Announcements: This Saturday, November 4, is our Habitat for Humanity work day. President Dave will let those who signed up know if we are working on Moore Avenue or Bliss Street in East Hartford.
Bob Buettner reminds anyone who signed up that this Friday night, November 3, at 6 p.m. is our Games Night at Veterans Memorial Clubhouse. There will be pizza, beer and wine provided, and desserts to be brought by attendees. Cost is $5 per person; bring a game to play. Show up around 5 p.m. if you can give Bob a hand setting up.
Future District Governor Marc Glass had a couple of announcements: A. The District is having a “Rotary Means Business” networking event at Rooftop 120 restaurant in Glastonbury on November 9 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Cost is $15 in advance; $20 night of. B. The Rotary Leadership Institute (what is Rotary? How does it work?) will be held Saturday, November 11 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (continental breakfast and lunch served) at the Enfield Holiday Inn.
IMPORTANT: Our Annual Meeting is scheduled to take place during our regular meeting on Wednesday, December 6 at Veterans Memorial Clubhouse. Please mark your calendars, put a post-it on the fridge, whatever it takes to remind you to attend. We must have a quorum to proceed with Club business that day.
Next week’s speaker is also the keynote speaker at the District’s Foundation Dinner. She is Shirley Pat-Chamberlain, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Her volunteer experience with Rotary is well-known and she is considered to be a very engaging speaker. Be sure to attend our meeting next week and bring a friend!
Before moving into our Program, Raffle Master Happy Jack Martin called on last week’s winner, Ned Lynch, to pull the ticket for this week’s Raffle winner. You guessed it. He pulled his own! Cries of “fix!” and “it’s time to form an Audit Committee!” were heard.