November 28, 2017
Greetings Monadnock Rotarians!
It was nice to get back together after the Thanksgiving break. Bob Vecchiotti offered Opening Words. In lieu of a Hat Story, Bill read a brief passage regarding a Mt. Monadnock hike taken by Henry Thoreau.
Announcements included:
- Jerry and Dale spoke about the district expo in Nashua
- John Goodhue asked us to consider a Rotary Foundation donation of $100 before the end of year
- There was a nice article about Tom Warren in the Ledger (see attached)
- RYLA will be held on March 24 at Dublin School – Volunteers are needed
- Vance offered information on the artist program with DCS
Jim Guy introduced our speaker, Sarah Bauhan. Sarah grew up in Peterborough and Dublin. She now manages Bauhan Publishing, started by Bill Bauhan in the late 1950s. Ms. Bauhan is also a professional musician and recently released a new album entitled Elmwood Station. Patronage for artists has changed dramatically from individual wealthy benefactors to corporations and government subsidies. Sarah offered an overview of how the publishing business has evolved in response to technology innovation, mergers by publishing companies and Amazon.com. She also explained how musicians have changed their business models in response to similar conditions. For more information about Sarah, her website is: http://www.bauhanpublishing.com/
For December 5, Bob Meissner has Opening Words and Kevin has “The Hat.” Rob Harris will introduce our speaker, Margaret Gurney. She will give a presentation about managing a small town newsletter.
Our annual holiday dinner is scheduled for December 19 and will be held at the Dublin Community Center. Guests, friends, former club members are welcome to join us for this event. The format will be different this year. Dinner will not be served but there will be plenty of hearty appetizers (BYOB). Festivities will begin at 5:30 with our meeting commencing at 6:00. The Wellness Committee will present their monetary awards to local non-profits and folks are welcome to linger afterwards. Please RSVP to wbg1953@gmail.com. Deadline for reservations is our December 5th meeting.
The Executive Committee held a brief meeting. Agenda items included:
- A review of our budget YTD
- The Committee decided to move ahead with another birdhouse project at DCS
- We discussed brush clearing at the Rotary Park and helping to cover costs of curriculum planning for the Park
- Planning for holiday party
Bill