President Brandon brought the meeting to order at 12:30pm and Bob Miller led the Pledge & Prayer.
ATTENDANCE: 33 members which represents 41.25% of our membership. We also had 7 guests including Thomas Senseney, guest of Chris Helt; and 6 February Students of the Month - 2 each from Hanover, Spring Grove, & Delone.
ATTENDANCE: 33 members which represents 41.25% of our membership. We also had 7 guests including Thomas Senseney, guest of Chris Helt; and 6 February Students of the Month - 2 each from Hanover, Spring Grove, & Delone.
ROTARY MINUTE:
Scott Kurz shared his perspective of being a member after 10 years in Rotary.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Greg Staub, District Gov - Called our attention to a recent email that we received from Rotary International regarding the Rotary Disaster Relief Fund for the Ukraine
Crisis, and encouraged us as individual members to contribute if we could.
PROGRAM: Carrie Nace - Lobbyist in PA State Government
Carrie began by addressing the students of the month to realize just how important networking is to their future careers. She told us how networking helped her with her
own job changes and career moves to get to where she is today.
Carrie told us how important the role of a lobbyist is with Government. State representatives cannot possibly know every facet of every bill that is being proposed and all
Carrie told us how important the role of a lobbyist is with Government. State representatives cannot possibly know every facet of every bill that is being proposed and all
the effects that a Bill may cause if it is passed - not passed. It is her belief that lobbyists, as a whole, are not bad people or not performing a negative service even though
they may have that reputation. She is very proud of the many things she has helped to get passed into law and they are things that help the community. Her firm
represents individual companies and collective associations as well and they cover a wide spectrum of issues. Some of the things that has and is working on include:
Health Care Workers, Broadband Availability, Fair Compensation for Farmers, Farmland Loss due to Solar Development, Withstar Institute for Cancer Research, and Pork
Processing.
Carrie addressed many questions from members at the conclusion of her formal remarks.
Thank you Carrie for providing us some insight into this vital role of State Government.
Thank you Carrie for providing us some insight into this vital role of State Government.
NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM: LYNDSEY MACKIE, BYRNES HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER - 25 YEARS OF HEALTH EDUCATION