Club Assembly 2

To cap off this part of the meeting perfect attendance pins were presented to the following members: Ken Turner 42y, Bob Morrow 20y, Wayne Massey 5y, Harold Gruneberg 3y, Carl Fraser 2y, Bill Armstrong 2y and Lori Edey 1y. President Bruce then moved us into the club assembly and promptly listed in rapid succession at least 100 different things he has had to attend to as club president. Being president is an awesome responsibility! Treasurer Ken reminded us that over the last five years we averaged about $200 000 per year in fundraising with most of this going to the rink. Our annual budget this year is about $29 000 with 20% going to World Community Service, 40% to Community/Vocational Service, 10% to Youth Service, 10% to Literacy Service and 20% to the Rotary Foundation. Major fundraisers were Entertainment Books $2407, Rotary Stars $5582, Lobsterfest $15 460 and Fireworks $4566. Membership Director Barbara informed us that the club was now at 47 members with the resignation of Viola who found it easier to attend the noon hour meetings. Today we had 36 members present, a pretty full house but still below 80%. Barbara also indicated that she would be assigning each of us a buddy so that we could call each other when a prolonged absence is occurring. Public Relations Director Ralph said his goal was to promote to both internal and external audiences the club's service projects, activities and other Rotary information. Keeping the website updated weekly and distributing a weekly newsletter were high priority items as well as working with Program Chair David to have a number of Rotary information sessions.