Meeting Recap
Jim Morehouse led the invocation and pledge.
High School Students
Don Slovik brought a couple of members of the High School Success (formerly Connections) Program to provide an update on the program. The program has 45 students, 18 sophomores and two freshmen classes. In the first quarter 80% of the classes the students took they passed, and in the second quarter that improved to 86%.
New Member Bio
Dustin Passalacqua gave his bio. Dustin grew up moving place to place, school to school, home to home, and came out of that as a hard worker with a great work ethic. He started in the auto industry for a number of years, and then decided to go into the police academy, however after a year decided it wasn't for him, and got into the finance industry to try and figure out how to make the biggest impact in people's lives. He focuses on financial literacy and residential mortgages. He was invited into the club by Bill DeMarco, who is his neighbor. He is married with a 4 year old daughter, and a baby boy on the way.
Chili Open
The Chili Open planning is well under way. We do still need plenty of volunteers to help prepare the event. If you are able to help out between now and the end of February please talk to TJ or another Chili Open committee member. Help is particularly needed with the corporate sponsor and auction committees.
We plan to have ticket sales open next week, with admission and raffle tickets at next weeks meeting as stocking stuffers.
Club Elections
A big thank you to everyone who ran for a board position.
Below are the results of the election we conducted today, Friday, December 2, 2022, for the Rotary Club of Strongsville for the upcoming Rotary year commencing July 1, 2023:
Officers:
President – John Turnbull
President Elect – James Nixon
Vice President – “TBD” – To Be Determined
Directors:
Jeff Ellis – 2 Year Term 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2025
Michele Lynch – 2 Year Term 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2025
Ravi Velu – 2 Year Term 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2025
Kevin Westover – 2 Year Term 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2025
Alternate Directors in event of a vacancy (based on vote count):
1st - Barry Kuzmickas
2nd - Kevin Crocker
Others:
Secretary – Rob Simon
Assistant Secretary – Jerry Balint
Recording Secretary – Joyce Reed
Treasurer – Barb Stettnisch
Assistant Treasurer – Dick Kiplinger
Sgt. of Arms – Ken Dooner, Brian Krusz, Kevin Lynch
Chuck Cury's table won the drawing. The Queen of Hearts is worth $249 and there are 44 cards left. They are responsible for putting up the banners and selling tickets this week..png)
