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Meeting began with the prayer and the pledge.  Paul Henneforth won the Jack of Hearts raffle taking home $316.   Seamus made an announcement for Spaghetti Dinner, THIS MONDAY.  Please fill out the volunteer sheet if your interested in helping out that day.  Rosane asked for additional money to help fund additional scholarships .  She also informed the club about the lack of participation in the student clubs.  We will now be giving away 12 @$2000, 9 for Southampton, 3 for Bridgehampton.  Travis has collected 30 spaghetti dinner tickets for Hamptons Community Outreach.    Anyone interested in donating more tickets let us know.  Day of Service will happen this Saturday at 11am at Southampton Volunteer Ambulance.   Back in Action, Sargeant Karen Acker took to the rotary stage.  Vicki won the 50/50  .  This day in history Madam Albright died,  It was National Choclate Chip Cookie Day and they were delicious.  Mickey Mouse made his first appearence in Plane Crazy and Steamboat Willy.  Our program was Tajea Anderson from the Town of Southampton.  She talked about light pollution and ways to minimize the effects.  Lights off at 10pm.  Make sure you have the correct lights installed outside.  Additional info can be found on the web here
Meeting began with the prayer and the pledge.  John Larkin creatively grabbed the program's pamphlet for the missing flag, nice touch.  Ed S had a guest Lisa Maysonet who is considering membership.  We also had Amanda visiting from Ace Handyman, also considering membership.  Seamus talked about Spaghetti Dinner, 280 dinners sold, about 15,000 in sponsorship money.  It was a great effort, and I really enjoy being apart of this team.  Amazing job Seamus, Michael G, Rob G, and everyone else who makes this event so special.  Brian O'Sullivan , Michael's son won the 50/50 and donated the money back to the club.  Travis C collected 39 dinners for Hamptons Outreach .   Rosane raffled off a rotary car magnet and sold a few extra to some other members.  We had a few crazy fines for late rotarians, and taking a phone call during a meeting.  NO GOOD.    Travis was our sargent, Alexis won the 50/50.  What does a boat do when it's sick?...visits the doc.   An electric eel can shock at 350 volts.  You can determine the gender of ants by seeing which one floats.  Our speaker was Marcanthony and Nick Cerrato.  They talked about their new podcast titled Compromise Now Podcast.   You can subscribe by typing in the name on your favorite podcast platform.  Or here
Meeting began with the pledge and the prayer.  Sean D made an announcement about 4th of July Parade and they are trying to re-organize the parade to continue the tradition and to make it substainable.   Rosane made an announcement about Happenings this Saturday at the Riverhead Library.  Happenings are a great way to learn about rotary, and attendance is always encouraged . Eduardo S offered an additional scholarship for a high school senior, we will meeting Monday at 5pm via zoom. He also announced he's running for mayor.  Paul talked about Spaghetti Dinner, sponsorships are coming in, and people are making use of Zeffy.  Sell your tickets, send out the flyer to get those sponsorships, and let's make the Spaghetti Dinner a success.  Vicki talked about our Day of Service, May 17th at Southampton Village Ambulance barn.  Flyer coming soon.   Travis talked about an idea that he previously spoke about .  Everyone contributing additional money for donation of Spaghetti Dinners for needy families.  Tim C mentioned his hike that got rained out at 1164 Scuttle Hole Rd.  Tom G was our sergeant.  Travis won the 50/50.   This date in history 1960 a spy plane got shot down over Russia, that the administration tried to cover up.  The pilot survived.  Elvis and Priscilla Presley got married.  Mark Crandall was our program, he runs a charity called Hoops 4 Hope.  Mark talked about growing up in Amagansett  and being a rotary exchange student.  He ended up in Zimbabwe.  Always interested in starting a business.  His ideas pretty much came together and this how he started his charity.  For more about Mark's charity check him out on the web 
