Morrisville Rotary Club

Meeting was held at noon at the Stonegrill Restaurant/Pub in Morrisville. Members present: Jason McArthur, Geoffrey Blume, Sherry Lussier, Mark Sinow, Marcia Marble,  Tricia Follert, Sharon Menard, Tim Sargent, Ted Lambert, Gary Nolan, Valerie Valcour, Tricia Follert, and Rich Jacobs.

Guest: Nancy Sinow.

Happy Dollars were collected by acting Sargent at Arms, Ted from Marcia; Tim, Marci- her brother is coming to visit and they will visit Jay Peak Ski Area, Jason-Union Bank Plunge Team, Sharon, and Gary-that his eye is better and Valerie is glad to be back.

Sad Dollars: Geoffrey hit a log with his car which then needed repairs.

Dictionary Project: Tim and Jason will deliver the dictionaries to Elmore next Tuesday.

POLAR SPLASH: sponsor ships are due next week to Cindy/Becky.

Jason shared upcoming meeting dates from the District Newsletter.  Please attend at least one of these meetings.  Carpooling and meeting expense reimbursement is available.  Valerie made the motion to pay the $65.00 per person fee for Cindy and Tricia to attend the Leadership Institute, Level 1, on March 31^st.  2^nd from Marcia.   Vote: in favor.

Speaker: Geoffrey spoke of his Army career which included two tours in Vietnam. He met Bruce Taylor while skiing and bought land adjacent to Bruce in North Wolcott.  Geoff was a construction contractor for several large buildings in Chicago and for other large infrastructure and road projects around the world.  He became a Rotarian while in Chicago with a club based at O’Hare Airport and later was the founding president for the Phnom Penh Club in Cambodia.  He was nominated to head the Polio Plus effort in Cambodia and when he left there, Cambodia was Polio free.  Japan mostly funded this project. Geoff is returning to Cambodia for a working visit later this month.  His projects today include mineral mines.

NEXT MEETING IS JANUARY 18 AT NOON AT THE STONEGRILL PUB Please welcome our speaker – Union Bank President – David Silverman

Meeting was adjourned at 12:55 PM.

Minutes by Marcia Marble