Our meeting began with the prayer and the pledge. We had 2 new prospective members Maria and Yana. We met Yana through a rotary inquiry via our website. She was eager to learn about everything that we do. Also spoke with Maria about her, and her profession. It was great to sit at the head table with Lauri, and Alexis to share what we do and learn about new people, as we try to increase our membership. I encourage everyone to reach out to new faces and say hello. Lauri spoke about our golf outing, and the great day we were blessed with. Alexis spoke about Septemberfest kickoff party and her experience being that it's a lot of work. But usually we shined Friday night. Be sure to say a big Thank you to Mark Hannan, and Alexis for the wonderful rotary spirit they showed by throwing a great party. We would also like to thank Angie from Callio Marketing as she was responsible for the flyer and thank you that was in the Southampton Press this week. Guest Maria won the 50/50. Paul and Karen split table stakes. The Jack of hearts is still alive in the deck, still early in the going. Grover Cleveland ran 3 times for the president. William Jennings Bryant was known famously for being the prosecuter in the Scopes Monkey Trial. We carefully towed the line with politics today as we talked about presidential feuds. Octoberfest was created not out of love for harvest but by King Ludwig's wedding who was the king of Bovaria. A clever fine for the prayer was issued to Vicki. Our program was Gigi's playhouse, a program i investigated online and thought it was different and interesting. Their mission (taken from their website) To change the way the world views Down syndrome and to send a global message of acceptance for all. Great energy delivering their message today and it sounds like they are doing some great work in Patchogue and covering Long Island. We donated $250. I hope they enjoyed their rotary experience, i hope to have them back in the future as a guest program