Members in Attendance (14): Ray Hannan, Peter Brown, Debbie Brown, Kevin Leyhane, Andy Leyhane, Pat Bailey, Debbie Rodriguez, Murray Forth, Jim Leyhane, Roberto Martinez, Phil Kellerman, Carole Heaney, Dick Drumm and Charlie Foote.

By Zoom (0):

Guests (0):

President Peter Brown called the meeting to order.

Theme for the Year: “Building Community”

MEETING NOTES

Membership: Kevin Leyhane updated member information on the website. Welcome to our new members: Carole Heaney and Kevin Flanigan. Peter Brown recommended that we make the membership meeting a yearly event.

District Budget: Peter Brown discussed the budget. Roberto Martinez will push the button letting the District know that the Club accepts the budget.

Leadership Team: The following have been nominated for club officers for 2024 through 2025. Voting will be held next week.

• President: Roberto Martinez
• President Elect: Phil Kellerman
• Secretary: Pat Bailey
• Treasurer: Murray Forth

Peter Brown will move to Past-President. Terry Brewer will continue as Membership Chair. Jim Leyhane will continue as Vice-President and Foundation Chair. Kevin Leyhane will continue as Publicity Chair.

Vacation Coverage: Debbie Brown and Phil Kellerman will cover meeting notes in May. Kevin Leyhane will post the minutes.

Iron Giraffe Bowl-a-Thon: The bowl-a-thon was held on Sunday, April 14th. Per Debbie Brown, Mr. Wilkerson, father of last year’s scholarship winner donated $50. There were 37 bowlers. The Club raised $1311. Phil Kellerman sent a check for $655 to Water for South Sudan on behalf of Maple Hill. Christine Fowler, of Maple Hill, received acknowledgement of the donation. Phil delivered a check for $655 and the donated canned goods to Paula at the Anchor Food Bank. The Food Bank serves 65 families per month. Phil also sent a press release to the Our Town magazine.

Water for Kenya: Peter Brown, Pat Bailey, Phil Kellerman, Becky Raymond and Debbie Rodriguez were on a conference call yesterday with our Kenyan partners. They will hold a bidders conference and review the proposed specifications. The next step will be to submit a grant application for the hydrogeological study.

Girls Inc: Pat Baily made a motion to donate $250 to Girls Inc. Debbie Rodriguez seconded the motion. The motion was passed. Pat will email Carol.

Viking Gym: Per Jim Leyhane, once ordered, it will take 4 to 6 weeks to get the peace pole. Murray is working on the signage. Per Ron Annis, the QR codes have been received.

Speakers: There are still a few open dates for speakers. Check the calendar. Ray Hannan mentioned that May is ALS month. He will look for a speaker.

Speaker: Robert Schulman was scheduled to speak on the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). He was unable to attend and will reschedule sometime in the fall. Phil Kellerman gave a general overview of CERT. Their mission is to assist local emergency management services in disaster, crisis and emergency response and to promote community safety education and disaster and emergency preparedness. We look forward to hearing more about CERT in the future.

Summer Program: General consensus it that the summer socials will continue.

‘Rotary Multi-District Conference: Will be held on Friday April 26 through Sundary April 28th at the Double Tree in Binghamton.

Click->District Conference Information– for more information on the event and speakers

Click-> Register to get signed up (does not include hotel reservation)

Click-> Hotel to reserve your room under room code “ROT” 

Next Meeting: Thursday, April 25th at 6:00 pm at Moscatiello’s Italian Family Restaurant, Route 4, North Greenbush. Also, you can join by Zoom using the link on the websites calendar page. David Gittleman will speak on World Malaria Day.

Entry Choices will be Chicken Caeser Salid, Lemon Chicken and Penne Pesto.