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Vol. 80, Number 27 July
3, 2008 Editor:
John Shannon jms@mlsattorneys.com
SRC’s Officers for this 2008-2009 year: SRC’s
Directors: Active Members: 60
President John Hennessy 2009 Robin Jowaisas
President
Elect Doug Rutan Umesh Patil
Past
President Dick Kokosa Lori Ruhlman
Vice
President Roberta Williams 2010 Lee Bennett
Treasurer Sue Keefe Phil D’Angelo
Corr. Secretary Art
Fellerman Todd
May
Rec. Secretary Brad McLennan Dale
Zabel
Committee Chairs – Administration, Phil D’Angelo;
Fundraising, Dale Zabel; Membership, Roberta Williams; Public Relations, Lori Ruhlman; Rotary Foundation, Dick Poppa; Service Projects, Doug Rutan; Youth
Exchange, Lee Bennett; Programs,
Skip Plank.
Exchange Students: Sarah
Bierbaum (Germany) – Polachek Family, Lucas Grob (Switzerland) – Lorey Family, Eddy Tasia (Belgium) – Lotkowictz Family
Last Week’s Program: Rutan – Year End
Summary: Chairs
This Week’s Meeting and Program: Changing of the Guard – Kokosa
& Hennessy
Birthdays in July: Buterbaugh (8th),
T. May (14th), Messenger (16th), R. Williams (25th)
Rotary Anniversaries in July: Schwartz (24th), C. Williams
(29th), Overstrom
(35th)
June 26th Missing Faces: Adams, Bennett, Bentivegna,
Caldwell, D’Angelo, Emmer, Gregg, Fellerman,
Jowaisas, Keefe, Kokosa,
Langley, T. May, McLennan, Poppa, Price, Roche, Shannon, Tarnow, Veverka, Weaver, Whalen, Wisner (week’s attendance: 63%)
June 26th Guests: None
June 26th Visitarians:
None
Roving Rotes: Ocean Grove, Australia – Moody;
District Changing of the Guard – Vuillemot & Kokosa;
Oswego, Tully, D7150 Literacy Comm. And D7150 Conference Site Planning –
Vuillemot
Weekly Setup &Ticket Sales: 7/3 – Rosbrook & Ruhlman, 7/10
– Rutan & Schwartz, 7/17 – Shannon
& Stevens, 7/24 – Vuillemot & Weaver, 7/31 – Whalen & Whittingham, 8/7 – C. Williams & R. Williams (Please find a replacement if you won’t be available for setup &
ticket sales.)
Future Meeting Programs & District Major
Events
July
10 Club
Assembly – Rotary Members Only (Board
Meeting – 5:30 pm)
July
17 Moody
– Classification Talk: Simon Moody
July
24 Phil
Tierney, Skaneateles Town Supervisor – Volunteerism, etc.
July
31 Dirk
Young – Twin Birch Dairy – Owning & Operating a Dairy Farm
Aug 14 Club
Assembly – Rotary Members Only (Board
Meeting – 5:30 pm)
Larry
Calabrese – District Governor’s Visit
District and Other Programs & Events
July
11-13 RYLA Camp, Cazenovia College, NY
Aug 1 Deadline
for GSE Team Leader applications to GSE Committee
Aug 6 YE
Welcome Home dinner, Rusty Rail, Canastota, NY
Aug. 14 District Governor
Larry’s Visit – Larry Calabrese
Sept 4 GSE
Team from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil arrives in Syracuse
News and Notices:
COMBINED ASSEMBLY & BOARD NIGHT - MEMBERS ONLY:
For the past year, each
second Thursday of the month has been board meeting
night with a club assembly coming on a different evening. After speaking with
several of you about this general subject a few things became apparent.
First, since
board meetings are held on each month’s second Thursday, why not have club
assemblies the same evening? What an opportune time to have board members and
officers answer questions, review reports and plans with all of us the same
night as board meetings. So starting with Thursday, July 10, we’ll have a board
meeting, followed by our “club assembly” evening dinner meeting; second
Thursday, each month.
Second,
several have expressed a wish to have club assembly dinner business meetings
private with no outside speakers or non-Rotarian guests. Usually some financial
report or other private business is discussed. Also it has been pointed out to
me that this would be a good time to have various committees sit together at
dinner and work through their particular goals and issues.
Since most
all of this is private Rotary business I’d like us to begin the practice of
having club board and assembly evenings for club members and visiting Rotarians
only (second Thursday each month).
Lastly,
boards are responsible to act in the best interest of organizations and members
they represent. Conversely, members are responsible for making sure those
boards act accordingly. We all are entitled to know how our board is doing and
give it constructive criticism and assessment. It’s my hope a “same night,
members only” approach to club board and assembly meetings will begin an open
& participative process.
john hennessy
The
Skaneateles Rotary clubs sponsor two SHS students to RYLA: Interact members, Bea Walton
and Victoria Sakal have been selected to
attend RYLA at Cazenovia College on July 11-13. Rotary Youth
Leadership Awards (RYLA) is Rotary's leadership training program for young
people than emphasizes leadership, citizenship, and personal growth, and aims
to:
- Demonstrate Rotary's respect and concern for
youth
- Provide an effective training experience for
selected youth and potential leaders
- Encourage leadership of youth by youth
- Recognize publicly young people who are rendering
service to their communities
District
Conference at EdgeWood Resort, Alexandria Bay: Sept. 12-14, 2008 - Don’t miss this exciting event at a wonderful
location, reasonable costs, and great Rotary fellowship. Registration deadline
is August 15. Additional information at registration forms available
at: http://rotaryconference.org/