We will meet only by Zoom on Thursdays at noon until case number decrease to a point where we can safely meeting in the Dwinell Room.
January 27, 2022 at Noon on Zoom – Janet Carroll and Tori Nevel: Dartmouth Graduate and Human Trafficking Director for NH
Janet Carroll, RN, is the clinical coordinator for Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s sexual assault nurse examiner program (SANE). Made up of a group of specially trained nurses, the mission of SANE is to deliver compassionate, comprehensive, ethical, culturally sensitive, expert medical forensic care and treatment to patients who have experienced violence such as sexual assault, intimate partner violence and elder or vulnerable adult abuse. In addition, SANE provides specialized care to victims of several other kinds of traumatic violence such as human trafficking, strangulation, gunshot wounds or stab wounds
February 3, 2022 at Noon on Zoom – President’s Meeting
February 10, 2021, Noon on Zoom – Speech Contest at on Zoom
February 17, 2021, Noon on Zoom – President’s Meeting
February 24, 2021, Noon on Zoom – Michael Redman, Executive Director of The Upper Valley Haven (Celebrating The Haven’s 40th Anniversary)
Michael Redmond joined the Upper Valley Haven in October, 2018. Michael comes to the Haven after nearly 20 years at the Crotched Mountain Foundation in Greenfield, New Hampshire where he served as Vice President for Advancement, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operating Officer, among other roles. Prior to his time at the Crotched Mountain Foundation, Michael held leadership positions at nonprofit organizations in New York. Michael’s career has been grounded in care-based organizations serving diverse communities, individuals, and families in need
March 10 or 24, 2022, Noon on Zoom, Susan LaMontagne will speak about her Adventures in the Arts and on Broadway.
Susan Lamontagnestarted dancing at the age of 3 like so many. Her training includes, Classical Ballet, Jazz (Mu. Theater plus others), Modern and tap. She has trained in NY, Japan as well as many other places. Her 22 year professional performing career included Broadway, National and International Tours, including Fosse (Original B’way co), CATS, West Side Story, Starlight Express and the NY Metropolitan Opera’s The Merry Widow to name a few favorites.
April 28, 2022 , Noon on Zoom – Joe Major, Executive Director at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center
Joe Major is a 20+ year veteran of the health and wellness industry. He comes to UVAC from Sport Fit tennis club in Bowie, Maryland. A graduate of Howard University, Joe has managed ten clubs during his career. He has been responsible for such clubs as the Chevy Chase Athletic Club, the Downtown Athletic Club in Miami and West End Executive Club in Washington, D.C. Joe also served as the district manager for the Western New York region of World Gym. Joe, a native of Buffalo, loves golf and was an all conference tennis player while at Howard University
Upcoming Board and Committee Meetings:
Golf Planning Meeting — Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 4 PM via Zoom [Let Ed Friedman know if you can help plan this event]
Administration Committee — February 1, 2022 at Noon via Zoom
Brew Fest Meeting — Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at noon at Tim Guaraldi's Office [Let Hank Clarke know if you can help plan this event]
Board of Directors Meeting — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 5 PM (NEW TIME AND DAY)
Moorings
Talk of Covid-19 and the variants continue to be part of our pre-meeting conversations. Joy Gobin shared that she had Covid-19 and continues to have a lingering headache that has lasted 20+ days. Students and staff at Lebanon High School continue to be out in large numbers with Covid-19. Jimmy Brock indicated that cases in Bermuda continue to rise too.
On the lighter side John Yacavone was asked if he was drinking bourbon when in reality it was glass of cranberry juice. Jimmy Brock said that household chores were keeping him off the golf course today. He was looking spiffy in his British Open polo shirt. Hank Clarke has planned a river cruise in Europe that will include several days in Paris. He won't be at our meeting next week as he and Carol will once again try to go to the Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience in Boston.
Meeting review:
Our meeting was called to order by Hank Clarke at 12:02 PM. Marilyn Bedell rang the bell with gusto this week.
JoAnn Lemieux was called on to recite the 4-Way Test, which she did with no difficulty. Though she did confess that she has 4-Way Test plaque on her desk, so it was easy to read/remember.
President Hank then lead us through Club Business:
Road Signs
As John Yacavone has mentioned at previous meeting, we are ready to replace our Rotary road signs this spring. We will be installing 8 new signs. There is currently $1,000 in the 2021/2022 club operating budget to do this. The cost of the signs will be $1,138.40. Bill Secord made a motion to approve the expenditure of an additional $138.40 to cover the cost of the signs. John Yacovone seconded the motion. The motions was passed in the affirmative by the members present at our meeting today. Marilyn Bedell will now work with Russell Hampton to have the signs produced and shipped to John Yacavone's home. We will have a work day at John's home in the spring to attach the signs to the poles.
Poker Room
John Yacavone let us know that the "paperwork" for hosting Lebanon Poker Room has gone to the state. We will host the room for 10 days, April 14 to April 18 and April 19 to April 22. The rules have changed so we will not need to have someone available to go to the room to sign us in. We will receive 35% of the take each evening. The check should arrive to our club within 7 days of April 22.
