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Pledge: Pres. Gerri Lewis
Prayer: Rick Beck
Song: Rick Beck
Brent’s Card Game Winner: Charlie Renshaw
Sergeants Report: Pete Zucco
Raffle Winners: Ken Roche, Maurice and Rick Beck
Happy Bucks: Thank you to club for the invite, Sad dollar for all the people of Haiti, Rick paid extra dollar for not
wearing his badge, for the beautiful sunrise today, the much needed rain, successful golf tournament and happy to
be at Rotary today.
Upcoming Meeting Events for August: Gerri Lewis
- Wednesday, October 12th….Student of the Month - English
- Wednesday, October 19th…Brett Elliott; The Kate; Stickers in Dictionaries after meeting
- Saturday, October 22nd….Council of Presidents (Gerri); Graduate Club New Haven
- Wednesday, October 26th…Bill McLaughlin - Continuation of Orientation; Outreach meeting after
meeting
- Thursday, October 27th… Chamber Business Expo 5:30 – 7:30…Sandy Miller; Rick Beck; Bill O.;
Amber; Interact Students
Announcements: Gerri Lewis
- The annual golf tournament was a success and drew over $14,000.00 for scholarships this year.
- Meals on Wheels: Sandra Miller.
- Next week’s meeting will be our first Student of the Month-English for the year.
- Chamber Business Expo is Thursday, October 27th at the YMCA, Westbrook from 5:30 to 7:30. Need volunteers to set up and work the booth. See Sandra Miller.
- The Shoreline Chefs event for the OS Estuary was a huge success to support the Meals on Wheels program.
Brent : H.E.A.T. is hosting its annual Spaghetti Dinner on November 10th raising funds to assist Old Saybrook residents stay warm this winter. The Spaghetti Dinner is at Fireman's Field from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. - Donation $10 for adults. Children
with adults are free. See Brent for tickets.
Charlie Renshaw: Spoke about another Rotary Club’s project. He shared that a very interesting article in the local
Shoreline paper in regards to the South Windsor Rotary Club raising $150,000.00 at their annual auction event. The
proceeds will go to building a New Pavilion at Veterans Memorial Park. He encouraged all to read it.
Today’s Program: Fundamentals of Rotary
Speakers were our own Rotary members, Pat Settembrino, Rick Beck and Bill McLaughlin
Pat Settembrino kicked off the meeting an Analogy referencing Coach Lombardi and the Green Bay Packers,
referring to their meetings in the locker room. He spoke about getting back to the “basics of Rotary”. That we are lucky
to have a go-getter President, however we all need to take responsibility participating equally in all events. Pat stated
that every member should invite one guest to a meeting to show all of what Rotary does. He spoke about serving on
committees, participating in projects and sitting on the Board of Directors.
Rick Beck asked everyone to ask themselves, “What are you doing here?” Rick suggested that all members right down a name of a potential new member and invite them to a meeting. He spoke about previous projects and commented it seems to be
the same people participating. We need to help rotary and the community we live in. A group discussion and ideas
were shared regarding new membership. A conversation of scholarships took place, academic vs. trade Schools.
Bill McLaughlin spoke about the history of Paul Harris Fellowship and the 5 Avenues of Service.
1. Club
2. Community
3. Vocational
4. International
5. Youth
Bill handed out a sign-up sheet and asked members to pick one of the avenues to focus on this year. He referred to
Rotary's 4 way test and asked we all bring it to our personal and business lives.
Unfortunately we ran out of time. Bill will complete his full presentation at our October 26th meeting.
Five Way Test of the things we think, say, or do
1) Is it the truth?
2) Is it fair to all concerned?
3) Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
4) Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
5) Is it fun? (This one is unofficial but we put it in anyway)
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