March 30 Review: âThe Nerdery`s Prime Digital Academyâ
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March 30 Review: âThe Nerdery`s Prime Digital Academyâ
Bloomington Noon—March 30, 2015 Weekly Meetings 12:00 Noon Mondays Hilton, France Ave & 494 Mission The Bloomington Noon Rotary Club unites leaders to improve our community and the world through service and philanthropy. 2014-2015 Officers: President: Dave Walock Phone: 763-543-2721 - w [email protected] Board Meetings: Third Mondays President Elect: Mary Kurth Vice President: Open position Secretary-Treasurer: Bob Erickson Sergeant at Arms: Jeff Hames Program Chair: Andrea Specht Past President: Chris Guarnera District Governor: Jim Nelson April 6 Preview: “Tech Tools for Non-Profits Applicable to Rotary ” Guest Speaker: Rotarian Terry Low Rotarian Terry Low recently represented our club at a technology conference designed to educate members of the non-profit world about technology and the many ways it can be used to assist them in their efforts. Terry will share what he learned and suggest ways our club might benefit by increased use of technology. Terry is the CEO of Byte Technology, a Website Design and Development company. Established in 2001 in Monterey, CA, by Terry and his brother, they now have three offices in Monterey, CA, Lakewood, CO, and here in Edina. Terry first experienced Rotary International as a Group Study Exchange member to the Middle East (Egypt /Cyprus). Terry was a Rotarian in California for 6 years and is a Paul Harris Bequest Fellow. Born in San Francisco in 1975 and raised in Daly City, Terry received his college degree in Biological Sciences in 2003. He worked in Silicon Valley and at the University of Phoenix in IT before starting his company. Terry and his wife live in Shakopee where they are raising their two growing sons. March 30 Review: “The Nerdery’s Prime Digital Academy” Guest Speaker: Mark Hurlburt Executive Secretary: Kathy Koehler 952-250-0476 [email protected] Organized because of the shortage of tech professionals in the business world, the Nerdery has started Prime Digital Academy. This 18 week experiential educational program is focused on solving three problems that have been identified. First is the shortage mentioned. Second, is the need for software development education to align with the current needs faced in the workplace. Third, is the fear of employers to invest in entry level talent. Without investment in entry level experiences, needed talent will be scarce. Directors: Brian Emerson, Brett Mortenson, Pady Regnier, Josie Hardy, Kurt Hagen, Deb Newman, Jim Casserly, Terry Low, and Benjamin Theisen Escobar By 2020 it is estimated that job positions for software developers will increase by 28%. When surveyed, businesses indicate that technology talent is the most important issue for them. Since it is currently possible to graduate from college today with a 4 year degree in computer science without actually hav- Continued Page 2 RIB Rotar y in Bloomington Page 2 Continued from Page 1 RIB ing developed any software, it is critical for there to be a place where that experience can be developed. And, since software development has become a very collaborative business, the Nerdery emphasizes opportunities for students to learn how to bring others along to solve software problems. Tuition for the program is $12,500. Over 700 applicants have applied thus far for the initial 100 slots. Over 65% of their applicants have already completed a college degree. Students have an initial period of intensive study followed by experiential software development work on an actual project. Finally, students are placed into apprenticeship positions at one of the many supporting organizations collaborating with Prime. At capacity, they expect to graduate about 240 developers annually. Annual Shredding Day Coming...volunteer to