President-Elect Boyd Preston is ever at the ready, as we've seen week after week, and now he is greeting our guest speaker, Gerry Chadwick, of the Dayton Rotary Club.
It's still early when Don and Dottie Overly arrive, so Chuck King does the greeting honors.
Rebecca Quinones has come in and stops to chat with Jen Gibbs and Raj Grandhi.
We're in the back Academy Room this day, so the quarters are a bit more cramped, but Jim Briggs and Lee Hieronymus make their entrance with Boyd back at the door.
Then Jen Gibbs offers to greet for a while as we await the official greeters of the day, one who will arrrive just before our last guest....hmmm.
Looking like a secret agent, our past president Ron Hollenbeck is always on time.
An inside look at the coffee and dessert table with cheesecake with a cherry topping.
This picture shows Ram Nunna, who has been working from home of late. The beard is a new addition.
Our new member Eric Beach doesn't get pictured often so here he is.
Then. as Jen has continued greeting guests, in comes one of our official greeters of the day Jeff Senney...as Jen greets Harvey Smith.
And now Jeff greets Jack Durnbaugh, a principal at Centerville High School.
And Jen's friend Beth Cusack of the Beavercreek Club has brought back the aprons her club borrowed for their pancake breakfast. They had 600 attend and thanked us for the use of the aprons, though she couldn't stay for lunch.
Jeff greets PDG Harvey Smith with a big smile.
Our club approved this roster of members who will help run the club in the coming year.
And Jeff Senney greets our Club Secretary Mark Balsan, with his father-in-law Erich Eggers to his right.
And here is Carol Kennard, always ready with a smile for all, and lots of good ideas.
Another look inside as the members gather to eat, chat and have fun, while learning too.
Jeff Senney is explaining something to Carol Kennard as Frank Perez arrives.
And as Frank looks for a seat, we also see Don and Dottie Overly again.
Then there's Mark again and Kim Senft-Paras and PDG Harvey Smith.
And Sally Beals and Pat Beckel arrive.
And Brad Thorp, one of our past presidents, and Brian Bergmann arrive.
And FINALLY, here comes Graham Ross, to greet, per chance to meet....? Don Stewart and Adam Manning are on the right...just in time for the meeting to begin.
And here you note that Graham arrived in time to find a seat at the table.
The Centerville Rotary Club met at The Golf Club at Yankee Trace at noon. Boyd Preston, our President-Elect, led the Pledge of Allegiance; Harvey Smith gave the prayer; and Brad Thorp led a great rendition of God Bless America, sung by club members.
GUESTS at this week's meeting included:
Our speaker Gerry Chadwick, from the Dayton Rotary Club; Joe Thumser, guest of member Chuck King, our Vice President; and Kent Dimbath, CFO for Dorothy Lane Market, soon to replace our departing Ed Flohre, who is retiring from DLM and heading to Florida; and Dottie Overly, who is considered family.
Below you see Kent Dimbath, seated, who did not get pictured coming in to the meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
President-Elect Boyd Preston conducted the meeting.
Boyd said the next board meeting, will be held Monday, Feb. 19, at Park District Headquarters, 221 N. Main Street, across from Benham's Grove area.
Frank Perez said Project Read needs help on Feb. 7, a Wednesday, and Feb. 8, to move and help shelve four cases of books it received from the Dayton Library.
Rebecca Quinones said the Interact Club at Centerville High School will be helping out at the House of Bread Sunday, Feb. 4. Any Rotarians who would like to help out should let her know.
Boyd said anyone with ideas for projects that would need grants to help complete, should let him, Chuck King, Joyce Young, or Frank Perez know, as they will be attending the Rotary District Grant training event Feb. 6 at Normandy Church. There is a free dinner at 5:30 p.m. The meeting runs from 6:15-8:15 p.m.
Jen Gibbs noted that her friend Beth Cusack from the Beavercreek Rotary brought back the aprons the club borrowed for their pancake breakfast fund-raiser. Jen said it was successful, with 600 patrons.
Sofie Ameloots said they can still use more toiletries for Artemis.
Boyd then recognized those having January birthdays and noted some historic happenings on those days. Eric Eggers, Jack Workman, and Sofie Ameloot had birthdays.
John Callander was recognized for having an anniversary. He said he has been married for 18 years to his wife Bev, and was married 46 years to his late wife before that.
A past note:
The District Conference will be held April 27-28 at the Hollenbeck Baylay Center in Springfield. Instead of last year's basket presentations from each club, they want to do a district project and put together hygiene kits. Each club, if they choose to participate has to choose a certain item to provide. He said Joslyn Smith of the Fairborn Club is the chairperson for assembling the kits. Each club can then choose a charity to distribute the kits to. Peachy said last week that he thought Hannah's Treasure Chest might be an apt choice for our club. Club member Sofie Ameloot also noted that Artemis is in need of soaps, body lotions, shampoos and other toiletries for the women who have been victims of domestic violence. Such items may be brought to the club, if you have any you've collected and have not used at home.
Below you see the two people who usually collect our Happy Bucks: Erich Eggers and Gerry Eastabrooks.
And here you see Mark Balsan on the right, who took Gerry's place this week in her absence. Mark is Erich's son-in-law and the club's secretary. Gerry is our club treasurer. Erich is our Sgt.-at-Arms.
HAPPY BUCKS: The Happy Bucks go to help Brigid's Path this quarter. The organization works with babies born addicted, and their mothers. They took in their first baby recently.
Many of our members gave for Brigid's Path this week.
