For those of you on vacation or otherwise unable to attend, here is a recap of our October club meeting, held on October 4th. The meeting recording is available here.
We recited the four way test to remind us of our Rotary ethics of truth, fairness, goodwill, friendships and beneficial to all. Officers were named, with a call out for volunteers for additional positions. We need a Membership Committee Chair and a Foundation Chair for this year and a President Elect, who will attend President Elect Training and be president for 2024-2025.
50/50 raffle: Congratulations to Allison, our winner again!
Please remember that in order for our club to apply for district matching grants we need every member to donate $100 to the International Rotary Foundation. Donations to Polio Plus also count toward this. You can make a donation or set up ongoing donations through My Rotary https://my.rotary.org/en/donate. Anyone wishing to donate to the Rotary float in the Rose Bowl Parade can find out more at www.RotaryFloat.org.
We are always looking for new members. Please invite people you think might be interested to join us for a monthly meeting.4th Tuesday of the month is our Committee Meeting time. We encourage everyone to join a committee to enhance their Rotary experience, and are open to new ideas! Just let us know how you would like to serve our club. 
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, October 22nd at 5 pm via Zoom. If there is something that you are passionate about that would help Rotary to advance its mission, let a club officer know, and form a committee and set a meeting time if the fourth Tuesday doesn't work.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, October 22nd at 5 pm via Zoom. If there is something that you are passionate about that would help Rotary to advance its mission, let a club officer know, and form a committee and set a meeting time if the fourth Tuesday doesn't work.We are continuing to fundraise for the Ukrainian Hungarian Bilingual School in Budapest. Our district will match any donations 1:1. Donations can be made directly to the District 6250 foundation on line, https://rotary6250.org/page/district-6250-foundation or a check can be mailed to Rotary District 6250 Foundation c/o Brian Watson, 4030 E. Stone Ridge Dr, Milton, WI 53563. The International Grant application is in-process.
Operation Pollination: Pollinator season is drawing to a close, but remember that the insects over winter in sticks, leaves and garden refuse. So you have an excuse to not clean out the garden until Spring.Rotary Magazine and dues. As of the current invoice for Rotary International, the magazine is no longer included in your RI dues. Either the digital or print copy subscriptions are now $18 per year, charged back to Changemakers. 
The executive board has voted to raise our quarterly dues to $75 starting on January 1st, 2025. If you are only receiving the online version and would like to get the magazine mailed to you, email data@rotary.org or call the circulation department at 866-976-8279.
The executive board has voted to raise our quarterly dues to $75 starting on January 1st, 2025. If you are only receiving the online version and would like to get the magazine mailed to you, email data@rotary.org or call the circulation department at 866-976-8279.The Sun Prairie Interact Club that we are sponsoring is active in the Sun Prairie area, contributing to International and local Rotary projects. They have a Google classroom set up, and participated in the Sun Prairie Farmer's Market on September 21st.
Rotarians from the Philippines District 3850 were here for two weeks in September. They spent a couple days in Chicago, six days in the Madison area and another week in the La Crosse area. This is the Exchange from our District 6250 trip in May. Sharon hosted one of the guests in exchange for Cathy's trip last Spring. Everyone had a great time and couldn't say enough about how great the Rotary Exchanges are. District 3850 is the FUN district with a heart for SERVICE.Next meeting: Friday November 1, our speaker will be Foundation Committee Chair Erin Luken.
District 6250 Governor, Todd Restel, spoke to our club. His advice is to be a great story teller and get people's heads nodding. He spoke to us a lot about toilets. For instance, Chicago had the first city sewer plumbing in the USA. November 19th is World Toilet Day. The World Toilet Organization - WTO - is working to provide clean, safe toilets around the world. A lack of clean safe toilets keeps girls from attending school. Todd also spoke about Peace - that there are wars going on around the world except in North America. Most of us lack the correct words to discuss peace. District 6250 is a Peace Building district. Rotary International website has lots of information on Peace. Todd asked us all to take the two hour course "Rotary Positive Peace Academy" available for free online at https://www.positivepeace.academy/rotary
The power of Rotary comes through each Rotarian. We should approach our community to make us simply irresistible to them.