PRESIDENT UPDATE & COMMITTEE REPORTS
President Jasmine Mills kicked off the meeting with the 4-way test and reminded us the following:
- Goal for every member to be on a committee. Get plugged in!
- Lunch purchase policy:
- If absent but already paid, members can buy lunches and pay via Venmo/cash to Treasurer at $10 discounted price.
- Absentees need to alert Leigh beforehand @ leigh.acevedo@gmail.com
GUESTS/VISITORS:
- Kyle Reese, Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church - formerly in Rotary in a Jacksonville club
- Maria "M.J." Juliana de Vivero Cortes - GRSP student from Colombia
RECOGNITION/AWARDS:
- Alfred McGuire was awarded Administrator Of The Year from the Foreign Language Association of Georgia
- Denise Grabowski is running for second term on the SCCPSS school board! Join her at a fundraiser at Julie Wade's home, 134 E 51st St. - Thurs., March 28, 5:30pm - please donate here
UPCOMING DATES (PROGRAMS & SOCIALS):
- March
- 3/26: Club Social @ Mint To Be Mojito, 12 W State St, 5:30pm-7:30pm
- April
- 4/2: Bruce Clemens, People’s Consultants, Rotary Club of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala (Kristen presiding)
- 4/16: Michael Schwartz, Safety Valve Project
- 4/23: Club Social @ TBA
SERVICE:
- March 23: 17 Metro members turned out for our Re:Purpose service and check presentation (see above photo) - all agreed that was some serious work!
- 4/8: Emmaus House Soup Kitchen - 7:30-9:30 am, 2nd Monday of each month
- 4/27: Tybee Island Maritime Academy - Join us at TIMA on Saturday, April 27th from 9am to noon as we help the school mulch and spruce up their backyard.
- Legacy Project will take the place of ASP – chair John Bennett
- Register for District Conference in Jekyll Island - lots of fun activities and dynamic speakers: April 26th-28th, 2024.
- Register online HERE
- Deadline for hotel discount is March 26.
- 3 Credits per full day of attendance at district conference
- Oslo Summer 2024 GRSP Scholarship Opens for Georgia college students
- Spend summer attending school & exchanging cultural customs in Norway, 6/24 - 8/2/2024
- Application is now open & closes Jan. 5, 2024.
- Applicants must have completed sophomore year of college by Spring 2024 & have the recommendation of a Georgia Rotarian.
MEMBERSHIP:
- Check your attendance in ClubRunner. Is it accurate? Email if not: metrosavannahrotary@gmail.com
- Membership Committee - reaching out if not meeting 50% attendance to discuss options
- Visit the “Members Only” area of the website for more info
- If you are interested in being on the Board, please reach out to Kristen Crawley
- “Fireside Chat”: First step for a new member. Thu, 3/28, 5:30 PM @ Habitat for Humanity Restore on 701 MLK. If you are interested in sponsoring a member, check out the “Members Only” area of the website for more info!
- Sponsor Challenge: Anyone who sponsors a new member this rotary year will be entered into a drawing to be held on June 18 (last meeting of the Rotary Year!)
NEW MEMBER PROGRAM:
- Fitz Haile: Data and Analytics Consultant, United Way. Sponsors: Kristen Crawley & Jordan Chase
- Ruth Hutson: Outside sales rep for SESCO Lighting. Sponsors: Laura Lee Bocade & Denise Grabowski
- Emerson Ingram: Systems Engineer Contractor & Senior Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton. Sponsors: Jeff Brady & Will Gruver
YOUTH SERVICES:
- Preston Johnson Speech Contest - March 27, 3:15pm at Woodville Tompkins High School
- District 6920 RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) June 12-15, College of Coastal Georgia-Metro is supporting a Jenkins HS student selected by Savannah South
- GRSP: Sonali, a young woman from Sri Lanka, arrives in August! (Her brother was a former GRSP student.) Committee is seeking a host.
- Sponsor clubs: Metro, Savannah South, Richmond Hill, & Savannah East
LEGACY PROJECT:
- Metro's 15th anniversary in 2027, currently saving $ for this
- Currently have 6 nominated projects
- Project nominees are acquiring more information from “owners” - top 2-3 will be presented to club
- Contact John Bennett to submit ideas or for more information