help! The sixth Annual Shredding Day event is set for Saturday, May 2, at the Mall of America, east side across 24th Avenue from the East Parking Ramp. $5.00 per box. See the attached flyer with this RIB edition and pass it along to friends and family. March Birthdays 03 Jim Feilzer, DDS 04 Fillip Ruzzi 07 Brett Mortenson 08 Jeff Potts 14 Lee Sundet 20 Daniel Siler March Anniversaries 03 Dick Young 28 yrs 09 Becky Amble 22 yrs 21 John Swaney 15 yrs 28 Josie Hardy 4 yrs 28 Neil Peterson 26 yrs Fil Ruzzi is organizing the event. We need about a dozen volunteers to help that day. Two trucks are coming, provided by Shred Right. Greeter Schedule Distinguished Guests: Apr 13: Nick Basil Rotarian Colleen Simpson, Edina Noon, Normandale Community College Foundation Rotarian Axel Steuer, Edina Noon, Higher Education Consultant, Formerly with St. Adolphis College Rotarian Jim Christian, Lakeville Rotary, Financial Advisor Reverend Ron Moritz, Interim Pastor St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Guest of Sol Grosskopf Kevin Mendel, Big Frog Custom T-shirts, Guest of Deb Newman Jamie Verbrugge, Bloomington City Manager, being considered for membership Chris Zarek, General Manager, Hilton Hotel, being considered for membership Apr 27: Mark Bosch Time to Register! District 5950 Annual Conference May 16th May 4: No Regular Meeting The conference will be held at the Radisson Blu and Mall of America, on Saturday, May 16th. There are substantial savings now with “early bird” registration until April 14th. Everyone is encouraged to register online http://www.crsadmin.com/EventPortal/Registrations/ PublicFill/EventPublicFill.aspx?evtid=7b76451d-7fda-412c-bc87-05b970bc040f . Apr 6: Diann Kirby Apr 20: Ken Ritterspach May 4: No Regular Meeting Invocator Schedule Apr 6: Don Stiles Apr 13 open Apr 20: Jim McDonald Apr 27: open Vocational Talks Rotar y in Bloomington Upcoming Meetings April 6: “Tech Tools for Non-Profits Applicable to Rotary” Rotarian Terry Low April 13: “Economic Impact of Arts Study” Guest: Sheila Smith, MCA April 20: “Bloomington Career & College Academy” Guests: Tom Holton & Gary Kressin April 27: “Rotary Jeopardy” Rotarian Diann Kirby May 4: No Regular Meeting... ”Loaves & Fishes Service Project” Creekside Center Calendar of Events - SAVE the following DATES on your calendar! April 7: Tuesday “West Metro Rotaract Event” Wayzata Country Club See page 5 RIB April 23: Thursday “Vocational Ethics Day” Edina Country Club, 11:30 to 1:30 RSVP April 25: Saturday “District 5950 Assembly” Service plus Learning, Mall of America May 2: Saturday “Shredding Day” Mall of America SE Parking Lot, Park & Ride Area May 4: No Regular Meeting… “Loaves & Fishes Service Project” May 12: Tuesday “Club Social” Airport Hilton (34th Avenue) 5:00 to 7:00 May 16: “District 5950 Annual Conference” Radisson Blu Hotel May 25: No Regular Meeting “Memorial Day Holiday” June 6—9: “Rotary International Convention” Sao Paulo, Brazil June 20: Saturday “Rally with the Twins” District 5950 1:10 PM at Target Field Rotary on Cable Page 3 The 4-Way Test 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? RIB Editor: Karyn Arazi Backup Editor: Contributors: Patty Schulz, Stephen Bariteau, Kurt Hagen, and Karen Nordstrom ADDRESS The Bloomington Channel - TBC14 or live streamed at blm.mn/tbc14 (click on Bloomington Noon “Watch Live”) Rotary “The GAME—Unraveling a Military Sex Scandal” P.O. Box 20300 Saturday, Apr 4: 7:00 PM Bloomington, MN 55420 Sunday, Apr 5: 1:00 AM, 7:00 AM, 1:00 PM “STRIVE Luncheon” Thursday, Apr 2: 11:30 PM Web Addresses: Friday, Apr 3: 5:30 AM, 11:30 AM, 5:30 PM Bloomington Noon Rotary “Farming Today” www.bloomingtonrotarymn.org State of the City Friday, Apr 3: 10:30 PM Rotary International Saturday, Apr 4: 4:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 4:30 PM www.rotary.org Friday, Apr 10: 10:30 PM Rotary