President Steve Stauffer called the meeting to order
Kevin Courtney offered the prayer and led the pledge to the flag
Announcements:
The auction committee reported that items valued at at $125,000 and if there is anything else they would accept it. Friday will be commercial taping at the Rec Center. Auction taping will be Saturday at WTOC. Keep promoting the auction on social media. Will be on Talk of the Town this week as well.
Meeting on February 26 will be held at the Island Rec Center. There will be a catered breakfast and tour of the center.
Board meeting is on the 25th
There will be no regular meeting on March 19 so as to encourage members to attend the luncheon on Friday March 22 at the All Club Conference which will be held at the Marriott in Hilton Head Island.
Rotary ROCS - first Saturday in March - sign up sheets were circulated
Social - March 30 there will be an Oyster Roast at the home of Otto Ferrene
Membership:
New member Jim Keith was inducted. Jim's sponsor is John Myer. Please make sure to welcome Jim to the club.
Sergeant at Arms, Alicia Powell welcomed visitors and collected Happy $$
Visiting: Fred Giuffrida, King of Prussia, PA; Ray enstein, Southhampton, NY; Harvey Flashen, ME; Dennis Hocleney, Antioch, Il
Speaker:
Our speaker was Mira Scott who is an artist and spoke about the need to have an "arts district" in Hilton Head. There is a gala planned for March 9 to raise funds to build something that will encourage young people to stay here rather than leave in search of an area that will nurture their artist endeavors.
photos courtesy of Barry Davis
The Gala has partnered with 4 local chefs and will feature Italian wine. Mira introduced Logan Ettleman who is a jewelry maker. He had been traveling to California, where artists share space and create together. He is involved with bringing the same thing here to Hilton Head. The idea is to inspire artists to come together and create. They currently have a space that they are sharing, Gallery and maker space, which is located at 19 Dunnegan's Ally Tuesday to Saturday 10 - 5pm. That is where the gala is going to be held as well. Logan was ready to move to California because there was nothing here. The idea is to make art the new economic driver. The organization is a non profit under the umbrella of the Hilton Head Institute.. There are currently 8 resident artists, 2 students, and 3 artists on consignment. The Gala will help them raise money for needed equipment like a CNC machine which is a laser engraver.