Business - 2/4

• Bill distributed Return On Rotary to each of us. So far in this Rotary year the club has contributed $8,040 to our worthy causes. Our club balances are: $15,500 for special projects, $3,486 in our admin account after RI dues and website costs. Our foundation balance is $10,987 thanks to another $5,000 from Anne Van Etten.
• Callie raised the prospect of performing a service project each month, possibly with the first one on Apr 12 at Bluff Lake.
• Greg would like to focus on commencing greenhouse construction on the Epic Day of Service in May. Lance is working to find a site, possibly in the Erie area.
• Although not in attendance, Barbara has asked club members to start thinking about RYLA. This year the cost per student is $700, which the club voted to approve. Reno says his daughter is considering applying to Senior RYLA from our club.
• On Mar 25 Chandler Bradley, the CU Global Health Scholar that we have sponsored is attending our meeting to bring us up to date on his work. The club has contributed $1,000 for his scholarship. Please plan to attend!
• Greg announced that Laura is our incoming president for RY25/26 and Reno is president elect. Congratulations and many thanks to each of you.
• Steve was elected commissioner of  Pick'em Brackets for this year's NCAA basketball tournament. Details to follow.
• Frank is making preparations for his visioning presentation on Tuesday. He says that the emphasis will be on membership development and what's working and not in our efforts to date. He asks us to bring ideas including changing the format for our meetings.
• Reno suggested that the club consider using WhatsApp as its communication tool instead of group emails. There was some discussion but no final decision.