The Skantarian

The Skaneateles New York Rotary Club (SRC)

a member of RI District 7150 - Area 11

 http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org

 

Vol. 80, Number 38                                          September 18, 2008      Editor: John Shannon jms@mlsattorneys.com

Officers:                                                   Directors:                 Committee Chairs:

President                                             John Hennessy   2009           Robin Jowaisas              Administration       Phil D’Angelo

President Elect     Doug Rutan                        Umesh Patil                       Fundraising  Dale Zabel

Past President      Dick Kokosa                       Lori Ruhlman            Local Gov’t.         Robin Jowaisas

Vice President      Roberta Williams                 Bill Stevens                        Membership      Roberta Williams

Treasurer            Sue Keefe                  2010        Lee Bennett                   Public Relations     Lori Ruhlman

Corr. Secretary     Art Fellerman                      Phil D’Angelo           Rotary Foundation Dick Poppa

Rec. Secretary      Brad McLennan                   Todd May                      Service Projects         Doug Rutan

                                                                 Dale Zabel                         Youth Exchange    Lee Bennett

                                                                                                                             

 

September 11 Attendance & Missing Faces:  There were “___” Rotarians attending the meeting.

Last Week's Program:  Annual "thank you picnic" for Father's Day Breakfast. Timer and Karen Price were in charge and hopefully will give us a short recap at our Assembly meeting this Thursday. 

This Week's Program:  Club Assembly dinner meeting, Rotarians only. Any relative Rotary business questions, concerns, opinions are appropriate.  There will be a brief recap of the preceding board meeting which will be at 5:15 p.m. this month only.

Next Week's Program:  Dr. Jamie Ciaccio from Auburn Memorial Hospital will give us a look at emergency health care at our closest hospital.  Sure to be educational with tips on how to proceed in emergencies! Something we all hope to never will need and a subject we should be knowledgeable of.

Benediction & Atonement:  Dr. Patil will ask us to bow our heads as he leads an invocation and Mr. Dorris will be lifting our loose $$$$ in return for stories of good cheer!!

September Birthdays:  Lee(4th), C. Williams(9th), Mercurio(16th), Anderson(21st), Hyatt(24th), J. May(27th), Vuillemot(28th)

September Rotary Anniversaries:   J. May (19th)

September 11 Visitarians:   N/A, Lourdes

September 11 Guests: N/A, Lourdes

Roving Rotes:  District Conference: Anderson, Renner, Jurgensen, Wisner, Stevens, Vuillemot

Weekly Setup & Ticket Sales:  9/18 – Dorris & Duenkelsbuehler, 9/25 – D’Angelo & Emmer, 10/2 – Feldmann & Fellerman, 10/9 – Gregg & Hyatt, 10/16 – Hennessy & Jowaisas    

   (Be courteous & get a replacement if you won’t be available for setup & ticket sales, please!)

 

Future Programs & Events

Skaneateles Club Programs & Events:

Sept 25      Dr. Jamie Ciaccio – Auburn Hospital

Oct 2         Kristen Sanford – Women’s Rowing Head Coach, Syracuse University

Oct 9         Club Assembly – Rotary Members Only – Board Meeting @ 5:30 p.m.

Oct 16       Jack Emmer - Classification Talk

Oct 23       Ward Vuillemot – Overview of Rotary Website

Oct 30       Pat Taylor – Rotary sponsored Boys’ State Representative Ryan Callahan speaks

District and Other Programs & Events                

Oct 25   D1750 Rotary Foundation Seminary – location TBA

Nov 1    Rotary Leadership Institute – Canandaigua, NY

Nov 8    Rotary United Nations Day

News and Notices:

 

This week's board meeting to include:

     A. Fundraising presentation / proposal - Dale Zabel

     B. Membership "meeting" at an upcoming dinner meeting

         (specific date to be determined) - Roberta Williams  

     C. Xmas basket dinner plans - Todd May

     D. Group Study Exchange Team (Brazil) Status - Dick Kokosa

     E. Public Relations - Lori Ruhlman

     F. Any other new business

                                                   john hennessy

 

GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE:  For up to date information on this year’s team from Brazil go to:

http://www.rotarydistrict7150.org/GSE-08-09_BRAZIL.htm

 

The Credo:  The September issue of our "district" newsletter, The Credo, is available on our web site: www.rotarydistrict7150.org.  It is published about the 10th of each month and your articles are welcome.  They can be submitted to Laraine Dell, our district secretary by email at Larainedell@roadrunner.com or Dennis Schonewetter at schonewetter@west-point.org.

     We will include an email copy to our Skantarian each month as we receive it.  This month's edition is included with the Skantarian as an attachment.  

                                     john hennessy

 

 The annual district conference was held over this past weekend in Alexandria Bay and at this Thursday's "Assembly Meeting" we hopefully will hear about it from our attendees: Peter Anderson, Ralph Jurgensen, Bill Stevens, Scott Wisner and Ward Vuillemot.

  

Skantarian Information:  Send any noteworthy or interesting "local" Club news or information to John Shannon or me for publication in the Skantarian, our weekly newsletter.  All information will need to be in our hands by 9 a.m. Tuesday mornings of each week. 

                                     john hennessy