Charlene Seward

Speaker was Fred Carvin of the Glens Falls Rotary Club

 

Cale fined all RYP Fashion Show models (Will, Karen, and Reed)

Chris bragged for the life of Marianne Kennedy, who passed away recently. He encouraged us to send condolences if we knew her family.

Colie bragged about the record attendance RYP had at their last mixer, The Fashion Show!

Mike bragged about the great RYP attendance and attributed it directly to his DJ'ing skills. He also bragged for soccer team who had a win. He recently competed in a benefit game for Vermont Youth Soccer and played 3 on 3...he isn't 25 anymore he said.

Charlene bragged for her son who scored 2 goals in the last few minutes of a tied game to help seal the win. One of them was a header!

Jeff W bragged for the Patriots win, since Tom wasn't there to do so. Also, bragged for the Red Sox with 11 wins in a row!

Krista went to Spectacled Island in Boston Harbor for some un-god known reason. Also, she gave her field hockey jersey to a 10 year old girl who is a soccer player trying to convince her to become a field hockey player instead.

Briand bragged for the life of Arnold Palmer.

Lou bragged about his participation in the Shelburne Farms Makers Faire. He also talked about how GMP is trying to buy 20 existing dams in Vermont, but they are currently owned by an Italian holding company, which was strange.

Kevin recently went to Texas and New Mexico and saw many National Parks and Monuments. Guadalupe Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns, White Sands, etc. He has seen 176 out of 413 so far.

Bob Amelang bragged about the 16 miles he hiked on the long trail recently around Jay Peak.

Win went to Utah recently to see a friend who lives there. Really impressed with the town, the trails, etc. On way back, he spent a few days in Cincinnati w/ his son and daughter in law, plus grandkids.

Terry bragged that he was feeling better after having a hip replace recently and that he wanted to thank all of those who checked in on him.

 

Caprice mentioned the Shriners are partnering with the Rutland County Parent Child Center for a Vegas night of gambling. The theme will be Gatsby.

Jeff Guevin reminded everyone who is able to be at Mark's house on Saturday from 10-2 to build the float.

Reed reminded everyone to buy their Rotary Expo Tickets for the event that is happening at Southside Steakhouse on November 17th. They are $25 a piece.

 

Walk a Mile is this Saturday and she encouraged everyone to come.

Raffle:

Rich won the little pot, but not the bigg'en.

 

Fred Carvin is a long time Rotarian and past president, even a district governor! He is now retired from the financial services/accounting business and has written several pieces on Rotary history. Recently, he completed a biography on Paul Harris. He said that he found our club to be very enthusiastic and engaging. Hardly any clubs sing in the United States, but was shocked that we still do. He asked us if anyone of us knew why we sing. He then went on to say that Harry Ruggles, who was the 5th Rotarian ever believed that singing broke down barriers and encouraged it. In Europe, singing is still common. The actual start date of Rotary is arbitrary because years after it was actually started, Rotary officially passed a random date, but had no proof that was the date. At the turn of the century, clubs and organizations were very common, but what Paul Harris envisioned was very different from others; promotion of your business. First and foremost, Rotary was established to promote member's businesses and make sure others were treating their customers with great service: service above self is actually more in relation to a business relationship! The first Rotarians weren't tycoons of industry, but rather modest businessmen looking to grow their operations and levels of success. To be a Rotarian, you had to have a classification ie. lawyer, accountant, etc. and there could only be one member in that classification. At the end of each year, you had to reapply for your classification! That was quickly done away with for obvious reasons. Paul didn't just want it to be about business, but also fun and fellowship. Early Rotary club meetings included drinking, pranks, and fun. In fact, one municipality banned Rotary from coming back to their town after the Rotarians were to rowdy on a weekend retreat! Paul Harris was a bankruptcy attorney and asset repossessor by trade. As a child, he ran amuck and had little supervision. He was expelled from at least 2-3 schools, including UVM. Legend has it, he rolled a cannon ball down the hill at UVM and it hit a cow breaking it's leg. He was very outgoing and could make friends anywhere he went. Fred vehemently rejected the idea that Paul started Rotary because he was lonely. Fred said that "Paul was the kind of guy who could go into a bar of strangers and have 10 friends by the time he left." Eventually Paul received a law degree from Iowa and went on to Chicago from there and the rest is history.