THE SENIOR MEN'S CLUB OF NEW CANAAN
Regular meeting of February 16, 2001
Vice President Bob Witt opened the business meeting with 121 members present.
Current membership is 500 with 26 on the waiting list. New member Bernie Eisenberg was introduced.
People, etc. Don Freud announced that Ed Codel was still in Waveny, Huck Wood was on
his way home, and Joe Sweet tripped and, unfortunately, tore his Achilles tendon. A
guest, Rod Gibson, from the Stamford Sr. Center, gave a short pitch for a joke telling
round table program held the third Wednesday of each month. It is with great certainty
that I can assure you that Mr. Gibson will never become "Jester" of the New Canaan Sr.
Men's Club.
Activities: Bowling, Bridge and Paddle continue, 4-Fs will meet on the 21st at the Red
Barn, Racquetball is still doing spring training in Florida. Jack Murray announced that
Trailblazers first hike in April would be at Mianus Gorge. He also announced the start of
a new program this year consisting of two hikes a month, one easy, and one more challenging.
Couth: The Wednesday trip to Madame Tussaud's and St. John the Divine was a huge success.
3/16 is the Bridgeport Cabaret Theater, 4/19 the United Nations, 5/22 the New York Botanical
Garden, and June 20 will now be the Goodspeed Opera House to see "Brigadoon." Bert Liebelt
also proposed a two day one night trip to Washington D.C. sometime this fall.
Jester: Asst. Jester Jim Schlumpf told a story about how St. Peter could never win a law
suit against Satan because of a lack of lawyers in the upper stratosphere.
Speaker: Bob Jeffries introduced Bryan Gray, director of sales and marketing for Mohegan
Sun. Mr. Gray spoke primarily about the 1.1 billion-dollar expansion program that is
currently underway way there. Bryan emphasized core values in relationship to the
employees such as treating the workers extremely well so that, in turn, they will treat
the customers well, and constantly striving for perfection in marketing and promotion
which ultimately leads to higher revenues and profits. Mr. Gray highly recommended a
book, "Built to Last," which serves as the model for this expansion. The future for
Mohegan Sun will include a 34 story 1200 room hotel with the largest ballroom in the
northeast and extensive meeting facilities. The whole property will have 29 restaurants,
two of which will be "Michael Jordan's" and "Olives." There will be a
new "Casino of the
Sky" with a 150 sq. foot planetarium, a new 10,000 seat arena, and a 300 seat cabaret,
and a world class spa. Much of this will open between this April and November, and the
hotel itself in April of 2002. At completion Mohegan Sun will employ 10,000 workers. It
sounds like a wonderful place to make your fortune.
Eric Musa, Secretary