Santa and her elves were assembled at 7:15 and regaled with the following quote from Arthur C. Clarke, the British author and co-writer of "2001 - A Space Odyssey":
"the best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale."
 
Greeter: Thanks St. Nick. Next time is will be Turner.
 
Scribe: Kevin. Next will be Dan, Nick, Mark Ethier and Booie. Please check the website for updates.
 
Guests: Sara Gordon-Macey, Lucy Farnum and Ross's granddaughter Kaya Gibson
 
Announcements: Tristam - the Christmas Coffee store is open! last chance to get a great stocking stuffer!
                            Ross: fined me for having my photo appear in the paper showing me loading the school bus with groceries for Project Feed The Thousands.
                            Turner - invited everyone to come visit the "Christmas Room"  at his home. (I've seen it. It's quite impressive!)
                            Tristam - Nutrition project. Westgate will not be participating this vacation period. Ledgewood and Moore Court will
 
New members: MIA or just doing a little last minute Christmas shopping - Timberly Hund, Kyle LaPointe and Shannon Primrose.
 
NO MEETING ON DECEMBER 30TH. Next meeting: January 6th.
 
Announcements:
 
Dinner Raffle final tally of $$: still waiting for money to come in. Hopefully will have it all by next meeting so a final amount can be shared with the class.
 
Trivia Night: December Trivia Night was our best ever so far!! Next event will be Monday, January 11th at 5:30. It will feature a Battle of the Boards. Already have 4 teams signed up.
 
3 on 3 tournament date: Saturday, march 12th. This is a full club event so everyone is expected to participate. Playbooks will be distributed soon.
 
Future Guest Speaker dates: These are posted on the website. Please check them and let Sadie know if you need a speaker or are swapping dates with someone. Please practice safe swapping!
 
Birthdays: KJ and Jim Verzino. The Sunrise Singers serenaded the twosome to the tune of Happy Birthday in fabulous fashion!
 
Cards: 3 of Diamonds. The fix was in as Ed won the pot of $25.
 
Brags: 
Ali - Holiday party was a great success. Great venue. Had a lot of fun.
 
Scott - has ski tickets to Mt. Snow for sale to benefit the B&G Club.
 
Tristan - No Justin this morning and how he misses him! Justin covers for him when he's late getting to the dance! Also - As a board member of the Scott Farm, thanks for going to the Holiday Party.
 
Jon - Thanks to Tristam for hosting and leading the tour of Kipling's home. He then told us a Christmas story about Siberian reindeer, a herder with a stick, some barking noises............ask him to tell you the story as only Jon is able to do.
 
Ross - for Jen and the Nutcracker. She directed and performed.
 
Turner - for the Christmas party. "It was spectacular!" It was then announced by Marcy that Turner has 47 years in Rotary! All with 100% perfect attendance!!!
 
Josh - for his daughter's inquisitiveness about Christmas. Also for Jen and her "incredible job with the Nutcracker."
 
KJ - for a fantastic holiday party. Also - his daughters are home from college. had brunch with one, dinner with the other.
 
Marcy - Ed didn't go to the party BUT took the tour and thus received a make-up credit. Also - another successful Breakfast with Santa event. Persuaded her husband and others to volunteer their time. More money was raised this year than last! And, oh yea, Santa was GREAT!
 
Toni - Kyle is (was) home for the holiday. Picked her up at the train station in Poughkeepsie. Many, many family members present to greet her. She goes Back on the 29th.
Watched her son Brett get sworn in on Tuesday (the 22nd). Now has two kids in the military. Who'd a thunk it!!!
 
Ali - has 2 jobs. One at the Greenwood School. Each year for the holiday's the school buys $25 gift cards from Amazon and other raffle prizes for the staff. This year Ali won $150 to Fireworks. She has it burning a hole in her pocket and desperately needs to spend it!! Looking for volunteers if it isn't already spent.
 
Tristam - thank you for letting him play host for the holiday party. He loves to show off the Scott Farm and Kipling's home. He meets great people who have stories to tell about their previous experiences at Kipling's.
 
BOWL OF LIFE: "I have flown as a student for my pilot's license but never obtained it." Ok, please keep up. Jon, Jim V, Josh, Michelle, Kevin, Sandy L, Ed, Tristan, Ross, Jim M, nick, Drew, mark, Tristam, Turner, Dan and....ding, ding, ding - KJ our winner!!!
KJ was sitting in the doctor's office getting his medical clearance for the license on September 11th when that whole mess occurred. Then sometime later his flight instructor flew into a mountain. KJ stopped. A few years later, he took up lessons again. passed his test but never flew again.
 
NO GUEST SPEAKER so we adjourned about 8:20am and with a finger aside of her nose she was heard to exclaim, Merry Christmas to all and to all a Happy Chanukah!
 
Respectfully submitted and not responsible for errors and omissions.
Kevin