The meeting began with the pledge of allegiance and a prayer by James Grossi. Tom Guldi was Sargeant and regaled us with the story of Alexander Fleming and the discovery of penicillin.  Laurie Wiltshire won the 50-50 but didn't pull the winning card. We were all well dressed, so no one was singled out as Best Dressed.  Tim Corwin provided an update on the lifesaver vests program he has undertaken with the Town of Southampton.  Vicki read handwritten thank you notes from some of our scholarship recipients.  Everyone expressed their good wishes for Alexis Mayer and her upcoming trip to Ecuador for a new treatment opportunity.  There was no speaker at today’s meeting.  Next meeting is August 13th; members are strongly encouraged to bring a guest(s) to the meetings.

Meeting began with the prayer and the pledge.  Aleksandra called the meeting to order.  Sean spoke about his history of East End Rotary Clubs, and the rotary “how to” manual that he is creating for the club.  Beau spoke about Fresh Air Home.  Brian spoke about the Breakers game.  Southamptonfest will be October 2nd, and Rosane has agreed to step in with and take over the committee.  Mark handed over the documentation to help the committee going forward.  We also talked about updating by laws , Paul has created a draft based on other people's clubs and an outline provided by Lydia Wells last year.  Many clubs in the district took on this task last year and it's time.  It's important to have rules that reflect our clubs procedure.  Paul provided a presentation on Clubrunner.  Stressed the importance of updating everyone's profile.  Links were provided on an email Sunday night.  I will upload my presentation at a future date and link it here.  

It was a great day to be behind Southampton High School for the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball final game of the regular season as the Ospreys took on the home town Southampton Breakers.  The breakers struck first scoring 1 run.  Ospreys took the lead a 2 run home run.  Final Score was 2-1 as the North Fork Ospreys won the game.  We had a good crowd for the game and we served food after the game was complete.  American and Italian heros, salads, waters , twinkies .  We would like to thank Brian and Jennifer Leiser for the coordinated effort in serving food for the game

The meeting began with the pledge of allegiance and a prayer by James Grossi. Tom Guldi was Sergeant and stumped us all on his American history questions.  Tom noted that today was National Cookie Day, and a rep from the Vets of America who participated in the 4^th of July parade joined the meeting with a box of cookies!  Paul Cassella won the 50-50 but didn't pull the winning card. We were all well dressed, so no one was singled out as Best Dressed!  Event updates were provided by James for the Firecracker Race, The new date was confirmed by the Village as September 6^th.  Beau Hulse reminded us that we should be at the Fresh Air Home at 10:00 am on July 23^rd.  Brian Leiser asked that volunteers for the Baseball game be at the High School baseball fields by 4pm on July 22; the game will start at 5pm, and Brian is picking up the sandwiches.   No program for today's meeting, so Paul took this opportunity to remind all to check their ClubRunner account; Paul will be assisting everyone in the proper use.  Next meeting is July 16^th; Maria Kemp will be the greeter and will say the prayer.  Members are encouraged to bring a guest(s) to the meetings.