COGS 4/23/15

Posted by Warren Tockerman 
on Apr 23, 2015
 
Vice President Mike started the meeting at 12:16 PM and Bill S. said a prayer blessing the Rotary family, for the hands that feed us & for the work we do.
 
Music:  It Seems Like Old Times, It Had To Be You, Moments To Remember, I’ll Be Seeing You, and a host of other memorable tunes.
 
Food:  Navesink salad, bake Tilapia/tomato/pesto crust, rice and green beans, carrot cake, coffee & tea.
 
Guests:  (none)
 
Fines:  Late- Mike T., Joe, Jon; No pin- Larry, Liz, Tony; No picture in paper (!)- Chuck, Robin and Rhonda; Jim- had a haircut and nobody said anything. Those at Jim’s table – allowing him to sit at their table.
 
Happy Dollars:  Mike D. – thanked Steve for chairing Food & Wine event; Steve – thanking all for Food & Wine Event; Addie – for Steve and Career Day event.
 
Joke of the Week – Mike D – two policemen joke; floor still wet (???)
 
 Birthdays & Anniversaries  (none)
 
Announcements:
  1. April 30th – YMCA Event – Rhonda is selling raffles - $10.00 each – drawing to take place then.
  2. May 1-3, 2015 – District Conference, Mystic, Connecticut
  3. May 16th – District Training – at Monmouth University – for incoming officers
  4. October 5th – Annual Golf Outing – Addie is requesting donations of any kind
  5. Reminders –
    1. Use Rotary business/thank you cards when patronizing restaurants and other businesses and club supporters in the area
  6. Mike DeNofa asked that if you know of any speakers, to please let him know.  It would be helpful if you would let him know if we have any comments, positive or negative, about the speakers.
  7.  If anybody has ideas for a Community Service project, please send them to any Board member.  Thank you.
 
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Speaker:  John Drucker, Assistant Construction Official, Fire Protection Subcode Official, and Building/Fire/Electrical Inspector for the Borough of Red Bank, NJ, Red Bank for the past 13 years and prior to that he was a project manager at the World Trade Center in NYC.  John spoke to us about the fire code and fire prevention.  John is extremely knowledgeable and very familiar with fire codes and prevention, who being through his strong background, has most likely prevented many fires in the greater Red Bank area through his inspections and guidance.  He spoke to us for over 40 minutes and then took many questions.  Our entire group was very well focused and appeared extremely interested in this talk.
 
Some points John mentioned which were of exceptional importance:
  1. Fires can shut a town down; therefore, fire safety is very important.
  2. Loss of property affects tenants and entire towns.
  3. Fire prevention is a very serious business and review take place prior to and after accidents.  Building codes are carefully reviewed often.
  4. New Jersey is currently reviewing all building codes, and the architects and engineers are a very important component to the proper modification code revision.
  5. The new thinking is to do work first (in an emergency) and then file for permits within 3 days after.  Inspections will occur within 30 days of filing for permits.
  6. Shortly, people will be able to apply for permits online.
  7. In the USA, approximately 2800 lives are lost due to house fires, thanks to smoke detectors (many more losses occurred prior to smoke detector use).
  8. New Jersey wants sprinklers to be installed in new housing as part of the plumbing system, which can’t be done after a house is built.  Approx. cost is $2.00 per square foot.
  9. John asked that if you have any questions regarding fire safety to feel free to call him at 732-904-6823.
 
 
50/50  $20.00 went to Warren
 
Meeting ended at 1:27 PM
25 members attended today’s meeting
 
The Happiest People Don't Have The Best of Everything - They Just Make The Best of Everything They Have!
– Unknown
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