President Mike Taylor welcoming District Governor Bob Artis and his wife Corinne Artis, as well as David Alexander of Welland Club.

 

TV Auction
Annie indicated that the warehouse is now open for larger items. A reminder that all items have to be
in by October 25th.

 

Arches
Frank reminded everyone of the event on October 19th and that we need to sell tickets. We are doing
well raising the funds required.

 

Purse Bingo – November 8th
This additional fund raiser is in conjunction with the Town of Pelham. Tickets are $30 with tables of 8
for $240. Organizations or individuals can sponsor a purse for $250.

New member
Mel indicated that Health Scott, formerly of the Welland Club is interested in joining and will attend an
upcoming meeting.

 

Youth Conference – October 19th
Mike reminded everyone of the upcoming youth conference in NOTL.

 

Special Guest
David Alexander, the Area Governor introduced District Governor Bob Artis. Bob is a consultant in
Buffalo for a global robotics company. A distinguished veteran, Bob hails from Missouri. He served in Thailand
and Germany. Through his time in Rotary – Bob has worked on water and sanitation plans in Thailand
and has attended 13 international conferences. Bob served in his home club of Clarence, NY as the
president and is a multiple Paul Harris recipient. He and his wife Corinne have 4 children, 10
grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

 

Bob spoke on the Rotary theme of “Rotary Connects the World”. Bob presented our newest member
who was present with a sticker from the Rotary International conference. He presented our president
with Rotary socks that he and Frank were wearing. Bob shared that he has business cards from other
District Governors from around the world. He had Mike draw a card – and tasked him with emailing this
DG ( from the Phillipines) to introduce himself. He did the same activity with Hugh.

 

Bob shared around the room the gavel first used at the District Council meeting in 1977. There were
525 districts and each received a one of a kind gavel. The gavel is made from multiple woods and each is
unique. Each has four splinters embedded in a map of the US. Each is from wood taken from four
locations in the US. One – the Paul Harris boardroom, one from Independence Hall, one for the Light
House used to send the message to Paul Revere and one from the Bristol Stone Pine.