This was a club assembly, so there was no guest speaker.
Pledge and Invocation:
President Mike Markovitz brought the meeting to order at 12:15 PM at Purkey’s Pink Apple with Mary Tempest leading the Pledge of Allegiance and David Wilson giving the Invocation.
Club News:
Sad Bucks:
Tom Kukuchka’s mother, Mary, passed away on Feb 20.
Committee Reports
Drug Takeback Project Committee – Frank Oliver / Carol Ziomek
The next National Drug Take Back Day will be Sat April 27, 2019 from 10 AM to 2 PM. Frank will touch base with Glenn re the ad.
Projects Committee
Pres Mike needs a schedule for donations to be given and organizations scheduled to come to receive their checks.
Global Projects Committee – Norm Kelly/Jon Buxton
Jon said it was a positive meeting with the project partners and they are updating the application for RI. Once submitted to RI, they then must wait to see what they say and if there is any thing else required.
2019 Harvest and Wine Festival Committee: Ron Furman
Ron is investigating possible stage options and Ron is looking into when other organizations will be having events needing a stage. Talked with Al Shoop about building a permanent stage. Kintner Modular would help with money for a permanent stage at Lazybrook.
Scholarship Committee
Terri and Carol working on fillable pdf scholarship application forms that will go to the School once finished.
Rotary Foundation Committee – Albert Noble / Samantha Maruzzelli
When contributing to the Foundation, please make sure that the e-mail Rotary International has for you is correct, or your donation may not be appropriately credited. Sam can help you with an online donation.
Membership / Recruitment / Retention Committees – Ron Furman / Mary Tempest
Website is now updated with new member info, committee descriptions and new member news. At the end of the meeting, Ron demoed on the website where to find info on the club for new members on the “About our Club” drop down menu on the home page. You do not have to log into the website to view this information, it is open to the public.
Rotary Relays Project Committee – Chair Rod Azar
Pres Mike has spoken with Rod and the 2019 Tunkhannock Rotary Relays Invitational will be held Wednesday May 1, 2019 at 4:30pm at the Tunkhannock High School Football Field.
Exchange Student Report:
John has move to his new host family, the Billings family.
Andrew & Enrique are both with the Kozloskis.
Spring Community Project:
Township okay with us working on the playground but would really love a fenced dog park. Maybe we could work with other clubs or businesses to do the dog park.
Essay Contest
We got an extension to Mar 1, but not sure if we can get any essays from the kids.
Board Meetings
The Board of Directors meetings will be at the Community Bank Board Room for the next 2 months until Towne & Country Grille opens in their new location in late April.
District News: Pres. Mike Markovitz
District 7410 Conference is April 5-6, 2019 at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel in Scranton. Registration info is available at the District 7410 website. You can use the link on our home page to get to the District home page.
Secretary’s Report – Carol Ziomek
Newsletter went out and website updated.
Treasurer’s Report - Elaine Walker
Josh the Otter books ordered.
Around the Room Discussions:
Sign Project – Wayne Krause
We had a request from someone to take the old signage that they saw discarded. It was decided that the old Welcome to Tunkhannock Signage could be given away, if someone wanted it. Norm Werkheiser will make sure his people know that it is okay, since it is on their property and we do not want anyone thinking it is being taken without permission.
Norm Kelly
Norm Kelly commented that District Conference is local and the price is right. You will learn a lot about our District and Rotary. It would be nice to get as many Tunkhannock Rotarians as possible to attend all or part of the Conference.
Our next Meeting will be Thursday, Feb 28. Our guest speakers will be Sara Peperno and Amy Feldman who will talk about Northeast Sight – Services for Blind and Visually Impaired.
Prior to adjournment, Mary Tempest led the recitation of the 4-Way Test by the attendees.
President Mike Markovitz adjourned the meeting at 1:20 PM.
