Today was a Zoom meeting with 25 people on line. After some conversations President Ralph Witcher opened the meeting at 7:30 A.M.
GUESTS ON LINE:
Michelle Steiner, our newest member; and Capt. Nick Millward, Rotary Peace Fellowship winner calling in from Japan.
HAPPY DOLLARS and MEMBER NEWS:
Andrea, our speaker today, was the first on line this morning. She called in from the Berkshires.
Ralph Witcher called in from Florida where he was on vacation.
Nick Millward said that covid19 has been spreading there in Japan and on his military base.
Ron Coleman and Ralph Witcher are making plans to “hug” in the future.
Bill Palmer is happy that the PA restaurants are again open for 50% indoor dining.
Chuck Ehninger and Judy did not get to be with their grandson over the holidays. They are planning to see them when they go to Florida soon.
Ihor Fedoriw had two happy dollars. The first was for Gail Micca’s special Rotary cookies. His second was noting that his 6 office staff will be getting covid19 vaccinations today.
Amir Famili is happy to report that their younger son has been working 12 hours a week vaccinating retirement home residents.
Nick Millward is happy that he met another Peace Fellowship winner in Japan who will be attending the same college as he.
Herb Klotz extends his thanks to us for our continued support. He now is back in the Rotary world.
Gail Micca is happy that Michelle Steiner now is an AW member, and Gail has a job for her when she is ready.
Michelle Steiner is happy to be with us, but said that she is recovering from covid19.
Marlene Heller is happy that their grandson was reading a story to them about echoes, and included soft echoes in the proper places. His 2 years older sister said she taught him how to read.
Gail Micca is happy that the $350 of AW money and $1,000 donated allowed them to pick up the 2013 Honda for the family we have been helping. Their son will be having heart surgery son.
Pres. Ralph gave a very nice invocation. Then he led us in the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S.
CELEBRATION DATES:
Pres. Ralph displayed the list of January members and their celebration dates. We sang Happy Birthday --- poorly.
Pres. Ralph again said “The world needs more Rotarians.”
THE FOUR-WAY TEST EXAMPLE:
Pres. Ralph played the musical rendition video of the 4 Way Test. Unfortunately the sound was muted.
Marlene Heller asked for volunteers to tell about a recent application of the 4 Way Test in their life.
Pres. Ralph reminds of the Gift Cards that we funded and had distributed to the Lowhill Food Pantry clients. This act surely met all 4 parts of the 4 Way Test. Ralph also showed a very nice Thank You note from one recipient.
Marlene Heller told of a great video on FaceBook all about Rotary. BUT it failed the 4Way Test because it lacked diversity noticeably.
GUESTS:
Tom Friday noted our guests today, and urges us to continue inviting more of them to learn about Rotary.
HONORARY PAUL HARRIS FELLOW AWARD:
Pres. Ralph referred to the December award that we made to Police Chief Granitz, and showed some pictures of the event. Congratulations go to Marlene Heller for getting a great article about the award in the Parkland Press.
LOWHILL FOOD PANTRY:
Thanks to Amir Famili, over 350 lbs. of fresh produce were collected and then delivered to the Pantry last week.
YOUR SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES:
Please take a look at this new section on the left side of this bulletin.
STATUS OF MORNING MEETINGS;
The AWRC B.O.D. has suspended all AWRC face-to-face meetings until further notice. Zoom meetings are now scheduled for each Wednesday at 7:30 A.M.
NEXT MORNING MEETING:
Wednesday January 13, 2021 starting at 7:30 a.m. We will use Zoom to meet. Our program will be Jacob Roma, Central Catholic Grad & Penn State Jr RE -- THON—FOR THE KIDS.
STATUS OF THURSDAY EVENING MEETING:
No Thursday evening meetings are planned until after the pandemic..
PROGRAM:
Pres. Ralph Witcher introduced Andrea Tinianow, Esq, Founder - Connector Street to discuss Connector Street - How it all Started + How does it Help People? Ralph said that Andrea is most excellent and very capable.
Andrea said it was a pleasure to be with us today, and she liked hearing about all that Rotarians do to help others. She is Connector in Chief at Connector Street, and she pioneered a free mobile app for making introductions (in just a few clicks.}
"Connector Street" is a free app that helps you make instant introductions. The people you introduce don’t need to have the app. Once they open your intro, they can start connecting with each other right away. The app maintains all the connections that you make and receive. So, you can keep track and follow up with your contacts without missing a beat.
As an attorney and business development professional, Andrea advises organizations on blockchain and other emerging technologies. Andrea used her expertise in innovation to create an app to modernize the art of making introductions.
Some of us use LinkedIn and other networking systems, besides Rotary. And most of us want to broaden our own network. And Andrea noted that most of us do not regularly introduce people that we know to one another. But this is how we can help others.
Andrea urges us to get permission first before making a connection. Five other tips from her are:
1. Do a connection in the moment. Don’t put it off.
2. Use a picture with the app.
3. Make sure that the 2 people want to be introduced.
4. Follow up to be sure.
5. If you get introduced yourself, thank the person who did it.
Andrea has a Newsletter which we can get by sending our e-mail address to Andrea. Also she is about to release an “Enterprise” version of her app. This will track the numbers and its usefulness.
CLOSING:
Pres Ralph led us in the saying “One profits most who serves best.”
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