Club Assembly
Posted by Steve Frazier
Our Program on December 28th was a Club Assembly moderated by President Tom Anderson. Two items were discussed during the assembly.
The first discussion centered around the timing of our meetings. President Tom suggested that perhaps we should extend our announced meeting time by 15 minutes, to cover the period from noon to 1:15 P M. A number of member spoke up with their opinions, and the consensus seemed to be that the present hour dedicated to the meeting is very convenient, with members having the option of coming early or staying late if they wish. The point was made that extending the time to 1:15 will ultimately result in the meeting extending beyond that time and then we would be faced with whether to extend the announced time again. President Tom ended the discussion with the statement that he would have to monitor the progress of the meetings more carefully and see that they end at the appropriate time.
The second subject discussed involved the club's current international projects, with a report by Molly Swenson. There are currently two projects in process.
Our first project is the purchase of a bus for an orphanage in Haiti. Our project was started before the earthquake hit, and we have now set up a 4 club group in our district to jointly donate funds to an annually designated international project. Our club's $2,000 was matched by the other 3 clubs, and then matched by district and international, making the $29,000 needed for the purchase available. Because there is a limit of 5 projects in a country going on at one time, our project is temporarily on hold. We think our project is the next in line in Haiti and expect to have completion soon.
The other project is the leaf ant study involving the students at MHS. We have as a club committed to fund two students on their trip to Costa Rico. There are school organizations that are funding the remaining 14 students who will go. The trip is a 10 day trip starting July 29th, 2011, and the students will interact with and help graduate students who are conducting the actual study. Our club is fund-raising by selling coffee to raise the money. The sale of the coffee at $10.00 a pound is being handled by Molly, and half of the money received goes to fund the project.
(Story by Tad Shaw and posting and photo by Steve Frazier)
The first discussion centered around the timing of our meetings. President Tom suggested that perhaps we should extend our announced meeting time by 15 minutes, to cover the period from noon to 1:15 P M. A number of member spoke up with their opinions, and the consensus seemed to be that the present hour dedicated to the meeting is very convenient, with members having the option of coming early or staying late if they wish. The point was made that extending the time to 1:15 will ultimately result in the meeting extending beyond that time and then we would be faced with whether to extend the announced time again. President Tom ended the discussion with the statement that he would have to monitor the progress of the meetings more carefully and see that they end at the appropriate time.
The second subject discussed involved the club's current international projects, with a report by Molly Swenson. There are currently two projects in process.
Our first project is the purchase of a bus for an orphanage in Haiti. Our project was started before the earthquake hit, and we have now set up a 4 club group in our district to jointly donate funds to an annually designated international project. Our club's $2,000 was matched by the other 3 clubs, and then matched by district and international, making the $29,000 needed for the purchase available. Because there is a limit of 5 projects in a country going on at one time, our project is temporarily on hold. We think our project is the next in line in Haiti and expect to have completion soon.
The other project is the leaf ant study involving the students at MHS. We have as a club committed to fund two students on their trip to Costa Rico. There are school organizations that are funding the remaining 14 students who will go. The trip is a 10 day trip starting July 29th, 2011, and the students will interact with and help graduate students who are conducting the actual study. Our club is fund-raising by selling coffee to raise the money. The sale of the coffee at $10.00 a pound is being handled by Molly, and half of the money received goes to fund the project.
(Story by Tad Shaw and posting and photo by Steve Frazier)