President Bill Message for 4/18/2016

Posted by Bill Kany 
on Apr 18, 2016
 
President's Message
 
Rotary Tack - April 20, 2016
 
 
            If you go to the Run of the Mill this week you will be in the wrong place!  We are meeting at the Alfond Center (the hockey rink) at the University of New England on the 20th.  Don’t take a left into the campus, but go beyond the main entrance on the Pool Road and take a right.  I am sure that there will be signs.  The President of UNE, Danielle Ripich will be our speaker.  It should be a great meeting.  Thanks to Mark Nahorney for coordinating it.
 
            Unless you had your tear ducts surgically removed I am guessing you might have been fighting back a tear or two last Wednesday.  As usual the local eighth graders wrote some excellent essays on “What Family Means to Me”.  More than one of them was very forthcoming with her (all the winners were girls) struggles and tragedies.  From a story about a single Mom living with her deadbeat boyfriend to a girl who lost her young brother in a zip line accident (she could not read her own essay and even her teacher struggled through it) the essays were often revealing, clearly from the heart and all were well written.  Congrats and thanks to Elaine Palmitessa and Sarah Neault for hosting a great event.
 
            I would love to get feedback about Duffy’s from members who attended the meeting on the 13th.  How did you find the commute to the meeting location, longer, about the same, too long, acceptable?  How did you like to room, keeping in mind that for the most part if we relocated there we would not be meeting in that room.  How did you like the food, quality, portion sizes, etc.?  How was the service?  Any feedback, good or bad, would really be appreciated.  I certainly have my own opinions about how things went, but I will reserve my comments at this time. 
 
Hope to see you all at UNE in the 20th.  Otherwise, have a great week. 
 
Thanks Bill