Meeting Date: August 07, 2026
Presiding: President Tanya Frost
Greeter: Chris Parkinson
President Tanya opened the meeting at 07:30 and greeter Chris shared some inspiration.
Attendance:
| 27 |
Live
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| 3 |
Zoom
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0
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Visiting Rotarians
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| 5 |
Guests
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| 1 |
Guest Speakers
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| 36 |
Total
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Guest Names: Stacey McDowell, Betty Tamposi & Chase Hagaman
Speaker: Maggie Goodlander & staff of two
Announcements:
- Christmas Tree update-Gerry Carrier – The farm we will order from has been selected. Currently making final decisions on trees to order.
- President Tanya read a thank you note from the Freese Brother’s Big Band,
and a reminder to update signs for each Concert Series.
- Report on last night’s concert series - Linda Bliss
Sergeant at Arms: David Farr for Barb Griffin
Birthdays: Not Ben's even if Dave Farr said so.
Fines: None noted
Happy Bucks:
- Tom Ives- celebrated their 44th anniversary instead of going fishing in Berlin like he planned.
- Ryan Anastasi - going to the beach this weekend
- Ken Moulton - thankful the Red Sox's are winning and not the Yankees
- Dick Sweat - hello to Maggie and her mother, Betty
- Peter Imse - old atty friend needed housing association board meeting assistance, Peter jumped in to help out, had fun and got paid.
- Chase Hagaman, young, beard-brought kids to the concert, made new friends.
- Linda Bliss-thankful for the people who showed up to help at the concert.
- Rob Werner-going up to Maine for the weekend
- Carol Neigisch-went hiking and thanks to Bob Couch for help doing the final formatting on the auction letters.
- Brad Abel - Paid in Euros, no idea how much - proud of his daughter, Anna who’s teaching at the Derryfield school. Son is in an immersive program in France. Happy to be married for 25 years.
- Tamar - sister does not like the Red Sox, went to Massachusetts to watch white sox lose all their games.
- Dave Scanlon - Happy to have Maggie and her mother, Betty, here (worked with Betty about 40 years ago). He’s recently been on a speaking tour.
- David Gazaway – made a large $60 donation for the 60 years Allied Insurance has been in business, and for his having been there for the past 45 years. They sold the agency on August 1st to Davis & Towle Insurance, but he and the staff will be there for one more year.
- Karen Wadsworth - Happy to be here with Maggie and and her mother, Betty.
- Gerry Carrier – more on their granddaughter’s adventures out west. She fell in love with a Pitbull rescue dog, great dog, until she got the dog home, then...
- Dick Sweat – One more recent grandchild (18th) as part of plan of making America Great Again.
- Tanya Frost- annual Boys and Girls Club Galla went great! Chase was present and is a great bidder. Also, is very excited to be getting new kitchen counters.
Program: Rob Werner introduced our speaker,
Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander.
Maggie discussed the values of Rotary and how they can and should apply to politics.
Need for fairness, perhaps term limits, not allowing politicians who vote on laws to use their inside information to buy stocks.
We have a high cost of living in NH, in part driven by our utility cost.
Needing more housing is a serious economic issue.
Transparency and accountability in the economy.
Carries a copy of the constitution with her, sees it as her job description.
Running for her position for the second time.
Right to vote-free and fair elections.
Responded to Rotarian's questions.
President Tanya closed the meeting with a toast to Rotary the world over.
Respectfully Submitted,
Ben Kiniry
