A spirited conversation prior to the meeting included President Bob’s on-going saga concerning the sale of his business. The latest impediment consists of a recalcitrant tenant in the cottage behind the store refusing to leave. Perhaps a few well-timed funeral arrangements left at the front door might induce some cooperation.
Our country honors its veterans
In any case, President Bob asked Ceil Collins to sound the bell and then led a rather cacophonous pledge. Ruth Sheehan’s invocation consisted of an appropriate Veterans Day prayer, thanking our military for their sacrifices. Not a “loser” or “sucker” among them. The meeting lacked both guests and a speaker. 17 members did join in the session.
Succession Plan put in place
Announcements for This Week:
There will be no traditional wine and cheese social before the Thanksgiving meeting this year. Virtual drinks do not work.
There will also be no wine and cheese social between Christmas and New Year’s. Same rationale.
No Holiday party this year due to coronavirus We will make up for it next year!!!!
The Board voted unanimously to donate $1000.00 to the Goodwin University Turkey Gobbler Drive for Food Share. This donation is in place of the real turkeys we donated last year. Due to the pandemic, contact is limited, and monetary donations were requested so Food Share can purchase the birds. The money will come first from the Charitable Fund and then be replaced into the fund by the funds from the Liberty Bank account. Food Share needs the funds earlier to be able to purchase the turkeys and distribute them.
A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ON OUR CLUB LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION PLAN.
After many conversations with Sue Klock, Alex Wisz and the Board, Past President and Past District Governor Sue has agreed to serve as Club President in the 2021-2022 club year. Long-time member Alex has agreed to accept the position of Vice President, President-Elect for 2021-2022 club year and to serve as President in 2022/23.
Sue will use her past knowledge of Rotary and her involvement with new types of memberships to enhance EHRC. She will be able to provide Alex with a solid grounding in Rotary procedures and prepare him for club leadership. With this plan in place, it is the board’s hope that we can re-establish our tradition of a line of succession with members stepping up each year to fill these leadership roles. This decision will have to be ratified by the entire membership in our annual election meeting in December.
Transformation Projects Typify Rotary
The wonders of technology allowed our erstwhile program director, Anwar Hossain to schedule a video in lieu of a speaker this week. Our tech guru, Wes Willett, projected Video speaker John F. Germ, a Past President of Rotary International and a current Trustee of the Rotary Foundation, speaking to a group of District Governors on the topic of the Transformational Projects Rotary is involved with around the world. PP Germ emphasized that the common thread in all these projects is that they are well planned, address the real needs of people, heavily involve the recipients and are sustainable. An interesting and enjoyable presentation.
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