Charities Update
Charities voted yesterday to approve an allocation of $7,700 to fund replacement of 7 of Riverside Park's 14 picnic tables.
Because this expenditure is not in Charities 2021-22 budget and because it exceeds $1,000, the Club must vote on the appropriation.
Bruce Pacht informed the Club of Charities' action and announced that a Club member vote be taken at the February 3 meeting to approve this expenditure. There is no requirement in Charities' bylaws for a specific amount of warning time before Club votes on Charities' proposals. Please reach out to Bruce if you have questions about this proposal.
He shared that we are awaiting a bid to see how much it will cost to paint the pavilion and to improve handicapped access. It is hoped that we will have the funds to replace the remaining picnic tables in 2022/2023 Rotary year.
Next weeks program on Human Trafficking
Jane Mason let us know that our speakers will begin their program at 12:10 PM and they have content that will fill 50 minutes. At the end of the program, the speakers will be available to answer questions.
Rotary Meeting Zoom Link
Marilyn Bedell announced that she has created a standing Zoom link for our meetings now that we are meeting at noon every Thursday. Consider saving this weeks agenda in a file so you will have the link if you lose the link prior to the start of other meetings. She will continue to put the link in the newsletter each week.
Sharing meeting links for Zoom via Outlook and Google Calendar
Ed Friedman requested that our meeting links be sent out with links to Outlook and Google Calendars. Marilyn Bedell with explore how this can be done. If anyone can advise Marilyn, please let her know that you can educate her about this.
Upcoming meeting:
Golf Planning Meeting — Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 4 PM via Zoom [Let Ed Friedman know if you can help plan this event]
Administration Committee — February 1, 2022 at Noon via Zoom
Brew Fest Meeting — Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at noon at Tim Guaraldi's Office [Let Hank Clarke know if you can help plan this event]
Board of Directors Meeting — Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 5 PM (NEW TIME AND DAY)
Happy thoughts and Concerns
Oops, forgot to take minutes about our Happy thoughts and concerns. I don't think there were many this week.
Car Wash Winner — Rich Wallace
Members at the meeting:
Marilyn Bedell
Ron Bedell
Bruce Bergeron
Dean Cashman
Hank Clarke
Dave Crandall
Jim Damren
Ed Friedman
Joy Gobin
Tim Guaraldi
Ahmad Haiardi
Will Koppenheffer
Joann Lemieux
Jane Mason
Ernst Oidtmann
Bruce Pacht
Phil Rentz
Bill Secord
Marion Steiner
Janet Vaughan
Rich Wallace
Jean Wulpren
Caleb Wolfe
John Yacavone
Jimmy Brock - Rotary Club of Hamilton, Bermuda
Meeting adjourned just close to 1 PM.
Upcoming Service Projects and Fund Raisers
Hold the following dates for 2022
Speech Contest February 10, 2022
Our annual Speech Contest will be held at our February 10th meeting. The speech contest will be done over Zoom.
Senior Center Meal Distribution February 16, 2022, 11:15 AM to 12:30 PM
Meal Distribution on February 16, 2022 from 11:15 to 12:30 PM.
Please use this Doodle link if you are able to attend.
This year, Rotary confronted the turbulence all around us — a global pandemic, natural disasters, food insecurity — and used it as an opportunity to take care of one another, to personally adapt to and embrace these changing times, and to bring about lasting change for the people we serve. The challenges we all face are ongoing and the need to adapt will continue. But we can be proud of the fact that Rotary has not shrunk from this moment. We have embraced our role as people of action in difficult times.
As you will read in the pages ahead Click Here, we’ve achieved remarkable successes in the past year. From celebrating the declaration of the WHO’s African region as wild polio-free and introducing Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia as the first Programs of Scale grant recipient to adding the environment as a new area of focus and re-envisioning the Rotary Peace Centers certificate program while also welcoming students to the first Rotary Peace Center in Africa — Rotary acted boldly. We set a fundraising record for The Rotary Foundation, raising more than $440.9 million in 2020-21. But even more important than the headlines we earned is that we reached out to each other and showed the kind of care that defines us as a network of global friendship.
In the coming years, we have the opportunity to increase our impact, expand our reach, enhance participant engagement, and increase our ability to adapt — as long as we continue to build on our Action Plan progress. The world today needs help bringing this pandemic to a close, reconnecting with each other in meaningful ways, and rebuilding the kind of trust necessary to restore global stability and establish a foundation of peace. This is our time. Together, let us make the most of it.
Holger Knaack
2020-21 President
Rotary International
K.R. Ravindran
2020-21 Trustee Chair
The Rotary Foundation
Rotary International Convention in Houston Texas 2022
RI Convention June 4-8, 2022 in Houston TX
Ron again announce that the Rotary International Convention will be in Houston. Read more by clicking here Registration fee until 15 December will be $475.
We are now meeting every Thursday.
The First and Third Thursday at 12 Noon via Zoom
&
The Second and Forth Thursday at Noon in the Dwinell Room at Harvest Hill or at the Woodlands on the Campus of Alice Peck Day Hospital.
For in person meetings we ask that you only come if you have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19
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