President Carl Lynde welcomed all to the July 9th meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club held via ZOOM. <ED NOTE: 27 Rotarians attended.> President Carl offered the following two motivational statements:
Tell Me and I Forget; Teach Me and I May Remember; Involve Me and I Learn
<ED NOTE: To learn the origins of this quote, click here.>
“This is a changing world; we must be prepared to change with it. The story of Rotary will have to be written again and again.” — Paul Harris, This Rotarian Age, circa 1935
<ED NOTE: Weekly assignments for the invocation or motivational thought can be found on the club website. The following would be the next people on the list: Tom French (7/16), Betsy Gentile (7/23), and Phil George (7/30).>
GUESTS: Gateway Scholarship recipients: Allyssa Scherlin, Nicholas Campbell, and Avery White.
TRIVIA QUESTION
Where did the idea for the name of "Rotary" come from?
(Answer below)
JOKE OF THE WEEK
For the joke of the week, Ron Stahley told the following:
A woman arrives at the Pearly Gates...
...and meets Saint Peter. She says, "I was supposed to look up my husband when I got here."
Saint Peter asks, "What's his name?"
She answers, "Smith."
Saint Peter replies, "I've got hundreds of thousands of Smiths here, could you narrow it down a little?"
She responds, "His name is John Smith."
Saint Peter says, "I got thousands of John Smiths here, could you narrow it down a little?"
She answers, "He's got red hair."
He replies, "I have hundreds of red-haired John Smiths here, could you narrow it down a little?"
She responds, "Well, he told me to always remain faithful to his memory, or else he'd roll over in his grave!"
Saint Peter says, "Oh, you mean Pinwheel Smith!"
At our July 16th meeting, Phil Steckler will tell a joke or lead us in song and Rob Szpila will offer a Rotary Minute. 2020-21 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
ROTARY MINUTE
There was no Rotary minute today ;-(
At our July 16th meeting, Phil Steckler will tell a joke or lead us in song and Rob Szpila will offer a Rotary Minute. 2020-21 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
07/16 – Steve Ryder, “How to securely work from home”
07/23 – Steve Puderbaugh, 2020-21 Rotary District 7870 District Governor
NOTE: 2020-21 weekly assignments, are posted on the club website.
REMINDERS
Please bring your bottles and cans to 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.
This is the 2nd newsletter of the 2020-2021 club year.
And, there has already been 1 brag.
In the past two newsletters, a survey question was published:
Should this weekly newsletter continue?
16 (27% of the club) responses were received in the affirmative.
Despite the lack of response by 73% of the club, this newsletter will continue.
Thank you to all who took the time to send kind words of support!
FINES
NONE ;-(
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Six high school students received $2500 Gateway Foundation scholarships this year: Nicholas S. Campbell (Springfield College), Cassidy M. Gallivan (Ithaca College), Alyssa R. Scherlin (Springfield College), Margaret R. St. John (University of New Hampshire), Avery G. White (Ithaca College), Juliana N. Yialiades (University of NH)
The following club members were recognized for their years of service: Roger Allbee (5) and Sophie Howlett (2).
The district golf tournament will take place on August 21. For more info, contact Carl Lynde.
Board minutes can be found on the club website.
The club noted with sorrow the passing of Sophia Howlett's mother in April. A card will be sent by Mara Williams on behalf of the club.
Chris Brown, a longtime member of the club, would appreciate visitors. For more info, contact Dart Everett.
If you would like to be a sponsor of the club’s website, contact Marty Cohn. <ED NOTE: The list of sponsors for 2020-21 is The Richards Group, BMAC, and Berkley & Veller Greenwood Country Realtors>
BRAGS / HAPPY DOLLARS
<ED NOTE: Yes, we are keeping track of these happy dollars and brags.
Unless noted, happy dollars and brags are $1>
Carl Lynde ($10) - for being prepared to be fined this year.
Mara Williams ($10) – for the start of Carl Lynde’s presidency.
Gina Pattison ($5) - for her son, Jack, hitting his first home run of the summer.
PROGRAM
President Carl Lynde led a discussion about memberships. He suggested that we review the list of club accomplishments from last year that is posted on the club website and see what interested members. He suggests that this is the beginning of a menu of interest for potential members.
Some things members like about Rotary:
Meetings
Speakers
Projects with tangible results
Working on projects with others
Giving back to the community through the projects we do
Fellowship and community spirit at Christmas tree sale
Variety of speakers, members, and projects
Social time together
Loading boxes at Foodbank and serving meals at Overflow Shelter
President Carl would like for us to send him the names of any potential members and items to add to the menu of interests.
<ED NOTE: On BCTV you can now watch the club’s new show, “Brattleboro Rotary Club Speaker Series” by clicking here.>
Rotary Cares - TV Show
Rotary Cares, Episode 27 – Passing the Gavel
In episode 27 of the award-winning, monthly show, Rotary Cares, Brattleboro Rotary Club past president Marty Cohn discusses “passing the gavel”, a time when a club president steps down. Our guests are Brattleboro Rotary Club Past President Sandy Rouse and Brattleboro Sunrise Club Past President Kevin Yager. The show is produced by Brattleboro Community Television.
Past President Martin Cohn who attempts to give a gist of the meeting respectfully submitted this bulletin. However, it is always better to attend. If you have any complaints about the contents of this bulletin...
ANSWER TO TRIVIA QUESTION
The first members rotated their meeting places around the offices of members.
