Past President BILL HARLOW led us in the Inspiration (I swear it really IS him this time!) remembering the importance of fathers to us all. New member CHRISTOPHER SHIREMAN led us in the pledge and song – a stirring rendition of “God Bless America” accompanied by GARY HIRSCH on the piano. DAWNE BELL introduced visiting Rotarians and guests.
We had two birthdays. VIC JACOBS donated toward a Paul Harris for her son while thanking everyone for their friendship and fellowship. WOCKY REDSAR-WIERZBINSKI reported that despite her birthday she still has the mind of a spring chicken. In response, PRESIDENT CLIFF offered that he has the mind of a ten-year-old.
Sergeant at Arms DALE BERG took us through a raffle of items generously donated by members and an auction of basketball tickets generously donated by Past President JON WANG. During our announcements, PRESIDENT CLIFF conducted a unanimous voice vote approval of the revised Bylaws, encouraged us to review the candidates for the Board of Directors, and spoke about our goals for the Annual Fund Campaign leading several members to donate immediately. JOHN LEWIS asked all members to sign up as soon as possible online for the Replacement Mixer on Thursday, November 30. GEORGE ROCHELEAU noted the frigid weather (80 degrees) which means it’s time once again to sign up for Bell Ringing – December 2nd. ALLYN BULZOMI spoke about the Amphi Interact efforts to raise money for new books to replace those destroyed at Prince Road Elementary.
JEFF RONSTADT introduced our speaker Martin Dufwenberg. Professor Dufwenberg teaches and conducts research in game theory at the University of Arizona, Department of Economics. He took us through an experiment to show the positive effect of communication on hiring and effort results in employment, and another that looked at the “Economics of Honesty”. One interesting finding was when the experiment was conducted in a convent, no nuns reported rolling a five or a six. (Who knew nuns were so unlucky?) A truly fascinating presentation. Professor Dufwenberg signed a book titled “Who Done It?” for the Make Way For Books Library.We adjourned with a quote by PRESIDENT CLIFF from Abe Lincoln encouraging us to always put honesty and professionalism above personal gain.
