Rotary Meeting, Tuesday September 18, 2012
SPECIAL GUEST: District Governor, Richard Dietz
The meeting was brought to order, and Paul Stone led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Dennis Prefontaine gave an invocation, and Susanne McInerney led us in song, with “God Bless America”.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next Week, Mayor Setti Warren will attend our Meeting, so Chris Chu reminded us it’s a good meeting to bring some potential Rotary Members.
Chris and Carolina will be meeting Friday afternoon at 4:00 at Carolina’s house to brainstorm ideas about how to get new members to join Rotary. If you are interested in joining them, let Chris know.
The week after next, (October 2), will be Club Assembly
Death By Chocolate; committee has had their first meeting. Information will be available after the next meeting.
Newton Has Talent; website is being developed, as well as Facebook Page. More information to come…
October 2, will be Club Assembly
SARGENT AT ARMS
Our past Sargent At Arms, Dave Sellers introduced our two guests, Architect, Mariana Dagatte, and Holger Michael, from the German Consulate. Like old times, Dave told a real stinker of a joke and as usual, his timing was impeccable.
RAFFLE
Mary Kern won the raffle, but chose the Ace of Hearts. Paul Stone, once again helped out with the trivia question, so Mary went home with the consolation prize of a scratch ticket.
HAPPY DOLLARS
Many happy Rotary Members!
SPEAKER
Rich Dietz discussed the merits of being in Rotary. There are currently only 139 cases of polio in the whole world, but that is 139 cases too many, so we cannot stop the fight to eradicate polio. The theme of this year is “Peace through service”. Rich’s goal for our district is to build membership by 10%. He also suggested that family projects get a lot of local press, so in order to gain visibility about Rotary, to consider doing these family service projects.
Richard Dietz our District Governor Special Guest, Holger Michael
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COMMITTEE SUMMARY FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE:
Death By Chocolate – Meets Monthly - Contact Mary Kern
Newton Has Talent – Meets as needed – Contact Tom Keery
Senior Safety Day – Meets Monthly – Contact Marie Presti
Membership Committee – Meets Monthly – Contact Chris Chu
Community Grants Committee – Meets as needed – Contact Ed Casavant
Newton/Brookline Relay for Life – Meets Monthly – Contact Jeff Tucker
Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast – Meets as needed – Contact Tony Bibbo
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