President's Comments
President Paul reminded members of the email sent recently from Martin Jones in regard to the Nutrition For learning Program at Forest Hill Public School. Anyone wishing to be a part of the program for this coming year is asked to respond to Martin's email within the next day or so.
President Paul also read a letter from Jennifer Scott at the House of Friendship thanking us for the work we did recently at the Sunnydale Community Garden.
Bell Ringer(s)
Fearing that his message might shock some of our members President Paul was cautious in his announcement but he was most pleased and excited to announce that Adrian DecCoo has been appointed by the Board as our Second Vice President and, as such, will serve as club president for the year 2021-2022. For this revelation, Paul named Adrian the bell Ringer for the week.
President's Wine Quiz
Once again, anyone who engaged in Social Media activities, related to the club in the past week was eligible to fill in a bonus ballot.
Question: Where will be the 2020 RI Convention be held?
Answer: Honolulu, Hawaii
Club Announcements
President Paul announced to the club that the Board as received and accepted a letter of resignation from Ted Wellhauser. Ted is sorry to be leaving the club but feels it is necessary due to his current health situation.
Secretary Bill reminded members that our meeting next week will be in the evening at the Edelweiss Tavern and that all members are asked to respond to the invitation email that has been sent out and to either accept or decline the invitation. In addition to the program already announced, our recently returned exchange student, Elyse Varney will be in attendance to speak to the club.
50/50 Draw
Our pot is definitely getting up and is now at $624.90! Neither Tom Mennill, with 2 tries, nor Adrian DeCoo with one shot found Jack so the pot will be even bigger next time.
Program Highlights
Our program today was a work party to stuff the envelops for the Car Draw mail out. Many hands were on deck and the job of assembling the over 2,000 packages was completed on time! many thanks to past member Joe Dwyer for bringing all of the required materials to the meeting, taking back the assembled letters and looking after the mail out. Thanks also the Lisa Talbot, the CEO of the KidsAbility Foundation for attending today and assisting with the work at hand.