This being the first week of August, the schedule for this Wednesday is as follows:

Noon, Club Board meeting via Zoom (only).  Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89645860243?pwd=6ukz1b2a1kpMsuE6FdhI1bhygU6V3N.1

The Club is in need of a new Fundraising Committee Chairperson to either pick up with organization of the Committee and other Club members to complete logistic arrangements (auction, sponsor, and ticketing platform; lining up sponsors; and recruiting Club members to work the event) for the Tastes and Tunes “Eggsential Brunch” event, or cancel this event and develop an alternative means of raising funds to support the Club’s community service budget for this year.  If you are willing to take on this role, whether or not you are already on this committee, we invite you to attend the Club Board meeting this Wednesday, August 5^th, at noon, via Zoom, where this topic will be discussed. 

 On Wednesday, September 9^th, our 2026/27 District 7430 Governor, Jeremiah Sensenig, will visit our club and will be our primary speaker for the day.  He will also meet briefly with our board immediately following, but all members are welcome to stay for that portion, as well. 

Please review the proposed Club by-law changes: documents/en-us/78686def-1ba7-4f6d-b28e-0e763b4751ee/1

Membership will be voting on this proposed verbiage at the next business meeting on 8/19.

Here is a quick recap of the last (July 15^th) Club business meeting for those who may have been unable to attend.  The next Club business meeting will be at noon on August 19^th via Zoom (only).  This Zoom will be a different link from that used for the Board meetings and from the ones used for simulcast our in-person meetings.  The correct link for this meeting will be provided in the Bulletin and on the web site the week of the meeting.

Here are the action items with owners from the Rotary Club of Bethlehem’s Zoom Meeting on July 15, 2026:

Bill Eckert

• Track attendance for both in-person and Zoom meetings.

DeeDee

• Provide each club with a list of recommended items for the shoebox project.

Diane

• Line up and put on the calendar one community service project per month, starting with July.
• Ask about the possibility of storing club accoutrements at the Gathering Place.

Lauren

• Coordinate and collect items for the online silent auction for the fundraising event.
• Work on creating an information sheet for the fundraising event.
• Store physical auction items at her house until the fundraising event in October.

Mark

• Ask Deb about creating a flyer for the fundraising event and ensure it is distributed.
• Create another DoorDash group order for next week's in-person meeting at the Gathering Place.
• Bring the big bell to next week's in-person meeting.

Collaboration / All Club Members

• Start saving or collecting shoeboxes for the November shoebox project.
• Donate items for the September 19th yard sale at Ackroyd Hardware.
• Consider making a personal donation to Dylan Stroup's fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club.
• Send updates for the bulletin to DeeDee by Sunday night for Monday’s bulletin.