Marc Glass was called upon to give the Sgt. at Arms report. He needed to announce
that he paid $5 for the Eagles still being Super Bowl Champs. Such a devoted fan of his football team might be expected to make such a donation each week, perhaps incrementing the amount by a dollar, until they are unseated. I guess we will find out just how devoted Marc is to his team over the next couple weeks.
Other donations (that could be deciphered) included:
· Bob Buettner - $5 on WFSB
· Dave Amberg - $18 for a birthday, and $2 for the club’s birthday
· Jack Martin - for having met a 100 year old woman who is sharper than he is
· Mary Martin – leaving early
· Dick McCarthy - $50 for a birthday and $15 for an anniversary
· Bill Saunders - $4 for an unrecorded reason
· George Schoen – for the latest Red Sox slugger
· Steve Jacoby – for the beautiful day
· Dan Russell – for not bringing back good weather from FL
· Nick Cecere – donated $2 for something and $1 for something else
· Ned Lynch - paid for the Red Sox and for leaving early
· Larry Hangland – paid for nothing just in case he does something
· Neil Cunningham – paid
· Wes Willett – paid because Marc was still celebrating the Eagles, and again for good Sgt. At Arms penmanship
· (Unfortunately the penmanship did not improve at this point)
· Somebody – paid for taking time to be something
· Frank Collins – paid for a birthday
· Kevin Kickery – paid for having his Dad back home
· Jack Sayre – paid for the Red Sox
· Jim Watts – contributed for something
· Dan Larson – paid for leaving early
· George Agnelli – paid for something
· Alex Wisz – paid for something
· Anwar Hossain – paid for the good weather
· Hope Firestone – paid because it is almost spring
Announcements included a board meeting Monday night at the Y. The board will be discussing what to do with all the ducks we have. If anyone wants to contribute ideas, please let a board member know.
On Feb 28 we will be hosting the district governor as our speaker. People might want to dress up a little. (The scribe did not take this personally. He shows up in his work attire each week. Guess it’s not a dress down day next Wed).
Hope Firestone announced that we will be having our annual Mystery Ride this year either in late May or Early June. Cost will be $75 and will include transportation, an activity and food. Guaranteed to be even better than last year!
Alex Wisz encouraged people to sign up for Job Shadowing. Members had several questions that Alex will follow up on. Each table had a balloon today, and Steve Jacoby announced that the person at each table with the next birthday got to take the balloon home.
President Dave gave a brief history of the East Hartford Rotary Club. The club was chartered on Feb 23, 1928, at which time there were approximately 2700 clubs in existence spanning 47 countries. Club meeting were originally held at the Congregational Church, and were then moved to the “new” Sunset Ridge Country Club in 1931. The meeting locations changed several more times over the years, eventually landing back at the Ridge.