Missed The Opening But There In Time For A Fine
Arriving late to the opening, I missed the opening rituals and so the first event for me was George rising and imposing a fine on himself for being late and explaining it was not my fault for being late, but he was the cause of our tardiness.
Guests: Rotarian Gary Hass and Xavier Haigh
Happy Dollars and Fines
Tony started things off with a Happy Dollar because, while attending a conference in Mystic, Connecticut, he met a new Rotarian from New
Hampshire and showed him photos of our Santa Wrap event. He had another HD as he exuded happiness in telling about preparing chili at Campo di Vino with Jan, an expert in the art of chili making, and that the thirty gallons made sold out.
For his third HD, Tony told us he was very happy spending time with student volunteers from Spaulding at the Goggle Wobble Turkey Trot.
Karl rose to propose a fine of one-and-nine on all who were not wearing badges. Patrick quipped, “We’re fine without those stinkin’ badges.” Fine passed.
Karl then asked President Caroline to “pass the gavel.” He proceeded to propose a fine of one-and-nineteen on President Caroline for inaccurate counting “yeas and nays” when voting on proposed fines. After some back and forth on justice and injustice, the vote was taken and the nays had it=fine did not pass. Justice served!
A while later, Karl proposed a fine of one-on-nine on Tony for trying to paint the snow covered finish line at the Goggle Wobble with white paint. Fine passed.
President Caroline offered a few Happy Dollars: Xavier is here; 42nd year of the Santa Wrap and hoped everyone had a happy Thanksgiving.Bob Blow gave a HD because “it is nice to be here.”
Gary Hass expressed thanks to all of us who helped at the Santa Wrap with special kudos for Ted who purchased the coats, picked up the coats and delivered the coats. A job well done!
Since Last We Met
Birthday: Lynne Addiego December 10th
Club Anniversaries: Caroline Earle November 26, 2024 10 years
Ted Goulette November 30, 1994 30 years
On this day in history: Edward VIII, failing to win acceptance for his desire to marry American divorcée
Wallis Warfield Simpson, became the
only British sovereign to voluntarily resign the crown, his abdication formally approved on this day in 1936.
On this day in history: In 1967 The acclaimed American film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, a lesson in racial tolerance and etiquette, premiered in New York City; it starred
Katharine Hepburn,
Spencer Tracy (in his last movie), and
Sidney Poitier.
Partnering for Peace
President Caroline introduced fellow Rotarian Doug Bullet who will be talking about Partnering for Peace, which is a partnership between Rotary International and the Peace Corps.
Partnering for Peace is a membership organization for any Rotarian, Peace Corps volunteer or staff or Returned Peace Corp Volunteer ( RPCV) who also wants to be a friend of the Peace Corps or Rotary and believes that by working together we can enhance and expand the work and missions of both organizations, including the National Peace Corps Association and its members and affiliate groups.
Doug began his presentation with mission and vision statements: “Our mission is to partner Rotary and Rotaract members with past and current Peace Corps volunteers for mutual benefits.
Our vision is to increase service and friendship among Rotarians and former international service volunteers for meeting the goals of both organizations.
To implement the mission, Partnering for Peace developed the following goals:
Connect Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) recruits with a Rotary club to foster mentoring and support while the PCV is in-county.
Match Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) with their local Rotary District to seek partnering opportunities.
Include Rotary and Rotaract members in meeting with outbound PCVs and their families.
Maintain a formal partnership between the US Peace Corps and Rotary International.
Establish formal partnerships with other international service volunteer organizations.
Doug told us that Vermont ranks No. 2 in per capita of returned Peace Corp volunteers and so there is potentially a good opportunity to form partnerships. If we were to join the effort, we would be involved in at least one project. An example would be participating in a Peace Corp send off party.
Doug ended his presentation with a question: Will there ever be world peace? His response, “Someday, hopefully.”
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