In Review

Posted by Mike Kallas on Jul 21, 2016
 
Our meeting began with President Ann Platt asking the audience if anyone knows what was published in the latest Rotary magazine. The answer (promptly provided by Barbara Born) was an advertisement for Wooj Byun’s book My Rotary Story. Congratulations Wooj!
 
Greeters at today’s meeting were Hal Harris, Kevin Strandberg and Andrea Thompson Miller. Tim Murphy helped Deirdre Kvale at the front desk. Gary Aulik gave an invocation, Pledge of Allegiance and Four-Way Test.  
 
Wade Thommen introduced the following members and their guests:
 
  • Dan Hennen and his guest, Sue Anderson
  • Brad Beard and his guests, Joe Steany and John Fujitake
  • Greg Yoch and his guest, Jim Platt
  • Patti Ellingson-Solheim and her guest, Luke Randall
  • Sue Spalding and her guest, Rebecca Justin
  • Gary Aulik and his guest, Sarah Michielson
We were also joined by visiting Rotarian Jen Tregarthen of the Sooner Rotary Club.
 
Greg Yoch announced that next week, July 28, is Prospective Member Day. Rotarians are encouraged to bring prospective members as guests. All prospective members are free that day. Greg also announced that next week there will be a raffle for Ryder Cup tickets, another reason to bring guests.  
 
Joe Hayes made an announcement concerning the upcoming Leadership Ethics Seminar, or "Do The Right Thing." The event is scheduled for Oct. 12 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Joe is seeking volunteers to join the planning committee and to participate in the event. 
 
Joe Hayes, as a member of the RARE Committee, announced that Rob Laughlin’s mother has passed away. Rob is a past president of the Edina Morningside Club. 
Don Hutchison announced that the club is planning a fun-filled day at the new St. Paul Saints Stadium (CHS Field). The event will be Sunday, Aug. 14, for a game between the Saints and the visiting Sioux Falls Canaries and a picnic before the game. Members are encouraged to bring guests. Contact Don about tickets.

Bradley Hepp introduced our speaker—Rhoda Olson. Ms. Olson is the Chief Executive Officer of Great Clips. Ms. Olson described the struggles and triumphs in her life and in the business of Great Clips. Great Clips is coming up on 4,000 salons across the United States and has experienced 48 quarters of continuous steady growth!
 
She introduced her husband, three sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren to our membership. She spoke about the nature of Great Clips as a family-owned business and described added elements of emotion, strength and stress coming from the family-owned business.
Ms. Olson spoke about the power of personal vision and identified her personal vision as including:
  • Being a healthy role model.
  • Being an impactful and courageous leader.
  • Providing every “stakeholder” an opportunity for financial success.
  • Showing gratitude and humility.
  • Learning and growing.
Ms. Olson also shared with us the action-orientated mission statements that have helped Great Clips succeed: “We are kind, we keep it simple, we focus on execution, we exceed expectations and we have fun.”

Following the presentation and questions from the audience, Jim Ryman thanked our speaker.

Our meeting concluded with the following quote from Eleanor Roosevelt: “A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong she is until she is in hot water.”