Dr. John Steinman was the acting president for President Rouse.
Several happy dollars - fines and sad dollars were given by club members.
Club Secretary Bruce gave his weekly report - no anniversaries or birthdays but he did provide the club ith "this day in history".
Tony will be fined next week, 1 and 9 for not being at the meeting on his 6th year anniversary. Karl tried to defend him as he was bringing his wife to the doctor in Burlington. Nicole D. abstained and Bob Pope offered to pay Tony's fine because he wasn't at the meeting.
Nicole mentioned that she is heading to Arizona and then will be attending PETS.
Our speaker today was David Fleming from The Ethan Allen Institute. He reviewed his power point presentation "Towns in Trouble".
He mentioned that he was filling in for Marc Joffe, the project supervisor.
Nicole mentioned that she thought this report was similar to an individual credit report/credit score. The question was asked if the results of the report could reduce government funding in the event of a disaster. Although the question wasn't directly answered David mentioned that all municipalities received the reported very few followed up with Ethan Allen Institute for additional comments/ discussions. David said that the end goal - objective outcome is for all municipalities to recognize the scope of the problems they've identified.
Dr, John Steinman - City Counselor and acting club president assured the club that The City of Barre was in a good position and that the information from the report was old data.
Friendly reminder -- our next meeting will be at Spaulding High School at 1:00 p.m. with the Interact Club followed by the Rotary Speech contest at 2:00 p.m. All Rotarians are asked to bring a donation to the meeting for the Mini Food Shelf at SHS - -see attached list of items you can bring.
Thanks - Elizabeth filling in as scribe.
Thanks - Elizabeth filling in as scribe.
