I guess words mean things. When I said I was not going to put a lot of emphasis on meeting attendance I should have been a little more articulate in explaining my thoughts. I miss you guys. Last week we had a great meeting all 15 or so of us. Roland and Sue gave a program on their trip to Jordan; it was a great presentation. One reason to go to meetings is to talk, hang out, laugh and exchange ideas, get out of the office, get a break. I think I can easily speak for all of us when I say we are all working too damn hard, we need a break. I want our meetings to be that break.
I know that we don’t have the greatest venue for our meetings. I just hope that some of these hotels get built around town and have restaurants that would love to have our business. I hope to go back to Rotary’s roots. It has been suggested by a number of folks to rotate meeting places. I will bring it up to the board at our next meeting. Keep in mind that it takes work to arrange meeting places, etc. So if we pursue this avenue I will need help pulling it off. Any takers out there?
We have what I think is a rather important meeting this week, 10/03. I hope you can attend. First, the location is the Biddeford Center of Technology. We are going to reap the benefits of the $4000.00 we spent to send a team of kids to participate in Odyssey of the Mind by hearing about their experience. We should show these kids that we not only support them financially but really do care about them individually and collectively. We might have some future Rotarian’s; maybe their participation in this great experience could potentially change the trajectory of their life. You can just never know the impact we can have as Rotarians.
At the meeting you will also be presented with a request to support the purchase of two AED’s for McArthur Library. We need you there to hear your voice and vote.
Lucie K is going to follow up with signup sheets for “Stuff the Bus” for October 27th . She is also emailing all of you.
Did you buy or sell any Beer Fest tickets? Ken is looking for sales and volunteers for our October 20 Celebration of Suds.
The board will also be meeting that morning at Paquin & Carroll at 7:45, please feel free to join us. I hope to see a great at BRCOT.
Yours In Rotary,
Joe
