THE GALLIPOLIS ROTARY CLUB

Attending included Shawn Siders, Debbie Saunders, Margaret Evans, Shirley Doss, Lou Ellen Werry, Chuck Clark and Gordon Amsbary.

The first order of business was a request from Shirley Doss for the club to reappoint and confirm Resty Alonzo as the club’s representative to the Gallia County Council On Aging board.  Shirley moved this request which was seconded by Debbie Saunders.  The motion carried.  Congratulations, Resty!

Treasurer’s Report—Shawn distributed the new financial reports for the club noting the receipts from the BEF Festival now show in our checking account.  The funds raised with the Kindle raffle have been disbursed to benefit the middle school libraries in Gallia county.  All club liabilities have been paid with the exception of the ice cream/tent rental bill from the Festival.  After some discussion the motion to accept the financial report was made by Shirley Doss and again seconded by Debbie Saunders.  Motion carried.

Christmas Dinner—Shirley led the discussion regarding the planned Christmas dinner and ornament exchange which will be held on Tuesday, December 14th, at the Merry Winery.  Our meal will be catered by the Park Front Diner which has been catering at the Winery this year.  A signup sheet will be distributed during upcoming meetings regarding the menu choices.  The club will provide some appetizers and members are encourage to donate toward any wine to share.  A formal invitation will be extended to our Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, Elaine Householder, and her family to join in our festivities.

Books for Rotary Reads—Margaret Evans proposed the club purchase at least one new children’s book for each first grade class we read to each month.  After some discussion it was recommended that Shirley Doss compile a books list for this effort.

Membership Approved—The board approved the membership of Lee Bauman of Wing Haven in Vinton.  Lee will be inducted on November 9th.

Program Schedule—Shirley Doss reported the finalizing of the program schedule for the balance of the Rotary year.  This schedule will be posted to our web site and blog as soon as possible.

The meeting was adjourned.