Club Meeting, Featuring: Erin Dobbins, "Rotorizing Beyond The Club Level"

Today’s meeting started with the Pledge of Allegiance. Club President Nancy Darga also gave the Invocation:

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant” – by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Next was the introduction of the speakers for this morning: Dave Stechholz to talk about the Rotary International Convention that was held in Calgary, and Erin Dobbins will also discuss “Rotarizing beyond the Club level”.

Happy Bucks, led by Sharon Pommerville, had everyone giving a thought on how they thought the Wine Tasting Event had gone. Nancy gave a brief synopsis of the trip to Calgary as her Happy Bucks thank-you.

Victoria Haltom said “Thank You” cards were going out for donations for the Rebuild Rotary Park campaign.

Tammy Bonifield talked about the different fellowships available at the International Convention and most specifically, her “Brew” shirt souvenir.

A report on the results of the Wine Tasting event was presented by Wayne Kinney and Erin Dobbins. The two Rotary clubs are not really expecting to make any money on the Wine Tasting event this year, as it was the first one at the Spree in many years. However, they were happy to report that the Rotary did come out ahead. The two thanked the generosity of the Brass Mug for their donation of the wines, and the employees to pour, and the explain the various kinds of wine that were available for tasting. Also discussed was the costs for printing and the catering. There were approximately 110 paying guests at the tasting and a good time was had by all. Thanks to Wayne, Erin, and all the volunteers for their contribution of time.

Marlene Katafias