ROTARY CLUB OF APPLETON

Service Above Self GUSTO

March 11, 2008 Upcoming Programs March 18 Empire Room History of Wisconsin Rivers - Michael Douglas, Wisconsin Historical Association Thought of the Day – Sharon Hulce March 25 Empire Room Wisconsin Roads and Infra-Structure - Mike Marsden Thought of the Day – Jerry Otteson Officers 2007-2008 President Jeff Schulz Vice President Shipra Seefeldt Past President Jeff Werner Secretary Curt Detjen Treasurer Tom Berkedal Directors Ron Altenburg Dawn Doberstein Gail Enke Peter Kelly Dan Nisler Gail Popp Matt Rehbein Dave Willems Sergeant-At-Arms Dave Aardappel RYE Student Alek Kozak - 830-7939 Rejoice Ngesi - 830-1119 Admin. Assistant Kathy Dreyer Phone/Fax 731-4427 kdreyer1@juno.com Rotarians of the Year Mark Harris/Gail Popp Downtown Gusto Kathy Dreyer, Editor Dist. 6220, Club 2656 P. O. Box 703 Appleton, WI 54912 www.appletonrotary.org Meets Tuesday Noon Radisson Paper Valley

THUMBNAIL: ROGER BERSCHAUSEN Roger was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan the youngest of 5 children. He went to Bowden College in Maine and received his Masters in Divinity at University of Chicago – Divinity School. Roger came to this area in 1990 when he was called to be the first minister of the Fox Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. This was his first call after the seminary. Roger and Amy have two children: Hattie (17) and Ian (14). His passion in life is connecting people. Roger helped start Toward Community: Unity in Diversity that also laid the foundation for the Fox Cities Rotary Multicultural Center. He is also part of “Common Ground”, a group of mostly clergy that come together to help make our community healthy and whole. Both of Roger’s grandfathers were active Rotarians. THUMBNAIL: CHAD HERSHNER As Chad was preparing for his thumbnail, it gave him the opportunity to reflect back and think about who he is and how his life experiences defined him as a person. Chad was born 35 years ago in York, Pennsylvania. His birth parents abandoned him at the age of 6 months and left him with his babysitters for them to raise him. They were an amazing couple in the mid 60’s that in addition to raising their 2 sons raised 29 other children without any financial assistance. While in 8^th grade, his mother passed away and the arts (playing the saxophone, acting in a play and writing poetry) were vital to his healing process. At the age of 14, his father was placed in a nursing home and Chad went to Atlanta to live with one of the 28 other kids his father raised. While in high school, Chad was given a tremendous opportunity. Under the leadership of 3 fulltime directors, a full-time vocal coach and a full-time choreographer, 60 high school students mounted 11 shows every year. Chad got to do everything from sing, dance, act, sew costumes, paint sets and sound/lighting design. Unfortunately, his father passed away and never got the opportunity to see him perform. Chad and his partner Jeff have been together for almost 4 years and Chad has two children Abigail (7) and Josiah (5). Chad is the Vice President of Advancement of the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. Chad’s mother used to tell him to always shoot for the moon, because if you miss the moon, you will still be among the stars.

MEETING NOTICES · The Scholarship Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 18 at 11:00 a.m. · The Arts and Arts Awards Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 18 at 11:00 a.m. · The Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 18 at 11:15 a.m. · The Group Study Exchange Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 18 at 11:15 a.m. · The World Service Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 25 at 11:00 a.m. · The Rotary Club of Appleton Board will meet on Monday, April 7 at 5:00 p.m. at American National Bank. · The Rotary Non-Profit Advisors will meet on Tuesday, April 15 at 11:00 a.m. WAYNE’S HISTORY MINUTE On July 1, 1915, there were 186 Rotary clubs and 20,700 Rotarians. The Office of the Secretary of the IARC (International Association of Rotary Clubs), in Chicago, had grown from a “desktop” operation and a part-time job to three rooms and eleven employees. One of the great decisions in Rotary’s past was to decentralize administration with oversight and policy-making handled in the IARC office. In 1915, the IARC formed districts. Districts are headed by a District Governor (DG) who is nominated by the clubs in the District and elected at the RI Annual Convention. The DG provides “quality control” to assure that RI policies/practices are carried out at the local level and is responsible for growth of Rotary in the District. The DG presides at the Annual District Assembly (leadership training for all club president and secretary-elects) and the Annual District Conference (to nominate the incoming DG, discuss matters referred by RI and fellowship of all Rotarians and spouses). The DG-elect is the District’s representative to the International Assembly held prior to the RI Annual Convention. GUESTS, VISITORS AND MAKE-UPS Guests today were Alek Kozak, Frank Rippl, Greg Vandenberg with Alan Blake, Bill Breider with Gail Enke, Karl Koenig with Dennis Episcopo, Erik and Lisa Mayer with John Mielke and Mark Bartolutti with JoEllen Wollangk. Making up this week was Joanne Kluessendorf and Tim Reich on e-Club, Steve Rieth and Rick Stark in Sanibel/Captiva, Florida and Guy Thompson in Neenah.

