Called to order by: President Don
 
Opening Song: R-O-T-A-R-Y
 
Patriotic Song: My Country Tis Of Thee
 
Invocation: Ron Carr
 
Song Leader: Steve Usle       Song: Home On The Range
 
Visiting Rotarians:
Sue Shaw
Richard Wierwell
 
Guests:
Clarke Griffith
Denis Luttrell
Nate Malmquist
 
Raffle: No winner
 
Announcements:
President Don: Voting will be held next week on the slate of officers and By-Law change.
John Wilson will be the speaker next week, the topic will be GPS-development and current day use.
Thanks to all on the Social and Membership Committees for organizing and holding a successful Business After Hours with the support of the Lebanon Chamber.  Seems that a few participants are interested in attending a meeting.
 
 
Brags:
Bruce: Singing Valentines flyers are on each table, treat your favorite Valentine to a song or two sung by members of the North Country Chordsman.
            February 12th the same group will be singing at the Lebanon Sr. Center as a Valentine treat.  All are welcome the cost is $3.50 for those 60 and older, $8.75 for all under 60.  Bruce needs a head count by next week.
            The Board voted in January to support this luncheon by donating 20 $10 gift cards from the Village Market to be raffled off the day of the luncheon. 
 
Steve U.: Bragged for Nat and the great article that was in the Valley News about the local road conditions and status of the upkeep and support.
 
Willie: Bragged for Bruce who was recently voted the Chordsman of the Year and his great introduction into Rotary that he presented at The Business After Hours.  He also bragged that his Dad 87, Brother 62 and Wife Ellen where all celebrating birthdays.
 
Paul T.:  His wife Carol and son Adam are also celebrating birthdays.
 
Rick D.:  Tree clearing has started at the airport and the Valley News wrote a not so negative article about it.  Local TV channel 5 also covered the story.
 
Kevin: started his Pre President training.
 
 
Rotary Minute: Jon shared information from an article written about the bombing in Pakistan and Polio.  The focus was that the fight is still going strong and they have 80% few case of Polio in 2014
 
 
Speaker: Sienna Craig
“Natural Disasters and Their Unnatural Consequence.  Why Nepal Matters”
Sienna a member of the Department of Anthropology at Dartmouth has spent much time living in Nepal and studying the region.  She gave a brief overview of the country, history, geography, the Civil War that ended in 2001 and the current day Federal Secular Democracy they have now, the economic status etc.
She then focused on the April 25th earthquake followed by a 2nd quake on May 12th and the seismic events that took place through July.
Many volunteers from near and far have come to support the people of Nepal and to rebuild the newly reshaped landscape, and cities that now sit in new locations.
Unfortunately, many have the experience of doing this after the quack in 1984.
Dartmouth is holding programs about how to best support these efforts.  The first is Feb. 18th, Sienna will send the link to all the program information he will share it with the club.
 
Submitted by: Jean Flaherty-Wulpern