Newsletter Date: July 29
Meeting Date: July 23
Reporter: Bob Murphy
INSPIRATION
Randy Dittmar said the unwritten rules of basketball as played by five year olds contain inspiring messages for all. Highlights: when you like an opposing player it is OK to hand them the ball; when not sure what to do just keep dribbling; when in doubt where to throw the ball, throw it where nobody is; when you don't know what to do stop and lay on top of the ball.
ANNOUNCEMENTS, Etc.
Pres. Art Norwalk advised that the board has approved his appointments to a nominating committee chaired by Don Saracen with members Richard Applebaum, Christy Clausen, Lisa Hill, Jane Kratsch and Margaret Kane.
Monday July 30 is the official visit of District Governor Bill Tennant. Board members are asked to attend a preliminary meeting at 10:30 am.
Richard Applebaum advised that Rotary Night at the Pawsox will be Friday August 17.Tickets are $12 and as usual Rotarians from around the district will march onto the field before the game. See Richard or Anthony Landi to reserve your ticket(s).
A new member was inducted into the club - Erica B. Adams, sponsored by Jan Feyler. Erica is the director of development for the Providence Public Library. She expressed an interest in serving on the Program Committee.
HAPPY BUCKS
Barbara Harris for a great trip to England and Iceland.
John McGinn for his 58th year of family vacation at Point Judith.
Kris David for a nice dinner hosted by herself and Richard Applebaum for a student from Venezuela doing a summer internship at Hasbro.
Jim Gilcreast for his wife's birthday.
Anthony Hollingshead to welcome Erica Adams into the club.
QUAKERISM IN RHODE ISLAND
AND AROUND THE WORLD
Elizabeth Cazden, a historian of the Quaker Movement and board member of the Friends World Conference, gave an overview of the Quaker Movement worldwide and in Rhode Island.
The movement began in England in the 1640s led by George Fox . It welcomed people from all backgrounds and was organized on the principles of no sacraments or ordained clergy with any member at a meeting being permitted to preach. Pacifism is an important core concept of Quakerism.
The movement spread throughout the English colonial world and was particularly strong in Rhode Island where it is estimated that in the colonial era half the population were Quakers. Several of the original Quaker meeting houses still exist in Rhode Island. Ms. Cazden is a graduate of Oberlin College and Harvard Law School.
