Melvin Carter is a former member and vice president of the Saint Paul City Council, currently serving under Governor Mark Dayton as Executive Director of the Minnesota Children’s Cabinet.  Both a longtime advocate for community policing/ police accountability and the son of a retired Saint Paul police sergeant, Carter will draw from his own set of personal and professional experiences to share his perspectives on the current state of police-community relations, as well as that conversation’s implications on broader discussions about race and inequality in America.

President Chuck Whitaker called the meeting to order at 12:15 PM. Meeting highlights include:

• Inspirational Minute by Scott Van was a prayer of blessings, one of which included roses.
• Valdi discussed a project by the Twin Cities Rotaract that raised $3,000 for a literacy project in North Achievement Zone.  Peg Deunow of the Lakeville Rotary presented a $2131 matching grant from the District Grants Committee
• Kristin reminded every one to sign up for the Holiday party.  At next week’s meeting she will auction off a signature cocktail named after the highest bidder.
• Jason agreed to give a happy dollar for every volunteer set up by next week’s meeting.
• Valdi introduced a global grant project for $200,000 to get 500 families off the waiting list for a micro-financing grant in Iringa, Tanzania.  This will feed 1800 children.   Donations are being accepted.

Hello Club 10 Rotarians, 

We need your help! Every week we have 7 volunteer positions at each of our meetings to keep our meetings lively, engaging and running smoothly.

• 2 greeters
• An Introducer of Guests/Happy dollars person
• Someone to give our Inspirational Minute/Invocation
• A scribe
• Song Leader
• Musician

We are working now to fill each of these positions for every week through the end of the year. As promised today in Rotary, I will donate one Happy Dollar at next weeks meeting for each position that has been signed up forbetween now and the end of the year (by next weeks meeting). That’s around 80 volunteer positions and 80 potential Happy Dollars!! This is a great way to get involved and meet people.

So, if you have not used Signup.com before and you are ready to sign up for a volunteer role, simply click on the link below. You do not need a password or username, you just need your email address to sign up. Click the orange “Sign up!” button for whatever works in your schedule and that is it. The program will automatically send a reminder email when your sign up date(s) get close…it is really cool!

http://signup.com/go/MSPJ5f

Thank you for all your help and participation! See you at Rotary!!

All the best,

Jason Bradshaw

Sergeant at Arms

Register now for the  St. Paul Rotary Holiday Gala & Silent Auction on Thursday, December 8th. This year's event will be held at the University Club of Saint Paul. Follow the link below for more information and to register or call 651.222.2028.