President Phil George welcomed all to the March 22nd meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club www.brattlebororotaryclub.org held at the American Legion. <ED NOTE: 21 members + no guests = 21 attended.>.
For the invocation Stan present these thoughts: We stay focused on the objectives we have for the world; Peace. Tranquility. A true brotherhood of men. Freedom from hunger, from oppression, from sickness. The freedom to choose our own destinies. We reaffirm our commitment to our simple rotary four-way test for all we do and support; is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? We reaffirm our commitment to high ethics and all we do. And we give thanks for all the blessings opportunities and responsibilities that befall us as Rotarians. We continue optimism, renewed energy, and a commitment to the service do you and our fellow men and women. Service above self.
ED NOTE: Weekly assignments for the invocation or motivational thought can be found on the club website.>
Guests: none today
TRIVIA QUESTION
Who was the master bulletin editor who helped out the Brattleboro Rotary IT staff?
(Answer below)
JOKE OF THE WEEK
For our joke of the week: Phil presented
ED NOTE: 2021-22 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
ROTARY MINUTE
For the Rotary Minute, Phil presented
Rotary anniversaries :Carla ,Rich and Rob each celebrated 10 years ,. Stan 22 years and Greg Worden an incredible 38 years in our club
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
March 31 James Meyer grateful greens;
no program yet for April 7;
April 14 the new executive Director for Brattleboro Memorial Hospital ;
April 21 will be our next zoom meeting.
April 28 will be a roadshow at Brattleboro high school.
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.
Rob Bragged for George and George Bragged for Rob in their mutual efforts for our Afghan family
Bill V bragged for Phil who while on vacation followed up on Rotary email. Then fined President Phil asking. ‘is it the truth”. Was there actually an attachment to that email? President bragged a dollar which might’ve been cover up money.
Cheri ann bragged for the best thing in her life being her son and maybe the best in his life Cheri ann since she brought him new tires. Maura bragged for Cheri Anns son as well having met one of his old classmates who was very complementary. Maura second brag as she was wearing one of her mothers rotary scarfs.
Jennifer bragged for the BMH emergency room as she recently experienced a kidney stone and good drugs related to same. And it was said “this too will pass”.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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 provided an update on our Afgan family and the recent new year celebration. The club has sourced a few bicycles for their use
Upcoming events:
Apr. 14 – Groundworks Meal to be managed by the students. Stan will keep members apprised of if help needed.
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>
See above
PROGRAM
George Anthes presented a great review of information security for normal people.
Reminder to keep your information backed up, Systems up-to-date and strong password management. It was a great program and you should have been in attendance.
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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