e-Tack 8/3/2016

There were Rotarians and some guests.  Customary traditions were followed to start the meeting.  Thank you’s to our club, thank you’s from our club.  Information on upcoming events.  Someone won money.  Many donated money. Food was eaten.  A great story of two guys with a crazy idea and success.

 

 

President Lucie led us in the Pledge of Allegiance, 4-way test was led by Mark Nahorney and our invocation was performed by Joe Bassett.

Vice President Bernice introduced guests:

                Bronwynn Barnett (new Director at CBC) was a guest of Andy Grief

                Mike Berman and Rick LaRue, both from UNE were guests of Don Pilon.

 

President Lucie passed around some thank you notes we received from:

Dennis Robillard for assisting him and his club with the handicapped ramp at the Ballpark in OOB.

Carson Newman for the scholarship our club awarded him.

Rachel for a charitable request we fulfilled.

 

Thank you to Biddeford Savings Bank for their donation to the Red Ribbon Committee.

 

Thank you to all of the Rotarians who delivered the Lobster Bake this weekend.

 

Jim Godbout’s fundraising beach party at Kinney Shores raised $2,600 – Thanks to Jim for hosting and Conrad Welzel for spending his whole weekend wandering around and judging everything on the beach from sand castles to open beer bottles.

 

Fellowship event at Lucie and Doug Kay’s house at Hills Beach (should be an easy commute for Brian Dallaire) on Saturday August 20^th.  For more info look to the left side of the Tack.  Sign-up sheet went around for food. 

 

Celebration of Suds beer festival will be held on Saturday September 10^th in the Community Room at Pepperell Mill Campus (next to Portland Pie and Banded Horn Brewery) from 1 to 4 pm.  Music will be provided by Pete Finkle.  Volunteer signup sheet will be passed around starting next week.  Tickets are ready and each Rotarian should take some to sell.  People can also purchase tickets on the website EventBrite.com – just search Biddeford Events and you’ll see our event right there.  Tickets are $25. 

 

Alzheimer’s Walk will be held on Saturday September 17.  Our goal is to raise $2,500.  We are currently at $545.  Please donate if you can.  More walkers are welcomed.

 

50/50 was won by Susan Gajewski

 

                Happy Dollars:

                Ken F. for inviting himself to Sue and Chuck’s camp.

                Don P. for having two guests from UNE join him at the meeting today.

                Fausto for Reuben finishing his program and coming back to work.

                Karen C. for a great girl’s weekend.

                Matt S. for getting back to Rotary and for his son’s successful tonsil surgery.

               

                Fines:

                Everyone at the lobster bake that didn’t have their badge.

                Lucie for not having her tiara out, for wanting to institute a new hazing ritual for new members.

                Jim A for reading a book at the lobster bake.

                Bill K. for old times’ sake.

                Keith J. for setting too high a bar for SAA’s.

                Karen C. for a spelling error in an email.

                Lucie K. for caring a little too much about her beverage at the lobster bake.

                Mark N. for something, but I didn’t catch it – no matter justice is had.

                Keith J. for attendance less than 50%.

                Don P. for having his Rotarian magazine delivered to the clubs P.O. Box.

                Susan G – paid her tithe for winning 50/50.

 

 

 

Our speakers were Marc Feldman and Pat Roche from Think Tank – a co-working office environment that is located in Pepperell Mill Campus.

 

Pat moved to Maine 6 years ago.  He was a building contractor that couldn’t afford and office but didn’t like the isolation of working from home and didn’t enjoy the noise or calories afforded by coffee shops.  He then created a 2,500 square foot co-work space in downtown Portland that filled up within months.  They moved and expanded to meet the demand.

 

Co-work space is generally an open concept office intended to bring entrepreneurial people together to foster community and ideas.  They do provide offices with walls to provide privacy.  Co-work space is community focused and provide all of the necessary items an office should have, such as a kitchen space, conference room, internet, printer stations, phone booths, ergonomic desks, etc.  Co-work spaces are popular because they are inexpensive and provide remote or telecommuter employees an opportunity to get away from home or coffee shop. 

 

Marc liked the co-work office idea and looked to bring one to Biddeford several years ago, however timing wasn’t right.  Last year he came back and felt the timing was perfect.  He met with Pat to discuss the concept and get ideas and they became partners on the Biddeford site of Think Tank. 

 

Think Tank finished construction last fall and they opened just before Thanksgiving 2015.  Currently, all but 3 offices are filled and they will consider expanding if demand increases.

 

Space at Think Tank can be rented in a myriad of ways from a monthly rate for a certain number of hours in the space to monthly rate for a private office.  They also offer floating memberships for approximately $125 per month.  They also offer rental of their conference room (based on availability) for approximately $25 per hour.

 

For more information email Marc Feldman – COO at info@thinktankbiddeford.com

 

Meeting adjourned at 1:25