April 7, 2016 Meeting of West Bay Rotary
Club Assembly, President Lisa Sojka
Buckets on the table are for PAWS Animal Shelter, “Pets Are Worth Saving” in Camden.
Barbara Heard was given a big chunk of time as Sargent at Arms to start the meeting.
District Conference in May on 20-22nd at Sugarloaf, with Motor Booty Affair providing music for the evening, registration is $200 including meals, meetings and sessions. Rooms are available for $100 a night, and registration can be done on-line.
Sandy Cox presented on the Clubrunner “westbayrotaryofmaine.org” website with printed instructions on the table, including log-in and registration. If you need assistance with logging in, contact Sandy. He also encouraged people to complete their profile as the information is uploaded to Rotary International for the purpose of proving demographic information about clubs and their members.
He also shared information on how to create “My Rotary” account on the rotary.org website. You would use the same email address that is used on Club Runner or contact Sandy. The site shows data about the club and its Foundation giving stats and trends. Links to the instructions provided for both Club Runner and My Rotary will be posted on the club website.
West Bay Rotary Charitable Foundation’s deadline was April 1, and Community Service will be meeting to decide on their recommendations next Wednesday. The Foundation has just over $8000 currently, reported by Kim Milton, Treasurer of the West Bay Rotary Charitable Foundation.
Kristin reported as Treasurer of West Bay Rotary Club. Year on year, the club is down on income and liquidity, making EWaste and the Duck Derby even more important as fundraisers for the club this year.
If your email address changes, please let Kristin know if you want to receive your invoice via email. Prompt payment is encouraged so that the club can pay bills for rent, food and dues to RI. If you want to pay dues by credit card, it is possible, but does cost the club money through transaction fees. Dues are $122 and EREY is $25 per quarter for those participating.
Peter Berke announced that tickets will be available starting at next week’s meeting. Sponsorships are available, and if you are interested in sponsoring, let Peter know as soon as possible. We are printing 1000 more tickets than usual, with promotions on Village Soup and Pen Bay Pilot to support ticket sales.
We have 11 prizes for the event, and each member will get their tickets to sell along with the prize list. Sign-ups will be available for the day of the event to help with last-minute ticket sales and the event itself. There will be sign-ups for selling tickets at French and Brawn and at Camden National.
E Waste April 23 is being organized by Tom Albertson, and he needs help promoting the event.
For people on Facebook, be sure to “SHARE” the events like the Duck Derby and EWaste that the club has created pages for to build the audience and help the club raise money.
Next week’s speaker is Deb Hitchings about her most recent trip to Lesotho.