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Welcome to the Rotary Club of Portland, Maine!
Portland Rotary
Service Above Self
We meet Fridays at 12:15 PM
Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
88 Spring Street
Portland, ME  04101
United States
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Portland Rotary Club
will NOT have a meeting
this Friday, Dec. 22nd
 
 
12/15/17 Matt Herpick, GM Cross Insurance Arena

Matt Herpick has been the General Manager for the past two and half years of the Cross Insurance Arena, formerly known as Cumberland County Civic Center, which transitioned from public to private management with Global Spectrum, now Spectacor managing the facility. Spectacor is a national events management company headquartered in Philadelphia and currently manages over 160 areas and centers throughout the United States.

Four years ago the Cross Insurance Arena underwent a $33 million dollar renovation which included new seats, suites and system upgrades. While Portland lost its AHL hockey franchise, the Portland Pirates, Matt pointed out that the arena was able to attract a new Eastern league franchise with a traditional Maine name, the Maine Mariners, starting next October and was recently awarded a new arena football franchise, the Maine Mammoths, which will be offering exciting indoor football beginning this April with a season extending to August.

Matt told us how being part of the larger Spectra Comcast organization, he is able to attract first quality performances. His organization manages several venues, provides food service, and sells tickets. He says that of 10 date-holds which are requested for Portland, only one turns into an event, so there is lots of work done with no benefit.

The Cross Arena will still honor all the special shows already booked, and all the graduation and other local events. The sports teams have agreed to work around these schedules.

When asked about UMaine hockey, he responded that one game is scheduled and he is trying for a second. Last year two games had great attendance, but a third was poorly attended. He invited us to watch for announcements of some great shows coming in the fall and winter next year.

 

(Photo L-R: Joe Gray, Matt Herpick and 1st Vice President John Curran.)

 

12/15/17 Bits & Pieces


President Don Zillman
 was spending the holidays in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife, Linda, and missed the meeting, so First Vice President John Curran ably stepped in to run the show. Tom Nickerson (at right) provided us with a moving invocation and 1st VP John welcomed 52 club members and 2visiting guests.

 


The raffle was conducted by Terri St. Angelo and (once again) Past President Loretta Rowe's name was chosen – but in the spirit of Christmas, she graciously pulled the 5 of clubs, leaving the pot of $1,202 to grow until our next meeting. 



Tom Ranello introduced our newest member, Ben Jackson (at right). Ben is the Headmaster at North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth. Be sure to welcome Ben!
 


Past President Laura Young (at left), Chair of this year's Nominating Committee,  announced the slate of officers for the coming year and asked for a motion and vote to accept the announced officers, which was unanimously approved by the members. The slate of 2018-19 Slate of Officers is listed separately in this issue.



Erik Greven (at right) thanked everyone for their warm clothing donations to the Preble Street Resource Center – including the donations for underwear. Since more money was spent on buying underwear than was collected, several members pledged happy dollars to make up the difference.
 


Past President Dick Hall (at left) urged all Rotarians to support the Rotary Foundation and indicated that letters would be going out to all members inviting them to become Sustaining Members or to join the Portland Rotary Circle of Five Program. Contact Dick for more information at: dickhall@maine.rr.com
 


Jan Chapman (at right) filled us in on our own long-time Rotarian Meredith Small and her husband Bill, who live in Saint John, Virgin Islands, during the winter months. They recently returned there to assess the condition of their home after the devastating effects of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Meredith is hoping to have power by January and she and her husband are hauling water for cleaning, cooking and all other needs. The house was open to Hurricane Maria and all their belongings were blown outside, lost or destroyed. They had no insurance as it was prohibitively expensive. We are planning to send a care package off to them soon and a card was passed around to send. Contact Jan or Bruce Moore (janchapman1966@gmail.com or brucevmoore@gmail.com) for more information and ways to help.



1st VP Amy Chipman (at left) reminded everyone again about signing up for the Rotary International Convention in Toronto, Canada to be held June 23-27, 2018 and urged more Rotarians to attend. To register, go to riconvention.org 


 


Roger Fagan (at right) urged all Rotarians to check the hearing aid boxes previously placed in the local communities and get the units back to him. He, along with 12 people from Alaska, Maine and Florida, will be going once again to the Dominican Republic on January 20th and will provide 200 hearing aids, 70 water filters and 70 solar lights. We have also joined with 15 other clubs in the District to support the Westbrook/Gorham Rotary Club in bringing clean water to the jungles of Guatemala. In April, the 3-H project will be brought to Prishtina University Medical Center in Kosovo, a country that is rebuilding its medical infrastructure after recently gaining independence from Serbia.

