Chips October 5th, 2015
Posted by Reed
on Oct 06, 2015
Guests and Speakers:
Betsy Bloomer and Cathy Petrini, both guests of Dick Rohe and employees of GMP
Nicole Moran, Daughter-in-law of Terry's and his guest.
Chris Hultqurst and Ricardo Asnaghi, Chris is part of the exchange program and Ricardo is our exchange student. Both are guests of Caprice
George Smith, Guest of Nick Carmoli and a Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor, whom I believe Nick said was coming to Rutland from Burlington area.
Linda McGinnis, of Ryan Smith and Carbine, and guest of Stephanie Osgood.
Visiting Rotarian, Peter O'Brien of the Granville Club.
Speakers from Castleton:
Approved new member, Lyle Jepson
Crispin White
Peg Richards
The meeting was hosted at Castleton Downtown and we skipped fines/brags. Mark provided us with two quick announcements: please sing Gwen's new member introduction sheet as time is running out. Also, The Grace School Shelving Program is a go and will happen on November 14th.
The main topic covered in our meeting (other than the really excellent lunch Castleton put together) was the Castleton Internship Program and how we can help implement this at our own business. Lyle Jepson, Crispin White and Peg Richards all shared tid bits about the program and noted that these students are dying to put their skills and knowledge to work and can help us find potential long term permanent employees. Some ideas for interns would be helping to finish a project a company has had on the back burner, developing/implementing a marketing plan, website updates, assisting w/ grant proposals, and updating excel spreadsheets to name a few. Crispin noted that if the University can recruit talented young folks to the area by offering attractive internships, it may help all of us with our common problem...young educated people leaving the state.
Peg Richards is the go to person to help place you with a prospective intern. She can answer any questions and also help you narrow down your focus or get an idea of what needs your company has. Her number is 468-1302.
Raffle:
Mike C won the little pot, not so lucky on the big'en.