Meeting Date: May 9, 2025
Presiding: President Gerry Carrier
Greeter: Bob Couch
President Gerry opened the meeting at 07:30 and greeter Bob shared some inspiration.
Attendance:
| 32 |
Live |
| 3 |
Zoom |
| 0 |
Visiting Rotarians |
| 0 |
Guests |
| 2 |
Guest Speakers |
| 37 |
Total |
Guest Speakers: Ben Tomcheck & Mike Dennehy
Announcements:
- Mike Gula - Practice boards are being made for the Corn Hole event on May 29th.
- David Gazaway - Car show has 45 pre-registered cars for the May 17th event
- Carol Niegisch - Reading to the first graders today.
- Melissa Howard - we are all set for the Awards night on June 12th.
- We have a clothing displace on the back table today.
- Rotary Park marker is complete just waiting for dry weather to dig for the foundation.
- Judy Goodnow - Town maps are complete and will go to print soon. The cost to the club is around $1,200. We will have 5,000 printed and they will be free to whoever wants them.
- Bow High school has two robotics teams that are looking for donations that the board is reviewing.
Sergeant at Arms: Tanya Frost
Birthdays: None
Fines: None Noted
Happy Bucks:
- Chris Parkinson: updated us on his trip to Antigua with family.
- Peter Imse : three weeks on Sanibel, Flagstaff and Las Vegas
- David Farr : Paid a late fee and happy to be reading to the 1st graders.
- Jon Ruggles : Boys & Girls club golf tournament is Tuesday.
- Mike Gula: Late fee, his daughter is taking her CRTC test this morning, his son and college, happy about his first marathon in Wells Maine.
- Durwood Sargent: Happy about his grandsons visit to Great Wolf Lodge.
- Steve DeStefano: He and Ellen in Fort Myers for 6 days
- Ryan Anastasi: Did the taco tour in Manchester
- David Gazaway: Calib is home from UNH - house a disaster
- Judy Goodnow: Saw Jesus Christ Super star in Manchester
Program:
Rob Werner introduced our speaker Ben Tomcheck
Great presentation about the national debt
Debt is currently 36 Trillion dollars or 100% of GDP
70% is mandatory and 30% is discretionary
39% of every dollar goes to pay our debt
1950 16:1
1960 5:1
2012 3:1
2035 2:1
The number of people paying in to the number receiving benefits for Social Security
In 7-8 years at the current pace Social Security will be In solvent and at that point by law benefits go DOWN by 21%
Possible solutions:
No new Debt
Additional savings
Bipartisan solutions
Form a debt trust commission
Comprehensive budget proposals
President Gerry closed the meeting with a toast to Rotary the world over.
Respectfully Submitted,
Steve DeStefano
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