Lexington Spoke - February 6, 2012

On a bright, sunny and mild February afternoon,..February?, oh well, don't knock it, 23 Lexington Rotarians and 2 guests attended this weeks meeting at Waxy's. The fare was ziti with meatballs in marinara sauce with a side of Caesar salad, cold cuts, assorted breads and chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Filling in for vacationing President Murry was 1st VP Jim S, his maiden voyage at the podium. Looking dapper in a new blue suit that Laurie obviously picked out for him, 1st VP Jim did an excellent job, ponying up $30 Happy Dollars/Fines for anything gaffs/good things that may arise. Jim's lovely wife Laurie was also in attendance to act as club photographer for the day. Good job Jim.
The Pledge was led by PP David B, 1st verse of America, (not one verse) by Charlie V and the Invocation by PP Don S.
Raffle Gifts were donated by:

• Vail Studios - Meaghan Murphy
• Patriot Community Bank - Ken Wright
• Lexington Ace Hardware - Don Martini
• Walpole Cooperative Bank - Dan Busa (Donna, I noticed the golf balls have the old logo on them, I could take those off your hands if you want to switch to the new one. Just saying.)
• The Rotary Club of Lexington - Lori Moresco

Ten Happy Dollars were extracted from PP Don M for the appearance of daughter Michelle; Working for the Pats, At Superbowl XLVI, On the sidelines at game time, Standing directly behind Bill Belichick, On TV! PP Dan B gave Twenty Happy Dollars because when our Pro teams go deep into the playoffs, people party, YESSS!!
Announcements:

• It has been confirmed that we will have a joint meeting with the Rotary Club of Concord on Monday, April 9th, at Waxy's Hopefully the first of many annual meetings preceeding the festivities conducted by both clubs each year on Patriot's Day. Sign-up online by going to www.rotarycluboflexington.org, Login and click on Home Page at the top, right side of the screen, on the Home Screen, look to the right side column and click on Joint Meeting with The Concord Club-Register Here and click the appropriate link under register online.
• Comedy Night is May 18th, we need club members to step up and buy and/or sell tables of 10. Letters have gone out for Booklet ads, please help and ask your business associates to take out an ad. Questions, need tickets, call or email PP John O, PP Dave E of PP Dan B. Tickets can be purchased online at www.rotarycluboflexington.org and follow the same steps as outlined above.

50/50 Raffle Winner: 1st VP Jim S! Winning amount: $50.00, congratulations Laurie!!

Today's Speaker was Chip Leveille, COO of BioScale. Click here for more info on what BioScale does.

Chip Leveille is an accomplished senior executive with over twenty years of diverse, global management experience in both the public and private life science sector. His broad background includes responsibility for product research and development, operations, business development, sales and marketing areas. He has a reputation for building and leading strong, multidisciplinary teams and has particular expertise in guiding the development and commercialization of new technologies. His leadership and industry knowledge have led to numerous international speaking and panel presentations at investment, industry, and scientific conferences.

 Prior to joining BioScale in early 2009, Chip acted as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Helicos BioSciences where he was responsible for establishing and managing the commercial organization. Chip also served as Vice President of the $110M Global Pharmaceutical Business Unit of Affymetrix while concurrently managing the company’s FDA-regulated research and diagnostic instrument development and manufacturing facility in Bedford, MA. At Affymetrix, he also served as Vice President of the Core Technologies Group and Vice President of Corporate Marketing for the Systems Business Unit. Chip held several executive roles during his 12 years at Zymark Corporation including Director of the Pharmaceutical Development and Quality Control Business Unit, where he helped build a global $25M business. Chip holds a Bachelor of Science, cum laude, in mechanical engineering from the University of Massachusetts.