Meeting early start at 12:15 p.m. Mark Lanterman is the Chief Technology Officer of Computer Forensic Services. Before entering the private sector, Mark was a member of the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Taskforce. He has 28 years of security and forensic experience and has testified in over 2000 cases. He has provided training in digital evidence, computer forensics and cyber security to the United States Supreme Court.
Come join us on May 18, 2022 for an evening of fellowship, networking and gastronomy at three outstanding local, black-owned restaurants in Minneapolis and support our area’s Black entrepreneurs! This event is a collaboration between the Rotary Club of Edina and the North Minneapolis Rotary Club, and is open to members from both clubs, as well as family and guests. Cost is $75/person, which includes three courses (appetizer, entree and dessert), a special cocktail at Pimento, and all non-alcoholic beverages. Please invite a friend, colleague or Black business leader who you know to increase the networking portion of the event! Register HERE. Contact Josh Sprague with questions.
REGISTER HERE ** REGISTER BY MIDNIGHT TUESDAY, MAR 24
Please join your fellow Rotary Club of Edina Rotarians and attend the Rotary Club of Edina vocational event scheduled for Thursday, May 26. Club members will meet in the ECC parking lot and take a coach bus to the Minneapolis Women's Club. Registration is required to attend. Bus seats are limited to 56 and available on a first come/first serve basis. If you will not be taking the bus, please note "Lunch Only" in the registration "COMMENTS". The club will confirm bus seat availability and provide directions to the facility once registration has closed. Registration closes midnight, Tuesday, March 24. Register HERE.
We will be touring the Involve MN facility at the Women’s Club to see where they prepare meals and distribute the clothes that we collected for them last fall. Along with the tour, Lt. Snyder is a fabulous cook and he will be preparing a wonderful lunch for us. Register HERE.
To nominate a woman for the prestigious award, submit a one- or two-page letter explaining how the person demonstrates the Four Way Test and what she does in the community outside of any professional position she holds. Letters should be sent to jbennerotte@EdinaRotary.org or Rotary Club of Edina, 4801 W. 50th St., Edina, MN 55424. Letters must be postmarked by Friday, May 27. View press release HERE
Nominees cannot be current Rotarians and must live, work or volunteer in Edina. Female nominees must demonstrate Rotary’s “Four Way Test” of the things we think, say or do: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? For more information about the Women in Leadership Award, contact Past President Jennifer Bennerotte, 612-201-3467 or jbennerotte@EdinaRotary.org.
Edina Morningside member, Mark Hegstrom, helps business owners that are 3-12 years out from exit to develop a customized plan. His firm, Business Owner Succession Strategies (BOSS), assists the owner to develop a plan around the three legs of the exit planning stool: business owner financial plan, personal plan post-exit, and business attractiveness. Every business owner will exit his or her business. That is why he thinks: exit planning is simply good business planning. Please join us for this year-end meeting at CW's Bar and Restaurant, 8302 Normandale Blvd., Bloomington, MN 55437 We will meet at 5:30 for happy half hour and our speaker presentation from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. This event is a casually centered around becoming better acquainted with the business and career lives of our fellow Edina Rotary Noon and Edina Morningside Rotary Club members. Contact Wade Thommen at wadethommen@cbburnet.com with any questions. After this meeting, our next Avocation/Vocational Happy Hour will be August 3, 2022.
"Building An Inclusive Economy in Minnesota", Race & Equity Series with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis series will be sponsored by District 5950, Rotary Club of Edina, and the Federal Reserve of Minneapolis. This mini-series will take place at Edina Country Club on June 2 and October 6, 2022, 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. It will opened as a district-wide event. Event details and registration can be found HERE.
Rotary Club of Edina's meeting fees cover the cost of this event and counts toward meeting attendance. Please register as an Edina Rotary Club Member. Senior actives and guests of members may register and pay online HERE. Cost is $20.00 for senior actives, guests, other Rotary club members and the public. Space is limited to 300 participants. Press release can be found HERE
As of last Thursday, 60 of our 160 members have contributed to The Rotary Foundation. Team Jennifer has 28 of 80 members contributing for 35% participation and Team Jeff has 32 of 80 members contributing for 40% participation. So far, total contributions are at $68,502. Let's keep the momentum going!
Save the Date, June 8 - "Engage and Lead Edina". The last Rotary Club of Edina Leadership series will be co-hosted with Edina Chamber of Commerce and held in the evening at the Edina Country Club. For more details and to register HERE.
Mark Monday, June 27th for the Edina Morningside Rotary's Pat Kennedy Memorial Golf Classic. This event is one of the morning club's largest annual fundraising events. Click HERE to read their sponsorship letter and HERE to review the promotional flyer. Registration is HERE. Please contact EMRC committee chair, Jim Bizal at Jim.bizal@bizalbuilt.com or 952-649-1525 with any questions.
“Extra! Extra!” Have you seen the May 2022 international “Rotary” Magazine? — Amazing and rare, 10-page beautiful spread photos/story on the healing transformation of Rotary District 5950 work with Lake Street business partners. Read about our partner, Amina with Post Plus. Full article HERE
Do you love watching Little League? A $500 Rotary Public Image Grant funded uniforms for an Edina Baseball Association 3rd-grade travel league Gold Team of 9 year-old players. Click HERE for summer schedule.
Speaker, Mark Lanterman, Computer Forensic Services
In Review by Andrea Fahrenkrug
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Lunch will be prepared by the kitchen staff of Involve MN and served at the Women's Club of Minneapolis
The Rotary Club of Edina's Administrator, Becci Michalski, works part time and will respond to your inquiries within 24 hours. Contact her at rmichalski@EdinaRotary.org.