Rotary Meeting (Moscatello’s) 5/25/23 Minutes

Menu: Rustica Salad with Chicken/Chicken Florentine/Portabella Ravioli

Members in attendance: Jim Lehayne, Peter Brown, Deb Brown, Pat Bailey, Andy Leyhane, Roberto Martinez, Phil Kellerman, Dick Drumm, and via Zoom, Becky Raymond, Ray Hannan and Charlie Foote

Guests: Joan Bishop

Guest speaker: Ed Kellerman: The Beauty of Public Speaking

Next week: Jim Bonesteel from Rennselaer Plateau Alliance

Old Business:

Gift of Life Annual Golf Tournament – the upcoming week is the drawing for the Barrel of Booze fund-raiser for Gift of Life.

Town of Schodack Music and Movie Nights.

Pat and Phil reported they attended the first movie night at the Town Park and sold out of 25 boxes of popcorn at $3 dollars a box, and also sold some drinks for a gross net of $100 to the club. The attendance was fair but both thought the event for Rotary was quite successful.

Pete and Deb agreed to attend and have a table at the June 6th music in the park.  Phil suggested that popcorn be sold at the music events.  Becky agreed to join Deb Rodriguez for the August 1st music night. Phil agreed to attend the Friday, August 18 movie night and Ray and Pat agreed to join him.

Phil asked those volunteering to be in touch with him prior to their attendance so he could make arrangements to pick up popcorn.

Dues: Members were reminded to pay dues by June first. Roberto and Jim said that they would follow up with those who have not paid.

Check update: Phil said that there was no word from Christine Fowler on the initial check presented to the South Sudan Water Project. Murray was not in attendance to provide an update.

Membership update:  Danny from Casey’s wants to join and Mary Alice Caldes has paid to be a member.

New Business:

Becky discussed the Freedom from Fistula foundation and the lack of pre-natal care in Africa causing fistula.  She asked that the club make a donation and Roberto followed up by suggesting that the club match a donation by Rotaract of up to $200.  Members approved the motion.

Speaker:  Phil introduced his brother, Dr. Ed Kellerman, who spoke about “The Beauty of Public Speaking.” Dr. Kellerman addressed what makes a good public speaker and what makes one person more persuasive than another speaker.  He discussed how important it was for speakers to stick to no more that three main points during any talk, and that research was critical to boosting any talk.  Sticking to a time limit, proper eye contact and language, and fluency help make for good public speaking.