Ron Hollenbeck started the Happy Bucks with two for Brigid's Path, and Gerry Chadwick our guest speaker, gave for Brigid's Path, and Boyd gave for it and the new board of directors for the 2018-19 year, which the club unanimously accepted at the beginning of the meeting.
Vice President Chuck King gave for our guests, Joe and Gerry.
Joe gave and Mike Wier gave, and Harvey gave for Brigid's Path.
Don Overly gave for UD's win, and Jim Harris gave for Brigid's Path.
Dale Berry gave for a PSA, noting that Washington Twp. is looking for a new fiscal officer to replace Tom Zobrist, who is resigning April 1. The pay is $30,000 and health benefits are available, Dale said. You don't have to be a CPA or an accountant, as you won't be doing all the deep financial stuff. The job requires a few hours a week signing purchase orders and such, he said. You don't have to be retired, but you do need to be a resident of Washington Twp.
Lee Hieronymus said the pay would be more than the trustees get.
Sofie thanked all who brought toiletries for Artemis.
Frank gave and Eric Beach gave for Brigid's Path.
Patrick Beckel gave for the economy being in full recovery and said he thought we should get more than a dollar for a ten minute speech. He said the last Happy Hour at his place was good and that Adam Manning always brings free food from Carrabbas.
Deb Dulaney said she is retiring from the Dayton Foundation and then she said something that everyone clapped about...
reguarding April 1?
Joyce Young had a sad Happy Buck, noting that there were two people killed in fatalities this past week.
Matt Kuhn noted that his daughter has been accepted into Harvard Law School, and there was a lot of clapping and then words thrown about that he would be in the poor house from now on, or something to that effect.
Brian Bergmann and Dr. Dave gave for Brigid's Path and Brian Hayes gave for Lee's new mustache.
Boyd then had the club sing Happy Birthday and the rendition was a bit below the standards of our GBA at the beginning of the meeting, due to the lack of harmony and possibly Doc Hoback.
It was announced that on Feb. 1 a mixer would be held at the Heavier Than Air Brewery across from CVS along Centerville-Miamisburg next Thursday at 5 p.m. Snacks will be provided as there is no food to buy there.
Our Speaker of the day was: Gerry Chadwick of the Dayton Rotary Club talking about the upcoming Tour The GEM bicycling event to be sponsored by the Dayton Rotary, tentatively to be held in September.
Vice President Chuck King said Gerry is the owner, president, and a mergers & acquisition specialist of Sunbelt Business Advisors of Southwest Ohio, "The Place to go to Buy or Sell a Business." They have offices in Dayton, Cincinnati, and Springfield, Ohio.
Sunbelt consults with clients to make sure the business is "Buyer ready, including financial analysis, valuations, conducting readiness assessment and value gap analysis, transaction negotiation."
Chuck said Gerry Chadwick earned his BS in Marketing from the University of Dayton in 1977. In 2008 he became a Certified Business Intermediary from the International Business Brokers Association.
He said Gerry is a member of the International Business Brokers Association, Mergers & Acquisition Source, Dayton Region Manufacturers Association, and the Dayton Rotary Club.
Gerry said the idea for the local bicycle tour to make money for local charities came as a result of attending the Tour de Tucson. He realized the cycling jersey had the Rotary emblem on it and was involved.
The Tucson event raises millions of dollars for 50 local charities, he said. "Dayton has 250 miles of bicycle path and is geared towards physical fitness,"he said. Mike, the Director of the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission and about 50 other people were in a room where they were discussing doing such an event. Among the group was a Dayton Daily News reporter who left and wrote about it, and "fifteen minutes later,we were having a ride," he said.
Gerry said he came asking our club if we would want to participate, and ask others: Would you join our team? Teams can be any size, and if we got others to donate money, say for a water project, and ask, "would you donate $50," many people would probably do so to help, he said.
Below is the group's mission statement.
Gerry said they have a first year goal of getting 500 riders, a 5 year goal of 1,000 riders, and a 10 year goal of 3,000 riders. The El Tour de Tucson raised $20 million with 9,000 riders, he said. In 2016 they got $12 million for 45 non-profit groups.
Gerry said he knows the tour can be a success. The Tour de Donut has 2,000 people, he said.
Gerry said they would probably use a perimeter or cloverleaf ride around or through the city. There can be various starts from a 100 mile, to 76 mile, 54, 37, 28 mile start. In Tucson they had to walk half a mile in a dry river bed, he said. It was a perimeter ride.
Gerry said a group called Blackbuck (?) works for non-profit groups to help in promotion and to encourage sponsorships. This would reinforce the Miami Valley as a biking community, he said.
Other events, festivals and such can be associated with the event, making a RiverScape Festival atmosphere. There could be walking and bus tours of Dayton. There could be a treasure hunt to collect the GEMS of Dayton. He mentioned the Air Force Museum, music, concerts, the arts. On the treasure hunt you would pick up chips at various locations. Maybe bikers could ride the AF runway.
Gerry said he is looking at Rotary as being an integral part of the event, helping with logistics and developing support. There are already community members on committees, he said. He said they were looking at the roles, and responsible people who get things done.
Gerry said they are looking at a target date in September for the first ride. RiverScape is having a Dayton Raggae festival sometime in September, he said. Incumbent bikes are welcome. The only request is that helmets be worn. Carol asked about E-bikes (electric?)...
Safety aspects are already being looked at, he said. A retired AF registered nurse is already a committee chair, he said. Local fire departments are being made aware of the event and vans for support will be available. Corporations in the community can become a part of the Rotary team, such as Miami Valley South, with Centerville Rotary, he said. The group will have a Facebook Page in the near future, he said.
The meeting was closed with the reciting of the Rotary Four-Way Test.
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