Newsletter 1-7-14
Rotary Club of Needham
Tuesday January 7, 2014
Location: Sheraton, Needham
Pledge of Allegiance: Charles
Song: ‘God Bless America’ led by Bob Cocks
Invocation: Lois Sockol
Announcements:
- Greg and Rachel confirmed the Music Event is set for Saturday, January 25th from 6-10 pm. 10 groups have confirmed to play. Tickets are going to print today and will be distributed within the next two weeks. Sell, Sell, SELL!!!
- Congratulation to Louise Condon on being elected President of ‘Realty Guild’ Mass.!
- Ros volunteered to be Rotary’s representative at the Needham Volunteer Fair being held at the senior center next Thursday January 16!
- Needham Community Council dinner January 15 with Susan Wornick being the guest speaker. See Louise for tickets.
Guests:
- Libby of Capron Lighting, who will be contributing a lighting service to our Music Extravaganza.
- Alan Wheelock, our guest speaker
Happy $$$:
- A bunch of happy New Years to all!
- Scotti for the cold weather!
- Looking forward to the Pats on Saturday night!
- Ken Davis for a nice vacation with the family!
- Erica for her son Joey’s birthday
Birthday’s: Karen Wetmore, although she tried to deny it.
50:50: Pot is at $333 with Scotti having the right ticket but drew the wrong card.
Joke of the day:
Doug had 3 jokes: 2 of which we could have published, all 3 of which the scribe did not write down!
Guest Speaker:
Alan Wheelock of Plympton MA spoke to us about his experiences in negotiating for several large companies, including Iron Mountain. His talk was entitled “Negotiating Styles: How to Adapt”. In negotiating, the best result is if everyone comes out of the negotiation thinking they won.
Alan was very complimentary of Rotary saying he has spoken to many Rotary clubs, and finds them all ‘..positive, proactive and fun!”. Thanks Alan.
Alan is going to officially start a business in March to help companies learn to properly negotiate. He can be reached at 781-588-7537