MFN Meeting Agenda September 13, 2025

[Janice Welsch]

Hello, Everyone. It's hard to believe, but we're at the beginning of a new academic--and MFN--year. As described in the agenda (pasted below and attached), we'll be starting with a forum rather than our usual meeting presentation and hope you will participate. 

MFN Meeting Agenda

September 13, 2025, 10:00 -11:30 a.m.

Community Room, Macomb City Hall

 

Chair: Sally Egler

 

Program/A Forum: Macomb Moving Forward  A Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article this spring implied Macomb was a "dying community" because of the dramatic decline in WIU enrollment. While the article has prompted many reactions already, please participate in this forum to discuss positive ways to energize and strengthen the Macomb community. Sally Egler will moderate the meeting and Amanda Dean and one of her collaborators will begin the discussion.

 Responding to the WSJ, Amanda, a relatively newcomer to Macomb, spoke up almost immediately with her strong, enthusiastic take on Macomb and followed that with an invitation to other residents to participate in a 30-day series of “No Place Like Macomb” letters expressing their views of the city. Can we move forward from there to identify dynamic new ways to reinforce Macomb’s appeal?  MFN board members are inviting several individuals, some with established roots in Macomb, some new to our community, to participate by sharing and/or listening to ideas on this subject. All members are encouraged to contribute and to invite friends and acquaintances to do the same.

 

Treasurer & Membership Reports (Becky Parker)

 

Continuing Business

Writing Women into History 2026: Committee Members, Nomination Deadline, Reception Date

 
New Business

Election of Board Members

Current Members: Ruth Kelly, Martha Klems, Margaret Ovitt, Becky Parker, Elisa Rasmussen, Melanie Rawlins, Janice Welsch

 

Proposed Programs for 2025-2026

Sept.     13        Moving Macomb Ahead: Forum   (Sally)

Oct.       11       Mayor Inman and Kim Pierce (MAEDCO); economic initiatives in place or being explored

Nov.      08       ??Amy Crosby, Advance. & Develop. and Found./ Ann Lefter, Ctr for Perf Arts     

Jan.        24           Brunch: The Wine Sellers (Becky and Jan)

Feb.      14       Director of WIRC (Ruth)  Confirmed

Mar.     07       WWIH Awards Reception 09:30 – Noon, Wesley Community Center                   

Apr.      11       Multiple-age Recreational Options: Tanya Schmidt, YMCA, and MPD staff.

Announcements

 

Sound Off        

 

Please let me know if you have additional agenda items. Thank you.  Janice

 

[David Egler]

Jan,

Are names of other participants available yet?  Am I to make up the format or has the board decided time allocation?

We really enjoyed seeing Doris who looked very thin but still upright and totally cogent!

She was, of course, so grateful for the visit.  She did tell us about her kidney condition and plans to ignore dialysis.  She was teary as we left; I think anticipating it might be the last get-together.  She wished you would visit, said she had grown very close to you.

Sally

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