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Greetings Rotarians, This is my first bulletin as your President. I would like to thank all of you were able to come to this week’s meeting to hear my vision for the club during the next twelve months. With all of your help, I am sure we will have a fun successful year that improves our community and our planet. If you weren’t able to make this week’s meeting but would like to learn about the club’s goals for the year, please let me know.

For those of you who may have missed it, here is a link to our District’s Newsletter: http://windsorrotary.com/Data/districtnewsletter/rotarynewsletter.pdf There is a picture of David Bonomi and I presenting the check for the water project in Guatemala. There is also a signup sheet for the District Golf tournament on August 6th.

As a reminder, any commitments you may have signed up for will be listed at the bottom of these bulletins.

This Week’s Business Announcements and Events:

1.We still need folks to sign up for Sergeant-At-Arms duties. Please contact Rosemarie Goyette to sign up. (rgoyette@burgessschultzrobb.com<)

2.Our club will be selling this year’s Rotary Theme pin as a fundraiser for our general fund. The pins will be $5.00 and the proceeds will help offset our budget for club supplies.

3.Rick Martin will no longer be the attendance monitor. George Condon will know handle all attendance matters. You can e-mail him at george@teamnss or fax him at 413-739-5476. We thank Rick for his many years of service as attendance monitor.

4.The board voted to increase the first raffle amount to $10 if the club was successful in selling 6 advertising spots on our website for the upcoming year. 7 Rotarians stepped forward so we were successful. Thank you to:


 * Applied Software Technologies (Steve Swanda)


 * Jane Barrientos, Fine Artist
 * Jane Barrientos, Fine Artist


 * Law Offices of Dennis Powers
 * Law Offices of Dennis Powers


 * Northeast Security Solutions (George Condon)
 * Northeast Security Solutions (George Condon)


 * Northwestern Mutual (David Bonomi)
 * Northwestern Mutual (David Bonomi)


 * Precision Communications, Inc. (Stella Kalamarakis)
 * Precision Communications, Inc. (Stella Kalamarakis)


 * West Springfield Federal Credit Union (Diane Murphy)

5.Our dues bills will be coming out in the next couple of weeks. The board voted to keep the amount the same this year even though both the District dues and the International dues were raised. We will offset the increased fees through other means this year. The dues bills will be due in 30 days from when they get handed out. A $35 late will be added to non paid bills after 60 days.

6.The Pawtucket Red Sox are hosting a Rotary Night on Tuesday, August 14 at 6:30pm. General Admission tickets are only $6 each. If any of you would like to attend, please let me know so I can get you our club banner for the opening ceremonies.

7.If you are planning on attending the Tanglewood Trip on Sunday, July 29, please get your money to Jane Barrientos this week. Tickets will be $40 per person. If we don’t sell enough tickets to fill the bus, we may need to drop the provided transportation. Please see Jane for more details.

8.If you are planning on going to the Patriots Game on September 16, please give me a headcount for your party as soon as possible. I would love to fill the bus with our own club but there is a strong possibility we will need to open this event up to other clubs in our area. Even if you can’t get me the money yet, please give me a head count. Thank you.

9.We had our first reading this week for 2 new proposed members.


 * Dan O’Brien Classification: Police Officer Sponsors: Marco Amato/ Bill Shepard


 * Jeannie Miller Classification: Medical Marketing Sponsor: Simon Brighenti
 * Jeannie Miller Classification: Medical Marketing Sponsor: Simon Brighenti

Per our club bylaws, please see me if there are any concerns.

10.We congratulated Bill Wagner this week for obtaining the next level of Paul Harris Fellow. He is now a PHF +1. We also thanked him for his continued generous support of the Taste of the Valley with a plaque.