District 5950 Saturday, Apr 11: 4:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 4:30 PM www.rotary5950.org “Bloomington State of the City” Meeting Make-ups Monday, Apr 6: 11:00 PM http://www.rotary5950.org/where_meet.html Rotary eClubs: Tuesday, Apr 7: 5:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 5:00 PM www.RotaryeClubww.org Saturday, Apr 11: 7:00 PM Shop the internet through: Sunday, Apr 12: 1:00 AM, 7:00 AM, 1:00 PM http://smile.amazon.com/ch/41-1649217 “A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation” “Like” us on Facebook and “Join” our group on Tuesday, Apr 7: 6:00 PM Linkedin. In both cases the search keyword is Wednesday, Apr 8: 12:00 AM, 6:00 AM, 12:00 PM “Bloomington Noon Rotary MN” Mahendra Nath ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION Challenge Congratulations to all Bloomington Rotarians for achieving 100% participation in the 9th Annual Mahendra Nath Rotary International Foundation Challenge! We accomplished this goal in one month with the consistent follow-up of the team captains and Mahendra’s generous support. (Please note the team captains listed below.) Our financial total of $31,180 included the contributions of 3 former Bloomington Rotarians and $100 from Bob Halagan, District Fund Development Chair. As you may remember from our program on March 2nd, Bob bet $100 that Buffalo Rotary would exceed Bloomington Rotary in per member contributions. Final results are not in, it is unlikely Buffalo will ceed our total of $433 member. Therefore, thank Bob and include contribution in our total! but exper we his Wishing everyone a Happy Easter weekend. Jim, Jim & Chris Team Jim Lucas STEPHEN BARITEAU BRIAN EMERSON JIM LUCAS DEB NEWMAN TERRY STIREWALT JOHN SWANEY Team Brian Emerson JIM CASSERLY SANDHYA GUPTA DANA HOUSE FILLIP RUZZI JAMIE VERBRUGGE DAVE WALOCK Team Stephen Bariteau KARYN ARAZI JIM FEILZER JEFF HAMES JOHN HOULE ADAM JOHNSTON Team Deb Newman DAVID DRUMMOND MARK FABEL LINDA JEWELL LARRY LEE NEIL PETERSON LEE SUNDET Team Terry Stirewalt BECKY AMBLE CAROLYN PRATT PADY REGNIER KEN RITTERSPACH STEVE WIRTH DICK YOUNG Team John Swaney BOB ERICKSON MELISSA HAGSTRUM JOSIE HARDY MARY KURTH LUANN PAULET PATTY SCHULZ The Rotary Foundation On March 28-29, 2015 the Nari Gunjan team and friends went up to the top of Laangaa Mountain for a two day backpacking trip! The team left early morning on the 28th led by Aavishkaar friend, Shyam. They met many villagers on the way and wildlife, too! They attended the village “dhaam” at the mountain top temple and celebrated with the community; then they moved on up to the snowline where they played with snow and came back down to pitch their tents. One realization they had was that cooking takes much longer at higher altitudes! Aavishkaar is very happy to be a part of this successful adventure with these young girls! This is an example of your donations to TRF at work in the world making a difference for the girls at Nari Gunjan. Team Jim McDonald NICK BASIL LES FUJITAKE JIM McDONALD DAVE PEDERSON JEFF POTTS ANDREA SPECHT Team Nick Basil TED ANGELO MILO ENGLESTAD KURT HAGEN BRETT MORTENSON JIM MORTENSON MARK THORSON Team Les Fujitake WALLY NEAL KAREN NORDSTROM BONNIE PAULSEN DAN SILER DON STILES Team Dave Pederson BONNIE CARLSON SUSAN FREEMAN CHRIS GUARNERA DIANN KIRBY KATHY KOEHLER Team Jeff Potts JACK CARLSON SOL GROSSKOPF CHRIS LENNOX DAVE SENNES ABUL SHARAH SHARON VAN WINKEL Team Andrea Specht MARK BOSCH PHYLLIS KARASOV JEANETTE PURCELL TERRY LOW BEN THEISEN ESCOBAR KAREN ZELEZNAK Totals as of 4/1/2015 Pledge Amount $4,000 Total Pledges 6 Total Members 6 BARITEAU $1,475 5 5 100% EMERSON $2,000 5 5 100% NEWMAN $1,900 6 6 100% STIREWALT $2,955 6 6 100% SWANEY $2,200 6 6 100% TOTAL $14,630 34 34 100% TEAM McDONALD $2,550 6 6 100% BASIL $1,075 6 6 100% FUJITAKE $1,600 5 5 100% PEDERSON $1,800 5 5 100% $775 6 6 100% TEAM TEAM