Newsletter - Archive  Mar 31, 2010

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Rotary Club Business and Member News

March 31, 2010

Opening:

Pledge     Brian

Prayer      Jud

Song        Chip

Visiting Rotarians and Guests:

Kate Tanguay    Prospective member

Roni Pekins       Womenade

Elliott Moore      Womenade

Announcements:

District Assembly at the York County Community College April 10

Crutches and canes will be collected for Africa

District Conference at the Sheraton in Portsmouth May 14-16

District Changeover Dinner at the Marriott in Portland June 26

It was voted by the board in a quick meeting that Charter Night will be at the

Flag Hill Winery on Saturday, May 8.  Details to follow.

Fundraising raffle tickets can be turned in to Pres Richard any time.  Sign up

for times to sell at the Durham Marketplace April 9-11

Citizen of the Year nominees need to be turned in to Pres Richard

Roadside clean-up will be late April. Details to follow.

A presentation of $750 was given by Pres Richard to Roni Pekins and Elliott

Moore representing Womenade.  Our club is their largest single sponsor. 

Their annual Quackfest will be held Saturday morning, May 8.  Raffle

tickets can be purchased at the Durham Marketplace.                  

Happy Bucks:  Bill Wilson Fund

Chip           Forgot to submit last week's Dinghy. Apologies to the club.

Sean          No rain

Pete           Upcoming cataract surgery. Would like info from anyone who's

had it done recently.

Brian          Need sign-up's for the Dinghy.

Ron           Thanks to Womenade.

                  Showed new T-shirts for our Interact and Rotaract Clubs.

Pres Rich   Womenade.

                   Reports the sun should come out this afternoon.

Bill D          Ticks are out - be careful.

Henry         Womenade.

                   Babysat his grandson this week - much fun.

Jud             It's rained every other week.

Program:  Doug Bancks,  UNH Campus Planner

Our speaker talked about UNH's Master Plan and what has been, and will be, done.  The book, entitled The Sustainable Learning Community, describes the ten-year transformation of a university through curriculum, operations, research, and engagement.  UNH has the oldest endowed sustainability program in the country, founded in 1997.  UNH is in the top 5% of the DOE's list of energy efficiency institutions and companies.

UNH's Campus Master Plan was published in 2004.  Its goals are to maintain a relatively stable enrollment of about 12,000 students, renovate academic buildings, house 60% of the students on campus and reinforce/enhance the concept of a "walking" campus.

Since 2004, $190M has been spent to renovate five buildings, build a marine research facility and piers at the former New Castle Coast Guard Station, enhance a bus and transit system, and convert the old fossil-fueled energy plant to a co-generation plant.  Using a pipeline that transfers methane gas from the Turnkey landfill in Rochester, the UNH energy plant now produces about 80% of the electricity used on campus. The waste heat from this electrical production is used to heat the campus in the winter and in the summer is condensed to provide water to the campus.

Upcoming developments:

-  There have been a lot of rumors surrounding the New England Center.  The facts are:

       * it will close June 30. 

       * there are no plans to sell or demolish the Conference Center.  Looking for ideas.

       * the newer tower will be used to house students.

       * the older tower will be mothballed. 

-  A letter of Intent has been signed with the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord to join forces.  It seems to be a win-win.  The law center gets the name recognition of UNH and the university gets the premier international patents law school.

-  Construction of the new Paul College of Business and Economics will begin soon across Garrison Road from Stoke Hall.

Megabucks:

Prospective member Kate Tanguay had the lucky ticket but failed to win the $69 pot.

Upcoming Programs:

April 7      Bob Mittleholzer, NH Supreme Court

April 14    Ed MacKay, UNHS Chancellor

April 21    Club Forum

April 28    Thuy Kguyen

Your Scribe: John B