Rotary Club of Casper WY
Meeting Summary
11/27/2017
President Richard Schwahn called the meeting to order promptly at 12:27, with the ring of the bell and welcomed everyone to today’s meeting at the Casper Events Center.
Inspiration, Pledge, 4-Way Test:
Charles Schoenwolf
Greeters:
Ryan Hauck and Sarah Szewczyk were our greeters today and Sarah introduced the members who brought guests:
- Visiting Rotarian Fred Buisch from Rapid City;
- Deb Theriault introduced their daughter Anne Theriault and her new baby boy (Deb and Gene’s first grandbaby);
- Mike McIntosh introduced Velma Corson;
- Lynn Lockhart introduced their son and daughter in-law Thomas and Jennifer Lockhart;
- Tim Havasi introduced Kendra Ziler;
- Bill Pierce introduced his family Romeo Rimmer (grandson), Gracious Rimmer (Daughter), Jacqueline Pierce (Daughter), Tierra Rimmer (Daughter), Miracle Perez (Grandson), and Gabriel Perez (son in law to be);
- Susan Griffith introduced Esperanza Roldan and Trinity Williams;
- Dr. Skaf introduced Alban De Schutter (Physician from NY);
- Jack Swanson introduced Joe Bennick;
- Susie McMurry introduced Tassma Powers (Home Ranch Office);
- Frida our exchange student was with us today also.
Song:
Gary Pehrson had us all stand and lead us in singing “God Bless America.” He encouraged us to sing Cowboy Joe in our hearts in the hopes it will help UW win again.
Family of Rotary:
Denise Prugh let us know that the Club Christmas party will be on Monday December 18th and sign-up sheets will be on the tables for the next two weeks so make sure you figure out who you are going to invite so that we can get the gifts for the children purchased for Santa to hand out.
Rotarians of the Week:
- President Richard Schwahn nominated Liz Becher for taking a package to his son in Kansas last week and also for sending him a picture of her and her daughter at a Kansas State ball game.
Student of the Month:
Eric Easton introduced our student of the month Trinity Williams, a wonderful young lady who has overcome many struggles to make herself a better person with a bright future.
Announcements:
- Eric Easton let us know that in order to be compliant with the District Policies we will be moving the position of Club Treasurer to be a Board member position. According to our bylaws we must announce this at least ten days before calling for a vote so we will be voting on the change in two weeks.
- President Schwahn announced that there are sheets on the table and they are asking everyone to fill out all of the information for the new directory, even if you think nothing has changed please give them your information again so that we can be sure that everything is up to date.
- John Starnes announced that Slumberland has donated 40 beds for needy children from CDC and they need help delivering the beds on December 14, at 5:00 p.m. so if you can help please sign up and be there that night.
- President Schwahn reminded us that there are still some matching funds for Rotary Foundation donations so please make your donations soon.
Program (Brad Murphy Spectra Management, Casper Events Center):
PE Dick Jay introduced our speaker, Brad Murphy, director of Spectra Management the company that manages the Casper Events Center. He thanked us for being their guests today and told us all about Spectra and the Events Center. Spectra Venue Management is a subsidiary of Comcast Spectacor which is owned by Comcast NBC Universal. They are the venue management arm of the company that runs venues all around the country. Being such a large corporation gives them access to a lot of important resources to run venues like our events center. We have an executive Chef at the events center that will also be over the food at the Hogadon Ski area lodge. As of last Tuesday they are now managing the Ski Lodge at Hogadon and will have great food and a great venue for weddings and other special occasions. Brad had his staff come up and introduce themselves so that we could get to know who they are and what their role is at the Events Center.
Spectra took over in October of 2016 and so far have had a great relationship with the Casper Community. They are excited to now be managing the Hogadon Ski Lodge and look forward to a lot of great memories. This Saturday will be an open house for the Lodge with their menus and some food samples to introduce the community to the Lodge. He told us a little bit about some of the shows that are scheduled coming up in the next few months, some very exciting events and shows. You can see the scheduled shows and events at caspereventscenter.com they are looking to bring in a diverse list of events so that everyone can enjoy the center. They are starting off with some fun free community events starting this next week so check out the website for more information. They have created new partnerships with companies like Sinclair, Pizza Hut, Pepsi and others. They have Sinclair ticket offices around the State for selling tickets to the events. They are looking to do seating upgrades, there is a resolution next Tuesday night that goes before the city council to upgrade the seating with some State funds. They are also looking to get metal detectors so that they do not have to hand wand everyone that comes to the events so that they can speed up the entrance to events and maintain safety. They are also looking to add more ADA areas for seating. They need to make sure that they can sell out the shows so that they can get even more and better shows to come to Casper. He is very confident that this next year with the shows they have scheduled that they will be able to eliminate the large deficit that has existed for the City with the running of the Events Center in the past.
President Richard Schwahn concluded the meeting at 1:23; letting us know that next week we are back at the Ramkota.
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