Nancy Robinson, vying with Nancy Pelosi to be the most powerful woman in the county... - 1/04/07

New Canaan Rotary Club Bulletin January 4, 2007

In a bold departure from recent bulletins your reporter will attempt to fill the following narrative with events that actually occurred. No Paris Hiltons for this scribe!

President Nancy, vying with Nancy Pelossi to be the most powerful woman in the country, led the Pledge and then turned to “the other Nancy” for a comprehensive blessing in Ad’s absence. The membership, and guests Paul Burnham and Jim Rini [who was later introduced to a smattering of polite applause], then passed through the chow line with a new sense of appreciation for the effort that is involved in planning, procuring, producing, distributing, clearing and cleaning up after a meal at the Roger Sherman. The food was delicious as always, and seemed moreso because others were responsible for all of the steps enumerated above. We were called upon only to consume.

Wielding her new found power, President Nancy then commanded the shy, retiring and woefully unprepared Tom Weilenmann to stand and deliver his report on the December 25 Christmas Dinner fund raiser. Tom identified each Rotary participant, his or her job, and, after presenting medals to the dish and pot washing staff for extraordinary service, thanked all participants and announced that $5,500 dollars was raised for domestic and international programs. Pot walloper Ben Bilus and Leo 111 commented on the enormous help and good nature of the Roger Sherman staff during the entire exercise. Powerful President Nancy then gave a heartfelt thank you to Proprietor Tom for his leadership and generosity in making this event happen each year. The Club responded with extended applause.

The only controversy regarding this wonderful event surrounded the operation of the bar. With Rucci the Elder and David Bryant staffing the operation Tom found it necessary to weigh all the bottles following the event. There is still talk of the mutinous Rucci refusing an order of bannana daiqueries. And then there is the continuing ill will between David Bryant and Ben Bilus, stemming from the dapper David’s visit to the sweat drenched Ben to complain about the difficulties and mental strain involved in David’s bar tending stint. One can only hope that time will heal this rift and that peace will prevail in 2007.

The fair Phil McClain explained that a year ago an anonymous Rotarian had paid for a dictionary for every third grade student in the New Canaan public school system. He is looking for another angel to come up with $600 to do it again. It’s not every day you get a chance to be an angel. Contact Phil.

Gentle Ben Bilus is still accepting checks made out to the Rotary Foundation dated 12/31/06. He needs one from every member of the Club. Get it up!

President Nancy “Al Haig” Robinson then rose to her full five feet, announced that she was in charge and, in the absence of Art Duell, introduced Laura Rubinfeld, new Executive Director of the New Canaan Board of Realtors as our speaker. She is a 26 year resident of New Canaan who replaced Estelle Seeley, who had held the job for 40 years, at the beginning of the year. Laura explained that the National Association of Realtors is the largest trade association, and one of the largest PACs, in the country. They promote professionalism and the orderly transfer of property. She stressed the philanthropy the Board has provided in the aftermath of 9/11/01, the tsunami and Katrina. Stating that there is no bubble in New Canaan, she sited a number of highly questionable statistics regarding number of sales, average price, days on the market and list-to-sales percentages. Skip cleared everything up. Another enlightening program, and a good start to 2007. Happy New Year!

Dick Clark

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