Club Business Meeting — A review of our visioning session outcomes.
Marilyn Bedell sent all active member an email yesterday with key documents that we received from our District 7850 Visioning/Strategic Planning Team. This was the starting point for a discussion with all club members on our Zoom meeting.
We felt the strongest areas:
Finances good,
Newsletter is great.
Most felt the board was communicating effectively with the club.
Happy with The Rotary Foundation, RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Assembly) and Speech Contest.
Great programs
Believing that all feel welcome.
Needing work:
Orientation, needs follow-though; initially it’s good but people get set adrift.
District training, educational opportunities and events doing well; continue to promote.
Fundraising could improve in publicity and communication
Succession planning.
Critical action steps:
Membership growth – our biggest issue. Keeping our members we do have active, and promoting leadership for the future within our club.
Promoting Rotary’s Seven Areas of Focus
We need annual goals and a firm plan to work on them.
Publicity needs most of the work.
This led to a discussion. Here is a review of what was discussed.
President Ed Friedman called the meeting to order and recited the 4-Way.
President Ed then led a business meeting which was a review of our visioning session. See notes above.
Announcements:
100th Anniversary UpdateHarmony Park has been installed. Please stop by the Mall.
May 13 – noon – Dedication Ceremony. Entire club please show up for an all-club photo in our yellow t-shirts (and caps). Bill Secord will take the photo.
Rotary sign will be installed 10:30-=11:30 am on Monday. Need people there to help with the sign. Send Marion an email if you can help. They have talked with DigSafe
Public Relations Committee PR committee meets May 16 at noon at Bar Harbor bank 200 Heater Road conference room. Moving forward: What’s the procedure for getting things to the PR committee? If you have relevant photos or blurbs, send things to Marilyn with copies to Rich Wallace, Dave Crandall and Ron Michaud.
Riverside Park Pavilion PaintingMarilyn Bedell reported that Paul Coats – signed Pavilion painting contract. We hope it will begin next 30-45 days. We have a draft of a new sign. New logo, Rotary centennial logo, “Lebanon Rotary Pavilion”, date of dedication and “Lebanon-Riverside” Club. Board to review.
Mascoma River Clean-up will be July 22, 2023. Stay tuned for details. Ernst would love to have someone volunteer to co-chair this event.
Brew FestOur next meeting will be Monday, April 24 at 1 PM at Service Credit Union.
Listen DinnerVolunteers are need for the June 13, 2023, Listen Dinner. If you can help, let Dean know. We are no longer able to sign up on the Listen web page. Dean will collect names and get them to Larry at Listen.
GOLF Friedman reportedlan are underway to have ads published in the Valley News about our Golf Tournament. Once again Bruce Bergeron asked everyone solicit golf teams and sponsors. Currently we have 9 team, and about $4,000 in sponsorships.
Poker Room John Yacavone reported that we will received $9,843 from our sponsorship of the poker room in April. This is less than last year. Next year John hopes to get dates in early May instead of April.
Happy/Sad Dollars
John Yacavone informed us that Steve Christy slipped and had a knee operation – disconnected tendon from quadriceps to his knee. Will be out for about 6 weeks, then PT. Probably no golf until August.
Ed Friedman has two gift certificates for the golf tournament waiting for him at Boloco for Golf Tournament – Hank will pick them up.
Kirk Baird reported that he had major back surgery laminectomy a month ago. He sees the doc tomorrow. Still cannot bend, or drive a truck, but he hopes soon to be able to get back into the world. He has no more pain in his legs. Sciatica was the symptom. 4 hours of surgery.
Paul Tierney bragged that his son, Ryan, is 41 yesterday, doesn’t seem possible. He has 3 children.
Bruce Bergeron talked about the new Lebanon High School track dedication. Our club donated money toward it. Lebanon had it’s first home meet in 10 years !!!
Members at the meeting: Bill Babineau, Kirk Baird, Phil Bush, Marilyn Bedell, Ron Bedell, Bruce Bergeron, Dean Cashman, Hank Clarke, David Crandall, Jim Damren, Rudy Fedrizzi, Ed Friedman, Joy Gobin, Tim Guaraldi, Ahmad Haidari, Wll Koppenheffer, Jane Mason, Ron Michaud, Angela Nelson (tax season is over!), Ernst Oidtmann, Bruce Pacht, Phil Rentz, Bill Secord,Marion Steiner, Paul Tierney, Rich Wallace, Steve Whitman, Cal Wollfe, John Yacavone and Jimmy Brock
26 members!!!!