INDUCTIONS

Today, the Rotary Club of Appleton inducted Mel Rambo and Donna Stammer. Mel is the President/CEO of Equitable Reserve Association and Donna is a Radio Account Executive with WOZZ Classic Rock Radio. Welcome!

Mel Rambo Donna Stammer

Photo: Don Herrling Photo: Don Herrling

Tour of Polish Milwaukee and Milwaukee Public Museum’s Body World exhibit, April 17

Since he wants to become a doctor, RYE student Alek Kozak expressed an interest in visiting the “Body Worlds” exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Bev Harrington is arranging a motor van tour for 6 people on Thursday, April 17 leaving Appleton at 7:30 a.m. A visit to Milwaukee’s beautiful Basilica of St. Josaphat will take place mid morning with lunch at Polonez Restaurant, a popular Polish restaurant on the city’s south side. Entry to the museum will be about 2:15 p.m., and the return to Appleton should be around 6:30-7:00 pm. If anyone has any interest in joining the group, please contact Bev Harrington at 920-231-4618 or at bevharrington@new.rr.com. Please respond ASAP since Bev needs to purchase advance tickets to this very popular exhibition. Exhibit ticket prices for adults are $21. Senior tickets are $16.50, and student tickets are $16.50 with IDs.

SEVEN DAY NOTICE

The following individuals have been proposed for membership in Rotary. They have passed all committees and unless an objection in writing is submitted to the secretary within 7 days, these members will be admitted to the Rotary Club of Appleton.

William Breider III of i 965 Twelve Oaks Lane, Menasha, WI 54952 has been proposed into membership by Gail Enke. He would enter under the classification of Associations-YMCA.

Greg Linnemanstons of 825 E. Alton Street, Appleton, WI 54911 has been proposed into membership by Alan Blake. He would enter under the classification of Marketing – Consultation.

Tracy Ogden of 2169 W. Prairie Creek Drive, Neenah, WI 54956 has been proposed into membership by Dorrie Hipschman. She would enter under the classification of Museum-Children’s.

FOX CITIES ROTARY MULTICULTURALCENTER UPDATE

We now have $15,370 in gifts and pledges committed; we are waiting to hear about final decision and approval on two potential large gifts which would total $6000-$6500.  New gifts over the past two weeks have ranged from $3000 to $50;  $500 or $600 is still the gift amount received most frequently in the campaign.  So, gifts are still needed to close the gap for full payoff of the principal amount:

Total goal                 $27,600

Less gifts/pledges    $15,370

$12,230

Less pending gifts    $ 6,500

$  5,730  yet to raise

Rotarian gifts/pledges total $3900 through 9 gifts -- and we are very grateful for those!   We have upwards of 20 individual and organization contacts made (outside of Rotary) from whom we have not yet received a yes/no decision on a gift.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

· Our Rotary Youth Exchange student, Rejoice Ngesi, is performing in the play Miss Saigon at Appleton North High School.

· Erik Mayer, an Appleton East High School senior, shared his award winning essay “Who is the Best Putter You Know?”

· Dave Aardappel sang us a Scotsmen song. Dave said this song almost got him fired.

· We will be co-hosting (with Appleton West) a Group Study Exchange team from Sao Paulo, Brazil May 28-June 1, 2008. If you would like to serve on the committee or be a host family, please contact Jay Drzewiecki at 734-2555.