We had our meeting on Webex.
Recap from the July 6, 2020 Club Meeting:
Invocation: Paul Fitzpatrick sang us a unique Rotary song.
Happy News: Tomorrow, July 7, will be Harvey Allbee's 53rd Rotary Anniversary, Harvey joined Rotary in 1967. Congratulations!! Naomi DeWinter introduced guest, Cheryl Plank with Vision 2020.
Cowbell Ringing: Rick Gosney rang the bell for Naomi DeWinter - she has programs lined up through November. Rick also rang the bell for Dr. Manasi Nadkarni for providing us with up to date information on COVID 19.
Club Business: We are going to continue to meet virtually until further notice. Starting next week we will be meeting on Zoom, instead of Webex. Next week will be a fellowship/social meeting. 2 weeks from now will be a regular club meeting. Rick Gosney provided us with polio eradication update - there have been 2 wild polio cases reported in Pakistan and 7 wild polio cases in Afghanistan. We will be supporting "Stop the spread of Covid" campaign. The board is looking into ordering masks that will say Rotary on them - to donate to people in need of masks in Muscatine. We will be funding this project with the excess funds that we have due to us not ordering meals at our meetings during Covid 19.
Program: Our program was John Dabeet - Muscatine Sister Cities. Mr. Dabeet joined Muscatine Community College (MCC) 25 years ago. He is a member of the faculty and the Business Department Coordinator at MCC. Mr. Dabeet has been a visiting professor in Moscow, Russia - Vista, South Africa - Ukraine - Jordan, and Palestine. He is also the Vice President of the Muscatine School District Board. Mr. Dabeet is the President of the Muscatine Sister Cities Board. Muscatine Sister Cities was starting in 1986. We have sister cities in Argentina, China, Japan, Poland, Germany, Russia, Palestine and Uruguay. The city of Muscatine has an International Friendship Park located on the corner of Cedar street and 8th street. Go check it out. For more information on our sister cities - go to www.muscatinesistercities.net. Here you can message a board member if you would like to become more involved. They also have a facebook page. Thank you John Dabeet.
Next week- July 13- we will have a fellowship/social meeting. Our next regular meeting will be Monday, July 20 - our program will be Chris Knapp - District 6000 Foundation Chair. Keep a look out in your e-mail for meeting details from our President, Rick Gosney. Have a great week!