Camden Rotary Club

Committees & Chairpersons

Our club recently redesigned its committee structure.  The list below shows the current committees and their chairs.  Due to regular changes of committee memberships, other committee members are not listed

 

Service Projects:Jim Bowditch (chair)

  • Summer Concert: Bruce Cole (chair)
  • Giant Yard Sale: Susie Goddard (chair)
  • Pancake Breakfasts (2): Allen Mitchell, Bob Davee, Dick Householder (joint chairs)
  • 50/50 Raffle: Tony Bates (chair)
  • Driving Seniors: Henry Garretson (chair)
  • Senior Meals: Bill Taylor (chair)
  • Scholarships: Pat Duncan (chair)


Tent Committee: Tom Peaco (chair)

International Committee: Tom Peaco (chair),

Rotary Foundation: Joe Curll (chair)

Rotary Youth Exchange: Henry Garretson (chair, in conjunction with West Bay Rotary Club)

 

 

Club Service/Administration: Bruce Cobb (chair)

  • Sergeant at Arms: Dave Jackson (1st Tues); Glenn Buckingham (2nd); Bob Davee (2nd); Roger Moody (3rd); Tom Peaco (4th); and Scott Fletcher (substitute).  The fifth Tuesday is an evening social (fellowship) event.
  • Invocation: Dick Householder (chair)
  • 50:50 Raffle (assigned monthly)
  • Cashier (assigned monthly)
  • Speaker Chairs 2010 (assigned monthly)

Membership Committee: Bruce Cole (chair)

PR/Communications: Peter Palermo (chair), Scott Carlson (web), Kim Graffam (facebook)

Paul Harris Awards:  Roger Moody (chair)

Penbay Yachting Rotarians (semi-club activity)

  • Commodore – Jim Bowditch (Camden)
  • Vice Commodore – Ken Gricus (Rockland)
  • Rear Commodore – Leni Gronros (West Bay)
  • Secretary – Scott Carlson (Camden)
  • Treasurer – John Sherman (Camden)

Port Captains

  • Rockland – John Ware (Rockland)
  • Rockport – Bruce Malone (West Bay)
  • Camden – Sara Montgomery (Camden)
  • Belfast – Doug Mayer (Belfast)
  • Lakes – V.O. Harkness (Camden)
  • Legal – Jack Sanford (Camden)
  • Historian – Steve Bunnell (Camden)
  • Past Commodore – Willard Wight (Camden)
 

The Four Way Test

For Rotary, The Four-Way Test is the cornerstone of all action.

It has been for years, and it will be in the future. Of the things we think, say or do

  1. Is it the TRUTH?
  2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
  3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
  4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
The test is one of the hallmarks of Rotary. Since it was developed in 1932 by Herbert J. Taylor, who later became RI president, it has never ceased to be relevant. Its four brief questions are not based on culture or religion. Instead, they are a simple checklist for ethical behavior.

They transcend generations and national borders.

Rotary International ~ News Headlines

Reach Within to Embrace Humanity ~ RI Theme 2011-12

RI-2011-12-Theme RI President-elect Kalyan Banerjee will ask Rotarians to Reach Within to Embrace Humanity during the 2011-12 Rotary year.  Banerjee unveiled the RI theme during the opening plenary session of the 2011 International Assembly, a training event for incoming district governors.  He urged participants to harness their inner resolve and strength to achieve success in Rotary.

"In order to achieve anything in this world, a person has to use all the resources he can draw on. And the only place to start is with ourselves and within ourselves," Banerjee said.

Once Rotarians find their inner strength, he continued, they can accomplish great things in their communities and around the world.

"Discover yourself, develop the strengths within you, and then unhesitatingly, unflinchingly, go forth and encircle the world, to embrace humanity," he said.

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