Meeting Date: October 30, 2026
Presiding: President Tanya Frost
Greeter: Durwood Sargent
President Tanya opened the meeting at 07:30 and greeter Durwood shared some inspiration.
Attendance:
| 32 |
Live
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| 9 |
Zoom
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| 1 |
Visiting Rotarians
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| 1 |
Guests
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0
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Guest Speakers
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| 43 |
Total
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Guest Names: Deb Imse
Visiting Rotarian's: Paul Karpawich, Hopkinton Rotary Club
Announcements:
- Visitor Paul Karpawich of the Hopkinton Rotary Club described his Club’s initiative to raise funds to provide back-up power to a Ukrainian town for its water and waste water treatment systems. He invited Club members and our Club to consider assisting in the project.
- Pres. Tanya reminded members of the Cornhole tournament on 11/7 at Allan’s Restaurant.
- Carol Niegisch reminded members to turn in their Auction raffle tickets, and to participate in the Auction which goes live next week. Matt Dodge urged all members to share links to our auction web site with all of their social media contacts.
Sergeant at Arms: Barb Griffin
Birthdays: Durwood Sargent-With age comes forgetfulness. Also, had a conversation with a young woman recently about John Winant. She asked Durwood if he knew Winant!
Jon Ruggles- Had perfect attendance in Rotary for many years. Joined the Club in January 1980!
Fines: Mike Gula for being late
Tanya for photo
Happy Bucks:
- Ken Moulton for daughter’s 49th birthday.
- Linda Bliss for police assistance getting her into her locked car.
- Chase Hagaman for son’s 7th birthday, sister’s birthday and for upcoming election
- Vanessa Palange for Carol’s help with raffle tickets and for recent trip to New Mexico to assist them with emergency management.
- Tanya for recent successful BGC Discovery Hour
Program:
Peter Imse spoke to the Club about current election topics. He opened by commenting on the fact that a substantial contributor to voter mistrust of elections is lack of knowledge. He urged members to tell anyone who has concerns about elections to volunteer to serve as an election worker. Working knowledge of the election process is the best antidote to fear of the unknown. He discussed the detailed planning that precedes each election, involving all Town and School officials. He observed that the Town’s new electronic poll pads and ballot tabulators are working out very well, and will save our election officials substantial time preparing end-of-election reports. He touched on the Town’s decision to move the polling place to the schools, noting that the BMS is a far superior option to the Community Center due to more space, better lighting, better voter flow, and more parking. Finally, he commented on the security features surrounding absentee balloting in NH which provide numerous checks against possible fraudulent use.
President Tanya closed the meeting with a toast to Rotary the world over.
Respectfully Submitted,
Peter Imse
