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Vol. 80, Number 3 January
17, 2008 Editor:
John Shannon jms@mlsattorneys.com
SRCÕs
Officers for this 2007-2008 year: SRCÕs
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: Sarah Bierbaum (Germany) – Scholz Family, Lucas Grob (Switzerland) – Trapani Family, Eddy Tasia (Belgium) – Figura Family
Last WeekÕs Program:
Janice Nichols - Author of
"Twin VoicesÓ; Advocate of eradicating polio and a Rotary promoter. Dick Poppa - Rotary Foundation Update
(Board Meeting – 5:00 p.m.)
This WeekÕs Meeting and Program: Sue
Keefe & Doug Rutan – Club Assembly; 2nd Quarter Treasurer
& Service Project Reports
Birthdays in January: Reckmayer
(2nd), Schwartz (3rd), Zabel (4th),
Duenkelsbuehler (7th), Dorris (9th), DÕAngelo (29th)
Rotary Anniversaries in January: Fellerman
(6th), Jowaisas (7th), Poppa (11th), Anderson
(18th), Wisner (18th), Patil (21st), Priest (22nd),
Rosbrook (29th), Reckmayer (36th), Duenkelsbuehler (44th),
Osborne (51st)
January 10th Missing Faces: Adams,
Buterbaugh, Keefe, Langley, Patil, Price, Priest, Rademacher, Renner,
Tarnow, Vuillemot, Whalen, Wisner
(weekÕs attendance: 71%)
January 10th Guests: Bill
Canole, Pat Harris, Simon Moody, Janice Nichols
January 10th Visitarians: None
Roving Rotes: None
Weekly Setup &Ticket Sales: 1/17 –
Poppa & Priest, 1/24 – Rademacher & Ralph, 1/31 – Renner
& Roche, 2/7 – Rosbrook & Ruhlman, 2/14 – Schwartz &
Shannon, 2/21 – Rutan & Stevens, 2/28 – Tarnow & Vuillemot (Please find a replacement if you wonÕt be available for
setup & ticket sales.)
Future
Meeting Programs & District Major Events
Jan 24 Tom
Watson – Photography Technology
Jan 31 Irene Stafford –
Skaneateles Extended Learning Fund (SELF)
Feb 7 Clyde
Ohl - Modernizing Local Government (Board Meeting – 5:00 p.m.)
Feb 15 Kokosa
– Valentines Day Party ( Bill Buterbaugh –
Chair)
Feb 21 Kokosa,
Roberta Williams & Dale Zabel – Club Assembly; Membership and
Fundraising Reports
Feb 28 Dave
Penfield – Lightning 70th Anniversary Regatta: July 4–6, 2008
Mar 6 TBD
– Club Activities: TBD; Classification Talk
Mar 13 Arnie
Rubenstein – Antique Boat Show (Board Meeting – 5:00 p.m.)
Mar 20 Kokosa
– Club Assembly; Classification Talk
District
and Other Programs & Events
Jan 12 D7150
Mid-Winter Meeting at
Danielle's at Alfredo's, New Hartford, from 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Mar 14-15 Multi-District
President-Elect Training Seminar (PETS) - Double Tree Hotel – Carrier
Circle, E.Syr.
April
15 RLI
– Verona, NY
News and Notices:
Club
Membership: Our membership goal for
the year is a net increase of five new members. The good news is that we have
three new members so far. Unfortunately, one has moved from the area and
another has passed away; leaving us with a net increase of one. Fortunately, we
have two prospective members in process but we still your efforts to meet our
goal. So put your thinking caps on and letÕs get to work now before itÕs too
late!
Reminder
to Club Members: Our Club meetings
start at 6:30PM, regardless of the bell being rung beforehand. Last week was
not pretty. If you purchase your tickets before starting your social time, it
would help a lot; they are available at 6:00PM. Also, you could socialize in
the dining room. In any case, it is your responsibility to be ready to sit down
in the dining room at 6:60PM. Using the 4 Way Test in this case would be appreciated. Many members are
waiting for a few.
Skaneateles Rotary Valentines Day Party!!! ItÕs rescheduled for
February 15th, itÕs a Friday and it looks to be better
than ever! DonÕt forget to invite your spouse or significant other; you donÕt
want him or her to be the last to know. More details later from bill
Buterbaugh, who is Chairperson of the event.
RI President-Elect Lee asks Rotarians
to ŌMake Dreams RealÓ for worlds children
Rotary International
President-elect Dong Kurn Lee addressed incoming district governors today at
the 2008 International Assembly, urging them to use their resources to help
curb child mortality. Lee said he was in disbelief when he learned that 30,000
children under the age of five die every day from preventable diseases such as
pneumonia, measles, and malaria.
"Once I understood the issues behind that terrible
number, I knew what I needed to do," Lee said. He told the incoming
governors that Rotary will keep the service emphases of recent years --
water, health and hunger, and literacy -- but asked them to focus their
efforts in each of these areas on children.
"In 2008-09, I will ask you all to Make Dreams Real
for the world's
children," he said. "This will be our theme, and my challenge to all
of you."
"Children are killed by illnesses that become deadly
in combination with poor sanitation and malnutrition," Lee said. In
addition, families stricken by extreme poverty are trapped in a cycle that only
leads to more unnecessary deaths. "It's a cycle that is not interrupted
because there is no access to education."
He challenged the audience to do their part to give
children "hope and a chance at a future" by reducing the rate of
child mortality in the world.
"We will bring clean water to their communities and
create sanitation projects that keep children healthy," Lee said.
As the incoming governors begin preparing for the year
ahead with the training and inspiration they receive at the International
Assembly, Lee reminded them of Rotary's power and encouraged them to use their
resources efficiently to maximize the good done around the world.
Governor-elect Geoffrey Mathis, of District 9930 in
New Zealand, thinks the upcoming RI theme allows Rotary to dream big. "Make
Dreams Real will be an
easy theme to sell around the world. We all like challenges; Lee has allowed us
to put our dreams to practice."
Rotarians can improve children's health, Lee said,
even in small ways, such as delivering mosquito nets, rehydration salts,
vitamins, and vaccines. "So much more can be done with just a little more:
a trained birth attendant, a simple clinic, a school feeding program, a
visiting nurse," he continued. "These are simple and direct ways to
save children's lives."
In 2008-09, Rotarians will be asked to open their eyes to
the needs of children in communities near and far, Lee said.
"Children die not because nobody can
help them, but because too often, nobody does. But you and I, here in this
room, are Rotarians, and helping is what we do best," he said, adding that
"our job is to Make Dreams Real for children. If every one of us does this, at the end of our
year, we will all have achieved something wonderful."
Rotary Timeline – 1978: In Tokyo, Japan, the RI annual convention records
39,834 registrants. That same year, Rotary creates Health, Hunger and Humanity
(3-H) Grants to improve health, alleviate hunger, and enhance human and social
development in communities throughout the world; it is Rotary's most
comprehensive humanitarian program to date. In 1979, the first 3-H project
committed Rotary to provide and help deliver polio vaccine to six million
children in the Philippines for five years, laying the foundation for PolioPlus
in 1985.