PROGRAM - 7/12/10
    Business Meeting - President Jim presented the budget for the upcoming year. Questions regarding income and expenditure were posed and answered. Upon the recommendation of the Board of Managers the budget has been accepted. You may view the budget and other documents in the Members area of the website. If you do not have the password for access to the Members area, contact Jim Schuh. 
     One subject discussed at length was the decrease in income from the annual Sports Show. The clubs management team (Bill Keck and Jerry Brown) and President Jim Schuh have been in talks with the Youth Hunting Group, led by Jim Scull about taking over the show. The show would be held in March and would be given a new name. The Youth Hunting Group would take the lead on management of the show and the Shrine and our club would provide manpower for ticket sales and security. The new Show partnership would consist of the Youth Hunting Group, Cosmopolitans and the Naja Shrine. Under such agreement out profit would be less than it has in recent years predicated on the split and show receipts. Negotiations are ongoing.
     New member Pauline Sumption was presented her new member packet and the Cosmopolitan Pledge was administered. Jim Preston was presented a pin for bringing Pauline into the club.

PROGRAM – 5/17/10
Tony Harrison, RCPD spoke to the membership about Identity Theft. Identity theft is one of the fastest growing issues that law enforcement has to deal with. An important device to have to prevent identity theft is the shredder, because a lot of personal information can be obtained from our trash. There are three "Ds" to prevent identity theft:

Deter, Detect and Defend (Handout in the 5/17/10 Rays) There are many ways our personal information can be stolen, so we must be aware at all times and proactive to prevent identity theft.

                                                     
PROGRAM 5/10/10
Jeff Stulken entertained the membership on his steel drum or pan. Jeff is a drummer in a group at his church. Steel drums range from the single drum to a set of five drums, each representing a musical vocal range. Jeff plays the single drum and a tenor set (two drums). Steel drums are handmade made from 55 gallon drums used to store oil. This attached link will take you to a very good article on steel drums: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steelpan. Thank you Jeff for the very enjoyable music. 



PROGRAM   4/12/10
          Chad Tussing with Game, Fish and Parks spoke to those at today’s meeting about the Outdoor Campus being built in Rapid City on property located on Sturgis Road past West Chicago Street, on the way to Black Hawk.
         The facility will be completed in spring 2011. Game, Fish and Parks is creating an outdoor education facility and regional office in Rapid City. The purpose of the facility is to provide outdoor education experiences to youth and adults throughout western South Dakota and to serve as the headquarters for the Wildlife Division staff of the western South Dakota region.
          Visit www.outdoorcampus.org to find out more about this project.





       PROGRAM - 3/15/10 
                     Andrew Busse, Lisa Gustin, Eric Hanson, and Gary Haven, Primal Quest.
         These four individuals were the South Dakota team for the international adventure race called Primal Quest that took place in the Black Hills this past August. It consists of running, biking, kayaking, climbing, caving, and swimming long distances. At just over 600 miles this was the longest Primal Quest race held to date. The teams participating in the race do not know the course until the night before the race begins.
          It is quite expensive to participate in this race between entry fees and the cost of equipment. No home team has ever finished the race and so it was the goal of the team to finish. The team not only finished, but finished in 14th place out of the 32 teams that started. It was obviously a challenging as well as rewarding experience for the team.

                                              PROGRAM 3/8/10
                                             Denise Huneke, Diabetes School Logbook.
     Denise is the sister of member Tim Hamilton and became familiar with diabetes when a younger sister was diagnosed with the disease. Her own son’s diagnosis of diabetes, and the resulting issues while he was at school, prompted her to develop a school logbook for teachers and school nurses to utilize. Denise first introduced the Club to the logbook at the 2009 Reflections event. Watch for upcoming news about the logbook project.

                                                                       PROGRAM - 3/1/2010
                                       Heather Smith, Community Health Center of the Black Hills.
          Heather has been the interim CEO of the Health Center since September of 2009. The clinic is made up of five different locations, with the primary location on LaCrosse Street.
          They handle medical as well as dental care at the clinic. Heather says that clinic is the best kept secret in Rapid City and it is her job to tell the citizens about it.


PROGRAM  11/16/09– Monica Heller, City Transportation Plan Monica spoke to the membership about the 25 year Regional Transportation Plan which encompasses the surrounding areas which include Ellsworth AFB and portions of Meade County as well as Rapid City. 


PROGRAM 11/9/09 - Karen Olson, Water Treatment Plants, Storm Water and new City Parks. Karen has been the Ward 3, Alderman (yes that term is correct) for Rapid City for the past 5 ½ years. She spoke to the members about where our water comes from, why there is reason for concern, and what is being done to improve the water quality in Rapid City.

PROGRAM – David Carpenter, meteorologist with the National Weather Service spoke to the club about "Winters, Past, Present and Future". He talked about weather patterns, El Nino, rainfall and snowfall totals etc. in the Black Hills. Interesting fact: for the year 2009 there have been only 4 blizzards so far (however, the year isn’t over yet).





Business Meeting 7/13/09
Newest member, Sam Giardino was administered the Cosmo Oath and presented his new member packet.  Welcome to the club, Sam!
Congratulations! to Craig Lewis; not only did he win the 50/50 drawing and then he picked the Duece of Diamonds  out of 36 cards remaining to win the Duece drawing.
The new officers and Board Members were elected.  A list appears in the Club News section of this webste.



PROGRAM July 6, 2009
Sandy Schwan spoke to the Club about the Rapid City Summer Nights arts and entertainment venue on Thursday nights in downtown Rapid City held during the summer months. Summer Nights is the result of a Leadership Rapid City project in collaboration with the Rapid City Downtown Association.

PROGRAM 6/15/09

Dallas Dietrich, Meeting The Need - Dallas was recently featured in a Rapid City Journal article about the camp he and his wife have developed at Otho. Meeting The Need started with a unique vision "to provide an adventure retreat for people with disabilities in a historic mining mountain environment that is totally handicapped accessible." Our own Dave Viall, as a member of the Black Hills Homebuilders Association, has been instrumental in helping with building a bathhouse.

PROGRAM: 5/18/09
Fellow Cosmo, Craig Lewis, spoke to the members present about Habitat for Humanity and the RESTORE where he is the manager. Habitat for Humanity has built or is building houses in Rapid City, Sturgis and Spearfish. They will soon be breaking ground on the 60^th Habitat home which will be built in Spearfish. Over 300,000 homes have been built worldwide.