August 21, 2019

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Russ - The Lee town fair is on September 7. Russ asked if anyone in the club would be interested in manning an info table at the fair. Please let him know if you are able.

Rotary International

Membership Development opportunity

Join us for the webinar

We Are Rotary: Advancing Women as Leaders

Wednesday, 28 August, 15:00-16:00 Chicago time (UTC-5). We value your input if you are interested in:

Exploring the barriers that women face when considering leadership positions
Challenging the institutional and personal viewpoints that may be limiting women’s advancement
Discussing the benefits — and necessity — of Rotary being a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization
Developing specific steps to take in your clubs and communities

Rotarians are ready to embrace change, as indicated by the record number of breakout sessions at the Hamburg convention dedicated to the topic of women’s advancement in Rotary’s leadership. During one of these sessions, Rotarians Beth Keck and Todd Jenkins collected ideas from more than 500 members, both male and female, about how to take action and break down the barriers to women’s advancement in leadership positions. Hear the proposals and add your voice to this critical conversation.
Register and see when the webinar will be live in your time zone. Everyone who registers will be asked to share some thoughts before the webinar, and will also be provided access to the recording and slides after the webinar ends.

District News

District Conference coming up on October 5, 2019. Russ wanted to know who may be going. Details follow, please let Russ know if you intend to go. We also discussed how we would like to present our LFL project. Russ will talk to Phil to see if we have one not in the ground yet. John reminded us that the club can reimburse for the attendance fee.

RotaryRocks!

A one day Rotary experience brought to you by the Rotary District 7780 GrowRotary! Team.

Featuring the projects of the Rotary clubs of southern Maine and coastal New Hampshire.

Featuring Rotary International Director Jeffry Cadorette.

Open to the public. Open to all current Rotarians. Open to all future Rotarians.

Parking, breakfast, and lunch is included.

"Be there, or be square!"

This event is for you!

See you there!!

9 AM — 4 PM, Saturday, October 5, 2019

Abromson Center, Univ of Southern Maine

88 Bedford Street, Portland, Maine

August Registration $20.00, September Registration $25.00,

October Registration, and/or pay at the door, $30.00

To Register

https://rotary7780.org/event/rotary-rocks/

Candace provided flyers and information on the upcoming Out of Darkness Suicide Prevention Walk coming up on Sept. 14. Our club is a sponsor of this event. They are looking for volunteers still and walkers if you want to walk with Candace’s group.

Additional information can be found at their website: www.afsp.org/portsmouth

To sign up to walk with Candace (or donate): https://afsp.donordrive.com/team/TeamXT2019

Jud asked the club if we have a coffee maker that we could provide to Brian at the winery as the current one is not working well. Will has a commercial one that he would donate, he will talk to Brian.

Ric shared our Rotary Minute - Our club was chartered in January 1986. We were a spinoff of the Dover club as several members felt a morning meeting would be more convenient with their work schedules. The celebration of our charter was held at the officers club at Pease and half the district was there to celebrate. They brought gifts of donations to help us get started. The Dover club donated the bell and gavel.

*Keep your eyes open for more club history coming to our website.*

Stephanie shared some information on accessing and using our website and how we would like to utilize it further as a club. She shared how to login and encouraged members to explore what the site can do for them. Please let her know if you have additions/deletions for the web page and if you need your login information.

Happy Bucks @ $394.50