Rotary Club of Rutland

This Week’s Rotary Chips, June 30, 2014

Posted by Bates Childress 
on Jun 30, 2014
 

Guests: Joan Bower, wife of Ron; Vicky Perkins, Mary Perkins, & Bill Perkins; and Jennifer Usher, Make it Sew, guests of Brian; Kathryn Moore, guest of Traci; Dan Quinn, guest of Chris Keyser; Josh Sousa, guest of Dick Rohe.

Brags/Fines:  Joe Rodolfy - Skipped for passing of the gavel.

Raffle:  $43/$240 – Joan Watson had the winning ticket, but pulled two of diamonds

Guest Speaker: Brian Perkins

Busiest, most stressful, greatest year of his life.

Recapped Rotary year, many, many successes through the year.  Surpassed goal of 50 members, now at 54.  Fund raising goal of $20,000, hit $25,000.  Reached many other goals.

Recapped personal year, highs and lows, including marrying Vicky (high).  Shared words of wisdom. 

Recognition awards:

  • Jeff Guevin – Rotary Park Clean Up
  • Sara DeLance - Rotary Park Clean Up
  • Kwame Dankwa - Rotary Park Clean Up
  • Reed Wilcox - Rotary Park Clean Up
  • Lainnie LaCroix – Board Meeting Hostess
  • Cale Shipman – Christmas Tree Project
  • Bob Miller – Foundation Committee and weekly meeting set up
  • Kevin Loso – Board member and Administration chair
  • Caprice Hover - Youth Exchange
  • Elias Hajj – Board member & Administration Committee
  • Maria Fish – PR Committee
  • Nicole Fabian – Front Desk Administration
  • Bill Drummond – Christmas Tree Project & Weekly Raffle
  • Tom Donohue – Christmas Tree Project and Facebook
  • Bates Childress - Chips
  • Jeff Chabot – Christmas Tree Project
  • Rich Carlson – Christmas Tree Chairman
  • Krista Scarborough – Fund Raising Chair
  • Chuck Rose – Trees & Mentor Connector Coordinator
  • Terry Moran – Christmas Tree Project
  • Catherine Nelson – PR Chair
  • George Ambrose – Board member & Roteract
  • Nancy Burzon – Board Member & Secretary
  • Joe Rodolfy – Sergeant at Arms
  • Stephanie Osgood - Administration Committee & Project Vision Coordinator
  • Dick Rohe – Fund Raising Committee & Membership Chair
  • Will Gormly – Service Projects Chair
  • Mark Price - Trees, Budget, Board and everything else
  • Ron Bower - 2013 Rotarian of the Year
  • Joan Watson – 2014 Rotarian of the Year

Joan presented Brian with a framed gavel

Brian handed the real gavel to Joan

Joan outlined some goals

  • create relationship with sister club
  • programs to encourage educational pursuits
  • 2019 centennial planning
  • 100% membership participation - $100 to Rotary Foundation
  • thanked several members for their support leading up to today
  • stressed board meeting attendance 7/10, first meeting

Joan shared a great slide show of the past year of Rotary.