Chips August 31st, 2015

Gwen Flewelling (approved new member)

Bob Amelang (approved new member)

 

Mike bragged about his girl's soccer team that he coaches winning over the weekend. They came back very late in the game to win 2-1.

Caprice bragged for Jeff Guevin. She conned him into joining her over in New Hampshire for an info session on our Youth Exchange program and she couldn't make it, but Jeff still went.

Win Bragged for his Alaskan fishing trip. He brought home 50 lbs of Halibut and Sockeye Salmon...Let me know if you need a friend, Win.

Jeff Guevin was going to fine Caprice for bailing, but she admitted it first. He then bragged for Ricardo, who is our exchange student. He got to meet him and was very impressed.

Brian won't be at Rotary until he closes on his new house and gets moved into Proctor. He bought his grandmother's home and is looking to rent his current home out on Kendall Ave if anyone knows anyone looking. Brian also bragged about getting to take his grandfather home from the rehab/assisted living over in New Hampshire for a nice dinner with the family.

Terry found a lump on his neck a month or so ago and recently had it removed over at Dartmouth. He said that his new favorite number is b9.

 

Will-The Northwest Neighborhood's block party is happening again on October 3rd from 10-3. We need volunteers. Also, tomorrow is when tickets for Dancing With The Rutland Stars go on sale. Will is dancing and thanked Mark Price for sponsoring him.

Colie announced "Strides Against Breast Cancer", an event being held on September 27th, see her for more information.

Stephanie announced a joint club social on Thursday, September 17th, 5:30 at The Red Clover Inn

Jeff Guevin announced "Mountains to Mountains; People to People", which is benefit auction and raffle being held at Andrea Mead Lawrence lodge at Pico on Saturday, September 19th to raise money for earthquake victims in a particular village in Nepal. All items in the auction are in the Mountain theme. Will feature fine art and photography from Nepal.

There will be NO meeting next week in observance of Labor Day.

 

CORRECTION: Our Castleton Downtown regular Monday meeting date (ie. we are still meeting, but not at The Palms) is on October 5th, NOT the previously mentioned, incorrect date in Chips.

 

Dick presented the new program under which we will allow corporations to become members of our club. The Board agreed on this and Dick has outlined the program as follows:

 

The Rotary Club of Rutland is pleased to announce that it has expanded its membership options to include Corporate Memberships.

The primary motivation of this innovative plan is to enable senior leaders of regional organizations to increase the awareness of the social and civic concerns of their firm by a membership affiliation with Rotary. The club benefits by retaining active and valuable relationships with the great businesses in our community.

Here’s the plan: The CEO/Pres. will be welcomed by the Rotary Club of Rutland as an Honorary Member. It is recognized and understood that time constraints may prevent regular attendance at weekly meetings. No initiation fee is charged and no annual dues are charged. An annual contribution to the Rotary International Foundation of no less than $200 is encouraged.

The CEO/Pres may select up to three, but no less than two members of the management team of the same firm to be recommended and inducted as regular, active members of the Rotary Club of Rutland. The interview and approval process will be the same for them as it is for all other active regular members. Annual dues are $150; invoiced $75 on Jan 1 and July 1. Reasonably regular attendance and active participation in Rotary club meetings, service projects and fundraising is expected.

Corporate Members will additionally benefit with logo presence as sponsors of the Rotary Club of Rutland, on club publications, advertisements, Club e-newsletter, social media, promotions and fundraising material. The firm will also be offered an opportunity to share a club speaker spotlight at least once annually.

The Rotary Club of Rutland has been diligently serving the Rutland community for almost 100 years. Rotary is a gift for those who serve and for those who are served. Join us and share the gift of Rotary.

Contact: Richard Rohe, Membership Chair journal@sover.net 802 492 2300

 

New Member Induction:

I am pleased to announce that the club has welcomed two new members today. Gwen Flewelling and Bob Amelang. Gwen is a CPA at Obrien Reynolds, Shortle, and Sabotka as well as the VP of RYP. She is very active in the community and enjoys baking, crafting, and spending time with her children. Her classification will be "Accounting". Bob worked at CV from 1970, through the merger with GMP and retired in 2013. He is a long time Rotarian and was a member of the West Rutland Club. He has had several experiences working on Youth Exchange.

 

Raffle:

Barb won the little pot, not so lucky on the big'en.

 

Speaker:

It's not often that I can say that the speaker really stunk, but today I can...because it was me hahaha. In all seriousness, the topic today was the Rotary Foundation and how the money is put to work. I showed a couple videos that illustrated how money is segregated at the Foundational level and how the money is used. Basically, there are 3 pots of money; Polio Plus, Annual Fund, and The Permanent Fund. IF money is earmarked for Polioplus..that is the only cause it can be spent on. Every Rotarian Every Year is placed in the Annual Fund and the interest earned on the contributions pay for the administration expenses of Rotary International. After the money has been in the Annual Fund for 3 years earning interest to pay for expenses, it is "released" to be spent of humanitarian and project needs (do the work that we feel is vital). This would include conflict resolution, water well, schools, etc. The Permanent fund is just as it sounds, money that is invested in perpetuity and the interest is skimmed off to meet funding needs for projects and our mission to leave the world a better place. The principal is never spent in the Permanent Fund.

Now to become a sustaining member or The Foundation, you must become a EREY, or every rotarian every year. This equates to $100 a year gift to the Foundation. The goal of RI is to get every Rotarian giving this amount (or more). Some will obviously give far more and that's great, but do what you can. To make this gift easier, you can set up a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual bank or credit card draft to pay for it. You could also give Nicole $2 or $3 at lunch on Mondays. You could also write an extra $50 on your check for dues when Ron sends you the bill.

 

Thank you all for your time today.