Meeting Notes from Wednesday, January 15th, 2014
President John opened the meeting with, I believe;
"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows" Buddha... (that is if I could really read John's hand writing)
Guests were introduced that included Doug Cox, Mark Ethier's daughter and a friend of Sadie..
Our dear dependable Sargent-at-Arms, Ed as our greeter who will be supplanted by our more reliable Ross..
Student Rotarians reported on finals, college acceptance, Feed the Thousand efforts, Santa Letter fund raising campaign, a college preview to be held at UVM, and finally a raffle to be held between February 3rd and 24th.
Pres. John received a book that was not on his legal reading list consequently auctioned if off for an astounding $4.00. Josh now has the book, 40 Chances, Finding Hope in a Hungry World.
Kate O'Conner has accepted the Club's offer of membership and she will join us next meeting for induction.
Jason announced Poker Tournament training, tonight, Thursday, 6-8 at the Legion and asked for more volunteers to help distribute chips, deal cards, assist with registration and clarified that only those 18 or older would be permitted to play.
Peter announced the 3-on-3 Basketball tournament to be held Saturday, March 15th, at BUHS, and all club members are expected to assist. This will be the 18th and we have raised more than $175K with this tournament.
Tristam requested that fund raising efforts include reference to annual club fund raising goals and objectives so that all efforts are thought of in terms of objective, not just an event.
Linda announced that March 12th she will hold the first Charity Challenge, a trivia contest modeled after one she learned about in FL that can be great fun and successful. Cost is $15 per person.
Turner announced that he will be giving a talk on the Iditarod Friday night the 17th in Halifax as there is sufficient space. All are welcome.
Cards: 2 of Hearts and "it's in the deck............................" you know the rest
Birthday: Ralph serenaded by the astounding vocal talents of Kevin, John, Turner, & Will..
Brags:
Sadie for her daughter's skating and first stitches
Booie for all the help during Sub for Santa
Mark for his alma mater and the Orange Bowl Monkey Stomp, a new southern dance imported from Thailand, and his daughter who scored consistently high during gymnastic competition
Ralph for his daughter who is lead in the HS musical & will be singing the National Anthem at Harris Hill jump, & for his son Joseph who learned the values of paying attention to parental guidance
John for Green ST ski program and that we can take time for it in rural America
Sandy S for Ping Pong and Amelia's amazing resourcefulness not to mention those now showering sans curtain
Jill for CofC training session and yoga trainer in Putney
And finally the grand entry for the morning, Sadie and her guest speaker Doug Cox who did a magnificent job explaining hsi long commitment to the art of making violins, of experimenting with maple and other woods, for offering sections of works in progress, and for explaining that it takes him a year for one and can manage with some luck to produce 24 -25 violins per year.. he has completed 825 to date but more important has learned how to work with local woods, that bow making is not his passion, and that having a business manager let's him focus on what he knows best..
this was an excellent presentation that held everyone's attention and deserves your time to get to know him and his process.
your humble faulty scribe....