Meeting began with the prayer and the pledge.  Seamus had a guest Tara someone he's known along time and works with him in his bank.   Seamus also brought up Spaghetti Dinner sponsorships $500 Gold sponsorship, and $250 table sponsorship for our upcoming Spaghetti Dinner at Edgewater.  Vicki spoke about Rotary Day of Service which is going to be a NARCAN training. .  The event is going to be at the Southampton Village Ambulance on Saturday May 17th,  more info coming soon.  May 18th the North Sea Volunteer Ambulance is hosting a bb.  Southampton Trails is hosting a new hike at 1164 Scuttle Hole Rd this Saturday.  Travis Corwin wins the 50/50 as Sargent.  Remember that Raffles are $3/each.  It was National Bucket List Day.  John got fined for rocking a relaxed look to rotary.  We talked about traffic.  Random space junk flying around in space.  It only takes .39 inches to destroy something from space as it falls to earth.  The mosquito is the insect killer killing a million people a year.  Jay Schneiderman was our program.  He talked about his work in the area for over 30 years.  He's continued his passion for protecting the environment into his project Mecox Bay Conservancy which is working on cleaning up Mecox Bay.  He's gained 4 grants and continues to work on more.  The group has raised a million dollars so far and continues to advocate for house IAS systems to help protect the water.  Mecox was voted one of the 10 worst bodies of water and the direct effects of pollution on property value.  We appreciate Jay for stopping by rotary and educating our members.  You can check out the project on the web here
Our first night meeting began with the prayer and the pledge.  Alexis M won the 50/50.  Paul was fined for misspelling the word sergeant.  I promise to work on my spelling.  Tom Guldi took the reigns as Sergeant.  This date in history the Canterbury Tales in 1932.  Vicki dropped a little old english from the book that had us stunned.  The accent too, excellent.  The root of modern english was created by Shakesphere.  The first talking movie was in 1927, titled the Jazz Singer.  In 1970 Paul McCartney dropped his first album, and it was self titled.  Seamus made a spaghetti Dinner announcement.  Paul distributed tickets to everyone in attendance, see him to get your tickets.  You can also use our digital ticket system.  Jennifer Hartnagel from Group of the East End was our guest.  Since 1972, Group for the East End has led the way in protecting and restoring the environment of eastern Long Island through education, conservation, and advocacy.  They talked about their programs geared toward educating the youth which includes bringing them out of the classrooom.   They talked about there program bringing osprey's back from almost being extinct and how they are now evolving into different habitat.  For more info you can check them out on the web at http://thegroup.org
We were in the Shinnecock Room for today's meeting.  Pledge and Prayer.  Seamus made a spaghetti Dinner announcement, Paul went over some new procedures with Spaghetti Dinner.  All members will get 6 tickets and be responsible for $180.  Tickets are $30 each.  Seamus announced that Connect One/First National Bank will be sponsoring the event.  Event is May 19th.  I was asked to create a past presidents email list.   We talked about next week's meeting that will begin at 5:30pm.  I've invited all of the clubs via email, lions, kiwanas, and masons.   You may RSVP for the event on the Events page of our website.  Everyone should have received the meeting flyer last week.  Travis C was our sargent.  Alexis won the 50/50.  A cat with no legs is ground beef, a cat with 2 legs is lean beef.   Southampton Town agreed to a settlement so that people can ride on to the beach.  Very happy to hear that , something i enjoy doing that's hasn't been there the last couple of years.  Our program was John Venterella from Southampton Little League.  They are operating the league for Southampton, and Sag Harbor.  Ages 5-12.  Tball,  rookie, minors, and softball, with a few travel teams.  He talked about all of the sponsorship opportunities that exist.  The challenges of getting enough girls to play softball.  I also found it interesting that everything is coed.  Our money goes to sponsor a t-ball team.  I was happy to get the letter and get them on the schedule to come in and talk.  For more information on games there website is extensive and can be found here
Meeting began with the prayer and the pledge.  Rosane talked about April 17th night meeting being either $50 or $55 and the membership agreed on the price.  The installation dinner has been moved to June 19th.   We had a very different meeting with Rosane asking questions to the membership.  The members asked for financial transparency with club finances.  We talked about having a club assembly.  Tim asked for help from Rob Gill on fixing the rotary clock.  Tim Corwin won the 50/50 but chose the 10 of clubs.   Club also agreed to start contributing money to the Rotary Foundation, $100/member
