When: We meet Friday mornings from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM.
Where: We meet at the Mequon Public Market, 6300 W Mequon Rd, Mequon, WI 53092; (Entrance in rear.)
This week's Program: Our own Jim DeLillo will speak all about "AI," or Artificial Intelligence!
The greeter will provide either the thought, a Rotary minute, share a family moment or a cultural tradition ... anything with which they would like to start off the day positive.
Upcoming "It's your Rotary moment" assignees:
Michael Shay (6/09)
Lynn Streeter (6/23)
Lee Szymborski (6/30)
Steve Taylor (7/7)
Jo Ann Vetter (7/14)
Note: If you are unable to act as "It's your Rotary moment" assignee when scheduled please arrange for your replacement.
Sure, most members of our club know I’m a Catholic priest, but not everyone knows things about me that usually don’t accompany such a profession.
Born/raised in Wichita, Kansas. Trained in lithographic photography at MATC, 1959. Cook and baker for 40 people for a year in Iowa. Full-service hand bookkeeper 10 years, and in computer applications for 11 years. First and only male student and graduate in the 100+ year history of an all-girls college (I put the “co” in “co-ed.”) Provincial Superior of the USA Province of my religious Order, and CFO for it for three years. FCC General Class ham radio operator 7 years. Taught and called Square Dance eight years in three states as full member of International Callers Association (Callerlab). Won blue ribbon at Elko County (NV) Fair for baking cookie bars. Officer or board member of organizations dealing with drug and alcohol abuse, home health, domestic violence, and mental health. Taught English as a Second Language in Alabama to Asian immigrants. This summer celebrating Golden anniversary of Ordination. Proudest accomplishment: with one other person, reducing the youth suicide rate in Elko County, Nevada from the highest in the nation (at that time) to zero in 18 months. (Long story.) Elko County Citizen of the year 1986, and cited by Nevada Governor Bryan. Twenty-three years as a Rotarian in four states. Now adjunct chaplain at Alexian Village. The End. (Mercifully.)
Jim DeLillo is an IT Project Manager who writes about tech, science, and travel, including a weekly article for Telescope Live. He lives in Cedarburg, WI, with his wife, Judy, who are both passive members of the Cedarburg Fire Dept.
Jim has a grown son, Ben living near Boston as a software developer. Judy’s three grown children include Veronica, who lives in Mequon, Dan, a nearly retired Air Force explosive disposal specialist; and John, a CNA in Colorado. Among them, there are five grandchildren with another one due in September.
He is also an award-winning, Internationally published photographer.
Our own Brian Kendzor, who spoke at last week’s meeting, updated the club on the efforts of the Guatemala Medical Resources Partnership (GMRP) and a Rotarian sister organization, the Oliveros Scholarship Fund. The MT Sunrise club has been supporting both efforts for many years. GMRP sends teams of 40 or more Rotarians and other volunteers to Guatemala, providing medical and dental care, while the Oliveros fund provides financial support for students to keep them in school so they do not have to work to help the family survive.
Club members are encouraged to go to www.https://www.gmrp.org and download the project PowerPoint presentation, and to https://www.oliverosfund.org to learn about the scholarship program. Many thanks to Brian for the very thorough update of what some of our members have involved themselves in personally.
While Bridge the Divide is on hiatus, Ozaukee County Equity Roundtable (OCER) is continuing to expand the Beloved Community by fostering an equitable and inclusive Ozaukee County. OCER's up-coming event will celebrate Juneteenth Day by welcoming award-winning author and professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, Dr. Ruha Benjamin, the author of "Viral Justice."
Please join in this live event on Saturday, June 17th from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. in the community room of Community United Methodist Church, located at W68N563 Evergreen Blvd. in Cedarburg. Following Dr. Benjamin's talk, there will be a Question and Answer session with refreshments provided. Register at the link below.
There will be a showing of the powerful documentary “For the Bible Tells Me So” as part of Unitarian Church North’s celebration of LGBTQ+ pride. The film will be shown at UCN at 6:30 pm on Friday, June 23 in the Sanctuary.
According to www.imdb.com [imdb.com], the film is “An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.” It will be followed by a panel discussion led by Rev. Tony Larsen (Unitarian Universalist Minister for over 48 years) and Julie Konik (Unitarian Universalist Seminarian). Refreshments will be provided. Admission is free, and donations for the HRC (www.hrc.org) will be accepted.
Greeter of the week Cindy Shaffer shares her "Thought for the Day," describing her "Rotary Moment."
Rotarians can tell you about their own "Rotary Moment," when they realized Rotary was for them, and they were meant for Rotary. John Cabaniss was responsible for hers. (See last week's bulletin.)
Last chance to RSVP! Please join us at Mequon's VFW Post, as we celebrate one year and look forward to the next, by thanking outgoing officers and board members of 2022-2023 and welcoming 2023-2024 officers and board members. We'll be recognizing our new "Paul Harris" recipients and other award nominees. This social event is open to guests, spouses, friends and significant others. Our menu items will include Greek salad, BBQmeatballs, Spinach pie squares, Filet mignon kabobs, Chicken kabobs, Greek oven brown potatoes, Gyro, Rice and Baklava! RSVP Names and Number of Guests to: daniel.oconnor@lpl.com. Please note that this event will replace our regular Friday meeting on 16 June. Cost $25/person. (By check or cash that night, or credit card at club meetings.)
