Meeting Date: November 4th, 2022
Presiding: President Michelle Fortin
Greeter: Donna Deos
President Michelle opened the meeting at 07:30 and greeter Donna shared some inspiration.
Sage K. and Rachael P. from Interact were guests.
Attendance:
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25
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Live
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9
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Zoom
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0
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Visiting Rotarians
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2
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Guests
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0
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Guest Speakers
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36
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Total
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Announcements:
Various people update the club on various activities (Christmas trees, pavilion, etc.) Sage and Rachel had the most new information about Interact activities.
Sergeant at Arms: Bryant Stevener
Birthdays:
Fines: Dean Cascadden was fined heavily for forgetting that he was supposed to do the bulletin, so he hastily grabbed a pen and paper from Bill Ames and tried to make amends.
Happy Bucks:
Matt Dodge reported on the 24 hours of LeMons and his almost finishing the race before losing a bumper and wheel.
Judy Goodnow and Linda Bliss gave mutual admiration for Trunk or Treat and showed the alien monster that the kids had to reach into the mouth for candy.
Dean Cascadden had the two Interact students talk about some of their activities and their senior projects. They are two amazing young women.
Karen Wadsworth had Dave Scanlan give an overview of the constitutional questions on the ballot.
New Member Michael Ard gave his first Happy Buck for getting tickets to go to an Elton John concert in California.
Matt Gatzke was happy to see Trombone Shorty get Concord on its feet with some New Orleans style music.
Rob Werner is going to Egypt for the Climate Summit… it's a dangerous place outside the city. Chris Parkinson says he goes to a lot of dangerous places.
Aron Labrie introduced Jake (the dog) from State Farm and Dave Gazaway whined about advertising until it was established that Allied Insurance also has a dog.
Tamar Roberts had great news from her doctor and now has an air-cast.
Program:
Matt Dodge shared his screen and walked the club through the auction site and looked at participation numbers. Bidding ends at 6:00 pm Saturday and we need to attract more traffic to the site. Please share on your social media and bid often and high.
Donna Deos talked about the upcoming district conference and her campaign to be a future District Governor.
President Michelle closed the meeting with a toast to Rotary the world over.
Respectfully Submitted,
Dean Cascadden