Great attendance  for  today's meeting.  Rosane met Regina at Pels at the conference over the weekend.  She is the president of the Newburgh rotary club.  Mark Hannan introduced everyone from the Town of Southampton who was in attendance.  Sean D talked about East End Media Initiative which is now live on WLNG.  With print ads going in the press, and newletters blasts going out to mailing list subscribers in the coming weeks.  A great way to guide people to becoming members of rotary out here.  Sargent Tom Guldi filled in .  Rosane wins the 50/50.  This date in 1912 cherry trees were planted outside of the white house, the trees came from Japan.  Hoover had the telephone installed in the White House in 1929.  In 1964 there was an earthquake in Alaska.  In 1977 two airplanes crashed into each other.  Our program was the busy Bill Manger who updated us all on everything he's working on in Southampton.  Projects include a new roof for the arts center.  New paint job at Village Hall, including the flags being returned to the building.   Vets Hall also got a new roof.   He announced a balanced budget with no tax increases.  He talked about Southampton Inn expansion, which will include 8 new workforce housing units.  Village Pizza taking over for Paul's, the new Southampton Movie Theater.  The installation of solar panels, a new cell tower behind Watermill Fire Dept.  And cleaning up Lake Agwam and Southamptonfest success.  We always enjoy having the mayor visit us at Rotary.  
Meeting began with the pledge and the prayer.  Tim Godbold was our speaker.  He spoke about his work in preserving old homes from overall wear and tear.  It was interesting to listen to Tim speak about his love for the area , and love of building houses.  For more info on Tim's work you can check him out here  We welcomed our new member Maria Kemp .  Maria received her welcome packet, badge, and new member pin.
Tom Guldi was our sargent.  Nick Dyno won the 50/50.  Laurie introduced the new deck in play.  Spring is here .  We talked about the astronauts that just returned from space.  The president that aquired the most land was James Polk. James K. Polk oversaw a significant expansion of US territory, including the annexation of Texas, the acquisition of the Oregon Country, and the Mexican Cession (present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming.  There are 2 new bocce courts being placed in Southampton.  We all had a giggle with Mark Hannon writing on Tom Guldi's pad and the constant phone ringing from Ed D.  This date in history was the debut of Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Republican Party was also founded.  We had a new Guest Lori Beppu from BMA in Bridgehampton.   She's thinking about joining us in the membership
Meeting began with the prayer and the pledge.  Seamus discussed Spaghetti Dinner May 19th.  Minor changes coming to ticket procedure to make it easier.  More info coming soon.  Paul read a nice note from Beau talking about his friendship with Marty Gilmartin and how rotary brought them together .  Laurie presented a Paul Harris award to Terri Kiernan her 5th.  Travis was our sargent.  Seamus was picked and sure enough, he found the jack of hearts
 
 
He went on to say it he has never found the jack, and was happy that he finally found it.  $211 dollars.   NEW RULES !  The club purchased a "Rotary" deck.  So when the game resumes next week, we will be using the new deck.  Members are encouraged to NOT RIP THE CARDS, we will be taking the picked cards out of the deck in a seperate envelope.  It was K9 military day and National Good Samaratin day.  In 1953 the first 3d movie House of Wax was presented in the USA.   Harry Truman announced the creation of the hydrogen bomb.  In 1953 Playboy magazine was born.  In 1954 the Chevy Corvette premiered.  Great question to ask me my automotive knowledge isn't what it should be.  Jamie Bowden was our program presenting Honor Flight, Long Island.  An Honor Flight is conducted by non-profit organizations dedicated to transporting as many United States military veterans as possible to see the memorials of the respective war they fought in Washington, DC, at no cost to the veterans. Flights are done twice per year in Spring and Fall.  At the moment they are just doing Vietnam.  Jamie is also involved in Veteran Affairs, she talked about Hometown Hero Banners, and promoting military discount cards for veterans with local businesses.  Also she's creating veteran parking spots, for our veterans.   For more info you can check them out on the web here
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