We often hear that change is good for any organization and sometimes welcomed. Fortunately, Bill and I are a lot alike so this coming year shouldn't change too much if you’ve enjoyed this past year. To ease your mind, I thought I would state some of the obvious similarities and things to expect during this coming year:
Bill works for THE BANK so he
• pays taxes
• charges you fees
• will give you a loan if you’re a star with an A credit rating right after he makes you jump through hoops
• has all kinds of time on his hands to write lovely Tack messages AND
• never takes vacation unless forced because work is just like vacation.
I work for THE CREDIT UNION so I
• don’t pay taxes
• don’t charge you fees
• give you a loan immediately, even if you’re credit score is less than perfect.
• so busy helping the “members” that I don’t have time to write clever TACK messages AND
• I take vacation every chance I can because work is work
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Now, that I have identified the similarities between our jobs, I will point out some in our personal lives:
• Bill has three kids - two boys and one girl. I have three kids – two girls and one husband.
• Bill grew up in Saco and loves Thornton Academy. I grew up in Biddeford and love the Biddeford Schools.
• Bill speaks fluent English. I speak fluent French.
• Bill invests less than $20 to maintain his grey-haired look. I invest well over $20 every 2 weeks to maintain this Lucille Ball image.
• Bill struggles with delegating so he spent the entire day at each project we did this past year. I love to delegate so I promise you will see me at the projects but I trust in all of you that I do not need to be present all day.
• Bill has a way with words and somehow makes insults sound humorous. I am not a wordsmith so will most likely just insult you.
• Bill doesn’t have a worry in the world, except BINGO which is very stressful to him. I worry about everything in the world except BINGO.
• Bill is afraid of his wife. Doug is afraid of me. AND
• Bill is a lawyer. Thankfully, I am not.
See, we are extremely similar so I don’t expect you to see any drastic changes in the year to come. Aren’t you thankful?
In all seriousness, I would be lying if I didn’t admit I am extremely nervous about being President. I know I am not the first Rotarian to feel this way, and enough of you have told me, “The Club runs itself” but it is everyone coming together to pitch in that makes this club successful. I am going to ask you to please support me in this effort through a new motto and hopefully my legacy – JUST SAY YES!
• If I come to you and ask for your help, JUST SAY YES, even if it is out of your comfort zone.
• If a fellow Rotarian is planning a service project and needs our help, JUST SAY YES, even if it is the third Saturday in a row.
• If you are asked to help the Interact students with their ventures, JUST SAY YES, because it is our responsibility to mentor those future Rotarians. AND
• If you are asked to sell another ticket or solicit another auction item, JUST SAY YES, because it is those fundraising dollars that allow us to change this community.
Now, let’s practice – Repeat after me – Just say yes. Great job!
Each year the Foundations asks each President to think about what they would like to accomplish and set goals. I plan to keep our fundraisers the same and I may add some other fellowship or community service projects but overall, I know whatever goals I set we will exceed because that is just how amazing this Club is. We have a superb group of Rotarians in this Club who care about our community and world at-large, helping each other and like to have fun doing it.
Therefore, the goal I have set is simple – I challenge each of you to find your “spark,” as Andy would say. What are your interests? What do you want to spend your time doing that could improve our community? Maybe it’s in your current skill set or maybe you want to try something totally different. What committee do you want to be on? I urge you to take the opportunity, take the leap, and get involved. Don’t let Rotary be just a weekly meeting with friends to further your business goals. Let Rotary be a conduit for service and I guarantee it will have an incredible impact on your life. I want to ensure everyone is invested and involved because that is when the true connection with Rotary occurs. I guarantee it will be time well spent and you will not have any regrets.
I am confident with your support, and a JUST SAY YES attitude, we can achieve our goals.
One guest was announced by Jackson Brown: Elaine Grangy.
Our President Lucie Kay made the following announcements:
In regards to the Fulfill Rotary Auction Lobster Bake scheduled for Sunday, July 31, 2016 from 1:00 - 4:00 pm - Brian Dallaire confirmed six Rotarians are signed up - Jim will make his famous strawberry shortcake with fresh biscuits (yum)- lobsters will be purchased from Fishing Optician in Camp Ellis.
Jim Godbout will be hosting the 1st Annual Kinney Shores Day to held on Saturday, July 30, 2016. Don't forget to mark your calendars! All proceeds for this event will be donated to Red Ribbon Committee. There will be several events that will occur throughout the afternoon. All residents, Rotarians, and Renters in Kinney Shores are Welcome. Know of any good judges? We could use a few. If you'd like more information or want to get involved, please call Jim Godbout at 207-283-1200 or email jim@jimgodbout.com.
Jackson Brown announced that 99% of funds from the auctionhave been collected. A check in the amount of $20,000 has been received for the Rotary club. Great job!
