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OS Rotary Meeting 06/02/21

Pledge/Prayer followed by the 4-Way Test: President Gary McCauley

Happy Bucks: Mrs.PD: Happy for the nice day; Mr.PD: the Memorial Day Parade, 30 mile bike ride; NM: happy to be here today and going to NJ to watch a grandaughter play in a soccer game; JoeA: Taps across America - a great thing!; PZ: for the young couple who have been trying for a long time and finally will be closing on their first home; CR: held up a sculpted picture of grandaughter Anna who saw all of the UCONN mens and womens basketball games this year; JW: happy to be at the Cape and had a nice time marching in the parade; AS: excellent parade and did Meals on Wheels today with Pete; BO: the beautiful day, grandaughter's 22nd birthday; JG: glad to have made the meeting today, nice weather; MD: our great turnout at the parade and brother-in-law Mike Goldblatt there with a classic restored car ('56 Cadillac) once again; JA: vacationing in the Chesapeake Bay area with daughter and her husband. See pictures from my camera.

 

 

President Gary:
- Check your mail for the annual dues. Please send your payment to Kathy Callinan. Its ok if you are a little late - we just need to know our membership total to report to the district and pay the club bill to RI.
- The RI Convention is June 12 - June 16. Let Gary know if you'd like to attend
- Summer Concert Series - John G: There will be a meeting next week with the organizers and a walk-thru June 14, 1-1:15. John will report on it.
- Raffle Permit: Gary is working with Chief Spera to obtain a raffle permit for the club.
- Golf Tournament: Charlie Renshaw: The club needs to work on getting golfers and sponsors to help bring the tournament back to its former success! The last tournament was in 2018 and only had 29 golfers and 37 sponsors. In the old days, we typically had over 100 golfers. The goal is 72 golfers which gives our tournament the course exclusively Fox Hopyard closing the course to other golfers.

Meeting Schedule:
Wed, June 9: Breakfast at 7:30am at the Parthenon Diner. We will order off the menu and everyone is responsible for their own check. Please let Gary know if you plan on making it so we have a headcount for the restaurant

Wed, June 16: 12:00 Lunch on the Town Green - bring your own lunch, if it rains the pavillion is our backup

Wed, June 23: TBD

Tue, June 29: 5-7pm Evening social at the Indiantown Association Clubhouse, Club members and their guests are invited for an evening of cocktails and appetizers. Cost is $5 per Rotarian. RSVP by June 23 by emailing Gary.

Other Business:
Website, Marty: The new website is under construction with much progress made. We were just billed for the work to date. There have been a few delays but it's close to completion after which we will be trained on its functionalities.

Membership, Pete: talking to a new prospect.

md