NEXT MEETING
7:15 am, Wednesday, May 22, 2019
at
Rosie's Restaurant
Rachel Lee Cummings
Executive Director
Counseling Service of Addison County
Minutes of the Meeting of May 15, 2019
PRESIDING:
Judson Hescock
GUESTS:
Brandy Companion
Shawn Oxford
Doug DeWitt
Albert Perry
Giulia Lins
LIFE EVENTS
Eric and Nancy have birthdays this week.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Auction--Fifteen Rotarians won items. We grossed just under $10,000, about what we did last year, according to Geoff.
Cemetery Clean-up--David thanked the 28 Rotarians who helped, as well as Buzz and his crew from the town. There were also some members of the Old Vermont Cemetery Association who helped.
Golf Tournament--Kevin is still looking for some volunteers. They have 27 teams and 36 tee sponsors. According to Neil they are doing better on revenue this year and also holding down costs.
Board Meeting--All members are welcome to attend each month's board meeting. The next one will be at 5:15 on Tuesday, May 21 at the Town Offices.
Flags--Teams are being finalized for our five days for putting out flags. The dates are May 25-27, June 14, July 3-7, August 31-September 2, and November 11.
Cabot Centennial Committee--Employees of Cabot will be helping with the Rotary float this year. We need staffing for two tents.
Gala Dinner--Chris Waddell, motivational speaker, will be our keynoter that night, which is June 14. Scott has tickets for the event--$38 for members, $48 for guests.
Exchange Student Host Family--Buzz is still looking for host families for our in-bound exchange student, a 17 year old female from Columbia. He has been advertising it on Front Porch Forum and had an article in the Addison Independent. Ideally he will identify some additional families for future years.
CLUB FLAG EXCHANGE
Giulia Lins spoke briefly about her year here as an exchange student from Brazil and presented Juddy with a flag from her sponsoring club. Juddy gave her a flag from our club to take back to Brazil.
INDUCTION CEREMONY
T Tall presided over the induction ceremony of three new members--Brandy Companion (sponsored by John Zahn) and Doug DeWitt and Shawn Oxford (both sponsored by Logan Price).
HAPPY DOLLARS
Jack--Thanks to all who supported the Ham Dinner for the Fire Department. They served 525 people.
Scott--just back from New Orleans. Welcome to new members.
Buzz--Good Youth Exchange Year for Giulia.
Giulia--Thanks for her host family.
Eric--we have strong committees, for example Youth, Auction, Service Projects
SCP--Congratulations to the Conrads for a great auction, and to David for the cemetery project.
Tim--new job for Wendy, much better hours. New hive of bees.
John Z--going to Italy for his son's wedding.
Maureen--praise for Brandy and John, who hosted a Home Health event to honor workers.
PRESENTATION:
Ron Hadley introduced Albert Perry, Captain, US Navy, Retired, who then talked about the history, purpose, and operation of submarines in the US Navy. He also described the USS Vermont, a new submarine which will be commissioned in about one year.
Minutes Submitted by Spence Putnam
