President Phil George welcomed all to the March 17th meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club www.brattlebororotaryclub.org held at the American Legion. <ED NOTE: 18 members + 2 guests = 20 attended.>.
For the invocation Roger Miller sent along an Irish blessing that was read by Pres. Phil.
ED NOTE: Weekly assignments for the invocation or motivational thought can be found on the club website.>
This was followed by the pledge of allegiance. Birthday greetings - none.
Guests:
Josh Traeger
John Quain, speaker
TRIVIA QUESTION
Who was the master bulletin who helped out the Brattleboro Rotary IT staff?
(Answer below)
JOKE OF THE WEEK
For our joke this week, Gary Goodemote asked Joe Little tell the following joke:
What was the Endocrine Glands favorite TV show???
…I’ve got a Secrete!
ED NOTE: 2021-22 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
ROTARY MINUTE
For the Rotary Minute, Mara Williams shared that Jennifer Jones from the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario became the first woman to be nominated to become the President of Rotary International in 2022-23 .
ED NOTE: 2021-22 weekly assignments, are posted on the club website.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
03/24 – [ George Anthes ]
03/31 – James Mayer of Grateful Greens
04/07 – [ Rhonda Calhoun ]
4/13 – Travis Kumph, new director of quality at BMH
NOTE: 2021-22 weekly assignments, are posted on the club website.
REMINDERS
Please bring your bottles and cans to the Putney Road redemption center to benefit Pure Water for the World. Please remember to inform the staff that the bottles and cans should be credited to the club.
We are back meeting in person at the Legion but will continue to meet via Zoom on the 3rd Thursday of the month.
Rob Szpila shared the positive energy and events working with the Afghan family we are mentoring.They have settled into an apartment, the girls are in school, the health team assisted the family to get some emergency dental care for a daughter and hopefully the father has a job prospect.
Upcoming events:
Apr. 14 – Groundworks Meal
Apr. 29 – Bowling Social with Sunrise Club 5:30
Jun. 9 – Golf Tournament
BRAGS / HAPPY DOLLARS
<ED NOTE: Yes, we are keeping track of these happy dollars and brags.
Unless noted, happy dollars and brags are $1>
Tammy Purcell ($10) $5 for Trivia Nite with Sunrise Club was a blast of fun.$5 for the Deerfield Valley Rotary Club for their $5,000 donation to support the Ukrainians.
Bill McKim ($5) for his cardiologist for allowing him to go to Puerto Rico for some R & R. He will miss the next 2 meetings.
PROGRAM
Jennifer Ambler presented John Quain, an award winning reporter and author.He writes for the NY Times, FoxNews.com, is on air reporter for CBS news and his articles have appeared in many publications.His podcast is “On The Road to Autonomy”.Writing about electric vehicles he has tested many and he shared insight into the electric vehicle industry.Extremely interesting with lots of follow up discussion. Check out the presentation.
Weekly changing scribes and questionable IT may have resulted in oversights and errors. We regret any mistakes.
Answer to the trivia question
Marty Cohn, Past President of the Brattleboro Rotary Club and current member of the Springfield VT club came to the rescue for the proper way to create a bulletin.
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