President Cindy called us to order at 7:15
Cindy saw butterflies during her New Year Celebration (Editor Note: Check with Cindy what was she drinking/eating? Mass has some new laws...)
This day in history: Too long to type
Rotary Minute: Too long to type
Guests:
Ayla Traeger
Alina Secrest
Rotary Anniversaries:
Jon Secrest - 17 years - Jon shared how Alina would come to Rotary Meetings in her baby carrier and how she grew up in Rotary and how she bit another kid at a meeting one time. Alina requested a review on the veracity of that report.
Dan Deitz - 15 years
Birthdays:
KJ - Jan 3
Jason Posternak - Jan 4
Lisa Fitzgerald - Jan 10
The group sang a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday to KJ
Student Rotarian:
Alina gave a report about school and how the administration was very good about not giving homework and encouraging folks to spend time with their families. Nordic started up and they have been able to ski on actual snow for some of their training time!
Finals start next week!
Alina also reports she owns “Forced Family Fun time” this Friday and warned Jon to “watch out” as it may be payback for previous “fun” Jon has planned.
Rotary Announcements:
January 7 is the Board Meeting.
We just put in an order for 700 masks to give out to the community.
There was an article in the January 5 issue of The Reformer by Marty Cohen about membership. Will recommends taking a read.
Brags:
KJ: Lost his job at the end of October it has been the best thing that happened to him. He’s been working around the house and spending time outside. Took him 2 weeks to physically destress and is still in process on the mental de-stressing.
Josh T: the 750 team has maintained in the top 10 of over 100 teams! We’re cranking along!
Jon: Finally tackled a project he’s been working on. He’s converting videos to digital and sharing them with the family. It’s been really fun. Alina says this is actually fun!
Katja: Happy New Year! Rotary Magazine new format, it is amazing! Katja reads the whole magazine cover to cover, the new format is great and she recommends it highly. There is a particularly good piece in this months regarding goals of the club. Katja is very interested in what our club’s plan is for the next few years.
Turner: Bragged for KJ and told the group how KJ is the Master (President) of the Brattleboro Masonic Lodge this year and talked a bit about how difficult the job is. Turner knows from experience! He has been a Mason for over 40 years and has been Master of his lodge in Massachusetts before.
Your note taker had to leave to make it to a class for 8 AM so I missed the rest of the meeting.