President Mona started her the meeting with a Rotary Minute…......
ROTARY MINUTE:
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FELLOWSHIP
Most Rotarians are successful professional and business executives because they hear opportunities knock and take advantage of them. Once a week the opportunity for Rotary fellowship occurs at each club meeting, but not all members hear it knocking.
The weekly club meeting is a special privilege of Rotary membership. It provides the occasion to visit with fellow members, to meet visitors you have not known before, and to share your personal friendship with other members.
Rotary clubs which have a reputation of being "friendly clubs" usually follow a few simple steps: First, members are encouraged to sit in a different seat or at a different table each week. Second, Rotarians are urged to sit with a member they may not know as well as their long-time personal friends. Third, members invite new members or visitors to join their table just by saying: "Come join us, we have an empty chair at this table."
Fourth, members share the conversation around the table rather than merely eating in silence or talking privately to the person next to them. Fifth, Rotarians make a special point of trying to get acquainted with all members of the club by seeking out those they may not know.
When Rotarians follow these five easy steps, an entirely new oppor1tunity for fellowship knocks each week. Soon Rotarians realize that warm and personal friendship is the cornerstone of every great Rotary club.
Most Rotarians are successful professional and business executives because they hear opportunities knock and take advantage of them. Once a week the opportunity for Rotary fellowship occurs at each club meeting, but not all members hear it knocking.
The weekly club meeting is a special privilege of Rotary membership. It provides the occasion to visit with fellow members, to meet visitors you have not known before, and to share your personal friendship with other members.
Rotary clubs which have a reputation of being "friendly clubs" usually follow a few simple steps: First, members are encouraged to sit in a different seat or at a different table each week. Second, Rotarians are urged to sit with a member they may not know as well as their long-time personal friends. Third, members invite new members or visitors to join their table just by saying: "Come join us, we have an empty chair at this table."
Fourth, members share the conversation around the table rather than merely eating in silence or talking privately to the person next to them. Fifth, Rotarians make a special point of trying to get acquainted with all members of the club by seeking out those they may not know.
When Rotarians follow these five easy steps, an entirely new oppor1tunity for fellowship knocks each week. Soon Rotarians realize that warm and personal friendship is the cornerstone of every great Rotary club.
QUOTE:
“Fellowship isn’t just what we do for each other. Fellowship is what we do together for the world.” Eric Bryant
GREETER:
Thank you Kevin for greeting us this morning. Next week’s greeter will be Turner.
BIRTHDAYS: No birthdays but if anyone sees former member Ed Dews his birthday is on Halloween…explains a lot doesn’t it??
ANNIVERSARIES: No anniversaries
STUDENT ROTARIANS: Megan and Mason from Hinsdale
Varsity girls Soccer playoff game in Littleton today. If they win they advance to the quarter final game on Saturday. Also gearing up for basketball to start soon. The seniors have a trip to Holyoke planned for a fun event at the indoor trampoline park. This is the first of 2 final year events they plan for the graduating class. They had the PSAT tests 2 weeks ago which most use as a test prep for the SAT exam used for college admissions.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- District Governor will be attending our November 3rd meeting. Please attend if available.
- Kevin announced that a sign up genius has been created for the Project Feed the Thousands pick-ups. It should be live on Friday 10/29/21. We are only doing pick-ups on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at Market 32 and the Brattleboro Co-Op.
- Tristam announced that there is a Global Grants meeting today at noon to discuss the Pediatric wheelchair project. Stay tuned for more on this!
CARDS: 8 of Spades… no winner~ YOU LOSE…..LOSERS!!!!
BRAGS:
Turner: bragged $10 because he coerced yours truly into taking the meeting minutes for him.
Jon: back from a trip to Ohio to visit Alina at Kenyon College. Nice visit, nothing funny happened but Alina is very happy. She has joined the track team and proudly showed her parents around the campus. Aleska stayed home and did not get into any trouble that they know of…yet.
Jim: yesterday was the first time he had been to Epsilon Spires. It is a center of communication, illuminating the relationship between creative arts, natural sciences and sustainability using multimedia platforms. Friday they will be showing the classic horror film Phantom of the Opera, set to a live musical score performed on a 1916 Estey Pipe Organ by Dennis James, one of the nation’s leading silent film accompanists!
Kevin: bragged for Tristan Toleno stepping up in Justin’s absence to make sure we had breakfast today.
CLUB ASSEMBLY:
Dinner Raffle- reviewed potential list of restaurants and which club members are going to ask for gift certificates. We are hoping to have commitments for gift certificates by next Wednesday so we can get the tickets printed as soon as possible. After much discussion about ticket pricing we settled on selling books of tickets for $20 each with 5 tickets per book. Members felt that it was an easier sell when people are getting more chances to win.
Trivia- going really well. The numbers are growing and they could always use additional help. It is held on the second Monday of the month and the November 8th Trivia Night charity is going to be NEYT. Please consider joining in on the fun.