8:00 Opening Bell
8:10 President Ben called the meeting to order
8:10 President Ben called the meeting to order
Brian Goode offered the prayer and led the pledge
President Ben announced that this is a club assembly and will be passing out sign up sheets for the various committees. Two committees need chair people - Vocational Service and International Service
John Farrenkopf reported on the successful social event on July 12. Members, family and friends boarded a bus at the high school and left at 4:15 to see a Savannah Bananas game.
Thanks to Ray Makalous for arranging the trip and to John Farrenkopf for arranging the refreshments en-route.
All had a great time. Check out all the photos in the photo gallery on the left. Photos are courtesy of Ray Makalous, Ivan Bennett and Barry Davis.
Ben handed out sign up sheets for the following committees - chair is listed following: Social - John Farrenkopf; Membership - John Carroll; Program - Chuck Wiseman; PR - Lynn King; Vocational Service - needs one; Auction - Kristen Kelly/Matt Murphy; Popcorn - David Pierce; Heritage - Alicia Taylor/Matt Murphy; Service - Maxine Parsons-Kogut; International Service - needs one; Scholarship - Ivan Bennett; Youth Programs - Ivan Bennett There is still time to volunteer for various committees, so if you didn't get a chance to sign up today, let Ben know how you would like to be involved.
Sgt. at Arms Chuck Wiseman introduced visiting Rotarians, collected Happy$, and told a "bad joke of the day". He also introduced a new feature "Rotary Karaoke" featuring the voices of Ben, Jennifer, John Farrenkopf and John Meyer.
Visiting Rotarians: Richard Rorschadte and Ken Nykiel
Ben spoke of the good works that the VLRC has done over the past year and the fact that it has donated over $140,000 to local charities. He named many of the recipients of our efforts.
Speaker
Barry Davis, web master was our speaker today. He relayed to the members that our website has a new design - a clean, modern look and the reviews have been favorable.
He explained how to use the email function in ClubRunner - which makes it easy for you to email any of the members. He also showed how to look at and print the club directory which is always a handy tool. All members are encouraged to login and check their profile information and make any updates as needed. If you have forgotten your password, contact Barry.