Bill Kany mentioned that Andy Greif and the Community Bicycle Center received 22 tickets to the August 6th Sea Dogs games against the Akron Rubberducks (yes, Bill was serious!). The tickets are in the Troubh Skybox which is a fantastic place to watch a game. Andy donated them to the club so we can raise a little money for Red Ribbon Committee. Bill Kany suggested that some club members and their family and friends go to the game in exchange for a small donation for the tickets. He recommended a donation of $20.00 to $25.00 per ticket. If you or your business would like a few tickets and you are willing to make a donation for them, please contact Bill Kany as soon as you can with how many tickets you would like to purchase. Tickets are a first come, first get basis.
Paul Deschambault gave an update on the Canada trip planned for August 5-7. Roland has invited folks to camp out at his place. Paul and his wife are going and he has directions as there are a couple of ways to get there. Please see Paul or Roland for more information.
On August 20th there will be a Fellowship event @ Lucie Kay's place at Hills Beach. Pot luck - everyone to bring something and sign up on our website. Lucie will provide lobster rolls. The event starts at 2:00.
The beer festival committee has been busy working to set up the Celebration of Suds this year. This year the event will be held in the community room at Pepperell Mill Campus (same room as the wine tasting) on Saturday September 10th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Music will be provided by Pete Finkle.
Tickets and posters should be ready by next week sometime. Tickets will also be available online through www.Eventbrite.com. Our clubs PR committee will be setting up an event on Facebook and inviting as many of you as possible. Please use this free advertising tool to "invite" your friends and promote this event. We are looking for sponsors for the event. A volunteer sign up sheet will be passed out in the next couple of weeks. Please do what President Lucie Kay has suggested and "just say yes"!
Raffle Winners:
Conrad won the 50/50 raffle of $27.00.
Bernice was the lucky raffle winner of a $50 gift certificate to Huot's Seafood for attending the combined meeting of clubs last week at Dunegrass.
Happy Dollars:
Lots of Happy Dollars - this is a very happy time of year! The meeting was very noisy with lots of chatter so it was difficult to hear what was being said. These were all the happy Rotarians: Karen, Joe, Andy, Bernice, Bill, Jim A., Jim G., Ken, Sarah, Paul, Mark.
Fines:
Fausto mumbled some fines to: Josh, Lucie, Jim G., Joe, Elaine, Karen and Ken.
Okay, for anyone who attended last week’s meeting, the speaker was a little different. Hell, Lucie had him pick the winning raffle ticket and he pulled one, looked at it and put it on the table. He never read it until we begged him, Odd, yes,
His busy is interesting. He has put together shows featuring music, film clips and comedy from the 40’s and 50’s. He shows them at nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other venues for the elderly. The concept is that our memories make us who we are and as we forget our past we lose who we are. By watching the old clips and hearing the old music, the theory is that memories are regenerated and for a while anyway people find themselves. The idea is fantastic but there were few people at our meeting who really remember Doris Day or Rosemary Clooney so perhaps the meaningfulness of the nice business model was a bit lost on us especially when the demo went on and one from one old movie to the next old song. I should note that I did see a picture of Doug Kay and his first wife sitting in the back seat of their ’57 Buick convertible. She was hot in an old fashioned kind of way.
I, for one, can certainly remember where I was when I first heard “Any Too Proud to Beg” because I believe I was begging at the time. Just ask Lucie about the significance of Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon” to her. I am told that music and smells are the two things that can stimulate memories more than anything else. I don’t think any of us will ever forget MERC.
Soon we will need all hands on deck related to the 2nd Annual Beer Festival. Plans are well underway for the September 10th event. We are all going to sell tickets this year like we do for the wine tasting events to make sure we have a big crowd. We are also having the event inside this year to avoid the risk of a bad weather day. Let’s make sure we give Ken Farley and his committee all the support we can to make it a great time.
Don’t forget to mark your calendars for August 20 when we all invade Lucie’s Hill’s Beach home for some fellowship. Brian Dalliare has promised that we will be able to do some 4 wheel drive racing on his lawn which is near Lucie’s property. We will need to make Ken wear a life jacket all afternoon so we don’t lose him in the currents of the Biddeford Pool gut. Lucie has promised her world famous lobster rolls with lobster caught by her husband, Doug. It should be a fun time and we should all support President Lucie and make every effort to be there.
Please take the time to sign up for the Club’s Alzheimer’s team which will walk in the Alzheimer’s Walk on September 17 down in York. If you can’t make the event please go on line to support the team with a donation. We are still a long way from finding a cure to this horrific disease which robs individuals who they are, but these fundraisers provide a fun and inspirational way to help fund a cure while also supporting the 1,000’s of families affected by the disease. Your help will be appreciated.
Next week our speaker is Marc Feldman who is going to talk to us about Think Take Co-Working which should be an interesting look at a business model for the future that is here today.
