Meeting of October 7, 2015
Posted by Michael Abrams
Minutes from Shelburne/Charlotte Rotary Meeting 10/7/15
Trafton lead in pledge of allegiance
Dave Rice did invocation
Guests: Jim Sandler, Bob Maynes, Jane McKnight, Alan Bates brought Elizabeth
Next week is Committee meetings
Community Party this weekend—passed around sign up sheet
Polio Plus, Car Raffle, Rotary itself
Halloween Parade: Dave Rice has sign up sheet
Additional floats? Business Association?
Football pool: Gary Boynton
Bill won $50
Updates on car raffle by Rick Flood: Has 3 $10 pumpkin raffle tickets—Please sell 1 or ½ ticket
27 draw for $270 for car raffle tickets; waiting to hear form 15-18 people by 10/23
Roz:
- Silent auction
- Music by Rick & Ramblers
- Shelburne Historical Society event 10/10: will be trying to sell pumpkin tickets, need members there.
Lara:
- Library book sale: 10,000 books
- Fireman’s breakfast
- Sunday afternoon for leftovers
- Library kiosk
- Afterwards go to Shelburne farm
Drawing Pumpkin raffle: Betsy Hathaway won
Don Sage: Have 7 volunteer for Halloween parade, need 12
Happy Fines
Kevin: apple picking
Sam: daughter visiting and her good cancer test results
Rick Flood: car raffle 2 weeks away
Jim Donovan—attended 3 times in a row
George Schiavone—visited Salem NH, America’s Stonehenge
John Lowell—happy after Portugal trip
Steve Dates—happy to see Bob Maynes back
Alan Bates—happy wife is joining
Barbara Comeau—happy for completing Vermont 50
Joan Lenes—3 days at conference in Washington, saw Boehner who seemed very relaxed
Trafton—happy baseball season is over
Roz Graham—Saturday was lovely weather
Carolyn Husk—daughter moved
Richard Fox—gets to celebrate two Thanksgivings because he married into Canadian family
Chris Davis—Wicham world of pumpkins this Saturday
Terry Kennaugh—made it through South Carolina before rain came, 54th year anniversary
Lara Keenan—excited about book fair
Danny Bowen—photovoltaic on roof $500 credit
Michael Clapp—Sea World project
John Beal—daughter made surprise visit
Bob Maynes drew; Lara played for pool—drew 9 of Hearts
Lara introduced Frank Bryan Emeritus Professor at UVM. Taught from 1977-2013. Published many books and has appeared on national network shows. Former Golden Gloves boxer and rodeo rider.
Frank is working on an article about the Sanders candidacy in which he will write about the implications of a Sanders victory:
- We will have a president with little executive experience as Sanders “wasn’t really mayor of Burlington.
- Sanders is an ideologue, not a politician. Sanders ranks 95 on the score card of the Americans for Democratic Action. It’s not good to have an ideologue as president.
- Sanders is probably too old. At 74 he would be the oldest error. The average age of presidents is 64. Reagan governed from age 70 to 78 and clearly was not doing well during the last two years of his presidency. Average age of presidents upon taking office is 55. He will probably not have the leverage of an election to a second term. The difference between serving in the Senate and being president is that the latter is far more demanding in terms of making executive decisions.
Frank was presented with the book Surprise Attack, which will be donated to a local library on his behalf.