December 12, 2024 Meeting Summary

December 12, 2024
Meeting Summary
Presiding: Kelly Neville
Meeting Room setup/takedown and general problem solving: Tom Mangan and Ron Van Ekeren
Inspiration: Tom Wolfe
Professor’s Quote:
Foundation Flash:
Introduction of Guests: Dave Hansen
Guests:
Visiting Rotarians:
Junior Rotarians/RYLA/Young RYLA/Exchange Students: Olafur, Nathan and Addison
Rotaract/Interact Students:
Humor: Todd Pearson
Foundation Drawing: Nathan won $10 with $184.50 in the jackpot.
O’Dwyers Drawing: Ollie Walter
Announcements:
  • Don’t forget to volunteer to work the greeting table!
  • Do you know a family that would be willing to host Olafur from mid-March to June? Let Caitlin White or Todd Pearson know.
  • There will be no meeting December 26 or January 2. On Jan. 2, Terry Moss will host an unofficial meeting at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in the cafeteria.
  • United Way of Albany County pledge envelopes are on the table.
  • Murray Schroeder announced that the holiday party will be January 9 at the Library downtown. Sign up to attend.
 
Bylaw Changes: The changes are to update membership options for businesses. Both options will be included. A business will be able to:
  • Option A: Have a primary member with alternatives that can come in the primary member’s place. The primary would be the official Rotarian for dues/benefits. The cost would be $1,000 a year, an increase from the $860 dues.
  • Option B: Businesses can have multiple members. The first would be the primary member at $1,250. There can be two alternates at $250/each. This would currently cost $2,580, but would be reduced to $1,750 under the new bylaws. All the members would be official Rotarians.
 
Rotarian of the Week: Kelly Neville nominated Chet Lockard for getting his blue badge.  
 
Special Presentation: Keith Downey celebrated a birthday with a donation to the club foundation. Happy birthday, Keith!
 
Songs: Happy Birthday, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
 
Program: Aquatic Activities in SE Wyoming, Bobby Compton
 
Introduction: Murray Schroeder
 
The purpose to conserve wildlife and serve the people of Wyoming. The fisheries department does this through fish stocking, fishing regulations, and habitat improvements. This involves the type and size of fish and the active management of areas. The department also focuses on protecting infrastructure and building up fisheries.
 
They want to work off the thoughts from the public. They conduct spot creel interviews, programmed creel, information conversations, and formal surveys. The last formal Laramie Region Angler Survey before 2024 was in 1998.
 
The most recent survey was ran through WYSAC to the 2023 annual license holders that have email addresses. It went out to Albany, Carbon, Goshen, Laramie, and Platte county residents and non-residents.
 
There were 38,893 surveys sent out and 4,342 usable surveys, which is about an 11% response rate. It was a good data set. There were 55% resident responses (2,370), and 45% non-resident responses (1,938). About 600 of these were from Colorado.
 
There were responses from almost all 50 states. Laramie County had the largest response for countries.
 
The survey asked how often anglers fished. About 54% of residents and 40% of non-residents fish more than 6 days. The most hard-core anglers are from Albany County.
 
Residents were less particular about water types, while non-residents target trout waters. All value diversity in fishing.
These were similar results to the survey from 1998. It notes that anglers will travel to come here and fish.
 
Response: Dave Hansen
 
‘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!
 
December Rotary Anniversaries:
  • Megan Goetz (21 years), Rollin Abernethy (19 years).
 
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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Spoke Editor: Caitlin White, 307-630-1965, cwhite@acplwy.org