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Vol.
80, Number 13 March 27, 2008 Editor: John
Shannon jms@mlsattorneys.com
SRCÕs Officers for this 2007-2008 year: SRCÕs
Directors: Active Members: 58
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:
Sarah Bierbaum (Germany) – Scholz Family, Lucas Grob (Switzerland) – Trapani
Family, Eddy Tasia (Belgium) – Figura
Family
Last WeekÕs Program: Skaneateles Boy
Scouts – Brian Underwood and Bob Sheppard; Paul Harris Plus 1 Award to
Jim Messenger
This WeekÕs Meeting and Program: Tanya
Hacker – Events Planner
Birthdays in March: Whalen (2nd), Shannon (11th),
Rutan (14th), Fellerman (27th), Bennett 31st)
Rotary Anniversaries in March: Rutan (3rd), Rademacher (12th),
Dorris (20th), Renner (20th), Whittingham (29th)
March 20th Missing Faces: Bentivegna, Buterbaugh, Conole, Emmer, Jurgensen, Keefe, D.
Lee, McLennan, Moody, OÕNeil, Patil, Poppa, Price, Priest, Rademacher, Roche,
Ruhlman, Rutan, Shannon, Stevens, Tarnow, Vuillemot, Weaver, Whalen, Zabel (weekÕs attendance: 39%)
March 20th Guests: Brian Underwood and
Bob Sheppard
March 20th Visitarians: None
Roving Rotes: Skaneateles Sunrise – Hennessy;
US/Canada Youth Exchange Conference – Wisner (4)
Weekly Setup &Ticket Sales: 3/27 – Bentivegna & Plank,
4/3 – Caldwell & Corcoran, 4/10 – Coye & DÕAngelo, 4/17
– Dorris & Feldmann, 4/24 – Fellerman & Hennessy (Please find a replacement if you wonÕt
be available for setup & ticket sales.)
Future Meeting
Programs & District Major Events
Apr 3 Roberta
Williams – Membership Event
Apr 10 Jack
Luchsinger (Poppa) – Rotary Foundation; (Board Meeting – 5:00PM)
Apr 17 Susan
Wolstenholme (AAUW) – Lost Boys of the Sudan; Simon Moody –
Classification Talk
Apr 24 Kokosa
- Club Assembly; Classification Talks
May 1 Ruhlman
and Gorgette Hoskins – CSIET Global Award Ceremony
May 8 Kokosa
– SRF Nominating Committee Report; Robin Jowaisas – Pancake
Breakfast Ticket Sales Kickoff;
(Board Meeting – 5:00PM)
May 15 Kokosa
– Club Assembly; Ward Vuillemot – South Africa Trip
District and Other Programs &
Events
Mar 31 District
Speech Contest & Presidential Citation
Apr 5 Rotary
Leadership Institute – Verona, NY
Apr 19 D7150
Assembly, Madison Oneida BOCES
Apr 26 Membership
Celebration, Harts Hill Inn, Whitestown, NY
May 29 Rotary
Foundation Dinner, The Beeches, Rome, NY
June 6 Literacy
Golf Tournament – Lake View Golf & Country Club,
Auburn, NY
News and Notices:
DO YOU KNOW: That 2007-08 is shaping up
to be a great year for the Skaneateles Rotary Club???
I hesitate to list everything for fear of forgetting something but some of the
accomplishments that come to mind are:
á We met our goal of an increase in membership by a net of five
(5). That was the result of adding 6 new members and our membership Chair
Roberta Williams says that we are not done yet. Next week we have our second
Membership Event of the year so join us with your prospective new members.
á We have exceeded our Annual Giving Goal of $5,300 for this Rotary year!
Currently we are at $5,330, of which $1,500 is from the club as a matching
contribution. There have been 29 contributions to the Rotary Foundation;
thatÕs 50% of the membership – fantastic!!!
In addition to the $1,500 match, the club will transfer 1,100 points to the
individual contributorsÕ RF account.
á Youth
exchange continues to be a success story with the contributions of a huge number of people. Four
inbound and six outbound students this year together with a national award
(CSIET) to the Skaneateles Central school and our two local Clubs.
á The resurgence of INTERACT in SRC has been a real success story this
year with 15-20 students participating. The group generated $7,000 in donations
to the Sudan Clinic and had a great learning experience.
á Add our RYLA to the above and we have a youth program of which we all can
be proud!!!
á Our Service Projects committee has
an exciting local community Trail
Project effort underway with the Sunrise Club; we wait for the warm weather
to get some ÒstuffÓ done.
á All the above doesnÕt happen without
MONEY!!! Many thanks to the Fundraising
committees; the Map Sales were a
pleasant surprise and the Pancake Breakfast Committee is already in gear to do
our 40th Annual Fathers Day Event!!!
á The annual Christmas Dinner Event at the Skaneateles Country Club was again a
huge success; $7,000 donated to those in need during the holidays!
á Also letÕs not forget the glue that holds us together: those that keep the
books, the website, the news letter, the program chair, the meetings chair, etc
If
you got this far in reading the above É. Thanks to all
for your contributions and I had fun looking back. We have accomplished a lot
so far. What did I miss? Let me know and it will be in the next newsletter
(perhaps with some necessary editing).
BUTÉÉÉ.. We still have three
more months to go and the snow birds will be back to help!!
ÉÉ..Dick Kokosa
Last WeekÕs Meeting Program:
Skaneateles Boy Scouts – Brian Underwood and
Bob Sheppard
This
was very informative program both in terms of the history between our
organizations and where we may cooperate in the future. Some caveats are:
á Scouting began in
Skaneateles in 1920, first sponsored by the Skaneateles Yacht Club.
á Sponsored by Skaneateles Rotary
since 1933.
á Scouting starts in the 5th
grade ending at age 18.
á Adult led, boy run
philosophy. Program stresses character building, citizenship and life skills.
á Early, positive experiences
crucial to long term retention. Long-term summer camping, high adventure
wilderness treks and scout jamborees contribute to high retention.
Issues: Looking for a permanent
home for the troop. This would allow dedicated space for secured storage for a
vast amount of scouting equipment, flags and troop historical papers and
awards. Hopes to possibly secure vacated firehouse.
Jim Messenger Receives Second PHF - Jim Messenger
received his second PHF for significant contributions to The
Rotary Foundation. The Rotary
Foundation saves, and changes lives around the world through its
many educational, health and hunger programs, which includes the eradication of
Polio through RotaryÕs PolioPlus program.
Jim is a Past President and has been an active member of Skaneateles
Rotary club since 1968. He was instrumental in founding the annual FatherÕs Day
Pancake Breakfast at the Skaneateles Aerodrome.
Rotary Timeline – 2005: Rotary celebrated its 100th anniversary, culminating
in the organization's biggest party of the century the Centennial Convention
in Chicago, Illinois, USA.