Today’s Greeter: Incoming President Matt Gatzke welcomed members to Bow Rotary and offered words of wisdom on this first meeting of the summer. Attendance: - 26 Bow Rotarians at the time of the pledge
- 0 Visiting Rotarians
- 0 Guests
- 0 Guest speakers
Total of 26 Announcements: - Linda Bliss will be formally inducted into the club at the next meeting in July
- Please note that there will be no meeting next Friday – July 3rd
- There will be a brief retirement “celebration” for Sandy; tomorrow, Saturday June 27th at noon – at the Hopkinton Harold Martin School on 271 Main Street in Hopkinton. All members are invited to attend.
- Matt Gatzke announced that an upcoming district golf tournament will be held on August 21st starting at 11:30am. More details to follow.
Sergeant at Arms: Matt Dodge
No birthdays to announce this week.
Happy Bucks: - Rick Minard welcomed Dave Scanlan to the coveted rank of “Past President”.
- Joya Dennehy gave a happy $20 as a result of recently finding a pearl in a steamer (you may have seen her story on local news broadcasts).
- Chris Parkinson thanked Dave Scanlan for his leadership over the past year and was happy to be on the recovery side of knee replacement surgery.
- Dave Scanlan was happy to be handing over the gavel to incoming President Matt Gatzke and was happy to have celebrated his recent 40th wedding anniversary.
- Matt Gatzke was happy that his youngest daughter has a birthday coming up – that he would be starting a new job at a new location in July – and for the opportunity to serve as the club’s incoming president.
- Dick Swett was happy that a two week stay in Maine was soon to begin.
- Matt Dodge was happy to have served as the club’s Sergeant At Arms and was happy for the new Sergeant – Joya Dennehy
- Harry Judd gave a happy $5 in recognition of Dick Swett’s recent involvement in a Scout project.
Program:
Changing of the gavel As this was the last club meeting of the Rotary year, the gavel was officially transferred from outgoing President Dave Scanlan to incoming President Matt Gatzke. Dave offered words of thanks to the Board members for their service and dedication to the club over the past year. A special thanks went out to Linda Lorden, who will be departing from the Board. Dave then issued the oath of office to incoming President Matt Gatzke, and club members got to watch Dave open some parting gifts to commemorate his service as president. Matt Gatzke then presented some visionary statements for the club and officially closed his first meeting with a toast to the world over. Congratulations Matt! Respectfully Submitted, Robert Louf |
