 | East Hartford Rotary Club High Gear Volume 79 | Issue 25 / January 17, 2024 |
President Bob rang the bell, calling the meeting to order at noon. Despite the cold weather and icy road conditions, there was an impressive in-person showing as we gathered in the Community Room at Goodwin University. Marc Glass offered an inspirational message, homing in on the ethical focus expressed in Rotary’s Four-Way Test, the service focus expressed in our motto “Service Above Self” and the effectiveness of Rotarians, locally and globally, ordinary people able to accomplish extraordinary things through club efforts. It was heartening to have Dan and Hope Firestone back with us for today’s meeting.
Bob reported he Golf Committee held its first meeting yesterday evening, via Zoom due to the wintry mix adversely affecting driving conditions. Despite that challenge, much was accomplished.
Golf Committee Heads
- Bob Buettner Chairman
- Marc Glass Liaison with other clubs
- Bill Saunders / Jack Sayre Registration and tee-off assignments
- Jim Watts Signage - New Hole Sponsor printing and placement.
- George Schoen. Treasurer (Registrations will be sent directly to George).
- Peggy Schoen. Data collection
- Ceil Collins. Raffle
- Ray Maselek/ Guy LaBella. Fundraising.
- The tournament will be June 10 th . Stay tuned for more information.
The Paul Harris Recognition Dinner will be at the Wethersfield Country Club on March 27th
After these announcements, the group broke for lunch. Thanks again to Guy LaBella and Roma’s. Offerings were a variety of grinders and a large cheese pizza.
Bob rang the bell to resume the meeting at 12:25. He summarized mentioned events in the planning, including the Paul Harris Recognition Dinner at Wethersfield Country Club on March 27th. Ray Maselek confirmed he will work with President-elect Rob Rosa organizing the bike collection project which will occur this spring in a designated area at Goodwin University. Treasurer George Schoen said invoices for club dues will out soon, but he prefers those who can pay now, prior to receiving an invoice, to make out a check to the Rotary Club of East Hartford for the $115 semi-annual dues amount and mail it to him at his home address 53 Duxbury Lane, Glastonbury, CT 06033. George indicated it is acceptable to use Venmo if necessary. Venmo name is Rotary Treasurer@EastHartfordRotary.
Meetings for the rest of January will be held in Room 311. Zoom will be available for those who need that to access the meeting. Marc Glass has established Zoom ID and code for the rest of this Rotary year—
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81533566319?pwd=K3BmeXBQNzhRS3ZnRWhrVHRITjZIQT09
Meeting ID: 815 3356 6319
Passcode: 591355
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81533566319?pwd=K3BmeXBQNzhRS3ZnRWhrVHRITjZIQT09
Meeting ID: 815 3356 6319
Passcode: 591355
Anwar has arranged speakers for the second and fourth meetings of January, February, and March. He is working on spring months and asks that we do not schedule additional speakers the second and fourth Wednesdays of those months.
Per our club’s constitutional documents, we publish here again the
Proposed slate of officers and directors for Rotary year 2024-2025.
- President, Rob Rosa
- President-elect TBD
- Immediate Past President, Bob Buettner
- Secretary, Sue Klock
- Treasurer, George Schoen
- Assistant Treasurer/Director, Marc Glass
- Neal Cunningham, Director
- Anwar Hossain, Director
- Ray Maselek, Director
- Bill Saunders, Director
- Jack Sayre, Director
- Jim Watts, Director
The election will be held during the first regular club meeting in February.
Sue Klock has been tasked with creating an updated bifold for our club to distribute at community events. We need new pictures showing our recent service projects. If you have any which might be useful, please attach to an email indicating photo(s) are for club’s brochure, and send to suehklock@gmail.com.
Bob rang the bell to conclude the meeting at 12:30 PM.
Submitted by Sue Klock, High Gear writer for January.