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August 21, 2024
Breakfast meetings are on Wednesday mornings at 7:30-8:30 at Shortstop Bar & Grill, 1298 E Moore Lake Dr, Fridley. Drop in! Guests Welcome!
 
Find us online at:https://www.fridleychrotary.org/ AND fridleychrotary@gmail.com
 
Joining the FCH Rotary breakfast meetings on Zoom (request by the previous Monday at stephen.keeler@fridley.k12.mn.us.):  open the link below, click on Open Zoom Meetings, and follow the prompts.
 
 
 
UPCOMING PROGRAMS: Aug. 28- meet at RAO Manufacturing, 200 Mississippi St. NE, Fridley for breakfast, a presentation and tour. Sep. 4- Cybersecurity expert Rich Coleman presents on the features and challenges of that vital industry. Sep. 11- President Mike Oakley will lead a club business session.
 
PROGRAM (thanks Erik Johnston!) 19 members, visiting Rotarians Sandy Campbell of Anoka Rotary and Margie Horning of Stillwater Sunrise Rotary, and guest Samara Taylor, a STRIVE awardee, heard Steve Kalina of Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association and Mike Miner of Twin Cities Staffing discuss the current state of manufacturing in the state and country. Global factors like labor shortages, conflicts, weather and pandemics have resulted in a huge re-shoring of manufacturing jobs leading to 69% of current manufacturing the result of re-shoring. Manufacturers are operating around 95% of capacity down from 110-120% in recent years but still considered healthy. 
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
Campbell spoke briefly about Anoka Rotary’s grant project in aid of the ABC food shelf in Anoka. 
 
Horning presented President Mike Oakley with a $1500 check towards our 2024-25 district grant project. 
 
REMINDERS The next Operation Pollination virtual meeting is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 10. Use Zoom reference https://colheights-k12-mn-us.zoom.us/j/89549675071.
 
Due to the transition in the club treasurer position from Greg Schraufnagel (thanks for your service, Greg!) To Stephen Keeler and Greg’s duties as coordinator of the upcoming Golf Classic, invoices for the billing quarter ending June 30 were not issued…to catch up, a second invoice (the first was issued last week) will be forthcoming during the new quarter which ends September 30.
 
The next club board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 2, at 9 a.m. at Fridley Community Center, 6058 7 St NE. All members are welcome.
 
The annual Charter Dinner will take place on Wednesday evening, November 6, at Banquets of Minnesota, 6310 Hwy 65, Fridley. Doors open at 5:30. District ,5960 District Governor Ed Boeve will be on hand.
 
Rotary International announced that the 2029 RI convention will be held in Minneapolis. It will be organized cooperatively by Districts 5580/5950,5960, and 6250.
 
Additional mentors for Fridley STRIVE students are sought. Contact Steve Klaers at 612-599-8103.