At 12:15 pm on November 13th, President John Chandler called the meeting to order at the Intercontinental Hotel. Laurie Murphy led the group in the Pledge of Alliance and a short reading in honor of Thanksgiving. Bill Collins introduced visiting Rotarians and guests. Linda Mulhern was the scribe for the meeting and Shari Clifford greeted members as they arrived. Doug Hartford rounded out the group by playing music for the membership prior to the start of the meeting

John Chandler recognized veterans in our club membership, after noting the centennial of the end of World War I on Sunday, 11/11. President John also noted that we should try to visit other Rotary clubs in the area and around the world, ie “a road trip”. We will not be having a meeting next week, but everyone is invited for a visioning meeting at noon on November 20^th at the M Street Café. Please let John know if you can attend by Friday, 11/16 though. We will also be having our annual joint meeting with the Minneapolis Club on Tuesday, February 5^th, 2019 in St Paul and the Rotary President Elect, Mark Maloney will be our speaker.