FOR ROTARIANS WHO MISSED THE MEETING - May 10, 2016

 

Welcome back to Bill Leeson who has been on leave.

 

GREETERS: Thanks to Eric Rabesa and Tony Counts for serving as greeters and to Eric for doing our introductions.

    

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:   No one to replace Matt Lievan who had a sick child, so Ellen did a quick “warm up” activity.   

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:  May 9th Board Meeting:  Ellen gave a brief report 1) A resignation with regret from Lynna Broyles was accepted 2) We are in good financial shape. 3) We have 3 outbound summer exchange students - Jackie Brown to Mexico, Olivia Hobson to Thailand and Amy Speer to Spain.4) There are some changes to the RI Constitution and Bylaws that will be addressed at some point. 5)Our club endowment is up to $465,497.   Our items covered in following announcements. 

 

Crutches4Africa Drive –  Rachelle Summers and Ian Engle, Co-Chairs reported on a very successful event and thanked all who volunteered.   Stay tuned for the numbers of items collected – Dave Talbot was very pleased!  And thank you Rachelle and Ian for taking on the leadership for this event – congratulations for a job well done!

 

Day of Caring on May 18th and Community Clean up Day on May 21st.   Tara  Weaver  passed around sign up sheets for both these service projects.   Our intended participation is looking very good.  Tara will send detailed instructions to those who signed up.   Find you can participate at last minute?  Call, text or email Tara!

 

Ski Town Classic:  Celina Taylor reminded us that raffle tickets ($50/each) are on sale NOW until event.  Cash prizes are:  1 @ $5,000; 1 @ $2500; 2 @ $1000; 5 @ $500; and 5 @$100 and you don’t have to be present to win.   AND you can sell to friends, family and colleagues.   So pick up a stack from any committee member and help get all the printed tickets sold!   

 

Flower Barrels:  Eric Rabesa asked for help transferring the empty barrels from Howelsen to CMC - trucks, and helpers needed.   As of this writing, all went well.  Thanks to those who showed up to help. 

 

Vocation-Rotation:  Steve Sehnert passed around the sign up sheet and reminded us we could sign up online too.   See instructions at end of this write-up.

 

Barn Dance:  Melissa Gibson announced that she and Ashley Kane will be co-chairs for the event - October 1, and called a meeting of the current Barn Dance Committee and anyone else who wanted to join after the meeting.   If you do want to join this committee, let Melissa know. 

 

 Important Dates: Day of Caring (w/ United Way) – May 18

                                     Clean Up Day – May 21

                                      June 13th – Board Meeting at Rex’s- Noon

                                    Ski Town Classic – June 10 – 11

                                    Flower Barrels – June 14 (no meeting)

 

PROGRAM:  Part I.  Classification Talk from Jonathan Bishop.   What a delightful and witty description of Jonathan’s journey to Steamboat and High Country Dentistry – beginning with an imagination filled childhood followed by the twists and turns of college, marriage, international travels, and a family of 3 children with wife, Kristen.   We are fortunate to have you in our club, Jonathan!

 Part II.  Ellen shared the “interesting but not all that definitive results” from our survey and table discussions on March 8th.    If anyone would like a copy of the table discussion write-ups, just ask.   In general, our members were pretty pleased with the changes we have made this year to our meeting format, as well as our efforts to provide diverse and interesting programs.   The survey also showed that members come to our meetings primarily for the fellowship and staying in contact with each other and because “meeting attendance is part of our commitment to Rotary.”   Ellen promised to share our many ideas from the discussions with the appropriate committee – Membership, Program, or Board.

 

GOOD NEWS:  Thanks to Steve Sehnert who did Good News, with our usual moments of appreciation and laughter. 

 

See you in two weeks and enjoy our “Vocation Rotation in Different Locations” for next week’s meeting.    Contact Steve Sehnert if you did not sign up or go online to: www.rotarysteamboat.com  Then see Upcoming Events (way down on left) – click on Vocation Rotation and click to register and pick your spot.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Ellen Kendall, Club President