Hurricane Disaster Relief: The Ad Hoc Hurricane Committee had an email request sent out to members to make a donation at today's meeting. Our members contributed checks and cash totalling: $1,071.00! This is on top of a few Wakefield Rotarians who've already given at the request of District Governor Steve Certa's email to make donations to Disaster Aid USA - Rotary Sponsored projects: "Donations are needed and can be made by check mailed to - Disaster Aid USA, 9817 Lanham Severn Road, Lanham, MD 20706 or by visiting their website - www.disasteraidusa.org and clicking-on the Pay Pal button. More information on D7950 web site http://rotary7950.com." So, the collected funds will also go to Disaster Aid USA. Thanks Marion Humphrey, Doug Wardwell, Joe Dziobek, and Jay Shartenberg! Where things stand -- Settling the "when & where" issue of the Wakefield Club's regular meetings: At the special Board of Directors' session on Sept 14th, a consensus was reached based on the data compiled and reviewed from the May 2017 survey of club membership and from an availability-review of a variety of venues in our area: --Thursday lunchtime for regular club meetings would be the most favorable meeting-time to a majority of club members. --Three venues - the Holiday Inn; Arturo Joe's (140 Point Judith Rd, Narragansett, RI 02882), and Camden's Bar & Grill (756 Kingstown Rd, Wakefield, RI 02879) were the most suitable locations to hold our meeting based on a variety of criteria detailed in a handout distributed at the meeting. Therefore, Thursday, October 19, 2017, @ noon will be the beginning of the new meeting time, but a team of three board members (Jay Shartenberg - treasurer; Tom Tarzwell - Prez-Elect; and Bob Cruz - Vice-Prez) will be handling further review of the three restaurants and will make a final recommendation very soon based on cost-negotiations to mitigate budget deficits. So stay tuned!!! During discussion about meeting time and place, proposals for prepaying meals quarterly, monthly, etc., via recurring credit card payment through the club's website was also addressed. This will be further examined by the Board of Directors and a payment plan will be presented to the club. Membership Dues for 2017-18: Invoices will be sent soon. |