David has worked extensively designing staffing systems for human resources, from both consulting and corporate perspectives. David’s impressive grasp of organizations and human capital needs strengthened in the human resource departments of Fortune 500 companies: Honeywell and Pillsbury Company (acquired by General Mills), and Farm Credit Services of Saint Paul as well.
David co-founded Abeln, Magy, Underberg & Associates in 1996 as a respected partner in recruiting key talent within a large array of business: family owned, non-profit, high technology, food related, manufacturing, and multi-national corporations.
PLEASE READ! During our December 10, 2020 ZOOM meeting, members of the Rotary Club of Edina will have the opportunity to vote in the election of nine open board member positions. It's important we have a strong attendance of members present to vote, so please plan to ZOOM attend the Dec. 10 meeting for at least the first 20 minutes to participate in the election. Per our club by-laws, we need 56 members to participate in the election of next year's incoming officers.
Please join The Rotary Club of Edina’s Leadership Series in December as we welcome Terrance W. Moore to share an interactive learning experience entitled “Solving Complicated Problems – How to Unwind the Spaghetti”. Register HERE or click the button in the righthand column. This session is open to the public so please forward this to your friends, colleagues, and employees so that can benefit as well. See you there!
Due to COVID-19 concerns, the year's Holiday Party will take place virtually. The Peterson Family Trio will perform from their living room on December 17, 2020 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mark your calendar. Register early and the link will be sent to you with additional details. Register HERE. Add your favorite holiday song to the tag line or comments section. Paul is generously gifting those who register early the link to his latest digital Chirstmas album, "A Different Kind of Christmas" (a $10 value). All the holiday season classics are included like "White Christmas", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Do You Hear What I Hear" plus seven more "minor" related tunes. Paul will also be taking Holiday themed song requests. Make a list of your favorites and we'll past them along. Register for the Holiday Party today.
The Rotary Club of Edina has once again collected holiday gifts for families and youth. More than ever, this year there was a need for help and support. Rotarian Jean Morrison organized the Holiday Giving Program which donated to Cornerstone and 66 West again this year. Items wished for and delivered were:
Cornerstone: Gifts for families as they are hunkered down this winter – puzzles, adult and children’s coloring books, small toys, games. They are also in need of plastic snow mittens for kids, coats, and boots for adults and kids and women’s pajamas.
66 West: Gift cards from Target, Cub Foods, Marshalls and WalMart.
For more info on these two organizations below, click Read More.
Six members of the Rotary Club of Edina recently joined the Paul Harris Society.
The Paul Harris Society recognizes donors who notify The Rotary Foundation of their intention to contribute $1,000 or more every year to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus Fund or approved global grants. Globally, more than 20,000 people are members of the society, which was established in 2013. These dedicated donors share a desire to give substantially and empower Rotary clubs to change lives in their community and around the world.
Joining the Paul Harris Society this fall were Dr. Sita Dash, Bob Gubrud, John Mazzara, Charlie McGoldrick, Toshie Metzger and Bonnie Sue Rolstad. There are 53 other Paul Harris Society members in the Rotary Club of Edina.
Rotary International District 5950 is No. 1 in Zone 29 for number of Paul Harris Society members and the Rotary Club of Edina has more members than any other club in the district!
For more information on the Paul Harris Society or to join, visit rotary.org/paulharrissociety; call the Rotary Support Center at 1-866-9ROTARY; or contact Jennifer Bennerotte, coordinator of the Paul Harris Society for District 5950, 612-201-3467 or jbennerotte@EdinaRotary.org.
Following guidance from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to help slow the spread of COVID-19 the Rotary Club of Edina will continue to hold ZOOM meetings only on January 14 and January 21. Please register to receive the $10 ZOOM meeting credit on your quarterly invoice. Please contact Becci Michalski at rmichalski@edinarotary.org with any question or concern.
The Edina Rotary Global Scholars Program officially launched this fall at Edina High School. We are searching for internships and volunteer opportunities for students who are working on their Capstone research projects. Please read the seven students short biographies and research interests here.
If you are able to help place one of these students with a local internship or volunteer opportunity, please email lindsey.smaka@edinaschools.org. Thank you!
Rotary Thanksgiving Baskets were delivered to 85 families in need of a good meal and Thanksgiving cheer. Thank you for your support of this annual act of service and generosity. Thanks to those of you who volunteered during the event, to those of you who assembled and delivered baskets, and to those of you who contributed canned goods or contributions to help stock our supplies for the big day.
And a shout out to our partners in the Edina Morningside Rotary Club who generously support this event and participate in so many helpful ways. Thank you, EMRC!
I am so grateful to share the determination of our Clubs to not let COVID prevent us from helping others in times of need. So thanks for adapting to the changes we made in the event to help keep our people healthy, and thanks again for making this annual event a part of our Rotary life together.
Tom Cook Edina Rotary Club Thanksgiving Baskets Event Coordinator
Back to the ZOOM only platforms and the continued excellent editing talents of C-Vision Productions (Chris Laskowski) it has been decided to make better use of the taped and edited meetings that are posted to You Tube and use them as our new "In Review" format. This will eliminate the duty of "The Barker" note taker/writer and we will, for the time being, no longer publish written reviews. In-person meeting photos will resume when we can meet again. Keep in mind watching the You Tube video counts as a make-up. Let Becci know what meeting dates you watched and she will mark you as attended.
We will post the link to the last meeting video taped (see above) and photos from the meeting.
January 7, 2021, Speaker: Julie Keyes of KeyeStrategies
Thursday, January 14, 2021 there will be no lunch meeting at the Edina Country Club. Due to updated Covid-19 guidelines there will be no in-person meetings January 14 and 21, 2021. Our next in-person meeting is scheduled for January 28th. Please see our club web page and watch your email for meeting place updates.
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 or voicemail /text message at 612-234-7390.
David has worked extensively designing staffing systems for human resources, from both consulting and corporate perspectives. David’s impressive grasp of organizations and human capital needs strengthened in the human resource departments of Fortune 500 companies: Honeywell and Pillsbury Company (acquired by General Mills), and Farm Credit Services of Saint Paul as well.
Please join The Rotary Club of Edina’s Leadership Series in December as we welcome Terrance W. Moore to share an interactive learning experience entitled “Solving Complicated Problems – How to Unwind the Spaghetti”. Register
Due to COVID-19 concerns, the year's Holiday Party will take place virtually. The Peterson Family Trio will perform from their living room on December 17, 2020 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mark your calendar. Register early and the link will be sent to you with additional details. Register 
The Rotary Club of Edina has once again collected holiday gifts for families and youth. More than ever, this year there was a need for help and support. Rotarian Jean Morrison organized the Holiday Giving Program which donated to Cornerstone and 66 West again this year. Items wished for and delivered were:
Six members of the Rotary Club of Edina recently joined the Paul Harris Society.
