Our meeting this Friday (12/4) will be at the Friends of Concordia room.
Our speaker will be Rob Grede. Rob is a graduate of DePauw University and The Emory University School of Business. He has served on the faculty at Marquette University, and is the best-selling author of Naked Marketing – The Bare Essentials and several other books on marketing and strategic planning. Recently, he received the USA Book News award for Best Business Book.
But today’s talk is about his first novel, The Spur & The Sash. It’s a true story of love, passion, and betrayal... the story of his ancestor’s adventures in the aftermath of the American Civil War. For more information on this book visit www.thespurandthesash.com.
The greeter will provide either the thought, rotary minute or anything they would like to share to start off the day positive.
Upcoming "It's your Rotary moment" assignees:
Demond Means (12/4)
Brian Monroe (12/11)
Andy Moss (12/18)
Note: If you are unable to to act as "It's your Rotary moment" assignee when scheduled please arrange for your replacement.
DG Karen White is pleased to announce that the DGN nominating committee has selected Kola Alayande of the Rotary Club of Mequon-Milwaukee AfterHours as this district's District Governor for the year 2018-2019.
District Rotary clubs are advised that they have the right to nominate a candidate by filing such desire with the District Governor Karen White by December 31, 2015.
Should no additional candidate be filed with DG White, then Kola will be the District Governor Nominee July 1, 2016, in accordance with RI and district by-laws DG Karen will certify this to RI.
You and your guest(s) are warmly invited to help us share and celebrate this special time of year at our annual Holiday party on Saturday 19 December at the American Legion Post at 6050 W Mequon Rd.
Lance and Julie Parve recently shared their Hope Without Borders story with us a couple of weeks ago. We were very moved by their amazing accomplishments of improving the lives of those that have so little and decided to show some support before they leave for Kenya and Tanzania on 30 Dec.
MT Leadership has earmarked that $10 of the $25 ticket price will go to "The Red Elephant Project". That $10 donation will provide a girl with the opportunity to stay in school by providing her with 7 re-usable sanitary towels, 2 pair of underwear, soap and personal instructions.
We will be inviting other guests from from nearby clubs, D6270 and friends of HWB, so please get your RSVP's in with payment so that we have an accurate headcount for proper food planning.
Please note that we will not be invoicing for this event, so please chose an option:
Best option-pay for your ticket(s) at one of the next three meetings prior to the event
Better option-mail to MT Rotary 6079 W Mequon Rd PMB 123 Mequon 53092
On a clear spring day at the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, the sky is azure, cherry blossoms and lilacs are exploding across the green landscape, and the majestic Doric columns of Angell Hall glow golden in the sunlight. This is the place that gave serial entrepreneur John W. Barfield his start.
But Barfield, 88, is not an alumnus. He didn’t have the opportunity to go to college, or even to finish high school. He grew up in a family of sharecroppers in the segregated South. In search of a better life, his family migrated north to Pennsylvania, where his father worked in the coal mines, and later to Michigan, to look for manufacturing jobs. After serving in the U.S. Army in Germany, Barfield was hired to wash walls in the massive Angell Hall. It was 1948. Thorough, reliable, and efficient, he soon secured a job as a custodian, making $1.75 an hour.
Like many African American men of his generation, Barfield faced limited options. He was a good custodian, but he didn’t want to be a lifelong one. So he used the job as a springboard. He came to understand the value of his time and his talents, and he learned everything he could, including how to ask for help, and how to win friends and influence people (assisted by a Dale Carnegie course in the 1950s and by his Rotary Club of Ypsilanti in the ’60s). He took what he knew and built a successful business around it – and he did it without compromising the principles of humility, integrity, and faith that his parents had instilled in him.
Homestead teacher agrees to resign
By Jeff Rumage
Krista Lesiecki will remain on administrative lead until the end of the school year.
Mequon - Homestead teacher Krista Lesiecki has agreed to resign, bringing resolution to a controversial and highly-publicized termination hearing triggered by a dispute with one of her students.
The Mequon-Thiensville School Board was scheduled to consider the termination of Lesiecki during a termination hearing on Monday, Nov. 30, but three days before the hearing on Friday, Nov. 27, Lesiecki and Mequon-Thiensville School District Superintendent Demond Means issued a joint statement saying the personnel matter had been resolved.
The statement says Lesiecki, who was placed on administrative leave on Oct. 18, will remain on paid administrative leave until the end of this school year. When school recesses in June, Lesiecki will leave the district.
"We both agree that this is a good resolution because it puts the focus back on students and the school community," Means and Lesiecki said in the statement. "Our joint support for this approach will help limit the adverse impact for everyone, especially the student involved and the student's family. It also helps the district and its dedicated staff to re-focus on maximizing the academic and social-emotional growth of all students."
The Community Service avenue of our Rotary club is partnering with the Volunteer Center of Ozaukee County for the this year’s holiday giving program. Will you help adopt a child in Ozaukee County & fulfill their holiday gift wish? We will be handing out gift tags over the next couple of weeks at Rotary. All you have to do is choose a tag, purchase the gift for that child, and return it unwrapped to our Rotary meeting.
Brenda Petersen, Executive Director of the Volunteer Center, will be collecting all of our items at the Rotary meeting on December 11th. If you can’t make it that day, we will gladly accept any and all gifts ahead of time. We will also accept cash donations if you are unable to purchase the items on your own. Lynn & Jennifer will shop for the items based on the donation amount, and we will bring it to Rotary on your behalf!
The Volunteer Center of Ozaukee County’s mission is to improve quality of life through people helping people. Last year, they served 249 families with 546 children for this special holiday gift giving program. The need increases each and every year.
Thank you for bringing a little joy to children in our community this holiday season!
Our speaker will be Rob Grede. Rob is a graduate of DePauw University and The Emory University School of Business. He has served on the faculty at Marquette University, and is the best-selling author of Naked Marketing – The Bare Essentials and several other books on marketing and strategic planning. Recently, he received the USA Book News award for Best Business Book. 
DG Karen White is pleased to announce that the DGN nominating committee has selected Kola Alayande of the Rotary Club of Mequon-Milwaukee AfterHours as this district's District Governor for the year 2018-2019.
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