Projects and Fundraisers
Next Listen Dinner June 13, 2022, Volunteer needed.
ONLINE SIGN UP HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
Let Dean Cashman know if you can help and he can email Larry the names of members who will help at the dinner.
Lebanon Casino Fundraiser - Spring 2023 - We raised $9,843!
Harmony Park Installation and Dedication
Save the Dates!
Installation almost done!
Dedication on May 13, 2023 at 1 PM...FREE ICE CREAM...Volunteers to serve ice cream will be needed!
Club's 100th Anniversary Dinner will be under the tent at the Quechee Inn at Marshland Farm on June 29,2023 at 5:30 PM. Meal to be served at 6:30 PM...
The vote is in...it will be a plated meal.
30th Bedell Classic Golf Tournament - See you at the golf course Friday, May 26 2023!! Time to recruit golfers and sponsors! Plan to volunteer on the day of the event, or contribute help prior to the event. Talk to Ed Friedman, Bruce Bergeron and Dean Cashman if you have questions.
Mascoma River Clean-Up — July 22, 2023
Save the Date! July 22nd for our next Mascoma River Clean up!
Ernst Oidtmann would like a member to co-chair this event with him.
We will do this in partnership with the Lebanon Conservation Commission
Brew Fest 2023
Brew Fest on to
September 2, 2023
CHEERS!!
Top Stitch Rotary Vests and Jackets — A great holiday present to give to yourself!
John Yacavone has arranged for members to order light and heavier weight jackets and vest for us to wear when doing service projects...for days when our tees shirts just aren't enough to keep us comfortable and warm.
If you click the link below, Top Stitch has created a special website for Lebanon Rotary Club members to order the following clothing items.
1. Men’s and Women’s light weight jackets
2. Men’s and Women’s fleece vests
3. Men’s and Women’s fleece jackets
All jackets and vests will have Rotary Logo and club name.
Just pick your item and follow the instructions for ordering. If you decide to pick up your item at Top Stitch located at 233 Mascoma Street Lebanon, NH 03766 there will be no charge for shipping, otherwise shipping will be charged. If you have any questions about your order please contact Cody at Top Stitch at 603-448-2931. Turn around time is 3.5 - 4 weeks. Once you place your order your order will be processed no waiting on other orders to be fulfilled.
Former aviator mentors next generation of scientists
This U.S. Rotarian has worked with young people from urban neighborhoods for two decades. Many of them now work in science, technology, and engineering jobs.
By Arnold R. Grahl
JonDarr Bradshaw, a former military aviator and contractor for the U.S. space agency, has a different kind of mission now: mentoring the next generation of scientists and engineers, especially youth from underserved neighborhoods.
Bradshaw grew up fascinated by science and technology through watching his father, an air traffic controller, and his mother, a biology teacher. Bradshaw’s father was one of the few nonwhite people in his profession, and Bradshaw found himself in the same situation early in his own career at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
JonDarr Bradshaw, community engagement coordinator at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, mentors a team of high school robotics students with an interest in humanitarian projects.
Photography by Dustin Franz
“But NASA has worked very hard to change that,” says Bradshaw, a member of the Rotary E-Club of World Peace, D5330. “They have been in the forefront in regard to integration.”
Helping NASA continue that has been a big part of Bradshaw’s work for more than two decades, as he finds young people from backgrounds that have been traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering and gotten them interested in those topics. His bosses at NASA were partly motivated by the desire to increase diversity, but also to overcome what they perceived as a shrinking pool of qualified candidates to carry on the agency’s mission.
Bradshaw also helped popularize science for the masses, appearing on U.S. television programs such as “Space Age” to talk about Mars and as the Science Guy on “Nashville Tonight.”
His career trajectory took him through roles at various science centers before he landed at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, where he’s the community engagement coordinator and leads aerospace education programming. He visits schools, libraries, and community centers throughout the area to get young people excited about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
“You start by having somebody who looks like them who is doing science and engineering and doing it in a fun way, who can engage kids while they are young,” Bradshaw says. “Because if you can engage them while they are young and ignite the flame early, that flame will burn long after I am gone.”
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