VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS
Joanne Travers visited from the Topsfield club.
Ean Sullivan was a guest of Rich Blazo.
William Talebian was a guest of Viktoria Talebian.
Barbara McFall was a guest of Betsye Sargent.
RECOGNITIONS AND FINES
Randy Burba will be traveling to Jamaica to assist in a dental clinic campaign. Please see Randy for sponsorship information.
Bruce Whear is producing a run of Les Miserables being performed at Marblehead High School.
Mark Leavitt thanked the club for their participation in Chris Casey's installation dinner.
Jane Stirgwolt's sister is recovering from a spinal surgery. She is recovering slowly and the long term diagnosis looks positive.
Dick Moore was in Kennebunkport with family and being stumped by his graddaughter's riddle.
Jason Consalvo provided a softball update.
Viktoria Talebian was in upstate NY for her sister's wedding, which happened to land on her own 17th wedding anniversary.
Liz Bradt is traveling with Bart to Holland for a wedding.
Chris Casey thanked the group for the installation dinner and proposed a July 15th visit from the Friends Forever program.
Claudia Chuber paid 2 fines for a visit with son and family in Florida, and for her daughter moving to Rhode Island, the closest she has been since high school.
THIS WEEK'S SPEAKER(S)
Lots of thank you's and announcements during President Brenda's last meeting.
First, we had 4 new members announced: Ean Sullivan of McCarthy Insurance, Rosario Ubiera-Minaya of North Shore Community Health, Victoria Davis of Salem Five, and Adria Leach of Salem State University. Please remember to welcome the new members and sign their books.
Brenda started her last meeting by acknowledging several standout Club members for their efforts during her 12 months as our fearless leader:
Mark Shaw - keeper of Rotary law and history
Mark Leavitt - Advisor roll to the President
Jeff Holloran - Sargeant at Arms
Roberta Cantor - for helping in MaryAnn's absence
Viktoria Talebian - best speaker series in years!
Malia Griffin - Honorary Rotarian
Juli Lederhaus - for connecting the members of Salem Rotary
Rinus Oosthoek - for his efforts in the Club reaching First Class status
John Hall - for his leadership on the District level
There were also several recognitions for extended perfect attendance (watch out John Quinn!):
Mark Shaw - 29 years
Rich Eisner - 19 years
Mark Leavitt - 2 years
Brenda Smith - 1 year
Brenda closed the meeting by sharing a practice of meditation she had adopted called Metta Meditation. The practice of Metta is meant to increase self awareness and to project love and kindness into an individual, group, or notion. It is known for being a form of compassion meditation. Brenda took us all out of our comfort zones and led us through several minutes of Metta.
