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Jan 21, 2020
Operation Warm Coats
Jan 28, 2020
How Economics affects the way we raise our kids
Feb 04, 2020
Discussion of his documentaries.
Feb 11, 2020
"Drip Drop, Tick Tock: Saving the Great Lakes and Our Race Against the Clock"
Feb 18, 2020
Interracial Relationships Between Black Women and White Men
Feb 25, 2020
YWCA Equity Institute
Mar 03, 2020
Summary of her exchange experience
Mar 17, 2020
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Upcoming Events
RETREAT: International Service Committee
Unitarian Church of Evanston
Jan 18, 2020
9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
 
Club Service Committee Meeting
One Rotary Center Cafeteria
Feb 05, 2020
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
 
Taste of Evanston Meeting
Fran Caan's house
Feb 12, 2020
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
 
International Service Committee Meeting
Lower Level Meeting Room in One Rotary Center Cafeteria
Feb 24, 2020
7:15 AM – 8:30 AM
 
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Meeting Notes from January 14, 2020
The Light for January 14, 2020
 
By Katherine Peterson
 
Photography by John Searles
 
President Helen Oloroso began with “Why We Are Rotarians.”  Don Guinn gave the Thought for the Day, with a quote by Sophia Lauren: “There is a fountain of youth.  It is your mind, your talent, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you have.  When you learn to tap this source you will have truly learned to defeat age.”
 
Announcements
 
Siessourby Soma joined remotely, via Zoom.
 
Helen Oloroso announced that Katherine Peterson is the scribe today, and to make the job of the scribe manageable, we ask that you fill out the “scribe announcement” form on your tables, or e-mail  to the scribe any announcement or Roast & Boast you want included in The Light.
 
Helen Oloroso announced that next week in this time slot there will be a five-minute presentation by two representatives from Evanston Loves Rotary.  They are interested in getting broad based community support in Evanston for Rotary and they have a campaign in mind to launch later this year to get the Evanston Community to know more about the two Rotary Clubs here and make a big public campaign that they will describe in more details next week. We and the Evanston Noon Club will be the beneficiaries.  The board has discussed this, it appears to be moving forward, and Helen would like the group to consider participation after they outline what is involved. 
 
Helen Oloroso announced receipt of a thank-you letter addressed to Susan Prout from the Evanston Police and Fire Foundation. thanking us for our contribution to them.  Helen read the letter aloud, which thanked us for the $1,000 contribution and explained what it will be used for.
 
Susan Prout gave another letter to Helen Oloroso from Rainbows for Children, thanking the club for the gift of $1,157.87 describing how it helps grieving children.  This money came to our club through participation in Table 13 of the Koi Restaurant. 
 
Chris Joyce of Club Service announced there will be a meeting of a Club Service Sub-Committee this Friday to consider restructuring the role of Club Secretary.  The purpose will be to more closely conform the Secretary’s role with the guidelines of the Rotary Club Secretary’s manual. 
 
It is now anticipated that the Club’s 35th Anniversary celebration will be combined with the annual Board transition dinner in June, rather than having two separate celebrations.
 
As the “Sunshine Lady,” Anne Searles announced that Sam Lovering is in recovery and a get-well card is circulating at the meeting.  Please sign it and pass it on.  We hope he’ll be back soon.
 
From Charlotta Koppanyi, the Evanston Community Foundation is, once again, offering free workshops designed for nonprofit staff, board, and committee work.  Held at the RI, and dinner provided, this is a great opportunity to learn more, share, and connect with other organizations and move your own organization forward.  First out is Wednesday, Jan. 22, 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m.  Speakers:  Elise Madrick Townsend, MSW, and Amy Stewart Smith.  Knowledge is Power:  Investing n Your People is Investing in your Mission.  This interactive session will provide participants with experience using a module on Building Strong Community Partners.  For more information, register and other workshops, please go to:  https://evanstonforever.org/programs/workshops-overview-2020.
 
From Kathy Tate-Bradish who requested members please be a member of the ad hoc group packing up leftover food and bringing it to the YMCA for the residents.  Also, Kathy Tate-Bradish asked us to save Saturday afternoon, Feb. 15, for a community conversation on “How Can We Make Evanston an Extraordinary Place for All Kids to Grow Up In?”  Lastly, Kathy announced there is a FUN Membership Committee meeting Monday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m., at Kathy’s house.  All are welcome. 
 
Linda Gerber invited everyone to come join us next Saturday for the ISC Retreat!  We will also consider four grant applications.  Jan. 18, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Unitarian Church of Evanston, 1300 Ridge Ave. (church parking lot off Greenwood between Ridge & Asbury), Room 6 – Louisa May Alcott Room.  Tasty snacks and a hearty lunch will be provided.
 
Helen Oloroso announced that the Girl Scout Troop that we are collecting contributions for may take checks made out to the Troop, or if you want a tax deduction contribution, make it out to our club’s foundation, ELRC Foundation, and in the memo line put Girl Scout Troop. 
 
Ann Searles said a meeting of the Lighthouse Rotary Past Presidents took place last Saturday.  Another meeting of the Past Presidents is taking place in two weeks.  As a Past President, if you missed this announcement / meeting, she may have an incorrect email, so please contact Ann for details.
 
Paul Harris Award
 
Don Guinn was awarded the Paul Harris +6 award.
 
Helen Oloroso made a correction to the Al Menard award, which was not  Paul Harris +13, as he has become a Major Donor, though the information that came from the Rotary Foundation did not contain that.  There will be further information and a way to honor Al for that.  He is wearing a very distinctive pin, meantime. 
 
