Chuck called the meeting to order at 12:17 with 26 members in attendance.
Liz shared Thoughts of the Day from Winston Churchill, Oprah Winfrey, and Abraham Lincoln. No guests other than our speaker.
Birthdays – Chuck on Dec 4
Anniversaries –
Mary Lou Bilder-Gold – December 1 - 25 years
Rodger Morris – Dec 1 - 48 years
Amy Skalinder - December 4 - One year
Krysten Warnes - December 4 - One year
Announcements: beginning with electing new board for next year - to be completed in January. Looking for President or co-Presidents as well as board members.
Dec. 25 is the deadline for Foundation grant applications.
Will we meet on 12/24 or 12/31? Not on Christmas Eve, casual meeting on 12/31.
Happy Bucks – Barb is happy and proud to be a member of our Club. Share Your Bounty was very successful; raising about $2700 dollars, providing 100 bags to Good News Partners and making a donation to the food pantry.
Rich shared a Happy Buck for the Wilmette Clubs who raised $ for 66 sleeping bags for the nuns at Fraternity of Notre Dame. A total of 250 sleeping bags were provided by the nuns to those who are homeless and sleeping in the streets.
Patti provided a Happy Buck for Chuck’s leadership in COVID times.
Dig N Grin – Barb shared humorous tweets and a couple of photos about face masks.
Speaker - David Fisher spoke to us about using Social Media, especially LinkedIn, to help us in our business and day-to-day lives. He advocates for sharing your personal and professional information in a way that is authentic and allows us to make real connections. https://davidjpfisher.com/
A robust Q&A followed his presentation. Chuck adjourned the meeting at 1:17pm.