The Rote – June 2, 2022
Via Zoom
Scribe: Shirley Pardon
PRESIDENT NOREEN TIMONEY opened the meeting and welcomed everyone.
An invocation was given by JAY ALMEIDA.
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by STEVE DUTTON.
President Noreen asked that we pray for the world that is in turmoil both inside and outside our borders.
PRESIDENT NOREEN played a video of some highlights about this day (June 2nd) throughout history, including the video of the Queen’s coronation in 1953, Grover Cleveland’s marriage in the White House in 1886, and Babe Ruth’s retirement in 1935 after a tremendous baseball career.
SHIRLEY PARDON, our British member, spoke about the Queen on her Platinum Jubilee which occurred on this day in history.
PRESIDENT NOREEN and MATT HAGMAN, our guest speaker, talked about the influence that Babe Ruth, who retired on this day in history, had on their home towns…New York for NOREEN and Boston for MATT. MATT related the story about the “curse of the Bambino” plunging the Boston Red Sox into decades of losses in their quest to win the World Series after Babe Ruth was sold to the N.Y Yankees.
The CORAL REEF PROJECT has been postponed until a future date due to a date conflict. We hope to reschedule when we can have enough members attend and join this fabulous coral reef hands-on project through either diving and planting corals in the water or engaging in a science project on the ship.
TREE PLANTING IN CRANDON PARK. Rotary have now planted over 900 trees, with the last planting May 14th.
JUNE 4TH Action day to end Plastic
ROBERT BULL asked everyone to send in pictures of environmental clean ups for June 5th. Check ROBERT’s emails for information to participate and win prizes while doings something for our community.
President Noreen introduced Matt Hagman, today’s guest speaker, with a detailed review of his jobs and accomplishments beginning with his work on the Miami Herald and Knight Foundation. Matt is now at the Beacon Council as Executive Vice President, Opportunity Miami.
He talked to members about his new initiative OPPORTUNITY MIAMI. This was launched 6 months ago and is aimed at several areas of focus for development. In the 6 months it has seen real job growth in Miami. The purpose is to build a platform to secure our future in every aspect of life and this initiative has been promoting entrepreneurship in many communities and with diverse groups of people through Innovation Entrepreneurship.
One of the “start ups” has been a Salmon farm near Homestead. PRESIDENT NOREEN will be connecting with MATT to try to schedule a visit to the Salmon Farm for our Club.
To download Opportunity Miami’s newsletter, go to the website: www.Opp.miami/subscribe. You can sign up for a newsletter or to help with any of the projects taking place. Or email matt@opportunity.miami
MATT answered a number of questions from our members, and all appreciated the wonderful information he shared with us as well as his dedication to and efforts for our community.
PRESIDENT NOREEN thanked MATT for speaking, presented him with a Certificate of Appreciation and promised that we will plant a tree in his honor at our Club’s next tree planting.
PRESIDENT NOREEN mentioned two other quotes: One from Bill Bradley about Leadership and one from Rupert Murdoch about Innovation.
The 4 WAY TEST was led by ARLENE TERRINONI
WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE NOT ABLE TO JOIN THE MEETING BECAUSE OF A TECHNICAL GLITCH. ZOOM WILL INVESTIGATE.
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