Meeting began with the prayer and the pledge.  Paul made a announcement, we are scheduled at the Publick House for a Cocktail Party on May 8th 5:30pm.  Please RSVP here.  Rosane and Michael went to East Hampton's rotary meeting Monday night.  In support of connecting with other members, and our East End Media Initive which will begin on the radio Monday.  Future collaborations may include a Christmas Party.  We will keep you posted .  Sargent Mary Kelly was our sargent.  Tom Guldi won the 50/50, Lane & Alexis split table stakes.  We learned a group of flamingos is a Flamboyance.  Q is the only letter that is not included in one of our 50 states.  Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.  People used urine as mouthwash.  Alaska has the longest coastline.  A word using letters forwards and backwards is a palindrome.  Google search was originally called backrub . Only sport played on the moon is golf.  Our program was the Southampton Robotics club.  There are doing some tremendous work.  The team is competing in competitions that could lead them to competing in Texas.  Here is a great article in 27east about Sarah creating an arm for an injured dog.  We want to thank the team for coming in to visit us.  We donated a check for $250.

Meeting began with the prayer and the pledge.  Lunch was Ham, Potatoes and Cornbread.  We brought in two new members today.  Dennis Lamb and Dr Fatima Morrell.  Congrats!  Laurie announced a check being sent to Altdena, Californa for assistance with the fires.  Tim announced a hike at 40 millstone brook rd at a quarter to 12pm Saturday.  Southamptontrails.org for all of your hiking info.  Tom Guldi announced that he needs volunteers for the 4th of July Parade.  Paul announced the winners of the Superbowl pool and distributed the checks.  Mary Kelly was our sargent.  Big Winner Brian Leiser won the 50/50 and picked the Ace of Diamonds.  We were quizzed on our knowledge of presidents on the cusp of President's day coming up.    President's day tradition begun in 1885 to honor George Washington's birthday and later recognized all presidents for their contributions.  John Adams was the first president to live in the white house, he had a pet alligator.  Andrew Jackson was the first president to be impeached.  JFK was the youngest president.  TDR also as he became acting president.  Richard Nixon had a bowling alley installed in the basement of the white house.  The only president to speak chinese was President Hoover.  Mayor Bill Manager announced Southamptonfest starting October 3rd-5th.  Brian Leiser gives back $325 to the club for his Superbowl winnings.  Wendy Pearson was our guest from Stony Brook Southampton College.  She talked about her vision of the college and talked about the use of the school in 2025.  Plans include restoring the Windmill.  You can check out pictures of our new members by hitting the read more

Meeting began with the pledge and the prayer.  Very light attendance for this week's meeting.  We will be inaugarating two new members next week.  Harold Wilson was our sargent.  Seamus wins the 50/50.  Travis & Lynda win best dressed.  Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933.  In 1948 Ghandi was assassinated.  This date in history in 1972 North Ireland's bloody sunday.  The Amazon river is NOT the longest river (Nile)  .  Francs are no longer the currency in France.  Camels carry fat in their humps.  Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system.   The lead in zorro was Gus Williams who also was the engineer in Lost in Space.  Our program was Tatyana Okshteyn from Black and White Space project.  

Founded in 2009, Black & White Project Space is a not-for-profit art organization dedicated to providing artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas without commercial pressures. From what he heard from Tayana it looks and sounds like she's doing some tremendous work raising money for good causes.  To get a visual of the icons on the boxes check out this page

Meeting began with the prayer and the pledge.  President Elect Rosane Cassella covered meeting duties for the absent Laurie W.   Tim Corwin made an annoucement for this Saturday's hike 10am-noon Meet at the kiosk on Sebonac Road 1/3 mile east of Tuckahoe School. Enjoy streams and vernal ponds, an incredible overlook across the bays and we hike to the shore of Big Fresh Pond.  Four miles of moderately hilly terrain. Leashed dogs welcome. Led by Tim Corwin.  Sean D who has been working on an print, radio, and newsletter campaign with all the rotary districts met with East Hampton and received approval.   We talked about how Sean can get in touch with the rest of the district.  I emailed a list to him on Thursday night to keep momentum going on this project.  The campaign will be about increasing membership in rotary. Dennis Lamb (new member prospect)  stood up and told us a little about what he does for a living, family life, etc.  We look forward to Dennis Lamb joining us in membership soon.  Rosane wins best dressed.  No Sargent?  Have no fear...Tom Guldi is here.  Tom really got the rotary members going and seemed to have a very easy time fining people.  We were excited to find out that Tim Corwin was in 27east this week, page A17 for a reconstructed pedestrian bridge along Paumanok Path,  well done Tim.  Our program after a couple of reschedules was Dr. Gregory Armstrong.  Greg talked about how we can be better prepared to have energy throughout the day.  His 3 points of mention were 1.  A rotation golf drill,  stand up do a golf swing and then move the swing up and down.  He suggested 2 minutes.  2.  Exposing yourself to natural light in 60 minuts of waking up.  This starts your 16 hour internal clock that triggers sleep . 3.  Non sleep Deep rest.  Eyes close lay flat and just be mellow for 15 minutes.  He also touched on eating whole foods and mentioned the body isn't programmed to eat all of the processed stuff that's overwhelms our food choices these days.  I know when I see an engaged crowd, i know that i found the right program for today's meeting.  I will be inviting Dr Armstrong back to talk to us about some other issues as we enjoyed his time spent with us at rotary today.