Lebanon Spoke_April 27th_2017

 

 

Date: 27April 2017

 

 

Opening Song: R-O-T-A-R-Y

 

Patriotic Song: O Beautiful for Spacious Skies

 

Invocation: PP Bruce

 

Song Leader: Steve Whitman                       Song: Oh Gentlemen, Listen (no one knew this one L)

 

 

None

 

Raffle: Bill Babineau got a black jack, wrong game, not a winner.

 

Sign up for Tichenor trail cleanup, Sat 6 May

City Green up day, Sat 6 May

Paul T.  put in pitch for public service projects; send him your ideas so we can put into action!

Steve W.  new date for Interact event:  Fri, 12 May, 630pm-8, Mascoma School

District training this Sat.

Soup too hot; burnt two of our members (they can’t handle their soup)

 

-Jen-daughter, Emma, accepted to U Me, Farmington, elementary ed.

-Rick Dyment.  Daughter about to have 2d child; if 2d late, new arrival will have same b-day as gramps

-Bill K.  “pilot error”  forgot to line up speaker, so he made us suffer thru by-law amendments instead.

-Linda-daughter’s production of Cinderalla at LOH while she is almost ready to deliver.  Hope things hold off.

 

Rotary Minute: Dan Affeldt rambled over a minute on stuff in the Rotary magazine:  over 1 million people vaccinated in a minute in India; club attendance not as important as results club achieves; what is your club doing to re-invent the wheel.

 

Speaker: Sue-Ellen G.  discussion of bylaws.

-club has 2 sets of bylaws:  one for club and one for charitable foundations.

-charitable foundation by laws ok for now

-officers of club automatically officers of foundation

-eliminate conflict of interest provision

-changes to election procedures (simplified)

-method of paying bills

-article for changing bylaws

 

Motion to adopt by Bill Babineau, seconded by Don McMeekin, voted affirmatively by overwhelming majority.

 

Possible new event to replace Live Auction- Brewfest, 9 Sep.  committee to meet with Claremont Kiwanis who have been holding similar event in Oct each year.  On-line auction will be kept.

 

Don McMeekin.  Discussed stewardship of various funds.  G&FO.  Time out!  PP Bruce rang the bell; discussion to continue at a date uncertain.

 

Closed with 4 way test.

 

Submitted by: Dan Nash