Ever served on a Board and considered a motion to accept a person’s resignation? Almost every such Motion is seconded with the addition of “with regret”. Many times that addition seems so cliché and insincere. Last week we accepted the resignations of three club members, Frank Dumais, Frank Gooding and Andy Greif. All three will be missed and it was with far more than regret that we accepted their departures from the club.
The Franks have purchased properties in Florida and will be heading to warmer climates when things turn cold up here. Both are past Presidents of our Club and Paul Harris recipients. Both Franks served our Club and our communities well as Rotarians, employees and as citizens. They were both very active Rotarians and their departures leave us with a big hole.
Andy is headed west to Taos, New Mexico. He is not moving to Mexico as someone suggested at last week’s meeting, though I do suspect that the witness protection program may be involved. He is actually moving to a commune (shocker) which may be clothing optional (talk about regret). Andy and his wife intend to enjoy their retirement in Taos where Andy will continue to design and wear women’s glasses and work on cutting edge hair designs.
The hole left by Andy extends well beyond our Rotary Club, though his absence will be profoundly felt by our Club as well. As a sitting director of the Club, Paul Harris recipient and a founder and Co-Chair of our Red Ribbon Committee, Andy was a very active Rotarian who could always be counted on to keep us centered. As a Community leader and youth mentor, Andy left an indelible mark on the Biddeford Saco area which I am certain will never fade.
All three of them will be missed and I regret to say that accepting their resignations with regret seems so inadequate. We certainly wish them all well.
President Lucie Kay led us in the Pledge of Allegiance followed by the 4-way test led by (new transfer) Rotarian Dr. Joe Boyle. The invocation was then led by Joe Moreshead. VP Bernice Wood introduced guest Bronwyn Barnett (soon to be the old Andy Greif as he moves on from CBC) and new-to-our-club Rotarian Dr. Joe Boyle, previously from the Ogunquit Club.
The 50/50 was won by PP Paul Deschambault who donated it to the Red Ribbon Fund.
Foundation Minute – As our Foundation Chair this year, Brian Dallaire will talk about the Rotary Foundation for one minute each week in honor of the 100th Anniversary. The Foundation was created in 1917 by the 6th President who set-up an endowment fund to do good. It began at $26.50 and is currently $2.6 million. The Rotary Foundation is listed in the top three charities in the country.
Farewell Andy – President Lucie recognized Andi for his 10 years in our club as he retires and moves to New Mexico. You will be missed Andy!
Tenure Recognition to the Following Rotarians – Lucie thanked the following people this week:
Roland Gagne – 18 years
Josh Ellis – 6 years
Mark Nahorney – 1 year
Celebration of Suds – PP Ken Farley talked about the beer fest and distributed the volunteer list. If you are one of the six people who read the TACK then you know by the time you read this it has passed. Thanks to all those who sold tickets and helped volunteer!
Alzheimer’s Walk – Sue Gajewski noted we are currently at 62% of our goal and the club is also contributing $500. We currently only have 8 walkers for the event on September 17th whereas we had 20 last year so please see Sue if you can come! It is only a two-mile walk and Sue guarantees nice weather (even two weeks in advance!).
Tony Hoffman – We hope everyone headed Jim Godbout’s advice and joined us for the community presentation on September 12th with Tony Hoffman. Thanks to everyone for RSVPing for the meals and shared the event on FB, with their friends, with strangers, etc. Our Red Ribbon Committee works hard to coordinate these educational events with the schools and the community so it is important we promote making the connections. A special thanks go to Biddeford Savings and Saco & Biddeford Savings for making it possible with their generous donations!
Happy Dollars – SAA Matt Fausto accepted happy dollars from:
Heather MacLean - her birthday and Dartmouth drop-off of her daughter.
Andy Greif – a mixed emotions dollar.
Mark Nahorney – One-year Rotary Anniversary.
Dr. Joe Boyle – Happy to be in our club and happy to celebrate 40 years in Rotary this spring!
Paul Deschambault – son is getting married in November and he thinks it might actually happen!
Jim Godbout – sad $5 on Andy’s departure and happy he has had the chance to know him
Bronwyn Barnett – happy for Andy’s 15-year commitment to CBC and being her mentor for six years right out of college.
