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Vol.
80, Number 19 May
8, 2008 Editor:
John Shannon jms@mlsattorneys.com
SRC’s Officers for this 2007-2008 year: SRC’s
Directors: Active Members: 59
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 Week’s Program: Ruhlman
and Gorgette Hoskins – CSIET Global Award
Ceremony
This Week’s Meeting and Program: Kokosa
– New Member
Induction - Jim Gregg; SRF Nominating Committee Report –
Ward Vuillemot; Robin Jowaisas – Pancake Breakfast Ticket Sales Kickoff; (Board Meeting – 5:15PM)
Birthdays in May: Coye (5th), O’Neil (16th),
Priest (18th)
Rotary Anniversaries in May: Zabel (9th), T. May (16th),
Pavlus (26th)
May 1st Missing Faces: Adams, Buterbaugh, Corcoran, D’Angelo, Jurgensen, Keefe, D.
Lee, T. May, McLennan, Poppa, Rademacher, Roche,
Rutan, Tarnow, Vuillemot, Whalen, Wisner (week’s
attendance: 61%)
May 1st Guests: Sarah Bierbaum, Lucas Grob, Harry & Linda Dolph,
Curt Feldmann, Tom Loescher,
Georgette Hoskins
May 1st Visitarians: None
Roving Rotes: Skaneateles Sunrise – Ruhlman, R.
Williams; Hobe Sound/Port Salerno, FL – Rademacher
(3); Student Exchange Host Family Meeting – Ruhlman, Bennett, Moody; Beroni-Van Ryn and Pietermaritzburg, South Africa - Vuillemot
Weekly Setup &Ticket Sales:
5/8 Lee & Jurgensen, 5/15
Keefe & T. May, 5/22 – J. May & McLennan, 5/29 Messenger &
O’Neil, 6/5 – Osborne & Overstrom, 6/12 – Patil & Plank,
6/19 – Price & Rademacher, 6/26 – Ralph & Roche. (Please find a replacement if you won’t be available for setup &
ticket sales.)
Future Meeting
Programs & District Major Events
May 15 Kokosa
– Club Assembly; Ward Vuillemot – South Africa Trip: Bill Conole’s
Classification Talk
May 17 McLennan
- American Red Cross Blood Drive
May 22 Janice Rosbrook & Susan Horn
– Overview of Hiscock Legal Aid Society Services
May 29 Hennessy/Kokosa – SRF Annual
Meeting:
June 5 Kokosa – Club
Activities; Simon Moody’s Classification Talk
June 12 Jowaisas – Pancake Breakfast
Organizational Meeting; (Board Meeting
– 5:00 PM)
June 15 Everyone
– SRC’s Annual Pancake Breakfast
June 19 Kokosa/Keefe/Chairs – Year End
Summary: President, Treasurer
& Chairs
June 26 Rutan – Jack Emmer
Classification Talk
July 3 Kokosa & Hennessy
– SRC Changing of the Guard
District and Other Programs &
Events
May 10 Membership Retention Event,
Harts Hill Inn, Whitestown, NY
May 29 91st
Annual Rotary Foundation Dinner, The Beeches, Rome, NY
June 6 Literacy
Golf Tournament – Lake View Golf & Country Club,
Auburn, NY
June 23 District Changing
of the Guard with RI President Wilf Wilkinson; a rare opportunity to hear a presentation
by an RI President.
News and Notices:
Pancake Breakfast
Fundraiser Kickoff: This is the program for this week. Come
and support Robin, Dana, the committee, our Club and the many worthy causes
that depend upon this endeavor!!!
Our Newest Member’s Induction - Jim Gregg!!!
Effective April 24th,
Jim was the newest member of the Skaneateles RC; his formal induction is this
Thursday May 8th. Jim is a welcome addition to our Club! When you
see him, please welcome him and thank him for joining us in our efforts.
Skaneateles Rotary Foundation Nominating Committee Report: Ward Vuillemot, who is the chair of
this committee which includes Dana Coye
and Jin Dorris, will present the slate of nominees for the first elected trustees
of the Skaneateles Rotary Foundation.
Queen’s Pot: The
pot is over $350, thanks to Patti Langley’s efforts last week, so buy those
raffle tickets!
District Meetings: There are three great meetings coming up in the next few
weeks. See the District web site to register and for details (http://www.rotarydistrict7150.org/calendar.html)
and let Dick Kokosa know that you are going.
·
2008 Special
Membership Retention Event: (Art Fellerman will represent SRC). It will be held
on May 10th at Harts Hill Inn, Whitesboro - 8:30am to 1:00pm. Dan
Mooers [Maine] has agreed to be a presenter and the luncheon keynote speaker. Hear
Dan's speech on his grandparents, and how that pertains to Rotary, you're in
for a learning treat. Speech Contest finalists will also compete at this event!
· The 91st Annual District 7150 Foundation Recognition Dinner:
(The Andersons will represent SRC). It will be held on Thursday May 29th
at The Beeches,
Rome, NY. For the first time, we have the Chairman of the Rotary
Foundation Board of Trustees, Dr. Robert Scott, as our Keynote Speaker! We will
be honoring, that evening, Paul Harris Fellows, Major Donors, Paul Harris Society
members, and other donors contributing to the 2007-08 successes of our
District's Foundation efforts. Bring your spouses/partners,
children/grandchildren, YE students & host families, Rotaract &
Interact students, to an evening they'll long remember!
· District 7150 Changing of the Guard – June 23, 2008
Please see the following; this is a rare opportunity to hear an RI President speak. Please consider
attending. Contact Dick Kokosa if you need help. SRC attendees at this point
are: the Kokosas, the Jurgensens,
the Vuillemots, S Moody, R Williams, L Ruhlman, and K
Price, plus four Skaneateles Interact members.
Changing
of the Guard - June 23, 2008
at Turning Stone Resort
Celebrating our Rotary Club Successes
with Rotary International President Wilf Wilkinson!
Monday,
June 23, 2008, District 7150 will celebrate the 2007-08 successes of DG Marlene Brown
and welcome 2008-09 DG Larry Calabrese,
at Turning Stone Resort,
Verona, NY. Special overnight rates available for those interested. Mark the
date, as we are pleased and honored that Rotary International President Wilf
Wilkinson will be our Keynote Speaker! Submit your Club's Award forms, &
make sure to bring your spouses/partners, children & grandchildren, YE
students & host families, Rotaract & Interact students/sponsors, to an
evening they'll long remember!