This Week’s Rotary Chips, November 26, 2012
Guests:
Tom Thacker, guest of Andrea, weatherization manager of BROC (potential member:))
Chris Shaddock, speaker from UMOTIVATEU
We Missed You:
Kristin Andrade, Ron Bower, Nancy Burzon, Jeff Chabot, Miche Chamberlain, Bill Drummond, Nicole Fabian, Caprice Hover, Bob Miller, Catherine Nelson, Win Thomas, Joan Watson. I apologize if I missed you... I never got the attendance list.
Raffle: $29 was won by Paula, but the big pot grew a little bigger....
Brags/Fines: Krista
Lou bragged that you should sign up to sell trees because it is a great time to bond with fellow members, and that if you have an idea for the Centennial project, please WRITE IT DOWN!!! There are only two projects on the table so far, but he has heard several other good ones during conversations with other members.
Brian enjoyed yet another Table Tennis Invitational. He is currently ranked 7th (his brother is 5th) in Vermont (or was it the world?!) He, along with many other members (including at least Jeff, Terry & Rich) barely transported the tree stands to their current location last week. (You may still be able to see pieces of a few of them on Route 7....) Thanks to all for their help getting our tree sale started!
Rich thanked everyone for helping so far with the tree sale and reminded us how important it is to volunteer for shifts. We are currently down from last year's sales, possibly due to no one covering the 5-7:30 shift on Sunday night. Please help if you can!!! He also remarked how quickly and well everyone worked at unloading the trees on Saturday-- under two hours! Great work, Rotarians!!
Someone thanked Caprice for being the only "babe" helping with unloading the trees.
Wendy thanked everyone for their support during her campaign. She missed everyone and is happy to be back.
Chris bragged that one daughter recently got engaged and a second just received a grant for a program to jump-start a dot.com business.
Gary fined himself for forgetting to help with the tree stands. He made up for it by showing up to help at the tree unloading and promised to sign up for TEN tree shifts (or maybe those were Rich's words....)
Jacqueline bragged that she was married since she last saw us and had her first trip to Disney World. She particularly enjoyed the scary roller coaster. She also thankd Elias for helping her with her ring.
George commented that if you are considering signing up for a tree shift, you should let that idea take root...
If there were more, I apologize for not remembering them.
Announcements:
SELL TREES PLEASE!!!!
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Guest Speaker:
Chris Shaddock, former head of a successful real estate project at Okemo, founded umotivateu as a way to help people realize their potential and accomplish their goals, especially concerning their health and well-being. He has been passionate about leading a healthy lifestyle since emulating Jack Lalanne at the young age of 5, but even moreso when he lost his father to heart disease 20 years ago. UMOTIVATEU is an East meets West philosophy that you control your life, and you can start by stopping for a breath and calmly listening to your heart about what you want out of life for yourself and your loved ones. For more information, see umotivateu.com
Kevin led the Four Way Test