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Newsletter Date: 
February 28, 2016

For Meeting on
February 22, 2016

Reporter:
Bryan Cook
Upcoming Speakers
Apr 11, 2016
 
Apr 18, 2016
 
Apr 25, 2016
 
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Guests
 
Tiffany Bumgardner-Scheffler
Guest of Bryan Cook
 
Paul Cooney
Guest of John McGinn
 
Karen Sullivan
Guest of Mary Brewster
Officers & Directors
President
Michael E. Kelly

President-elect
Anthony Hollingshead

1st Vice President
Elizabeth R. Messier

 
2nd Vice President
John McGinn

Secretary
Don Saracen


Recording Secretary
Arthur D. Norwalk


Treasurer
Richard A. Kaplan

Assistant Treasurer
Peter M. Loescher

Sergeant-at-Arms
Parker Smith

Past President
Paul R.
Borrelli
 
Governor, District 7950
Kristine Musco David

Directors
to June 30, 2016
:
George Burman
T. Bryan Cook
Geoffrey P. Gaunt
William R. DiBiasio


to June 30, 2017:
Mary Brewster
Bintou Chatterton
John Folan
Ed Queenan
Jim Gilcreast

Executive Administrator
Jeremiah H. Cannon
ANNOUNCEMENTS, Etc.
 
Eric Creamer offered an inspiration, concluding: "Help us, as Rotarians and humans, to faithfully fulfill our obligations as neighbors to our community, our nation, and the world."
 
The peanut butter drive will begin in March. More details to follow.
Every Day is Game Day
Our guest speaker, Providence College Athletic Director Bob Driscoll, opened his talk by sharing his personal motto: Every Day is Game Day. By this he means that you have to bring your best to everything you do each and every day. He put this on wrist bands and encourages all of his athletes to wear them.
 
As a young man, Bob loved sports and dreamed of playing professionally. He went on to play baseball and ice hockey at Ithaca College in NY. At the end of his college sports career he was surprised to learn that he was too small, too slow, and too smart to play professional hockey so he turned to coaching.
 
Rising to Athletic Director at Union College, he became the A.D. at an all women’s school, Mills College and eventually made his way to UC Berkeley where he was the Sr. Associate A.D.
 
Bob’s father became ill which prompted a desire to return to the East coast, so he applied for and won the A.D. job at PC. Upon arrival he found the infrastructure to be old and outdated. He quickly challenged his team to devise a plan to build the best athletic program in college sports. He believed this had three primary tenets:
 
1.  Be the most respected program by educating young people.
 
2.  Goal of 100% graduation rate. Currently stands at 91%.
 
3.  Compete for national championships. PC won ice hockey championship in 2015, Cross Country and Basketball won 2014 Big East tourney and made past 2 NCAA tournaments.
 
This has been accomplished due to a strong vision, great people, and resources. 4,000 donors have raised $6 million to upgrade athletic programs at PC. The college has spent more than $40 million on athletic facilities and $160 million on academic upgrades. Bob believes they have arrived and will only continue to get stronger.
Happy Bucks
Margaret Kane is glad to be back after enduring 13 inches of rain in Sanibel.
 
John McGinn continued the economic saga of his new boat: $1500 for a bow cushion (I’m guessing that’s not for sunbathing. –Ed.)
 
Bryan Cook’s son is home for spring break & thrilled to be accepted to law school.
 
Dick Kaplan was happy to be here after his recent illness.
 
Pete Brock got five inches of snow last week.
 
Barbara Harris congratulated Bryan Cook and his son: “We need more lawyers.”
 
Cap Willey appeared on A Lively Experiment and said the state is making great progress cutting the time and complexity for procuring a Letter of Good Standing.
 
Bill DiBiasio was happy to learn that the hotel where he stayed in Montreal had been designed by George Burman.
 
Kris David had some extra time in California because her flight home was cancelled by last week’s (non) snow.
 
Paul Segal had $25 for his number of years in Rotary.
 
Suzanne Cannon was happy that Jerry is gaining strength, sad to report death of her uncle.
Rotary Club of Providence, 27 Dryden Lane, Providence, RI 02904
www.ProvidenceRotary.org