Helen Oloroso went on to explain that the Paul Harris Award was created in honor of the Rotary founder, Paul Harris, in 1905, in downtown Chicago.  It has created a system to honor people who make financial contributions to the Foundation, as a Paul Harris Fellow, after contributions of $1,000.  For each thousand afterwards, in recognition of that there is another plus (+) added. 
 
Program
 
Topic: Effective Presentations Ted Talk Style
 
Speakers:  Shawna Franks and Deborah Siegel, Ph.D., Girl Meets Voice
 
Gary Peterson introduced the speakers who train people on how to do Ted Talks. 
 
Deborah Siegel, Ph.D., ACC, is an author, Ted Speaker, and the founder of the public platform consultancy Girl Meets Voice, Inc. She helps those with powerful insights to write and speak publicly in the service of their ideas, mentor, champion, thought partner, and guide,  Deborah is herself an in-demand speaker, author of two books, Adjunct Faculty Member at DePaul University, Visiting Professor at Northwestern University, and a Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation.  She leads the op ed projects, Public Voices, at DePaul and has been coaching Ted speakers nationwide for more than five years.
 
Shawna Franks is a professional actor as well as public speaking and acting coach.  She draws from an alchemy of techniques gleaned from her many years of acting and vocal coaching for the theatre.  She currently works with Ted speakers, both seasoned and first-time keynoters, and presenters, helping speakers show up, reveal what’s inside them, and put it all on the stage.  She is a Founding Managing Director of the Facility Theatre, Chicago, has appeared in various productions in London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City.
 
The speakers announced they are together Girl Meets Voice.  They focus on Ted Talks and how to give them.  The speakers took turns speaking and talked about what a Ted Talk is and how to do one.
 
To explain, Ted is a non-profit devoted to ideas worth spreading.  They still have two signataure conferences, one in Vancouver, the main conference, and one Global that takes place around the world, most recently in Rio.  There are other initiatives under the umbrella such as TedEd, TedMed, and TedX, which is in the spirit of Ted done locally for self-organized events to share a Ted-like experience. X stands for independently organized, and this is what they coach.  Ted stands for technology, entertainment, and design.  Now it’s expanded to anything under the sun.
 
How do speakers get chosen?  For TED you get anointed, or chosen. These are people with notoriety or coming into notoriety.  TedX is everyone, and you may apply or be nominated, as every event is independent.  Different events have different submission processes. 
 
The speakers believe that everyone has an idea worth spreading and they work with individuals to help get the ideas out of themselves, out in the world, and on stage.  They work with lots of business professionals, a lot of different types from all different sectors with ideas that have a world changing perspective.   Deborah handles writing and Shawna handles delivery and performance.  The writing becomes the most effective and the delivery is made in an authentic voice showing who you are. 
 
The speakers have worked with students, professors, and priests.  They feel it’s really that everyone has a voice and a story.  They encourage people to be authentic, and work to be authentic themselves.  The speakers think the way to get it out of people can also be creative and playful.  When someone gives a lot of information you usually don’t remember it, but you remember how they made you feel and that’s when you remember.  That is what the speakers focus on.  They want to help you make the connection. 
 
Deborah gave a TedX Windy City Talk 2013 through her lifes’ material on gender and childhood.  She had boy girl twins, is writing a book on the way we think about boys and girls and the way we raise them, when the idea of gender is a plus, and have an emphasis on gender studies.  She put it on the stage and found it the highpoint of her life to be able to share from her head and her heart and speak in a way to inspire people.  Because she is a “see one, do one, teach one” kind of consultant she got hooked on the genre and helped others do it, too.
 
The speakers love that Ted informs, inspires, and entertains and that is really key to the kind of talk that is the norm now in many circles.  You need to bring your full self to the stage through story-telling and other narrative techniques.  
 
Shawna Franks, Deborah Siegel, and Helen Oloroso
 
Guests and Milestones
 
Visiting Rotarians
 
Vivian, a former Ambassador/ Scholar from Rotary International.  She received a scholarship in 2003 sponsored by the Rotary Club where she came from in Brazil.  Afterwards she lived in Germany and this scholarship opened many doors for her and she’s lived in many countries of the world.  Her family lives in Sweden, her daughter and her husband.  She is here in Evanston for a year to do a post-doc at Northwestern University.
 
Kevin Stevens was introduced by Bruce Baumberger as our District Governor Nominee.
 
Other Guests
 
Kristen Brown introduced a return visit guest, Susan Patel, who is seriously thinking about joining the club.  Sue hosted two of our youth exchange students in the past.
 
Joy Joyce introduced Maasai Amewa, as a first time guest today, from the Evanston Arts Council, and is interested in finding out more about our club.  He has close to 20 years working in the non-profit sector, with former ties to the Illinois Dept. of Corrections, Chicago Public School system, and community colleges. He was here to see what being a Rotarian is all about.
Linda Delbowski, with Evanston Women Magazine thanked us for inviting the publication to The Taste of Evanston, stating that they take great honor and pleasure to take part in the event.  She is a co-publisher of the Evanston Magazine, and purchased the rights of the magazine.  She introduced the new Editor & Chief of “Evanston Magazine,” Aaron Foster.
 
Aaron Foster of “Evanston Magazine” thanked the club for inviting them.  He said they are planning to relaunch “Evanston Magazine” and they look forward to working with our club.
 
Birthday
 
Bryant Wallace, Friday, Jan. 17.  
 
Club Anniversary
 
Steve Carlson celebrates his 22nd anniversary with the club on Jan. 20.
 
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