PLEDGE/PRAYER: President Keith Wescovich
SONG: Bill McLaughlin
BRENT'S FLIM/FLAM: Low hand won by Marty D.
RAFFLE WINNERS: Marty (again), Joan Michaud, & Bill White
VISITING ROATARIANS: George Meslow form Citrus, FL and Rick Veck from Jupiter, FL.
HAPPY $S: Bill suits reviewed the new golf cart rules of the road (more on the details later)
and a joke, Marty happy for winning poker hand, raffle and me doing the Shadder,
Andy happy Marty gve back all his winnings, George Meslow ahppy and a joke,
Joan M. for winning raffle and for husband not seriously hurt from falling off a roof,
many members contributed to Bill Suits long dissertation, and President Keith
happy in his new role and responsibilities.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
President Keith would like Club members to offer the prayer after the pledge,
he's looking for volunteers. He also indicated that off color jokes are not
appropriate and would earn the teller a fine!
MISC: The new state of CT and O.S. golf cart ordinances are as follows;
Golf carts must be registered with the town who will issue a license plate to
be attached to the rear of the vehicle. The plate cost is $25 and must be
done by mid July. Registration is at the O.S. Police Dept. Carts cannot be
operated on roads with a speed limit of over 25 MPH, this excludes Rt 1.
Operators must have a valid drivers. Carts must have a horn of some kind
and a flag that stands 6 ft. above the roadway. They cannot be operated at
night even with lights and must have a rear view mirror. Lastly, rear facing
seats must have a seat belt of some kind.
CLUB ASSEMBLY:
Charley Norz reviewed the Rotary Foundation budget for Rotary year 2009-2010.
He also indicated that the committee is talking to 3 professional advisors to
assist in the investment and management of the Foundation funds. A selection
will be made in the near future. One item agreed to by all that funds withdrawn
from the investment portfolios should not exceed 5% in any given year to insure
the integrity of the fund capital. Each item in the budget was reviewed and
discussed by Charlie. Comments were made that the "Warm the Children"
project served 119 families in the Old Saybrook area including 245 children.
Another item was the "Amber Alert" program being adopted by the O.S. Police
Dept. A contenious item was the elimination of the "White Water Conference"
funding that the club has done for many years. Much discussion was made
that it should be re-instated and it was suggested that the budget could be
discussed, and funds reallocated to cut programs if the body of the club so
decides. A final note was that Charley will be stepping down as Foundation
Chair and Bob Hester will be the new Chair. The club expresssed it's
appreciation to Charlie for a job well done in touch economic times. Our best
wishes to incoming Chair, Bob Hester.
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