See you next week. Bill
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
Members: Elaine Palmitessa, Peggy Bean, Susan Gajewski, Andy Greif, Bernice Wood, Bill Kany, Fausto Pifferrer, Jackson Brown, Jim Godbout, Joe Moreshead, Laurie Jo Ready, Matt Simmons
Committee: Sergeant-at-Arms
Chair:
Members: Fausto Pifferrer, Matt Simmons, Sarah Curley
Committee: $100 Raffle
Chair: Karen Chasse, Sabine McElrath
Members: "Earl The Pearl" Goodwin, Joe Moreshead, Josh Fearon, Matt Simmons, Naomme Paris
Committee: Finance Committee (Ad Hoc)
Chair:
Members: Ken Farley, Dana Lane, Laurie Jo Ready, Randy Forcier
Committee: Strategic Planning (Ad Hoc)
Chair:
Members: Andy Greif, Bill Kany, Jackson Brown, Ken Farley, Lucie Kay
Members: Jackson Brown, Pierre Giroux, Susan Gajewski
Committee: Auction
Chair: Bernice Wood
Members: Bill Kany, Conrad Welzel, Jackson Brown, Julie Villemaire, Karen Chasse, Ken Farley, Laurie Jo Ready, Lucie Kay, Susan Gajewski
Committee: Awards
Chair: Bill Kany
Members: Joe Moreshead, Keith Jacques, Rollie Eon
Committee: Beer Festival (Sept 10th)
Chair: Ken Farley, Susan Gajewski
Members: Justyna Cybowicz, Heather MacLean, Mark Nahorney, Paulette Bonneau
Committee: Polio Plus Bingo
Chair: Julie Villemaire, Pierre Giroux
Members: "Earl The Pearl" Goodwin, Ray Demers, Rob Moody
Committee: Community Service Projects
Chair: Rob Moody, James McAllister, Sabine McElrath
Members: Bill Kany, Bruce Ruben, Carl Goodwin, Jim Godbout, Keith Jacques, Matt Early, Sarah Curley
Committee: Fellowship
Chair: Susan Gajewski, Fausto Pifferrer
Members: Andy Greif, Conrad Welzel, Craig Pendleton, Elaine Palmitessa, Matt Early, Matt Simmons, Steve Morin
Committee: Foundation
Chair: Matt Simmons, Brian Dallaire
Members: Bill Kany, Denis Elie, Leon Tranchemontagne, Paul Deschambault, Rob Moody, Steve Morin
Committee: International Youth Exchange
Chair: Roland Gagne
Members: Jackson Brown, Susan Gajewski
Committee: Invocation
Chair: Joe Bassett
Members: Jim Audiffred
Committee: Marketing
Chair: Karen Chasse
Members: Brian Dallaire, Chris Indorf, Craig Pendleton, Elaine Palmitessa, Mark Nahorney, Sarah Curley
Committee: Membership
Chair: Heather Gendron, Bernice Wood
Members: Bill Kany, Craig Pendleton, Joe Moreshead
Committee: Stuff-The-Bus
Chair: Bernice Wood, Sabine McElrath
Members: Craig Pendleton, Delilah Poupore, Fausto Pifferrer, Lucie Kay, Randy Forcier, Steve Morin
Committee: Past Presidents Day
Chair: Keith Jacques
Members: Bill Kany, Frank Gooding, Ken Farley, Mark Tuller, Rollie Eon
Committee: Past Presidents Scholarship Investment
Chair: Denis Elie, Mark Tuller
Members: Randy Forcier, Matt Simmons
Committee: Programs
Chair: Bill Kany
Members: Brian Dallaire, Andy Greif, Chris Indorf, CJ Dubois-Cote, Heather Gendron, Jeremy Ray, Joe Moreshead, Josh Ellis, Keith Jacques, Lucie Kay, Matt Early, Susan Gajewski
Committee: Red Ribbon Committee
Chair: Jim Godbout, Andy Greif
Members: Bernice Wood, Bill Kany, Conrad Welzel, Donald Pilon
Committee: Roster/Website
Chair: Brian Dallaire
Members: Elaine Palmitessa, Naomme Paris
Committee: Rotaract Club
Chair: Donald Pilon
Members: Fausto Pifferrer, Mark Nahorney
Committee: Scholarship
Chair: Denis Elie
Members: Bruce Ruben, Dana Lane, Heather Gendron, Paulette Bonneau, Sarah Neault
Committee: Tack
Chair: Julie Villemaire
Members: Brian Dallaire, Chris Indorf, Conrad Welzel, Delilah Poupore, Donald Pilon, Heather Gendron, Justyna Cybowicz, Naomme Paris, Paulette Bonneau, Sabine McElrath, Sarah Curley, Susan Gajewski
Committee: Vocational
Chair: Jim Godbout, Carl Goodwin
Members: Chris Indorf, Denis Elie, James McAllister, Jeremy Ray, Paulette Bonneau, Ray Demers, Steve Morin
Committee: Wine Tasting
Chair: Steve Morin, Conrad Welzel
Members: Chris Indorf, CJ Dubois-Cote, Heather Gendron, Heather MacLean, Ken Farley, Mark Nahorney, Paulette Bonneau, Randy Forcier
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 38.9 lightbulbs—24 hours a day—for a year.
Emissions: Saved the emissions equivalent of driving a car 7,371 miles.
Volume: Diverted enough containers to fill 267.8 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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