The meeting in the Winnetka Community House was opened at 12:16 by President Tom Nash. An anecdotal “Thought for the Day” from Mark Kotz featured a quote from Margaret Thatcher.. It was followed by the pledge of allegiance led by Rick Borjesson.
Lunch was served at 12:21 and the meeting started at 12:38. 28 of our 51 members were in attendance. A not very tuneful Happy Birthday was rendered for Louise Holland, Denny Lauer, Rob Bagan, Mike Wurzburg, Ned Meisner and the brothers Nash.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: President Nash noted our annual W/N Rotary Club benefit will be May 11. Thus, the regular meeting of May 10 is cancelled. Rich Lalley noted our District Meeting will May 17-20 at a wonderful resort in Sheboygan. He also sold hard on the speakers and said “all in all, great place, great speakers and I urge you all to come”.
Rich also noted the Labor Day Cubs/Brewers game is selling out fast. The tailgate starts at 10:00 and gane time is 1:10 P.M.
The Program Director for the WYO, Mary Komlofski, reminded us that their annual benefit will be Saturday, April 14 starting late afternoon at Avli’s restaurant in Winnetka. As a non-profit supported by the W/N Rotary, she hoped many of us will attend.
Robert Mardirossian stated he and his brother went to the Cubs opening day game in Miami and also the rain-soaked home opener her last week. He also offered two Cubs tx as he will be unable to attend.
DIG & GRIN: Bob Baker told several civil war anecdote of dubious hilarity.anecdotes. While none engendered raucous applause, no loud groans were evident either
SPEAKER : The speaker was Don Sandel whose overall topic was the now proven health benefits of positive psychology, specifically how a positive mindset enables higher performance. He is a sought after speaker on the topic, often presenting at local, national and international conferences, and has been published nationally.
The catch phrase he uses is “H.O.P’ or Happy, Opportunistic and Positive. He outlined how new studies of large groups have shown the major neurotransmittere (Dopamine, Oxycotin, Seratonin, and Endorphins) are much more present when H.O.P is practiced.
The meeting closed at 1:34 p.m. with a recitation of the Rotary 4-Way Pledge.