The Skantarian

The Skaneateles New York Rotary Club (SRC)

a member of RI District 7150 - Area 11

Webpage  http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org

District Governor – Marlene Brown

Ass't DG (Area 11) – Jim Gascon

 

Vol. 79, Number 42                                          October 18, 2007         Editor: John Shannon jms@mlsattorneys.com

SRCÕs Officers for this 2007-2008 year:           SRCÕs Directors:                            Active Members: 54

President                   Dick Kokosa                         2008        John Hennessy, John May

President Elect            Gary Caldwell                                   Jim Messenger & Lee Overstrom         

Past President             Ralph Jurgensen                    2009        Robin Jowaisas, Umesh Patil

Vice President            Doug Rutan                                       Lori Ruhlman, Roberta Williams                               

Treasurer                    Sue Keefe                                         

Corr. Secretary            Art Fellerman                                         

Rec. Secretary             Duane Weaver                                    Sergeant at Arms:   Lee Overstrom                  

Committee Chairs – Administration, Chuck Williams; Fundraising, Dale Zabel; Membership, Roberta Williams; Public Relations, Lori Ruhlman; Rotary Foundation, Dick Poppa; Service Projects, Doug Rutan and Leadership, Dick Kokosa.

Exchange Students:  Nico Avalle (Argentina) – van der Van Family (685-0877), Sarah Bierbaum (Germany) – Swartz Family (685-7496), Lucas Grob (Switzerland) – Frackenpohl Family (685-8004), Eddy Tasia (Belgium) – Naro Family (685-0684)

Last WeekÕs Program:  New Member Induction - Peter Adams; Jim Rinehart – County Legislator; Pat Taylor and Matt Parker – BoysÕ State   (Board Meeting – 5:00 p.m.)

This WeekÕs Program:  Club Assembly: Membership and Fundraising Chair Reports; TreasurerÕs First Quarter Report

Birthdays in October:  Renner (7th), Rosbrook (8th), McLennan (22nd), Bentivegna (30th)

Rotary Anniversaries in October:  Keefe (4th)

October 11th Missing Faces:  Bennett, Bentivegna, Buterbaugh, Caldwell, Jurgensen, Keefe, Langley, T. May, Poppa, Renner, Roche, Ruhlman, Tarnow, Weaver, Wisner   (WeekÕs Attendance- 65%) 

October 11th Guests:  Jim Rhinehart, Paul Corcoran, Lucas Grob, Pat Taylor, John Kopley, Matt Parker

October 11th Visitarians:  Liz Diaz-Frances Odfalk

Roving Rotes:  Skaneateles Sunrise – Vuillemot; Board of DirectorsÕ Meeting – Fellerman, Hennessy, Jowaisas, Keefe, Kokosa, Overstrom, Patil, Rutan, C. Williams, R. Williams, Zabel; GSE – Price(3), Ruhlman(3), Patil(2), Tarnow(2), Vuillemot(2), Plank(2), Kokosa(2), Keefe(1), Rutan(1)

Weekly Setup &Ticket Sales:  10/18 – Bentivegna & Caldwell, 10/25 – Coye & Corcoran, 11/1 – DÕAngelo & Dorris, 11/8 – Feldmann & Hennessy, 11/15 – Fellerman & Hyatt, 11/22 – no meeting, 11/29 – Jowaisas & Jurgensen   (Please find a replacement if you wonÕt be available for setup & ticket sales.)

Future Meeting Programs & District Major Events

Club Programs & Events

Oct 25       Membership/Interact Event – R. Williams & Ruhlman; Potential New Member (JD Delmonico)

Nov 1        Elisa Hunt – CAAR/Literacy Volunteers of Cayuga County

Nov 8        Chuck Williams – Sudan Clinic, Nominating Committee Report & Club Activities

                 (Board Meeting – 5:00 p.m.)

