Held via ZOOM conference

Members Attending (16): Dick Drumm, Bill Dowd, Roberto Martinez, Jim Leyhane, Debbie Brown, Peter Brown, Ray Hannan, Dean Calamaras, Doris Calamaras, Kevin Leyhane, Charlie Foote, Terry Brewer, Murray Forth, Phil Kellerman, Pat Bailey, Debbie Rodriguez.

Guests: None.

MEETING NOTES: Roberto Martinez reported that he has spoken with people at the District level who say that most of the clubs in 7190 are not meeting in person. Most are using ZOOM, as SRC has been utilizing. We are making efforts to have District Governor Rich Griesche join us at an upcoming virtual meeting. … President Dick, reporting on the search for a new meeting venue since Quigley’s has closed and is up for sale, said he has a 1,520-square-foot space in his Drumm Veterinary Hospital that is being re-floored and could be a candidate for hosting meetings with socially distanced space. …

Debbie Rodriguez reported that the UAlbany Rotaract organization is working to resume its activities now that the university is back in session. She and Becky Raymond, our Rotaract liaisons, will keep us up to date. … Kevin Leyhane said he reports back to work on Monday and can provide a program by the end of September on what life is like in the “trenches” of a local school district in this era of COVID-19. … Roberto offered to assist anyone having difficulty accessing ZOOM with a brief tutorial. …

Bill Dowd said he has been mailing out bar code stickers for the CLYNK container recycling program and said anyone who needs more should contact him. He pointed out that the way CLYNK is set up, only one person can access the stickers at a CLYNK kiosk machine, although anyone can purchase at Hannaford markets the official bags needed to participate. … The club’s Board of Directors is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Monday at Jim Leyhane’s residence. … The club will have a regular ZOOM meeting at 6 p.m. next Thursday, September 3.