Newsletter for Meeting of November 13, 2013
November 13, 2013 Newsletter
By John Hammer
Charlotte Shelburne Rotary
Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 7:15 a.m.
Trinity Episcopal Church Community Room
Welcome
President Dave Jonah opened the meeting with the Pledge. Kris Engstrom gave the invocation.
Guests: Josh Jarvis - Member of the Woodstock Rotary Club
Upcoming:
November 14 – Board of Directors’ Meeting
November 20 – Jim Brannigan of BSA Troop 602 on their trip to Normandy
November 27 – Happy Thanksgiving, No Meeting
December 4 – Paula Routly – Publisher 7 Days Newspaper
April 25-27 – 7850 District Conference, Hilton Hotel, Burlington
District 7850 Calendar: Hot Link http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/Events/EventsCalendar.aspx?accountid=50051
Announcements
Veterans Day
President Dave asked all the veterans present to stand and he recognized them for their service.
Colchester-Milton Rotary Club Auction
The Colchester-Milton Rotary Club holds its annual auction this Saturday, November 16 at 6PM at the Hampton Inn in Colchester. There will be light refreshments and beverages available. It is a reinvented auction from what they have traditionally done in the spring when the auction was associated with the Colchester Winter Carnival. They will have 200 items on offer from $25-$50 all the way up to vacation deals and a grand prize of a Jet Blue flight for two anywhere in the Continental US. They need to build an audience because of the new format and so are asking all Rotary Clubs for support.
Shelburne Players
Shelburne Players’ production of Neil Simon’s Chapter Two is halfway through its run. There are still tickets for this coming Thursday through Saturday. It will be performed in the Shelburne Town Office Gym. Tickets are $12 and $15.
Shelburne Business and Professionals Association (SBPA) Mixer
The SBPA holds mixer in the Shelburne Green Complex at 5:30 tonight. All are invited.
Rotary Foundation
Pat Sokolowski spoke about the importance of the program Every Rotarian Every Year (EREY). This is a program that encourages each Rotarian to donate at least $100 a year to the Rotary Foundation. The funds are kept for three years, after which 50% is spent on foundation and international programs. The other 50% is returned to the district from which it was raised for use by its clubs. The interest during the two years that the money is retained goes toward running the Rotary Foundation during that period.
Pat put 60¢ on each table as a prop to portray the fact that it costs 60¢ to immunize a child for a lifetime. She encouraged us all to donate $60 per year to immunize 100 children. She pointed out that we often carry around 60¢ in our pockets and think nothing of it.
She will be re-instituting the matching fund program again this year with a deadline of Christmas. The two programs will be $60 for Polio Plus that will be matched by the club, which will further be double matched by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Foundation matching fund will be for $50 and the club will make it $100 towards your Paul Harris Fellowship. Everyone who participates will put their name into a hat from which one will be drawn and Pat will knit a cap/hat of any color or style. The funds going to the Polio Plus will not be counted for the EREY program.
It was noted by several people that India will come off the epidemic list after its three polio-free years are up next year. That leaves Afghanistan and Pakistan. There are several other countries reporting outbreaks, but they are not considered areas of epidemic risk yet. Syria has had a quadrupling of cases and the UN has stepped in to help immunize children there.
Spad’s Humor - A woman was crying on a pier in New York. She had just tried to commit suicide when she was stopped by a young man. He asked what was wrong and she replied that life sucked and recited a long tale of woes. The young man asked her what would make her happy. Among the items listed was a trip to Italy to which he replied that he was a sailor and would be sailing tomorrow. He said he would be happy to help her stowaway. So the next day they met and the sailor took her aboard where he stowed her away in a lifeboat under a cover. Every day he came and brought her food and water. She stayed hidden for quite some time and as the days wore on the sailor and she became very friendly. As the result they began to have daily and then twice daily sex. One day, several weeks into this story, the captain was making his rounds of the ship and just happened upon the lifeboat. Upon throwing back the cover he was confronted by the woman. She told him her story and threw in the fact that “By the way the sailor has been screwing me,” to which the captain replied, “Yes ma’am, you’re on the Staten Island ferry.”
Sergeant at Arms – Richard Fox fined anyone who had to scrape their windshields this morning. Nearly everyone had to pay.
John Hammer - For the snow on the ground.
Kris Engstrom – For Brita’s birthday last week.
Steve Dates – For a very educational time at the Rotary Leadership Institute last weekend.
Elaine Dates – Thankful for three things – the fact that it is so much fun to attend other Rotary Clubs, the great opportunities you get to learn at the Rotary Leadership Institute and lastly the knowledge she has learned at Rotary for proper table place settings.
Howard Seaver – Glad he was able to get change for his two fines.
Linda Gilbert – For the people who are suffering in the Philippines.
Roz Graham – Really enjoyed the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce dinner last night and she was really amazed at the high quality of the event. On top of that, she really enjoyed herself.
Travis Crandall – For the snow and glad to be back from Equatorial Africa (Kenya and Tanzania) where it was 90°. He witnessed a number of wild animals meeting their end at the hands paws of lions. Hmmm.
Mal Parker - Good to be back to see everybody.
George Schiavonne- Snow on the mountaintops.
Dave Rice – A great weekend in Ottawa.
Dennis Webster – The least expensive condo in Shelburne will go on the market soon so he will have his evenings back for himself instead of cleaning.
Ric Flood – Happy to have Josh visiting and a dollar for having hosted Megan’s 30th birthday party in Boston. It was great to have the whole family together, not at a funeral.
Josh Jarvis – Didn’t have to use the scraper. He used the Massachusetts method of using the windshield washer fluid to melt the ice. He is an advisor to the Interact Club down in Woodstock and will be making a trip to Nicaragua next Tuesday to set up a trip for the Interacters. They go on their first international trip in April.
Bob Sanders – Vanderbilt beat Florida in Gainesville last weekend.
Dave Jonah – Just back from a trip of several thousand miles out and back to Indianapolis to see son, Will, at college.
Dave Jonah’s number was called and he drew the Five of Diamonds. Roll over the pot of $246.
Club Assembly
Today was Club Assembly with no program.