Rotary Meeting Minutes April 7, 2005

Guests: Carol McGuire, Dick Solomon, Ralph Martin, Robin Auld and Tom

Harrington

Announcements:

        *       A volunteer is needed to take the minutes on 4/21. If you are willing and

able, please e-mail Jen Simon at jen&ksut.org.

        *       The second trip to Mexico is scheduled for this May. Mike has details.

        *       Trash pick up scheduled for 5/7/05. Meet at the Kennebec Café at 8 for

breakfast or come at 9. Pam Moore is heading this up.

        *       Car Rally is coming along nicely. Sources of revenue include food for

sale, a silent auction, beer garden, and poker run. There will be no pancake

breakfast this year. Half of the club has signed up to help. If you haven’t,

be prepared to pay next week! If you are helping, you’re asked to sell 2

poker run tickets. If you’re not helping, you will be required to sell 4

tickets. If everyone sells his or her required number, we will generate

$7,500 from the poker run alone.

        *       Durango Nature Center’s trail building day was great. Approximately1.5

miles of trail were built. Weed pullers are needed April 30. See President

McGuire for details.

        *       The Philippines GSE team has resolved its visa problems and will arrive

4/27 for a 2-day break. We still need host families. Plans are also being

made to include a trip to Mesa Verde and a tour of Rocky Mountain Chocolate

Factory. See John Marshall for details.

        *       A trip to Chile is in the works for February-March of 06. Mike McGuire is

in charge.

        *       Bob Chaput has roster updates. They’re available at the check-in table.

        *       Steve Govreau announced that 6 people are going to the District Assembly,

the 16th or 23rd of April…if you plan to go, contact Steve to carpool.

        *       The new board was announced. What an esteemed group!

        Sergeant At Arms Mike Matheson (for the month of April) collected the

following:

        *       Happy dollars from Steve & Jeanie Wheeldon, for their daughter’s

engagement

        *       Happy dollars from Sherry Tabor, for the new library

        *       Ellen Stuart Roberts paid up (a hefty fine, one might add) for having her

picture appear in the Mercy Medical Center annual report

        *       Tom Brossia paid up for being the new State Chairman for Ducks Unlimited

        *       Greg Lyman happily paid for his son, a professional actor who’s bringing

a one-man show to Pike’s Peak Center in Colorado Springs

        *       Tammy Coddington paid for her $30th birthday and for being so happy to be

back among adults

        *       Bob Salzer paid for being in the paper

Program: Tom Harrington, with the Fort Lewis College School of Business

Administration. “Aspiring to Excellence Through Teamwork Focused on Student

Engagement.”

        *       One of 4 public liberal arts undergrad schools in the world accredited by

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International

        *       Enrollment is 890 students our of 4,200

        *       The School of Business works quite a bit with community organizations

around the area: they can help with business plans, marketing, accounting…

        *       Their Small Business Development program oversees more than 400

clients-mostly for management consulting needs

        *       The faculty of 26 teaches more hours than other schools

        *       Their mission is to be dedicated to students

        *       They’re moving into a new era: fundraising

        *       Funds are essential to allow students to move more into a research area

        *       The accounting program is world-class

“Realty was such a jungle-with no signposts, landmarks, or boundaries”

Helen Hayes