LUCAS POTTS % GIVING 100% SPECHT $1,550 6 6 100% TOTAL $9,350 34 34 100% NATH $4,800 1 1 100% OTHERS $2,400 3 N/A N/A 69 69 100% CURRENT Participation CLUB Financial GOAL $26,225 $31,180 119% District 5950 Assembly April 25 - Register Today! The District 5950 Assembly is taking place on Saturday, Apr 25, 2015 at 06:30 AM - 01:00 PM. Up to 10 members per club attend free as part of district training fee It is being held at the Mall of America, East Side - Level 26, 60 East Broadway. View Map This is a New and Different District Assembly ... Service plus Learning 9:00 a.m -1:00 p.m. Attend learning sessions that will prepare you and your club to "Be Gifts to the World." These will held in a learning center at the Mall of America on East Side, Level 2. 6:30 a.m.- 8:30 am Put "Service Above Self" as a Rotary Volunteer with the March of Dimes first-ever "March for Babies, " Mall of America Rotunda (We’ll provide March of Dimes your contact information for further instructions prior to the date unless you say not to.) As you register, in the Comments box below your name, please state: "YES Lunch" or "NO Lunch" AND "March for Babies" t-shirt size (S, M, L, XL, or XXL) or "No March for Babies" Registration Deadline: April 10. If you need assistance registering, contact Jeanne Zetah at 952-937-0411. http://www.clubrunner.ca/portal/Events/ EVPEventDetails.aspx?accountid=50084&eid=e868ff38-0764-4cd4-bd8b-a2a110d1ee17&tid=2 Other Events and Opportunities... Interact Kickoff: The area 12 Rotary Clubs (Wayzata, Excelsior, Lake Minnetonka-Excelsior, Mound -- Westonka, Orono, Plymouth) are sponsoring an event to revitalize the West Metro Rotaract Club (for persons 18-30) and are hosting an Interact kickoff event next TUESDAY APRIL 7, at the Wayzata Country Club. If any Rotarians know of potential Rotaracters, young people who share our values of fellowship and humanitarian service, please encourage them to register for this event. It promises to be a lively evening of fun and great networking,, with the keynote talk given by Jacquie Berglund (co-founder and CEO of Finnegan’s Brewing) tell her story of her mission to “turn beer into food”. Complete details and a link to register can be found in the attached flyer. Please print it out and give to any potential Rotaracters. Please call Wayzata club president Tom Vettel at 612.616.9928 or email at [email protected] Taste of Lakeville is set for Thursday, May 14, from 5:00 to 9:00 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Good Food, Good Wine. Good Time. Tickets at www.tasteoflakeville.org MCEA Annual Women’s Breakfast set for April 30th. WOMEN, join us at the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul from 7:30 to 9:30 AM. Learn about “The Invisible Truth About Minnesota’s Groundwater”. Purchase tickets online via Brown Paper Tickets or by calling Kiley Bastian (651)287-4870. Normandale Community College Foundation is sponsoring a 5K Run / 2.5K Campus Walk on Friday May 1 at 3:00 PM. Wear RED, Register at http://normandale-roar-n-red.eventbrite.com Sunshine - Share your News! The Bariteau family is in Longboat Key and Bonita Springs for spring break. The Nordstrom family is heading to Prague where they will join a Viking Cruise on the Danube which ends in Budapest. Bonnie Paulson traveled to Colorado for a family reunion with her siblings to celebrate her sister’s birthday. Andrea Specht has returned from Florida viewing the wildlife and attending three local theater productions with friends of the BTCA. Sol Grosskopf shared that Redemption and St. Michaels Lutheran Churches will be jointly getting a comfort dog which they will take to places where a comfort dog is needed, like a disaster, the airport, or veteran’s home. Area 3 Vocational Ethics Day, April 23...Save the date! 6th Annual Shred Day - Pass along the information District 5950 Special Event Coming….