The Skantarian

The Skaneateles New York Rotary Club (SRC)

a member of RI District 7150 - Area 11

 http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org

District Governor – Marlene Brown

Ass't DG (Area 11) – Jim Gascon

Vol. 80, Number 7                                            February 15, 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:  Induction of New Member, Simon Moody; Clyde Ohl - Modernizing Local Government; (Board Meeting – 5:00 p.m.)

This WeekÕs Meeting and Program:  ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15TH!
Kokosa – Valentines Day Party ( Bill Buterbaugh – Chair)

Birthdays in February:  Price (12th)

Rotary Anniversaries in February:  D. Lee (4th), Roche (15th), Shannon (16th), Caldwell (26th), Messenger (40th)

February 7th Missing Faces:  Adams, Bennett, Corcoran, DÕAngelo, Keefe, Langley, McLennan, OÕNeil, Patil, Poppa, Price, Rademacher, Roche, Vuillemot, Whalen, Wisner, Zabel (weekÕs attendance:  60%)

February 7th Guests:  Clyde Ohl

February 7th Visitarians:   None

Roving Rotes:  Chieftain, FL – Vuillemot; District YE Committee – Stevens; Board of Directors Meeting – Jowaisas, Caldwell, Jurgensen, Keefe, Ruhlman, Hennessy, Overstrom, Fellerman, Kokosa, J. May, Weaver, Williams, Messenger, Rutan

Weekly Setup &Ticket Sales:   2/15 – Stevens & Shannon, 2/21 – Rutan & Vuillemot, 2/28 – Weaver & Whalen, 3/6 – Whittingham & Wisner, 3/13 – R. Williams & Zabel, 3/20 – Adams & Anderson, 3/27 – Bennett & Bentivegna    (Please find a replacement if you wonÕt be available for setup & ticket sales.)

 

Future Meeting Programs & District Major Events

Club Programs & Events               

Feb 21       Kokosa, Roberta Williams & Dale Zabel – Induction of New Member, Jack Emmer;

                 Membership Vote on Corresponding Secretary; Membership and Fundraising Reports; Check                             Presentation to CAAR/Literacy Volunteers of Cayuga County

Feb 28       Dave Penfield – Lightning 70th Anniversary Regatta:  July 4–6, 2008

Mar 6        Ruhlman – Club Activities: Youth Exchange Students; Classification Talk

Mar 13       Arnie Rubenstein – Antique Boat Show (Board Meeting – 5:00 p.m.)

Mar 20       Kokosa – Club Assembly; Classification Talk

Mar 27       Tanya Hacker – Events Planner

Apr 3         Roberta Williams – Membership Event

Apr 10       Jack Luchsinger (Poppa) – Rotary Foundation (or 4/24/08); (Board Meeting – 5:00 p.m.)

District and Other Programs & Events                

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:

DonÕt forget the Skaneateles Rotary Valentines Day Party!!!  ItÕs scheduled for Friday February 15th and Bill Buterbaugh, our chairman, has a great evening planned. This replaces our regular Thursday evening meeting

Welcome to our New Members:   Our newest member, Simon Moody, was inducted last week; please welcome him if you havenÕt already had the opportunity.  Also, we have one more new member who will be inducted next week: Jack Emmer on Feb 21st.  We look forward to having them join us in our endeavors.

Good News! Joe and Jane Mercurio are coming back to Skaneateles. Joe will continue as a member of Skaneateles RC and will join us when possible. Welcome back Joe!!!

More Good News on Membership! Although Jack Emmer will not be inducted until Feb 21st, he is officially a member as of Feb 7th. This means that we have already met our membership goal for the year. For your information, our membership growth is as follows: 50 members on 6/30/2006, 53 on 6/30/2007 and 58 on 2/7/2008!!! Also, Roberta, who is our Membership Chair, says that we are not done yet! LetÕs keep working on it.

SAVE THESE DATES FOR THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST- ItÕs that time of year when we all are beginning to look at our long range plans so please donÕt forget to include the following dates in your calendar for our annual FatherÕs Day Pancake Breakfast. FatherÕs Day is Sunday 6/15 so please reserve Friday 6/13 and Saturday 6/14 from 8-10AM for set up, Sunday 7AM-2PM for the breakfast itself and Monday 6/16 from 8-10AM for tear down. Every Rotarian is expected to pitch in so please save these dates.

Rotary Timeline – 1999:  Rotary establishes the Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution to help prepare future leaders and diplomats. In 2002, the first class of 70 students begins two-year master's-level degree programs at eight universities in Argentina, Australia, England, France, Japan, and the United States.