Members in Attendance (9):  Dick Drumm, Phil Kellerman, Jim Leyhane, Debbie Brown, Peter Brown, Ray Hannan, Kevin Leyhane, Debbie Rodriguez and Roberto Martinez.

By Zoom (0): None.

Guests (0): 

President Peter Brown called the meeting to order.

Theme for the Year: “Building Community.”

MEETING NOTES

Student Exchange: Per Peter Brown, Jason Chevrier, Superintendent of the Schodack Central School District, is interested in establishing a student exchange program.

Kenya Clinic Program: During Peter and Debbie Brown’s recent trip to Maasai Mara Kenya, one of their guides told them about the St. John Fischer Nursing School Clinical Program that sends student nurses to Kenya for a week of clinicals. Peter spoke to Vivianne, of St. John Fischer, and discussed the possibility of SRC Rotary helping with the program. Peter is interested in organizing clinical support as part of an effort to extend services.

District Grants: Roberto Martinez reported that due to decreased contributions to the Rotary Foundation, going forward, grants will be limited to $l,150 instead of the traditional $1,500.

Rotary Dues: The Club dues will be submitted tomorrow.

SRC Board: The motion to approve adding Phil Kellerman and Andy Leyhane as At Large Board members was submitted by Roberto Martinez and seconded by Debbie Brown. The motions passed with a member quorum that included proxy votes from Dean Calamaris, Dorris Calamaris and Murray Forth.

Speakers:   Roberto Martinez reviewed the list of potential speakers for the year. We continue to look for speakers for the upcoming months.

Summer Programs: Roberto Martinez reported that the summer casual events generated around $1,100 for SRC Rotary initiatives.

Next Meeting: Thursday, October 5th, dinner at 6:00 pm at Moscatiello’s Italian Family Restaurant, Route 4, North Greenbush. Also, you can join the by Zoom using the link on the websites calendar page. Phil Kellerman will provide “An Update on Immigration. Is There a Fix.”

Entree choices will be Rustica Salid, Chicken Marsala or Penne Alfredo.

Kevin Leyhane spoke about the SRC website.

“Bill Dowd created a very robust website.” The Inside Page choices can be found in the right-hand side of the page. The calendar page contains information about speakers/programs for meetings and the link to join the meetings by Zoom. The member roster and member contact information were reviewed and will be updated. Also, our sponsors information will be updated. The member contact information is password protected. Contact one of the Club Officers for the password.

You can search our site for information, see recent posts or older posts prior to 5/6/16.

There is a lot of information on our website. Take a look. If you see anything that needs to be updated, contact Kevin Leyhane.