Hello ERC Friends!
I wanted to share with the Club that our first "Night Shift" meeting concept was well received and a whole lot of fun! We had nearly 40 people in attendance!
- We saw a few faces we haven't seen in a while at our morning meetings. It was so nice to reconnect with those members and even a past Rotarian who is strongly considering joining ERC again.
- We saw new ERC members come out.
- We had guests! Shout out to John Chisca and Mark Erle for bringing a few guests!
- We had some Rotary champs who came out to both the evening meeting and breakfast meeting the next day! This tells me that it is smart to keep our morning meetings scheduled as usual.
- We had special guests from The Borough of Emmaus, Mayor Lee Ann Gilbert and Council Woman Teri-Sorg-McManamon. (Other Municiple leaders are interested in attending future meetings to help us understand community needs for projects)
- We had great press coverage from PBS and lots of buzz on social media leading to people interested in ERC!
- WE HAD FUN!
I'd like to thank everyone in ERC who believed in this concept and supported it taking shape. A huge thank you to Peter McCullough for stepping up to lead these monthly meetings as a sort of project manager. I know Peter is going to do a phenomenal job! Thank you to the Membership Committee for all your behind-the-scenes work! Thank you to Ron Beitler (our newest Rotarian) for hosting us at Rising River. The space really works well for us!
The future looks bright for these meetings! We are scheduled for the third Wednesday of each month from 5:30-7:30pm at Rising River.
And just to make sure we are all on the same page...these meetings are simply and additional meeting option to give everyone more opportunity to be involved in Rotary. This is not a separate group of people - this is ALL ERC! Night Shift is just another way to participate in an alternative meeting format. These meetings will typically not have a speaker/program....instead we will use the meeting time to create, plan, and implement projects. I can also tell you that we will absolutely keep traditions like happy dollars, Club news/announcements, EREY, ringing the rotary bell, the Four Way Test and maybe even a song here and there!
And just to make sure we are all on the same page...these meetings are simply and additional meeting option to give everyone more opportunity to be involved in Rotary. This is not a separate group of people - this is ALL ERC! Night Shift is just another way to participate in an alternative meeting format. These meetings will typically not have a speaker/program....instead we will use the meeting time to create, plan, and implement projects. I can also tell you that we will absolutely keep traditions like happy dollars, Club news/announcements, EREY, ringing the rotary bell, the Four Way Test and maybe even a song here and there!
I invite you to check out the next Night Shift on Wednesday April 19th at 5:30pm at Rising River. Please use the link RSVP so we can have an idea for seating.
Shine Bright Friends,
Meghan Reed
President, Emmaus Rotary 2022/23