No snow and a warmer day for our Zoom meeting this week. Pre-meeting discussions included finding someone to deliver the invocation (Marc Glass volunteered), as well as the impact of falling stock markets on our ability to fund scholarships. The stock market eventually bounces back so we have most of the year before we need to be too concerned.
President Sue rang the bell to start the meeting and we all muted ourselves as Jason Primus recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Marc Glass delivered the invocation and Wes Willett did the 4 Way Test. There was no speaker today.
Caring moments saw an update on the McCarthys. Jean was in the hospital last week but is home again and doing well. Dick is still going to physical therapy, but he is doing well also.
President Sue led a discussion on a couple of topics. First, we talked about starting to meet in person again, when to start and how often. We will continue meeting via Zoom for the remainder of this Rotary year. Guy LaBella is checking on availability of the community room at Goodwin College. The board will be voting on whether to 1: start meeting again in person March 6 (subject to room availability), 2: Start meeting at Goodwin again starting in April, or 3: continue with Zoom only meetings. We also talked about inducting our two new members at the Paul Harris award dinner and the consensus was that that would be a good idea, keeping in mind that the 3 Paul Harris inductees will need plenty of time for their speeches.
Volunteers are needed to present the Invocation at upcoming meetings. We do not have anyone scheduled now. Please contact President Sue if you can help.
Our speaker next week will be Adam Brill, who is with the Town of East Hartford. He will be talking about the project that is starting up to bring East Hartford the fastest internet on the East coast.
Mark your calendars for April 9th, when the club will be helping to clean up the East Coast Greenway as part of the Rotary Day of Service.
Rotary Moment for the Week of February 13, 2022
WHAT IS A ROTARY FOUNDATION GLOBAL GRANT FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING?
Established in 1965-1966, the Group Study Exchange Program was an educational program that promoted international understanding through organized travel and personal contact.
The program evolved as Rotary updated its grant model and placed this activity within global grants. Vocational training under global grants builds skills within a community by offering local training or by supporting groups of professionals traveling abroad for rigorous study in their profession or to teach local professionals about a particular field. This type of training is often effective in conjunction with a humanitarian project.
Has your Rotary Club or District been involved in a Vocational Training Team Global Grant?
The 2022 Foundation Gala is just a week away - on Rotary’s 117th birthday, February 23.
The Gala will be a fast-paced event, loaded with entertainment, information, and opportunities – including some terrific items in our Silent Auction. Once again Alex Lifson, a member of the group Rush, will be performing. It will also be a chance to hear from our Rotary leaders including incoming Rotary President Jennifer Jones. Jennifer is the first female to be elected to Rotary's highest office.
Until next week - Wes