THE GALLIPOLIS ROTARY CLUB

PDG Mel Simon provided an excellent program for the Gallipolis Rotary Club highlighting The Rotary Foundation.  November is also Foundation Month and Rotarians and guests discovered the many grants and programs available through Rotary.  PDG Mel emphasized the credibility of our Foundation and the A+ rating it has received from the American Institute of Philanthropy for its low administrative costs.  This is one of the main reasons the The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation chose TRF for its large gifts provided to Rotary’s Polio Plus Program. 

Operation We Care, the annual medical mission to the Philippines, receives support from Gallipolis Rotary and other clubs and individuals and Mel explained how these contributions are matched through grants from RI and District 6690.  Thanks, Mel, for the great program, and congratulations on your recent retirement from 39+ years of medical practice.

President Shirley Doss welcomed Rotarians and guests to the meeting today.  Our guest today was Tia Elliott, this year’s Senior Livestock Princess from the Gallia Junior Fair.  Tia, a freshman at Ohio Valley Christian School, was the guest of Jodie McCalla, who has worked hard in developing this worthwhile project for our club.

Fellowship—Gordon Amsbary ran club fellowship and recognized a couple of birthdays in our club for this week.  PDG Mel had a birthday last week and offered a  contribution for the ‘mystery’ singer, Margaret Evans, who serenaded with a personal rendition of Happy Birthday.  Dave Nadler, also has a birthday this week and opted for the Rotary quartet to sing to him.  Dave chose for his ‘volunteers’ Jodie McCalla, Sr. Princess Tia Elliott, Heather Crum, and Treasurer Shawn Siders.  Everyone had a great time with this.  Gordo informed us this is National Aviation Month, and also National Diabetes Month.

Happy Buck—ADG Matt Willis bought a happy buck in honor of his older daughter who is about to become a first time homeowner.

Split-The-Pot—Shana Booher ran our STP today, but reluctantly, your intrepid scribe failed to document the size of the pots!  Since Jodie didn’t buy a ticket today, she volunteered to draw the winner who was . . . PP Lou Ellen Werry!  Lou missed the big one, but enthusiastically assessed a unique Foundation Fine against anyone who ‘did NOT have a dead calf in their car this morning!’  It seems that her husband failed to mention that fact to her this morning.  Ruh-Row!

There being no further business before the club, President Shirley announced the monthly board meeting is to commence directly after today’s meeting.  The meeting was adjourned.

Here are the program assignments for the balance of the month:

Nov 8   Ken Porada
Nov 15  Jim Morrison–United Way
Nov 22  Melissa Kimmel
Nov 29  Clyde Evans

Have a great week!

The Board of Directors of the Gallipolis Rotary Club held its meeting after the regular scheduled club meeting on November 1, 2011.

Financial Report–Treasurer Shawn Siders presented the financial report for the club for the past month.  The report showed gross revenue from the Bob Evans Festival which totaled $8684.98 for the three days.  Shawn indicated the club is still waiting for the final bill for the ice cream expense before a true net profit figure can be stated.

New Business–President Shirley Doss recommended the club support the Community Christmas Program Fund (formerly Angel Tree) which provides needy children with winter coats.  VP Jodie McCalla moved the club contribute $300 to help pay for the dry cleaning of donated coats.  Motion was seconded by Lee Saltzgaber, and the motion was approved.

The board discussed supporting the SIFE efforts to contribute canned foods to a local food pantry.  It was decided the club would encourage members to contribute canned goods at each of three meetings in November– 8th, 15th and 29th.

The board also approved a motion by Lee Saltzgaber  to pay 50% or $190 of the Band Boosters tent fee for the BEF Festival, which the club has paid in years past.  Second was provided by Jodie McCalla and the motion was approved.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.