President Heiman welcomed those at the Grand Ely Lodge and via Zoom. He reviewed the following items:
We can communicate via ClubRunner with donors, but we do not have enough emails - please check your files for any that you may have.
The highway cleanup and social went well, thanks to Przybylski, Moore, Fitzgerald, Heiman, Sundell, and Soderberg.
The event committee reminds us of the free concert on the 19th at the Ely Historic State Theater at 6:00 pm. for Mental Health Awareness Day.
The Committee is also working on a Bus and Twins event on September 11, 2022 for $150 per person. Let Tom or Lindsay know if you might be interested.
Get your raffle tickets from Pat Warner.
Board meeting next month on the 13th, rather than the 6th.
Ida Rukavina - Range Association of Municipalities and Schools.
Ida presented on behalf of RAMS, as they are called, a legislatively established interest group promoting the interests of the range cities and schools. RAMS has been around (in a different form earlier) since 1939, led initially by legislator Fred Cina. They promote the interests of the cities and schools at the federal and state levels with a Board of 24, two of them school superintendents.
They advocate for local projects and funding, including various infrastructure projects and are particularly interested in Broadband expansion, since much of the region is underserved in meeting the Broadband goals of the State and Federal governments. Try their speedtest at: ramsmn.org to help get the data.
