton Garden and move venue to Gateway/Seconded/Carried – Caitlin Overland, Beth Kornick.
Pam Carbonari suggested we encourage members to attend in person and advertise well so people know where we are.
Pat Hulla will update the website and emails, and Cherilyn DeVries will put it on social media. President Kelly stated the importance of keeping engagement while acknowledging members’ meeting preference. The idea of promoting some small projects that Rotarians could work together and reconnect was discussed. Mitch suggested an outdoor local project, and Pam suggested helping seniors with yard work.
Meeting food options
The Hilton would be willing to do brown bag lunches for
$15.95 per person. Catering is also an option. President Kelly stated she would need someone take charge of
procuring food for any option that is not through the Hilton.
So far members seem content with bringing their own brown bag, but Kelly will check in with members for ideas/
preferences.
Care Grant and audio-visual needs
The grant prepared by Lucy Smith was approved but the money is not received yet. It is $10,000 for the club to improve its technical capabilities to offer virtual and hybrid meetings as well as virtual fund raising into the future. Once we receive the grant, we will proceed with decision making and purchase.
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ePorts Service – Mitch McKinley reportingThe Splash Pad Committee is currently reaching out to other organization to be partners.
The LaVega project grant is awaiting resumes from some of the principals. Rotary International wants us to show that projects are sustainable once completed, so there are some extra logistical steps to insure this. It is an impressive project with water going directly to houses not just to a central location in the village.
Membership – Kelly Bilau reporting
The Membership Committee will be focusing on revitalization, and Kelly has met with Chair Autumn
McLean and Janice Lake. Cherilyn DeVries also wants to get involved with a strong social media presence.
Youth – Kelly Bilau and Beth Kornick reporting
Muffie Thomson has resigned from the Club and was the organizer for student guests. Beth proposed that it would work well for the schools to have the students do a pre- recorded presentation that we could show at meetings.
Alice Bennetts has also resigned, so Kelly will look for someone to assume her RYLA duties. RYLA has adjusted the age bracket to accommodate those students who could not attend this year after it was canceled.
Interact is still in the start up phase and has not activated yet this year because school is still working through the re- opening logistics.
Moved to adjourn/Seconded/Carried – Beth Kornick, Pam Carbonari.
The meeting was dismissed at 5:55 pm. Next Meeting:
Monday, October 19, 2020, 5:00 pm, at the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce Conference Room Kelly Bilau, President • Patricia Hulla, Secretary