January 15, 2014 - Meeting Minutes

Guests:
Outbound exchange student Bailey Cole; students Alexandra Crist, Rachel Bassett, Jacob Allen, and Alec Ludolph; Szabi; Joe and Carol Juhasz (guests of Szabi); Jim Murray.

Missing in Action:
Gene Bassage, Brian Brooks, Wayne Brophy, Jim Bush, Mark Clement, Marie Cramer, Gary Haigh, Debbie LeMoyne, Arnie Pechler, Dave Pray, Eric VanZeilen, Andy Wahl, Roger Wilbur.

Please keep the following in your thoughts and prayer:
Eric’s sister-in-law’s father passed away.

Singing:
We all joined Kim in singing “This Land Is Your Land.”

Fines, Happy Bucks, Confessions:
• Vicky and Bob were 6 hours late for a meeting; they hit a deer with the car and the truck needed work too, so they had no vehicle for a while.
• Dave Stachnik confessed that he: had a 60 birthday the day before the Christmas party, missed the meeting last week, and lost track of his ABC’s of Rotary book at the Christmas Party.
• Eric had a happy buck because all his kids are away at school; he and Edie are empty-nesters.
• Cindy’s Grandma Jones, 101 years old, fell but is doing well.
• Bob Ike is happy to be chaperone for the Select Choir’s trip to perform at Carnegie Hall.
• Mark confessed to grabbing a second dessert.
• Dick has missed a few meetings but was happy to be back today.
• Bill (and Pam) went to the District Vocal Contest on Sunday.  They and everyone there had a good time, and he wanted to thank Bob Ike for his efforts in recruiting contestants from our school.
• Anne had a happy buck for attending Youth Exchange orientation at the High School.
• Peter is having much fun coaching both of his kids in basketball.

Notes and Updates for the Club:
- Secretary Joan would like to remind the club that if you have make-ups, please e-mail her to let her know.  The first half of the Rotary year is over, and reporting to RI is due.
- The annual Wayne County Rotary Spelling Bee to benefit Literacy Volunteers is February 1.  Once again this year, Pat VerPlank is generously sponsoring our club’s team.  The Interact club was unable to field a team this year.
- Once again this year members of our club will be passing out Valentines to resident at the Wayne County Nursing Home.  If you would like to be one of those members, Bob Yost would love to hear from you.  Valentine’s Day is Friday, February 14.
- The following are proposed Club Officers for the Rotary Year 2014-2015:  President – Bob Yost, President-Elect – Mark Clement, Vice-President – Tom Breen, Secretary – Joan Shaffer, Treasurer – Margaret Brooks, Sergeant-At-Arms – Gary Hopkins.  Club members will be asked to vote whether to approve this slate at the Club Assembly on January 29.
- There will also be openings for three members of the board of directors, who would serve in that capacity for two years.  If you are interested in being a board member or would like to recommend someone, please contact Bob Yost.

Our 50/50 winner this week was Vicky Daly, who donated her winnings to Polio Plus.




Our speaker today was Szabolcs Zsudel (aka Szabi), our very own exchange student from Hungary.  He presented a slideshow and some interesting and fun facts about his home country.  He also invited Joe Juhasz, who lived in Hungary until the  40’s, to share his experience of that time.