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The weekly newsletter of the
Rotary Club of Norristown,  
P.O. Box 119, Oaks, PA 19456 - (484) 994-2349
 
Mar. 7, 2024  - No. 2758
 
 
March 7, 2024
 
NOON MEETING
HYATT HOUSE
 
also available on ZOOM
 
SHERIFF SEAN KILKENNY
 
 Montgomery County Sheriff Office
 
and
New Member Induction:
Monica D'Antonio
 
 
 
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Each week we ask a community leader to come speak to the club.  Guests are Welcome !! If you would like to speak at a future meeting, email us at RotaryofNorristown@gmail.com. Include your contract info and a brief description of your topic.
Mar 07, 2024 12:00 PM
Montgomery County Sheriff Office
Mar 07, 2024 12:00 PM
New Member Induction: Monica D'Antonio
Mar 14, 2024
NAHS Student Achievement Awards
Mar 14, 2024 12:00 PM
Legislative Update
Mar 21, 2024 12:00 PM
Martha's Choice Marketplace
Mar 28, 2024 12:00 PM
Classification Talks: Jeanne Cove, Cliff Hirst, Rachel Copen
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Club Meeting Information
Thursdays at 12:00 PM
HYATT HOUSE
501 E Germantown Pike
East Norriton, PA 19401
United States of America
Phone:
(484) 994-2349
For more in contact rotaryofnorristown@gmail.com or leave a message at at (484) 994-2349
Happy Birthday
Member Birthdays
Christopher Dormer
March 4
 
John E. Heyser
March 4
 
Nicholas Geers
March 5
 
Dave Beach
March 19
 
Since 1921
 
 
 
Upcoming Events
Board Mtg
Mar 21, 2024 10:45 AM
 
Board Mtg
Apr 18, 2024 10:45 AM
 
Pancake Breakfast & Silent Auction Fundraiser
Lower Providence Presbyterian Church
Apr 20, 2024
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
 
Board Mtg
May 16, 2024 10:45 AM
 
Pedals for Progress Bicycle Collection
Norristown Area High School
May 18, 2024
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
 
Changeover Picnic
Padden Park
Jun 13, 2024
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
 
Board Mtg
Jun 20, 2024 10:45 AM
 
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* ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
 
 
Spring Fundraiser
 

Pancake / Silent Auction Fundraiser 2024

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Our club fundraiser PANCAKE BREAKFAST / SILENT AUCTION is being held April 20, 2024.
We will need plenty of support on that day, and remember,  all members are responsible for 10 tickets at $10/ea.
 
To join in the planning or if you have any questions,  contact Dave Beach at dbeach04@gmail.com
 
 
We also are soliciting for donors for the Auction / Raffle portion of the event. See the attached letter that you can use to attract support from business you support.
 
Event flyer is also attached above for you to copy.
 
Thank you , Dave. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

New  Green Fundraiser
 

SPRING PLANT SALE

ATTENTION:
The club is planning a NEW Spring Plant Sale Fundraiser. The initial planning team includes, Diane Helm, Mary Onama and Robin Parker.  If you would like to help, please reach out to one of the team members as we get this off the ground quickly. We are acquiring a wholesaler and details are forthcoming. 
 

 
* NEWS
LAST WEEK
5th THURSDAY MEETING -  EL JEFE
 
 
 
The Club gathered at the El Jefe restaurant in Norristown for our off-site fifth Thursday of the month meeting. The EL JEFE is a new restaurant in Norristown and features an exciting atmosphere of good food, drinks, arcade games, and ax throwing. A good time was had by all and we thank Sunanda for organized this event.
 
To see more about El Jefe visit their site:   El Jefe - Norristown, PAEl Jefe - Norristown, PAhttps://eljefebar.com
 
 
 
 
 
ClubRunner Nova
After 20 years in the industry, ClubRunner has announced their redesigned their Club Management software.  The new version name is 'ClubRunner Nova' and the subscription price will not change to migrate. Note, a lot the change is technology behind the scenes and may be less visible to clubs.
 
The software platform has been redesigned to use newer technology.  Speed, scalability and performance has always been an issue, so they decided to migrate everyone's data to the secure 'Microsoft Azure' cloud platform.  Rapid 'Cloudflare' technology will handle the DNS traffic routing and sophisticated security and Twilio's SendGrid will replace their current email platform. Internally Azure's Cosmos DB will host club data. This will prove significantly faster than locally hosted SQL databases.  Here is a picture of their new architecture platform. We will see secure Multi-factor Authorization added to the current log in process very soon
 
 
Going forward, ClubRunner for Rotaract clubs will be free subscriptions (somewhat trimmed from the standard club package).  All this will reflect significant perfomance increase. Migration is said to be seamless. Regardless our club anticipates the need to back up things like customized email templates etc. All this will allow them to add features easily, allow more individual customization by each club and expand product offerings going forward.  Again, we hear there will be no significant price change to migrate.  Look for this new version to roll out during 2024. Obviously, ultimately migrating will not be an option, we will be testing along the way this year.
 

District 7430 News
* DISTRICT 7430 NEWS
 
District Training:
 
Below is the official district training plan for District 7430 during 2023-24
 
There is emphasis on many topics on Public Image, Membership, President Elect preparation and very broad Rotarian topics at the Rotary Leadership Institute.
 
 
Registration links will be provided here, Register yourself. If you have questions ask your president or your coach.
 
 
Note there are two local RLI training sessions. Our club will reimburse the registration fee for first time attendees.
 
You may register for either @ https://www.rlinea.org/
 
District 7430 - Location: DeSales University, Center ValleySaturday April 13, 2024 07:30 AM
 
District 7450 - Location Temple, Ambler Campus - Saturday April 13, 2024 07:30 AM
 
 
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