DG Dennis McMann
Posted by Norman Bouthilette on Sep 12, 2016
On September 12th, District Governor Dennis McMann, addressed the Rotary Club of Nashua to answer questions of interest to our club’s members. District Governor McMann joined the Hollis-Brookline Rotary Club in November 2005; served as VP in 2009-10, President in 2010-11, and Treasurer in 2011-13. He transferred to the Rotary Club of Nashua West in 2013. Dennis is an RLI graduate, Past Assistant Governor 2011-14, Past District Secretary 2013-14 and currently District Governor 2016-17 in District 7870.
Governor Dennis inducted Steven Boilard, VP of Nash Construction as the newest member of the Rotary Club of Nashua sponsored by Mark Nash. Steven received an emblem and pin.
Dennis awarded Jack Tulley with a diamond pin for contributions made to the programs of the Rotary Foundation that qualifies him as a major donor level 1. As a major donor he is among the dedicated in helping others less fortunate. In addition, Jack became a benefactor by donating to the foundation. Thanks Jack. You lead by example.
The Governor asked members of club what they want to hear about. Questions and responses as follows:
Q: How will the money be used and how many programs? Dennis responded that there are many programs. Estimated $75,000 in projects when he started, but when he took over the program there was $ 190,000. He said “What bothers me about that is that we reserved that money and no one did anything. We are trying to get a lot better.” There is a group of Rotarians offering their services to help find you projects.
Q: At the board meeting you said some nice things about the club. Can you share them with the whole membership? He said, “There are lots of clubs struggling and working hard, but we have it all together. Great contributors and the projects are incredible.”
Q: Can you tell us about the district project Clean Water? Dennis shared that they have great people who are building filters and training people on simple things like washing their hands a lot. We hire people to check on people that get the filters. They check the water to make sure it is pure. We ask the people we give filters to that they pay for them consistent with the kind of money they have. One person he spoke to said before the filter all her babies died now she has two children. Before the filters, one out of five babies died before the age of five.
Q: What is the next big campaign after the polio issue? Dennis said that they need at least 2.5 billion dollars to finish the polio project.
Q: When the country is polio free will we be able to stop the immunizations? Dennis responded that after polio victims have been polio free for 3 years they declare them polio free. Over those three years they continue the immunizations. We also test the water and the sewage because it exists in water. If you look at the cases plus all those people who don’t know they have it, we have a significant amount of work to do.