August 8, 2024
Meeting Summary
Presiding:
Meeting Room setup/takedown and general problem solving:
Inspiration:
Professor’s Quote:
Foundation Flash:
Introduction of Guests:
Guests:
Visiting Rotarians:
Junior Rotarians/RYLA/Young RYLA/Exchange Students:
Rotaract/Interact Students:
Humor:
Foundation Drawing:
O’Dwyers Drawing:
Announcements:
- Don’t forget to volunteer to work the greeting table!
- Mark your calendars for the Rotary social hour on August 29 at the Alibi. There will also be a picnic on Sept. 8 at Washington Park. It will be $20 per person.
- We will be participating in Meals of Hope on August 14 to pack 20,000 meals.
Upcoming Programs:
- August 22: UW Women’s Basketball, Coach Heather Ezell
- August 27: Wyoming Realtor’s Association, Laurie Urbigkit
- September 5: RYLA Students, Tim Eisenhauer
- September 12: UW Men’s Basketball, Coach Sundance Wicks
- September 19: Former US Ambassador to Burkina Faso, West Africa, Tom Dougherty
- September 26: Former Inbound Exchange Student, Amanda Nilsson
Rotarian of the Week:
Songs:
Program: High Altitude Training Center, Juan Soto
Introduction:
The HAPC includes 71,000 square feet of new space combined with 47,000 square feet of renovated space in the Rochelle Athletics Center for a total of 118,000 square feet dedicated to meeting the athletic, academic and nutritional needs of UW's over 400 student-athletes.
In excess of $24 million in private gifts were raised for the HAPC. The Wyoming State Legislature provided $20 million in state matching funds for the project.
The student-athlete computer study carrels increased from 42 to 67, and private/group tutor rooms grew from two to 11.
There was a square footage increase to locker rooms, increasing the size from 115 to 130 lockers, with 4 ADA lockers.
Rotarians ate at the 3,362 square foot dining and cooking space that seats 145. There is also a grab and go health snack station.
The WAR Room is a theatre-style area to accommodate team meetings and special events. It seats 140.
There are recovery pools, a strength and conditioning center, sports medicine area, and other features, such as a barber shop. There is a new weight room and training area. The sports medicine has a biomechanics lab and an altitude simulation chamber. It is designed for 1,500-foot simulation and allows six student-athletes to train simultaneously.
Response:
‘Response: The Rotary Club of Laramie will make a donation to the public library children’s book fund in the speaker’s name.
NOTE: We Do Not Donate a Book!
Rotary 4-way test
Of the things we think, say, or do:
•Is it the Truth?
•Is it Fair?
•Will it build Good Will and
Better Friendships?
•Will it be Beneficial to All
Concerned?
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
•FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
•SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
•THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
•FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
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