Nov 15      Dick Kokosa – Club Assembly: Rotary Foundation Annual Giving Program Kick Off

Nov 22      Thanksgiving – No Meeting

Nov 29      Tarnow & Ruhlman – Exchange Students – Holiday Customs & Club Activities

Dec 6         Whittingham – Christmas Basket Dinner

Dec 13       Dick Kokosa – Annual Club Meeting (Board Meeting – 5:00 p.m.)

District and Other Programs & Events                

Oct 20       D7150 Rotary Foundation Seminar – Harts Hill Inn, Whitesboro, NY

Oct 23       2007 Eastern Cities Fellowship Dinner – Rochester, NY

Oct 27       D7150 Make a Difference Day

Nov 3        RLI – Canandaigua, NY

Nov 3        Rotary Day at the UN  

Nov 10      RLI – Loudonville, NY

News and Notices:

á      Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup!   The Club will be conducting the Adopt-A-Highway cleanup on Saturday, October 27th, at 8:00 a.m., starting at the Hilltop Restaurant.  Karen Price has recruited a number of high school students to help us, so the cleanup should be fairly quick and easy.

á      The Annual Halloween Party!  There will be a Halloween party at State Street School on Oct 31.  The school district needs to give us their final approval, but we are set to go.  We start around 6:30PM with costume judging around 7:15 - 7:30PM.  There will be donuts and cider all during the evening and we plan to finish around 8:00PM. Come and join in on the Fun!

á      District 3200 GSE Team Visit – The visiting GSE Team from India arrived in Skaneateles on Friday Oct 12th and was met by representatives of the Rotary Clubs in Areas 10 & 11 of our District at a small informal reception at the Skaneateles Country Club. After a very busy four days of vocational and cultural activities they moved on to Areas 1, 2 & 3. Many thanks to all those who made their stay with us a rewarding experience.

á      Quarter Ending September 2007 SRC Financial Statements - The statements are now available on the web in the Board Minutes and Finance archives page.  You will need the password to get at them.

 

October is Vocational Service Month

 Vocational Service History - Rotary's emphasis on vocational service has its roots in the founding of the organization in 1905. And the use of the classification principle — the guideline by which nearly all Rotary membership is determined — assures that each club has among its members a cross-section of a community's business and professional population.

The second part of the Object of Rotary calls for Rotarians to apply high ethical standards in their businesses and professions, recognize the worthiness of all useful occupations, and to consider their own occupations as opportunities to serve society.

In 1943, Rotarians were provided with a tool to help them achieve their vocational service goals when the RI Board of Directors voted to make The 4-Way Test an official component of the vocational service ideal. The test gave Rotarians a way to assess whether their personal and business dealings were being conducted with truth, fairness, goodwill, and decency.

For the first 80-plus years of Rotary's history, the second Avenue of Service — vocational service — was an area that focused on personal contributions that Rotarians could make within their own workplaces. Increasingly, however, clubs began to expand the definition of vocational service by organizing events such as career seminars and vocational training workshops.

So, in 1987, the RI Vocational Service Committee was called together — for the first time in 40 years — to redefine the second Avenue of Service. The committee created, and the RI Board adopted, new committee structures and determined that vocational service was now the responsibility of individual Rotarians and clubs within the workplace and the community.

In 1989, the Council on Legislation adopted the Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Professions. This declaration spelled out the high ethical standards referred to in the Object of Rotary, and it gave Rotarians another tool for gauging their own professional ethics as well as the ethical standards they hoped to encourage through vocational service projects.

Vocational service evolved further in the 1990s with two new opportunities for Rotarians to share their professional skills. In 1992, the Rotary Volunteers program was brought under the umbrella of vocational service. And in 1993, the International Vocational Contact Groups program was merged with World Fellowship Activities to form a new program called Rotary Fellowships.

 

Rotary Timeline – 1925:  As Rotary clubs spring up in all parts of the world, Rotary International opens its first international office in Zurich, Switzerland. At Rotary's 20th anniversary, clubs are present on six continents and membership has swelled to 100,000.