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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
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.