OCTOBER 19, 2011 Meeting Minutes
Members present at the Stonegrill Restaurant and Pub at noon: Tim Sargent, Sharon Menard, Deanna Wood, Tricia Follert, Becky Gonyea, Marcia Marble, Rudy Loyola, Gary Nolan, Mary Metcalf, Cindy Locke, Marci Henderson, Dawn Archbold, Mel Patashnick, Sherry Lussier, and newest member Valerie Valcour .
Guests: Assistant District Governor Barbara Lafleur, River Arts-Steve Ames, and Cambridge Rotarian Chuck Hogan. Marisha Kazeniac, Adrianna Gonzalez, Eduardo Bacha and Yuniel Fonseka are from the VT Caribbean Institute.
Happy Dollars were collected by Sargent at Arms, Cindy from: Tim-(happy to see all here today),Sharon, Rudy-(golfing with Dr. Phil), Mary- (2 new members), Barbara-(happy to meet the group from Cuba), Gary-( Thank you to Dr. Phil for cleaning the Fisher Bridge Rest Area), Tricia-(happy to be here), Sherry-(is a new Foster Parent), Marci-(a showing is scheduled for her home), Dawn-(United Way now owns the Valcich building), Dr. Phil- (this is great weather for gardening), Chuck-(Congratulations to Gary for completing his term on the Lamoille Economic Development Board, Valerie-(finished the Rotary membership application) and Cindy.
Fine: Chuck fined Rudy for stopping Tricia and asking her to take him to Copley Country Club to play golf with Dr. Phil recently. Rudy lost the vote, spun the wheel and paid his $1.00 fine.
Tim fined Chuck for winning two fines. Tim lost the vote, spun the wheel and paid $1.00.
Sad Dollars: Chuck for Jason not being here with this great group today. Dawn for the recent deaths of Maurice Farmer, his mom, and two local young people.
Old Business:
a. Coat Drive Update- Street sign is to Great Big Graphics for updating-Thanks to Dawn -Posters are to the elementary schools, Realtors, LVCC, United Way, Rotarians – Ads are in the Transcript and articles (Denise, Thank you) are in N&C and Stowe Reporter – Coats can be left at DeNoia’s from Oct. 19 thru Nov. 2nd.
b. Marcia and Deanna are in the MDA Fundraiser October 21 for Lamoille County. Motion made to donate $100.00 for Marcia and Deanna each from Community account. Vote was approved and two checks will be written.
c. Dictionary Project: Dictionaries are ordered for the 8 area 3rd grader schools and should arrive in 2-4 weeks. Help for distribution will be appreciated.
Polar Splash: Cindy will contact again area non profits to see if they wish to partner with Rotary for the 2012 dip in Lake Elmore. Lamoille Family Center did their presentation last week.
ADG Barbara Lafleur reminded Rotarians of the upcoming Leadership Seminar coming to Rutland, VT.
Cindy and Tricia are planning to attend one in NH in the spring. All Rotarians are encouraged to attend one of these sessions or the District Assembly or District Conference.
Speaker: Steve Ames from River Arts introduced his guests from the Vermont Caribbean Institute: Marisha Kezeniac and from Cuba: Adriana Gonzalez, Eduordo Bacha and Yuniel Fonseka. Maricha’s group is seeking to connect Vermont and Caribbean communities through the arts. Their mission is similar to Rotary in creating global connections. VCI was started in 2004. It was noted that a Rotary
Club in Cuba was the first non-English speaking club in Rotary. In the 1940’s there were 44 Cuban Rotary Clubs. Fidel Castro changed that.
The Ludwig Foundation of Cuba was started in 1995 by a German art collector who was interested in art within Communist countries. Grants and scholarships given to young artists such as those with us today.
The three young Cubans present are representatives of Cubans interested in preserving and protecting the arts and Cuban culture. They have presented a one day exhibition for young Cuban artists that showcased the inventory of art available today. Adriana, Eduordo and Yuniel have been giving presentations in their respective specialties of dance, computer art and the fine arts to US colleges including Johnson State College. They were asked if it was difficult to make arrangements to come to the US and they responded that their visas were processed in only four days. More information about the Institute is available at www.vtcaribbean.org.
Raffle was won by Mel. He pulled the King of clubs-not the winner. Chuck invited all to attend a Cambridge Rotary meeting where their 50/50 raffle pot is $1400.
Meeting was adjourned at 1:00pm.
Minutes respectively submitted by Marcia Marble








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