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The official program this week consisted of the regular
Board Report. Steve Mau announced that Mark Korte will take
over the reins as President when Julia makes her official
move to Omaha. Steve has consented to serve an additional
year as Chairman of the Board and an election will be held
to fill the vacant 3rd VP position. The group is at 168
following 5 drops- Mike Howard, Christopher Baso, Sharon
Skluzacek, David Askew,and Paul Lindquist and 4 adds- Ryan
Cerney, Shannon Fanth, Craig Dunmire, and Sue VanWagner.
Beth Burnard is still looking for additional help on flags
and some creative ideas were presented. A final presentation
on the Winter Wonderland will be coming up at the end of
March or beginning of April. Sponsorship has presented $100
to community Safety Net, $1,000 to an individual hearing
aide request, and would like to present $3,000 to Camp
Sertoma at the Regional Convention. A few other topics of
discussion included speakers for the meetings, new pipe and
drape purchases and the recent Regional Meeting.
Special Program
 Today
was a day to recognize outstanding contributions to Sertoma.
Julia started in a small way by inviting Joe and Stephanie
Anderson (son and daughter of Joyce and Tom) to the meeting
in recognition of all their hard work helping out at Winter
Wonderland.
Brian Skogen then announced the 2007 Sertoman of the Year,
Steve Mau. Congratulations to Steve for his outstanding work
in Sertoma.
Mike Boen then announced that the Sertoman of the Year
Committee has decided that our club needs to recognize more
than just one outstanding member a year. To augment the
Sertoman of the Year Program and in honor of Jon Haapajoki's
theme as International President, Sertoma Works began at
this meeting. Six people were selected to receive the award
and get their names inscribed on the permanent plaque. They
included: Joyce Anderson, Pam Sachs, Dave Clausen, Joe
Schulte, Lori Rubin, and Kari Barnes. To read their
nominations click here. |
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 Sertoman
of the Year 2007 - Steve Mau
Steve Mau Bio as presented by Brian Skogen
Brainerd Area Noon Club
Service to Mankind – SERTOMA – is a noble and
self-less cause. The 2007 recipient of the Brainerd
Area Noon Sertoma Club is a reflection of this
description. Our Sertoman of the Year sets the bar
high for involvement in community. Our Sertoman of
the Year demonstrates that Sertoma is not a club,
Sertoma is not an activity, Sertoma is a Lifestyle!
Our Sertoman of the Year is a visible and dynamic
force in a broad range of volunteer activities
including: Community / Faith / Commercial / Family /
Civic arenas.
Community: Host of a public access television
program designed to inform the Brainerd Lakes
viewers of upcoming events and happenings in our
area.
Faith: Active member of his church. Currently
is the Vice-President Chair for Lord of Life
Lutheran Church. Chairs the “Building on Blessings”
committee for Lord of Life Church and for the past 5
years has lead the “Men’s Breakfast and Bible Study”
group for the church. He has also served the youth
of his congregation as a confirmation mentor.
Commercial: Co-organizer of the first BNI
(Business Network International) group in the
Brainerd Lakes Area. BNI is a networking –
information exchange group intended to foster
communication and relationship building for area
business people.
Active in the Mid Minnesota Builders Association.
Small business owner. With his wife our Sertoman of
the Year owns and operates an established reputable
rental business. Recently they acquired the assets
of a local competitor merging the two businesses.
 Family:
Our Sertoman of the Year demonstrates the value of
family life through active participation with his
family in a variety of activities. His marriage with
Maureen of 15 years has been blessed with 3
children Austin (11)Annika (10) and Ryan (6). Serving
4 years as an assistant den leader in Cub Scouts as a
football and baseball coach and as Daddy Warbucks in
a dramatic role our Sertoman of the Year “walks the
talk” when it comes to being involved with his
children. Family activities are a reflection of
family values to our Sertoman of the Year in their
spare time this family can be found in the hot
tubboating skiing,hunting, fishing, snowmobiling or
maybe just playing a board game!
