Meeting Minutes
Minutes of the March 7, 2025
New Member
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Josh is a Beavercreek guy. Born and raised here graduated from Beavercreek in 1997. He was a wrestler at BHS. Then earned his undergrad at the University of Dayton in Mechanical Engineering, and on to Carnegie-Mellon for a masters in mechanical engineering. He worked for a base contractor using his degree in radar and detection technology. He then worked at Dayton Superior and did a lot of awesome traveling while there. Dayton Superior was bought out and he was cast aside. He married an RN in 2009 and after his lay off they decided to start their home health care business. On April fool’s day they opened Align Home Health. Since, then they added Beavercreek’s only adult day care facility and subsequently opened a child care and skilled nursing location. He was working 50-60 hour work weeks and they decided that was too much work so they committed to spend their extra hours getting involved in the community. He volunteers at BSA the senior center and after talking with Denny Jarvi, joined Beavercreek Rotary. Josh enjoys the outdoors woodworking travel and he plays what he calls campfire guitar. When I asked about the coolest place he has ever been, he answered without hesitation, Belgium and mentioned chocolate and beer! Josh is married to Katie and they have 3 children Lily, Jonathan and Jamie. Denny Jarvi is his Rotary sponsor and he will be pinned by Denny |
Presentation:
Violence Free Futures
Celeste Hurley
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The meeting began with informal discussions on various topics, including personal anecdotes and technical issues. Don then led a Rotary Club session, introducing new members and highlighting recent achievements before welcoming Celeste, the new executive director of Violence Free Futures. Celeste provided an overview of the Family Violence Prevention Center's services, facilities, and upcoming events, emphasizing their support for survivors of domestic and sexual violence. |
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• Rotary members to collect Goodwill donation receipts and give them to Don Adams for monetization to benefit the shelter. |
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• Interested Rotary members to contact Celeste about volunteering opportunities at Violence Free Futures, especially those with specific skills like plumbing or carpentry. |
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• Rotary members to consider attending Violence Free Futures' upcoming Spring Fling fundraiser on April 11th. |
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• Interested Rotary members to register for the Superhero 5K on April 26th by March 26th to receive a T-shirt. |
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• Rotary members to spread awareness about Violence Free Futures' services, including their pet-friendly shelter and outreach campus. |
Minutes of the February 28, 2025
Presentation:
Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve
John McCance
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| Don prepared for a meeting presentation, discussed the mission of Rotary, and welcomed guests. He also discussed the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), the role of the Ohio ESGR Committee, and the rights of reserve component members under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Lastly, he addressed the complexities of military deployment for employees in supervisory positions and the challenges faced by college students in the reserves. | ||
| • Bob Stone to become an Ombudsman for ESGR. | ||
| • John McCance to research further protections for reserve/guard college students regarding academic accommodations. | ||
| • Rotary members interested in attending the Yellow Springs Brewery Tap event tonight to attend from 5-9pm. | ||
| • Rotary members to vote on the 2025-2026 board next week. | ||
| • Interested Rotary members to sign up with the president for remaining spots at the Violence Free Future spring fling event table. | ||
| • Beth to continue coordinating the spring activity with Beavercreek Optimist Club at Dominick Lofino Park. | ||
| • Rotary members to consider volunteering for ESGR to help cover 25,000 reserve component members across 88 Ohio counties. | ||
Minutes of the February 21, 2025
Presentation:
Invite a Vet Foundation LLC
Marion Montgomery
Minutes of the February 14, 2025
Presentation:
His Polio Life Story
James Terpening
Minutes of the February 7, 2025
Presentation:
Annual
Economic Forecast
James Investments
New Members:
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Professor William Romine |
Tanvi Banerjee |
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Will and his wife, Tanvi, are once again, elevating the Beavercreek Rotary IQ. Will has 2 gigs, well actually 3. He owns his company R&B Analytics doing research for Kairos, a research company working on human and machine cognition. AI. He is a professor and researcher at Wright State University teaching classes in ethics and analytics. Will was born in Macon Missouri and attended high school in Jefferson City where he was involved in cross country. He earned his bachelors of physics at Truman State University, then a masters of education and geology and then a PHD in curriculum and instruction at the University of Missouri. I told you, another PHD. I always like to ask, how did you end up here? William applied to 50 places and Wright State was his best offer. He does have a couple unique hobbies. He is a 2nd degree black belt and certified instructor for Taekwon-do and has been training in Judo for the past 5 years. He is married to Tanvi and they have 2 children, their son Arjun age 6 and daughter Uma age 2. He is sponsored by Don Adams |
Tanvi is an associate professor at Wright State University, teaching computer science and AI. Born and raised in Punee India, where she graduated high school. While in high school she was a vocalist. She sang in choirs and solo, Indian classical music. She earned her degree in Punee in electronic engineering, then here in the States, earned a masters in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Missouri. But she didn’t stop there, she earned a PHD in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Missouri. She is a member of the I triple E, the oldest engineering organization. I will make the connection now, she met her husband, Will, at the University of Missouri, so that is how she came to our area. She enjoys reading and singing and yoga. In fact, she teaches yoga here in Beavercreek. She is married to William and they have 2 children. Tanvi’s Rotary Sponsor is Don Adams |
Minutes of the January 31, 2025
Presentation:
Greene County - Update
Richard Gould
Greene County Commisioner
Minutes of the January 24, 2025
Presentation:
State of The Township
Ryan Rushing
Township Administrator