Charlotte-Shelburne Rotary - Newsletter

Well, after sitting on the plane for 4 hours...we were to leave Madrid at 10am this morning but flight was first delayed for 2 hours. then we boarded at 12:30 and sat on the runway for 4 hours only to have the Madrid airport close because of volcanic ash. During the 4 hours, they were good to keep telling us that the situation was that they were trying to find other air space. But didn't work and everything closed. Once we found out and then got our suitcases from baggage, we were able to get a shuttle to Barajas and get into the same hotel where we stayed last night...close to the airport.

We hope this situation doesn't last very long - we can call at 7am to find out if flights will resume and airport will be open. The problem is that those w/flights scheduled for tomorrow or whichever day flights resume will get priority. So looks like a bit of a mess. The volcano rules!!

John suggested ocean travel may be returning as reliable transportation.

Announcements

May 19 Club Assembly
May 20 Board Meeting
May 26 Speaker: Jake Agna - King Street Youth Center
June 2 Speaker: Kitty Bartlett from Lund Family Center
June 4th bowl-A-Thon
June 8 Speaker: David Bielecki, CEO President of AIM Results
Jun 11-Jun 12 District Conference Davis Center
- There will be a Saturday ‘rebuilding together’ project
Jun 20 – 23 Rotary International Conference

New Business

Club will contribute $50 towards District Conference attendance on June 11-22, 2010
District is looking for volunteers for various events visit the district site
District Governor Change over Hampton Inn
Thank you letter from Charlotte Senior Center

Ric Flood: Bowl-A-Thon Announcement

Last call for mailing lists they should be sent out this week for best effect. Circulated Bowling Lane sign up sheet.

Sergeant at Arms

Fines assessed for those that have yet to send mailing list for the Bowl-A-Thon.

Welcome Joyce Erchart back from Montpelier
Don Condon: Happy daughter # 4 graduated Vermont tech Oral Hygiene program
Mike Clapp: Happy and Late Fine
Trafton Crandall: Late Fine
Pat Sokolowski: Happy Daughter Home from college
John Hammer: Snow Fine Announcement 5 years ago club financed the pocket park. The Garden Club and school manage. June 1 short presentation 6:30 PM.
Russ Blodgett: Happy A/R is up
Bob: Happy Fine
Sue McClellan: Happy RYLA is wrapped up 4 kids going
Joyce: Happy no snow today and a fine for not sending Ric a list yet
Jim Spadaccini: Happy he’s off to Buffalo this week and Thanked Tammy-jo for all she does for Rotary
Couple of pin fines
Linda: Happy for successful bike event
Denny Bowen: Happy to have attended a prostrate cancer support group
Chuck: Happy moorings are in the water and he will be sailing soon
Dave Rice: Happy to be back from Florida
George: Happy Fine

Pot $383.50 pot a ticket was drawn. Jim Fayette’s number was drawn however the Joker was not drawn and the pot carries over.

Classification Talk

Michael Clapp was born and raised in Texas
He attended Dartmouth college then returned the University of Texas in Austin to attend law school
Having fallen in love with New England he moved to Vermont in 1969 and joined a local law firm
He served as President of the Vermont Bar Association

Michael on Vermont...

We are all very fortunate to live where we do. Vermont had an attraction that is sort of difficult to explain. His home in Texas was an area of segregation. He found and felt Vermont was a place where this condition did not exist, however within two weeks of moving here there was an incident in Southern Vermont that showed segregation problems exist everywhere. He questions himself as to whether he should have stayed in Texas and helped with that problem. Since then Vermont’s population has become more diverse and he is proud of the way our state has handled this change.

He thinks Vermont faces challenges in the future with changing economic times and changing cultural conditions.

He is an attorney who is concerned about the future of the justice system. He is a citizen of Vermont who is concerned about how we maintain in increasingly difficult economic times the independence and generosity that Vermont offer him when he moved here.

Mike is trying to move his practice from litigation to an office practice. He looks forward to do more contract negotiation. He is now doing more legal consultation work. People come to looking for help.

Our club needs more Classification Talks in the future. Look for a call from Adam or Michael.

Meeting adjourned 7:30 AM