Civic: Co-Chair of the Brainerd Area Sertoma
Winter Wonderland a community holiday light display.
This project has been 3 years and 300 meetings in
the making. Winter Wonderland had a profound affect
upon our community attracting 9000 cars
approximately 36000 visitors. An immense amount of
energy and focus by our Sertoman of the Year
inspired club and community members to get involved.
To date over 6500 volunteer hours have been logged
in preparation,installation,operation, and take
down. Sertoma’s Winter Wonderland will spread the
word about Sertoma as well as return 10’s of
thousand of dollars back to the community for
sponsorship causes. Our Sertoman of the year spent
well over 40 evenings in OctoberNovember and
December providing vision and direction for Winter
Wonderland.
An active member of Sertoma since joining in 2002 he
quickly joined the ranks of leadership serving as
3rd Vice President in 2003. Currently he is Chairman
of the Board for our Club.
Our Sertoman of the Year demonstrates by example
that Service to Mankind is a Lifestyle, it is a core
value and there is balance in
Community/Faith/Commercial/Family
and Civic involvement. Congratulations Steve Mau as
the recipient of the 2007 Brainerd Area Noon Sertoma
Club’s “Sertoman of the Year”. |
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Nominations as presented at the meeting:
 Joyce
Anderson has been a member since November1996. She
previously has been Club Treasurer during which time she set
up the club record keeping on Quick Books. Joyce was a key
person in our inaugural year of Winter Wonderland. She spent
many many evening hours at the Arboretum involved with Winter
Wonderland. Her next commitment to the Brainerd Noon Sertoma
Club is her involvement with the 2008 Regional Convention to
be held at Madden's in May
Pam Sachs has been a member since August1999. Pam has
been our "e-mail guru" who is responsible for our
newsletter, club events and information sent to members. She
keeps our personal information current within the
membership. She is a very important asset to our club and
does much the same for Camp Confidence.
Dave Clausen has been past vice president and
president. He attended National and Regional
Conventions worked at Winter Wonderland helped with Pipe and
Drape and been an enthusiastic member since May of 2000. He
has contributed much to the Club and especially appreciated
for his contagious humor and wit.
Joe Schulte rejoined Sertoma in April of 2002. Joe's
many duties included program chairperson Gossamer Ceiling
organizer and first chair starting a new club in Bemidji and
scheduling for the Winter Wonderland. He is currently the
co-chair for the Regional convention to be held at Madden's
in 2008.
Lori Rubin also rejoined Sertoma in May of 2005. Lori
has energy and she has been involved in fund raising. She
chaired a successful rookie party that also involved getting
Scott Hanson to continue to raise money for Sertoma. She was
one of the "rookies" who agreed to take over the Gossamer
Ceiling project and make it a rookie activity. She was
chairperson of the Winter Wonderland Sponsorship Committee
and was very successful in obtaining sponsorships.
Kari Barnes joined in May of 2005. Kari is one of our
newer members but this has not stopped her from getting
involved. She has worked very hard on our main fund
raiser-Pipe and Drape. This program is now expanding and she
has spent hours scheduling and getting volunteers for
events. Kari continues to work on reorganizing and
revitalizing this project. She is also very active in the
BNI organization within the community. |
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Thanks Bonnie Franke for taking notes. |
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| Announcements |
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The search is on for some very special people.
Julia Sullivan is looking for likely candidates to
fill the position of 3 VP. Joe Schulte is looking
for a Great in 08 Sertoma Events Coordinator. If you
are looking for excitement and want a great job, see
either one of these individuals. The sign up page
for jobs at Great in 08 will go live on Friday. This
will give you an opportunity to coordinate your
calendar and sign up online. |
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to look "hot" at the Convention. Rory with
the help of Shannon Fanth showed off the many items
that will make you a member of the in crowd. Hats,
shirts, can coolers, and wristbands will be
absolutely necessary. See Rory, Joe or Lori Rubin
for more details or sign up at the meeting. |
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Many thanks to the group that helped with the
Ducks Unlimited Pipe and Drape at Cragun's this
past week. Kari would still like to encourage more
people to step up and take a month or an event to
chair. |
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Lester Franz on behalf of the Swinging Sertomans
presented a check for $4000. The group will
continue to perform until late September and Gus and
Jim are still trying to form a new group. See either
of them if you are interested. |
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Brainerd Area
Sertoma Club Calendar
Got a big event coming up—want to let everyone know?
