PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Sharon led the pledge
SONG – Verna led us in God Bless America
INVOCATION – Mark shared some thoughts on the Papal visit and his message. “The Pope is a Rotarian, he just doesn’t know it”.
GUESTS – Brett Conway made his last guest appearance, he will be a regular member shortly. Adam, potential Rotarian, also joined us.
ANNOUNCEMENTS –
Peter – Next open door is 10/15.
Dr. Keefe – We had 70% attendance for September – very good.
Bryant – Jack Abby visit looks like November 3rd.
Artie – Chronical is replaying the Natick episode tonight at 7:30.
There is a $100 Morse Tavern gift certificate being auctioned. Please reply to the Sprocket email with a bid, or come prepared to bid next week.
SPEAKER –
This was a club assembly, with updates from the various areas:
Dr. Keefe: Our club has 43 members, 30 with attendance commitments. As mentioned, we were at 70% for September which is great.
David: September was a good month financially due to the Golf Tournament. We probably made around $17K.
Artie: Meeting Speakers are booked through November.
Trish: Board approved sending a student to World Affairs Seminar in Wisconsin next June.
George: Home Depot plant projects will continue, probably one in January and again in the spring.
Tobe: A Place to Turn has been scheduled through December.
Mark: Interact will be moving forward, waiting to hear back from schools. The Foundation: first students approved. Applying for a grant for next year with Food Pantry, A Place to Turn and Open Door. Embrace a Family has a lot of clients they are working with.
Peter: Focusing on PR. Finding speakers who can draw from the larger community, not just Rotary. Alan Weiss is coming October 27th. Eric will put up a registration page. Speakers in the Fall and Spring may be a good model.
Trish: We have 2 grant requests at this time.
Joey: Membership: when we have good speakers we should invite non-Rotarians. Natickopoly will also be an opportunity to expand membership.
Trish: We are considering having one meeting per month in the evening, any feedback is encouraged.
Next week, meeting at 11:30 before the club meeting to discuss Natickopoly. Looking at clubs that have done it to try to use best practices and avoid problems. Peter is helping with the layout.
RAFFLE –
We started a new process, where if the Queen of Hearts is not drawn the raffle winner gets the value of their card. Bryan had the winning ticket and drew the 5 of diamonds.
Respectfully submitted,
Rotarian Bryan
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