Happy Holidays everyone – and remember, no meeting this Friday!
 

2018-19 Slate of Club Officers
On December 15, 2017, the following members were voted in as the slate of club officers for 2018-19:
 
President: John Curran
1st Vice President: Amy Chipman
2nd Vice President: Ellen Niewoehner
Treasurer: Scott Blakeslee
Secretary: Bruce Moore
Sergeant-at-arms: Travis Parker
Club Protection Officer: Nan Heald
 
Directors on the board:
Term ending 2020 - Patty Erikson and Erik Greven
 
Congratulations!
 
Volunteer Opportunities
Following is a list of our Club's volunteer projects. If you know of other opportunities, please contact Loretta: lrowe@maine.rr.com
 

                          When
Project              Who to Contact


Preble Street        4th Wednesday ea month
Resource Ctr        4-6:30 pm
Soup Kitchen        Gracie Johnston
                           gracie.johnston@wcsh6.com


Game Night         3rd Tuesday ea month
Long Creek          Mike Fortunato
Youth Center        michael.k.fortunato@gmail.com
                           or Jim Willey
                           jimandbarbarawilley@gmail.com


Salvation             Various Dates 11:30-1pm 
Army                   Gracie Johnston
Holiday                gracie.johnston@wcsh6.com
Bell Ringing          939-0315                        

 

Rotary Meeting Locations

If you would like to mark your calendars,
we are scheduled at the following locations
through March 2018:

2017
Dec 22 - NO MEETING - HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Dec 29 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay

2018
Jan 05 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Jan 12 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay

Jan 19 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Jan 26 - Clarion Hotel

Feb 02 - Clarion Hotel
Feb 09 - Clarion Hotel

Feb 16 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Feb 23 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay

Mar 02 - Clarion Hotel
Mar 09 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Mar 16 - tbd
Mar 23 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Mar 30 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay


Blue BOLD dates are scheduled Board meeting days.

Any questions, please contact Loretta at: lrowe@maine.rr.com
 

Item Donations Needed
The following items are needed on an on-going basis. Please feel free to bring them to a meeting where we will collect and distribute them to the appropriate projects.
 
Crutches4Africa - Crutches, canes, folding walkers and wheelchairs to be shipped to Africa.
 
Toiletries for the Shelters - Collect those tiny bottles of toiletries you are paying for during your next hotel visit and bring them home for members of our society who find themselves staying at a shelter and in need of personal hygiene products.
 
Winter Wearables, Shoes, Boots for Preble Street Resource Center - Gently-used shoes and boots to keep our indigent neighbors warm and dry. Please also collect warm outerwear clothing (all sizes), coats, gloves/mittens, hats, and scarves. 
 
Prospective Rotarians

As we receive applications for prospective members to join our Portland Rotary Club, the names of the applicants will be included in our Windjammer. Any information and/or comments you would like to share will be handled confidentially. Please contact Loretta Rowe: lrowe@maine.rr.com. Your input will be appreciated.

PROSPECT                 BUSINESS
(Sponsor)                                                                           
Kim D'Amaro               The Salvation Army
(Jim Willey)

Alex Kappelman           Locations Real Estate Group
(Ben Millick)

Xavier Botana              Portland Public Schools

Jesse Harvey               Journey House Sober Living
(Gracie Johnston)

Thank you.

   
Tennis Anyone?

ROTARY DOUBLES TENNIS LEAGUE
Fall/Winter Session 2017 
Here are the final standings for the 2017 Fall/Winter session:

TEAM 1TEAM 2TEAM 3TEAM 4TEAM 5TEAM 6
LowryBarnsBourdeauBlakeslee
Seddon
Gross
NoyesBlountPullenMooreHallNickerson
IngramHerodesPutnamYoungAschChipman
Grammer
St Hilaire
MillickCarrJorgensenBowker
181418112725


CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM 5!

For information on the 2018 Winter/Spring session, contact Tennis Commissioner, Erik Jorgensen: erik.c.jorgensen@gmail.com.