The meeting was called to order about 12:20 pm by President Jeff Kruck.
Pres. Jeff then led us in the Pledge of Allegiance
John Plate led us in a prayer. John gave thanks for our fellowship and for Rotarians, and asked for help to remember the over 1 billion people all over the world who go to sleep hungry every day.
Bob Murphy pitched in again today helping with greetings, meal choices and attendance
Visiting Rotarians and Guests:
There were 17 members in attendance today.
There was one visiting Rotarians today, Eric Rubin from Saugus.
Make Ups:
There were no make-up cards received today.
If you missed today's meeting, you have until October 28, 2009 to complete a makeup.
If your days are full, consider a make up at eClub One. Log on to www.rotaryeclubone.org/ and follow the instructions for a make up. You should spend 30 minutes on the site.
Click for
where our members have made up recently.
Announcements:
President Jeff informed us about issues discussed in the Board meeting on 10/13/2009
At the board meeting it was discussed how we can raise 20k and this weekend is our first fundraising attempt. Everyone should be in attendance at the Road Race Sunday rain or shine.
Pres. Jeff told us there will be teams established to help determine fundraising evente. There will be a team leader and all groups should be meeting up for 20min-30min.
These groups will come up with three chores/duties
New fundraiser ideas
Group/organization for an award of money to a cause to which we haven't given, or maybe a group we already donated money to.
Analyze something we have done in the past whether it worked or not.
We should be receiving an email regarding these groups over the next couple days.
A reminder to get those sustaining membership dues in. See Harry Martin before Harry finds you. Harry seems to find you no matter where you are.
Raffle:
No winners today
Bob Alert:
Bob Murphy was present and ready for a good meeting, but we saw him sneak back in after the meeting was over. Bob forgot his leftovers!
In contrast, Bob Luscinski and Bob Was were well behaved.
Fines and Happy Dollars:
SAA Peter McAllister levied no fines today.
However there were Happy Pregnancy dollars from four Rotarians~
Greg Silvano and his wife Michelle (who is doing all the work) are expecting twins,
Harry Martin's daughter Jennifer is expecting twins
Bob Lucinski's secretary is expecting twins.
Wows that's a lot of twins!
Bob Was also announced a new granddaughter, Brigid Lucille, born on October 6th, and another grandchild on the way
Congratulations to all!
There were also some Happy Random Facts dollars.
Did you all know how great the Probiotic yogurt is from Market Basket? Well from what John Plate says it's the best around! Thanks John. We are all on our way to healthy digestive tracts!
Also we all know Peter is so popular and receives tons of emails. But we did not know they are coming from the makers of Viagra. Umm Peter - TMI - Too Much Information. Enough said!
Program:
Steve Mooney introduced our guest speaker Christine Bolzan. She is the founder and CEO of Graduate Career Coaching.
Christine introduced herself and explained how she started out. She started her business in her slippers as a stay at home mom. From there she skyrocketed to the Today Show and talks with Chet Curtis. Christine is very passionate about utilizing all the social avenues via the internet and many others. She helps a lot of college kids find jobs.
Christine explained the importance of getting your name out there. Whether it is your business name or personal profile. By using Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter you can market yourself to many people all over the world.
Facebook alone has one the largest followings. With all the members it could form the fourth largest country.
Christine explained how we can benefit from all of these social networking sites.
The presentation was very informative.
Membership Moment:
A strong membership is so important to the overall success of any organization. Growth and retention have to be in the spotlight constantly. As membership chair I have been charged with heading the largest committee in the Club...each and everyone of us. Collectively we can make TBM stronger, more involved in the communities we serve and fun.
When was the last time you asked a friend, a neighbor or business associate to come to a TBM meeting? I admit, it's been a while since I put out an invitation and I have a goal to find one person to join our ranks during this Rotary year.
I ask everyone to please share your thoughts and ideas as to how we can grow the ranks of TBM.