Go to
the
interactive calendar and post it for all
to see. |
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| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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Blue Ticket Winner |
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Sue VanWagner |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Would have been Jim O'Roarke |
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| Attendance |
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Guests: Maureen, Austin, Annika, Ryan Mau, Tom Stephanie and
Joe Anderson, Tim O'Keefe and Jayme Holmes from Kinetico who are
joining. |
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| *Everyone is encouraged to bring potential
members to a Sertoma meeting with the Club picking up the cost.
However, you will be billed $9.50 for any other guests. |
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| Greeter
Schedule |
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As greeter you have several duties. You need to arrive about 10
minutes early. It is your job to greet people, help them find
their badges and sell them a ticket if they wish to participate.
The money collected must be divided by the Greeters equally--half
goes to the Current Club Treasurer for the social committee and
half goes to the Club President along with the bucket of tickets.
Be there by 11:45 and call somebody to substitute for you if you
can't be there. |
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Ron Morris, Karen Munsterteiger, Sue
VanWagner |
| Mar. 5 |
Kathi Nagorski, Karla Nelson, Sarah Nelson |
| Mar. 12 |
Bob Nibbe, Bill OHara, Shannon Fanth |
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| Sertoman of the Day |
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Speaking on behalf of the recipients of the Sertoma Works Awards
today, we are honored. Each and every hard working member of
Sertoma deserves to be recognized for our Club's achievements
because we are all part of a team. Service to Mankind is easy to
accomplish as a member of a truly phenomenal group like the
Brainerd Noon Sertoma Club. |
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Business Notes |
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Brainerd Lakes Area Kinetico joined Sertoma in a big way this past
two weeks. Craig Dunmire introduced two new members from his
Kinetico operation, Tim O'Keefe and Jayme Holmes. If you would
like to learn more about their water solutions go to
www.lakesarekinetico.com.
Winter Wonderland Sponsors We continue with the list of great
groups and businesses that helped make this the premier event of
the holiday season. The three star sponsors included: BNI,
Brainerd Ace Hardware/Tower Real Estate, Brainerd International
Raceway, Brainerd Lakes Convention and Visitors Bureau,Christmas
Décor', Close Converse,Good Samaritan Society, Just For Kix,
Lakewood Health System, Larson Allen LLP, Fiducia Benefits Group
/ Midwest Family Eye Center / Raboin Law Firm, Reichert
Bus.Target. and The Chap and The Timbermist. |
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Rumor Corner
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Today was much too busy a day to enjoy our usual camaraderie time
with our sergeants. We will look forward to fun times two next
week. Perhaps our Florida sergeant will return from lollygagging
and take up the slack. |
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Photo's |
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Photos
Photos Everywhere New photos go up almost every week on our new
Sertoma Photo Gallery.
http://sertomaphotos.brainerd.com |
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Notes from your President |
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If you are not receiving the newsletter notification or the
emails announcing special events, please contact Pam Sachs
either at 218 829 7761 or
eglponys@brainerd.net. |
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Sandra Bonde (ehrichappraisals@charter.net) is in charge of the
Sertoman of the Day schedule. Contact her to take advantage of
this great opportunity to share your story and get some free
advertising (and no fines for the day). The form is also
available here on our website.
Kari Barnes and her assistant Cathy Picek are the go-to folks
for Pipe and Drape information.
Need awards? Did you lose your pin? Bonnie Cumberland
(bcumberland@mailstation.com) is the person
in charge of awards and meeting paraphernalia. |
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