Middletown CT Rotary - Newsletter - Current (Jan 31, 2012)

Announcements:
• Fun evening at post holiday social last Thursday. Those who confirmed attendance but were unable to go should make checks payable to Rotary Club of Middletown as we were charged by the restaurant regardless of final count.

• Our club received a Thank You Letter from Moody Elementary School

• Mukund Nori announced pre-PETS on February 11, 2012, a meeting for all President Elects to begin preparing for their term. Mukund encourages us reach out to President-Elect, Jeff Walter, to communicate our ideas, suggestions, and our future visions for our club.

Guaranteed Card Game Winners:
Low: Laura Pederson
High: Joe Bibisi

King of Clubs for $55:
T. Witzky and G. Mullaney drew with no winners.

Happy Dollars:
J. Trzaskos all is well w/ Boy Scouts; P. Tulley for beautiful day and for Historical Society event at Adath Israel; Pat Tucker for missed social last week; M. Nori for attending our meeting and for pre-PETS next week; G. Mullaney for guest speaker; L. Fault for all our guests; P. Vassia for Pat Gomola, for her trees being trimmed and hauled away, and for a new plumber since 1967; L. Muraro for sharing movie night w/ Felecia (Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close) and for beautiful day; J. Fredricksen for everyone being so nice to her; C. Branch-Stebbins for her daughter's first classical ballet performance; J. Walter for M. Nori and for last week's social; K. Wilhelm for beautiful day and last week's social; M. Gopinathan for beautiful day; S. Lovelace for J. Ifkovic's bright outfit and tie.

Program:
Howard Reid introduced Ellen Lachance, Executive Director of Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB). PSRB is composed of six professionals with expertise to take jurisdiction over persons who are found "not guilty" (acquitted) of a crime due to reason of insanity - or by reason of mental disease or mental defect. PSRB is made up of an attorney, a victim's advocate expert, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, probation/parole expert, and a member of the lay public.
Connecticut law allows individuals to plead "insanity" where normal criminal laws do not apply. Their basic mission is public safety through an administrative hearing process. This process allows them to determine treatment, confinement, or placing conditions upon release of acquittees. This independent board maintains jurisdiction until such time as the acquitted is recommended for discharge or continued confinement to the court.

Orders that PSRB can issue are: confinement in a maximum security facility, confinement in a hospital for the mentally ill or placement with the Commissioner of Developmental Services, approval of temporary leave, approval of conditional release w/ specific conditions, modification or termination of conditional release, recommendations for discharge, or continued confinement to the court.

President Carlton concluded the meeting with the Four-Way Test at 1:30pm.

Respectfully Submitted,
Trish Witzky