The Skantarian

The Skaneateles New York Rotary Club (SRC)

a member of RI District 7150 - Area 11

http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org

District Governor – Marlene Brown

Ass't DG (Area 11) – Jim Gascon

Vol. 79, Number 49 December 13, 2007 Editor: John Shannon jms@mlsattorneys.com

SRC’s Officers for this 2007-2008 year: SRC’s Directors: Active Members: 54

President Dick Kokosa 2008 Gary Caldwell, John May

President Elect John Hennessy 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 , Sarah Bierbaum (Germany) – Swartz Family, Lucas Grob (Switzerland) – Frackenpohl Family, Eddy Tasia (Belgium) – Naro Family

Last Week’s Program: Todd May – Christmas Benefit Fundraiser – Skaneateles Country Club - 6:00 PM

This Week’s Meeting and Program: Dick Kokosa – Annual Club Meeting: 1) Chuck O’Neil’s Induction, 2) 2008-09 SRC Officer and Director Elections and 3) Club Bylaws Amendment Vote (Board Meeting – 5:30 p.m.)

Birthdays in December: Jowaisas (5^th), Wisner (8^th), Plank (25^th), Keefe (27^th)

Rotary Anniversaries in December: Tarnow (4^th), McLennan (5^th), Mercurio (27^th), Feldmann (29^th), Hyatt (37^th)

December 6^th Missing Faces: Corcoran, Poppa, Renner, Shannon Tarnow, Wisner (Week’s Attendance- 84%)

December 6^th Guests: Many friends, family and neighbors

December 6^th Visitarians: none

Roving Rotes: Skaneateles Sunrise – Hennessy, Vuillemot

Weekly Setup &Ticket Sales: 12/13 – Lee & T. May, 12/20 – J. May & McLennan, 12/27 – Messenger & Osborne, 1/3 – Overstrom & Patil, 1/10 – Plank & Price, 1/17 – Poppa & Priest, 1/24 – Rademacher & Ralph, 1/31 – Renner & Roche (Please find a replacement if you won’t be available for setup & ticket sales.)

Future Meeting Programs & District Major Events

Club Programs & Events

Dec 20 Dick Kokosa – Club Christmas Party

Dec 27 Gina Didio, Bennett & Ruhlman – 2007 Skaneateles Rotary Scholarship Recipient & Exchange Students – Holiday Customs

Jan 3 Bennett & Ruhlman – Returning Exchange Students

Jan 10 Clyde Ohl – Modernizing Local Government (Board Meeting – 5:00 p.m.)

Jan 17 Sue Keefe & Doug Rutan – Club Assembly; Second Quarter Treasurer and Service Project Reports

Jan 24 Tom Watson – Photography Technology

Jan 31 Irene Stafford – Skaneateles Extended Learning Fund (SELF)

Feb 7 Club Activities - TBD

Feb 14 Kokosa – Valentine’s Party (Board Meeting – 5:00 p.m.)

Feb 21 Roberta Williams & Dale Zabel – Club Assembly; Membership and Fundraising Reports

Feb 28 Dave Penfield – Lightning 70^th Anniversary Regatta: July 4–6, 2008

District and Other Programs & Events

Jan 2008 D7150 Mid-Winter Meetings

Mar 14-15 Multi-District President-Elect Training Seminar (PETS) - Double Tree Htl – Carrier Circle, E.Syr.

April 15 RLI – Verona, NY

Rotary Timeline – 1955: Rotary celebrates its golden anniversary in Chicago. Fifty years after Paul P. Harris and his colleagues began Rotary's journey, there are 8,500 clubs in 89 countries

News and Notices:

· Dec 6 Christmas Benefit Fund Raiser a Huge Success –The December 6th Annual Skaneateles Rotary Christmas Benefit yielded between $6,500-7,000 for the Christmas gift program of the Skaneateles Outreach Office and the Christmas dinner baskets distributed by the Skaneateles and Spafford Food Pantries. About 170 generous Rotarians and their guests from the community attended this year’s event. Lots of turkey, good times and fellowship were had by all at the Skaneateles Country Club venue. Our hats off and many thanks to the club’s hard working Christmas Benefit committee consisting of: Todd May (chair), Jack Hyatt, Steve Schwartz, Robin Jowaisas, Timer Whittingham, and Dale Zabel.

· Annual Club Meeting Agenda – This Thursday December 13, 2007 (Dick Kokosa)

1. The first item of business will be the pleasure to welcome Chuck O’Neil into the Skaneateles Rotary Club

2. The second item of business is the election of 2008-09 Officers and Directors. I applaud the Nominating Committee’s efforts and highly recommend that the membership approve the following Nominees:

Position	Term of Position	Nominee(s)
President Elect President Past President	One Year: 2008-2009 One Year: 2009-2010 One Year: 2010-2011	Doug Rutan
Vice President	One Year: 2008-2009	Roberta Williams
Treasurer	One Year: 2008-2009	Sue Keefe
Corresponding Secretary	One Year: 2008-2009	TBD
Recording Secretary	One Year: 2008-2009	Brad McLennan
Directors (4)	Two Years: 2008-2010	Lee Bennett, Phil D’Angelo Todd May, Dale Zabel

3. For the third item of business, we will have a membership vote on four proposed revisions to our club bylaws. These revisions have been reviewed, recommended for approval by the Board and provided to you previously. The four revisions separately relate to: 1) more flexibility in the date of the annual meeting, 2) elimination of a requirement to contribute to TRF as a condition of membership, 3) adding Fundraising and Leadership as Standing Board Committees and 4) adding restrictions upon club officers and directors regarding their serving on both our Club and the Club Foundation Boards in the same Rotary year. Similar restrictions are in the Foundation bylaws approved on Nov 19, 2007.

· December is Family of Rotary Month (a continuation of this month’s series)