FOR THOSE ROTARIANS WHO MISSED THE MEETING - JULY 28, 2015
Our first meeting – ever – at the Peace Pavilion! What a glorious day and setting! General consensus was that meetings at the Peace Pavilion should become a regular thing (once a month?) during warm weather. What do you think? Thanks everyone for your extra fun and flexible energy and for making a club dream come true. Yes, we could all feel Michael Roberts smiling!
GREETER: Thank you to Marion Kahn, who introduced several Rotarian guests who came to participate in our special meeting location.
Julie Taulman, our Summer Exchange Student Chair, introduced Zava Zupan from Steamboat and her exchange partner, Vera Bohnenblust from Bern, Switzerland who completed a 3 week exchange with each other’s families this summer. Both found the beauty of their surroundings to be the highlights of their exchanges and thanked Rotary for providing them with this opportunity. Once again, we were able to take heart in knowing our exchange programs are creating wonderful experiences for the youth in our community.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Ellen thanked Winnie Delliquadre for serving so tirelessly as Program Chair for the past 3 years and mentioned that Winnie even did the programming during her year as President. How did she ever manage that! Thank you Winnie for your extraordinary contribution to our club.
John Holloway confirmed that Cornelia Weiss, a current Rotary Peace Fellow will be our Keynote Speaker for the Peace Pavilion Dedication. Wait until you hear her background, her accomplishments and what we know will be a very inspirational speech.
Dedication (8/11) Volunteers are needed. Thank you to the many who signed up and more are needed. Ian Wagner will send around lists again next week.
INDUCTION:
Holly Rogers did the honor of inducting our newest member, Liz Finegan. Liz actually had three sponsors, Scott Marr, Alice Klauzer and Jim Moylan. Liz is the Executive Director of the Healthcare Foundation of the Yampa Valley, is a former Rotarian in both the Ski Town Rotary (morning club) and in her former community of Jackson, WY. Many of us already know Liz and we are very happy to welcome her into our club.
PROGRAM:
We had a special program to match our spectacular setting: A “back by popular demand” concert by our very own talented Rotarians, Jeff Swoyer, Rick Bear, and Steve Hitchcock. Thank you for adding greatly to the uplifting energy of our first Pavilion meeting. And for helping us realize the Pavilion floor just may be made for dancing!
GOOD NEWS: Thank you Steve Sehnert for doing Good News. Ellen announced that she will ask our current Board Members to take on this weekly position and Steve graciously took on the task.
Good News: $210
Attendance: 50%
Program Next Week: Tom Tudor - who you heard in the spring speak about his experience as a sentry at the Tomb of the Unknowns. His topic is “Who’s buried in Arlington National Cemetery." If he is half as interesting and knowledgeable on this subject as he was for his last talk, we are in for a treat!
And a reminder that next week is our new member lunch drawing – bring dollars! See you then!
Respectfully submitted,
Ellen Kendall, Club President