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Russell Hampton
National Awards Services Inc.
Sage
ClubRunner
Speakers
Oct 10, 2017
Attending the Atlanta Rotary International Convention
Oct 17, 2017
Oct 24, 2017
Grant Merritt
Oct 31, 2017
Nov 14, 2017
The Theory and Practice of Associative Power
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Happy Birthday!
Member Birthdays
Sarah Kolar
October 7
 
Mindee Kastelic
October 10
 
Litton Field
October 17
 
V. Francis Luikart II
October 20
 
John Guthmann
October 21
 
Dion Powers
October 22
 
Matt Halley
October 31
 
Stories
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 PROGRAM: St Paul Innovation Cabinet, Osborn370 and Why Job Growth in St. Paul is ready to take off

Through working with leaders in our business community, Scott Burns sees a bright future for St. Paul. The action plan developed — Full Stack Saint Paul — outlines three main strategies to help the city expand innovation jobs and businesses: (1) raising awareness of St. Paul’s vibrant culture of innovation; (2) building and supporting the places and events where innovators connect; and (3) creating an ecosystem of office spaces that help innovation companies recruit and retain talent.

Through this plan, St. Paul is poised to attract additional outside capital, build on our vibrant business districts, and support more well-paying jobs. A major goal of the plan is to see 20 percent growth in technology jobs in St. Paul by 2020. If we can accomplish this, we will strengthen the job market in the city as a whole, grow the tax base we need to continue to invest in world-class schools and city services, and have additional impact because each new innovation job creates as many as three more spin-off jobs in other sectors.

 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 ROTARY IN REVIEW: Lee Nelson
The meeting aboard the Jonathan Padelford Boat was called to order by Jerry Faletti. Inspirational reading from Nancy Brady. Visiting Rotarians were introduced. President Jerry’s announcements include:
 
Save the date
District Training Sessions
            Roseville, November 28
            Rochester, October 3
            Fairbault, October 7
 
District Celebration November 4
 
Thursday morning Rotary
Table topics at the Sunrise Rotary on Thursday
 
Music in the Park
Ed Coleman reported that there will be a friend/fundraiser October 10-13 at the Music in the Park event.  They are looking for volunteers from 2:30-6:15 each day.
Rose Sale
The Rose sale orders are due now.  Roses are pre-sold and they are not doing the skyway sales.
 
If you want to participate and will not be picking up your roses, you can send a check and they will donate the roses to a local foundation.  Proceeds will go to the Rotary foundation.  Pick up is at Van Paper
 
GUEST SPEAKER
Lee Nelson,
President
Upper river Services, LLC
 
Lee started by saying his first job on the river was painting the Jonathan Paddleford. 
 
The upper Mississippi barges were first used for agriculture, mostly grain.  The Ohio River was used mostly for coal until the last 5 or 6 years.  Minnesota and the region are able to compete with other countries in an efficient and eco manner using a system where product is moved field to truck, truck to rail, and rail to water. Other countries are trying to emulate this system.
 
Facts:
Economical
  • Every loaded barge is = to 68 semi-trucks or 16 rail cars
  • ½ of the poured concrete comes up the river as well as fertilizer and road salt
  • One 15 barge cluster a quarter mile long is the equivalent of two 100 car trains with a combined length of 2.4 miles. On the highway, shippers would need 870 large semis measuring 11.5 miles bumper to bumper
  • Economic efficiencies because you're consuming less fuel
Eco-friendly
  • Green Emissions
  • Environmental efficiencies because you're creating fewer emissions  
    • 450 trucks = 21 rail cars = 15 barges of emissions
Infrastructure
  • South of St. Louis there is no river infra-structure
  • There are 26 dams in Minnesota
  • Minnesota’s first dam going north is in Hastings
  • When loaded, each barge weighs 750 tons and sinks into the water 9 feet
  • Fewer trains on the tracks and trucks on the roads, risk of incident is much lower since freight trains and trucks share the same space as people; fewer people use the river as transportation. That makes river shipping safer than the alternatives.
Historical
  • In 1929 Congress established a 9’ channel system from Minneapolis to St. Louis, which created jobs and boosted the economy
  • There was a 50 year life expectancy of the channels and now we need to re-invest into the river infrastructure
  • $.29 per gallon of gas used on the river goes towards infrastructure
 
Respectfully submitted,
 
Susan O'Neil, Scribe
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MEMBERSHIP ACTION:
Application for Active Membership

The board of directors has approved the following for membership.

If no written objection stating reasons is received by the board from any member of the club within 10 days following publication of the name, the prospective member shall be considered to be elected to membership.

Kenneth M. Schaefer
Sevior VP – Senior Lender
Drake Bank
Classification: Banking – Commercial
 
Victoria Strobel
Strategy Consultant Principal
BCBS of MN
(former member of Marshfield, WI Rotary Club)
Classification: Insurance - Benefits
Volunteer for Rotary Meeting Teams

Calling all Rotarians!

We are now moving into a new Rotary year and a big CONGRATS to our new President Jerry Faletti. Todd Nicholson is now taking over at Sergeant at Arms for club and will be lining up the volunteer roles for each meeting. Let’s help him get off to a great start and fill the schedule for the next couple months. 

We currently have openings for Greeters, Introducer of guests, Scribes, Giving the inspirational minute, and Leading song. Having these roles filled each week makes for a well run meeting and keeps us all active in the club.

So the answer to "how do I sign up to help out at a meeting?" is "click this link and sign up."

http://vols.pt/hd7EGu

You do not need to create yet another login and there are no passwords to remember! Just follow the link, confirm your email and start signing up for meeting teams. SignUp.com will send you reminders, and will let me know where the needs are for upcoming meetings.

Attention new members: serving as a greeter and taking the microphone, either to offer the inspirational moment or to introduce guests and visiting Rotarians, is an excellent way to network and get your face in front of the club!

We are urging every member to sign up for a few spots in any of the roles available. Through SignUp.com you can view the open spots for all upcoming meetings in any of the 6 roles and sign up for what works in your schedule and what you would enjoy. It’s easy to sign up and help from everyone makes us a stronger club.

Thank you for whatever you can do to make our weekly meetings a great experience!

Thank you,

Jason Bradshaw

For more news and background: http://saintpaulrotary.org