Matt Simmons – for his son entering 4th grade
Fausto Pifferrer – Reuben’s 2-month sober anniversary and proud of himself for not giving him a bottle to get off his back (yes, he said it out loud). He also gave a sad $2 for Andy’s departure.
Fines– Then they handed out the fines:
Outstanding Dues: President Lucie, Joe Moreshead, Heather Gendron, Ken Farley, Paul Deschambault, Jackson Brown, Peggy Bean, Jim Audiffred and Roland Gagne.
President Lucie – Just because.
Roland Gagne and Mark Nahorney – for making the paper of the Chamber BAH.
Bernice Wood – Because they were sure you were there since you are at all Chamber events.
Matt Simmons – late for the Board meeting
Fausto Pifferrer – wearing a shirt with a collar and sleeves
Club Assembly Update -
Past Presidents Frank Dumais and Frank Gooding have submitted their resignations.
Pillars of Pride Event to support the Biddeford Education Foundation:
Our Club is sponsoring this event which recognizes too pillars in our community. This year Rotarians Roland Eon and Jim Godbout are the recipients honored. Karen Chasse thanked those who have sponsored the event to date or contributed an auction item and encouraged Rotarians to attend if they are able to (tickets are $50 each). The event is Saturday, October 29th (invitation attached).
Rotary House
Jim Godbout spoke of the partnership with the Center of Technology and the City to educate our youth on real life skills in the trade versus simply building a new home as we have done in the past with the modular. The renovation of 471 Main Street has been a great collaborative project with a variety of contractors helping. Thanks to Spang Builders for their recent contributions. He encouraged us to continue doing more with tradesmen to prepare our much-needed work force and make our youth better community-minded contributors.
To date, Jim has financed the project as we await for the final default for a clean title.
The house has two and a half bedrooms, one and a half baths, washroom on the first floor, one and a half garage and custom cabinets by Diane Tremblay.
We closed with the importance of promoting our fundraisers which make approximately $100,000 a year so that we are able to give back to the community through scholarships, charitable fund, Red Ribbon, and more.
The following Rotarians have been chosen or “voluntold” by President Lucie to be part of the TACK committee:
Sarah Curley, Naomme Paris, Paulette Bonneau, Don Pilon, Sabine McElrath, Delilah Poupore, Heather Gendron, Chris Indorf, Justyna Cybowicz, Conrad Welzel & Bill Kany.
I’m not sure how many of you actually agreed to this but THANK YOU in advance for helping to keep the TACK alive and well for those members who aren’t able to make it to the weekly meetings & keeping our website up to date & informative. I (Julie) will send out a separate email to these members with the specifics of the committee, however, I am looking for a volunteer to coordinate the TACK reporter(s) for the month of August. I’ve taken care of June and July. You can either take the minutes yourself or ask a fellow member to do it in your place. Please send me an email to let me know if you are able & willing to take on this task.
I can provide more details if needed (villemairej@sbsavings.com). If you aren’t able to do it this time around, I’ll be sure to provide you with another month later in the year
Julie Villemaire needs more volunteers!Please remember it is up to the TACK coordinator to ensure that someone is taking the minutes each week during your assigned month. If you aren’t able to take the minutes yourself, please reach out to fellow members for volunteers. Please forward the minutes to Julie Villemaire and Brian Dallaire so they can get them posted for the rest of the members.
Invocation: Joe Bassett
PROGRAM IDEA???? PLEASE CONTACT Bill Kany, PROGRAM CHAIR or a member of the Program Committee. Remember it is the responsibility of every member to help get Programs for our meetings.
Energy: Saved enough energy to light 40.4 lightbulbs—24 hours a day—for a year.
Emissions: Saved the emissions equivalent of driving a car 7,649 miles.
Volume: Diverted enough containers to fill 278.7 lobster traps.
Environmental Impact:
Energy: Saved enough energy to light 40.4 lightbulbs—24 hours a day—for a year.
Emissions: Saved the emissions equivalent of driving a car 7,649 miles.
Volume: Diverted enough containers to fill 278.7 lobster traps
Fill up those green bags. If you need more bags and/or labels, just let Julie Villemaire know and she can hook you up…no charge!
Simple fill with returnables and drop off at any Hannaford.
Alternately, if you already have a CLYNK account of your own, you can designate you funds as a donation. Hit the Donate button and search for Rotary and you'll find our account.
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