6/29/2009 Club Assembly: Outgoing President Ally Karter

Sergeant at Arms

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Matt Clark was our Sergeant of Arms today. Thanks, Matt!!!!!

Greeter

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Ann Beverage served as Greeter today. Next week's greeter for the July 6th meeting will be Elizabeth Vanderweide.

50/50 Tickets

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Cam McKay sold $118 worth of 50/50 tickets. He won $59, and Bob Ellis won 10 free tickets to the next 50/50 drawing since no one claimed the second ticket that was drawn.

Fined for pictures in the Paper

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No one had their pictures in the paper and there were no fines issued.

Cell Phones

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A $10.00 fee for cell phone ringing continues for the 2008-2009 Club year. No fines assessed today.

On Leave

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Cynthia Corbin.

World Service Cups

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The World Service cups for this month will go to support the Community Gardens planted near the North Street recreational fields.

Visiting Rotarians and Guests

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Gary Hammond introduced Phil Crandlemire and Odrich Clapak, MD, from the Bangkok Thailand Rotary Club.

Peter Garrett introduced Dan Foster and Marshall Daly from the Augusta Club.

Reg Perry introduced Whitney Whetman who is working in his office this summer as part of the YETE program that Rotary is supporting.

Scott Bullock introduced Mike Gee, Director of Pharmacy at MaineGeneral.

Monica Russo introduced Ken Walsh who will be joining us on a regular basis since he is transferring over from the Sunrise Club.

What can you do?

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* Tell Board Members what you are passionate about for community projects

* Tell the program committee about interesting speakers/topics you would like to listen to

* Be involved, join a committee

* Be active

* Be positive

Happy Dollars

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Before Happy Dollars commenced, the members present sang Happy Birthday to Don Plourde and Reg Perry who will be having birthdays on July 4th! Happy Birthday guys!!

Seth Sherwood shared that he's in the process of resolving a septic problem at home which hopefully will be completed by the end of the day!! He also shared that they always sing a song to their kids at bedtime, sometimes picking up on the song we sing at Rotary on Mondays. He's happy that he now knows the 2nd verse of "You Are My Sunshine"!!

Cam McKay His happy that his vehicle didn't blow up when he got rear-ended today! Cam also donated his winnings today in memory of a great year under Ally's leadership!

Don Plourde thanked the group for the birthday greetings. He also shared that he and his wife were hosed at Snow Pond by Ed Oliver and Cheryl Millard for dinner as part of a gift he won at the Rotary Auction. They had a wonderful time and he highly recommends that item.

Kim Lindlof just returned from the University of Georgia where she has been taking a course to become certified to manage a non-profit organization.

Nikki Desjardins just returned from a trip to Florida where she and friends celebrated the 10th Anniversary of success for a restaurant she was involved with then. She is also thankful for the support Hampton Inn continues to receive in the community.

Elizabeth Vanderweide shared that last month she and her Dad went scuba diving where it was warm and sunny and there were millions of fish!!

Marc Pittman is happy about the ground breaking for a new Horizons practice site in Unity. He also shared that this is his last week as Program Chair and that Lucille will be taking over as of July 1. He thanked the group for their support and suggestions for speakers over the past two years.

Cathy Langlais offered five Happy Dollars for an excellent year with Ally at the helm.

Announcements

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Doug Carnrick discussed the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Program, noting that through this opportunity, youth from the community are able to go to a site to learn leadership skills. This year the event will be at the ropes course at Northern Outdoors September 18-20 and he would appreciated receiving nominations back by July 27th as the Selection Committee is meeting in August.

Seth reported that this is likewise his last meeting as Membership Chair and over the past yeat we've had a net gain of 2 members. He thanked the Club members for their support and encouraged everyone to continue to work on developing new members over the next year.

Upcoming speaker schedule:

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July 6, 2009 Sylvia Plourde, Incoming District Governor

July 13, 2009 Club Assembly

July 27, 2009 FairPoint Communications (Bob Froberg)

August 3, 2009 Classification Talks

August 10, 2009 Peter Vigue, CEO of Cianbro

August 17, 2009 Lauren Shaw, Water for Cambodia

August 24, 2009 TBA

August 31, 2009 TBA

08-09 Board of Directors:

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Ally Karter - President

Sarah Sugden - President Elect

Seth Sherwood - Vice President

Cathy Langlais - Secretary

Steve Kelleher - Assistant Secretary

Allan Rancourt - Charitable Treasurer

Don Borman - Operations Treasurer

Marc Pitman - Club Service

Mark Ford - Rotary Foundation

Eric Haley - Past President

Nancy Gallagher - Public Relations

Debbie Knox - Community Service

Ed Riggs - International Service

Reg Perry -  Fundraising

Tom Longstaff - Vocational Service

Waterville Rotary Club Web Site

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http://www.clubrunner.ca/waterville

Today's Program: Club Assembly (Outgoing President Ally Karter)

Ally took the opportunity of her last meeting as President to offer the following remarks to the members of the Club. At an earlier meeting, she shared a report on the Club's achievements during 2008-09.

Thank you to all of the Waterville Rotarians, particularly the Board of Directors and the chairs of all the committees. It has been my great honor to serve you in this role.

What I was unable to say aloud in my closing speech is my profound gratitude to my father, who passed away in November 2008. I mentioned in my opening that he is my hero, and that above all things I wanted to make him proud this year. He taught me the importance of community service and is the kindest, most generous person I will ever know. I know he was with me all year and I dedicate this year's success to him.

While the club needs good leaders, we shine because of you. There are many individuals, so many committed Rotarians, who give up time with their families, weekends, and contributed funds so that we could do the good work all year long. We are the strong club we are because of our membership and the tremendous dedication of individuals.

Thank you for your wholehearted participation and support of me personally throughout the year. What a wonderful ride it's been