Assistant District Governor Ben’s thermostatic manipulations . . . August 28, 2014

New Canaan Rotary Club Bulletin                                   August 28, 2014

 

Although he was not present the small group of early arrivals suspected Assistant District Governor Ben's thermostatic manipulations upon entering a frigid dining room.  The temperature moderated somewhat upon the arrival of more of the membership who were fairly shimmering with radiated body heat.  President Eric, unfazed, presided with his usual efficiency and profundity.

 

Chris Nyilas brought the fair Lauren Corrigan from his office as a guest and David Rucci reciprocated with the fair Jason Gladstone from his.  No Visiting Rotarians.

 

While the stakes were not quite as high as the purchase of Manhattan from the Indians, President Eric distributed trinkets to the membership in an ultimately unsuccessful effort to buy the good behavior and good will of the unruly audience.  The 2014-2015 R.I. President's pin, which coincidentally exactly matched the new banner adorning the podium, and the District Governor's pin were shiny and colorful, but were perceived to be of insufficient value to effect behavior modification.

 

At 12:37 pretty in pink Kevin McLaughlin arrived looking fetching, closely followed by the highly suspect duo of Engel and Hobbs, S.  No explanations or excuses were offered.

 

Eric and Ben reported on a high level meeting among the NC, Darien, Greenwich and Stamford Club brass which had two purposes.  First, they are willing to flog [and perhaps purchase for their own use] Lobsterfest tickets in their jurisdictions.  It was agreed that they should be offered the same revenue split offered to our local partners.  Second, Stamford Rotarian Dan Morrison is proposing a four club participation in establishing a "Rotary Means Business" chapter.  This is apparently an idea which is growing rapidly within the R.I. family.  For a nominal investment Rotary members [only] will meet separately from their normal weekly meetings to network and promote their businesses.  B.T. has volunteered to coordinate the NC response.  Anyone interested in participating should contact B.T. for current status reports.

 

The Greenwich Golf Outing for those interested is on 1 October.  Next week's meeting will be a joint get together with the Darien Club featuring a program by Person-To-Person.

 

Sergeant Scott then related an opaque golf fable, the point of which I believe had to do with the morality of shaving strokes off your golf score.  The presence of a bloody corpse was problematic.  As the result of winning the bid at the NC Golf Outing for a day of golf for three golfers [in this case Ben, Steve and Bill W.] hosted by Treasurer Tom, Ben had a happy dollar; Keith paid a fine in pounds for celebrating his father-in-law's 94^th birthday as well as apologizing for burning the White House during the War of 1812 [he didn't mention the indenturing of American sailors which led to the conflict]; Fred paid for a vacation in Maine; but the most significant fine of the day was paid by Skip Sisson on the occasion of fifty years of wedded bliss with the lovely Margo!

 

In the absence of a speaker Mike Hobbs reported his disappointment that the Sheriden, Wyoming Rotary Club no longer "shoots" their most distant Visiting Rotarian as they did when he made up there in 1980; Scott Hobbs reported on a hair-raising Six Flags ride involving two corkscrew 470 foot elevation changes which lasts a total of six seconds; Eric reported that the Roger is officially on the market for $6,000,000 for anyone with some spare cash; and, with the Lobsterfest imminent, a plea was made for members to commit to work from 12:-8:00 on Friday and dinner through cleanup on Saturday; dessert clamshells [24 desserts or $20] will be distributed next week.

 

And so the final meeting of the summer of 2014 concluded.  Are you ready for some football??

 

John Madden