Presiding: President Susan Fisher

 

Thought & Pledge: Tim Frenzer

 

Greeters:  John Bowman

 

Scribe: Beth DeWall

 

Set-up: Gil Gilbert

 

Attendance:  Ellen Falkof

 

Music: John Ray

 

Shennanigans:  Gil Gilbert

 

Guests: Pam Andersen

 

Birthdays: Gil’s birthday was January 9, Abbey’s birthday is January 17.

 

 

Bob Meeder (24 years), Linda Yonke (3), Will Daniels (5), Chris Kondos (2 years)

 

The new board members for 2015-2016 were announced.

Ellen Falkof, Michael Bailey, Herb McDowell

Remaining board members serving their last year of duty 2015-2016

John Bowman, Ellen Greenberger, Katie LeMoyne

Treasurer 2015-2016, Chris Simcox

Secretary 201502016, George Pearce

President Elect 2015-2016, President 2016-2017, Sue Watson

 

If you know of someone who would make a good speaker for one of our regular monthly meetings, please go to this link     http://goo.gl/forms/HnhjeqexPL

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KIDS AGAINST HUNGER FOOD PACKING 2015- 100,000 MEALS FOR THE
Saturday, March 21, 2015 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM (CDT)Winnetka Community House

 

Polio Fundraisers:

1. RI Fundraiser at The Art of Dr. Seuss   Sunday, January 25, 1 - 5PM

The gallery will donate 10% of every sale made on Saturday, 1/24 and Sunday, 1/25 to RI's End Polio campaign     Located at: Water Tower Place, 825 N. Michigan Ave., Level 2, Chicago.  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $2.00 for every $1.00 raised

 

2. Elgin Symphony Orchestra and Rotary District 6440 End Polio Now

Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky Saturday, March 7 at 7:30PM & Sunday, March 8 at 2:30PM  (Hemmens Cultural Center, Elgin) 847-888-4000 or ElginSymphony.Org  Ten percent of proceeds from your ticket purchase will be donated to Rotary District 6440 fight against Polio

 

3. New Trier's Interact Club donated $100.00 for End Polio Now from a fundraiser they did in the Fall.

 

Jim Bowman received his first Paul Harris. Sue Watson received a Paul Harris+3

 

 

After a short illness John Nye passed away, peacefully, Monday evening January 12, surrounded by his family. A memorial service for John will be held in the Spring. We celebrate a good man and a life well led and, as Charlie Shabica has observed, “A competent sailor.”

 

Jackie McGuire goes to Florida and returns in May.

 

Susan Kozak goes to Holland January 15 for two weeks and will be a grandparent again.

 

Gil and Wynn's daughter is expecting a baby.

 

 

Lali Watt has over thirty years of wide-ranging experience in Public Accounting and non- profit organizations She is multi-lingual and multi-cultural, having lived and studied in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Lali has extensive experience in developing non-profit boards, strategic planning, communication plans and training. She served on the Wilmette Village Board and lead the successful grassroots referendum effort to save the historic building and open land at Mallinckrodt. 

 

Lali is passionate about leveraging ideas to build communities and improve people’s lives and is particularly interested in social entrepreneurship and public-private partnerships. Lali was named a “Pathfinder CPA” by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and honored as an Unsung Heroine by the Cook County Commission. She has presented programs on sustainable agriculture, travel, and leveraging community feedback to affect local government. 

 

Lali is the immediate past President of the League of Women Voters of Wilmette and continues to serve on the boards of the Cook County League of Women Voters and the Wilmette League of Women Voters as well as on the board of The Talking Farm in Skokie.  As an adult immigrant to the US she is particularly interested in issues around voting, immigration and civil rights and is delighted to be the Community Sponsor for a New Trier Senior's project with the Wilmette LWV this Spring.

 

The LWV is not just for women; men can also join. The LWV was organized in 1920 with the goal of teaching 20 million women about rights to vote. Wilmette's league was founded in 1924 and is one of the oldest leagues in the country. The League of Women voters is non partisan but it is political. If league reaches a consensus, they will endorse a position but the league will not endorse individuals.

 

"Democracy is not a spectator sport" is one of league's mottos.

 

The Wilmette league works with area junior high students - 8th graders

League Teach them about Roberts rules of order and how to recommend allocate funds they have been given. The Wilmette League is one of most prolific voter registration areas in country.

 

The League works with new trier students and Loyola/Regina to help get eligible students to vote and also holds candidate forums